ground. and also we need to be careful not to fall into this trap that i think the russians want us to fall into. because the ally with them in the so-called war on isis that they are waging, we will hear calls for that in the next couple of weeks. i don t think that that is what the russians are really doing. i don t think they are really fighting a war on isis. i they that the policy of propping up assad and ignoring assad and allowing him to go on for so long i think that has driven the sunni population of syria into the arms of isis. so the past several years of inaction on syria i think is why we are seeing this problem fester today. jamie joining us live this morning. thanks for that. i appreciate it well, breaking news continues all throughout the hour and the morning. next, as france locks down its borders. what does that mea security here in the united states? could would he be vulnerable to a terrorist cell. do they exist already within our borders? wool bring you the very
well, steve, i think we should be taking up and debating a new authorization of the use of military force against isis. we re more than a year, almost 15 months into this conflict and now that president obama has deployed special forces troops into syria, has announced his plans to proceed with that on the ground, troop deployment, i think it s even more urgent than ever. i respect senator s corker s concern that if we had a divisive debate there might be some misunderstanding by our allies or enemies about whether we re divided or nigunited. we have a constitutional duty to look at whether we should go to war. there s two and a half million veterans from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. one of the issues raised is cost. there was no provision made for how to pay for the wars in iraq
syria has fairly advanced air defenses and now with russian top flight cutting edge aircraft there helping enforce syria s airspace, helping support the murderous regime of bashar al assad on the ground and in the air, it would be more difficult, more conflicted than ever. look, it s an extremely difficult situation in both iraq and syria. we have managed to roll back some of the gains that isis made last year. we have flown more than 7,000 sorties against isis targets, along with our coalition partners. but now that we ve got both iranian funding and troops on the ground and russian troops and air cover, this is a very complex situation. we owe it to the american people to have a debate about this in the run-up to the presidential campaign, because we should not sort of slouch into another significant war in the middle east, sliding into it through steady escalation. i do support the president s
executives in other areas of the va and that includes benefits administration, where people were waiting, you know, days and months to get their benefits claims even answered. and it also included construction executives. there s a specific construction project in denver, colorado, that is now $1 billion over budget. it s a complete disaster. the u.s. army corps of engineers has had to come in and take it over. three top officials who were managing that project got bonuses in 2014. it s a very disturbing story. the perfect day to be reporting it, to have people reading this. donov donovan, thank you for your time tonight. we turn now to another issue that impacts our military men and women the war on isis. with the white house special envoy on isis telling senators behind closed doors that the white house does not need new authority to continue its fight
against isis. the war has gone on for more than a year now and its legal basis continues to rest on the 2002 authorization for the use of military force that was passed in response to the 9/11 attacks. coming out of that closed door briefings, senate foreign relations chair bob corker spoke about the uphill battle it would be to authorize the president s actions. he said, quote, to bring up something that highlights a divide over that and maybe makes it appear as if the nation is divided over isil, it doesn t make a lot of sense to me. one of the senators who was in that closed-door meeting was senator chris coops of delaware. he joins me now. the political reality of trying to get a new authorization specific to the war against isis, instead of relying on something from 13 years ago, the white house is saying it doesn t need it, the top republican is saying, even debating it would dwight the country. is there any realistic prospect for a new aumf?