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The first execution was posted by isis of journalist james foley. Then when we look at this video, we see its really a carbon copy of the foely video. You see on the left the individual we believe to be Steven Sotloff. He gives a statement speaking under duress where he denounces American Foreign policy. Then you see the skagzer there on the right, the executioner there on the right, the similar posture to the foley video, where he speaks in a somewhat more aggressive and offensive tone, saying, obama, as opposed to president obama, and saying that he is to blame for the execution of this american citizen. Its noteworthy that at the end another individual is shown. This is believed to be a British National hostage, you see him there. British mead brazil i cant reporting this individual media is reporting that this individual is unknown as a hostage, but they believe hes an aid worker. Theres a clear warning from the executioner that any nation whos join a u. S. Led coalition, this will be more executions to follow. So again, this is down and out propaganda. And its used to try and change the policy here in the United States. Is there any way that this is assuming this video to be authentic, assuming it to be an american, do we know when about this happened . s not clear from the video at least to our eyes when it was shot. When you do a comparison of Steven Sotloff in the video posted today and then the foley video from two weeks ago, it does seem that some time has elapsed because in the second video, sotloff has more of a stubble, a beard, and his hair is a little longer. But the thang has the attention thing that has attention of investigators is they seem to be learning from their mistakes. This video is shot at a slightly different angle. Its harder to see whether the executioner is, in fact, the same british citizen. And the voice of the executioner is somewhat treated or modulated so its harder to discern who it belongs to. Katherine, thank you. Thank you. After president obama admitted he does not yet have a strategy, at least not yet, to deal with isis in syria, senator john mccain insisting the time to confront isis is now. Senator john mccain joins us. Good evening. Good evening. Isis, what are we going to do about it . Kill them. Theyve got to be destroyed, and youve got to have a goal, the president does, and we have to have a strategy to fit that goal and policies that will implement it. We have none of the above. The president incredibly the other day said that the world is messy and its social networking that that to me was one of most unbelievable comments ever made. But first of all, we have to understand that isis obliterated the boundary between iraq and syria. Youve got to go after them in both places, and you cant do it with half measures. You need use full weight of american air power that will require some more boots and support on the ground. And it can succeed. We can stop them. Finally, greta, all this didnt have to happen. We could have left a force behind in iraq that would have stabilized iraq. We are paying an incredible price for the president s fleeting from behind, whether it be in iraq, syria, libya, or a number of countries in the middle east. We are seeing the chickens coming home to roost. A little more salt in the wound if wed also help finance a free syrian army, the moderates who might not have seen isis become so spread in syria Hillary Clinton described already the meeting in the white house over two years ago. Everyone in the National Security team recommended arming isis. The president by himself turned it down just like by himself he decided ton strike syria after decided not to strike syria after he said they crossed the red line. Theres no credibility. If the president and john mccain keep talking about coalitions, how are you going to Form Coalition with people who do not trust you . Who know are you totally unreliable . First there has to be restoration of american credibility. I havent seen democrats come out in support of president obamas policy. Im not sure what the policy is. He admitted no strategy in syria. So im not sure what there is to support. I think everyones in a big mystery this. But it almost seemed like like general dempsey and secretary of defense hagel when they were so strong on syria, it almost seemed they were going rogue because the president wasnt in town, and now they is dialled it back a little. They were reeled back in. Thats the why president gave the press conference that he did. Maybe some folks were little bit out here too far. Look, 192,000 people slaughtered in syria, and this is a this world is a messy world. I mean, i have to tell you ive told you this before, im heartbroken about whats happened in syria. And we have to stop isis, not stop them but we have to defeat them. Theres no dmooubt in my mine o anyone elses that we have to defeat them. We dont know of a specific threat, spokesmen say. We dont know of a specific threat, but i have known no National Security expert that doesnt believe they are going to pose a direct threat because thats what theyre capable of doing. What do you think the president s thinking . I think that hes trying to stick to his campaign, two campaigns, 2008, 2012, where he said here going to lead from behind, were going to get out of everywhere, and theres going to be this tide of wars recedi g receding. Bash ar al assad, its not whether but when he leaves power. You can go through the long list of things the president said and stood for which have been completely wrong. And as you and i have discussed before, bill clinton changed his strategy, jimmy carter changed him, george w. Bush changed his after seeing that we were failing in iraq. He can, too. Apparently he i dont understand because the facts on the ground dictate it. Could i say one word about ukraine . If we do not help ukrainians, theres going to be a worse slaughter, a land bridge to crime a and moldova. We will not give the ukrainians sensitive intelligence information or supply weapons. Maybe the germans may be im grateful for the germans for the first time in a long time. Do you think he has a plan or strategy, just not telling us . Or do you think he has no plan and is winging it . There are plans developed in the pentagon, the cia, the state department. I know for a fact theres all kinds of plans out there cant make a decision . Just like there are targets that they could have struck if he wanted to. Its up to the president to decide to turn it pull the trigger. To pull the trigger. Obviously hes not ready to do. That thats a shame. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Today, fox news confirming disturbing new information about what president obama knew about isis and more importantly when he knew about it. Turns out the president has been getting daily briefings on this barbaric terrorist group for at least a full year. [ chanting ] [ gunfire ] a forward pentagon official described the intelligence to fox news contained in the president s daily brief as specific and detailed, adding there was only one conclusion that could be drawn by the data by policymakers that a situation was bad. This isnt new. This isnt something that took us by surprise in the last month. The clock didnt start with the with the beheading of the american journalist. This president is very cautious. Maybe in this instance too cautious. President obama in my view is derelict in his duty as commander in chief to get ahead of this threat to our homeland. His Foreign Policys in absolute free fall. And former u. N. Ambassador john bolton joins us. Good evening. Glad to be here. It turns out, the president said hate to keep pounding him for that january j. V. Comment, but its profoundly sires that the president of the United States serious that the president of the United States thinks about people who are enemies to the nation. He said it was j. V. It wasnt just an intelligence failure, he was getting information, knew for six or eight month before that. I think its a real question whether he knew about. The pdb, the president s daily book, is a brief that a number of top officials get. We ought twon high degree of confidence what it said over that period of time. I have a feeling that the president simply wasnt paying attention not just on isis and other threats in the region, but a whole variety of threats. I dont think he is that interested in american National Security. I dont think its a priority to him. I think he got the pdb, other intelligence, and paid no attention to it. How could you not . Really . Think of thats you know, the horrible grew up oup didnt become horrible two weeks ago. I think its because of their mentality, ideology. A view of the world that says terrorism is not a threat, its a localized matter. And therefore, we dont have to worry about it in terms of american National Security. And this is not just obama. This is a large chunk of the leadership of the Democratic Party. Let me read a quotation from john kerry in october of 2003. In the middle of a Democratic Party debate, he says, this war on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence gathering, Law Enforcement operation. If your view is that its not a war, then information that challenges that is simply going to be repressed. Thats what theyre doing. I mean, i hate to stick secretary kerry with something that was said 11 years ago, you know. But hes kept that view since then. I mean, im more i guess im more worried about the fact that in the last year that theres alarming intelligence. And anybody looking at it should be you know, should be alarmed. Well, thats because they judge the nature of a terrorist threat only to include the possibility of a direct attack on the United States imminently. Everything else they try and define away. Thats how theyre able to focus on core al qaeda. The first time it goes off is direct attack on the United States. Beheading americans, isnt that a direct attack on america . Of course it is. Im describing president obamas ideolo ideology. What does he think i didnt notice he issued a statement today. I dont know that hes told the pentagon to did anything. He said less than a week ago he didnt have a strategy for dealing with isis in syria, a remarkable statement in and of itself. I just dont think he is interested in or spends the time necessary to understand the environment on the ground. And therefore, to develop a strategy. Its getting bigger. It is getting isis isgrowi growing. Isis is rich, executing a second american in ten days. Were not sure of the dates. Theyve threatened a brit. They have a video of a brit. Theres no reason to think theyre not going to do that to this british journalist. And others captured in the middle east theyve slaughtered thousands of others. The issue for obama is at what point reality overcomes his ideology. Does he have the mental agility to change his position . One of the few thing john maynard canes said that i agreed with, well, when the facts change, i change my mind. What do you do . Thats the question thats open on obama. We dont know that hes capable of changing his mind. Thank you, issue is sir. British Prime Minister David Cameron announcing new antiterror measures for Great Britain. The Prime Minister cracking down to prevent british terrorists who are fighting for isis from returning to the u. K. He also has a plan for those extremists already in the u. K. They are not going anywhere if Prime Minister cameron has anything to do with it. We must use our aid, diplomacy, and military. We need a Firm Security response, whether military action to go after terrorists, International Cooperation on intelligence, or uncompromising action against terrorists at home. Mr. Speaker, passports are not an automatic right. The homeland secretary has discretion to issue, revoke, and refuse possports if there is passports if there is reason to believe people are planning to take part in terroristrelated activity. And Foreign Policy researcher for former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and is director of the thatcher nature for freedom. How do you compare and contrast the statements between british Prime Minister cram ron and miami . Theres a cameron and president obama . Theres a huge contrast. David cameron has demonstrated real leadership. In contrast, barack obama has been extremely weakkneed, clueless at times, really terribly indecisive. And i think the british Prime Minister has demonstrateded scn clearcut measures against isis and jihadist, moving from britain, europe, and the United States, as well. But David Cameron comes across as a selfassured leader who understands the very nature of the threat being faced by the west. Hes identified the poisonous ideology of militant islam and says we have to defeat it and crush it. In contrast with barack obama, he openly says he has no strategy, and i think there is a president who really could learn a great deal from the way in which the british Prime Minister David Cameron is addressing the issue. It wasnt your national executed by isis, it was ours, our second american journalist. He said, if verified he goes on milk to Say Something consol my thoughts and prayers are with the family. And he also says, makes a statement and goes on and says, weve been working hard to keep british people safe and will continue to do all we can. He talks about how hes doing what he can to protect the brits. Weve heard nothing from our president today. Exactly. Thats how a real leader sbonds responds in a cries. President obama should have responds in a crisis. President obama should have immediately issued a condemnation. Are the brits content with the way David Cameron is addressing this . Theres support in which the Prime Minister is addressing this situation. And the British Public wants to see tough measures against the jihadists, against isis, as well. I think the image of president obama has been in decline for some time, not only in britain but across much of europe. There is a sense that this is a president who doesnt know how to lead. Theres no real confidence in Barack Obamas leadership on the world stage. And this is a president who really a lot of the time is seems to be highly confused, doesnt know what hes doing. That, of course, undermines and weaken the image of the United States on the world stage. You know, im hoping we just dont know what goats on behind closed doors who goes on behind closed doors. Im hoping he spoke to David Cameron, with the brits being our friends and having a common goal, im hoping weve got it wrong. That he looks disinterested, and im hoping that hes got a great relationship with the Prime Minister and theyre working on something. Unfortunately, i think this is a president who has invested very little in internationalal lines. He doesnt spend a lot of times leaders. Hes got to set up an International Coalition to confront isis. Theres very little faith and confidence in barack obama on the world stage. Thats a real problem. Can british Prime Minister David Cameron sets off that sdmoelgz. I think that Prime Minister David Cameron is basically stepping into the role as a Major International leader at the moment. But the United States and Great Britain must Work Together to lead an International Coalition to confront isis. At this time, the u. S. President , i think, is missing in action. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Listen to this president obama saying the worlds always been messy. Were just noticing now in part because of social media. What did the president mean by that . Our panelists here next. Plus, Sergeant Tahmooressi news coming up. Ne and ull see just how much it has to offer, especially if youre thinking of moving an old 401 k to a fidelity ira. It gives you a widrange of investment options. And the free help you need to make sure your investments fit your goals and what youre really investing for. Ta