At a showcase for the best and brightest ideas in innovation and he did sign. Hello, everyone, u. S. President Barack Obama Says hes determined to beat isil. The u. S. Led coalition is intensifying its campaign against the group with some of the heaviest bombing since its began airstrikes last september. At least 19 of these air strikes were carried out in a rack and syria on sunday. President obama says the folk soys taking out isils leaders and its infrastructure and the reason knowledge players in the middle east are united in the fight. Isils strategic weaknesses are real. They are surrounded lie countries and communities committed to its destruction. It has no air force our coalition owns the skies isil is backed by no nation, it relies on fear, seems executing its own disillusioned fighters. Its unrestrained brutality often alienates those under its rule creating new enemies. In short isils recent losses in syria and iraq prove that isil can and will be did he defeated. That stat
Its the last attempt to get a lifeline and keep greece in the euro. German chancellor Angela Merkel says time is running out. Angela weve shown much solidarity with greece. Our last offer was very generous. In these time of challenges be it refugees or terrorism, europe can only keep strong and stand together if every country asumets responsibilities. Vonny they have to decide whether they can cooperate with cyprus and walked out of talks and called the referendum. Theyre trying to prop up the falling stock markets. Foreign investors are selling shares at shanghai listed stocks at a record pace. Vonnie obama warns it will take time and went for a briefing with the top military commander and called the fight against the Islamic State a generational struggle. President obama this will not be quick as a longterm campaign. Isil is opportunistic and it is nimble and many places in syria and iraq including urban areas, its dug in among innocent civilian populations. It will take time to root
Thanks clarke and the Aspen Institute have having me back. Lucky to have the Homeland Security jeh johnson. Not going through his bio. You have it in your pamphlet. The two things that struck me as the most interesting preparing for this. It is difficult to know where to start in an interview with the secretary. He has Legal Council at the pentagon was involved in the most important issues that the Obama Administration inherited from the Bush Administration and many of you know he was responsible for helping resend dont ask dont tell he was the last legal word on every drone strike outside of the main seeders of war at the pentagon, he was in charge of the fraught issue of figuring out how to shutdown guantanamo bay, and the list goes on and on. With that background, it does make you realize why you were the guy for dhs which is another institution with a lot of problems when you inherited it. I want to ask you given that background you went from the pentagon and offense on the war on
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National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] things are winding down here at the press club. If you missed any of the discussion of discussion with the chancellor at unc, you can find it online at cspan. Org. The herald newspaper today reporting that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell thinks the senate could pass along stalled Cyber Security bill before leaving for august recess, but that it will take cooperation. Could see a procedural vote to move forward on that measure tomorrow. Party lunchesin right now. You can catch the White House Briefing on cspan2. And of course, the senate with a gavel back in. More live coverage is coming up in about one hour, talking about the future of afghanistan with general John Campbell, the general of Operation Resolute support starting at 3 00 eastern time. Throughout the month we are looking back at the cities we visited this