Why would the president admit to the American People his National Security team unp der estimated the terrorists were now hunting in iraq and syria. And what does that mean for our fight against the savages who have beheaded americans, slaughtered christians and continued to kill. We have seen bits of an interview that the president had given throughout the day, it actually was taped on friday with another network. The embargo has lifted as we hit the top of the hour. We have the reaction thats pouring in to his words. The fox news political insiders are standing by with early am analysis. U. S. Led air strikes continue to
hammer isis targets in bother rang and syria. And at the same time, an Al Qaeda Linked terror group as issued a warning. The jihadists around the world will hit back at the United States and our allies if we do not stop pounding them from the air. And then theres been a lot of talk on this sunday about what happens next, the words Ground Troops are being spoken. Lets bring in our correspondent elizabeth pran in our Nations Capital at this hour with fox news top story, elizabeth . Hi, harris, and the talk from any lawmakers is the need for president obama to broaden military campaign against isis in iraq and syria and with new congressional approval. House Speaker John Boehner says he, along with some military experts do not believe the administrations strategy of using airpower alone will wipe out the terror network. Boots on the ground, he says should not be ruled out. The other day, i think its going to take more than air strikes to drive them out of there. At some point, somebodys boots
have to be on the ground. Theres an old tenant in war ware that you dont achieve threatening the use of Ground Forces to occupy territory. If the enemy knows that you dont have that dimension, if the enemy knows that he can continue to control this terrorist state for as long as he wants without being threatened by a ground presence, then hes going to suck seed. But the administrations deputy National Security advisor, tony blinken also spoke out today defending the administrations authority for the use of military force based on a 2001 congressional resolution, he also was defense on the comparison between todays military operation in the middle east and that of years past, he says the u. S. Led coalition does not resemble the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Were not going to fall into the al qaeda trap of sending hundreds of thousands of troops
back. Airpower, training and equipment, assisting them, intelligence. He went on to say if congress does create a targeted authorization, the president would welcome that. The fox news political insiders are joining me earlier than usual this hour as i mentioned with the first live reaction to the president s interview. Pat cadell, former pollster for president jimmy carter. Doug shown, former pollster for bill clinton. And former Campaign Manager in . Fourth or fifty that we have done explicitly made expli t explicitly clear that were not sounding Ground Troops at all, when we have heard today, harris as you have reported, that an al qaeda affiliate has threatened us and democratic nations around the world. This is startling to me. And not only that , we know from our generals, once you hit them from the air, they spread like roaches, now youve got to go in and get them. All of that, what stands out for you, pat . As doug said, i was shocked to read the transcript where the president is saying right now this is not a war. It is a war. You cant keep making these distinctions. I thought the blaming of clapper, what a contrast to john kennedy after the bay of pigs saying im the responsible officer, i am the one who is to blame. If theres to be blame, put it on me, when the cia had totally screwed that up and misled him. But, you know, this is the other thing that struck me is his wanting to keep saying were not at war with isil, even the use of that when everyone else uses isis bothers me. But it was the tone of the transcript. What was the tone . The tone i thought was detached and basically, i have nothing to do with any of this and its a wonderful thing. By the way, and i want to say this, because i have been very critical. I think the president putting together an arab coalition, thats a great thing, but in the end, how are you going to take mosul back or any of our Ground Troops. Ed, forgive me, as we come to you, i first want to bop this up because we do have some of that interview with the president. Lets watch. I think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what
had been taking place in syria. To kind of paraphrase what pat said, it sounded like the president was kind of putting all of this on jim clapper. Why tell the American People that your National Security team messed up and underestimated . Is there politics involved. Theres been politics involved in this in the last three or four weeks and what bothers me being a white house advisor, the president knew this a month ago, six weeks ago when he was given these briefings, he didnt just get them when he made the interview on the network on friday afternoon. This was his thought process. He deliberately tried to fool the American People one more time, were not going to have t thats what the republicans did. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, alltel you that they cant do it. Four star general jack keane has
said over and over again, we have to put our men on the ground, no one else will do it. Anybody who fought in this war, any military soldier will tell you the first time the shots were fired the iraqis ran, thats obviously what happened in the last several weeks. We have heard from House Speaker boehner, because you saw elizabeth prans report tonight, and hes pushing back on this idea that, you know, the president really shouldnt have given so much away. Thats what military experts have been saying all along. Is there any way this president could have avoided being awar president . I know he doesnt want to say the word war, but do you consider him one. He doesnt want to be a war president because theres an electi election, in six weeks, in five weeks, we are american and we all support the president s goals. But ed and pat suggest, where hes deflecting blame, wont say we need Ground Troops when we do need Ground Troops, denies that the 1,500 troops there are going
to go out and fight. We need leadership to bring us together not divide us and assess blame. When he said that clapper, not only did he say that clapper misinformed him about misanalyzed isis, which is, you know, questionable. I mean theres a lot of information about these people. But also blaming for the fact that we didnt know the iraqi army was going to fail. That is ridiculous. The iraqi army makes the army of south vietnam, which beak and fell apart look like they are the war mop from germany. I mean this army doesnt fight. We see isis is still gaining ground around baghdad. Thats why were having to bomb near baghdad. This is and for him to keep this assertion as doug said, that were not going to have Ground Troops, you cant you cant reclaim territory, these people are not operating in a cave. They are Holding Territory the
size of the state of the nation of belgium. On twitter and of course as we always do, later in the hour, we will bring back the fox news insiders and we will ask you to chime in while you tune in on twitter right now. David says the president is just waiting until Public Opinion pushes hitch to put in Ground Troops. The president has to lead Public Opinion and the interesting thing to me, in addition to his comments, tony blinken says this isnt going to be a long war, wire not going to butt troops on the ground, were out of there in a short period of time. This is going to be the longest war of all. Were going to be in there for ten years, the second term of the next president. And we will be fighting the isis state because it will be established. We are nation of values, freedom and liberty. Nowhere does the president talk about what we stand for and why were doing what were doing. And in looking at this interview, and of course we have excerpts from it already, when
asked if we are at war, he says this is not america against isis, well talk more when we bring you back later in the hour. Gentlemen, thank you for your early analysis. The mom of that manage in oklahoma accused of beheading his coworker, the mom is talking. Also a man hunt is under way. After someone opened fire inside a crowded club, wounding several young girls. Im harris faulkner, this is the fox report. I mean bayer back body. It works great for pain. Bayer back body provides effective relief for your tough pain. Better . Yeah. Thanks for the tip [ male announcer ] when your office is 1,500 acres, its good to have the right help. With models up to 62 horsepower or 1,400pound payload. Go tough. Go strong. Go gator. Go strong. Hi, are we still on for tomorrow . Tomorrow. Quick look at the weather. Nice day, beautiful tomorrow. Tomorrow is full of promise. We can come back tomorrrow. And we promise to keep it that way. Driven to preserve the environment,
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interviewing victims to determine what type of party this was. And again i asked why were there so many minors there. The man accused e ed of beg a woman in oklahoma, 31 neerld alton kn alton nowlin who attacked two former coworkers with a knife. One woman died, the other still hospitalized at this time. The whole thing ending when he was shot by the companys chief operating officer. The fbi looking into whether nolin had any ties to islamic extremists or was this a case of workplace violence. Either way, n olin was allegatiallegedly taken to social media praising muslim extremism. Others profess a love for sharia law. Brian live for us in our new york city newsroom. This interview just coming in,
give us the top of it. Reporter the video posted on nolins sisters face book page, his mother saying theyre in shock because alton was a good kid, had never been a violent person and was raised believing in god. They say theres two sides to every story. Our hearts bleed right now because what theyre saying alton has done. I want to apologize to both families because this is not alton. But im praying that justice will prevail. The whole story will come out. Regardless of what they say, nolin is accused of randomly brutally beheading his 54yearold coworker. On fox news sunday, Chris Wallace today asked president
obamas National Security advisor tony blinken about the classification of this being workplace violence. Was that an act of terror . Chris, we dont know, the fbi has active investigation, i dont want to get ahead of it. But just like nadal hassan when he killed 11 soldiers, the military called it workplace violence. I dont want to get ahead of the facts, lets let the fbi investigate. Members of the Islamic Society of Oklahoma City describe nolin as nice, quiet but a little odd. I was reading today, he does have one. The Oklahoma County da is telling the media nolin should have been in prison all along. He was in prison for several offenses, possession of marijuana, cocaine and assault on Police Officer. Nolin is on probation for assaulting that officer. With the latest on this, brian, well bring you back as the news warrants tonight. Chicagos ohare and Midway International airports are struggling to rebound from a fire set at an air Traffic Control center. Hundreds of addition al flights cancelled today. Bringing the total to 3,000 over the last couple of days. The fbi says a contractor set fire to the facility in a suburban town and tried to slit his own throat. Hes now charged with destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities. Another mideastern nation on the edge tonight, new information about whats happening in yemen, where a pro American Government is trying to stay in power versus iranian backed militants. And attorney general eric holder, as you know, is done at his post. Will the president try to ram through his replacement in a
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strike last week, chief washington correspondent james rosen with more now. Reporter yemen is undergoing its second revolution in four years, backed by iran having seized control of the capital and having taken over key government buildings, Army Headquarters and embatled military hardware. The embatleds with, a u. S. Ally recently skichbed a power sharing report from the south comes an even glaifr threat, al qaeda in the arabian prince. The embassy meantime has largely been evacuated amid the violence in the capital, this particular gun battle occurring outside the state run tv channel last week. Iran ask expected to exercise greater influence in yemen, a development that one marine corps Counter Terrorism veteran
talks to the obama administration, having focused too much on aqap and not enough on the hoofies. Just as its shortsighted in the strategy on isis, in yemen, it seems that they have ignored the iranian influence, which tells a tale of how the administration doesnt want to engage iran. State Department Spokesperson jen saki called on the return of the medium and heavy weapons that the group has captured at the hands of the central government. A Police Officer is shot in ferguson, missouri and expected to survive. That officer was in pursuit of two suspects when one of them allegedly opened fire. St. Louis county police say the death appears to have nothing to do with the protests of the death of Michael Moore earlier in the summer. Seemingly unrelated but it
certainly is fresh and unwelcome tension in ferguson. Heres what we know, a policeman was turning up in his patrol car, and two people on foot panicked as they saw him and went running off is officer went in pursuit and during that pursuit, one of the men pulled a gun on him. This is how st. Louis county Police Describe what happened next. He came in very c