Thank you very much. 1 million. Wow. Thats a big deal. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. That is it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record. Charles heads to the game now. You have to see this, the state department producing graphic video showing barbaric acts by this horrible evil isis. How did the state department do that . Well, they say to scare americans from joining isis but critics say it looks more like isis recruitment video. After weeks of blistering criticism president obama finally getting ready to face americans to tell us how he plans to combat isis. The president will address the nation on wednesday. Senator joins us good evening, sir. Greta, good to be with you. A bit of the plan has somehow leaked out from the white house. Your thoughts on what the president is going to say and do . Unfortunately from the beginning of this, we have seen president obama being fundamentally unserious. He dismissed isis at the outset as the junior
varsity. That turned out to be very wrong. Then last week he told us they had no strategy to the surprise of nobody. In syria . Well, and for dealing with isis. And he hasnt had a strategy for dealing with isis. And at this point, we have seen isis declare war on the United States. They are crucifying christians. He they are beheading children. They have beheaded two american journalists and they have done so on the world stage, policemenning an intent to take jihad to america. To get isis you have to go to syria. You are opposed to boots on the ground, right . My we have to set the objective of taking isis out. Assume set the objective we dont want isis. Secretary of defense hagel has been scary the way he has warned everybody. Assuming he wants that, boots on the ground or not . We can do this predominantly through a concentrated air campaign. Isis are diffuse. They are covering too much territory. They are 10 to 15,000 people on the ground. Simply lob a missile, drop a bomb. If you look see Obama ClintonForeign Policy, its been a photo op. Foreign policy. It hasnt been focused on a concrete military objective tied to u. S. National security. In this instance, what our focus should be is taking isis out so that they cannot project terror and murder americans. What do you think of the state departments video . Is that a recruitment video or is that going to scare the american not to be a member of isis . Where did we get that money . I just thought it was bizarre. It was a strange thick to put out. And i think its a manifestation of what i talked about a second ago which is a photo op. Foreign policy or a press release Foreign Policy. The focus of the Obama ClintonForeign Policy from day one has not been protecting Vital National security interest of the United States. Instead, its been making a statement. And its been putting out a
tweet. Its been fundamentally unserious and that is part of what has made the world so dangerous. Talking about danger. One of the things many leaving the United States, joining isis and coming bam back. You have a bill to deal with isis. What is the bill. Legislation i introduced over 100 americans who have gone and fighting alongside isis. The legislation think introduced today in the Senate Amends existing law to taking up arms and fighting alongside isis constitutes a renunciation of the United States citizenship so that we cant have people who have joined the terrorists, using u. S. Passports to come back and commit acts of terror here at home. And, you know, greta, its my hope that we will see bipartisan cooperation passing this legislation. We have behind occasions from some senate democrats,
interest that they may be working together on this, i hope we see both the senate and the house leave politics at the waters edge and say lets all come together when it comes to protecting american citizens from radical islamic terrorists bent on murdering americans here at home. Backman similarly has something she wants to do in the house on that. Let me go back to what president obama intends to say on wednesday. Does he have to go to congress to take any more military action . Absolutely yes. Why . Under the war powers act doesnt he have some time to act unilaterally . Well, the constitution is the fundamental law of the land. As you know, the constitution gives congress the authority to declare war and it gives the president the authority to be commander and chief. The distinction between the two, the president has
inherent Constitutional Authority to respond to an imminent threat. If there is a clear and present danger to our National Security, the president can respond to protect measure. In this instance the president has said that he doesnt see the urgency or eminence. Is he talking about potentially prolonged military conflict that could last months or years in which case he has a constitutional obligation to go to congress and seek authorization. When you seek authorization, are you asking are you saying we should declare war on isis . I do clair work on isis there should be a vote on the hill on the declaration against isis. Is that what you are seeking . Congressional authorization for the use of force is functionally the equivalent. Why not just do it then . The valve of his having to go to congress and he stated
brazenly that he doesnt intend to go to congress. Aside from honoring the constitution it forces the president to articulate a clear military objective that is tied to National Security. There is value in the president coming before congress, coming before the American People and saying here specifically is what we intend to accomplish here is how we intend to accomplish it. That avoids the photo op. Foreign policy that we have seen. Frankly gives him political cover if everything goes belly up on this. He should say we are all in this together including capitol hill. Well, and i believe congress would authorize military force if he lays out a credible serious plan to complete the military objective of taking isis out. When terrorists declare war on america and behead american journalists, and critically in seizing iraq, they are taking control of substantial portions of a nation state with billions of dollars of oil revenue
the level of danger has become greater. Those resources give them the ability to project terror and to murder americans and we have got a moment right now when they are vulnerable, when they we dont act now we are tragically, i think the odds are far too high we will see another horrific act of terror here on the american homeland. Senator, thank you. Nice to see you, sir. Always a pleasure. You heard the terrifying warning from secretary of defense chuck hagel. He said isis beyond anything that we have seen. So, who runs isis . Whats the inside story . The wall street journal Jason Bellini investigating. He joins us. Jason, who is in charge of isis. Greta, the Islamic State is operating a government with a bureaucratic hierarchy. It hasnt publicly described chain of command and how decisions are made and implemented. We have been talking with a number of experts to confirm what the Leadership Structure is of the islamist state. I want to take you through it, greta. According to cooperative information from an expert mr. Baghdadi, he is the
leader, he called himself has two top deputies. They there are 12 governors of the Islamic States 12 socalled provinces. And they both report to these deputies mr. Baghdadis policy and running the Islamic State. Function like departments or ministries, there is a leadership council, that makes the laws, council which advises. A legal council, the ones lv call onhe1 executions, the Security Council handles the executions. The Intelligence Council is like the cia, they spy on their enemies much the Financial Council are the freshry and you were just discussing how the Islamic State has a lot of money in coffers. Theyre the ones that manage it sell the oil. There is a council to help jihadists coming over from other countries to help them get in and out mostly from turkey and a media council
responsible for propaganda. People giving them credit for doing that job very well. You have to consider this realm now has 8 million syrians and iraqis living within it. Thats a lot of people to be administering. You need to have a governing structure. Now we are getting a clear picture of what that looks like, greta . Is this structure all in one place . You know, and the reason why i ask is they are all in one place its a lot easier to hit them than if theyre all spread out over this vast area. Not at all. And its interesting you ask that. Because, first of all, we dont know where mr. Baghdadi is. He is most likely according to sources in the region between iraq and syria. Now, these leaders, they are distributed between syria and iraq. And so thus this Leadership Structure that you have, so they are not always together. So there is also what we have been learning about a is a fairly sophisticated ave been developing sohat3 x7tqv that the socalled provinces can relay their information to these deputies who then, when necessary, take it to
the highest level, mr. Baghdad did i there you see at the top of this flow chart. Jason, thank you. Of course, can you can see more of jasons report on gretawire. Com. Jason, thank you. Thank you. Just moments ago the House Intelligence Committee wrapping up a closed door hearing Michelle Backman just came from that hearing there is a lot you cant tell us. Fair enough . Right. You can tell us the sentiment is the sentiment one in which there is increased concern about National Security as a result of isis and does it seem to be that more people are on board to do something more than what we are doing or less . No. An absolutely. This is totally bipartisan. Intelligence committee at the pleasure to serve because its a very Bipartisan Committee as it should be. We he had all of the High Administration in the room. And we dealt not just with isis but all of the other issues that are going on aggression from china and also with the ukraine and other areas. Really focused on isis more than anything. Thats really whats capturing peoples
attention. Those of us in the committee asked a lot of questions. This isnt new to us. We have studied this for well over two years. We saw this disa up search tee. Stwam first two americans that were killed with the Islamic State were from minnesota. We just had another 19yearold girl. Why is that . Whats going none minnesota . I know even senator franken on the other side senator from your state is concerned. Whats going on in minnesota . We are very concerned. People have a right to be safe in their homes. Airport of all places, think of a a worse place to put someone . He had access to the tarmac and he was also cleaning planes. This is the seconds one who had died fighting on behalf of isis. The only 911 convicted terrorist, greta, came from my district in minnesota. We have the largest population of somalis outside of somalia and, of course, most some mallians are not a part of the terrorist activity but we
have a very long deep connection, at least 50 have gone to fight for al shabaab. We now have at least 20 that have gone to fight with isis. And its very concerning. Because of that earlier this summer, and this was classified at the time, i asked the fbi for a meeting. And i asked them if there were minnesota residents fighting with the Islamic State. That was classified information at the beginning of this summer. Now its known. And it was known at the beginning of the summer. Oh its been known he, yes, at the beginning of the summer but. How long has that been known. President obama was quite flip and he we keep hitting him over the head with jv thing. Consequence. Fallujah fall and he still thought it was jv at the time. The committee has known about isis for well over two years. We saw the entempo probably beginning especially in the fall of last year. Well over a year. If the committee knows it i take it the people briefing the committee are the same people briefing president obama, right . Yes. Whats been the reason why has president obama
just been trying to protect us and keep it all quiet to himself while is he busy doing something or being cavalier thinking this is the jv team and not paying attention to it . I cant tell you what the president s reasoning is because i dont know. But i do know that all of this information was available to the white house on a daily basis they knew what weigh knew and probably even more. And as i saw this go up tempo, when i asked the fbi for the briefing, they told me yes, there are minnesota residents in syria fighting for the Islamic State. I asked if these individuals want to come back to the United States, they have u. S. Passports, would they be allowed to do so . I was blown away when the fbi told me they could come back into the United States which is why you introduced a bill companion to senator cruz which is what . My legislation would say if you join with the Islamic State, you will have your passport removed and you will begin the process of losing your United States citizenship. You will not be allowed to
reenter the United States. When i asked the fbi, i said what would happen to someone who is fighting with isis . They said they would be allowed to enter reenter the United States as some already have they would be on a terror watch list and go through extra screening. We know why you go through extra screening. This is common sense. We cant allow these Islamic State fighters to come back into our country i want to get some sort of sense i know you introduced it today. Do you have any democrats or other republicans that have signed on with you yet . I have already had some text me saying sign on to your legislation. Democrats . I have talked to democrats and hopefully we are going to get them on. I also am talking to our leadership, john boehner, Kevin Mccarthy and stephan and asking them to please fast track this legislation and it through before we go off to the election. This is important. Here is the other thing. Our southern border. Nothing has changed on our southern border in light of the isis threat. That is not good news. And thats why we cant allow anyone to come back into the United States who has decided to fight with the Islamic State. Congresswoman nice to see you. Good to see you. This is a fox news alert. Tomorrow the house will vote on a resolution to condemn the Obama Administration over the Sergeant Bergdahl taliban five prisoner swap. Right now the House Rules Committee is prepping that resolution. It condemns the administration for failing to notify congress before exchanging Army SergeantBowe Bergdahl for five taliban prisoners. And president obama admitting it did not look good. What didnt look good . He well find out. Were going it tell you you, thats next. You saw the video outside the elevator. Get ready, you are about to see the video inside the elevator showing running
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had their heads ripped off. Every day we find new evidence that he would rather be on the golf course that than he would be dealing with a crisis developing rapidly in the middle east. I should have im already picturing the campaign ads showing the president golfing while the middle east is burning. Part of what i would love is a vacation from the press. And joining us our Political Panel rick klein mccormick and chief Political Correspondent byron york. First to you . Well, after criticizing the press, he admitted to having been wrong about the optics of it but he never d