Destroyed because thats much wider than isil. That is a segment of islamism which is very broad. Isil, the territorial entity can be destroyed. And i hope will. Right now its being destroyed on a severalyear plan at best. I believe the gentleman is right, it could be destroyed by having a policy. That requires making choices. Either we choose assad or we choose turkey. We dont sit on the fence. If we choose turkey, we get a major ground military force on our side. If we choose assad, we get a real military force on the side, not as big as turkey. Either way, isil can be destroyed in a matter of years. Sitting on the fence, and refusing to engage our own forces on the ground, which probably is going to continue, that is true, we cannot destroy isil even as a territorial entity at least for several years, and possibly never. What if they use the several years to gain weapons of mass destruction, which is quite possible. You raise a lot of good points here. Again, i think as long as peopl
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There may be a break through in the efforts to end the debt lock over the debt ceiling in washington. Republican lawmakers plan on meeting with president obama later today. All of this coming just after the treasury secretary warned the congress that a default could cause permanent damage to the economy. We have Team Coverage on this. We begin with libby casey who is standing by live on capitol hill. Libby what just happened . House republicans are putting an offer on the table. They are offering to raise the debt ceiling on a shortterm basis. A sixweek boost of the debt ceiling. But it doesnt include with the government reopening or deal with the government reopening at all. John boehner told reporters that has they take this proposal to president obama nothing is on the table, but nothing is off of the table either. Its time for leadership, and time for this conversation to begin, and i would hope that the president would look at this as an opportunity and good faith effort on our pa
A day of dire warnings, tough talk and deadlines. Treasury secretary jack lew warned congress that failing to raise the debt ceiling would cause irrevocable damage to the economy. The republicans proposed raising the debt ceiling for six weeks. Meanwhile wall street, wow, a rocketshiplike ride today. The dow closing the day up 322 points. What a trading day. Mike viqueira is at the white house for us. And mike, to the extent you can, put us in the room. In about 30 minutes time the president is going to meet with House Republicans, what can we expect . It started today this morning. There is a glimmer of hope now tony. Its all vague, its all taking shape, but the stock market reacting to the fact that for the first time in how long has it been, some two weeks, there is some wiggle room now on both sides of this of the house gop and here at the white house as well. A lot yet to be decided. A lot up in the air at this point, but there is a possibility, glimmer of hope that the end is in
And now, bbc world news. Funerals are held for some of the 120 victims of a series of deadly bombings across pakistan. British police say the child abuse by the late bbc presenter jimmy expands six decades. He could have been prosecuted if the allegations were taken more seriously. And cybercops warn of the growing threats from online crime. Welcome to bbc world news. Also in this program, the First Official portrait of the duchess of cambridge. Well find out what kate makes of it. And they whistle while they work, the can anywherey Island Children learning an ancient language that sounds like bird songs. Hello, more than 120 people are now learned to have died in a series of bomb attacks in pakistan. The deadliest attack was a double bombing which left 95 people dead. The targets were members of the minority shiite sect. Our correspondent is there with more. Yesterday there were two incidents, in one, insurgents claimed attacking the paramilitary forces. But the bigger attack was on s