That fbi can do . There isnt a magic bullet. It is, to us, it is about a full court press making sure that we are that we have sources where we need them to be, that we have the capability, both the know how and Technical Capability to play in the online space where theyre meeting and recruiting and radicalizing and were closely connected to state and local partners. Theyre far more likely to hear about a guy leaving a community and going to syria and were connected with our intelligence partners and foreign partners who are trip wires for us. What happened with that guy is the egyptians spotted him when he was sent back from turkey, alerted us, then were able to lay hands on him. Let me switch completely to the Prescription Drug problem. Which has been devastating in my part of the state and the country. Particularly oxycontin. But now that were beginning to make a dent in the pill mills, closing them down in florida, and georgia and other places, and finally getting fda to change the
Iran coming in hot and heavy on one side. Iran obviously should consider if itshat if it is view of the region is through a sectarian lens, they could find themselves fighting in a lot of places, and that is not good for the iranian economy or the people over the longterm. I suspect there are folks in iran that recognize that. Iraq in chaos on the borders is not in their interest. Old habits die hard. We will have to see whether they would be aat i think more promising path over the next several days. All right . Thank you very much, everybody. Obama has been meeting with his National Security team today on the rise sis, thence by i Islamic States of iraqi and syria, announcing several measures. Chief of them would be sending 300 military advisers to iraq. The president announcing john kerry would be heading to the middle east, and we understand baghdad,d adding and that includes baghdads as well. Combat american combat troops are not going to fight in iraq again. We will open up our p
Have to have at least three hoosiers on the committee, its a rule. Were satisfying that rule. But we also got three wisconsinite this is year, so thats cool. We have tom rice of south carolina. Jackie what horsekey from indiana. And Roger Williams from texas. I want to yield to mr. Van hol ton introduce their new members of the committee. Let me start, mr. Chairman, by thanking you for the way youve conducted business in the Budget Committee both in the last session and i look forward to working with you in the same manner in this session. As you indicated we have very sharp differences on policy issues but in this committee, we have always been able to have that exchange of views in a civil way. I think that helps the debate Going Forward. Thank you for that, mr. Chairman. We have welcome to new members on the republican side. Were pleased to have some new members as well on our side. Not all of them are new to the congress. Some of them are, some of them arent. We have mr. Mcdermott,
Is it for fun, ford venture . For adventure . Is it for the money . There are easier ways to make money than this. Like the earths plates when they snap like violent political change, and we see how the plates are fitting together. We do so the innocents have a voice. We do it because we have decided this is what we want to do with our slice of time on this planet. Event back in may. All of the available in our Field Library at www. Cspan. Org. Looking live at the iwo jima memorial just outside washington based on the photograph by Joseph Rosenthal in 1945. It was the inspiration for the iwo jima memorial, the marine corps memorial. Our focus on the townhall tonight is looking at the Media Coverage of war and we will be joined by a freelance videographer who has done a number of tours in iraq and afghanistan or cspan and other news organizations. We will show you some of his video and hear from him as well. We are taking your tweets and facebook comments. We are asking you, whered you
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The organization that is hellbent on terrorizing the civilized world is tonight claiming another victim. A Young American woman, a 26yearold from arizona. Until today they have not named her. We have not named her in keeping with her familys wishes, but her family has now given us the permission to identify their daughter Kayla Mueller. Isis is claiming she was killed in an air strike by the Jordanian Air force. Striking isis targets in retaliation for that Jordanian Air force pilot who was killed by isis. This is an awful turn of events today, potentially tragic for a Young American woman and her family. We have it covered for you here tonight. Richard engel is standing by to talk to us from iraq. But first we begin with nbcs Andrea Mitchell in washington. Andrea, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. U. S. And jordanian officials are cautioning tonight against those isis cl