Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. Happening now in the newsroom, a live look at the final day on the white house meeting on extremism. A source of controversy . The one phrase you wont hear the president say, islamic extremism. More on that in just a minute. Last hour secretary of state john kerry weighed in saying the 60 countries assembled here cannot ignore that the root of terrorism is in the recent surge in recruiting. You have to do everything. You have to take the people off the battlefield who are there today, but youre kind of stupid if all you do is do that and dont prevent more people from going to the battlefield. New reports of isis barbarism today. Iraq is having for investigation that isis is harvesting organs from slain civilians and selling them on the black market. Cnn is unable to verify the claims nor can we verify claims that isis slaughtered at least 40 Police Officers and transcribes men in the anbar province. Reports say most of the victims were burned alive. Lets talk about the controversy over the president s decision not to use the phrase islamic extremeism. Michelle kosinski is at the white house with more. You heard we have to confront this discussion head on you cant shy away from it. Take on the twisted ideology squarely and honestly. Then over the last couple weeks the white house has come under fire by some for not ever using the phrase islamic extremism, seeming to shy away from it there. We all know there are other kinds of extremism, but it gets to the point where its just as awkward to never say it as it would be if you just kept saying it over and over. We had a few people demonstrating outside the white house yesterday and one guy was holding a sign that said just say it, especially when you consider that a lot of the programs being highlighted during this summit are geared toward muslim communities in the u. S. Now the president has addressed this criticism, explaining his thinking. We are not at war with islam. We are at war with people who have perverted islam. Reporter its really two points he was making that he didnt want to elevate terrorists by calling them religious leaders, which he says that is what they want and to emphasize again that this is not a war against islam. He thought both of those points if you keep emphasizing that as islamic, its incorrect, first of all, and it could lead to more recruiting. Thats been the administrations thinking. Its also notable to say that he also mentioned during this speech a couple times the need for communities including Muslim Leaders to address this to try to counter that ideology and to take responsibility carol. All right, Michelle Kosinski reporting live from the white house, thank you. The debate surrounding the use of islamic extremism has taken a decidedly ugly term. Let me be clear, it is a worthy debate. But the argument for it has turned at times bizarre. Here is the reverend Franklin Graham on fox news. The president his entire life his whole influence has been islam. His mother was married to a muslim. His father is a muslim. Then she married a man from indonesia, raised in indonesia, went to islamic schools. I assume she was a muslim. So this whole Life Experiences ha have been surrounded by islam. Hes refusing to accept and understand the evil that is in front of him. Grahams remarks went unchallenged on fox even though they are not true. The president is christian and he was born in hawaii and he never attended a radical muslim school. Graham isnt the only person charging the president as anti american. Rudy giuliani took aim, too, not of his religion but love of country. Giuliani said, quote, i do not believe and i know this is a hobble thing to say, but i do not believe the president loves america. He doesnt love you and he doesnt love me. He wasnt brought up the way you were brought up and i were brought up through love of this country. On my show yesterday congressman scott perry intimated mr. Obama is collaborating with the enemy. Lets talk about this and more. With me knew shea hussein, an expert in global women affairs. Shes muslim and works with womens groups in bangladesh. Thanks for being here. Thanks so much great to be here. When you hear Franklin Grahams comments what goes through your mind . I just want to shoot myself. Listen, its so easy for republicans and critics of obama to have a field day with the president s statements but i think people might assume hes just being incredibly rhetorical. The president , i agree with his statements. Hes being extremely tactical. This distinction that isis are not islamic leaders, we are not at war with islam, that these people are terrorists, its an extremely important point an stipulation to make right before the president is seeking military authority to go after isis with the might of the u. S. Military. Playing into isis hands, calling this a war with islam will play right into isis hands. Some people might just say call it what it is islamic extremism, then we know what were fighting we know what were up against. Its very clear. The president is in a very tricky position. He has to make sure he doesnt fall into the hands of an isis pr machine which has positioned themselves as defenders of islam. This is exactly what they want to do drag the u. S. Into an allout war and the u. S. s allies against islam. So the president is being very tactical by keeping religion completely out of it. I know people want to call a spade a spade, but language here really matters. The u. S. Has to make sure that they can strategically go after isis without isolating the muslim allies and the muslim population. Hes in a very tricky position. For your family in bangladesh what do they think when they hear the term islamic extremism . Everybody always gets very terrified. I dont want to speak on behalf of all muslims. I know the muslims that i speak with and i know from my own family we immediately kind of brace ourselves for this backlash because we do feel like our religion has been hijacked. It has been hijacked. You know whatever you say, because theres no centralized kind of authority in islam, its very easy for these kind of crazy people to come in and try to claim it. But i can denounce them but maybe some other people its just like when christian extremists bomb abortion clinics. A lot of christians can be like they dont speak for me but really who is to decide whose interpretation is valid . Its extremely tricky when the president of the United States is trying to go after these guys without making it an allout war about religion anushay hossain, thank you. Youre welcome. Isis tactics are becoming more and more brutal. What witnesses say theyre doing to soldiers. Thats next. G with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. Chantix helped reduce my urge to smoke. Some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. Some people had seizures while taking chantix. If you have any of these stop chantix and call your doctor right away. Tell your doctor about any history of Mental Health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix or history of seizures. Dont take chantix if youve had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. If you develop these stop chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be lifethreatening. 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There are also questions about, if isis is harvesting organ, how they would safely get them out of the country to europe to sell them. Interesting reaction from the state department saying theres no reason to doubt these claims because of isis brutal history so far. With isis locked in battle with iraqi forces in al baghdadi eyewitness accounts from the western iraqi town claim the terror group is burning the bodies of soldiers and transcribes men killed in the fighting to desecrate them. The pentagon indicated it is examining evidence of the incident. Certainly it wouldnt be surprising if it turns out to be athen tick given the kinds of atrocities this Group Continues to wage against innocent civilians. From iraqs ambassador to the United Nations, another startling claim, isis is harvesting human organs from its victims in iraq and selling them on the black market in europe for profit. A dozen dog tors in mosul who refuse to operate, he says, were murdered. Translator these are, in fact crimes of genocide committed against humanity that must be held accountable before international justice, without even mentioning the traffic of human organs. Reporter cnn has not been able to confirm the claims and the ambassador offered proof. The un tells cnn it is investigating how the terror group can run harvested organs out of a war zone. If true what could be driving their increasingly extreme tactics . Isis financing has suffered as the u. S. Led air campaign has destroyed many of the groups Lucrative Oil facilities. While isis recruiting remains strong more and more attracting women and highly educated people these extreme as atrocities often filmed get attention which in turn further fuels recruiting. They peeled guys from al qaeda. Guys part of the ben laden, zawahiri network, they are the vanguard Jihadi Organization managed to do what al qaeda never could. Reporter one or topic, on isis most recent video, showing the be heading of christians from a beach in tripoli, an american accent or north american accent heard of that tape by one of the attackers. Weve spoken to language experts who say i may not be a native speaker but somebody who studied in the states or had a teacher in the u. S. Youll remember jihadi john the englishsounding attacker that appeared in other video, we know british authorities were able to get an absolute identity of him, not just his nation of origin, but they know who he s. If they could do so with this it would certainly move forward with the investigation. Jim sciutto, thanks so much. Lets talk to colonel peter monsieur the former aide to general petraeus. Colonel, thanks for joining me. Morning, carol. I want to get this question out of the way first. From a military perspective, is it necessary that the president of the United States call it islamic extremism . I think its important that we know who were fighting and we have to know the cultural historical and religious roots of those groups and they call themselves islamists, so i think we should as well. Tell me again why you think its so important from a military perspective. The president would say, for example, youre giving them more power bias signing a religion to their movement when in actuality theyre just a bunch of thugs. Theyre terrorists. I would make a difference between calling them islamic, that is part of the religion of islam and islamist that is someone who uses religion for their own end. It may be a fine difference but i think we could probably make that difference. They use religion as a recruiting tool and they use it as a call to action. They talk about the historical roots of islam and the crusades and so forth, and we have to understand that sf were going to meet them on even terms in terms of the battle of ideology. Lets talk about the most effective way to fight isis. That conversation is now on going at the white house. In your mind what needs to be done . Well we stopped their momentum with air likes. Air strikes alone will not bring stability to these lands that isis controls. We can see now theyve moved into libya, they already have chunks of syria and iraq. Eventually were going to have to support Ground Forces going back in to roll back isis. Wed love those Ground Forces to be local t. Kurdish peshmerga, the iraqi army Syrian Forces that we could find and train. In libya we have the egyptians now who want to get involved and would be a big benefit, a big bonus to that fight. Egypt has a very strong and powerful army. So we have to find partners who are willing to find this out on the ground and then support them to the limits that we can. All right, colonel peter monsoor, thank you for joining us. I appreciate it. To another big story, half a million walmart workers about to get a raise. The company is boosting its starting pay to nine bucks an hour that would mean the employees get paid 1. 75 over the federal minimum wage. Our chief Business CorrespondentChristine Romans has more. The company doing a lot of things to change its relationship with associates among them more choice in scheduling come 2016 more flexible or fixed schedules for some workers. Workers who might have two part time jobs they want to know what their schedule is. Theyll make it easier to get paid sick time. But immediately what happens, in april the starting wage the starting wage at walmart will be 9. 00 an hour that compares with 7. 25 for the minimum wage. Thats going to affect 500,000 employees. The starting wage of 9. 00, if you broaden it out, 13 an hour is the average fulltime employee wage. The average fulltime employee at walmart by april, theyre making 13 bucks an hour. That includes some shift managers and the like. 10 the average parttime hourly employee at walmart. 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Hes being deliberately vague and certain of his wording, not linking extremism to the muslim faith directly. Lets begin with our colleague and good friend chief washington correspondent jake tapper. Yesterday he was largely addressing the domestic effort to counter violent extremism. Today hes going global. I think yesterdays audience based on conversations ive had with sources close to the white house, was largely the american Muslim Com