Party, didnt vote with him. They refused to back the bill and the obvious rationale is they dont trust treat syrian army. They dont think it is an army and they dont believe you can trust the rebels and that means the plan wont work. San grant is going to start off our coverage from australia. Because we want to figure out what happened with this terror plot that was thwarted. What weve seen here is being described as the biggest antiterror raid ever in australian history around 800 Police Involved in new south wales, australias biggest city, sydney and brisbane, in queensland, weve been told by police that 15 people have been detained, some of those resisting arrest. One man has been charged and will appear in court. The allegation here that these people were planning a terrorist attack. Being described as a random attack against a member of the public, to be carried out on the streets of sydney. Now all of this comes as the terror warning in australia has been increased from medium, which would have been a possible attack, to high, which is a likely attack. Now, new counterterrorism laws have been announced as well and theres been increased funding to try to deal with the threat of terrorism here in australia. Prime minister tony abbott is particularly concerned with the number of australians, the scores of australians, who have gone to iraq and syria, to join the fight with Islamic State. Our thanks to stan grant. You have to remember the key phrase there is isis sympathizers. The concern obviously social media and recruiting spreading a message of hate thats being picked up around the world. Lets keep our focus on isis and head back to d. C. And the house vote on the fight against isis. Erin mcpike has more on this from washington, what have we learned this morning . The president met with 20 highlevel members of his National Security team yesterday afternoon as they refined the strategy to deal with the threat of foreign terrorists. Now that house vote yesterday was a small, but symbolic victory for the white house. But questions are piling up on bod sides of the aisle. Showing growing doubt that the National Security strategy can be effective. President obama commending members of congress. The amendment is adopted. For approving one piece of his strategy in the war against isis. I want to start off by saying thank you to house members, republican and democrat, who came together today to pass an important component on our strategy for dealing with the terrible terrorist organization known as isil. A rare show of bipartisan support in the house. Though 71 democrats broke ranks with the president. What in the world are we doing . Instead of rushing into yet another war, flooding the region with more weapons and intervening further in a civil war, congress should be pressing the pause button. Joining 85 republicans in rejecting the measure. I will not vote for something that i know will not work. Arming islamists to fight other islamists is not a winning strategy. The president urging the senate to follow the houses lead. No more war. On the other side of the capitol, secretary of state john kerry facing a grilling, insisting the Syrian Rebels require american support in lieu of actual troops. Senator mccain knows it, hes been screaming about it for some time. Weve all been screaming about it and have done nothing or not much to talk about. Any mission against isis is achievable without a dedicated ground presence as the president promises. It seems to me the administration has placed many, many, caveats on what we will not do. And our military leaders have urged you to put special forces on the ground, but no, were not going to do that. So this doesnt even seem serious. Just one day after joint chiefs chairman, general Martin Dempsey opened the door to a possible ground presence, president obama coming face to face with troops on Macdill Air Force base doubled down on this promise to them in the fight against isis. The American Forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. They will support iraqi forces on the ground. As they fight for their own country against these terrorists. Now, White House Press secretary, josh earnest also clarified dempseys remarks even further yesterday in a briefing on air force one saying he meant officials in advisory roles might need to embed with iraqis in combat, but they wouldnt be personally engaging the enemy in combat. Erin pike from washington. I want to continue this with robin wright, a middle east analyst from the Woodrow WilsonInternational Institute for scholars. Lets start with erin left off, that the white house seems to continue to want to clarify that they believe theres no distinction, no difference, no daylight between what the president has said, very often, no combat troops on the ground and what general dempsey was saying. We heard from secretary kerry yesterday, right in line with the president. They seem to be trying to draw a bright line between a combat mission and being in combat. Is that a difference, is that a distinction without a difference . Is that a difference without a distinction . I think the whole operation is still evolving and theyre operation building a lot of options for the most. They dont want to put in combat troops, but they want to put in advisers, maybe the advisers have to move out of baghdad, closer to the front lines. It looks a little blurry at the moment it may take some time to figure out what role the advisers play on the ground. The idea i think is not to put enormous numbers of Ground Troops on the front lines again. Is it a problem for the white house, the administration, not domestically, even though it is important, but also when the world is watching, that the message seems to be muddled . Where are we going and are we all on the same page . I think its a problem not just in the United States, but around the world as they look at the role of the United States and the broader coalition, who is going to contribute . What roles are they going to play . Its all very vague, i call it a house of cards coalition, you have a very kind of wood frame without the support beams, the furnishings, the floor plan much less the financing. And i think the United States as americans look at another third war in 25 years in iraq, theres a little bit of confusion about not only what are we exactly going to do on the ground for how long in iraq. But then theres phase two, the big question, the much more murky question is what happens when we try to beat the Islamic State out of syria. Which is a whole different operation. Lets talk about that. The house voted on bipartisan basis, yesterday, to approve arming and training the rebels. That means there was bipartisan opposition to the vote as well. The senate is expected to pass it. Has the president , has secretary kerry, has the Administration Made a convincing enough argument that arming the rebels will work . I dont think so. I think theres, there is the dilemma they face. If youre going to take on isis, if you cross the threshold of getting involved, can you stop at iraq . And the danger is no, if you really believe you need to degrade and destroy it, you have to move beyond the frontier and move it back toe its origins. Otherwise youre just containing it. If they can withdraw to syria, still be a threat, no the just to iraq, but to everybody else in the region. They can still attract more foreign fighters, they can be a very destabilizing force, longterm in the region. So the challenge is, what do you do . And if were not going to put Ground Troops, then you support rebels. The problem is the rebels have not yet proven they can do very much of anything. At least the ones were prepared to support. We heard that a lot in the Senate Hearing yesterday, i heard that over and over again from senator bob corker. Who he says i have been a supporter of arming the rebels for a very long time. But at this point what is the Free Syrian Army . Does it exist . Is this group that the president says is a group of farmers and doctors that are just coming together, it was a fantasy they were going to make a difference can we trust them . Can we trust that theyll be able to hold onto the equipment that we, the iraqi army, which has been trained by the United States, wasnt able to hold on to the sophisticated equipment. What are the prospects of these, farmers and pharmacists are going to be able to hold on to the equipment . If its going to take three years to retrain the iraqi army which weve already retrained, how long will it take to train the syrian rebel force . How much time realistically do you think they have to train the rebels . What do you think is the timeline that they can realistically be working with . I doubt they have a timeline, i suspect theyre talking about an initial round of training to get people on the ground, to be more dynamic, to take on whether its isis or the syrian government. I think this is a longterm operation, this is a war that could last as long as the one weve already fought in iraq and potentially for longer. Far beyond the three years that have been forecast in recent weeks. I want to get your take, the new Prime Minister to iraq has been commended by the administration as bringing together a more inclusive government in iraq. The good first step of bringing about the political reconciliation that theyve been looking for. But in an interview with the associated press, he made very clear that he does not want foreign fighters on the ground in iraq. Saying very simply, and well put up part of the interview with the associated press, not only is it not necessarily, we dont want them, we wont allow them. Full stop. Hes talking about United States forces, u. S. Ground forces or others. Well particularly after the u. S. Intervention the last time around and the way we left iraq, frankly. That to be legitimate the government knows it needs to be the one to be seen to run the operation, to coordinate what happens and to be the one whose forces are fighting. The problem in iraq is, because the iraqi army, half of the iraqi army isnt effective enough to fight. We heard that from general dempsey. Exactly and the other half needs to be retrained. In the meantime, theres three shiite militias that are loyal to iran, the peshmerga, the kurds in the north, will be fighting. The danger down the road you may find you have the emergence of war lordism is the United States going to work directly with the shia militias . Well whether the advisers work with them remember, were getting into the murky territory. The irony is the United States and iran are now the two most dynamic players when it comes to advising and aiding the iraqis to retake their own territory. A complex situation to say the very least, robin wright, great to see you, robin. Coming up later, were going to be talking to a key member of the Free Syrian Army, the rebel group that robin and i were just talking about. The rebel group that the United States may soon be arming and training. Youll want to hear that interview, it will be the first perspective on whats going on with the Free Syrian Army. We want to tell you this morning about the nfl. The hits keep coming for the league. Breaking overnight, another star running back, this time arizonas Jonathan Dwyer, deactivated after his arrest on Domestic Violence charges. Police pulling him off the teams practice field. This, after the Minnesota Vikings bans star running back Adrian Peterson until his child abuse case is resolved. And the Carolina Panthers banned star lineman greg hardy. He had been playing. His situation now is going to be frozen until his appeal from a Domestic Violence conviction is figured out by the system. Nischelle turner is here with the latest. At least with the newest case, the league took action immediately that just, isolates the player until the truth is figured out by the system. Indeed and that is a good point. We could look at that as progress. But chris, with everything going on and the spotlight squarely on player conduct and Domestic Violence in the nfl, seemingly the last thing people expected was to wake up news to yet of another player arrested for Domestic Violence against a woman. Its dwyer, hes in. This morning, Jonathan Dwyer, a running back for the Arizona Cardinals, now in custody. The football star is the sixth nfl player making headlines for alleged abuse in the past few days. Dwyer arrested at the cardinals Training Facility. Stemming from a slew of alleged abuse beginning in late july, including one count of aggravated assault against a 27yearold female, causing a fracture. And another involving his 18monthold child. He has been interviewed by our detectives. He has admitted involvement in the incidents. However, has denied allegations of physical assault. Police say during one incident, he threw a shoe at the 18monthold. Then tossed a cell phone of the female victim out a window, preventing her from calling police. The cardinals say they have taken the immediate step to deactivate jonathan from all Team Activities. Jonathan dwyer, who had the touchdown half a dozen nfl players across the country are now facing Domestic Violence charges. Theres no rule book for this, guys. Wednesday, Carolina Panthers defensive end greg hardy took a voluntary paid leave of absence after being convicted for Domestic Violence. In may, Authorities Say hardy choked his thengirlfriend, dragged her by her hair into a tub and threatened to kill her. The panthers star has asked for a new trial. We played a mistake. And we needed to get this right. The Minnesota Vikings deactivating running back Adrian Peterson, facing a child abuse charge. Retracting from an earlier decision to keep him in the game after sponsors voiced their outrage. Many of petersons teammates say he should stay on the field. Growing up, that was nothing, man, my mom, she always whipped me up or and things like that, man. Just you know, in my culture, thats how i was raised, thats how my mom, she raised her kids, like i said, man, look at me now, im in the nfl. This is the argument weve heard continuously from a number of players about the Adrian Peterson case, we heard from some of his teammates yesterday, who were either hesitant to talk or they backed adrian fully. Everyone seemed very uncomfortable. As some former and current players why it was so hard for people to take a stand, nfl players to take a stand. They said its a hard thing to talk about and no one wants to look like theyre turning on their teammate. Chris . It is a difficult situation, thats why you need leadership and it has to come from the league. Later well speak exclusively with Adrian Petersons close friend and former coach. Mick . A look at your headlines. Mounting concerns about the suspected pennsylvania cop killer, who is still on the run. Police are concerned that eric matthew frein may target more officers. Frein was active in a military simulation unit, the reenacted cold war era european conflicts, Corporal Byron dickson was killed in fridays ambush. He was laid to rest yesterday. In missouri where Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson has appeared before a grand jury. Wilson testified for close to four Hours Wednesday about the Fatal Shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown last month. Officer wilson was not required to appear, but reports from the hearing say he was cooperative. Browns death, as you know, sparked weeks of sometimes violent protests and calls for wilson to be indicted. Toronto mayor rob ford set to undergo aggressive chemotherapy after he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. 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