Start to the Labor Day Travel weekend. Aaa expects it to be the busiest since the Great Recession. Plus, theres going to be a three day birthday tribute to Michael Jackson. Thats going to Michael Jackson will get under way in his boyhood home of gary, indiana. Family members including his mother katherine and his children are expected to attend that celebration. That is going to do it of thursdays edition of way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Haes good morning. Mike has been ordered around going back to parochial school. Trying to get him ready for school is like getting a village ready. Maggie is ready. You guys. A princess. I dont know where to start today. So much to talk about. When youre looking at the threat that isis proposes and
its hard for americans who poses a threat and who doesnt, lets face it, they have been lied to a lot over the past decade but the wall street journal has this great article talking about the industry that isis is, an industry of extortion. The
Was 9871. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. That is it for this special report. Fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes trord right now, special report online in two seconds. Did president obama just confuse you . So which is it . Destroy isis or manage isis . Cant be both. In his first comment since the beheading of a second american journalist. President obama contradicting himself, changing his message halfway through todays speech. Our objective is clear. And that is to degrade and destroy isil and those who make the mistake of harming americans learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served. We know that if we are joined by the International Community, we can continue to shrink isils sphere of
influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities to the point where it is a manageable problem. Joining us our Political Panel the National Review jim garety the hill review a. B. Stoddard and byron york. Are we nit
Your life donate their time and money and resources to give you something that they probably dont even have. It will be a place that we make memories for the rest of our life. Something positive. Thanks, everybody, for inviting us into your home tonight. Thats your report, fair, balanced, and unafraid. This fox news alert isis, a bunch of savages. Apparently executing a second me american, a journalist, by cutting off his head. Today posting a horrific video on line. They claim it is an american. This comes two weeks after isis beheaded james foley. And days after the journalists mother made a plea for mercy on her son. They showed none. For the latest, katherine herod joins us. Thank you, i have seen the video, it runs about two minutes and 45 seconds. It begins with a message, title,
its called a second message to america. This is seen by investigators as more evidence that it is, in fact, the executionf steven sotlof. The first execution was posted by isis of journalist james foley.
A amy, thank you for being with us. Thats the ed show. Politics nation with al sharpton starts right now. \s. Thank for tunes in. Tonights lead, a collision course in washington. Thats what were seeing, because on just about every issue, every policy, every day republicans try to stand in president obamas way, and then they blame him for washingtons dysfunction. It seems too farfetched to be true, but just listen to senator Mitch Mcconnell today. The actions of the next few weeks would help set a positive tone not work of the next congress, a tone that will depend largely on the administrations willness to send a senator mcconnell is accusing the president of setting a bad tone . Is that so . This from the man who made an
art out of obstruction, and who said this in 2010. Some have said it was indelicate of met to subject that our top political priority should be to deny president obama a second term. It wasnt indelicate of him to suggest their top priority was denies the president a s
Great rates for great rides. Geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. A fox urgent news tonight. Indications that investigators are getting closer to identify the savage killer of american james foley. Good evening, everyone. I am julie bandaras. According to the report of the sunday times of london. British intelligence officials have identified the terrorist but have not named him publicly. In the meantime the United States issued a new warning that a massacre could be imminent in iraq. They are trying to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. It sits 100 miles north of
baghdad and under siege from isis terrorist for two months. Residents have been living without water and food and supplies are low. The dire situations is drawing comparison of mount singjar where thousands of yazidis were draped for weeks. The debate is growing in the Obama Administration about the u. S. Militarys next move to confront isis. Top military officials are considering expanding the air strikes in syria