According ta a wall street journal poll, more safe now than before the 9 11 attacks. Showing beheadingss james foley and steven sotloff. Im joined by nbcs tracie potts. Good morning. What can we expect to hear from the president today . Reporter simply put, frances, what is the plan. Lawmakers here on capitol hill say they need a clear understanding from the president tonight, whats the goal and how do we get there . We need to degrade and ultimately droi ice lly destroy. Thats the end game. Reporter how do you get there . President obama is expected to outlike this tonight. It has to begin in my view by telling the American People what National Interest savannis at s here. Reporter in other words, could we be looking at another 9 11 . Australia is worried and may ways its threat level for the first time ever. An elevated level and im certainly contemplating seriously the notion of lifting it higher. Reporter the white house says the president s strategy includes training and advising iraqs military, getting support from other countries, us specially in the middle east and equipping syrian rebels. Meeting with lawmakers tuesday, our sources say the president insisted he does not need more authority from congress. Some lawmakers, some republicans, insist that he does, he really ought to be asking for our support whether or not he may think hes authorized to do what he intends to do. The constitution is clear. It is the job of presidecongres the president , to declare war. Reporter some democrats think he needs to come back to congress to get the authority. We understand from sources familiar with the sdadiscussion with lawmakers yesterday, the president will not be asking for more, extra money, to expand this campaign. Tracie potts in washington, d. C. Thank you. Msnbc will have Live Team Coverage of the president s address to the nation. 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Joined this morning by ed okeefe from the the washingto pos post. Glad to see you here. Poll numbers showing the president s job rating on Foreign Policy continues to plummet. The president faces a skeptical nation here. What does he need to say tonight and what shouldnt he say especially to reassure the people on the eve of 9 11 and his firsttime speech on tearer in a long time . Primetime speech really on anything. Based on conversations with republicans and democrats who represent americans up on capitol hill, they said so far this week hes got to be very specific what it is hes trying to do and specifically explain how it is this group is a threat to the united states. If he does that, its expected youll see republicans and democrats rally behind hick quipquip quickly and like lib the support of americans. I saw in the wwall street journal poll, the two journalists killed by isil. Highest percentage of tracking a news story, at least based on your poll showing you how much of a concern there is in this country. The president really has to acknowledge that, seize on it in hopes of holding on to support and boosting what are miserable numbers for him, in your poll and our Washington Post poll when it comes to Foreign Policy. Anything to stay away from . Cautious about anything in particular as far as not saying any particular thing . I suppose he doesnt want to share all the details so that if members are isil are watching they get a sense what it is hes going to do, but hes just got to come across as really strong and declarative, a good sense why it is he wants to do this and sort of appear as commander in chief. Make it clear hes looking out for the united states, and that hes determined to do something about this. This is a president whos been warweary, as has americans but in this case it looks as if theres real support for him to it be declarative. When it comes to americans lack of confidence in the proceed, how much do we consider the optics what hes doing outside of the white house . On meet the press, hitting the links wasnt the greatest thing to do after addressing the family of foley and tried to play golf and was denied. Should he be playing golf . How does that come into play . Thats causing the numbers to tank overall. A summer he seemed misguided and disinterested in the minds of Many Americans. Admitted hes got to work on that. If he can recover. Appreciate it. Take care. The first buzz just ahead. Why you shouldnt run sbiraroun the oval office, and news that raising eyebrows. Stay with us. In life, there are things you want to touch, and some you just dont. Introducing the Kohler Touchless toilet. The notouch flush for your home. Fancy feast broths. Theyre irresistabowl. Completely unbelievabowl. Totally delectabowl. Real silky smooth or creamy broths. Everything shes been waiting for. 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It was approved, the new logo is, and the new mascot, the mighty arab, approved by the school commission, the school board as well as the antidiscrimination group. All approved . All approved. Wow. However, when you go to the website, taking a look at it. They still have the old mascot, sort of an angrylooking character with one tooth on it, and at one point like a big Opposition Group trying to push against this. That may just be starting . Right. Again, a naming of a group and youve got these caricatures, if you will. Im sheer well hear from this. And also pizza boxes, when you have pizza delivered, brought to your home. Look at this great idea. Instead of tossing it, eco friendly. Perforated the box to make plates and the other folds up like tupperware for your leftovers. Its cool. A lot of whole foods are doing this with this pizza boxes. I like that. Isnt that cool . Yeah. Already out there. This is aal to. Another reason to eat pizza. As if you need another reason . All right. And why you shouldnt run around when it comes to the oval office at the white house . A couple places you get nervous. To the airport, a church, a wedding, added oval office. A secret Service Agent was visiting, having his family meet the president. Obviously, the president and the secret Service Agent chatting. He was bored as can be and did what we all would do at a little child. Face plant right in the couch. This is first look on msnbc. I think the president has been specific about what the end game is. The president believes we need to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. That is the end game. President obama making his case tonight on be how to eliminate the threat of isis. This as new nbc news polling shows Many Americans feel less