And how about this end . How one ridiculously lucky man narrowly escaped death. That image was shocking to me there. We want to begin with this story as u. S. Air strikes continue to hammer isis targets in iraq. U. S. Defense officials are warning of a long battle ahead. Six isis positions were hit near mosul dam on thursday. At the same time defense chief chuck hagel described the group as barbaric and an imminent threat to every american interest. Joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey says defeating isis in iraq will require some sort of action against the group inside syria and a change of heart among those falling into the grip of isis. Listen. Isis will only truly be defeated when its rejected by the 20 million disenfranchised sunni to happen to reside between damascus and baghdad. It requires a variety of instruments. Only one small part of which is air strikes. Im not predicting those will occur in syria. At least not by the United States of america. But it requires the applicati
Destroyed. We have fox team coverage, katherine carriage, james rosen with why iran may end up doing americas bidding in the struggle against this terror group. We begin with chief White House Correspondent ed henry and the complications that could influence whether the president takes action. Good evening, ed. Reporter good evening, bret. More chaos tonight in syria. Syrian rebels with help from an Al Qaedalinked group have seized a frontier crossing with israel along the Golan Heights. This is considered a symbolic move for now. Obviously long term it has the danger of drawing israel into this long civil war, meanwhile, the threat from the isis militants in syria and iraq continues. A heartbreaking appeal from the mother of yet another journalist held hostage by isis militants, one of several Americans Still in captivity right now. My son steven is in your hands. Reporter in a video broadcast on al arabiya, Shirley Sotloff urged them not to suffer a grisly murder. Hes always tried to
Later after she speaks. They really want her to connect, and the reason that iowa is such a big deal is even though you may not remember it and, trust me, i bet Hillary Clinton wishes everyone would forget about when she was here in 2008 she came in third now its the beginning of the beginning. I was talking to a caucus goer for then senator obama. That person said obama was just so electric, but now i support Hillary Clinton. It also makes me wonder about whether theres an enthusiasm gap. I did a piece on this. Theres widespread respect for Hillary Clinton. She leads polls by 40, 50 points against joe biden, elizabeth warren, any name you throw out there. Martin omalley. That organic passion so far isnt there in the way that it was for barack obama. There was a care iz ma deficit. Were going to see, obviously, if she can try to make that up once she decides whether shes running or not. Back to you, deb. Were watching this, and we expect Hillary Clinton and her husband will be here any
Long while in tearful prayer. Plus, Nancy Writebol talking about her remarkable recovery. I do remember, as i was put on that airplane, i dont even know if im going to make it to the u. S. I dont even know if im going to see my dear husband again. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell live in new york today. President obama is on his way to wales where the military alliance will talk about Vladimir Putins aggression in ukraine. They will also talk about the growing threat of isis in the aftermath of a brutal murder of Steven Sotloff. President obama vowed to destroy isis. Those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget, our reach is long and justice will be served. Richard engel is live in pantuka, turkey. The rhetoric is not matching the strategy so far. Is there a gap here . The gap is very wide. Everyone knows where isis lives. U. S. Special Operation Forces have a pretty good idea where mo hostages are held. They are in syria. And right now there
Pressure to define a strategy on isis after announcing that he didnt have one. Charles krauthammer until we had the brutal murder, the contemptible murder of the americans, throwing down the gauntlet. Where American Public opinion had radically changed from being against air strikes to being heavily in favor that obama decided to do it. This is a classic example of la leading from behind when he waits for public opinion. Joins us for what we do you get a sense in washington today that the white house has any sort of regrets that it has come to this. That the president is actually going having to address the nation, in the sixth year of his presidency that theyre actually going to do what he needs to do to protect the country . I dont get any sense of regret, in fact i think they sense more of an opportunity here. They changed it from an afternoon speech to a prime time speech, basically because they felt after the president s appearance on meet the press that he had turned some of the