Against president obama will work or whether its all politics. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. President obama warning against a quick fix, limited u. S. Air strikes have yet to solve the critical situation in Northern Iraq for thousands of christians who remain surrounded and in fear of their lives. The Iraqi Government claims 500 have been killed. The isis fight including many women and children buried alive. The u. S. Is also determined to stop the militants from capturing the city of irbil in the kurdish area of Northern Iraq. Home to hundreds of american personnel. Fighters for the Islamic State are in control of several key cities. Joined now by chief pentagon correspondent who has an indepth look at why the president started air strikes now and whether theyll be successful. Good morning. Good morning, david. At this very moment last week, nobody at the white house or the pentagon for that matter expected american war planes to be launching
Against president obama will work or whether its all politics. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. President obama warning against a quick fix, limited u. S. Air strikes have yet to solve the critical situation in Northern Iraq for thousands of christians who remain surrounded and in fear of their lives. The Iraqi Government claims 500 have been killed. The isis fight including many women and children buried alive. The u. S. Is also determined to stop the militants from capturing the city of irbil in the kurdish area of Northern Iraq. Home to hundreds of american personnel. Fighters for the Islamic State are in control of several key cities. Joined now by chief pentagon correspondent who has an indepth look at why the president started air strikes now and whether theyll be successful. Good morning. Good morning, david. At this very moment last week, nobody at the white house or the pentagon for that matter expected american war planes to be launching
Of the many gop frustrations, the economic clamt currently threatened to defund a law is weakening ability to threaten more economic calamity in just a few weeks, like eating desert before desert or shooting the hostage before the ransom note has even been sent. As paul ryan told the wookies, we have to stay on the right side of public opinion. Shutting down the government puts us on the wrong side. The fight is on the debt limit. Debt limit. In a season of overestimation, irresponsibility and fallacy, it is perhaps the grand old promises on the debt ceiling that truly take the date. Quote, in exchange for a debt ceiling increase, cantor told his colleagues, the gop will issue a litany of demeadowlands, oneyear delay of obama care, antiregulatory bill calls reines act and other spending reforms. Jonathan writes, can you picture cantor, boehner, paul ryan encircled by wide eyed republican members excitedly asking, and will be there be Food Stamp Cuts and guns . And gop leaders telling t
Fight. I think we always have to guard against. American and combat troops are not going to be fighting in iraq again. Since then, the militants have gone on a rampage, taking iraqs largest christian town earlier this month. Seizing the mosul dam, key to iraqs infrastructure and routing the kurdish peshmerga. When thousands were forced to flee for their lives with no food or water to escape the brutality, it forced the president s hand and gave him the opening he needed. Now, any u. S. Military intervention would be framed in part as a humanitarian operation. And i believe the United States of america cannot turn a blind eye. It was the most immediate objective. The Security Forces have up until now proven themselves to be effective despite a lot of american training which leads us with the kurds. And the kurds have proven to be a loyal ally to the United States. Too much was at stake to let the region fall without a fight. With little support from nato allies from military action, the
Exactly what that means would be projecting after 224 years of the history paying all of our bills what happens if we stop paying all our bills. The senate has just now joined the house, voting to approve the pentagon paying death benefits during the shutdown despite the lack of appropriations. Now, will the president sign that legislation . Well, when did they all know about the benefits freeze . You wont believe what the pentagon had warned days before the shutdown. Good day, im Andrea Michelle in washington where Speaker Boehner is expected to walk into the white house this afternoon with a shortterm solution to avoid defaulting on our national debt. But we are still nowhere near a solution to opening the federal government. Texas congressman chairs the committee and will be at the white house meeting. Thank you, congressman for joining us, mr. Chairman, is this a good solution getting around the debt ceiling problem on a shortterm basis but leaving the government closed . Well, wha