Strikes which, of course, as you know, is well under way. The second phase will involve an intensified effort to train and equip the Iraqi Military and kurdish fighters. The final phase will center on destroying isis in syria, a military campaign that could last 36 months. Our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta joins me now more. Good morning, jim . Thats right. And remember Deputy National security advisor tony blinken told our wolf blitzer last week this could take some time, going into the next administration so that threeyear timetable is something Administration Officials have been talking about for about a week now. As for conducting air strikes in syria, senior Administration Officials say the president has not made a decision on that yet but at the same time one senior Administration Officials tells us the president and his top aides have started working on the speech that will be on wednesday to lay out this new isis strategy to the american people. Its one that the p
Equivalent of the iraq war. What this is, is similar to the kinds counterterrorism campaigns that weve been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years. Were going talk about that a lot this hour. Erin mcpike first joins us from the white house. Erin, what do we know at this point about the president s plan to combat isis . And also, he did talk in the interview about going to congress, what does he want from congress . Reporter okay, poppy, first, we know the president wants to equip and train iraqi and Kurdish Forces so they can be the ones fighting on the ground there. He also wants the u. S. And other countries find ways to choke off the funding that isis has. What we dont know, what we expect the speech to answers is, will the u. S. Seek to undertake air strikes in syria . It will be trickier if thats the case than it was in iraq because the u. S. Government has been working closely with the Iraqi Government but the u. S. Does not support the government of al ass
To see how this woman is treated. So ray rice has already admitted to what youre about to see. Weve never seen what happened back in march inside this Atlantic City casino. Watch this with me. They are entering the elevator. Ray rice and his then fiance. Punches thrown back and forth and he clocks her to deem her unconscious. Playing it again. This was obtained by tmz. Tmz got this. You see elevator doors open. Unconscious. Dragging her. Elevator door is closed. Grabs her again. And pulls her out. Leaves her on the ground. Doesnt cover her up. And that was that. The nfl would later fine rice and give him a short twogame suspension without pay. It was a penalty that was widely criticized for being too lenient. The couple is now married and they say they are going through counseling. We have a lot to talk about. Let me bring in a lot of voices. First to you with reporter hat on with me. This whole thing went down tell me if this was choreographed, calculated, first ravens termination and
Race. Bruce levinson apologizing and selling his share of the hawks. What he said and what is next for that team ahead. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. John berman is off this morning. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. On the day before 9 11 and two days from now, the president obama will address the nation. He is expected to announce a phase military campaign that could take three years to complete. The president is already hinting he has no plan to seek congressional approval for his plan. We have more this morning from cnns erin mcpike. Reporter a looming question we expect to answer, christine, is will the president propose air strikes in syria . It is tricky because the u. S. Does not support the syrian government. We expect the speech will layout the fine print. Will he seek congressional approval . I will ask congress to make sure that they understand and support what our plan is and it will require some resources, i suspect, above what we are currently do
Her out. First from the fox news deck, the white house will not say if president obama has decided to use our military to go after the Islamic State in sierra. Press secretary josh earnest said thats a decision the strikes, not just in iraq but some now in syria, and theres going to be an International Coalition he is seeking to put together, not just germany and italy possibly continuing to fund and provide arms, but air strikes by other nations and arab allies so this doesnt look like a west versus iraq situation. Then going to prepare the politics of this with congress, and is preparing the American People for this as well. Mind you, th j public is not really inclined to get involved with this conflict and with the mideast, having been through two wars, and so theres preparation there as well that is going to be the president to achieve. He is the president who campaigned on the notion of getting us out of iraq. He is not a guy would wants to go back into iraq in any significant wa