The presiden president says misd go on for months depending on how they stand up to the terror threat. Peter king on the House Homeland Security Committee Says the longer we wait to confront isis, the more of a threat ha they bee to our security here at home. We cannot wait for the Iraqi Parliament to fight isis. It becomes a direct threat to the United States of america. They are more powerful than a al qaeda was on 9 11. Jenna lets begin with bob who has been to iraq numerous times in a friendly face. In general, how do you think this is going . Not very well. These airstrikes are defensive in nature, in other words two airstrikes one day, to go the next, two the next, they are defensive. Those that are trapped can pull back. Now what we need is an offense of campaign. At the end of the day, war is a test of will. Right now isis has the initial, we need one offense of campaign, allow them to do it and that will take the air out of their sails. If we can just show one effective maneuv
Airstrikes are not getting the job done. A poll released today shows people think our military strategy is failing. Well dig deeper into the numbers coming up. Meantime this afternoon, arab states are stepping up their attacks against isis. Egypt now wants the u. N. To step in and not iraq and syria but in libya where the 21 christians were beheaded by an isisinspired group and additional christians were kidnapped overnight. The 2011 nato mission that helped remove qadhafi is not finished and alouped the allowed the militants to gain footing. They said the arab nations need to do more to fight the extremists as the isis atrocities continue to astound us. We were surprised by the jordanian pooilt set on fire. And it is said to believe they burned 45 people alive in iraq. From the council on foreign relations, steven thank you for being with us and the big question is should aaron nations take the lead on this . They need to step up and it is clear the jordanians and the egyptians are do
Race. Is that such a good idea . According to the latest that National Poll by the Washington Post, and abc news, the gop frontrunner falls short against cruz and marco rubio in head to head matchups. Heres what the republican rivals are saying on the campaign trail before tonights elections results. If you vote for john kasich or ted cruz, you are voting for trump. I am the only one who can beat him in florida. Were focused in michigan today. We want to do as well as we can do here. Then we go to ohio and were getting on home turf. You understand this better than anybody. Were getting closer and closer to home games. Well take it a day at a time. If you dont want to see donald trump as the nominee, and if you dont want to see Hillary Clinton as the president , which is the inevitable result of donald trump being the nominee, come join us. Let us stand together. And i saw some polls yesterday in michigan where im 19 and 20 points up. And i saw some very very good polls. Im still leadin
Including about 35,000 in the middle east. These brave men and women are putting their lives on the line in harms way to protect our rights here at home. This morning, u. S. Defense officials confirm a navy s. E. A. L. Was shot and killed by isis terrorists near erbil, iraq. The third american soldier killed in the battle against isis since october. White House Press Secretary josh earnest addressed the development earlier. Todays incident is a vivid reminder of the risks that our Service Members are taking them, three of them now have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. But the president has been clear, time and time again, exactly what their mission is. That mission is to support iraqi forces on the ground, who are taking the fight to isle on the front lines. Iraqi forces must fight for their own country. United states forces cannot be a substitute for those iraqi forces. Retired fourstar general jack keen explains why he believes we are facing the threat of isis. In 2008 wh
Cnns Jason Carroll is outside trump tower. Who have you seen . Reporter lets talk about what Kellyanne Conway talked about the short list of kaep candidates who trump will be seeing. Former massachusetts senator scott brown being considered for secretary of veterans affairs. Donald trump spoke at length throughout the campaign about the need to improve conditions for veterans, veterans administration, better medical treatment. These are issues very important to brown as well. As he left the meeting, pam remarks he gave some insight as to how that meeting went between the two men. We obviously spoke about my passion and his passion, which are veterans issues. You know, obviously, its, i think, the toughest job in the cabinet, is to lead the va because it has while it has so many angels working there, it has so many great problems as well. Reporter it should be noted brown was one of the first senators to come out and support donald trump. Hes been loyal to donald trump, the Trump Campai