Strikes against the militants and air aerodrops to aid members of a threatened religious minority come after president obamas announcement thursday that a genocide could occur without american help. Moments ago, the white house reiterated the need for these strikes as well as the limited scope of u. S. Actions to support iraq. Well not offer it in the form of a prolonged military conflict that involves the United States of america, and it will not involve american troops returning to iraq in a combat role. Tracy shelton is a Senior Correspondent for global post. She joins me on the phone from irbil, iraq, the capital of the kurdish region and a frontline in the battle with isis. Whats been the reaction there to the u. S. Air strikes . Well, people are still skeptical. Theres been a lot of talk, but they havent seen a lot of action in the past. Theyre happy there is some action thats going to be taken, but theyre waiting to see how much its going to be, how effective its going to be, ho
Douglas died while fighting four isis against four rebels of the syrian army just outside of aleppo as were starting to learn more about mccain, later moved to minnesota where he attended high school and had in recent years lived in san diego. He left for turkey in the spring before crossing over to neighboring syria. Exactly how he became so radicalized remains unclear. His best friend from high school was killed in 2009. He converted to islam ten years ago and would post religious thoughts on facebook, called himself the slave of allah. He met somalian guy thats converted him to be a muslim. I dont know about his life in san diego and what kind of people he ran across. I guarantee that this all of this has something to do with friends that he may have made. Whatever he was doing i want to believe he was probably a follower, you know, following around people clearly. But while the conventional stereo type in the west is that all isis fighters are religious fanatics thats not always tr
Helping assad. There is a lot of individuals fighting with isis who are not syrian or, rack i. We know that there are definitely americans in the ranks of isis. There is clearly movement on the issue of how to deal with isis. The cart and the horse are both about three years overdue in syria. It does come down to who you ask at the end of the day. Imis ra klein in for alex wagner. We have breaking news in this hour. In just a few moments, president obama is expected to make a statement from the White House Briefing room. The president was originally supposed to meet in the white house situation room at this hour with his National Security council including Vice President joe biden, john kerry and chuck hague toll weigh his options against isis in iraq and in syria. We will bring you the president s remarks from the Briefing Room live, but joining me now is editor of politico magazine, susan glasser. Its good to have you here. Hi, ezra. How are you some. Im good. What do you expect to h
Tension. Who have with ever thought day jay view all over again. That would be back where we were 40 some odd years ago. New york city has become the focal point of new anger. Following the executionstyle murders of wenjian liu and rafael ramos. Saying Ismaaiyl Brinsley ambushed the Police Officers. Now more than a dozen threats of violence against officers on sunday alone. And its not just new york. Newark, new Jersey Police got warnings similar to the ones sent out by the nypd union, dont patrol alone. Officials in boston and philadelphia are also warning officers to be on high alert as well. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has been following the story. Have we learned anything more about the gunman . We are learning some new details. Dsks say. Detectives say the suspect has been arrested 19 times before this and he served two years in a georgia prison for weapons possession. His Mother Told Police that he was, quote, often violent, and that he had even tried to take his life in the last year. N
They will play there tonight in an act of joyous defiance. Before they left for france, i talked to the politically minded rock legends about terror from the ira to isis. How their music fights evil and how we should all respond to terrorism but also to the refugees from those war torn regions. This idea of only take christian refugees, this is not the american idea. Also, one of americas most important allies. The super star of revolutions of 1989 has taken a dangerous turn toward authoritarianism. Its a story we should all be paying attention to. First, heres my take. The most recent act of horrific violence this america in san bernardino, california was perpetrated by a muslim man and woman. There are around three million muslims in the United States. Almost all of whom are lawabiding citizens. How should they react to the actions of the couple that killed 14 people this week . The most commonly heard response is that muslims Must Immediately and condemn these acts of bar barty. She