g-20 summit in turkey. speaking at the summit yesterday, president obama promised to, quote, redouble efforts against the terrorist group. the skies have been darkened by the horrific attacks that took place in paris. as was true with the terrible attacks that took place in ankara, the killing of innocent people based on a twisted ideology is an attack not just on france, not just on turkey, but it s an attack on the civilized world. president obama also met face to face with russia s vladimir putin, a meeting that lasted 35 minutes and focused on syria, according to the white house. peter, any reaction to this latest video that appears to
was gone back in the united states. the people who are fleeing syria are the most harmed by terrorism. they are the most vulnerable as a consequence of civil war and strife. they are parents. they are children. they are orphans. and it is very important i was glad to see that this was affirmed again and again by the g-20 that we do not close our hearts to these victims of such violence. and somehow start equating the
robust as they need to in track being the flow of foreign fighters in and out of syria and iraq. and so there has been an accuse awareness on the part of my administration from the start that it is possible for an organization like isil that has such a twisted ideology and has shown such extraordinary brutality and its complete disregard for innocent lives that they would have the capabilities to potentially strike in the west, and because thousands of fighters have flowed from the west and are european citizens, a few hundred from the united states, but far more from europe, that when those foreign fighters returned it posed a significant danger.
isis has released two propaganda videos celebrating the carnage and threatening an attack against washington, d.c. for the air strikes in syria. the video is promising retaliation against any other countries taking part in those strikes. the associated press reports french officials are identifies the suspected master mind salah abdeslam is the suspected eighth attacker who had been stopped on
it did not exactly direct but feels it needs to capitalize on for p.r. value. so i believe this is just the beginning and that we might see more attacks either be foiled or actualized. laith alkhouri, thank you very much. we go now to my colleague, steve kornacki in new york. steve? the president s foreign policy more specifically his strategy in syria and iraq, they are now front and center as you might expect in the 2016 race, republicans candidates eager for the opportunity to blast the president. this morning on nbc s today show, 2012 republican nominee mitt romney saying u.s. involvement in the dismantling of isis needs to be much greater. isis has become strong are and they have metastasized much more broadly in the world. and if we don t change our course and take this seriously