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In just a matter of minutes. Lets get to it. Breaking news. Shepard smith reporting live from the fox news desk. And breaking news begins our hour this wednesday afternoon. President obama moments away from convening a meeting of the World Leaders at the United Nations to talk about how to tackle terrorism. This marks but the second time the United States president has headed up a Security Council meeting. Well be monitoring it once it gets under way and hear from the president and bring you the news. This comes after the pentagon reported another round of air strikes against Islamic State terrorists in syria. Well show you where they are on the wall. According to defense officials the United States and its arab partners targeted Islamic State assets in eastern syria, right about here, in abu kamal. The Officials Say the bombing took out eight Islamic State vehicles. This is in syrias oil rich region, of course, where the terror group reportedly rakes in millions of dollars each day selling crude. Before the United Nations terrorism meeting about to get started, president obama addressed all u. N. Members or member nations at least at the General Assembly. And the president is gaveling things in right now. Lets listen. The second meeting of the Security Council called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is, threats to International Peace and security caused by terrorist acts, foreign terrorist fighters. The agenda is adopted. I wish to warmly welcome the distinguished heads of state and government, secretary general, ministers and other distinguished representatives present in the Security Council chamber. Your presence today underscores the importance of this subject matter under discussion. Before each of you is a list of speakers who have requested to participate in accordance with rules 37 an 39 of the councils provisional rules of procedure as well as previous practice of the council in this regard. We propose that they be invited to participate in this meeting and there being no objection, it is so decided. The skrnts will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. Members of the council have before them document s2014688. The text of the draft resolution submitted by 101 member states. Now the full list of cosponsors of the resolution will be reflected in the official record of this meeting. I wish to draw attention of the Council Members to document s2014648, a letter dated september 3rd, 2014, from the permanent representative of the United States of america to the u. N. Addressed to the secretary general transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. Its my understanding that the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s2014688 please raise their hands. The results of the voting is as follows, the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2178. Dated 2014. I now give the floor to the secretary general, his excellence, mr. Ban kimoon. Thank you, mr. President. And i congrate late you on so the meeting will continue and we will have continuing coverage throughout the hour. The topic of the day is obviously terrorism. The new United States coalition with five different arab nations, significantly and notably absent the europeans, no french, no united kingdom, so where does this go from here and what is the next step . Lets get right to fox top story and ed henry live at the United Nations for us. When you listen to the president s speech today, what a difference a year will make. Yeah. Because remember last year the president was giving the same address to the United Nations General Assembly and kind of a victory lap. He was saying look, with my policies weve now ended a decade of war, iraq and afghanistan. Troops home now from iraq. He said last year, theyre coming home soon from afghanistan. And oh, by the way, al qaeda and its core leadership have been decimated. That was a year ago. Now what is he doing live right now . You just showed, the president chairing this u. N. Security Council Meeting about the threat from foreign fighters, these terrorists, some americans, western europeans, trained by isis and other terror groups, syria, iraq, elsewhere, who have western passports and may come back and attack the homeland. Last year he was talking about how weve ended war and al qaedas decimated. Now hes saying that remnants of al qaeda, these other terror groups, are so dangerous to america, hes had to start another war, shep. Well, its certainly an air war, not a ground war. Hes promise nod troops on the other ground. Weve known forever these terror threats would come along and we would have to dole with them. Republicans have demanded he deal with them. He is dealing with them. Not sure what anybody wants out of this matter. A lot of countries have not stepped up to participate. You wonder particularly france an england, where are they . The french president , francois hollande, today gave a very impassioned speech about how you cant sit on the sidelines and america is waiting on the allies. In the case of the french they did provide planes, air strikes in iraq, but have so far balked at doing that in syria. The United Nations Prime Minister David Cameron in the last 24 hours hinted hes edging closer to getting them involved in the military aspect of this coalition. That could be a good sign for president obama. The netherlands today came out and said theyre going to contribute six f16 fighters to the cause, but again, theyre only talking about air strikes in iraq, not in syria. So this is a split coalition in some ways, shep. Ed henry at the white house or at the United Nations this afternoon, sorry, thank you. To washington, retired colonel Cedric Lleyton with us, a former Intelligence Officer and Deputy Director for war fighter support and integration. He deployed several times in the middle east during a 26 year e career. Sir, thank you for your service. Appreciate you being here today. You bet, shep. Its my pleasure. Where are you on this whole the far hawkish right says send boots to the ground now, send them, Young American men in there right now, lets get this going. Where are you on that . Well, i think that, you know, thats probably a bit premature to do that but i think you cannot let the president s strategy go forward without really admitting the fact that you need some kind of boots on the ground. Admitted. Stipulated by the president. His war by every person in washington theyve said it. Im curious where they come from. Thats a good question because the reality of the situation is, you need to have some kind of boots on the ground in order to actually do this mission. You need to be able to understand what youve done from the air, need to be able to move in when the air strikes make it possible for you to actually take territory or a building where, you know, take over a certain town, so those are the kinds of things if you want to do this quickly, if you want to do it in a way that really gains territory, youre going to have to have somebody on the ground to help you. Weve had people on the ground to help us in iraq and had them there for a long time. At first we had thousands and thousands and now we have more than a thousand in iraq and every assessment ive seen of our progress with air strikes in iraq, has been, frankly, dismal. Oh, yeah. If weve accomplished anything there i cant find what it is. They say weve got the dam back, but im not sure thats not disingenuous on some level. The problem with all of these things, shep, is that a group like isis is going to move in to territory that, you know, was once held by them, that we then takeover, and they come back and they really grow legs again in that territory, so its one of those situations where, you know, when you do Something Like this, the types of boots on the ground that you need would be special Operations Forces to help the local entities that are there. But the local entities that are there, are the cut and run types from iraq, for example, that, you know, didnt prove themselves when isis was coming through Northern Iraq just a few months ago and they also dont have the requisite leadership ka dre that will help them as well. Youve got a real serious situation where the strategy has some missing elements in it and it depends on what the goals are. If the goals are to get rid of isis, to actually decimate isis, were in a situation where we really dont have all of the tools in the bag yet. Of course we frankly decimated al qaeda, right . People dont want to admit that, but thats the truth. The leaders are dead, cut the organizational structure out. Al qaeda for all intents and purposes, dead, right . It is, except for, except for khorasan. Sure. But see thats the new thing. Thats the hardened ones who went off and formed their own thing. My understanding of this is, the leadership, the smart people in washington, the analysts and the think tanks believe this is always going to happen. What we have to do is watch for these splinter groups and to suggest were going to kill them all off to kill off an ideology is really sort of fantastical. The better idea might be to try to contape them as we once did with Saddam Hussein which worked very well until we decided to do whatever the hell it is we did. To continue is an absolute option, shep. Thats where if they articul, t more viable strategy. I would never interrupt you except for the president of the United States giving his pitch for the fight against isis. Lets listen together. To address the most urgent threats to peace and security. I called this meeting because we must come together as nations and an International Community to confront the real and growing threat of foreign terrorist fighters. As i said earlier today the tactic of terrorism is not new. So many nations represented here today, including my own, have seen our citizens killed by terrorists who target innocence and today the people of the world have been horrified by another brutal murder of herve gourdel, by terrorists in alger algeria. President hollande, we stand with you and the french people, not only as you grieve this terrible loss but show resolve against terror and in defense of liberty. What brings us together today, what is new, is the unprecedented flow of fighters in recent years to and from conflict zones, including afghanistan and the horn of africa, yemen, libya, and most recently syria and iraq. Our intelligence agencies estimate that more than 15,000 foreign fighters from more than 80 nations have traveled to syria in recent years. Many have joined terrorist organizations such as al qaedas affiliate, the nousra front and isil which threatens people across syria and iraq. I want to acknowledge and thank Prime Minister abadi of iraq for being here today. In the middle east and elsewhere, these terrorists exacerbate conflicts, they pose an immediate threat to people in these regions, and as weve already seen in several cases, they may try to return to their home countries to carry out deadly attacks. In the face of this threat, many of our nations working together and through the United Nations have increased our cooperation. Around the world, foreign terrorist fighters have been arrested, plots have been disrupted and lives have been saved. Earlier this year, at west point, i called for a new partnership to help nations build their capacity to meet the evolving threat of terrorism, including foreign terrorist fighters and preventing these individuals from reaching syria, and then slipping back across our borders is a critical element of our strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. The historic resolution we just adopted, enshrines our commitment to meet this challenge. It is legally binding. It establishes new obligations that nations must meet. Specifically, nations are required to prevent and suppress the recruiting, organizing, transporting, or equipping of foreign terrorist fighters as well as the financing of their travel or activities. Nations must prevent the movement of terrorists or terrorist groups through their territory and ensure that their domestic laws allow for the prosecution of those who attempt to do so. The resolution we passed today calls on nations to help build the capacity of states on the front lines of this fight, including with the best practices that many of our nations have approved yesterday in which the United States will work to advance through our counterterrorism partnerships fund. This resolution will strengthen cooperation between nations, including sharing more information about the travel and activities of foreign terrorist fighters, and it makes clear that respecting human rights, fund mental freedoms and the rule of law, is not optional, it is an essential part of successful counterterrorism efforts. Indeed, history teaches us that the failure to uphold these rights and freedoms can actual fuel violent extremists. Finally, this resolution recognizes that there is no military solution to the problem of misguided individuals seeking to join terrorist organizations and it, therefore, calls on nations to Work Together to counter the violent extremism that can radicalize, recruit and mobilize individuals to engage in terrorism. Potential recruits must hear the words of former terrorist fighters who have seen the truth. The groups like isil betray islam. By killing innocent men, women, and children, the majority of whom are muslim. Often, it is local communities, families, friends, neighbors, and faith leaders, that are best able to identify and help disillusioned individuals before they succumb to extremist ideologies and engage in violence and thats why the United States government is committed to working with communities in america and around the world, to build partnerships of trust, respect, and cooperation. Likewise, even as we are unrelenting against terrorists who threaten our people we must redouble our work to address the conditions, the repression, and the lack of opportunity, too often the hopelessness that can make some individuals more susceptible to appeals to extremism and violence. This includes continuing to pursue a political solution in syria that allows all syrians to live in security, dignity and peace. This is the work that wes must do together as nations. It is the partnerships we must forge as an International Community. And these are the standards that we now must meet. Yet, even as were guided by the commitments we make here today, let me close by stating the obvious resolutions alone will not be enough. Promises on paper cannot keep us safe. Lofty rhetoric and good intentions will not stop a single terrorist attack. The words spoken here today must be matched and translated into action, into deeds, concrete action, within nations and between them, not just in the days ahead but for years to come, for if there was ever a challenge in our interconnected world that cannot be met by one nation alone, it is this. Terrorists crossing borders and threatening to unleash unspeakable violence. These terrorists believe our countries will be unable to stop them. The safety of our citizens demand that we do. And im here today to say that all of you who are committed to this urgent work, will find a strong and steady partner in the United States of america. I now would like to resume my function as president of the council and i will now give the floor to the other members of the Security Council. I begin by giving the floor to his excellence, mr. Goodluck jonathan, president of the federal republic of nigeria. Thank you, mr. President. Were going to dip in and out of this. Were streaming it live throughout the day at foxnews. Com if you would like to listen, its there for you. I want to get to the matters that president just laid out. Hard to imagine anything more important on the global stage at this moment than the alliance that the president and the secretary of state, john kerry, have brought together. These five arab nations and the United States trying to, as they put it, degrade and then destroy isis. Our chief White House Correspondent ed henry travels with the president at the United Nations on manhattans east side. Ed, it was a big moment. He welcomed the new Prime Minister of iraq and everyone that i know is hopeful that this Prime Minister will be inclusive, that the people will feel theyre a part of the government and the entire nation of iraq, not of a region or just a sect or just a religion, and that theyll be able to stand up so that we can stand down again. Right, shep sh. Youre right. Look, theres still skepticism because the new Prime Minister has had some trouble getting his cabinet up and running, but look, if you work out those kinks, it might be big ones, the bottom line is if you do have an Iraqi Government thats more inclusive than al maliki, the last Prime Minister, who was a disaster on that score, this could be a positive step forward. Thats why the president was highlighting that. Why is he highlighting this now, the Security Council meeting . Why is he taking the rare step of chairing it . You mentioned the president has taken a lot of criticism from republicans not getting his strategy to deal with isis together and what not and now hes is saying look, not only are we trying to deal with this, but being very hands on at the u. N. Beyond speeches trying to push the allies along here to do something. Ed henry from the United Nations, thanks very much. What about the diplomacy of all this . Well, i have jen psaki with me, the spokesperson for the United Nations for the state department. I wish not quite. Ill ask jen where are the french, where are the british, and what do we do next diplomatically . Stay tuned. There have been lots of knocks on american diplomacy over the past few months. Youve heard it. Not just on this channel, youve heard it all over the place. I still say the bet is still on they will never see Saudi Arabian boots on the ground. That was the bet. They didnt take it at the white house but that was the bet. We have been able to get together five arab nations to be part of this coalition. I heard people all over our prime time going you got to give them credit for that. And you do. Jen psaki with us, the spokesperson for the state department and live with us on the news desk. Great to be here. Nice to see you. Thank you. A lot of people wondered how the hell did that happen . It started with the saudi king. It did. The secretary of basically spent the last couple weeks on the president s request traveling around the world you know what meeting with countries. That king doesnt like our president. They havent gotten along. You dont have to comment on that. Getting past that had to have taken a minute. Saudi arabia recognizes that isil is a threat not just to iraq, syria but to the region. We had a lot of good conversations with them about that and in this meeting they made clear to the secretary its not whether we help, its how much we help. We want to be there. Were with you. That was an important, really important marking point in this process. Getting their planes in the air, getting their cooperation, using their lanz as a staging point, that set up the others, the jordanians and qataris and the rest. Always diplomacy, always pieces that fit together as we know. The first step was the Iraqi Government, the iraqis forming a new government. Everybody in the region needed to see and needed to know it was a different path forward. Once that happened im not positive it is. We could make the pitch. Im positive theres a new guy in charge. Im positive that he said really good words. But i looked back, and jen, Prime Minister maliki said really good words at the beginning too and then he kicked all those who didnt believe on the wrong side of mohammad kicked them out of the government, didnt give them a chance and thats why we are whe we are today. How sure are we about this guy . The proof is in the pudding. The secretary made clear to the Prime Minister now is the time you need to follow through on your commitments. They put a new plan out there. The plan looks good. Starting to implement it learning from past mistakes, trying to rule more inclusively. Were encouraged what weve seen so far. The figure heads are sunni and shia, yazidi inclusion in there, theres not a lot of purring back on those up in the north and the kurds. Everybody seems to be involved now. You know whos not involved the french and british. Where are they some. To be fair, what were doing right now is building off of the effort that many countries, including the british and the french, have taken part in as it related to iraq, humanitarian assistance that was dropped there, military equipment that was given and provided to the kurds and others. Well see what they do. Theyve theyve been clear, they want to be a part of this coalition. They want to have an active role. Were continuing our conversations with them. But i think everybody should be encouraged by what we saw yesterday. I am encouraged. Five arab countries stood with the United States. Did we say to the british and french, british and french, well call you later but right now we need the five arab countries, we would like to have turkey too, but cant get them, call you back when we need you or did they go we need you now and no, lets hold off. Its rarely either two. Prime minister cameron has been out there just today as youve probably seen saying they dont want to be on the sidelines. Why shouldnt they join the coalition . They are part of the coalition. You talk about these, look at the wall up there, we talk about jordan, bahrain, qatar, united aarab emirates, syria, with us. People are missing this is not just a military cardiologist. Its not going to be successful if its just military. There are steps, including cracking down on foreign fighters, taking steps to do that, counter financing, we need to do those or were not going to be successful. All of these countries need to play a role doing that as well. These are roles that the french and british are already playing. If we do really well, and we degrade them on route to destroying them, then theres a lot of land there that needs some governance, needs some leadership. It needs not to become the vacuum we saw in the last time that produced isis. What are the diplomats have planned for who might fill that vacuum . Well if we do good . I think youre talking about a couple Different Countries here. They call it one country, the Islamic State. Were talking about the part of syria that Bashar Al Assad would like to have back and the part of iraq that the central Iraqi Government would like to have back if it can. Let me take these two issues because theyre a little separate but related certainly. In iraq theres a new government. Yes, the proof is in the pudding. They need to continue to rule in an inclusive manner, implement that i national plan. Part of what theyre doing is empowering local guard forces making that a part of the isf. Thats something we didnt do and they didnt do well last time. Its a lesson learned. But this government is a government that is implementing that. How that goes. Theres a government there. In syria nothing has changed in the sense that we believe assad has lost his legitimacy. Weakening isil will strengthen the opposition. Weve but in weakening isil will strengthen Bashar Al Assad. Let me be clear here the only group that has been fighting isil is the opposition. Theyve been fighting a multipart war. Were going to help them with part of the air power isis has been fighting against these groups. Were not going to get it into. Fights against Bashar Al Assads government, they all fight amongst themselves, more than 100 of these groups. But if we prop up isis and its a that means and we prop up isis as enemies that means Bashar Al Assad is getting propped up. Its not like thats a secret. With all due respect thats a little oversimplified. Were going after isil because isil is a threat not just to iraq and syria but the interest of the United States. True, but its a threat to Bashar Al Assad. A year ago the president says he got to go and he didnt go anywhere. But now, the unintended consequence is this makes things easier for Bashar Al Assad. I would disagree with that. We are equipping, training, boosting the opposition. Thats something not just the United States but other countries in the region are committed to and we dont want to see assad stay there, no. Regarding the Khorasan Group, secretary holder told yahoo that the president was briefed two years ago on this matter. Is that true . Im not going to get into specifics or argue with the with secretary holder. Secretary holder wouldnt tell yahoo that if it werent true. I would stand by what secretary holder said but i would say weve known about this some time, weve been tracking it for some time, its been a concern, we dont always talk publicly about every threat we have. Now we have an opportunity to do such since we were going in on the other target . I think we could have gone after them regardless. Today was an opportunity. Thats what you said in the past. I think weve been clear we would go after threats to National Security interests of the United States and the commander in chief protects the American People. This is a concern, a group weve had concerns about, we dont always talk about those publicly, doesnt mean were not tracking them. Those of us that track intelligence just a little bit, have heard about the Khorasan Group before. I think some of my colleagues who track it closely have heard about it for a long time. Sure. Just this idea that they were the ones who were going to use the toothpaste and the nonmet lick bombs to put it on a plane and the vagaries of it all that follow that, in other words it may be in europe, in the United States, it is imminent, what is immine imminent . Whenever you get vague like that i start to think of the old mush rope cloud and all those things we heard from previous administrations that turned out to be crap. Heres the bottom line. If theres a threat to the United States and the American People, the commander in chief and his National Security team are going to take steps to address that. Because he that was the case here. His detractors are saying he must not care about that or he would have taken care of that when we realized syria was a problem. We take steps when we think its essential because were protecting the interest of our country. Doesnt mean we always lay out those publicly but that was the case here. 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Well to be clear, they were linked, they have been linked, they have a long history with al qaeda. Used to call them the jv. They have a long history with al qaeda. We think that the American People and certainly legally, we have looked into it and we are the brits and french confident. Internationally . This is about the selfdefense of iraq and the iraqis no question are threatened. What about syria . Let me explain. Theyre threatened by the safe havens in syria, the growth of this terrorist cell. Theyve asked us to come in and help them. We are we are defending them and thats the Legal Authority that our lawyers youre working under the cheney document . Certainly not. We work under International Law and domestic law. Sounds cheney document to me. We always abide by the shep. Oh, no. The french and british arent so sure because heres the thing, the law is if you have been attacked, absolutely go after it. If you believe an attack is imminent you can preemptive. It was only cheney who said you can kill people because youre afraid they might kill us. Looks like to a lot of International Observers thats what were doing. Im not suggesting this. Im telling you this is what International Observers think what were doing might be illegal. I dont think anyone would question the threat. It has to be imminent. To iraq were not iraq. Were in the were acting in the selfdefense of iraq. They want us to help them, asked us to come in and help them. Theres a letter that has been sent to the United Nations explaining the legal aspect of this and theres no question were going to ask with Legal Authority but the president is going to defend the National Interest of the United States. Its squishy. I would disagree with you, with all due respect. The 2002 document from the bush administration, is may not be constitutional. Its never had to stand up never had to stand a constitutional challenge and our own judge has said from the beginning he doesnt think its constitutional. What he says doesnt matter except he does Pay Attention to this sort of thing and im not sure it would stand constitutional mustard. Some of the most talented lawyers in the United States government have determined that that is constitutional and it is the backup for our authorization. But you understand why it is that people question it, because theres this whole if theyve attacked us we can go get them. If theyre about to attack us we can stop them. Aside from that you have to get authority somewhere else because its not legal under International Law. Thats what the french and the british are worried about. What theyve said is iraq, yeah, all in. Syria, not so sure we can do that. Look, ill let the french and british speak for themselves and obviously they may decide to do more. Ill leave that to them. Our determination, the determination of not just the United States but many countries, is that we have the Legal Authority, the international Legal Authority, thats one of the reasons weve acted. Youre not just the state department spokesperson, youre also an american. I am. I wonder when you look at that map on the big wall and say all right, were going to slow them down, but using this strategy, do we really think we can stop them . Well do you ever go, im not sure about that . We know its going to take some time. Were not naive about that. Its going to take some time. Obviously the air strikes weve already undertaken, along with our arab partners, are going to have an impact. Our military is doing assessments of that right now. This is the beginning. How cowardly do you think the congress is . How cowardly . I wouldnt use that terminology. I would. The congress, i mean, it seems like if you were going to go get elected to use the people, one of the things you would see as most important for you to have a say on, is whether we are at war or peace. But what this congress has decided, clearly, is that whats more important is keeping the job, not doing the job. They want to keep the job and not do it. Because they really could vote. Theyre going to have to vote eventually unless we keep skirting the constitution because the president gets 90 days, then tell the congress im going to keep them there 90 more days and after that they have to vote. Thats 180 days. Your office is suggesting, everyone is suggesting this is going to take years. This congress of ours will have to act. They dont want to put their name on this thing, dont want to say yea or ney to war and i say thats cowarcowardly. I would say disfunk in washington and the United States congress is not new. We would welcome their support and welcome action by congress but were not going to wait when were talking about the interest of the United States. So well see what they do. Theyre on recess now. But we feel we have the authority to act and thats why we acted. Its interesting, some on the war right and the peace left, couldnt want to dont want to vote. Some of them want to vote. Tim kaine wants to vote. Tim kaine has said we believe this is our responsibility. When we signed on the dotted line to represent the people, we have to vote on this sort of thing. A lot of people agree with him. Before we get away i want to ask about yemen. A serious situation unfolding in yemen now and theres discussion of evacuating the embassy. Could you explain to our viewers what this is about . So viewers know, we track and watch the security of our Embassy Compounds of our staff and employees around the world, every single day. Its something we have teams of people working on. Especially in places where they are high threat posts like yemen thats something we watch closely. I dont have any new update for you. This is something that if we need to take steps to make changes with staffing we certainly will do that but i dont have any update at this point in time. Evacuating embassies is serious stuff. im not saying its happening or about to happen, jen psaki from the state department, great to have you here. My pleasure. Thank you. Were learning about the pilots from the arab countries who have helped the United States in the bombing campaign. Word terrorist supporters are looking for revenge against some of those pilots. Shep bloop more on the deadly air strikes against the Islamic State and other terrorists in that rejonch. Eight Saudi Arabian pilots who helped carry out the bombings in syria, eight saudis have reportedly gotten d online according to the reporting of the guardian fuse paper in the united kingdom. The guardian is reporting one of the pilots is the son of the crown prince, there he is, the son of the crown prince of saudi arabia. And news from the united arab emirates, uae, about one of its pilots, a woman led the uae air strikes monday night. Observers point out thats interesting given isis track record of roping and raping and torturing and murdering women. Jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. Tell us about the uae pilot, a woman dropping bombs. Shepard, her name is major mariam mansouri. This is the face of the Arab Coalition pilots who are dropping bombs on isis targets inside syria. She is the First Female Fighter Pilot in the united arab emirates. She flies an f16 and uae team leader. Called lady liberty. Major mansouri was the first female pilot in the air force. She has wanted to be a pilot since she was a teenager. In some arab countries women cannot drive. This is going to send a powerful message to isis as they continue to distort islam. More air strikes today. What are we learning about the details of those . U. S. Officials tell us that there were more strikes today. The u. S. Led them. But also jordanen Fighter Pilots weve learned joined another round of theses u. S. Led air strikes in eastern syria. This time in the abu kamal area against eight isis vehicles near the iraqi bordertown of al i could yeem. This has been a staging area for foreign fighters and base for isis for some time. We think the strikes had an impact, an important impact. Obviously this wont be the last of our efforts but this was a first wave. U. S. War planes and navy vessels remain poised in the region for more strikes, both in iraq and in syria. Today, the dutch government committed six f16 war planes to the fight against isis in iraq. The netherlands will send two reserve jets and 250 pilots to support iraqi and kurdish forces. Australia also has committed war planes to the air campaign in iraq. European caveated, however, and limited the use of their air power to iraq where the government asked them to help. These countries do not believe that the u. S. And its five arab partners have an International Mandate as of yet to fly over syria. Or whether its legal. Jen griffin at the pentagon. Thanks very much. Tony stewart, remember, ran over a driver on the racetrack . Questions about whether hed go to prison for that. Now we know, and you will next. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, were not just insuring our lives. Were helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Transamerica. Transform tomorrow. If you suffer from constipation, you will likely also suffer from gas. Introducing new dulcogas, which starts working to eliminate gas bubbles in minutes for effective relief. Dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax nothing relieves gas faster. 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The 23 members of that grand jury took less than an hour after hearing all of the evidence presented to them to come to that decision. If we can show the video of the incident, if we have it here, the authorities said that Tony Stewarts car appeared to the front of it appeared to miss kevin ward jr. And then he was hit by the rear tire. But they said critically they did not see any evidence of what they called aberrational driving. Listen here. The videos actually did not demonstrate any any aberrational driving by tony stewart until the point of impact with kevin ward, at which point his vehicle veered to the right up the track as a result of the collision. Prior to that, his course was pretty straight. Now, the Ontario County d. A. Also said that kevin ward jr. Was under the influence of marijuana on the night that this accident happened. As you see it right there. That is where he had clipped Tony Stewarts car. Now you see him walking back across the track, apparently trying to confront tony stewart, and that point is where the accident happened. They say that he was under the influence of marijuana enough to impair his judgment. Shep. Jonathan, thanks. And more breaking news now on the manhunt for the accused cop killer in northeastern pennsylvania. Hear this. Police there announced just minutes ago that several people have spotted this suspect, eric frein, and they say they have found more evidence that they are indeed on his trail. That includes cigarettes and dirty diapers. Police say a cop is among those who reported seeing the suspect, but from a Long Distance away. Cops say the suspect shot two state troopers outside Police Barracks almost two weeks ago. One of the troopers died. Another seriously wounded. A quick check of the dow today. A dow on a tear today, soaring into the clouds, up 150 something. Heres neil. And captnchairs. Not to worry. 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So the president says we need to destroy them, just not with troops on the ground looking like occupiers. Welcome, everybody, im neil cavuto. And the president may not want them, but senator marco rubio telling us yesterday