Welcomed the prime time weekend. I m nicolle wallace. With get right to the top stories of the week. Each of you know what it means to stare down danger and summoned strength in the moment of a trial. We are very grateful for all that you three have done, and so many more. All the privileges of this office, none is greater than serving as the commander in chief of the finest military the world has ever seen. And of all the military declarations of our nation that we can bestow, we have none higher than the medal of honor. When you meet a veteran who wears that medal , remember the moment. Because you are looking at one of the bravest ever to where our country s uniform. Today we recognize seven men as being among the bravest of the brave. Each of them distinguish themselves with extraordinary valor and the famous words at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. The highest military honor one can receive to individuals who exhibit extraordinary bravery in, and sometimes
Trying to wrap our arms around the sheer scope of the damage in New York, New Jersey and pennsylvania, and the Death Toll across six states stands with 49 people including children who were trapped in homes and basements and some in cars as they tried to escape. As we await the president , it is going to be a long Labor Day Weekend for the Families Grieving the loss of Loved Ones and for many more Loved Ones the loss of their homes. And so you, this is the first time that you are coming back to seeing your home like this . Yes. And because of all of the flooding, the firefighters had a tough time getting to some of the areas, because of that flooding. Did you ever expect it to rain this much in this area . No. No, we have had heavy rain, but knotting with the flooding and maybe a little bit of the water in the basement, but nothing to get significant flooding and we have heard in the past that there were floods in the area. And you found something in the debris and what is the signific
madeline albright. black stone s president, tone know james, and we ll cap it off with dpaer white along with actor matt damon. so we have a lot to do today. let s talking about breaking news overnight. american fighter jets going into syria and bombing isis targets. the u.s. did warn american fighters in advance. five arab partners are involved. the pentagon confirms they went after 20 targets. fuel depots, weapons spots and traini ining sites. israel shot down a fighter jet after it entered air space. oil prices are rising. joining us now, retires u.s. army current jack jacob is here. on the set with us, chief washington correspondent john harwood. colonel, i will start with you. the implications of this coming much kicker than i think some people expected, no? yes. it s developing relatively quickly. the problem with syria is the entire armed force system has been under pressure that it is totally incorporate nated. it is possible the syrian aircraft lost its way. it d
target, 1,500 more american servicemen and women are going back to iraq in numbers that will double those already on post. they are not intended as combat troops, but they ll be serving in an area surrounded by it. their stated mission is to train up and stand up the iraqi armed forces so that they can fight isis and other groups. and, yes, many of them are military advisers. and back in vietnam many of our advisers were quickly drawn into combat. it is where we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. reporter: many headed back to iraq on a new ever-expanding mission. the obama administration announced today it was more than doubling the number of u.s. military forces now on the ground in iraq from 1,400 to nearly 3,000. their mission, to train, advise and assist the iraqi military in its fight against isis militants. for more than three months u.s. air strikes have pounded isis forces with limited success while untrained iraqi forces have been unabl
here to dover as well as funeral expenses. this heartbreaking impact of the government shutdown has now sparked a national outrage, one that washington can no longer ignore. shouldn t we, as a body, republican, democrat, no matter who we are, shouldn t we be embarrassed about this? shouldn t we be ashamed? now congress plans to act. the house will vote today at 3:00 to reinstate the death benefits. the senate as well. the chaplain appealed to a higher power. lord, when our federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of children dying on faraway battlefields, it s time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. no deal, no surrender. are president obama and speaker boehner farther apart than ever? we can t make extortion routine as part of our democracy. democracy doesn t function this way. what the president said today was if there s unconditional surrender by republicans, he ll sit down and talk to us. that s not the way our government work