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Brian is off tonight. Im lester holt. The outcry was loud and it was heard. Today there was a big apology and turnabout by the nfl on an issue that has sparked outrage especially among women over how the league punishes its players involved in Domestic Violence. Today, the commissioner of the nfl after last month staunchly defending his twogame suspension of ray rice admitted he got it wrong. Today the league announced a tough new policy that will now sideline those guilty of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault for a minimum of six games to outright banishment for the league for second offense...

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 ...

U. S. Personnel and to protect minorities under threat from isis and, therefore, the first ones to follow the president s speech when he announced a couple of weeks ago saying theyre going on offense, no longer on defense. And do we know the isis forces, they were the once on the offensive against these iraqi forces in southwest of baghdad . Well, they were fighting. These were iraqi operations under way against isis forces that weve known for some time have been within proximity of baghdad, but i think, you know, that is important that it was near the capital because this is a vulnerable poin...

Americans we ensure that we have that balance between civil remember liberties and the protection of america, our home, and also our citizens. I would rely on our Homeland Security, on the fbi, on intelligence officials to really make sure that, of course, were safe. But make sure that our Civil Liberties are not violated in the context of ensuring national security. If theyre suggestion were to you representative, we need to strip the passports of those who might go abroad. Would you support that decision . I would have to know what exactly they are talking about. Again, we have to really be ...

Of our actions. It appears this is a more than a serious threat and its not just the issue of iraq that were dealing with here. We also have daily reports from around the globe. Congress has been off for more than six weeks, some have said, and i cant disagree that were awol. We ought to be back meeting as a committee as a whole, debating and defining the issue clearly. The president , more than a year ago, asked for congress to give back and give him a polts with respect to syria. And to date, the congress has yet to respond. There are calls within the Armed Services committee. I know, by joe...