exactly what he meant. he said i didn t bring it up, the other guy did okay, who cares who brought it up, you could have said no. it s so incoherent it s hard to draw a conclusion. why are we discussing the registration of muslims? at the lowest ebb of the obama presidency in terms of its effectiveness abroad, is that the lowest, the whole world watched him in turkey. when he was, he was absolutely feckless, he was petulant, he was weak and look at the results of his policy? look at syria. all the way around the world. and instead of looking at that, arguing about that, bringing up that, which is the weakest element in the democratic campaign. and hillary has to answer as well as a former secretary of state. we are talking about absurd issues like registration of muslslims. and they are talking about the other things as well. it just came up today. chuck but it s not an immigrant issue.
operations forces have more leeway in iraq. we have all along underestimated isis. both in terms of how tough it will be to root them out in syria and iraq. but also, their ability to extend beyond that area to, to europe and potentially also to the united states. former defense secretary robert gates on with neil cavuto this afternoon on a day when another terrorist attack took the headlines, took a lot of air time on cable news in mali. at least 20 killed now. one of them an american in a hotel. we can tell you from a reuters report, bursts of gunfire were heard from the assailants, went through the hotel, room by room, floor by floor. according to one senior security source there. witnesses telling reuters some people were freed by the attackers after showing they do
destroyed a russian passenger jet over egypt. the french senate voted to extend france s state of emergency for another three months. that gives more power to police and security services, and the ability to act without judicial oversight. the u.n. security council has just passed a resolution calling this a common war. and for all nations to do everything they possibly can to destroy the islamic state in iraq and syria. brett? steve harrigan, live early saturday morning in paris. steve, thanks. six men from pakistan and afghanistan have been caught after making it across the southern border into arizona. the department of homeland security says the group was apprehended monday, along with two suspected smugglers. this comes on the heels of that report we brought you, of five syrians detained in honduras earlier this week. attempting to travel to the u.s. on forged greek passports. so far, no known links to isis or other terror organizations have been revealed.
that s a side issue. it s a distraction on a cul-de-sac. the real issue, the failure of the policy against radical islam. on the refugee issue, 47 democrats voted on this house bill. that s potential problem for the president. especially if they attach it to the continuing resolution. which funds the government. which runs out december 11th. there, it s a potential problem that he s going to be the one that s forcing the government shutdown on this issue of getting syrian refugees into the country. president perhaps because he was traveling and was at the end of his supply line of political information, has wound up on the wrong end of a 54% majority, our washington post /abc poll shows today, who oppose admission of any refugees, not just from syria, but from the middle east generally. that s groundswell. i happen to disagree with it but there is, you can t deny, there is a groundswell of public opinion in this country. against admitting any refugees. well the bill
of the most wanted men in europe was able to move freely tweer syria and belgium. we must leave behind empty promises and procrastination and slowness. if not, europe will lose its way. we estimate there are 5,000 european nationals, that are classified as suspected foreign fighters. these europeans that have been radicalized very often on the internet that have travelled to syria and iraq, have been radicalized by the conflict experience. russian long-range bombers and cruise missiles have destroyed 15 oil refineries controlled by isis in an effort to choke off cash flow to the terrorist organization. russian president vladimir putin has praised the military action, but says there s still a lot of work to do to eliminate serious terrorists and to protect russia from possible attacks. french war planes continue to strike isis positions in syria. while the russian military has also intensified its attacks on isis since confirming a bomb