On my own. Without congress. And, so, while we still dont know precisely what he is prepared to do, we know that the president doubts that any meaningful collaboration is possible with the gridlocked congress. If he is to build a comprehensive plan for Immigration Reform, he eis going to have to build it alone. This idea of building it all alone has me thinking about another summer moment from president obama. Not summer 2014 when he tried to figure out what to do solo about the National Issue of immigration, but summer 2012 when he was running for reelection and said this at a Campaign Stop in virginia. If youve been successful, you didnt get there on your own. If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If youve got a business, you didda annt build that. Somebody else made
To hurt us, wherever they are. The president in a wideranging interview. He talks immigration, the fight against isis, midterm elections and reaction and analysis to all, up next. Overseas, new air strikes in iraq. The u. S. Is trying to stop militants from overtaking a site in that country. New polls for the u. S. Senate with a key number coming out of the bluegrass state. Is the challenger ready to knock off the incumbent . Why are scientists saying its going to pass awfully close to earth . Hey there, everybody. Hi noon out east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. President obama held nothing back in an interview with chuck todd of meet the press. The strategy for iraq and syria is we will hunt down isil members and assets wherever they are. I will reserve the right to protect the American People and go after folks that are trying to hurt us wherever they are. If democrats hold the senate, i think that should get republicans to, once again keep that i think wha
Humanitarian effort. Now dropping supplies in northern iraq. France is vowing to help with relief efforts, too. Still i. S. I. S. Is showing no signs of backing down. It released this video showing off military equipment it seized. This is day three of this latest u. S. Involvement in iraq. Yesterday before leaving for his vacation on marthas vineyard, the president reiterated his pledge not to send more Ground Troops into iraq but said his strategy for defeating i. S. I. S. Militants is lefrm. First, i dont think were going to solve this problem in weeks, if thats what you mean. I think this is going the take some time. If sometime turns into months, the president will have to turn to congress for permission to pursue his strategy. The war powers act gives him 60 days to do whatever he thinks is necessary without congressional approval. Late friday the white house gave this official notification to congress telling lawmakers about the latest military operation in iraq. Altz for what c
And fewer hands but more patients . The fight against ebola getting harder and more dangerous in west africa. This as a new debate grows over who gets limited doses of an experimental drug. Im t. J. Holmes in today for craig melvin. First, ferguson. We learned just hours ago attorney general eric holder ordered another autopsy on the body of Michael Brown. The attorney general cites extraordinary circumstances. This will now be the third autopsy after local investigators and the brown family. Now, you heard from missouri governor jay nixon just yesterday on our show right here. He declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in ferguson. So how did that go last night . Chaos and violence last night erupted in the streets as hundreds defied that midnight to 5 00 a. M. Curfew. Police once again fired tear gas to try and disperse demonstrators despite this promise from Highway Patrol captain ron johnson saturday. We will enforce that curfew. We wont enforce it with trucks. We wont e
Months. The moz all dam is the largest of iraqs dams, described as the most dangerous dam in the world. Its feared isis could use the dam not only to control access to electricity and water. Also potential the terror group could unleash a wall of water into the valley below and that includes the city of bagdad. The idea of water as a weapon of mass destruction. Isis took the dam at one point, baugh sustained campaign of u. S. Air strikes has helped to force the militants out. The haditha dam is iraqs second largest dam, just as vital to providing water and electricity to iraqis in the western part of the country. So far isis has failed to capture that dam. On friday at a nato summit in wales, president obama described the air strikes they would keep using to fight isis. You initially push them back. You systematically degrade their capabilities. You narrow their scope of action. You slowly shrink the space, the territory that they may control. You take out their leadership, and over ti