Lets get right to the breaking news. Isis relations a new video apparently showing the beheading of another american, Steven Sotloff, who disappeared last year in syria. The brutal execution video comes two weeks after the murder of american james foley. This one comes with a direct warning to president obama. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with Global Affairs correspondent elise la by the. She has the latest. It appears very similar to the video showing the beheading of james foley. It is equally as shocking. Its a gruesome image. American Steven Sotloff dressed in an orange jump suit, kneeling at the feet of his executioner. A hand on his throat, the masked figure all in black brandishes a knife and speaks to president obama. So just as your to strike our people, our neck will continue to strike the necks of your people. Before his apparent beheading, sotloff speaks to the camera, saying under duress that he is having to pay the price for
After the president admitted he didnt quite have the a strategy yet to fight isis in syria. How should the president respond now . And also in world news, while the pentagon still has plans to deal with isis on the drawing board, the u. S. Dollars carry out a strike on a different terrorist target, no not in the syria. Thousands of miles away in somalia. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with a horrific world lead. It is not as if the world needed more proof of the savagery of the terrorists of sifs but they have given it anyway. A video appearing to show a second american beheaded by these terrorists days after president obama says he doesnt have a strategy yet for fighting isis in syria, that americans name is Steven Sotloff. Isis threatened to kill him if the u. S. Did not stop its air strikes against isis in iraq. While the u. S. Has not confirmed the authenticity of the video, theres very little to doubt that isis would follow through on tha
Unpleasant Campaign Rhetoric is going to hold. How much tension will there be in that room. How much will they be able to accomplish. There are some things they know theyll move forward on. Theres a trillion dollar spending bill they need to fund the government after december 11th. The president has asked for more money to fight ebola. Those are the kinds of things theyre going to get done in the short term. In the longterm, as you know, there are a couple of issues including immigration and obamacare that are going to be more difficult. Yeah. Absolutely. And weve heard some really tough talk, chris, from both sides going into the meeting about changing washington. Obviously its not going happen at a lunch. But from the white houses point of view, did you get a sense from mr. Mcdonough any sense on the term comprise what its going to mean . I think weve heard unanimity from Dennis Mcdonough and the president on wednesday. They feel a sense of optimism. Its a sense they kind of need to
To subtweeting the president . And inside the Washington Post report of fury and tumble already boiling over inside the trump white house. And they said donald trump did not draw well. I said it was almost raining. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We are five days into the presidency of donald trump although we should note the white house considers this to be only President Trumps second working day. And already its easy to imagine Republican Leaders in washington behind closed doors rolling their eyes at the new president at his obsession with the size of his inauguration crowd, his boasting about magazine cover appearances in front of the cia memorial wall, his ridiculous and obviously false claim which well discuss later on that he only lost the popular vote because millions of illegals voted for Hillary Clinton. But you havent seen Republican Leaders speaking out against the new president for one simple reason it has been a great few days fo
And already its easy to imagine Republican Leaders in washington behind closed doors rolling their eyes at the new president at his obsession with the size of his inauguration crowd, his boasting about magazine cover appearances in front of the cia memorial wall, his ridiculous and obviously false claim which well discuss later on that he only lost the popular vote because millions of illegals voted for Hillary Clinton. But you havent seen Republican Leaders speaking out against the new president for one simple reason it has been a great few days for the Republican Party. President trump is giving them just what they always hoped. These are executive orders to build the Dakota Access and Keystone Xl Oil pipelines, a big priority for the Republican Party that receives millions of donations from the oil and gas industry but have never been able to get it done on their own. The regulatory process in this country has become a tangled up mess and very unfair to people. Thats a big one. That