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Chris jansing, nbc senior white house correspondent. This is only the second time a u. S. Sitting president has chaired the u. N. Security council meeting, the other president being barack obama. What are we expecting from the president this time . I think you made a good point, to chair this, in such a public forum, shows you how important this is, foreign fighters. Hell reemphasize the threat they pose. The threat they pose here in the United States. The threat in europe. The threat in the region throughout the middle east. Also calling on people to vote for this u. S. Backed, u. S. Proposed...

Million dollars . And the struggle continues for meaningful place reform. But first, we know what the president told us. But who told him . Good morning. Im Melissa Harris perry. President obama wants us to understand. President obama who was elected in no small part due to his opposition to a war in iraq at and a promise to bring our troops home with wants us to understand why he has chosen to bomb parts of iraq. To send american troops to advise iraqi forces to engage in the battle against a group of sophisticateded and well funded terrorists with no clear end in sight. When he addressed the...

We know that the attorney general were told by Justice Department officials will say this afternoon at a white house event that he intends to step down as soon as his successor is confirmed. So the only surprise here is the day on which the Justice Department said that. Weve been expecting this for a long time. Its been widely assumed that eric holder would not serve out the two full terms that he would step down some time this year and we also assume it would be before the midterm elections so there could be no claim if he decided to announce this after the midterms that it was somehow in res...

Son to believe that this countrys promise was real. And that son grew up to become attorney general of the united states. And thats something. And thats why erics worked so hard, not just in my administration, but for decades, to open up the promise of this country to more striving, dreaming kids like him. To make sure that those words live, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are made real for all of us. We could not be more grateful for everything youve done for us, not just for me and the administration, but for our country. Attorney general holder was the first African American to hold h...

National correspondent, joins us now from washington and there n london charlie winter is an expert on radical islam hes with a think tank focussed on counterterrorism. First you. Tell us about this group and how its been targeting the United States successfully as far as we know. Well, ttp is the acronym for its pakistani name. But the Pakistani Taliban, principle its principle target is the pakistani government but it has gone after the u. S. Most common way across the border in afghanistan against u. S. Forces in afghanistan. Thats been a target. But they carried their attacks in that attem...