Republicans will come to their senses at some point, and pass piece of legislation that would be even more impactful in terms of solving those problems and would supersede any sort of executive action that he might take. But the president is determined as ever, to take that kind of action on his own, simply because House Republicans have blocked the ability of congress to try to solve this problem. Okay . Jim . Josh, getting back to the comment we dont have a strategy, the president was talking about strategy for isis in syria in syria the president was talking military options for countering isis in syria. There are a number of things we have already done as it relates to the broader situation in syria to confront some of the challenges there. The United States is the largest single donor of humanitarian aid to syria and dealing with the terrible humanitarian situation in syria, we have seen billions people displaced by the violence there. The United States has been engaged in an effo
Dda day, september 2nd. Mother american has reportedly been beheaded. Were talking about Steven Sotloff missing since 2013. I wa in the last few minutes i have been able to speak with someone who has seen the video posted in a very limited way online. They described it to me as a video fairly brief under three minutes in length and they said to me its called a second message to america. Youll recall that the first message to America Direct message from isis to the American People was execution video of journalist james foley. This is called the second message to america. And it begins again with video of the president announcing why there are air strikes in iraq and then it shows an individual we believe is Steven Sotloff. We dont have independent verification of the videos authenticity. An individual that looks like Steven Sotloff is kneeling next to the executioner. Also wearing an orange jump suit. This is very clear messaging by isis. Synonymous with Guantanamo Bay and his head is
Province, the attacks killing 14 militants and five civilians, including women and children, according to a rights monitor group. The u. S. Led coalition aiming to degrade the brutal militant groups source of revenue. Striking 12 Oil Facilities, seized by isis in Eastern Syria wednesday. Bringing the total number of air strikes in the region to over 30. This is the beginning of a long effort. There will be more. There will be more. U. S. Officials estimate that isis makes upwards of 2 million a day by Smuggling Oil, refining it and producing 500 barrels a day and selling them on the black market. U. S. Officials hope the air strikes in the remote countryside would lessen the risk of civilian casualties. A concern raised after the initial air strikes fell upon densely Populated Areas like raqqa. An activist from raqqa says the isis fighters began moving into civilian homes two weeks ago. And wednesdays strike, the u. S. Flew only about half a dozen f15 aircraft. Saudi arabia and the Uni
[explosion] the story behind this rockets dangerous explosion during a test flight. Fox friends begins right now. Hey, everybody, come on in and stay a while. Glad to have you watching fox friends weekend. Glad to have you in for tucker. Only a few more weeks left where you get to wear the nice light suit. I have got to wear it today. All the ladies telling me its labor day i have got to get rid of my white pants, right . You dont wear white pants. Just on the golf course. We begin this hour with a fox news alert. Federal officials now warning that isis could hit inside america as revenge for u. S. Air strikes. The terror group that was labeled the jv team by president obama just a few short months ago may now be planning a 9 11 style attack on the west. More we go now live to Jennifer Griffin in washington, d. C. Good morning to you, jennifer. Good morning, anna. The says it has not seen any sign that isis terror cells have cross the southern border into the United States. But those w
Kirby about, what to expect next. So lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this afternoon, americas new war against the Islamic State militants included surprise attacks on another enemy. One that officials would say was planning an imminent attack or attacks on western targets. Thats part of the mission we did not know about when this was all going to go down last night. Unlike the coalition of arab nations that helped blow up the Islamic State targets, the second objective, this one that had an imminent attack planned, according to the pentagon, belonged to the United States alone. According to the pentagon, the United States hammered a little known al qaeda cell called the Khorason Group, the Khorason Group. Lots more to come on that. U. S. Officials say it could be even more dangerous than the Islamic State also known as isis. We reported yesterday about the Khorason Group and its reported leader, who Officials Say was close to Osama Bin Laden. Were told the group was develo