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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 ....