Democrats, not unique but there are democrats stepping forward to say they do not want to see another commitment of the u. S. Military in a way that might not have the kind of control that one would hope. Thats one of the problems. The iraq war went in directions people didnt anticipate. Theres a great skepticism and even fear about what would happen if the u. S. Has to escalate in a war against isis or isil, as the president refers to it. So, what do we have . We have nancy pelosi, a progressive democrat say she has a lot of concerns about this but will vote to support the president s idea. It happens this afternoon on the house side, where they will be the first to really commit to what the president has asked for. This authority to train syrian vetted fighters. One question is how vetted are they . That would be a program that would take probably more than a year. And it would staff them, arm them, train them to do the work on the ground inside syria. Separate from that, fction, are the iraqi and Kurdish Forces working on the ground in iraq. While the president was very careful in his phrasing today to say ground combat, that he would not have u. S. Personnel engaged in that, of course, general dempsey says those pilots who were flying in the air and carrying out air strikes are, in fact, engaged in combat themselves. So, part of what we have here is the backdrop of all the weariness and pain and cost of the iraq war, confronted by a new set of problems with unclear solutions and unclear roles of National International partners. How will other nations step up . One of the issues that some argue is that if the u. S. Is forced to use ground troops. Again, the president says that wont happen. Would that attract friendly arab nations . Jordan, saudi arabia. To also commit to their forces. If the u. S. Wont do it, why would other nations do it, is one of the questions. So, this is a murky, difficult topic but an important vote today and important testimony from secretary kerry, who has at times made the issue a bit muddy himself saying, no, the u. S. Is not at war. Its just counterterrorism. And then sort of the administration backing off from that saying, yes, its a war against isil, isis, but not the traditional ground war weve seen in years past. Joy . Nbcs kelly odonnell, thank you very much. Stay with us for live testimony of secretary kerrys testimony coming up at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. As if to add to the drama of todays capitol hill hearings, authorities here in new york city have charged a man with trying to recruit people to fight for isis here and abroad. A grand jury on tuesday indicted 30yearold elfki on charges, including attempts to assist isis militants and illegal weapons charges. For more on that were joined by nbc justice correspondent pete williams. These handgun charges, weapons charges, were actually filed in may when he was arrested. He was accused of trying to buy two handguns from two men he thought were contacts in the terror world. Unbeknownst to him were undercover informants for the fbi. Prosecutors told him, and he said on several record the conversations, that he wanted to carry out mass shootings. He wanted to fire at u. S. Military personnel coming home from the middle east. And also at shia muslims in the rochester area. But its the new charges that are getting them more attention now. Grand jury charges handed up yesterday. Prosecutors say he urged those same two men. The undercover informants, to go to syria and join up with isis. He helped one get a passport. He did not know they were informants and they obviously never intended to go. The fbi says he sent 600 to a man he knew in yemen urging him to go to syria. Theres no indication in Court Documents that that man ever made it there. All right. Nbcs pete williams, thank you very much. You bet. Three things to know this wednesday. The House Select Committee on benghazi held its first hearing today. Unlike heat hearings led by darrell issa, todays hearings struck a more bipartisan tone. They vowed to pursue the attacks on libya, resulting in four deaths including ambassador chris stevens. Joe biden rolled into iowa today to kick off the get out the vote bus tour. Bidens visit fueled speculation about whether hell make a 2016 president ial run. It comes just three days after former secretary of state Hillary Clintons first visit to the Hawkeye State since losing the 2008 caucuses to one barack obama. St. Louis county prosecutor Bob Mccullough says he may release videotapes and recordings and if he gets a judges permission. Coming up, the vikings reverse course on Adrian Peterson as a major sponsor cuts ties. New development in the nfl fallout next on the reid report. Portfolio on my phone. 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If youve had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Another day of accusations, condemnations and damage control in the nfl. A little more than 12 hours after standing by their man, minnesota viking Adrian Peterson, nfl apparel nike has suspended his contract. Hours ago the entire front office of the Minnesota Vikings went before the cameras to admit that putting peterson back in the game two days ago was a mista mistake. We have given this issue much thought and consideration. Since last friday. We have decided the appropriate course of action for the organization and for adrian is to pet him on the exempt list until the Legal Proceedings are complete. We made a mistake. And we needed to get this right. Right now nfl sponsors like bridgestone, fedex, gm and verizon are still playing ball with the nfl, but sending sternly worded statements as a shot across the bow. Meanwhile, former raven ray rice filed his appeal in his indefinition suspension last night. Ray and the Players Association want an impartial party assigned to the case. Meaning anyone other than Roger Goodell. The nfl thinks they can play by their own rules. Commissioner Roger Goodell is judge and jury. Yet, he is also the one who stands to profit by seeing these cases hushed. So, again today, many are asking whether Roger Goodell can be trusted to make the right call. Joy taylor is cohost of zaszlo show on the ticket. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. I want to start with the Players Association statement because its an interesting wording on whats happening with Adrian Peterson and child abuse case. It says Adrian Peterson made a volunte decision to take a voluntary leave with pay to take care of his personal and legal issues. The n does that mean he was technically not suspended . Well, hes being taken away from the team and Team Activities and obviously from playing. I think its mostly just everyone trying to save face at this point. They all kind of got together and came up with an agreement that makes everyone happy. Adrian still gets paid so they dont have to fight with that with the nfl Players Association. The Players Association is backing up the player. And the team is saving face by separating themselves from the issue. So, i think that thats whats really going on here. It definitely feels like a facesaving decision. They made an affirmative decision to let him play. Then retracting it, you have the vikings coming out saying the league informed the team to place adrian on whats called the exempt commissioners permission list. That means he is away from Team Activities ask and can take care of his personal activities. What does that mean and how often is that used . Ive never heard of it. That doesnt mean it doesnt get used. This is a punishment. I think theyre just not using that word. It obviously is a punishment. Like i said, i think its the league trying to save face. They said, here is your option. There are not options. Here is the option. We have to do something. We have to do it fast. Because the public is freaking out. Sponsors are freaking out. We need to do something. We need to do it fast. We need to do something everybody can agree on. Lets get together and get it done. You know, in activating him, according to the Players Association agreement, they can only do it for four games, i believe, so putting him on this list allows him to do it for a longer period of time and hell still get paid. This whole response to each of these cases has felt haphazard, as if they never thought through a policy even though yesterday we reported there have been dozens and dozens and dozens of cases of some sort of arrest or legal issues with players in the nfl going back more than a decade. Leave it to congress, who usually cant get anything done, to come up with a simple elegant solution that had the nfl done in the beginning, you kind of get a feeling it would have avoided a lot of the problem. Lets play you Jackie Speier and her suggestion on a simple, elegant new policy. When a player is arrested for Domestic Violence, the nfl should immediately suspend the player and continue to pay them until a preponderance of the evidence determines their guilt or innocence. This is what zero tolerance looks like. Joy, it wasnt even one politician, it was two. The governor of minnesota comes out with essentially the same thing saying the team the governor of minnesota saying the team should have suspended mr. Peterson until the accusations of child abuse had been solved in the criminal justice system. Boom. Why is it so simple for two politicians to come up with a policy and so difficult for Roger Goodell . I have no idea. I wish i had the answer for that. I mean, theyre saying makes so sense. A lot of people are complaining saying the nfl shouldnt get involved in legal situations and they shouldnt insert themselves in investigations, but the bottom line is, the nfl is bigger than these two players. They represent billions of dollars and millions of fans. And they have a responsibility to those fans, both men, women and children, to put the best product on the field. And i believe the best product is not just the best players but the best people. And they have a responsibility to these victims as well to separate themselves from Domestic Violence. And violence in general. Its just a bad time for the nfl. Theyre absolutely right. If they had acted swiftly and done the right thing, then everything would be fine. These guys arent losing their livelihoods. Theyre still going to pay them until due process plays out. If the charges are dropped and nothing legally happens to them, they get their job back. Its really simple. Dont understand why they didnt do it from the beginning. They have due process. Like you said, youre not depriving people from their livelihood and the nfl isnt a proper business. Its a nonprofit. Its a 501c6 and 5 billion a year. The 32 teams estimated at 47 billion. Roger goodell very well paid. This seems to be something thats extremely theres a lot of risks. So your reading of it, is that why sponsors have been so loathed to walk away quickly . Is the value of the business and the size of the audience the reason the sponsors arent just bailing . Sure, of course. Where else do you get that visibility if youre not a sponsor. Football is the monster, the biggest, the baddest and thats why theres so much attention on it right now. Thats the bottom line. As far as why they didnt do it in the first place and what makes it different from any other business who would drop an employee immediately who was involved in Domestic Violence or child abuse situation, you saw what happened with the vikings last week. They need Adrian Peterson. Hes their star. They need him on the field. Having him away from football activities is different from having him away from their company name and their brands. Having him off the field hurts the team, which hurts the fans, which hurts the dollar. So, its much bigger than just separating themselves from a legal situation. Yeah. There are 300 million, approximately, americans and 111 million watch americans. Love your name, joy. You have the best name in tv. Exactly. We thank both of our parents. Thank you for being here. I appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Now, a reid alert, nbcs ann curry wrapped up an exclusive interview with irans president. 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The program foek can yous on three main areas, education, vaccination, sanitation and water. In fact, the Global Partnership for education says investing in education is the single most effective way to reduce poverty. Now, recently actor Adrian Grenier traveled to ma llawi to see how education can play a part. I was invited to rwanda and malawi to visit schools to see the amazing work theyre doing and to understand firsthand how these programs are actually being effective. And i wanted to do that because, till now, im i was relatively ignorant. I didnt know how wonderful these programs are and what they are actually doing to help. Joining me now a three yan and hugh evans. You a month ago went to the african continent. Where did you go . We went to malawi and rwanda. Im so thankful that hugh approached me and asked me to be a part of the gpp and global poverty project and actually brought me to see what theyre doing out there in africa. It was extremely illuminating. I want to show a little bit of the video you actually shot while you were there. Some of the kids, they are absolutely adorable. Singing, if we can show, thats some of the video. Lets take a quick listen. That is awesome. Hugh, what is the mission of the global poverty project, specifically in that country, malawi . We were focused on the yib of education. We know globally there are still 57 million kids who dont have access to primary education, like the kids you saw in the video. This year were focused on every effort we can do to support the Global Partnership for education, which is the peak funding body responsible for putting 29 Million Students into schools over the next five years. Were calling on Member States who have yet to commit to actually taking action to end extreme poverty, focused on education, like the canadian government, for example. So, of the 2. 9 billion thats been raised thus far for education, canada is yet to make their contribution. We want to encourage the canadian government to step up and be part of this important endeavor to get kids into school, specifically girls. Come o canada. O canada. Isnt the purpose of a prominent person like yourself, the idea you come back and you become an evangelist for the idea and that gets the ball rolling . If thats the case, what is the message you would take back to the Artist Community . What message would you take back about why this is important . Thats true. I would just say that education is the root of all good. Its the Building Blocks of healthy, s