how isis cannot be allowed to secure what they re calling a safe haven in that borderless part of the world, both iraq and syria. he ll lay out his strategy, this portion of the speech is intended to counter the intention that he doesn t have a strategy to deal with the isis threat. building an international coalition, arab partners in the region and iraqi and syrian rebel boots on the ground but no u.s. combat boots on the ground. the president will lay out proposals on how the president plans to take the fight to isis to degrade and destroy the terror group. at this point, chris, it does appear the president is open to air strikes in syria. the question is when. proposals. that s a loaded word, jim. any chance to dig down? i know everybody is being very circumspect. any meat on those bones of what the proposal is? like the arab world will lead the fight and not us? what do you think? that s the big question, as you were saying, the white house said last night the presid
death. perhaps part of the strategic way of doing it is to bomb them. you know, and to engage in force. but that only caused jim s death really. i guess all i m trying to say is i feel that our government needs to be shrewder, smarter, willing to negotiate with these people who hate us. a reminder just how high the stakes are in this fight against isis. also, a navy pilot is missing after two jets crashed over the pacific. the two hornets crashed while flying off the aircraft carrier the uss carl vincent. one was quickly found, the other still missing a convicted school shooter is back in police custody after escaping from prison. t.j. lane is serving three life sentences for killing three students at chardon high school in ohio in the 2012. last night he escaped along with three other inmates who were also captured. we were able to set up a perimeter oh quickly that deterred them from going any further than they did go. lane is notorious for wearing a t-shirt with
now, shepard smith reporting live from the fox news desk. good afternoon from the deck. first from the fox news deck this afternoon, president obama is expected to make the case for future air strikes in syria when he speaks to the nation in prime time tonight on this network. that s according to officials talking about the president s plan to wipe out islamic state terrorists, wipe them out. they say the president is not likely to announce any air strikes tonight, but instead, call for congress to arm the moderate rebels in syria. to fight the islamic state on the ground. moderate rebels in syria. wonder who they are. we ll get into that in a bit. president obama today held closed-door meetings with the vice president and top security advisors we re told. the white house let cameras record the president through a window reportedly talking on the phone with the saudi king abdullah. saudi arabia is one of several nations to which the united states is now looking for supp
about pardoning a turkey. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. this afternoon, president obama met with civil rights leaders, law enforcement and other officials to discuss how to repair the relationship between police and communities of color. following the announcement by bob mccullouch that a grand jury would not indiet police officer darren ferguson in the killing of a teenager michael brown august 9th. ferguson lay barren, a problem that is not unique to st. louis or that area and is not unique to our times. and that is a simmering distrust that exists between too many police departments and too many communities of color. the sense that the most important principle is a quality under the law that too many individua individuals particularly young people of color, do not feel they re being treated fairly. the president has helped to pay for $75 million to go for lapel-mounted body cameras. the federal government wore overhaul programs to dispense
august 9th. ferguson lay barren, a problem that is not unique to st. louis or that area and is not unique to our times. and that is a simmering distrust that exists between too many police departments and too many communities of color. the sense that the most important principle is a quality under the law that too many individuals particularly young people of color, do not feel they re being treated fairly. the president has helped to pay for $75 million to go for lapel-mounted body cameras. the federal government wore overhaul programs to dispense to local police departments, programs that led to images like this out of ferguson. the president stopped short calling for those programs be ended, as many critics have called for. also, today, the 16 person ferguson commission, selected by missouri governor jay nixon met for the first time to address the social and economic factors that contributed to the out pouring following brown s killing with input from the community.