Provence there. Isis made it sorts sort of defactor capitol. Pentagon Officials Say the u. S. Is attacking with fighters and tomahawk jets. The first is hard targets where the group stores weapons the United States, as mentioned is not going alone. According to defense officials im told five arab nations are assisting. Saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and qatar. But qatar is not flying missions over syria. No nations from europe and no help from turkey, not yes. A nato member where the United States tried to get on board. The Islamic State executed three western civilians two from the United States and one from Great Britain the group made its name by executing men, women and children across us us and seara. Set them on fire, in cases buried them alive because did not share the groups religious beliefs. The president obama announced wed take the fight beyond air strikes. The new strikes target the large territories in seara. Officials say militants had something of a save haven the timing of the strike is well worth noting as World Leaders flock to the United Nations here in new york city. President obama expected to use much of the speech to make the case for fighting isis. There is the russian president Vladimir Putin warned the United States strikes in syria without the United Nations approvalm would be, quote, acts of aggress and a quote violation of international law. Again, this from Vladimir Putin. We have not heard from him thus far tonight. And no word from the brutal syrian leader assad, also fighting the Islamic State. There are members of the administration, at least officials speaking to the new New York Times say it was inevitable assad would be backed up in the course of this. The goal to degrade and destroy the Islamic State. First eliminate save havens isis militants go to, but then, degrade, destroy. Along the way, what will happen with no Ground Troops on the ground, what will happen is that isle will become more vulnerable. All that area which assad would like to take back, others would like it as well. So you have to wonder whats happening in tehran . With leaders of hez bowla. Theyd like to fill that vacuum themselves, like the vacuum has been filled in the wake of our last war. Gener general keane, headline is a coalition over syria. The future is unknown. But that we have to sorry about a void there is a given. Well, this is a pretty significant event. As much as ive been critical of the president for not striking syria the night he made a speech and critical also about the lack of content in the ground defensive campaign, he and secretary kerry and general john allen and Central Command deserve credit in bringing together this coalition of five countries four of them are sunnis attacking a sunnibased Terror Organization despite the fact they have a radical islamic sunnibased in conservancy. Its a good night for the administration in being able to pull this together. How do you see the next days and weeks unfold something i hope this is a sustained and unrelentless campaign. And shep, its not going to be like it was in kosovo or desert storm in 99 or iraq in 2003. We dont have that kind of target infrastructure to deal with here this, is isis moved a country and established themselves. Its not a state they call themselves a state. Targets are going to be limited in scale. And as long as we have targets, well be able to go after them theyll do everything they can but despite best efforts, it cannot be accomplished 100 we have confidence were not going to hurt civilians in doing it. So no one can tell how long this campaign is going to go on. It depends on how much targets we have available. Were striking offensively targets in iraq, and also in syria. And that bodes well for this offensive against isis. We know and youve discussed it, that this will not be decisive in terms of destroying and defeating isis. What kind of level of concern do you have that this will be motivation for more to join in isis, it will be seen a cross the region as well, here comes the United States. Many have argued you dont cutoff heads of two citizens of the worlds only super power unless you want that super power to get in there to join in the fight. Well, i think its a myth people suggest isis beheaded an american and a brit because they wanted us to come attack them. That is the same mythology around bin laden attack. Once captured the key people, not the least of which was khalid sheik mohammed, they believed they could collapse americas moral and political will. And he killed and beheaded a brit and an americans because he wanted to humiliate us and achieve a propaganda event and a recruiting tool but it backfired on him. Just as september 11th backfired on the movement. They lost their sanctuary. Weve been chasing them downthe. So if it is a myth that that is whats happening. Whats happening here is that theyve imposed their wailwill on this part of the world they want to dominate it. And finally, shep, this part of the world is responding. That is a good thing. General keane on the line with us tonight. Thank you very much. Its good to speak to you. Jennifer griffin. We dont know how long this is going to last. We have indication. I expect we have from u. S. Official sources that it will go on for hours but general jack keane is exactly right. Theyre going to run out of targets because youre up against a terrorist army in essence. Theyre going to go to ground theyre going to spread out from bases these are hard targets that they began striking two hours ago. We expect it to go on another few hours at least but they will have to then do bomb damage assess manies and what is going to happen is that theyre going to be on the move. Then, the question comes in, this is what all military minds know. Once on the move who is going to go after them . Air strikes alone are not going to take care of the problem once they start moving and readjusting and leaving training camps, then youre going to need boots on the ground. As weve been talking about all night, the free syrian army, so called moderate rebels that were going to start training in saudi arabia, that is a oneyear proposition at best. Will take five months before it gets started. There are not any Ground Forces on the ground that are capable now of going after these isis fighters after albaghdady. Incoming days and weeks youre going to see Ground Forces have to get involved if theyre serious about this campaign. Because theyre going to run out of targets, fixed targets at a certain point. Its one of the mostinteresting aspects of the early going of the campaign. Your goal is grade if you want to knock out control and control. They operate like an army. They have centers and they have communications efforts. They have ways to move to other places the more vulnerable you can make them, the better right. Who does overtaking . I bet there are boots on the ground. Assad would like to have control of that. This man who president of the United States said has to go. He has troops. He does have troops he left the northwest part of his country. He did not deploy troops up there. Still, no indication he wants to send troops up there to get slaughtered. Hes going to allow americans to do it. Its simple. And whether now or days from now, whether cia doing it or u. S. Military doing it theyre going to have to be boots on the ground you talk about them, its true. This is a unique group because theyre behaving like an army but theyre still terrorists that will revert back to going into towns and will blend in with the population, using suicide bombers and will behead hostages theyre going to behave like terrorists. There is only one way to deal with that. General stan mccrystal, his team, one of the reasons theyre so successful is because those teams were hunting people down, interrogating people, they were mopping up, essentially, these kind of fighters so, they arent going to sit in their bases and just wait for american war planes to continue dropping bombs theyll have started to fold into the population, to move out into areas where they can continue acting as though, as any al qaedalike terror group group acted in the past. Thank you. There are others would like to be in there. Yes. Hezbollah, iran. You just added hezbollah and iran to the United States, jordan, United Arab Emirates, qatar . Sounds reek onn regional. Its a moving vacuum situation youre going to see a lot of the players now. At some point, how much do i extend my forces into this area . How much do i risk inflaming domestic opposition to what im doing . Jordan is having to crack down on its own islamic population. Its banning certain mosques so it can keep its domestic population under control. We have to assume that the calculation on most players in this, but some arent visibly bombing syria is lets see what happens. Lets see what type of border situations will be events. Are there other vacuum are there other vacuum regi whos going to do it . Are there other vacuum regi whos going to make it happen . Discover a new energy source. Turn ocean waves into power. Design cars that capture their emissions. Build bridges that fix themselves. 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These are two different kinds of missions when bombing in iraq, presumably United States continues to do over time, it was hit a boat here, hit a car here, a target of opportunity. Something we knew specifics about on the ground they were isolated strikes. This is Something Different according to the pentagon. This is the same bombardment of isis strong holds. Again, they have set up raka as their sort of capitol. And these strikes theyre bombing barracks where troops would sleep. They have bombed command and control centers, communications facilities. They have bombed their military weapons storage areas. As you know they have weapons from the United States with iraqi army left them behind. Just been back and forth across this syrian border, which was wide open this, is a different kind of campaign and frankly military analysts will tell you, riskier because if you accomplish your goal, your first goal of degrading, being able to get in there and not let a vacuum be created there is a difficult thing. The president suggested this will be a lengthy campaign. Under the law he has 90 days and then, he has to Tell Congress again, that hes doing this. Then, he has 90 days, then, theyre supposed to be a vote. Bret baier is the anchor of special report and live with us from washington a vote by the congress. That is how the constitution says this should work. It is, shep. And you know, you might not see it right away. It interesting to see reaction of lawmakers whether there is a call for a vote or whether they just let this go in this unified effort. Key thick v thing is that administration will tout the arab face on this. It is a big success to have four arab nations flying and another a part of the coalition tonight. Saudi arabia, jordan, ba hane, United Arab Emirates and qatar but lawmakers, will be interesting so see whether they call for this right away. Couple points to follow up on targeting. Both with general keane and jennifer, key thing is to have enough targets we can confirm u. S. Has been flying isr flights. Intelligence, surveillance and recognizance flights over syria. That is where youre getting these initial targets you talked about. Arsenals, hard buildings. What happens is that thoegs targets will be taken out theyll have to find the leadership and that will require a lot more on the ground spotters, especially if isis leaders going into urban areas if theyre expected to do. And lowflying what is called tactical isr. That requires more skill from the ground. Lets be clear, there may be u. S. Boots on the ground we may not know about. Covertly. Youre not going to hear about them the president is going to put this arab face on it. Bret baier, thank you. Its interesting what motivates action now. In this case, killing of two americans would not have changed Public Opinion. It was on video breaking news 24 minutes past the hour, what did congressional leaders know . When did they know it . Wendel . Were told the president informed democrats and republican members of congress has the strikes began they say the president believes he has authority to order the strikes under a law that gives him authority to go after al qaeda. Making clear he says the u. S. Is stronger when the world receives its united. Congress is in recess now. The president thinks iran has a stake in defeating isis. This is a sunni isis but the u. S. Will not fight alongside iran and will not share intelligence with that country. The president flatly denies the ayatollahs claim the u. S. Offered to join forces and the ayatollah says he turned it down. One goal is not just to broaden the coalition against isis. Officials would like a Security Council resolution on foreignerorist fighter that compels Member States to keep them from recruiting. Remember, isis has fallen oil from iraq. This is just the opening salvo here. As you said throughout the night a sustained Bombing Campaign is expected we know we have partners from arab nations but what are the details . How will this be retained aross the arab world sth it matters quite a lot. Our lead campaign against isis our lead campaign against isis in syria gets underway. Want to change the world . Our lead campaign against isis in syria gets underway. Create things that help people. Design safer cars. Faster computers. Smarter grids and smarter phones. Think up new ways to produce energy. Be an engineer. Solve problems the world needs solved. What are you waiting for . Changing the world is part of the job description. 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And the the fantasy is closer to reality the United States and arab partners striking in syria from afar without american troops on the ground. There is a lot of danger in all of this. And uncertainty. John buss is with us this journalist reporting this when you dont know what happens, if you have soldiers in the field, how do you sustain your, how do you control your gains . This is one thing general Martin Dempsey has been saying, saying we need turkey in this fight. Turkey was notably not in the air over syria. Turkey is caught between with a huge refugee problem, its just trying not to get involved because there is issue within the country with peace talks and its own kurdish population. Some are streaming across the boreder to fight in syria. Its a difficult situation for turkey to negotiate. If youre able to knock out the man in control and large weapons and we believe these things have been accomplished overnight in syria. Then, who is it the United States will use to go in there to hold that . Would that be cia . Locals . Who is it . Its a question, to some extent well see and find out how much were relying on cia on the field now. How much on syria for information about isis encampment. Were in the process of building armies in two different places now in syria and iraq. Germany says were going to give iraqis advanced weaponry. First they have to come to germany and its just going to take time. Every one has competing interests here. Would you forgive the viewer or person looking who said well, until we have video which is a horrible thing, this is a fantasy that this could work out. With Public Opinion turned that is when the government turned in this way. Congress is on break, its the middle of november. Some of them want to seem strong because once they do want to vote on this, it seems to come down. Yes. Its a big shift in Public Opinion back in the spring. More willing to be involved i dont think its just because