Guests:
Gov.
Jay Nixon (D-MO)
Sen.
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Rep.
Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Kasim
Reed (D-Atlanta)
Sir
Peter Westmacott (British Amb. to the U.S.)
Kier
Simmons
Richard
Engel
David
Ignatius
Helene
Cooper
Gwen
Ifill
Michael Gerson
Jansing:
good morning – omg ISIS
is on
the attack!
Simmons:
it's a race to save another
American
held hostage held in
their
evil clutches
Jansing:
oh my
Simmons:
there are Europeans in
ISIS
including a guy with British
accent
which is usually so classy
but
also occasionally evil
Jansing:
that's true
Simmons:
there are 70 Americans
in
ISIS and over 500 Brits!
Jansing:
blimey
Simmons:
they use iPhones to scare
people
with their barbarism
Jansing:
that is terrifying
Simmons:
some extremist British
even
blame America for Foley's beheading
Jansing:
that's just wrong
Simmons:
some of the recruits are
psychopaths
and some are just naïve idiots
Jansing:
can British spies find these people
Simmons:
they can try but it's not so easy
Jansing:
not even 007?
Simmons:
possibly not Chris
[
break ]
Jansing:
Congressman how panicked
should
the average American be over ISIS?
Rogers:
ISIS is a real threat and
will
likely invade America very soon
Jansing:
is there evidence we
are
about to attacked?
Rogers:
yes ISIS got kicked out of
al-qaeda
because they wanted to
attack
America and al-Qeada objected
because
they want to focus on local
goods
and farm-to-table mass killings
Jansing:
ok that's weird
Rogers:
it's all ISIS talks about
and
you can believe whatever they say
Jansing:
but aren't we safer
than
we were on 9/11?
Rogers:
yes but we need to
take
the fight to them!
Jansing:
strong words Mike
Rogers:
they are one plane
ticket
away from killing Americans!
Jansing:
do they have frequent flyer miles?
Rogers:
omg you're right – we're doomed!
Jansing:
so what do we do about
it
besides bombing which we
are
already doing
Rogers:
we need to get the good
Arabs
on board with attacking ISIS
Jansing:
I see
Rogers:
the President needs
to
get tough with terrorists!
Jansing:
can the US defeat ISIS?
Rogers:
yes we can – but Obama is a wimp!
Jansing:
oooh
[
break ]
Jansing:
Welcome Ambassador –
can
the Brits identify the lunatic
who
killed James Foley?
Westmacott:
it's not about this
one
chap it's all the British
blokes
who joined ISIS who
I
might add are naughty Muslims
Engel:
they call themselves the
Islamic
State and in a way they
do
have a state now – they have
land,
thousands of fighters,
millions
of dollars and American weapons
Jansing:
my god it's like West Virginia
with
classier accents
Jansing:
are they going to take
over
Israel or the U.S. first?
Cooper:
calm down Chris
Jansing:
but America is
about
to be invaded
Cooper:
it was only after U.S.
air
strikes that ISIS even talked
about
killing Americans
Jansing:
well the deed is done
Cooper:
the U.S. used to laugh at ISIS
Jansing:
well no one is laughing now
Cooper:
sure but now everyone's
panicking
like the U.S. is about to
occupied
by a few thousand crazy guys
Jansing:
but they have guns
Cooper:
so do we
Jansing:
what is Britain
doing
to crush ISIS?
Westmacott:
we're sending air drops of food
Jansing:
dear god British food –
haven't
the victims of ISIS suffered enough?
Westmacott:
the soggy chips
break
the fall of the fish
Jansing:
problem solved then
Westmacott:
we're also providing
re-fueling
tankers for the inept Iraqi military
Jansing:
that's not going to cut it Petey
Westmacott:
we're using diplomacy too
Jansing:
come on Ambassador –
they're
beheading people!
Westmacott:
but we're not being
invited
to do more
Jansing:
invited?! no wonder ISIS is winning!
Jansing:
another American is still held
hostage
and Richard Engel
you
were also a hostage
Engel:
I was taken at the same
time
as Foley two years ago
Jansing:
what about their ransom demand?
Engel:
ISIS was not negotiating seriously
– an
American is too big a propaganda
prize
to sell
Jansing:
USA!
Engel:
the U.S. is stopping bombing
at a
Syrian border that doesn't
really
exist anymore
[
break ]
Jansing:
I went with Rand Paul to Guatemala
Jansing:
he volunteered to do
eye
surgery on blind people there
Jansing:
it's charity but it could help
his
potential run for the White House
Paul:
Chris this is who I am –
I
give and give and give
Jansing:
but you don't always
bring
camera crews
Paul:
hey no one forced you to come
Jansing:
Paul brought his own
PAC
and film crew and advertising
campaign
complete with drones
for
that dramatic overhead shot
Paul:
be sure to get my good side while
I
operate on this telegenic Guatemalan
Jansing:
Rand what's your
take
on Ferguson?
Paul:
there is a very good chance
what
happened in Ferguson has
nothing
to do with race
Jansing:
maybe
Paul:
but regardless we need
to
re-think war on drugs
Jansing:
what's with the police
armoured
up like troops
Paul:
are terrorists really going to
invade
Fargo and would it be so
bad
if they did – ha ha just kidding
Jansing:
good one Rand
Paul:
Hillary Clinton is going to get
us
involved in another middle eastern
war
like those Democrats always do
Jansing:
while I was there we saw the doctors
transforming
the lives of blind people –
now
they can see and escape to America
where
Rand Paul will send them back
[
break ]
Jansing:
is Paul too unemotional?
Reporter:
yes at times he's
unemotional
and detached and
kind
of an asshole like all doctors
Jansing:
even Doctor Who?
Reporter:
he made Nixon look nice!
Jansing:
Senator Paul met with
the
President of Guatemala
and
told him all their problems
are
Obama's fault
Ignatius:
The Beltway hates him
because
he is an isolationist but
then
he visited another country
which
blew my mind
Gerson:
if we followed his advice
and
eliminated all foreign aid
millions
of children around the
world
would suffer terribly
Jansing:
in-person he comes
across
as kind of a jerk
Ifill:
the more important point is
the
split in the GOP – you just had
Mike
Rogers on calling Obama
a
wimp and here's Paul saying
Hillary
Clinton is too war-like
[
break ]
Jansing:
welcome Governor –
why
are the police in your state
dressed
like they getting ready for
a
land war in Asia?
Nixon:
that's a good question
Jansing:
what went wrong in Ferguson?
Nixon:
don't you mean why are
things
in Ferguson going to so
well
under my stellar leadership?
Jansing:
no
Nixon:
okay then
Jansing:
are you worried about
what
will happen if the police officer
is
not charged with a crime?
Nixon:
no because I have faith in
the
peaceful people of Ferguson
Jansing:
Black people think
this
is a biased investigation
Nixon:
yes but there's a chance
we
will get it right
Jansing:
why not replace
the
District Attorney?
Nixon:
well he was elected
Jansing:
do you think the people trust him?
Nixon:
why not – he's a middle-aged
white
man
Jansing:
so is Homer Simpson
Nixon:
oh my god I'm missing the marathon!
[
runs off the set ]
Jansing:
thanks for coming Jay
[
break ]
Jansing:
Panel what do
we
make of Ferguson?
Reed:
we must remember
a
child was killed
Jansing:
ok but what
about
the protests?
Reed:
Holder's visit was vital at
providing
calm by promising
transparency
and a federal investigation
so we
have two chances at justice
Jansing:
questions are raised
about
the President's tone
Ifill:
we have a racial problem in this
country
and one speech by Obama
isn't
going to fix it
Jansing:
yes but we have this sense
that
Obama could fix everything
with
one speech
Ifill:
young people are taking the
lead
and demanding change
Gerson:
I think Obama has been
very
good – after all we don't know
what
happened with this specific
shooting
so are there limits to what he can do
Jansing:
Joe Biden says you can't
negotiate
with ISIS
Ignatius:
it's tough because we
have
to stop ISIS but Americans
don't
want another middle east war
Jansing:
but they're so violent
Ignatius:
so is ISIS
Jansing:
um right
Ignatius:
Obama is getting
the
right balance between
mindless
militarism and undue caution
Ifill:
there's no easy answer here
Jansing:
the question is raised
that
we are sending the wrong message
that
we are not terrified of ISIS
because
Obama played golf
Gerson:
the Presidents I worked
for
deserved their vacations but
Obama
clearly doesn't care when
an
American is beheaded
Reed:
Congress is on vacation!
The
media is on vacation!
All
of America is on vacation!
Jansing:
whoa Kasim
Reed:
the war-weary American
people
are going to have to
suck
it up and invade Syria
[
break ]
Jansing:
welcome Reverend Sharpton
– what
are you going to say to
calm
Ferguson down
Sharpton:
we need to deal with
aggressive
policing of low-level
crimes
or this will happen again
Jansing:
we've seen this with
Trayvon
Martin and Staten Island
– what
will it take fix all the
racial
problems in America?
Sharpton:
new laws and action by
the
federal government – although
the
unprecedented visit by the
sitting
Attorney General was a good start
Jansing:
people are angry now
Sharpton:
change takes time –
after
all the civil rights movement
took
decades
Jansing:
you are a surrogate for
Barack
Obama to learn what
black
people are thinking
Sharpton:
I'm not a surrogate
– I'm
just a humble activist
and
talk show host
Jansing:
but is Obama
doing
enough?
Sharpton:
the President can't
get
too involved with looking
like
he's interfering with a
local
criminal case
Jansing:
what would justice be in this case?
Sharpton:
fairness – is that too much to ask?
Jansing:
generally yes
Sharpton:
I thought so
Jansing:
and that's another
episode of Meet The Press
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