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quick last question with regard to 2016. democrats seem to formulate an argument we should have never gone into iraq in the first place around fault of hawks that put us theres. that is why we have isis. even rand paul saying that the gop hawks created isis. what do you say about that is it. >> that is just a fable. isis came into being after al qaeda in iraq was defeated by the iraqi army. as president obama himself said when he came into office he inherited stable democratic iraq. isis is creation after we pulled all of our troops out in 2011. thats with the key mistake made by this administration. martha: ambassador bremer. good have you here. >> nice to be here martha. bill: today one world trade center officially opens its observatory to the public. there is a lot more to this than just a phenomenal view. senior correspondent rick leventhal reporting live from one world trade center. what do you see when you are
another mohammed contest is bringing up freedom of speech. it is being held in phoenix at an anti-islam rally. it is similar to the one in garland texas that sparked a shooting. but today it is being held outside a mosque attended by the two gunmen. >> the mosque came out condemning the gunmen and isis. they know i am coming and hope it remains peaceful. >> the organizers are urging people to come armed just in case. and we have our panel here to discuss this. good to have both you have here
islamic state claiming responsibility in a statement outside of the babylon hotel and a hotel nearby. it appears that perhaps the bomber is responsible for both incidents. islamic state claiming responsibility just moments ago and this is what happened there: [ambulance noise] >> there have been a curfew in place but they lifted it earlier this year trying to restore a calm atmosphere in baghdad but that has been shattered. two bombings in baghdad reported today. back at home hilary clinton campaigns with new signs that her whole rally period is kicking off. is she trying to distance
doing what we will not do for them. the united states is prepared to train them, to equip them, and to back them on the battlefield with coalition military air power as they take the fight to isil in their own country. the united states is not going to be responsible for securing the security situation inside of iraq. martha: there you have it, from yesterday on "america's newsroom." joined by ambassador paul bremer, whos watt presidential envoy to iraq under president george w. bush. ambassador, welcome. good to have you here. >> nice to be with you. martha: when josh earnest was on our problem we heard a lot more what america is not going to do than what america is going to do. what did you think about what he said? >> the general problem the chickens are coming home to roost after sick years of weakness, not just in iraq. basically i think the administration has to decide what its core objective is? is it to defeat isis, after all the president's stated objective for almost a year now? or is it to avoid further american involvement?
where would you rather live, bill hemmer, in the united states or anywhere else -- bill: you know what that answer is. mk weigh in on that quickly. i want to get back to this whole thing about isis. >> we should always say heck, we're better than greece. we're doing okay. we have higher standards. we don't want to get used to a new normal. unemployment number, yes one always talks about goes down but partly because we have the smallest labor force we've had in years, which does mean a ton of people are out of the work or underemployed. they have become more dependent on the. frankly being dependent on the government has greater costs than just financial costs. it is not great for communities. it is not great for families. it is great to have a safety net but those things when there are other options do not create healthier america. prosperity is key. we ain't getting it. bill: this is what we found from "front line" too, moves discussion out of iraq. only 90 rebels have taken part so far in the new training mission there. the pentagon says the first 5000
departure. >> the question are going back to when she was secretary of state and what she did to warn the administration that this threat was coming and did she express or have a different take on it. and you can take a look at benghazi in terms of al-qaeda and the fact they were not decimated and led to this group. >> she had a couple glancing blows to the president about isis but she didn't say it was his fault just questions in policy in syria. but the big narrative has been about libya which as you point out is the cardinal sin, if you will, for hillary's tenure. it was known that this was her baby and we were quote leading from behind and what happened? not much good. we have been talking about that relating to clinton's in
rebels won't be vetted and ready until the end of this year at the earliest. and now you see juan, yet again, how isis digs in longer and become as tougher enemy to defeat. and we missed it. >> i don't know that we missed it. i think what we have here -- bill: dempsey said so. there were several things that surpised us about isil. the way they'reorg niced and gather and move and kill. >> well, i don't think there is any doubt about it, that is exactly right. what i'm saying is i think the situation has changed. they have become in a sense much more challenging and different evolving opponent especially with the fall of order in syria. they have been able to create a base. they have been able to stretch into iraq. this is part of what i think is responding to change. the united states is the unrivaled military power of the world. i don't think anybody is going to doubt that. if we wanted to apply our intense focus on isil we would
there is sort of a moral question. if the president of the united states doesn't believe in the mission, whether it is in afghanistan or in iraq or somewhere else then he shouldn't be sending american men and women and put their lives at risk. martha: do you believe that this president believes in this mission? >> i believe, i think he believes in the stated goal of defeating isis because i think, i mean i don't know him but i think he understands the threat not just in iraq but in the region and eventually in europe and the united states if it goes unchecked. whether he is prepared to take the steps like i mentioned i honestly don't know. i hope so. i hope that the reality will come home to them on the other hand, as you pointed out yesterday his spokesman seems to have been preparing the path for a different different step and i think that is going to be very dangerous for us both in iraq and in the region. martha: i have to ask you one
the right thing, might be misguided and counter productive. a better approach might be to surge the resources in iraq who are ready to take on isis on the battlefield. the word surge is familiar to what everyone watched was successful last time around. >> that is right. and the president's strategy is based on propping up baghdad. some coalition that can fly under its own steam and push back against isis. what these folks in the clinton group are saying is skip it dump resources including boots on the ground, u.s. controllers to be present and beef up the response from sunni tribesman and others in the north who are willing to fight and skip the obama strategy. that would be a radical de
two isis-linked shooters opened fire there. what will happen in phoenix as we watch that on a friday. good morning i'm bill hemmer. welcome here to "america's newsroom." >> good morning everybody. i'm martha maccallum. the location of this event is really not random either. it is right outside of the islamic commune center where the two attackers elton simpson and adir soofi. the man behind it is well within his rights. >> i'm a blatant blunt outspoken marine. here in america we have freedom of speech. it is under attack from islam. bill: chief correspondent jonathan hunt live in l.a. this morning. what else do we know about the organizer of this event jonathan? >> reporter: bill, his name is john ritz himmer. you heard him say a marine from personal facebook page. he appears to be married with two young children. the facebook page for the actual event that is due to take place