Obama talks ISIS videos, measles during wide-ranging interview

On Sunday, President Obama said that he has watched the execution videos released by ISIS, and they are the reason why so many countries are coming together to fight the militant organization.

"I think it's fair to say that, anything related to these terrorist actions, I take a look at," he told NBC's Savannah Guthrie. "I think it would affect anybody who has an ounce of humanity. And it's part of the reason why I think we've been so successful in organizing such a broad-based coalition." Obama said that the United States is doing all it can to get the American woman still being held by ISIS released, and is in "very close contact" with her family. "Well, what we can say is that, as has been true of all the hostages, that we are deploying all the assets that we can, working with all the coalition allies that we can, to identify her location," he said.

The president also mentioned measles, and said he wants to see all children vaccinated. "Measles is preventable," he said. "The science is, you know, pretty indisputable. ... There is every reason to get vaccinated, but there aren't reasons to not."

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The interview will air Monday on the Today show.