President ial light. Ill bring you my report as i host meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. Good morning, im chris jansing. The pressure is mounting to authorize more military action including air strikes in syria to defeat isis. Top u. S. Officials are escalating the rhetoric about the threat posed by the group. Issuing a bulletin warning of attacks by isis sympathizers. And Intelligence Services on both sides of the atlantic are getting closer to identifying the jihadist with a british accent who executed the american journalist james foley. Keir simmons joins us from london where hes been hearing firsthand. Good morning. Good morning. The intelligence agencies view this as not just a hunt for the killer of james foley, but as a race to save the life of a second american hostage threatened with death by isis. Its made more difficult because that gruesome video has been edited. There appear to be two knives. And the tape may have been dubbed. They are c
Lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The pentagon is drawing up military options for syria, even identifying possible isis
President ial light. Ill bring you my report as i host meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. Good morning, im chris jansing. The pressure is mounting to authorize more military action including air strikes in syria to defeat isis. Top u. S. Officials are escalating the rhetoric about the threat posed by the group. Issuing a bulletin warning of attacks by isis sympathizers. And Intelligence Services on both sides of the atlantic are getting closer to identifying the jihadist with a british accent who executed the american journalist james foley. Keir simmons joins us from london where hes been hearing firsthand. Good morning. Good morning. The intelligence agencies view this as not just a hunt for the killer of james foley, but as a race to save the life of a second american hostage threatened with death by isis. Its made more difficult because that gruesome video has been edited. There appear to be two knives. And the tape may have been dubbed. They are c
Different and perhaps president ial light. Ill bring you my report as i host meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. Good morning, im chris jansing. The pressure is mounting to authorize more military action including air strikes in syria to defeat isis. Top u. S. Officials are escalating the rhetoric about the threat posed by the group. Issuing a bulletin warning of attacks by isis sympathizers. And Intelligence Services on both sides of the atlantic are getting closer to identifying the jihadist with a british accent who executed the american journalist james foley. Keir simmons joins us from london where hes been hearing firsthand. Good morning. Good morning. The intelligence agencies view this as not just a hunt for the killer of james foley, but as a race to save the life of a second american hostage threatened with death by isis. Its made more difficult because that gruesome video has been edited. There appear to be two knives. And the tape may have b
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The penta