Them substantial opportunity to determine their own destiny within the territory that they control. That is what multisectarianism in iraq would mean. As you indicate, its a lot tougher in syria. But thats the objective that we have to have sunnis i would like to see the sunni tribal leaders that you met with be as successful as the kurds are. We would welcome that. Thats what were trying to stimulate. And were willing to do more as the chairman indicated and i indicated when we have a capable ground force that we can support the way we did support over the weekend the kurds in the north with air power. Thank you mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, i also want to agree with the line of your questioning earlier. I think it would be absolutely foolish for us not to clarify the rules of engagement for the syrian trained folks inserted back into the field to make clear that the u. S. Will support them if they come under attack by assad regime. For them to go in without protection, we would lose all cred
Considering how much we invested, the soldiers general dempsey led in iraq. So im worried im not happy about this. I think delusion is a word thats too accurate. So i just want to say that here at the beginning. I hope we will get into more details about what you plan to do to reverse this action. And at some point the president s going to have to change his mind, it seems to me. He cannot just function based on a Campaign Promise when reality is different. Secretary carter do you want me to answer that question . It is a fair question, let me go back to the issue of the strategy, and then i will Say Something about afghanistan. The strategy is for defeating isil on the ground in iraq and syria is to train and then enable local forces. That takes some time. Senator sessions i understand that. General dempsey was training the iraqi forces eight years ago. I visited him in iraq. That was his primary responsibility. Weve been training them for nearly a decade. And thats not the problem ri
Internet and find themself spart, you see people who have had no training, no association with it, including americans, who go on the internet and find themself s themselves enthralled because of whatever lost souls they are or because of the violence with isil and selfradicalize and unfortunately undertake to do violence. So you see that spectrum there. You do see some effort by isil, meaning isil in syria and iraq to command and control, but its not exclusively that way. I say all this because thats very distinctly different from the al qaeda model. The al qaeda model was a very hierarchical, very clear command and control type terrorist enemy. And that meant they had discipline and it meant they could take on big things like 9 11, but it also meant that when we started to go after them they were vulnerable to attacks on the command and control structure and on their logistics structure. Isils more resilient because it is more decentralized and informal in that kind of sense. Takes a
From the federal government. But the news that three firefighters have been killed and others are injured. More details as we get them in. Theres been a dramatic turn in the shooting of a murder suspect in san jose. Police are now backing off their initial story of what happened. This is raising questions about the officers response. Kpix 5s devin fehely with the new video that is sparking debate. Reporter the Police Department initially said that the suspect appeared to be reaching for some type of weapon in his waistband. But 24 hours later they had to walk those comments back and admit that he had his back turned and was running away when the first shots were fired. The cell phone video captures the chaotic moments after richmond jaquez was shot monday night. When officers gave chase, jaquez was already a suspect in one murder and they feared on the verge of committing another. Their explanation about why officers opened fire the officers chasing the suspect and the suspect reaches
Plus, the pilot suspended for this dangerous flyby stunt. The second headquarter sweepstakes for amazon arrives today. And staying alive. The cubs top the dodgers to stave off elimination. Hammered into left. And the yankees make it three in a row over the astros. But in new york on the brink of the world series today, thursday, october 19, 2017. Matt, yankees on the brink of a world series. I dont think we should say that about the dodgers and the yankees. Youre on the brink of the world series when you win the fourth game so i dont want to jinx anything here but it was a great game last night, fun to be at. Meanwhile, we got a big event in our studio, were happy to have the former cia director john bren n brennan with us. But first, the president facing new scrutiny over his condolence calls to the families of Fallen Service members. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter savannah and matt, good morning to you. The demands for answ