all-out war. long-simmering tensions have spiked between india and pakistan. bombings and air struks are striking fears that it could possibly escalate into a catastrophe. a pakistan-based terrorist group killed 40 indian soldiers. reporter: with all the drama around president trump s summit with kim jong-un and the president s former fixer testifying on capitol hill, it was drowning out a dangerous turn of events, the prospect of war between two nuclear-armed long-time enemies, india and pakistan. days of deadly violence after india said it carried out an air strike against terrorists in pakistan. pakistan responding, claiming they shot down two indian jets in the contested kashmir region, which both countries claim as their own. indian pilot was captured. what was your mission?
good to have you back with us here on new day. more of our coverage on tonight s gop debate in moments. first let s look at your other headlines. president obama is insisting the u.s.-led military commission is hitting harder than ever. he s meeting with his national security team. he actually met with them on monday. he claims isis has lost 40% of the territory it once held in iraq after nearly 9,000 coalition air struks. he pledged to wipe out the group s leaders, warning them, they cannot hide. a maryland man has been arrested for receiving nearly $9,000 from people connected to isis in order to finance a terrorist attack in the u.s. the fbi says 30-year-old mohamed al shanawi says he was not planning an attack. they said he pledged allegiance to isis on social media back in
muslims are patriotic americans, those in the united states. i thought that was a very important point, given some of the rhetoric that we re hearing from some of the presidential candidates, the divisive rhetoric. i also thought the president would intensify air struks, continue to deploy special forces into syria. i think all of that is good. it needs to be more intensely applied. we need a stronger coalition, not just a big coalition. a coalition that can actually arm syrian rebel groups, sunni groups on the ground as well as the syrian kurds. because without a ground component, they have to be that ground component as well as the iraqi army, we re not going to defeat this group. isis has spread into libya. as you see, unto rt that thely isis is able to inspire people like the san bernardino couple who decided to kill their co-workers. this is a big fight. it s very complicated. the president was right to give his speech. last night president obama also called on congress to deal
hours. when you say the strikes on the ground you mean the air struks? the air strikes, unfortunately, not on the ground. the air strikes, of course. we ve targeted again, probably recruiting centers and training camps including about the targets in europe. jean-charles always helpful to get your expertise. thank you for being on new day with us. mean mile more than half of american governors now say that syrian refugees are not welcome in their states. but can they do anything to stop them? the latest with what s going on in the u.s., next.