sharing with european allies. we are working with turkey to seal the border with syria and we are cooperating with muslim majority countries and with our muslim communities here at home to counter the vicious ideology isil promotes on-line. the international community has begun to establish a process and time line to pursue cease fires and a political resolution to the syrian war. doing so will allow the syrian people and every country including our allies but also countries like russia to focus on the common goal of destroying isil a group that threatens us all. this is our strategy to destroy isil. >> chief white house correspondent ed henry joins me now with more on the president's address. >> the president didn't layout anything new here but he reiterated what we already know. why a prime time address?