Talking about bacon. And the russian olympics on thin ice. All that ahead this sunday morning. Announcer from abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos starts now. Good morning. Im martha raddatz. George has the morning off. Its great to have you with us. And we begin with breaking news as more than 20 embassies and consulates are closing around the world right now. And here at home, increased security measures are now in place. Abc news has learned this morning that the intercepted communications that led to the alert indicate terrorists are planning an attack that is going to be big and, quote, strategically significant. Yesterday the white house held an hours long meeting, highlevel meeting with the countrys Top National Security officials to discuss the response to the threat, and weve just learned what went on at that meeting, so lets go straight to jon karl, who is at the white house, and, jon, it sounds like the National Security community is really spooked by this. Reporte
About antimuslim bigotry in the west. This is just over an hour. [applause] well, thank you very much, mark, for that great introduction. And i want to thank the seminary coo open for making it possible and also especially thank you for being here. Im overwhelmed to see so many people. Because my main hope is to engage with you and spend at least a half hour on q a, im going speak briefly and what im going to do is introduce the book in a general way and focus on just one section about the bands in europe. Once, not very long ago, americans and europeans prided themselves on their enlightened attitudes of religious toleration and understanding. Although everyone knew that the history of the west was characterized by intense religious animosity and violence including such bloody episodes as the crusades and the wars of religion. But including as well, the quiter violence of colonial rebelling use domination by europeans in many parts of the world and added antiseminism and the gnat disi
I am really overwhelmed to see so many people, but because my main hope is to engage with you and spend at least half an hour on q a i am going to speak briefly and what i am going to do is introduce the book in a general way and focus on just one section about demands on the burke that in europe. Quince not very long ago americans and europeans pride themselves on religious toleration and understanding. And animosity and violence including such bloody episodes as the wars of religion, including as well be quieter violence of colonial religious domination by europeans in many parts of the world and added to that, domestic antisemitism and anti catholicism and culminating in the horrors of nazism which implicated not only germany but many other nations as well. Europe and the u. S. Until recently liked to think these dark times were in the past and religious violence was somewhere else, in societies more allegedly primitive, less characterized by heritage of christian values. Today we h
Sometimes difficult to have allies in the sense of planning . They are extremely difficult sometimes. Going back to world war ii, the only thing worse than fighting a war with allies is fighting one without one. It has been sobering to see how few of our allies are stepping forward to help the United States think through what is next. The british have opted out of striking. But president obama is taking the same approach that theyve it cameron did, and he is going to his legislature, going to the congress of the United States to get support. When David Cameron did that, it failed. He said i would not strike as a result of that. The president will spend a lot of time over the next 10 days to get the support. He is reaching out to the American People to make sure he has the support of the American People before he does this. Host tony, democrat, good morning. Taking myank you for call. The first thing i have to say is they say the meaning of insanity is when you keep doing the same thing
Its all right here this sunday morning. Hello, again, when president obama took to the rose garden saturday afternoon, his first words had been telegraphed for days. I have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian Regime targets. Then the twist. The president s top military adviser joint chiefs chair Martin Dempsey said there was no need to attack now. The chairman indicated to me our capacity to execute the mission is not time sensitive. It will be effective tomorrow or next week or one month from now. And im prepared to give that order. But only after congress votes. I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American Peoples representatives in congress. For the last several days, we have heard from members of congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree. It is a highstakes bet. Were going examine the squoepss with secretary of state john kerry and our team of experts and correspondents in the studio and around the world