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In washington in today for Andrea Mitchell. . Just a few moments, the Pentagon Press secretary is expected to build upon the uncensored comments on isis weve heard this week from the president , the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff prompting new questions across the country about how far this administration will go to deal with the growing threat. Colonel jack jacobs is an m nbc military analyst and richard edge is along the turkey syria border right now. Let me...

Information worth noting on that county police report. It wasnt reviewed by a supervisor until tuesday. Ten days after Michael Brown was killed. We also learned today about the makeup of that grand jury that will ultimately decide whether to indict Darren Wilson. Its composed of three black people, two women, one man, and nine white people, three women, and six men. The county clerks county pointed out thats a higher pen sen taj of africanamericans than represented in the st. Louis county pop li...

Equivalent of the iraq war. What this is, is similar to the kinds counterterrorism campaigns that weve been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years. Were going talk about that a lot this hour. Erin mcpike first joins us from the white house. Erin, what do we know at this point about the president s plan to combat isis . And also, he did talk in the interview about going to congress, what does he want from congress . Reporter okay, poppy, first, we know the president wants t...

American, james foley, who was beheaded by ien isis fighter with a british accent. You remember the video. The root cause of the Terror Threat according to David Cameron is islamic extremism which cameron calls a quote, unquote poisonous political ideology supported by a minority. It believes in using the most brutal forms of terrorism to force people to accept a warped world view and to live in an almost medieval state. A state in which its own citizens would suffer unimaginable brutality, incl...

Has ever seen before. In the wake of a brutal murder of james foley and isis threats to kill more americans, hagel and the joint chiefs of staff are looking at every option, and that could include airstrikes within syria. Congressman ed royce is joining me. Also Douglas Olivant from washington was director for iraq at the National Security council during the bush and obama administrations. Chairman dempsey says isis will be defeated only when confronted in syria. Do you, sir, support airstrikes ...

And now david has been murdered in the most callous and brutal way imaginable by an organization which is the embodiment of evil. We will hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice no matter how long it takes. More tough talk, but does haines death move the needle politically and is the uk ready to step up now that theyve lost one of their own . Joining me now, Cnn Senior International correspondent ar wa damon in london for us, Foreign Editor for the daily beast Christopher Dickey jo...

Of an american journalist in two weeks. Americans are repulsed by their bar barrism. Well not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us. We will not forget our reach is long and justice will be served. The video appears to show the same man with a british accent who executed james foley. Were going to play a short portion of the video so you can hear the accent. The terrorist threatens to kill another hostage, a british journalist, if the u. S. Air strikes targets continue in iraq. Those...

Was asked the same thing. Kerry at least said, no, thats the wrong terminology. National security adviser sues yab rice said, well, i dont know if you want to call it a war but we call it a counterterrorism operation. A sustained counterterror campaign but today when asked, things have changed. The white house now says, okay, yes, the u. S. Is at war against isis. Heres what was said exactly. The administration hasnt wanted to call this a war on isis but is it not a war . The question that youre...

Its high noon here in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. U. S. Investigators today say they are extensively analyzing a new isis propaganda video. Its a 56minute film titled the flames of war. This film is highly produced and is narrated by a man who appears to have an american accent. The flames of war were burning furiously as the heavy shelling let out thunderous roars that cast fear into the hearts of the enemy. Well, there is some good news on the isis front. 49 turkish hostages ...

Helping assad. There is a lot of individuals fighting with isis who are not syrian or, rack i. We know that there are definitely americans in the ranks of isis. There is clearly movement on the issue of how to deal with isis. The cart and the horse are both about three years overdue in syria. It does come down to who you ask at the end of the day. Imis ra klein in for alex wagner. We have breaking news in this hour. In just a few moments, president obama is expected to make a statement from the ...