peaceful transition in syria, and to eliminate a force that can create so much pain and suffering. >> d.a.s.h., another fame from isis or isil. what is official now is the war has entered a new faze. a bomb appears to take down a passenger plain in egypt. killing up 224 people on board. thursday, dozens are killed when beirut. and then of course, friday, attackers wearing suicide vests and carrying out coordinated attacks carrying assault rifles slaughtering hundreds of people. we'll talk about it starting with richard engle who is on the ground in paris. let's start with the investigation itself. the french continue to say this is isis. the united states stance on this is that we don't have information to contradict this. what more do we know? >> the investigation is continuing and expanding internationally. there have been arrested in belgium. there is a connection to grease. one of the syrian passports did pass through greece. it was found by one of the attackers. a greek official told us that the passport went through greece and it was registered in serbia. there have been peo

into iraq and syria from countries in europe and elsewhere and so last year we enhanced the security of the visa waiver program. this is a program where people in certain countries can come here without a visa. and we've been focused on enhancing the security of that. i ordered enhancements late last year then again in august and congress also is focused on this and i think that there are ways that congress -- >> should we eliminate the waiver program for a while? >> i would not do that at all. the visa waiver program is very, very important to lawful trade, travel, commerce, a very popular program that people use virtually everyday. but there are security enhancements that we have made and we should evaluate whether more is necessary and i'm happy to have that conversation with our friends in congress. they're interested in this, too. >> commissioner bratton, i want to ask you to react to something else. washington, d.c. police chief kathy lanier on "60 minutes" tonight is going to make a recommendation that in an active shooter situation if somebody can take the gunman out

policies and ideas. >>> and changing course, first in afghanistan, now in syria. why presisint obama decided to send special ops forces into the syrian civil war. are we looking at mission creep? >>> joining me for insight and analysis this sunday morning are matt bai of yahoo! news, helene cooper of the "new york times," an gearann of the "new york times" and david brooks. press." >>> good sunday morning. choose your metapr. on life support, in critical condition, on its deathbed. whatever painful phrase y y use, everyone agrees jeb bush's campaign is in trouble. bush needed a good debate performance on wednesday and he failed spectacularly. he's rebranding his campaign with a new slogan called "jeb can fix it." the phrase can suppose to mean that bush can fix the country's problems but people are already joking the "it" jeb needs to fix is his candidacy. that's the big question hanging over the bush campaign -- can jeb fix it? at this critical moment, i caught up with bush in miami yesterday and began with a question a lot of people are asking. president? i dd our country. i honest

the truth. ben carson said this on syria. >> welso must recognize it's very complex place. the chinese are there. later, carson's campaign tried to clarify saying he meant chinese weapons and equipment were in syria, not the chinese military. then there's hillary clinton and her evolving explanations about her e-mail server. >> it was fully above board. the people in the government knew at i was using a personal account. >> but many of those people, including the president, have said they did not know she used it exclusively for government business. just 27% ofll voters andnd 52% of democratic primary voters give clinton a good rating on straightforward. despite their problems with the truth, trump and clinton remain their party's front-runners. >> if diogenes were looking for that honest man, once they got past bernie sanders in the presidential election they'd be looking for a long time. the voters can't find that honest person in 2016. >> i'm joined on the phone b the republican presidential front-runner right now donald trump.. mr. trump, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good m

intercepts of chatter between an isis affiliate in the sinai and members of a group in syria. for the latest, i'm joined by the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee, dianne fefestein of california. senator, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning. >> why are u.s. officials so convinced this was a bomb? >> well, i think it's an emerging story. i think first of all, you've got the flightt data recorder and the voice recorder that record something that could be an explosion. secondly, it's the nature of isil, i think. isil is now i i 12 countries. they do attack after attack. the forensics on the superstructure of the plane need to be done. i'mmdelighted to hee that the fbi will be going into the area believe we are sharing our iiormation, intelligence information now. and this is a point i want to make. it is my strong belief that the united states and our good allies should share information regarding terrorist attacks. we usually do this and it's important we do this. >> are you concerned we're not sharing with russia because of this rivalry? >> yes. my unders

isis in syria. a dozen french warplanes hitting their stronghold in raraqqah, u.s. forces also involved. among the targets trucks carrying the oil that fund the isis war chest. isis claims eight men carried out the attacks. french authorities named the man they believe was the mast mind, abdelhamid abaaoud who they believe was in syria and they are still looking for this man salah abdeslam, an accomplice they believe, also in belgium. police say he's dangerous and do not approach. they had stopped him at a checkpoint after the attacks but let him go because he had no criminal record. new video has emerged of the deadliest massacre filmed by an eyewitness. the gunfire clear, an injured man on the sidewalk, bodies on the street, crying all around. this was the moment it began. the band playing to a sellout crowd when suddenly gunfire. a guy tarrist rushes off stage. most were trapped. the faces of the dead stare out at the places where they died. many here can't put their grief >> my best died here. >> reporter: paris today is braced foror more attacks and still traumatized by th

communicating back to syria. we will see these individuals had deep ties to france. the selection of the targets, the understanding of how this would strike the french soul. these are not people who just showed up in paris. these are people who lived there, understand french culture and who knew exactly how to terrorize the population. >> michael and sean, thank you very much for your input. we appreciate it. >> president f fncois hollande spoke by phone to president obama. he spoke about bringing the terrorists to justice. let's get to nbc's peter alexander on duty at the white house this morning. peter. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. president obama condemned the attacks calling them heart breaking to terrorize innocent civilians. i spoke with one of the top aides this morning. he says the white house is monitoring the developments from paris. the president is getting updates from his homeland security and counter terrorism adviser. during that call with french president hollande late yesterday, president obama reiterated the u.s. support for the people of ance. america's oldest

the international community, including russia, to step up the campaign against isis in syria. complicating matters this morning the shootdown of a russian warplane near the syria-turkey border by the turkish military. richard engel is in turkey for us monitoring developments. richard, vladimir putin is already lashing out against turkey calling the shootdown a stab in the back. nato has called an emergency meeting. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: well, you have to also ask why the plane was shot down. according to u.s. officials the russian fighter jet did violate turkey says that is why it fired on the jets, but u.s. officials say that the russian planes only violateled turkish airspace for a matter of seconds. russia says that in no way did they ever threaten turkey, so the question is why did then turkey fire, and it goes back to the complete lack of a cohesive strategy for syria. those planes were on their way to attack a rebel group inside syria that is backed by turkey, and after they violated turkish airspace, it seems that turkey took the opportunity and atta

syria for a second straight night and here in u.s. isis warnings for attacks in washington has many leaders on edge. >> i don't want to make everybody nervous, but i feel the same way i felt before 9/11. >> the latest developments and the controversial calls to have america close its borders to syrian refugees. >>> tornado outbreak. at least 20 reported across four states. one twister leveling an oil plant in texas while further west in colorado a massive blizzard is blanketing that state. up to 18 inches of snow expected just today. >>> and "today" exclusive, charlie sheen joins us live for a very personal announcement, today, tuesday, november 17th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a very busy tuesday morning. >> nice to have charlie sheen in he's known to people in this country around the world, i think you can say for good and bad reasons, once the highest paid actor on television and then equally famous for a public meltdown. now

world last year when it took over parts of iraq and syria, manage to terrorize a world capital? it appears, based on early clues, that the mass migration from the middle east to europe may have played a part. one of the attackers identified by french authorities by the partial name, abdul akbaq b, appears to have arrived in greece and registered, as thousands do every day, as a refugee. a second factor, the large muslim population in france, of which a small minority is sympathetic to the migrant cause. >> europe has no internal control of borders. very anemic external control of borders. millions of refugees flooding into europe. unassimilated muslim populations. europe is in trouble. >> reporter: the trouble, experts agree, is not going away. intelligence agencies here in france and elsewhere are asking for more resources. as the threats grow, intelligence agencies are going to ask for more people and more money than they have now. whether or not the lack of the murders in paris went undetected is a big part of the investigation now. >> i think we have failed, of course. it's a m

last night in northern syria in the isis strong hold of raqqa. he's a british born militant in videos that show the execution of westerners. and right now a counterterrorism official says there's no definitive proof yet that he was killed. andd here's more. >> reporter: so, the man is mohammed emwazi and he's better known as jihadi john. he's known for his particularly brutal behavior against western hostages and hostages held by isis. they telll us a u.s. drone strike today, november 12th, near raqqa targeted jihadi john. what they don't know is whether they got him or not. problems they have with these strikes in places like syria, where there's no ground troops. there's no one on the ground that can do dna or after battle assessment to find out whether they've gotten him or not. they generally have to rely on intercepts or some sort of chatter amongst isis after the fact, talking about whether he's dead or not, whether he's been struck. so, we do know that they targeded him and he's been such anh elusive figure for more than a year. he first came on the headlines inli summer of 201

work. russia, it was a day of mourning, prayers and tetes, a nation in shock. >>> in syria, isis isclashing. now there is clash in this country over the crash in syria. more what the presidential president's plan to put a small number of u.s. troops on the ground. after thousands of u.s.-led airstrikes, isis militant are closer to capturing the people in syria, the turmoil underscoring the confident new eps the white house announcing some 50 special ops teams will be sent to syria, their mission, to train, advise and assist in combat. >> how is that not a chchge? >> because our s sategy all along has been focused on building the capacity of local forces to fight these fights against isi for themselves in their own country. >> it's a reversal forhe president who vowed to wind down the middle east. now with more troops headed to the region, they'll pass the crisis onto the next commander if chief. for democrats, hillary clinton says she sees the plans. bernie sanders says it's skeptical. the united states once again gets caught up in a quagmire, which never ends. >> republicans hav

. 10 french war planes hitting targets in rockau, syria, including a command center and recruitment center and more pictures of the suspects, the 26-year-old who belgium investigators believe rented one of the cars use bide the attackers. they also say his brother was one of the suicide bombers and a second brother was reedleasedreleased. and the french president is meeting with secretary kerry. the french president also sending their aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean to take fight in that fight against isis and extending the state of three months and in paris, day two of back to work, the flag still flying at half staff. and 20 families are still waiting for official word. shannon. >> thank you for that report from paris. >>> and as international powers map out a strategy half way around the world, there with new worries at home. a video that threatens washington d.c. >> reporter: new isis video says america is next. the terrorists says as we struck france in the center of paris, we will strike america at its center in washington. is it real or propaganda? a planned mis

-christian divisions. russia plans to use anti-aircraft missiles in syria, after turkey shot down a russian warplane. andrew spencer tells us it comes as france pushes for a broader coalition against isis. the quagmire in syria -- in which isis has thrived -- got even more complicated this week... ...as turkish fighter jets shot down a russia warplane, the plane and it's pilots landing in northern syria. turkey says the plane repeatedly violated turkish airspace, releasing audio of what appears to be one such warning: "unknown air traffic position to humaynim 040. this is turkish air force speaking on guard. you are approaching turkish airspace. change your heading south immediately. change your heading south." one of the two pilots died at the hands of rebels. the other was rescued. he appeared on russian state-run media, saying they never received a warning from the turkish military. "not via the radio. not visually. there was no contact whatsoever." the timing also complicates matters for french president francois hollande. after meeting with president barack obama on tuesday, ho

talk about how they're dealing with syria. syria a essentialal the ed quarters for isis. the u.s. and russia have been at odds on how to strike and deal with syria. programs now having to deal with isis there. programs now after these french attacks. it may help them get out on one accord. the other thing is the g-20 trying to garner supuprt from other allies. as the president put it. this attack in paris is not just about france. >> as was true with the e rrible attacks that took place in ankara, the killing of innocent pele based on the twisted ideology is an attack not just on france, not just on turkey, but it's an attack on the civilized world. >> reporter: bacachome, reactioio on capitol hill, lawmakers are concerned whether we are trying to destroy isis or as the president put it the other way, contain isis. the goal needs to be destroy. some lawmamars say bringing up what they believe are intelligence failures that lady to attacks like this. this is spilling over into the campaign trail wit jeb bush and marco rubio both saying that we knead to declare war on isis and finally c

violates the equal protection clause from singling out refugees from syria. he says he's deeply moved by thehe crisis but security gaps remain. and cbc news quotes unnamed sources that they unaccompanied men will not be part of the program. >>> arrests have been made in the shooting of a tulane university student. they're included attempteded murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. he shot 25-year-old peterer gold, who intervened when he was dragging a woman to his suv on friday. >> he didn't make a full convention. >> and now he will likely spend the rest of his life in jail, as he should. >> gold is recovering from a gun shot to the stomach. he remains hospitalized in guarded condition. >>> we have an update to a story we brought you yesterday. 21-year-old jailen watson was arrested on monday and charged in the m mder of amanda blackburn, 18-year-old larry taylor was arrested later in the day. and she was shot during a home invasion in indianapolis. blackburn's husband davy released a statement after the arrested saying he was extremely relieved and although he wants to be hateful and an

>>> good morning. breaking overnight, the u.s. carries out an air strike in syria that arrest gets the public face of isis, jihadi john. but did they get him. >>> titanic tirade. donald trump sounds off during an epic 90 minute rant. >> give me a brk. give me a break. give me a break. >> on ben carson. >> if you're pathological, there is no cure for that, folks. >> on hillary clinton. >> she's going to lose. she's going to lose, i'm telling you. >> and what he would do about isis. >> i would bomb the prp[ bleep ] out. >> and just wait, there is more. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. >>toning the colors of christmas for last night's game. so why is there so much discussion online? this morning the color blind controversy. >>> and destination 1a. al is just minutes away from making history for doing the weather this allin all 50 states in a week. all that is left, connecticut and new york. and then we'll celebrate his victory with a big roke-a-thon party on the plaza today, today friday, november 13, 2015. >> narrator: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and sa

islamic state in syria, until very, veryy recently, when they got intelligence information, communications, we think, that suggested he was staying in that third floor apartment&here in paris. they moveded in w wh those 110 police. the police raids, 5,000 rounds fired. they were determined to get him. now, they believe, that they have. now, they will be attempting to figure out how it is possible a man so wanted before the attacks managed to get himself into the heart of europe and launch these attacks. at the same time, they will be working through the evidence in that apartment to see who he was coected with. it wilbe very, very valuable, the kind of intelligence they how important that raid was. and, of course, we heard from the french prosecutor previously that they think that that cell was preparing to launch another attack. this man was not finished yet. he was looking to try again. he assume paris again. the french moved in, and they now believe that they have killed him in the raids. >> keir, we should mention the delay here coming because of the condition of the body. police offic

attacks on paris, abdelhamid abaaoud. officials initially believed he was in syria, but clearly there is some suspicion he could in fact be very close by, possibly on the outskirts of paris. >> want to give you an idea of where this is all happening. it's in saint-denis, a suburb north of paris in some apartments that are actually about a mile from the soccer stadium that was attacked on friday. at least two people have been killed. seven others arrested. the siege lasting about seven hours. >> police say at least five officers have been wounded as well. let's get right to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel in that neighborhood this morning. richard, good morning, what are you seeing and hearing? >> good morning, savannah. that raid took place on the street behind me. officials say they have arrested seven people. they cannot confirm at this stage if the alleged mastermind of the attack was one of the people, but they certainly knew that they were going to find gunfire, find resistance when they came here because when we arrived we saw the police ready for battle. [ gunfire

. russiaialamed ground fire whwhh attacked the jet on a mission in syria near the turkish border, but turkey said two of its u.s. made f-16s like these shot down a jet after it illegally entered turkish airspace. a statement from the turkish president's office claimed the jet was warned ten times over fiveinutes. russia has dramaticallll increased its air strikes in syria it says against isis after a bomb destroyed a russian passenger jet over egypt nearly a month ago. isis is now in the crosshairs isis is now in the crosshairs of russia, the u.s. and france, all threreair forces targetingnghe group in syria but with little coordination. a video circulating online which is still yet to be confirmed by nbc news appears to show one of the russian pilots who died in syria. his body recovered by a rebel group. the rebels clala that he died before hitting the ground. this has major implications. it is the first time in recent memory that a nato country, and turkey is a nato c cntry, shot down a russian plane. nato has called for an extraordinary meeting today. >> dangerous situation, richa

ground in syria. >> we haven't heard from you since last friday when the decision was announced to put a small number of forces on the ground in syria. promise about boots on the ground. haveve you? >> well, keep in mind that we have run special ops already and really this is just an extension of what we're continuing to do. we're not putting u.s. troops on the front line fighting fire fightsir with isil but i've been consistent throughout that we're not going to be fighting like we did in iraq with a battalions and occupations. that doesn't solve the problem. >> tonight, part two of lester's exclusive interview with president obama. this evening, the 2016 race and what he thought about republican reaction to last week's cnbc debate. >>> winter weather is in full force in alaska. this driver got out of the way just in time as an tsuv slid backwards. they responded to more than 80 collisions before noon yesterday in anchorage. >>> and a huh boob, dust storm in california, at least five people were injured. so, we've got icy roads, huh boobs, what else do you have for us? >>>> nothing quit

there's a big divergence between the attitude of syria and russia on syria and the other members of the coalition. russia wants assad to stay in place. so, hollande will have toorce his diplomatic aptitudes to get them to come to the frabltable for a u.n. backed plan that does not include assad. >> thank you so much. >>> well, pope francis is in kenya for his ever viz toot africa. he wasaf greeted by kenya's president and members of the clergy. and large crowds lined the streets to cheer and catch a glimpse of the post. he's scheduled t t visit gonia. and saying he's quote more afraid of the mosquitos. >>>. >> > it's been a whirlwind election season so far and today, a collective deep breath. it's a bit of a political cliff hanger with major action waiting for us on the other side of the holiday. >> reporter: from candidate said,ansaid, a kind of presidential pardon, givenrd turkeys a a break while theyy take one. most off the campaign trail this holiday. >> it is your opportunity to maximize your appearance to voters.. >> reporter: andvo it makes momentum key whether you have it or

airspace on its way to carry out a bombing run in syria. turkey says it was aimply defendinits borr when an unidentified aircraft was warnedd repeatedly and failed to acknowledge and respond to those warnings. russia has responded furiously, accusing turkey of being in beded with terrorists. they areor vowing some sort of punishment, response. >> i think it's very important right now formp us to make sure that both thth russians and the turks are talking to each other, find out exactly what happened. >> reporter: in moscow, russian president, vladimir putin was furious. this was a stab in the back by the associate of terrorists, he says. >> it does escalate a very tense situation at a time when president obama and others are calling for more unity. >> russia says it will terminate all military contact with turkey and they won't retaliate militarily but warned in the future it will shoot down anything that threatens one of its aircraft. >>> and meanwhile, french president was f at the white house yesterday meeting with president obama. he's pushing to form a coalition to fight isis. he ha

hundreds of fighters have left to fight for isis in syria so they have good reason here to be worried about another terror attack. >> thanks so much. >> there are worries here too. heightened security concerns as we enter this thanksgiving week. police departments across the country making sure they are prepared just in case. we're in times square in new york city this morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, there may be some americans feeling a bit rattled as they get ready to travel for the holidays, but here in new york city they want law enforcement want to settle those nerves and also show that they aren't taking any chances. they invited the media to a mock active shooter, a drill, not that unlike the attack in paris, a chance for the police to prove that they are ready. an active shooter in a closed drill. the nypd does a similar exercise for the media every year, but after the attacks in paris, this time there was a new twist. the shooter had a suicide vest. the drill comes just days before the macy's thanksgiving day parade with an expected crowd of over 3.5 million. >> in

, hitting multiple isis targets in syria. at the g-20 summit, president obama talked with russia's vladmir putin and he's urging more allies to get on board. "the killing of innocent people based on twisted idelology is an attack not just on france, not just on turkey, but o o the civilized world." back home, lawmakers are demanding more: "we cannot contain isis - we have to destroy them." blaming intelligence failures: "unless that change strategically, we can expect more attacks like this." and presidential candidates are weighing in: "we should declare war." "we need to wage a counter-war against them utilizing social media." "we must have american boots on the ground." and there's growing concern about bringing more syrian refugees here: "he should absolutely suspend it unless they can show100 percent that person is not involved with them. you can't pick up the phone and call syria." early this morning, alabama's governor announced he'll refuse any syrian refugees sent to his state. i'm tracie potts in washington. back to you. moments ago -- we mentioned hw france has identifie

something big before the crash, then bragging just after it, to their leaders in syria, that they had taken down the plane. the growing suspicion it might be a bomb convinced russia to stop all flights to egypt. 50,000 russian tourists now in sharm el sheikh where the plane took off. it was thehe intelligence chief who recommended russian planes stop flying here. intelligence shared with the u.s. and britain. almost unprecedented. we still don't know what the intelligence is. british officials now believe a bomb may have been put in the cargo hold inside or on top of luggage. airport workers and equipment filmed, but suspicion is falling on@ staff and lax security here. egypypan security officials are searching an airport under scrutiny in a region where isis is known to erate. tourists, victims and tourists trapped here. tens of thousands of them now waiting to be evacuated home. and in a few hours time, a major statement frommgypt which is leading the investigation. no one is yet ruling out mechanical failure. i don't believe egypt will. more and more evidence, erica, is pointing to

-- leading to several hawk alerts. russia plans to use anti-aircraft missiles in syria, after turkey shot down a russian warplane. andrew spencer tells us it comes as france pushes for a broader coalition against isis. the quagmire in syria -- in which isis has thrived -- got even more complicated this week... ...as turkish fighter jets shot down a russia warplane, the plane and it's pilots landing in northern syria. turkey says the plane repeatedly violated turkish airspace, releasing audio of what appears to be one such warning: "unknown air traffic position to humaynim 040. this is turkish air force speaking on guard. you are approaching turkish airspace. change your heading south immediately. change your heading south." one of the two pilots died at the hands of rebels. the other was rescued. he appeared on russian state-run media, saying they never received a warning from the turkish military. "not via the radio. not visually. there was no contact whatsoever." the timing also complicates matters for french president francois hollande. after meeting with president barack obama on tues

that he was able to get on to these streets all the way from syria without being stopped by any european country is an intelligence failure. we have to waken up, said one french minister as europe met to discuss the crisis today. >> we cannot say today that this is an end. we think we're just in the middle of the storm. >> reporter: isis have threatened more attacks on italy and washington in a video called paris before rome. after the unthinkable here, it's a threat no one can ignore. and police have now recovered cctv footage of that ringleader abaaoud as attacks were taking place. he was filmed at a metro station in central paris, so the man who organized the attacks also clearly directed them from the ground. willie, savannah. >> so much has happened, so much has changed just in the space of a week. bill neely in paris, thank you. >> and with isis now threatening attacks on the united states, security and intelligence officials here are, of course, on heightened alert. the director of the fbi says his agents are keeping a close eye on dozens of people they fear could be insp

in western europe that have gone to syria to join up with isis and then have come home. corast that with the number in the u.s. which is in the teens of people who have left here, associated with isis and come back. it's a very different threat. and that's one reason they say that the threat picture here is so different. the concern about paris-style attacks, the c ccern about attacks on soft targets and large public gatherings is the subject of the state department worldwide travel alert, but it's aimed at people overseas becauau the government says they believe the threat picture here is so substantially different because of the nature of who is here and who may have joined isis to return, kate. >> as we await t t president, peter alexander on the white house lawn, we expect that he'll come out with a number of officials, you mentioned earlier. this is his national security briefifi he's just had. is it typical for him on a wednesday morning to hear from all of these folks? >> it's not typical for him to speak on the eve of thanksgiving. he didn't do it inin011, 2012 or 2013. last

on the is involved in syria. nothing confirmed. asked where that information came from and he said he'd have toav refer reporters to other people and left it at that. let's talk about ted cruz and marco rubio. now it looks like they may be headed towards a f fe off. cruz last night in new hampshire talking about immigration and thatnd plan that he participated in that eventuay failed on capital hill and he calls out marco rubio, saying where were you when we were trying to come up with a immigration plan? and rubio calls russia's leader, vladimir putin a gangster. and jeb bush who held his own on that debate is focusing on donald trump and the syrian refugees. bushreays they'll be going home to their slaughter. aug not always a lot of specifics. >> tracie potts live for us in washington d.c. >>> new details from that deadly plane crash in hoyowa and new video. moments before it crashed into an apartment building on tuesday. all nine people on the jet were killed. seven were kimembers of a florida real estate firm. >> i just -- it's just not real yeye >> the ntsb is looking at the v

feinstein says they're concerned whether the president t much boots on the ground in syria, those fist operations specialists. mar could rubio says we need more than that, not 50,000 like defeat isis. the president is coming back today amid quite a debate since he left for asia about-to-ho to deal with isis. >> thank you. >>> some controversial comments about the par rift terrorist attacks. . . that poll was out after he said he would bring back water totourewallalling it peanuts compared do what they do to us. trump isot backing down. >> you know the police say that didn't hapapn at all, those rumors have been on the internet some time. >> i saw it. it was on television. george, it happened. there were people shear cheering on the other side of new jersey, we have lots of muslim population, they were cheering as the world trade center came down. i know it might not bee politically correct for to you talk about it. >> election day, by the way, is exactly 15 weeks from tomorrow. >>> at least 16 people are hospitalized this morning after being caught in the middle of gunfire at a park in

country torn apart by muslim-christian divisions. russia plans to use anti-aircraft missiles in syria, after turkey shot down a russian warplane. andrew spencer tells us it comes as france pushes for a broader coalition against isis. the quagmire in syria -- in which isis has thrived -- got even more complicated this week... ...as turkish fighter jets shot down a russia warplane, the plane and it's pilots landing in northern syria. turkey says the plane repeatedly violated turkish airspace, releasing audio of what appears to be one such warning: "unknown air traffic position to humaynim 040. this is turkish air force speaking on guard. you are approaching turkish airspace. change your heading south immediately. change your heading south." one of the two pilots died at the hands of rebels. the other was rescued. he appeared on russian state-run media, saying they never received a warning from the turkish military. "not via the radio. not visually. there was no contact whatsoever." the timing also complicates matters for french president francois hollande. after meeting with president b

is about whether to allow more syrians into the u-s. syria is such a big concern because of the presence of isis ththre. traae potts tells us some president obama this morning, on today's house vote that would block more syrian most americans disagree - 56 percent in our new nbc news - survey monkey online poll. "people understand the plight of those fleeing the middle east. but they also want basic assurances for e safety of this country." "there ought to be a pause until they can explain fully how it works." "this notion that we're going to suspend it or end it is just wrong." even some democrats are skeptical: "i want to make sure that we're voting on a bill that first and foremost keeps the american people safe." the white house is threatening a to. our poll also shows nearly two-thirds of americans want boots on the ground in syria to fight today on morning joe: js:you agree with the french president that we're at war? "yeah." js:with isis?" "i think franois hollande has said it very well." a new isis propagando video threatens new york - but officials there point out, that

of our efforts." france sent a dozen warplanes, hitting multiple isis targets in syria. obama talked with russia's vladmir putin and he's urging more allies to get on board. "the killing of innocent people based on twisted idelology is an attack not just on france, not just on turkey, but on the back home, lawmakers are demanding more: "we cannot contain isis - we have to destroy them." blaming intelligence failures: "unless that changes strategically, we can expect more attacks like this." need to wage a counter-war against them utilizing social media." "we must have american boots on the ground." and there's growing concern about bringing more syrian refugees here: "he should absolutely suspend it isis." "the problem is we can't early this morning, alabama's governor announced he'll refuse any syrian refugees sent to his state. i'm tracie potts in washington. back to you. moments ago -- we mentioned how france has identified the suspected mastermind. we expect to learn more about that suspect as the day moves along. several n-f-l stadiums stepped up security for games due to friday

country again." launch their bigges raids in syria. the air assaults targeted an isis stronghold in raqqa, syr. ten fighter jets dropped twenty bombs. people gathered at a plaza in the heart of paris and at notre dame cathedral last night -- to remember the victims of the attacks on the french capital on friday. candles were placed on the ground -- in memory of the victims. people in paris are remembering the victims of the attacks with a tribute. we're taking a live look at that tribute now. the attacks left at least 129 people dead and another 352 injured. students come together to remember a classmate killed uring friday's attacks in france. a senior at california state- long beach wws studying in paris for a semester abroad program. " this is a really big shock and for her because she was a ally, really huge role model for me in my life victims of friday's attacks. a university of connecticut student finds the words "killed paris" written on his dorm room name tag. now the university iss investigating whether it was a "this not my fault. these are "this is just unacceptable. we're in

forces in syria to help battle isis. president obama has said he would not change his strategy in syria. but, he is expected to ask france to get better passenger lists from europe on flights coming to the u.s. as millions of people get ready to travel this week -- jay gray tells us about a worldwide alert paris. the busiest travel week of the year.. begins with this alert cites "...increased terrorist threats... in multiple regions... using conventional and non conventional weapons.." stepped-up security is already in place at airports "they're watching the crowd, they're talking to the people, they're engaging in a converstation." which means it could take a bit longer to get through the terminal.. "with that you're gonna notice there's gonna be a back up in winter weather may also slow things down.. an arctic system will drop temperatures.. rain.. snow and ice.. from the west through the east coast for most of the week -- delays and closures are expected.. on runways.. and highways.. but the forecast still calls for crowds this holiday season.. "triple-a projects 46.9 million h

hundreds left to fight for isis in syria. the raising of the city's christmas tree was a moment of hope in a tense weekend. >> they are concerned about a repeat of paris here, warning of several men with arms and explosives. it's that man who is their main salah abdeslam. he may have been meant to be one of the paris suicide bombers. >> bill, thanks. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, erica. >> we heard earlier this morning, kristen shared with us, the president talking about his strategy to fight isis. the strategy has been criticized as recently as this week, including by hillary clinton. is there a sense as to whether or not that strike thatategy is going to change moving forward. >> the question is, does it change, does it intensify? is the implementation of the strategy sped up? there's different ways to change the strategy. you may keep the same tactics in place, but intensify them. maybe the air campaign, the amount of bombs that have taken place, you intensify those. there's different debates that are taking place among national secur

is one that's been developing overnight...the pentagon confirms a drone strike in syria. the intended target -- an isis militant known has "jihadi john" he's the man seen in isis videos executing several western hostages, including two u-s journalists and a u-s aid worker. the pentagon said it was assessing whether the attack was successful. in an iowa campaign stop last night -- donald trump gave a glimpse into his strategy to fight isis. the billionaire said people don't believe he has a plan. he gave his critics a blueprint. "isis is making a tremendous that they took away. they have some in syria, some in iraq. i would bomb the (bleep) out of 'em trump also spent a lot of time -- criticizing the man challenging him most in the polls, ben carson. using carson's own words against him, trump kept calling carson "pathological," while questioning the doctor's life story. carly fiorina also campaigning in iowa yesterday. during a town hall in harlan, the former hewlett- packard c-e-o talked about the environment of college campuses...referrin g to yale university, where there a

will be at the white house to ask president obama for more u.s. special forces in syria to help battle isis. president obama has said that he would not change his strategy in syria. but, he is expected to ask france to get better passenger lists from europe on flights a family of five has a utility worker to thank for saving their and woke them up after their house caught fire. everyone made it out safely. planned parenthood is suing texas over attempts to block medicaid dollars. the republican- controlled state accuses planned parenthood of scheduling abortions in a way that would best procure fetal tissue for medical research. this comes after undercover videos show planned parenthood officials discussing the illegal for- profit sale of fetal tissue. texas marks at least the fifth state trying to block planned parenthood funding. decision 20-16: ask and you shall receive. n-b-c reaches an agreement with four republican presidential candidates asking for equal airtime. kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live with details. and amanda, this affects iowa. it does. this agreement affects 18 s

believes the united states should not turn its back to refugees from syria and afghanistan. new this morning -- democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley is banking on iowa. as his campaign struggles to raise money, o'malley is moving staff and resources to iowa. a campaign spokeswoman says o'malley has always run a lean campaign and will continue to do so. o'malley is a distant third in all major polls, only pulling in single digits. a republican presidential candidate gets an indorsement from an iowa lawmaker. republican congressman steve king announcing he's backing ted cruz. king says the senator is the one candidate who will fight unapologetically for conservative principles. a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing on the side of a busy highway. this is in north carolina the pilot says the plane started to sputter and he tried to make three people were on board -- nobody was hurt.. a u-haul driver is lucky to be alive after driving into a pond. investigators in ohio say the man was distracted by a phone call. the driver was not hurt... although he may have some ex

fire on the mission in syria. turkey said two of its u.s. made f-16s like these shot down a jet after it illegally entered air space in turkey. >>> two shootings in the spotlight. one in new orleans. 21-year-old eric cane, the cold blooded gunman who fired at tulane medical student peter gold, was taken into custody. >> and the other in chicago where a video of a 2014 police shooting was released. >> officer jason van dyke and partner approach him with weapons drawn. within seconds, van dyke starts shooting. mcdonald stumbles. 16 rounds were fired. >> it is graphic. it is violent. it is chilling. >> van dyke was charged with first-degree murder. >>> and donald trump mired in controversy once again. this time accused of mocking a newspaper reporter disability. >> i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> "the new york times" outraged trump would ridicule the physical disability of a reporter. he should stop using it as a disability to grandstand. >>> a brutal injury for the rams quarterback brings concussion debate in play. >> the league is investigating why team trainers and inde

issues in syria to the rigors of the campaign trail, senator rubio took a step back, preparing meals for those in need on wednesday, joined by his wife jeanette and their four children who aren't shy about giving political advice. >> our kids. our kids will call marco and give him a little advice. >> they will? >> yeah. >> what do they say? do they give you a performance review after the debate? >> the boys are young enough that they watch the first five minutes and it's like, we want to play. >> this is boring. >> my 15-year-old is more about encouraging me. my 13-year-old is a little bit harder critic. she comes up to me sometimes and reveals headlines i hadn't even read yet. dad, did you hear this? so and so >> do your kids talk about the presidency? do they talk about perhaps life at the white house? >> i think they're proud of their dad. >> it wouldn't be bad to have secret service keeping an eye on your teenage daughter. i personally am not troubled by the fact that will be a couple guys, big guys with ear pieces alongside her, just in case. >> they ask you questions about, why

-- after congress failed to come up with legislation to authorize military force in syria -- which he says he's been asking for. here's what one presidential candidate had to say about the president's comments. if you want to insult me, you encourage you mr president, come back and insult me to my face. about two- thousand syrian refugees have been allowed into the u-s in the last four years. new york's mayor says the city will not be intimidated by a new isis video. the video shows several scenes it also includes pictures of terrorists wearing suicide belts. "to be quite frank with you there is nothing new about that our review of it it looks like it has been hastily produced it is a miss mash of previously released video." the mayor says people need to go about their business and live their lives. a 15-year-old boy faces charges this morning -- in separate murder cases. police in alabama say the teen shot and killed a man. he's also accused of killing two adults in their car in october and is suspected in a fourth homicide. "this 15 year old actually took these adults lives as if he

questioning if he's sending enough troops in syria to fight isis: "a group cf 50 is fine fo what they're doing so far, but it's not going to soove the problem." republicans want moo boots on the ground: "this is not a return to iraq. we're not talking about 100,000 people or 50,000 armed soldiers." the most controversial ideas... from donald trump: waterboarding... a database to register syrian refugees and monitoring muslim mosques.. here in the u-s: "we have no choicee we have no idea who's being sent in here." "we should monitor anything -- mosques, church, school, you know, shopping center where there is a lot of radicalization going on." republican presidential candidates disagree on how far to go: "should we target mosques and have a database of muslims? absolutely not." "the idd that we're ggng to repel an entire group of people on the basis of their religion? it's nonsense." and it's far from settled - in washington... or on the campaig trail. in fact, marro rubio's first national t-v air debuts tomorrow. his focus: isis. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. 16 people

11 million thing." ben carson - who now says he supports boots on the ground in syria - isn't elaborating on his deate comment that china is invved there: "i would have to refer you to some other people." ted cruz and marco rubio seem to be gearing up for a faceoff. this was cruz in new hampshire last night, on rubio and immigration: "when the fight was being fought, where did you tand?" rubio's doubling down on tough talk against russia's leader: "that's what he is - he's a gangster." jeb bush... who held his own amid struggling numbers... is targeting donald trump's promise to send syrian refugees home: "wow. i'm thinking, donald to their slaughter. is that the america that represents?" divisions highlighted in this week's ebate.. playiig out on thth bush was jusendorsed by former republican nominee bob dole. i'm tracie potts in washington, now bbk to you. the democrats are getting ready for a debate on saturday in des moines. today, a retired u-s army captain receives the military's highest honor. captain flo groberg will be presented with the medal of honor by president ob

syria and russian president vladimir putin. governor kasich and senator ted cruz got into a sparring match over bailouts. cruz also talked about his plan to make spending cuts. see if you can spot the mistake he made. "five major agencies thati would eliminate. the irs -- the department of commerce -- the department of energy -- the department of commerce and hud." cruz mentioned the department of commerce twice. he wanted to say the depaqtment of education. this was similar to th oops moment rick perry haa at a gop debate four years ago -- when he forgot the third government agency he would cut. the next g-o-p debate is in las vegas in december. now a kwwl follow-up as some are questioning hy more people aren't upset about the death of a nine-year-old boy. a funeral held for tyshawn lee yesterday. chicago police say the bcy was targeted, shot and killed because is father was a member of a gang in a conflict with a rival gang. no one has been arrested. "i just left up out of this in a casket. where's the black when blacks kill blacks, we need to see black livee matter here i

resisted calls to send ground troops to syria. "even as we're vigilant we cannot and we will not succumb terrorists win. we cannot give them the victory of changing how we go about living our lives." the french president will now meet with the german chancellor today, and on thursday, he heads president vladimir putin. this morning, we're waiting to see the latest earnings report from deere. the company will release its fourth quarter results. the wall street journal is reporting this could be the worst year in sales for the entire farming equipment industry since 2009. as soon as we get the deere report this morning -- we'll let you know. several deputies are now on desk duty after an inmate dies. a 50-year-old man died after an incident with deputies in colorado. investigators won't say much about what happened -- only that it's all on video. the man had been arrested for disturbing six deputies are now on restricted duty. they're not allowed to have contact with inmates. the man's family hired a civil rights to fairly investigate themselves. we just cant. we need someone indep

risk - putting people on the ground in syria - remains unclear. from here, hollande heads to moscow to coordinate isis strategy with russian president vladmir putin. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. holiday travel is already hectic. the state department is adding something else to your list if you're flying overseas. it's a new travel warning because of the number of threats. the u-s groups like isis are planning attacks in different parts of the world. "what we do tell people to do is the best advice for travelers... i know things can feel a little bit tense or different." even before this new warning, airports all over the u-s were stressing awareness and security. continuing coverage this morning: his family says moe sed left without his medications. he's a student at waterloo west. police say they're following up on leads and they're looking everywhere for him....even outside of waterloo. they say they have entered his information into the national database. if you know anything that can help police -- give them a call. the reward for a missing man from hampton is r

, lawmakers question whether diplomacy will work to end the conflict in syria: " experience tells us that hostile forces don't reach political agreements if they're winning on the battlefield." "let's face it... europe hasnt been exactly out there on the front edge with us" and back home: pushback. at least 18 governors are rejecting syrian refugees in their states... fearing isis could slip in. "we can't take that chance." "i will not roll the dice and take the risk on allowing a few refugees in simply to expose texans to that danger." all but one of those governors tracie potts, nbc news, washington. governor terry branstad joins a growing list of governors closing their states to syrian refugees. i don't want people coming here without a very careful vetting. make sure that there's no isis operation. he says he wants no syrian refugees should come to iowa until there's a federal review. that comes after a syrian passport was found near one of the paris attackers. a dubuque woman who started a go "it's our moral and ethical, and involved with that, and a lot of letting more refugees int

the country's longest standing mosque -- which has deep ties to syria. (cg: taha tawil/ imam at mother mosque of america) "i can insteaf, he says we are caving in. paris attack. (cg: kristin rogers) "this is the mother mosque in cedar rapids, the longest standing mosque inall of north america." completed in 1934, i'm told the mosque has been welcoming muslims to the city for ecades, and that many muslim this is a traraition, tawil doesn't want to lose. doing for all these years because of an act of a terrosist." cedar pids is also home to the islamic center, we (cg: hassan selim/ imam at islamic center of cedar rapids) "most of the people that wee scheduled to be located here in iowa are women, children, 400 children. i don't imagine any of them are going to be terroist but maybe theebelieve the wwt for change is out of fear. (cg: taha tawil) "i feel that the govenor and the others have been under the influence of some islamophobia, that is spreading around causing a problem to us." not all syrian refugees either way, when it comes to isis selim beliives (cg: hassan selim) "they are ta