Villages. The u. S. Also stepping up humanitarian efforts deploying a team to distribute food, water an other supplies to the tens of thousands of iraqis now literally on the run. And political chaos in baghdad. The iraqi president nominating a new Prime Minister as calls for a whole new government now are growing. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry joining me now live from washington. All right, a lot to cover today, ed. So lets start with this call for a new government. What do you know . Whats happening right now is nuri al maliki, whos been in power for almost a decade in iraq, the writing is on the wall obviously that he needs to go and the new iraqi president saying weve got a new Prime Minister, youre going to be gone in the next few weeks. But maliki were told is assembling tanks and troops in baghdad as if hes staying for the long haul. So this could get quite messy for the u. S. Which doesnt want to look like its ousting maliki but also doesnt want to get behind him and has been sendi i notsosubtle hints in weeks and recently. They want to see him go. Previously the u. S. Had said were not going to arm the kurds in recent weeks. But now we say we are. We were only sending weapons to the Central Government in baghdad. Maliki now crippled theyre not going to stick with him. Saturday the president started lashing out at this News Conference at the white house before he left for Marthas Vineyard about how critics kept saying he pulled out of iraq too quickly. He said whoever got that idea . Thats not what i was all about when in fact he ran against pulling out of iraq and says he got all troops out because he couldnt get a status of forces agreement which is true to some extent. But theres been criticism for some time he didnt push hard enough for that status of forces agreement to keep u. S. Forces behind. Hes still got a lot of questions to answer. As we said at the top of the show, it is a mission that doesnt have a name even though it continues to grow and grow. Now you have a former commander of the u. S. And Coalition Forces in mosulle who lwho is talking boots on the ground. It will be very difficult without u. S. Ground forces or Ground Forces of others, which they may be willing to participate. But it really centers around, there has got to be a responsible government in baghdad, to which a future iraqi army can be loyal. Lets face it, ed. The president ran on getting out of iraq and that was 2 1 2 years ago when the last troops left. Now to see that this whole problem is coming back to pretty much haunt him, its ironic, is it not . It certainly is. I think carter hamm makes a fair point. Which is the early signs where the president gets high marks even from republicans so far as the humanitarian mission appears to have stafd oved off a genoci. But it also looks like the early air strikes are slowing the momentum of isis. But without afternoon more robust force youre probably not going to stop isis all together. So this does leave the president with a conundrum which is the early stages appear to have worked out. What does he do long term to make sure that isis which has been getting momentum in not just iraq but syria as well doesnt continue to end up getting strength and eventually launching attacks here as republican senator Lindsey Graham was suggesting on fox news sunday. No one is looking about putting Ground Troops into iraq. The president has repeatedly said no. The American People clearly dont want to go there. What the president does next to stop isis all together, it is a difficult problem for them. Those three words, war on terror, continue to linger. Ed, thank you so much. You can catch ed later tonight filling in tonight. 6 00 eastern right here on the fox news channel. Isis number one goal right now seems to be to target christians, kurds, and other religious minorities. In the west, theyve slaughtered hundreds of the yazidi people. In the east, kurds now fighting to hold on to the city of erbil. Pope francis is now calling for an end to the religious violence. Translator thousands of people, including many christians, have been brutally forces from their homes. Children have died from thirst and hunger during the escape. Women abducted. People massacred. Violence of all sorts. Destruction everywhere. All these facts seriously offend god and humanity. You cannot bring hate in the name of god. You cannot make war in the name of god. Powerful words. Jeremy courtney, founder and executive director of the preemptive love coalition, an organization that provides life saving heart surgeries to iraqi children. Youre doing good work in iraq, jeremy. Youre fighting for religious freedoms, for people there. Youre living there. Be a and you must be especially heart broken by whats taking place now with heart broken. Im a White American from texas but offense the last eight years of living among them and trying to provide heart surgeries for their children, sitting with their moms and dads in hospitals across the country, they have become my people. So i am absolutely devastated this week, on the brink of tears all day long as we try and raise the voice about whats going on in iraq. We have now pope francis coming out with those very strong words. Is it going to make a difference . You know isis. Are they going to listen to the pope . Theyre not going to listen to the pope but i think it is mobilizing more and more awareness which is mobilizing more groups like ours. It is resourcing more groups like ours with what we need to respond on the ground. Weve still got our people on the ground. Were not pulling out at the moment. We intend to keep going and keep living and pursuing peace alongside these people for as long as we can. So a lots been made about the troops leaving, american troops leaving 2 1 2 years ago. You were there. Did you feel the effects of america not being there on the ground anymore as far as safety for christians and other groups . It was a really mixed bag. It has remained a mixed bag to this day. Obviously there were wide swaths of society who wanted america to stay but there were huge groups and huge political obstacles inside the country to actually making that happen. Caught in the middle are women and children and elderly when these political agreements or lack of agreements falter. So today with regard to military intervention and things like that, it actually remains equally divided in some ways. Theres gratitude that the u. S. Has intervened. Theres some saying it is not enough. There are some who are saying thank you but dont get any mistaken ideas. The u. S. Should not be the hero here. Kurds are actually the hero. There is a lot of diversity on that. The tragic thing now is that some people are saying that a huge, a huge percentage of these groups have been wiped out already. That theyre already dead, that theyre being buried alive. Not to be too graphic, but isis doesnt really care about how these group that youre helping feel. Right . That seems to be true. Ive seen description of isis as Something Like a death cult where they apparently prize death above anything else. That seems to ring true for many of the people that were among and caring for right now. Theyre not going to listen. Hopefully we can continue to i havent heard that anyones been wiped out yet. If by that we mean completely gone, there are still yazidis among us, still christians among us from the assyrian side. There are still sunni muslims and shia muslim whose have been driven out that are not completely extinct yet. Turkmen. So the suffering has been horrific but im not hearing or seeing anybodys been completely obliterated yet, thankfully. Thanks for all the good work you are doing in iraq and thanks for being our guest. The fbi now taking over the investigation of a Deadly Police shooting in suburban st. Louis. Mobs looting and burning stores. This happened last night after a peaceful candlelight vigil for 18yearold Michael Brown turned ugly. Witnesses and Authorities Say an officer shot brown during a scuffle that happened on saturday. Mike tobin is live for us. So mike, are things any calm he today . They are calmer today. Demonstrations thus far today have been peaceful. Protesters were allowed to take back to the street today with the promise that the demonstrations would not get out of hand. A Group Calling themselves the Ad Hoc Committee for justice has released demands that include a release of the identity of the officer involved in the shooting. Firing him and a makeover in the Police Department so the ethnicity of the police force reflects the community. That follows violent protested over the weekend. More than a dozen stores ransacked and looted, graffiti was put up saying the only good cop is a dead cop. Traffic was blocked, cars vandalized and police taunted. Yall got his blood on yall hands. Reporter in the weekend violence, 32 people were arrested. Are the Police Defending the actions of the officer who shot this boy . Thus far Ferguson Police have been letting the county police handle all of the public speaking. What they have released as far as Public Comments thus far is that on saturday, 18yearold Michael Brown and another young man were stopped. They had not released the reason why they were stopped. The arrest got physical. A Police Officer was allegedly shoved back into his police cruiser. According to the police statement, brown attempted to get the Police Officers weapon. Allegedly pushed the Police Officer back into the car where he physically assaulted the Police Officer. It is our understanding at this point in the investigation that within the police car there was a struggle over the officers weapon. There was at least one shot fired within the car. Reporter as you mentioned, the fbi has now taken over the investigation. That is at the request of missouri governor jane nixon. Ben crump, the civil rights attorney, once represented the family of trayvon martin, has now gotten involved. Hes now representing the family of Michael Brown. Mike tobin, thank you. President obamas Foreign Policy. Remember the phrase dont do stupid stuff . Well, its now taking heat from all sides, including from hrc, his former secretary of state. Shocking, harsh words from Hillary Clinton but with a big qualifier. Why didnt she speak up when she was still on the job . Plus, i dont know about you, but this would have made me freak out. Passenger plane heading to new york city burst into flames moments before it is set to take off. And check this out. 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Look, you dont have to put in your credit card information. Whew credit karma. Really. Free. Welcome back to the real story. So if youre like me and youre ooh a white knuckler when it comes to flying, this story is going to make you nervous. A close call for passengers. This is a jetblue flight, folks. They were taxiing from takeoff going from puerto rico to new york on saturday morning. All of a sudden one of the planes engines just burst into flames. People started screaming and people started to bust up the aisles. They held everybody back. The pilot said something from the back of the plane. All 200 onbard had to evacuate. Three kids suffered minor injuries getting out of the plane but are expected to be okay. All were rescheduled on another flight later that evening. What caused that . A bird strike reportedly causing that engine fire. Developing right now, one of the top dems in the senate squaring off against president obama, again. This time california senator Dianne Feinstein taking the president to task over a controversial and long anticipated Senate Intelligence report on the cias interrogation practices. The senators accusing the white house of doing everything in its power to water down that report. But thats not all senator feinstein iswith. Fox news contributor guy benson. I mean it is a laundry list, guy. Its not just one thing. Right . It is, gretchen. I hope i dont get my conservative card revoked for saying this but i have actually long admired senator feinstein, despite our myriad differences on philosophical issues, on a lot of different political issues. But she is an increasingly rare and exceedingly rare breed, i think, among Congressional Democrats these days because she is willing to make the political life at the white house to make the president s life and his advisors lives problematic and sort of give them some headaches. And she doesnt have to do this. There are of course red state and purple state democrats who want to make a show from time to time especially in election years that they are standing up to the white house for one reason or another. But senator feinstein is from a very safe state, a very blue state. So when she shoves back, it is because she disagreed on principle. She is most times seen as a centrist. So this long list of issues that she has pushed back on be with it is not just this cia intelligence report. Its obamas fundraising schedule. Look at what she said about this. She said, im not going to tell the president what to do but i think the world would very much respect his increased attention on this matter and i think there ought to be increased attention. Shes talking about Foreign Policy and the myriad of crises that we face right now. Shes basically blasting him for continuing to go out on these fundraising trips. Whats interesting, gretchen, is on the cia report issue that you opened the segment with, shes actually coming after the white house from the left. But on a lot of these other issues, shes pushing back from the center. Whether its the fundraising question, whether it was obamacare. She was not one of those democrats who was willing to close her eyes and plug her ears during the disastrous rollout of obamacare. She also uprooted the white house publicly and repeatedly about the Bowe Bergdahl exchange for those five taliban commanders. She was very upset that congress was not informed of that decision and swap before it happened which is what the law mandated. So it is a list of issues where the senior senator from california is very much willing to speak her mine. Thats interesting. She has staunchly opposed the president s efforts to shift control of Drone Operations from the cia to the pentagon. The Bowe Bergdahl situation. She has been critical of them. Ing on foreign leaders. And the list goes on and on. Many people will find that refreshing in this era of political divisiveness. Guy, have a fantastic day. Hope have you a good weekend. New developments in the case of that georgia baby who died after spending hours locked in a hot car. Remember, that dad pictured right there is facing serious charges. But the question today is whats going to happen to the mom. And when you get on an airplane, would you believe you may have paid eight times more for your seat than the person sitting next to you . Well tell you how to beat that racket. Plus, not sure what to talk about on your first date . If you research has some help for you. Instead of the job or the weather, bring up something controversial or personally revealing. Are you kidding me . What do you think about that . On a first date whats one thing you dont ever want to talk about. Fox news alert to tell you about right now. Two window washers this is happening in new york city theyve been pulled to safety after their scaffolding broke below them. This happening not far from city hall in downtown manhattan. It happened a little less than an hour ago. Right there on the video you can see the two guys dangling. This is at the 21st floor. Firefighters came to the scene right away, pulled them to safety through the buildings windows. That ends with good news. Meantime, new developments now in the case of that georgia toddler who died after being left for hours in a hot car. A lawyer for the boys mom now saying that she may be legally cleared of any wrongdoing. Remember, the father has been charged. Trace gallagher joins us live with more on that. So what is new in this that would cause the lawyer to say that, trace . The mother, leanna harris, was given a victim impact statement from the cobb county, georgia District Attorneys Office. In that statement she listed herself as a victim going on to say, the amount of grief this has caused is indefinable. It cannot be explained in words or emotions. I now live a tortured existence. This is the very same mother who police say showed no emotion at all when they notified her about her sons death. 22monthold Cooper Harris died after being locked inside his fathers scorching hot suv for more than seven years. Now ross harris, the father, claims he accidentally forgot to drop his son off at daycare. But police say it was the very same day the father was is sext multiple woman. They say harris and his wife also googled child deaths in hot car. Leanna harris asked him if he told police too much. Now the impact statement says shes not a suspect, saying here, i hope the public really understands they had jumped the gun in thinking she had anything to do with it whatsoever. The District Attorneys Office is calling her a victim and i hope the public will take the lead from the clikt attorndistr attorneys office. But the d. A. s office says not true, that the victim impact statement has nothing at all to do with whether or not she will eventually be charged. That statement is simply standard operating procedure. Gretchen. Yeah. And from her and from her lawyers point of view. All right, trace. Thanks so much for the update. We are waiting to hear about the return of three missionaries who have been treated for ebola in liberia. One is the husband of the woman who contracted the deadly virus. Thats a picture of both of them on the right. Plus, breaking news about an american citizen arrested at a u. S. Airport accused of trying to join the terrorist group isis. And the rocky relationship between president obama and his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, seems to be getting a whole lot rockier. 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Were going to start off this halfhour with another fox news alert. A u. S. Missionary Group Delivering now an update, about to, on the two aide workers infected with ebola. It comes after three more americans arrived from liberia last night, including the husband of nancy writebol. Remember, shes 1 of the 2 ebola patients receiving treatment in the United States, here in atlanta. Remember he was critical of the Critical Press she received. He says when someone goes to extraordinary lengths to minister to an individuals thats looked down upon and then to be krcriticized for doing th, he was very hurt by that. Now a press conference about to begin. Were expecting to see david writebol, the husband of 1 of the 2 ebola patients being treated in atlanta. The missionary group, its called sin usa. Theyre going to be holding this press conference at their headquarters. It is going to be taking place in charlotte, north carolina. We will bring that to you when we hear more details. In the meantime, speaking of ebola, false report on the internet ratcheting up fears of a huge health crisis. Someone hacked into yahoo s twitter account yesterday wrote this. Breaking Ebola Outbreak in atlanta. Estimated 145 people infected so far since doctors carrying the disease were flown in from africa. That tweet was taken down a short time later. Yahoo says the tweet was unauthorized and they are now trying to determine where it actually originated. Another fox news alert to tell you about now. Because you are seeing right now the first Pentagon PressBriefing Since the air strikes began in iraq. C1330 air crews began a coordinated series of humanitarian air drops to the refugees on the mountain. Over the last four nights u. S. And uk air crews have flown 14 Successful Missions dropping more than 310 bundles of food, water and medical supplies delivering almost 16,000 gallons of water and 75,000 meals. In concert with our military partners, the u. S. Military is responding to the United Nations security requests from the International Community to do everything they can to provide food, water, shelter to those affected by this humanitarian crisis. Additionally the president also authorized targeted air strikes to facilitate resolution to the humanitarian crisis, and to protect citizens, facilities and forces in the Northern City of erbil. To date, u. S. Air force and Navy Aircraft to include f15es have executed 15 targeted air strikes. These air strikes have helped check the advance of Missile Forces around sinjar and in the area west of erbil. Over 60 intelligence, surveillance and Reconnaissance Aircraft are supporting our Coalition Efforts in iraq. U. S. Air strikes are also providing Kurdish Security forces with time to fort fight their defensive positions with supplies they are receiving from the Central Government of baghdad. As a result the Kurdish Security forces are Holding Territory in the vicinity of erbil and has been reported in the media they retook key communities near erbil itself. We assess that u. S. Air strikes in Northern Iraq have slowed missiles, operational tempo, and temporarily disrupted their advanced toward the province of erbil. However, these strikes are unlikely to affect isis overall capabilities or its operations in other areas of iraq and syria. Isil remains focused on securing and gaining additional territory throughout iraq and will sustain its attacks against iraqi and Kurdish Security forces and their positions, as well as target yazidis and other christian minorities. Our straeb our strategy to assist in the breakup of isil forces that have laid siege to the sinjar mountain. Ken delaney. Secretary hagel said today isil poses a threat to the civilized world, certainly the United States. You just described the limited nature of the mission but people want to know what plans or whether the u. S. Military is going to make efforts to degrade isis command and control. For example, are members of the leadership being targeted . Are logistical hubs, for example, syria, going to be targeted . First to the threat posed by isil, weve been very clear about the threat of isil forces to iraq and to the region. Our principle task to date, and what we are doing right now, is to protect the u. S. Facilities and the citizens american citizens at those facilities, to protect u. S. Aircraft that are supporting humanitarian assistance in and around mount sinjar, and to target those isil positions that are laying siege to mount sinjar. There are no plans to expand the current air campaign beyond the current selfdefense activities. Its been reported the u. S. Government is directly arming the kurds. Is the dod playing a role in that operation or will it at some point . Yeah, i saw that report in the media and an open source as well. Over the weekend it was the government of iraq and iraqi Security Forces that actually provided immediate resupplies to kurdish forces. We are looking at how we can help them and studying the challenges that they have. With the team that we have in baghdad providing some assistance, we are looking at plans at how we can expand that support. General, over the weekend president obama said that he was considering creating some kind of safe corridor to assist those, some 15,000, i guess, yazidi refugees on top of the mountains there at sinjar. He said he talked to the british and the french about that possibility. He also called it complicated. Just how complicated would it be, would it require boots on the ground . Would there be u. S. Boots on the ground . You raise the challenge that were facing right now, were currently assessing what we can and cant do and trying to understand, for example, the numbers that are on the mountain itself. The numbers vary. Ive seen reports of numbers in the thousands and seeing reports in the numbers of tens of thousands. What is most important right now is that we deliver the much needed water, shelter to those stranded on the mountain. As for what we might do next, well have to wait and see, get a better assessment on the ground before we can offer some options to the president. But is creating a safe corridor under those conditions, without american boots on the ground, as the president has vowed, is that even possible to do . Thats a little bit too speculative for me for where we are right now. But there is planning under way or looking at it, arent you . We are right now gripped by the immediacy of the crisis and our focus right now is to provide immediate relief to those that are suffering. We are looking at the effect that were having on those fixed sites, those missile sites, those isil sites, that are laying in siege. And we are trying to reduce that threat. For the near term thats going to be our focus. You dont have a plan to get them off the mountain, to bring them back to sinjar or to some other refugee camp at this point . You dont what were going to need is a better understanding of whats going on up there. But we are assessing the situation. We are look. In terms of the support that weve received over the weekend, weve been contacted by many of our friends, as i mentioned in my opening remarks, the french and uk have already started helping. Others have joined us. Of course we enjoy the support over the region for overflight and basing. So increasingly we are expanding the number of folks that are involved with this immediate crisis. Its a little bit too early to stand here today and give you very specific plans. Can you talk a little bit about the level of effort right now with the air xan . We were told over the last week it was 50 isr sortiesorties. My understanding its ratcheted up to 100 sorties. But also, isr strike drones and cargos. Is it about 100 sorties a day now from 50 . The sorties themselves vary. Ballpark figure is between 50 and 60 is what weve been doing. Our most immediate task is to understand whats happening at the mountain, to understand the complexity of the challenge, the mountain assistance and dealing with this huge crisis is going to require. Were also trying to assess the security of our key facilities, both in baghdad and in erbil. And we continue to use our intelligence to characterize threats by isil forces in the region. Effectiveness, in laymans language for those watching us, how are you looking at your effectiveness . Is it pieces of equipment youve destroyed. You said interrupted operational tempo. Whats that mean in laymans language . The number of vehicles we strike and the exact pbas is less important than the the number of things we hit is less than the threats we see which is to reduce the threats that could impact our facilities and our citizens and to make sure that we reduce the effects of those laying siege to mount sinjar themselves. Have you seen signs of retreat or picking up chatter theyre panicking talking about isil forces . Look. I think in the immediate areas where we have focused our strikes weve had a very temporary effect and we may have blunted some tactical decisions to move in those directions, and moved further east to erbil. What i expect the isil to do is to look for other things to do, to pick up and move elsewhere. In no way i want to suggest that we have effectively contained or that we are somehow breaking the momentum of the threat posed by isil. Can we come back to security on the mountain. Fundamentally, what is your assess pmt while you look at all of this and try and see what youre dealing with, how much time do these people have before they run out of time. Question number one. How are you assessing we understand that youre flying drones over the mountain to try and get a picture, but even today, cnn crew was onboard an iraqikurdish helicopter going in to bring relief. They got shot at by isis on the way in. They got shot at by isis on the way out. So clearly isis still has some capability to attack that mountain. Why not more air strikes against them there . Well, in terms of time we have afforded a little bit more time to the crisis just with the success of mountain assistance thus far but the urgency of the crisis has not gone away. It is very important that we find a solution for those that are stranded up there. Within days . Within weeks . It is hard for me today to tell you exactly that timeline. Only that but you do point to what i think is very important to do, which is we need to continue to assess the situation. We need to continue to sustain the humanitarian assistance. And we need to be able to protect that effort. With regards to the targets, one of the things that we have seen with the isil forces is that where we had been in the open, they are now starting to dissipate and to hide amongst the people so the targeting of this is of those forces that are trying to affect a siege around the mountain. The targeting of this is going to become more difficult. So it does not surprise me that an Iraqi Security force attempting a resupply, which in and of itself is no small task, and shows you as well i think that the iraqi Security Forces are very much involved in this effort. But it does not surprise me then that there will be small arms fire during the ingress of those aircraft and the egress of those aircraft just because of the way isil formations. Do you expect more targeting, even though it may become more difficult, more targeting were going to do what we need to do to protect our facilities, protect our embassy, to protect our american citizens, and to reduce this siege, as well as protect those aircraft that are providing support to mountain sinjar. What kind of weapons are you looking at possibly giving the kurds, and why is there a shift in policy here . Why cant the government of baghdad do that resupply . The government of baghdad has been doing that resupply. Theyve done resupplies over the weekend and the latter half of last week they did, as well. But the equipment and the ammunition that the small arms ammunition chiefly that the peshmerga and Kurdish Security forces need is pretty substantial so we want to help them with that effort. In terms of what they need, principally they need weaponry that can meet theres technical vehicles out there. So theres some weaponry that they need to have that can reduce tactical vehicles. Some of the isil forces have longer range Weapons Systems so we need to make sure that the government of iraq and the iraqi Security Forces are providing longer range weapons themselves to the kurdish forces. How much have we been spending on these attacks, and from what accounts is that money coming from . I cant speak to the accounting of that effort. But i will say that we have been able to provide support and meet these tasks with the forces that are already in iraq. One or two more questions. Okay. Beyond the imminent scope of this operation, how do you assess the military capabilities of isil throughout iraq and syria . And also, are you concerned about the political conflict in baghdad as you may know there is a new Prime Minister and the current Prime Minister, maliki, has refused to step down. Do you think this conflict could affect your mission in iraq . Yeah. Im very concerned about the threat posed by isil in iraq and in the region. Theyre very well organized. They are very well equipped. They coordinate their operations. And they have thus far shown the ability to attack on multiple axis. This is not insignificant. My question is, some news reports suggest that the white house was caught off guard by isis advancing on Northern Iraq. With 50plus surveillance flights over iraq every day, and assessors on the ground in erbil, why wasnt more advance notice provided . Yeah, look. Weve been very clear about the threat posed by isil and weve been very consistent about that threat in the region and in iraq. What happened last week was that iraqi Security Forces simply did not have the equipment and the supplies and the ammunition to sustain their defensive positions around the mosul dam and in and around mount sinjar. And it is for that reason that the isil forces were as effective as they were. With that, i thank you all very much. Youve been listening to Lieutenant GeneralWilliam Mayville jr. This is the pentagon spokesperson, the first time theyve had such a Briefing Since the air strikes began. He recounted for us there have been 15 air strikes, that the strikes have unlikely stopped the movement of isis. That the strikes have been limited in scope because, according to the Lieutenant General, theyre trying to protect u. S. Interests in iraq. He did acknowledge that there have been arming of the kurds there. There were questions about why the change of policy, because the obama administration, up until this point, has been against doing such. He said they were looking to ways to possibly expand that support to the kurds. They were also asked the question about president obamas talking about trying to provide some sort of a safe corridor over the weekend for these christians and other ethnic minorities who are being targeted by isis in Northern Iraq. The general said that it was complicated and would not really answer the question about whether or not boots on the ground would be an option. He said that as far as what they may do next in this very daunting situation, that it would be more of a waitandsee approach, that the members of the pentagon and military right now are putting together options which they will present to the president. Time to bring in our Political Panel because there is a lot to talk about. David, i dont know how you felt about that press conference but it seems to me like this is a huge, huge undertaking to try and take on and take out isis. Gretchen, it is why you get the critique that you did this weekend from Hillary Clinton, that this president s policies are not very clear when it comes to Foreign Policy. Think about this. A year ago the president said it was fantasy to think that we should arm the rebels. And now as we think about this, what if we had armed the rebels . What if they were able to defend themselves . And, the president said, were not going to put boots on the ground. There are boots on the ground. Its why we now the explanation were now getting from the president and his team as to why were doing these air strikes. With their boots already in iraq. It is the vacillating policy that makes folks like Hillary Clinton even be critical of him. She was very critical. Julie, im up against a hard break. How do you respond to this vas layings with this administration on the rebels in iraq advancing on allies including the kurds. The situation in iraq is a mess and not the least because theres a massive constitutional crisis going on today where the Prime Minister, nouri almaliki, refused to step down despite the fact he is apparently no longer the Prime Minister. He is the commander in chief. We cant go in there and impose our will on the iraqi people. Isis majors threat. Nobody is pretending its not. 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