so he says you are never going to find that quote from me. that quote was on national television. that quote wasn t even that long ago. this is the problem. you can have mixed truths about a lot of things, your record, not put out your taxes, delete e-mails but you don t want to be inconsistent about nuclear weapons policy and about nuclear proliferation. this has enormous consequences. you don t want to get this one wrong. you don t want to be either misremembering things or lying about them or not quoting yourself accurately when it comes to nuclear weapons. richard ingle, we are at 6:35 a.m. i am told i have time for one follow-up with you. it would be this. why did we announce so far in advance the offensive was coming to mosul? reporter: well, it depends on how cynical you want to be,
american air intelligence and artillery backup. richard ingle, in iraq, just after dawn. richard, as always, you have been there for us. we are going on a break. mobility is very important to me. that s why i use e trade mobile. it s on all my mobile devices, so it suits my mobile lifestyle. and it keeps my investments fully mobile.
do. we cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between america and islam. that too is what groups like isil want. let s never forget what makes us exceptional. freedom is more powerful than fear. good morning. it s monday, december 7th. with us we have managing editor of bloomberg politics and the president of counsel on foreign relations and nbc news chief correspondent richard angle and sean henry. . also with us author of the new book destiny in power, the american odyssey of george h.w. bush. a lot to talk about. what did you think about the speech last night? i thought it was a reaffirmation to what we re already doing to an extent. really hard to do that during an election season. did you hear anything new last night? not on the foreign policy side. that stayed the course. what was different was the domestic focus. he laid out this plan so he didn t talk about just a staying the course he talked about staying a course we ve
ramadi, an iraqi city west of baghdad. isis took over a government compound in ramadi. isis is on the outskirts of the historic city of palmyra, threatening to bulldoze another archaeological site. the global picture is still quite grim but the fact that the u.s. launched this incredibly risky operation authorized by the president to go into the heart of isis territory and kill, the initial intention to capture a top figure shows a kind of aggressiveness in syria which we haven t seen thus far. thank you to nbc s richard ingle for joining us. we have continuing coverage on msnbc including much later in this hour. for now, we re going to turn to news back home. at a surprising study released earlier this week you see, it s a common theme among presidents that the united states is at its heart a
good morning, i m melissa lee harris-perry. we re going to begin with breaking news. u.s. special operation forces entered syria to capture an isis leader. that senior leader known as abu sayyaf was killed. no u.s. forces were killed or injured during the operation. joining me now from washington, d.c. nbc white house correspondent correspondent kristen welker. do we know about the target? reporter: a lot of fast-moving developments. according to a report, president obama approved this operation at the recommendation at national security team. the mission aimed to capture the isis leader that you mentioned known as abu sayyaf and his wife. during the operation abu sayyaf was killed. here s some details according to jim lachefski saying it was carried out by army force commandos. raided an isis compound in eastern syria and an intense fire fight ensued and that s is when abu sayyaf was killed. he was killed fighting. an official tells me 12 other enemy fighters were also kil