Homeland security committee, and senator johnson thank you for joining us on this mothers day. Good morning, jim. We appreciate having you here. We talked about the fight with isis and having the wisdom of having u. S. Boots on the ground in iraq. Today you have isis threatening military bases in the u. S. Is the u. S. The new front line in the fight against isis . Well were certainly vulnerable and this is all part of isiss strategy and trying to inspire more acts of violence as we saw in texas last sunday. So from my standpoint i think the best strategy that the u. S. Could employ to defeat this is to defeat isis in iraq and syria so that the reality actually is conveyed that this is not a Winning Organization its a losing organization because, jim, as long as they are not losing as long as they individuals who might be drawn to jihad dont perceive isis as a losing organization they will be perceived as winning and they will continue to inspire this type of jihadists activity and ext
The u. S. Military on alert as isis threatens america. This is state of the union. The Senate Homeland security chairman on isis hitting the heartland, and the point man for the u. S. Fight against the terror group in the middle east, jeb bushs stunning admission, and remembering victory in europe 70 years on. Good morning from washington. Im jim sciutto. U. S. Military bases today on heightened alert due to concerns over potential terror attacks by isis supporters here in the u. S. The fbi says hundreds perhaps thousands of isis sympathizers may be here in the homeland right now. Joining me now is senator ron johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland security committee, and senator johnson thank you for joining us on this mothers day. Good morning, jim. We appreciate having you here. Weve talked a lot in this fight against isis about the wisdom of having u. S. Boots on the ground in iraq. Today you have isis threatening military bases here in the u. S. Is the u. S. The new front line i
we have taken back 25% of the populated areas that isis was controlling back then and it s going to take time but we are building up iraqi capabilities and have thousands of american special forces and trainers and they are now getting out on the front lines. ramadi jim, was under threat from january 1st 2014 and isis moved into ramadi six months before mosul. they are going to continue to fight, and now we are helping them. as we organize the tribes as they are starting to we are going to the sunni tribes we are going to push isis out of the areas there. the focus is iraq and syria and it s also globe annual. we have to cut down the foreign fighter networks and counter them in the messaging face, and we have a global coalition of 62 nations to do that. all of these nations and every capital we are in they understand it s a long-term multiyear challenge that will
ramadi jim, was under threat from january 1st, 2014. isis moved into ramadi six months before mosul. that capital has never fallen. the tribes there, the locals are fighting they re going to continue to fight and now we re helping them. and as he organize the anbari tribes as we re starting to do we re going to push back the sunni tribes in anbar we re going to push isis out of those populated areas in anbar. but again, jim, i just have to stress it s a long-term charge challenge, it s a long-term campaign the focus is iraq and syria but it s also global. we have to cut down the foreign fighter networks we have to cut down the financing networks we have to counter them in the messaging sxas that s why we have this global coalition of 62 nations to do that. but all these nations in every capital they understand this is a long-term multiyear challenge that will be with us for a long time. years, not months. i spoke earlier this week you mentioned training of both iraqi forces but als