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isis' most effective and insidious weapon that they can deploy that immediately worldwide to gather recruits. and one of the biggest concerns of intelligence and counter terrorism officials in the u.s. is that some day some random bomber will strike. it's already happening, in tu neisha at a tourist filled museum, in marparis and canada. isis claims it posted the names photos and sud addresses of 100 u.s. service members after it says it hacked into military servers and databases. the group called the islamic state hacking division claimed the 100 americans carried out air strikes against isis targets in iraq and syria. and that they should be killed in their own lands as they walk their streets thinking that they are safe. the terrorist website urged on any potential lone wolf demanding, what are you waiting for? defense officials tell nbc news
secure work in areas far from actual fighting. lower and middle class americans will continue to join the military for educational opportunities, but with well to do citizens serving in greater numbers, we would create an all volunteer force which more accurately represents america. so what do we have now? >> i think what we have is a very real civil military divide and a lot has been spoken about that. and you know ultimately if you want to bridge that divide we can all go see all the films you want to see or read all the books you want to read but unless every american has skin in the game that divide is going to continue to exist. >> how do you think the conversation would change? how do you think our foreign policy would change if this actually happened? >> i think right now for instance we're having this conversation about ice says and iraq and whether or not we're going the put boots on the ground in iraq and by and large it's a little bit of an abstraction abstraction. i think if many americans were feeling that that might mean they're 17 18-year-old child would be serving in iraq again, i think it would -- a lot more
he has served multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan, five tours. and is the recipient of the purple heart silver star and bronze star for valor. he is also the author of the new novel" green on blue." i suggest everybody read that. elliott, it's great to have you on the show. we appreciate your service 100 times over. i want to read from your time.com column before we get to the book. >> sure. >> i think this concept is fascinating and it should make all of us think. you say, draft the rich. limiting the draft to the children of the wealthiest and most influential americans will stymie a tolerance for perpetual war on the part of critical decision makers. i would propose that draftees be assigned exclusively within the fields of combat arms infantry engineering, career paths by which -- which by and large have been opened up recently to women and would ensure that no undue influence could be lef rammed to
they're going. they're creeping up on to the green line so they're trying to penetrate into kurdistan. this is an ungodly mess. the country is de facto and iraq as we know it is finished. >> michael weiss, thank you, i think. good to have you on. still ahead, drafting the rich. this is a fascinating concept. really think about it. why one deckorated combat veteran said the military should tap you upper class americans for war. we will discuss his new cole lum. plus, the conversation you will likely won't be happening with your starbucks barista. but the coffee giant is saying about the much criticized campaign on race relations. we'll be right back. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. whatever i can do to help compute
to rise to the challenge just as americans have always done. i believe in america and her people and i believe we can stand up and restore our promise. it's going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make america great again. i'm ready to stand with you to lead the fight. >> wow. >> can i just throw up now? >> stop. donny deutsch. >> can i just throw up now this. >> he's jumping in. earlier in the night the associated press shot these photos of cruz and his family wife heidi, daughters kalt ss catherine and caroline trying out the liberty university stage where he will speak today becoming the first major candidate to announce for president in 2016. cruz decided to jump in rest of the field and he has work to do. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows as many republicans couldn't see himself
benghazi. u.s. officials tell the piper they show the former secretary of state and aides were increasingly concerned about the fallout from the attack which left four americans dead. but the e-mails do not suggest that clinton was part of a cover-up or told u.s. forces not to respond as some critics have claimed. aides also used personal e-mail to correspond with clinton which appears to contradict her remarks earlier this month. >> it was my practice to communicate with state department and other government officials on their .gov accounts. those e-mails would be automatically saved in the state department system to meet record keeping requirements and that indeed is what happened. >> but in a statement a clinton spokesman said it was the aide's, quote, practice to primarily use their work e-mail when conducting state business with only the tiniest fraction of the more than 1 million e-mails they sent and received involving their personal
african-american. if you want to talk about community policing this is a guy who is literally from the the community, born and raised. so i think that some of these issues don't seem as obvious in florida but, you know it is like any other city in the country. not everyone is necessarily down with the idea of diversity and the kind of racial relations we want. >> that police chief sounds really interesting. i would love to have that conversation. joy, will you try and bring him on tomorrow and come back? >> oh, absolutely. i'm sure he would be happy to do it. >> that would be really really interesting. joy reid thank you very very much. >> thank you. moving on to politics now. senator ted cruz he's made it official. at least on twitter. and more coming today at midnight the senator from texas tweeted, i'm running for president and i hope to earn your support. along with this video. >> it's a time for truth, a time to rise to the challenge, just as americans have always done. i believe in america and her