Speech is getting approval from those in washington who approved every one of our ventures into the middle east. We do not give into fear ever. Today with massive symbolic meeting. 13 years later, are we safer . If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. Secretary of state john kerry after all is traveling in the northeast middle east trying to build support. Will others truly put boots on the ground in syria . Somebodys boots have to be on the ground. Congress has been very timid. Major development in the ray rice scandal. The nfl is asking the former fbi director to launch an independent investigation. A report that a new jersey Law Enforcement official we sent a video of ray rices elevator assault to the nfl five months ago. Commissioner goodell has been adamant adamant. We nothave not seen any videotape of what happened in the elevator. We [ bleep ] up. It really adds up to a leadership failure. The commissioners hold on his job and the leagues credibility could be in se
Live from lower manhattan. And give us a sense of the mood there. It is 13 years on, but as we saw from that clip a Family Member reading names of their loved one, theres raw emotion for the survivors of the 9 11 attacks. Without a doubt, joy. This is an emotional day. And each day we come up on 9 11 remembering what happened, it is still charged we motion. There are heart wrenching images. One of the things, i want to share numbers with you. And that is this. Of about 3,000 children who lost their parents on 9 11, some 300 of those children were in kindergarten. Think about the span of time, more than 100 of those children are entering college. The good news here is that 100 of those children will have their schools totally paid for with full scholarships by something called the friends of freedom Scholarship Fund. It is now a 100 million fund to help those children, victims, children who lost their loved one on that day. More than just one week after the attack, the Scholarship Fund
Foreign soil. Ed henry begins our coverage tonight. Well conduct a campaign of air strikes against terrorists. Aides say the president decided that after playing defense, over a fumbled message about whether he had a strategy and would try to turn isis into a manageable problem, its time to go on offense to a prime time audience. I will not hesitate to action in syria as well as iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. A stark reversal from when the president said the guiding principle is merely dont do stupid stuff. After consulting with king abdullah. Now, the president is calling on congress to amp up support. The result is that people see american weakness, a lack of resolve. The president weeks ago mocked syrian rebels, deflecting criticism from hillary clinton. Its always been a fantasy this, idea that we could provide some light arms or even more sows fi ti indicated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up
Foreign soil. Ed henry begins our coverage tonight. Well conduct a campaign of air strikes against terrorists. Aides say the president decided that after playing defense, over a fumbled message about whether he had a strategy and would try to turn isis into a manageable problem, its time to go on offense to a prime time audience. I will not hesitate to action in syria as well as iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. A stark reversal from when the president said the guiding principle is merely dont do stupid stuff. After consulting with king abdullah. Now, the president is calling on congress to amp up support. The result is that people see american weakness, a lack of resolve. The president weeks ago mocked syrian rebels, deflecting criticism from hillary clinton. Its always been a fantasy this, idea that we could provide some light arms or even more sows fi ti indicated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up
Some of these boots have to be on the ground. He wants money to train that opposition, but what does the opposition look like . Frankly, we ought to give the president what hes asking for. It it is a big problem and it could come on our shores at any time. The one thing i can promise is if we take isis alone and lose we will unlock the gates of hell. This is a battle that will be waged into the next administration. No such thinga are as dipping into the toe into the waterses of war. I only hope that the congress can come together and do whats right. Im ari in for alex wagner. The National Mood is anything, but ceremonial. Across the country today, americans are weighing another plan for the u. S. To enter a new military engagement in the middle east. On the heels of his prime time address last night president obama marked the 9 11 anniversary and paid tribute to american soldiers at the pentagon this morning. By your presence here today in the lives of service that you have led, you em