on the ice, we're assuming he scores goals like he runs an election. unopposed. happy birthday, fox news channel. we launched october 7th, 1996, 19 years ago today. thanks to the leadership of our chair and ceo roger ales, the network has grown by leaps and bounds. thank you for being part of the real story. -- a major air and ground offensive unfolding in syria. russia launching cruise missiles into the country. syrian government troops are moving on rebel fighters. fox news learned russian fighter jets have started to intercept u.s. predator drones over syria. sche seems like moscow may be sending a message. a fight over red light cameras. are they making the streets safer? or just collecting more cash for local governments? or some combination? you'll hear from both sides. one study finds eggs are bad for you. while other research shows you

eggs are good for you. they use ed to tell us really fatty pure vitamin d milk is bad, today that is a good thing. and skim milk, that is bad. today lawmakers are asking, i say they're asking with all this conflicting claiming out there is it time for washington to stop telling us what to eat in the first place? let's get to it. we begin with breaking news. a live look at jacksonville, florida. the coast guard is set to give an update right now after calling off the search for that cargo ship that sank in the middle of hurricane joaquin. family members of the nearly three dozen crew members on board say the coast guard is giving up on finding any survivors. the ship, the el faro, went under off the bahamas nearly a week ago now. that was joaquin slammed the ship. family members said all week they were not going to give up hope, that's despite images like

the ones that were coming into our news desk, ones of the ship's lifeboat smashed to pieces. other debris turning up including a life raft, a life saving ring, and survival suits, but none with people inside. searchers found a body in one of those suits, but no one living. of course, the big question now, why a ship would be in the middle of that category 4 hurricane in the first place. well, according to the coast guard, the captain did plan to move the ship around that storm, but a radio message indicates that the ship's navigation and engine had failed. the news conference beginning live now in jacksonville. let's listen. >> -- members of the el faro. we have decided that we will suspend that search after sunset tonight. any decision to suspend a search is painful. and in this particular case, we were searching for fellow professional mariners. we were also searching for members of the extended coast guard family, one of our coast guard petty officers, chief

petty officers had a brother that was on the el faro. i received an e-mail yesterday from one of our civilian employees at the coast guard yard in baltimore, maryland, and he told me his family and friends, good family and friends he saw one of the crew members come home as a baby, saw him grow up, saw him go off on the el faro. those type of things make it very personal as we search. but i know that the coast guard, along with our brethren in the navy and the air force, as well as the commercial tugs that were out there helping us search did all they could in this search effort. they did all they could. our coast guard crews, our aircraft, you know, flew repeatedly into that storm at dangerously low altitudes to try to find the ship, find survivors. on sunday one of our helicopters flew for 11 hours, over 11 hours including two in flight

refuelings because they wanted to keep that search going during the best search opportunity that we had on sunday. our cutter crews, as soon as they arrived on scene, it was an all hands effort. folks who don't usually go to the bridge, engineers, cooks, did so. and they grabbed binoculars, night vision goggles and would stand there for hours scanning the horizon. so that meant a lot to them. i know -- i say all this because i want the famil really know how committed we were to finding their loved ones. to finding our fellow professional mariners and really to find those who go down to the sea in ships and do work upon great waters. i hope the families can take some small measure of peace from that. so as most of you know, there will be an investigation now that the official search will be suspended at sunset tonight. and i would like to introduce

vice chairman den zar who will make a statement as well. >> good afternoon. i'm bella denzar. as reported last night, investigators from the ntsb arrived on scene here in jacksonville yesterday morning and we began our on scene investigation of the sinking of the el faro that occurred on october 1st. before i tell you about our investigative process, i want to extend our condolences on behalf of everyone at ntsb to the families and friends of the victims of this tragic accident. and we along with all of you were very saddened to learn that no survivors have been found. our transportation disaster assistance or family assistance group has been tirelessly working with the teams that have

already been provided by the u.s. coast guard and by tote to assist and inform the families and they will continue to do this. they will continue to support all the families with missing loved ones throughout our investigation, both here on the scene and as the accident investigation progresses. as i previously mentioned, although both the ntsb and the u.s. coast guard have the authority to conduct marine casualty investigations, the ntsb is the lead agency on this accident investigation. i'd like to explain a little more in detail about the ntsb's party process which we had in place for over 30 years. the ntsb offers party status to those companies, governments, and associations that have employees, facilities, or equipment that are involved in this accident. we offer party status to these organizations because they can provide the technical expertise and the relevant information

supporting the development of the best factual record that we can get. we have established parties to this investigation and the parties include the u.s. coast guard, the american bureau of shipping and tote. the ntsb has put together a multidisciplinary team to investigate every aspect of this accident. the team is led by investigator in charge thomas roth ruffy to my right who has experience in marine investigations. and he also has a group of highly experienced investigators who have made progress in a number of areas. so here is what our investigators are working on as we speak. our operations group has been scheduling and conducting interviews specifically interviewing the master of el junke, the sister ship of the el faro. >> the harsh reality has set in now.

they lost power and this massive ship, think of it, it's longer than two football fields, 700 some feet long, went into the storm, which turned out to be as strong as andrew or hugo or katrina were at one point or another, and eventually the winds clocked maximum sustained at 130 miles an hour and gusting. seas at 30 to 40 feet. and these 33 people on board realizing that they had no help, and no hope. eventually the ship itself listing, with hundreds of cars on board and containers up on the top deck, listing and then eventually sinking, sinking with everyone on board dying. phil keating in south florida for us. even the search, even though that search is ending, the family members of the crew are really expressing some serious gratitude to the coast guard, phil. >> they really are. and they have been having

nightly vigils, candlelight vigils in maine, in the boston area and in florida. that's where all of these 33 crew members have their families. all of these cities, big shipping cities. not uncommon to see such a tight knit community when they see what is now going to go down as one of the worst cargo ship disasters off the shores of the united states in decades. one of the families in particular, howard shanley, we contacted them over in cape coral, florida, just devastated. you hear the tears in the background and his wife and likely widow karen really wanted to express her gratitude to the coast guard. everyone knew this was a herculean effort by the coast guard and the navy to try and find this ship and then hopefully find that other second lifeboat that has yet to be found, maybe these crew members were hiding out in that for days, but as the days went on, the odds of finding any survivors basically at this point are pretty much nil.

four to five days after that hypothermia will get you. you saw the video from the one lifeboat that was found, just ravaged and destroyed. >> hard to imagine that it wouldn't be. if i'm a member of the families of one of those who died on board that ship, probably one of my first questions is what do we know about the captain and his decisions on that day. >> the captain is 53-year-old michael davidson and president of tote maritime services which owns the el faro said he was basically a very competent and respected and clearly focused captain. a lot of respect and top priorities were always the lives of his crew and the fate of the ship. he had come back from puerto rico to jacksonville, days before last tuesday when the el faro then was fully loaded with cargo, routinely heading back to san juan for a four-day cargo run. he was aware of the storm according to the president. it was only a tropical storm on tuesday when the ship left jacksonville. according to the president the

captain, davidson, talked with the sister ship's captain of the el junke, who was on the way back to jacksonville as well saying, at this point, the weather is pretty bearable, should they press forward and according to the company, the captain thought he could skirt around perhaps the eastern edge of the tropical storm but then on wednesday and thursday tropical storm joaquin quickly strengthened into a monster category 4. >> phil keating in south florida. thank you. ahead on fox news channel this hour, the escalating tensions in syria, between the united states and russia. exactly what is russia doing targeting the united states drones and how difficult is that conflict becoming? first, the accusation that criminal gangs are trying to sell radioactive material to america's enemies. ahead, the video of the stings, the investigation and the response from the fbi. that's ahead from the news desk on this wednesday afternoon.

calling for the annihilation of the united states. that's according to the reporting of the associated press today which today uncovered four attempts in recent years to get nuclear materials to terrorists. cameras captured one of the undercover stings as a smuggler tried to sell radioactive material to police who were posing as terrorists.

according to the ap, these were not undercover busts. not all of them. at least one deal was the real thing according to the ap. a plan to sell radioactive goods to this buyer in sudan. the ap reports that the deal was far along before agents interrupted the sale. let me show you where the smugglers have been operating. moldova, the poorest nation in europe. the fbi confirms it worked with agents there to bust would be smugglers. the ap further reporting indicates that crime rings tried to find anti-american terrorists such as the islamic state. one smuggler reportedly ranted about his hatred of americans going back to the days of the cold war. another is reportedly a former member of russia's spy agency, formerly called a kgb. yet another smuggler revealed it wasn't just radioactive materials up for sale, but also old russian missile systems that could be used to launch nuclear warhe warheads, even after getting caught, the ap reports that some

smuggling kingpins got away. others got prison sentences of five years at most. some reportedly went right back to nuclear smuggling when they got out. and despite all of these stings, officials say they do not know where the nuclear stockpiles went. katherine harris with the details. >> law enforcement sources confirm that the fbi got involved in one international undercover operation. and which it sees potentially harmful chemical material from a foreign seller. for the most part there is a concerted effort in washington today to downplay or even minimize the findings of the ap investigation. the source pointing to what it called flaws in the ap's reporting primarily that there were no, quote, isis ready buyers in the case. fbi agents who posed as buyers as part of the sting made no mention of isis and the material up for sale was apparently not radioactive and not bomb worthy. this afternoon, the white house seemed to be on a different page, reading from a prepared statement praising the

importance of sting operations like the one in moldova. >> procedures of nuclear and radioactive materials in moldova, demonstrate the moldovan government's commitment to countering the tactics. the united states applauds the good police and investigative work which led to recovering smuggled material and placing them back under regulatory control. >> the law enforcement source here in washington could not confirm the identity of the sellers which the ap identified as gangs with significant russian connections. >> how does the tension between the united states and russia play into these investigations, catherine? >> former militaitary intellige official confirmed the relationship made disrupting the networks more challenging. fbi director james comey told reporters in a q&a session last week that the relationship was not strong. quote, we don't cooperate much, some cooperation when it comes to criminal and counterterrorism. it is important to note

extremist groups including isis and a group called the caucuses emirate have expressed a specific interest in obtaining material for a so-called dirty bomb, but so far there doesn't seem to be any evidence that they have been successful. but this story shows there is a market and a group of sellers who are willing to achieve that with them. >> that at least. thank you. >> you're welcome. pentagon officials said russia's involvement in syria would not change anything for the united states. but today reality. word that russians are not really giving us a choice. american bombers forced to change course when russian warplanes get in the way.

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spokesman said the u.s. military aircraft bombing isis targets in syria had to change its route because russian warplanes were in the way. jennifer griffins is at the pentagon. what can you tell us about that? >> from land, air and sea, russian forces are making their presence felt in syria. today in a dramatic escalation, four russian warships in the caspian sea launched cruise missiles before striking isis controlled territory in eastern syria, an answer to u.s. criticism that the russian objective was not really to hit isis, but to bolster the assad regime. the russian defense ministry claims 26 cruise missiles were fired, 11 of them hitting targets. the russian president said today, quote, of course it is too early to sum up the results, but what has been done so far certainly deserves high praise. the russians moved helicopter gun ships to homes roughly 100

miles east of their air base in syria's mediterranean coast. pentagon officials believe the russians could launch a ground attack against opposition forces in the near future. >> do we know specifically what the russians' motivation is here? >> what it appears is it is trying to embarrass nato and the u.s. in particular, filling the void that has been left in syria. it is in essence mocking u.s. strategy in syria trying to intimidate u.s. planes in the air, push them out of syria, pentagon officials tell me they have not locked on to u.s. aircraft, have not tried to shoot them down, but are definitely trying to make their presence felt. today in italy, defense secretary ash carter criticized the russian escalation. >> we believe russia has the wrong strategy. they continue to hit targets that are not isil. we believe this is a fundamental mistake. despite what the russians say,

we have not agreed to cooperate with russia. >> what's clear is that russia and putin aren't listening to anybody, shep. >> doesn't appear. jennifer griffin with us, thank you. let's bring in the author of the book "the accidental admiral," now the dean of the fletcher school at tuft's university. thank you. >> thank you. >> what is most concerning in this theater for you in. >> first and foremost, conflu confluence of u.s. and russian forces operating in close space. you saw this intercept of the drones, these are big aircraft, these drones. if you turned one on its side, it is four stories, like a building tall. >> really? >> these are big aircraft, there is nothing accidental about it. >> it appears to me at least we're fighting two different wars. we seem to be on the side fighting against isis, the russians seem to be on the side

of bashar al assad. we have different goals, we have different friends, using different tactics. yet we're all in the same theater. >> and it is very dangerous. what we have got to do is prioritize here and we got to work on the russians to prioritize isil. then we can go back and look at assad and on the political side. i don't think they will. i think they're doubling down on assad. and, you know, why is putin doing all this? same reason he kind of takes his shirt off every now and then, cruise missiles, land forces, bringing in the air. it is a very dangerous situation and a very confined battle space. >> we don't want there to be a void in syria. but we don't want bashar al assad in charge. if we get our way, there is a vacuum there. are the russians helping us in some way? >> no. what we're going to see here, i think, is continued military pressure on isis. then we're going to see, i think we're going to be able to defeat them. then go after the russians to

come in and have a political solution that gets assad out the door. whether or not we're able to convince him to do that is unknown at this point. >> that would require sanctions and pressure. >> it would. and part of what is going on with russian so vociferously saying we're attack isis is they want to get sanctions relief on the ukraine deal by showing they can play well in this theater. but it is a bunch of lies. they're not really attacking isis at this point. >> similar to the lies that they told in ukraine and that situation is no better. this is a distraction. that continues, doesn't it? >> it does. i don't see any solution set that will take anything other than a lot of pressure on russia. oil prices will help us in this regard. we have to stay on this. >> this civil war is four years old. they're new players. but the biggest problem in the region, maybe the world is the refugee crisis. we haven't dealt with anything like this since world war ii.

>> i would say we need a no fly zone, need to create and carve out a safe area, working with the turks up on the turkish border and creating an area where the refugees can feel safe until there is a solution, a political one hopefully in syria. then they can go back to their homes. there is 7 million of them outside the country. >> 7 million. i don't think anybody who is on the good side of this would disagree with you, we need a no fly zone. i'm guessing that russia is expecting us to do exactly that. i wonder how they with react. would they respect the no fly zone or not? >> the closest piece of history we have to look at this is actually 20 years ago in the balkans. remember the balkans were a total mess 20 years ago. initially u.s., nato, on one side, russia on the other, over a period of time we were able to come together. but, boy, that doesn't appear like it is going to happen anytime soon. that would be the outcome we ought to shoot for. >> russia had plenty of oil money then. >> indeed. >> economy was rolling. >> a different world. >> yeah. >> is there another way to get

him, besides economic sanctions? is there a pressure we can put on any of his friends that would be of help? >> i think that there is. the way i would go about this is look at the strategic situation of russia. they really have a very limited number of allies and friends. i think by going after the central asian republics which are part of this, and also working with china, which is his whole card. he really thinks he can develop a strategic relationship with china. i think the chinese are too smart for that. we don't want to let that condominium grow up between those two nations. >> nice to talk to you. >> great to be with you. >> all right. president obama's apologized for the deadly u.s. bombing at the hospital in afghanistan. officials with the group that ran that hospital say it was a war crime that the united states targeted the hospital, did so repeatedly with knowledge it was a hospital and that it was a war crime. and they're pushing hard. we'll hear what the white house has to say about that. and justice napolitano in to talk about the legality or illegality of it all.

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what happened. in fact, doctors without borders called for that investigation into the bombing to determine whether it amounts to a war crime under international law. a senior military official told fox news that taliban militants were firing from the facility. but a top official at doctors without borders today said that is not true. >> none of our staff reported to us that there was any fighting inside the compound. they reported that it was quiet before the strikes. that's what we have. that's why we need the independent investigation, on the burden of the united states and other forces to substantiate the claims. >> the official says doctors without borders alerted -- i should say alerted afghan and u.s. officials once the bombing started in kunduz. the commander of u.s. and coalition forces in afghanistan says afghan forces requested the air strike on saturday after they came under fire by the taliban. leah gabriel has more, live at the newsroom in new york. what more do we know about this call for an independent investigation outside of nato

and the united states, but independent investigation. >> well, an international humanitarian fact finding commission was established back in 1991 under the first additional protocol of the geneva convention. doctors without borders is calling on it to investigate. >> this commission has been tasked to do this, that's why it was established, why it exists. it never has been used before. but we think it has the right sort of impetus and focus to get some of the answers that we all deserve. >> perhaps one of the reasons the commission has never been used is that it requires the permission of all parties involved and it doesn't sound like the white house is on board with an outside investigation. >> the president is confident that department of defense investigation can provide the full accounting that everyone seeks. >> and i should point out that today the u.s. executive director of doctors without borders was asked if taliban combatants could have been treated in the hospital the day this happened. he did not say no. he said once someone is wounded, they are no long are a combatant. and that everyone receives

treatment there. >> that's how it works at that hospital. the accusation is that this is a war crime and implied within is the strikes were intentional, the united states knew that was a hospital at the time of the strikes and continued to strike even though they were told that was a hospital and to please stop. that would make it a war crime according to doctors without borders. >> a reporter did raise that question about the war crime, potentially this being a war crime during the white house briefing today. here's how a spokesman responded to that. >> the use of that term is -- carries a certain legal meaning. and what i would point out is that did the department of defense as a matter of course takes as many precautions as anybody else does, as any other military organization in the world does, to prevent the innocent loss of life in operations they carry out. and there is no evidence that i or anybody else has that i've seen or that anybody else has

presented that indicate that this was anything other than a terrible tragic mistake. >> and he also said the defense department goes to great lengths. i know this from being a navy pilot, the department of defense goes to great lengths to avoid civilian deaths and says this is a mistake that the u.s. does own up to. >> thank you. judge napolitano is here. josh earnest just said war crime has a distinct legal meaning and it does. >> yes, he's right. and the physician or the executive director of doctors without borders for whom you ran a clip essentially summarized the law correctly, a war crime is the knowing and intentional targeting of a civilian target. the question is, was this a mistake. if it was, it is not a war crime, even though innocence died. if it was knowing and intentional, hard to believe, but has to be an explanation for that and the government would have to prove it, a prosecutor would have to prove it is a war

crime. a war crime does not charge a country or a military with the crime, it charges individuals. it charges the people who commanded it and the people who carried it out. the question is what was commanded, why was it commanded, who carried it out, did the united states use its extraordinary satellite capability to identify structures on the ground, did the pilot in the sky, did the person who commanded it, know that structure was a hospital? these are fact questions -- questions of fact that a fact-finder would have to examine before deciding whether or not to file a charge. >> would it be unprecedented for an outside organization to do the reviewing? for instance, the united nations was the suggestion. >> it would be unprecedented. it doesn't mean that it couldn't happen. the united states is a signatory to the united nations treaty which provides for this sort of -- not sort of, for this outside examination. my opinion, the best thing the

united states can do, the justice department can do is conduct its own investigation before any outside investigation begins. >> we know that this had been a hospital for years. we know americans helped build it. we know that the coordinates were given to authorities and those within the military in the days and weeks prior to. we know there were phone calls being made the day of this and more than one bombing run. all of that said, you could have made a series of horrible mistakes and judgment errors without knowing with certitude that was a hospital, the person who was giving the orders or pushing the button. and then we're outside the realm of what is a war crime, right? >> right. if this is a tragic mistake, it is not a war crime. even though these innocent people are dead. so the type of questions and an investigator would ask, here is what i would ask, when did you get the phone call saying it is a hospital, stop. when you got the phone calls, did you transmit it to the pilots? did you, who gave the order, get

these phone calls? why did you give the order to shoot? were you told by someone on whose words you relied that shooting was happening from inside the hospital, outside? do you know you can only defend yourself when the shooting is using civilians as a shield. you can't defend somebody else. here is the law . if people inside the hospital are shooting at afghan troops, afghan troops can shoot back. if the consequence is that the deaths of innocence, their deaths are lawful. if people inside the hospital are shooting at afghan troops you can't shoot at the hospital from the sky. only the people being shot at can shoot back at a hospital. >> i know the united states is investigating and others will. we'll see how this plays out. >> yes. >> everybody gets their constitutional rights they would get as if it happened state side. >> judge, thank you. how can something that was healthy a decade ago be bad for you today? the government is facing big questions now. why should we trust you when it

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should americans trust the government when it comes to setting dietary guidelines. lawmakers were asking that question on capitol hill today. those guidelines have an impact on school lunches for kids to the advice your doctor gives you. for decades now the feds told us cut out the fatty meats, the whole milk and butter. drink skim milk, don't drink the full on vitamin d milk. shouldn't do it. don't put this on the corn like that. don't do it. the lawmakers on both sides of the aisle question whether those guidelines are still relevant at all. health and human services secretary sylvia burrwell and tom vilsack appeared before the house agriculture committee today. and the fox business network's peter barnes is live in washington. what did they say? >> the government updates these dietary guidelines every five years and the agriculture secretary said that's in part to allow for new research to be checked and considered in their

formulation. >> i wish there were scientific facts, but the reality is stuff changes, right? stuff changes. and the key here is taking a look at the preponderance, the greater weight of the evidence, and trying to make a judgment based on the greater weight of the evidence. >> you have lost your credibility with a lot of people. and they are just flat out ignoring this stuff. that's why i say i wonder why we're doing this. lawmakers from both parties, are demanding hhs and the ag department stick to the very .

>> there is new research that finds drinking whole milk rather than lower fat milk may be better for preventing heart disease. make no mistake, there are billions of dollars in food sales at stake in these guidelines as they are affecting everything from food labeling and family shopping choices to school lunch programs and doctors advice to patients. >> peter barnes, thank you. whole eggs are better than egg whites. whole milk is much better than skim milk. now they say to drink the absolutely delicious whole milk. they're telling us no more margarine, eat butter. eat the butter. next they'll tell us i can eat bacon, egg and cheese and i'll follow the guideline because bacon, egg and cheese is delicious and skim milk is terrible. why did we ever listen? i don't know. i don't know why we listen. i did not feel better after skim milk. at all. you know what i felt like? my coffee sucks.

because it is skim milk. tomorrow morning, whole vitamin d milk with the red label. that's just it. and bacon. coffee with bacon. stir it with bacon. i will read it you put it in the prompter. there it is. there are 78 days until christmas which can only mean one thing, the neiman marcus catalog of expensive holiday gifts is upon us. this year it is a real doozy. it comes with bacon, whole milk and butter and it is delicious and you can take it and put it in the government's face. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda.

looking for the special gift for the billionaire in your life as christmas approaches? well, the neiman marcus

christmas book of gifts is now out and it has some options. you need a bag full of cash, though? >> a lot of cash. this is the 89th year of the book. the catalog went out to a million of their best customers. they do over the top fantasy gifts. they had a submarine they sold in the catalog. this year the most expensive gift is a $400,0001 12-day trip to india which includes bollywood dance lessons. if you would rather travel vertically, you can go 100,000 feet into space in this balloon. i would pay not to do that. that's $90,000. >> go twice. >> similarly dangerous sounding, get a custom made motorcycle and you can ride that motorcycle for two days with keanu reeves in california. >> what? >> i don't want to do that either. they have a custom his and hers.

>> would he speak? often he stands there. >> i assumed he doesn't speak. does he? >> probably best. >> this year the his and hers gift is a child's costume with the mckenzie child trunk -- i like the trunk. >> i like it all. it is a little creepy. i'm afraid adults without children would buy it and that would be weird. >> maybe. you can also -- you can also get 20 of your favorite outfits painted and put into a gold plated diary if you would like to remember some of your best fashion moments that way. >> okay. >> there is also wanting to be a little more practical, get a mustang for $95,000, also comes with racing classes. >> neiman marcus limited edition convertible mustang? >> sounds fun. >> yeah. >> kind of high, though. go on. >> that's -- well, there is also whiskey, a trunk. >> i think whiskey. that list of all the food that is bad for you, whiskey would be on it and sugar would be on it. so probably next year maybe they'll come out with whiskey

and sugar are good, especially the white refined sugar that is so delicious. >> it is delicious. >> maybe they'll say that next. >> just closing my eyes and ears to all of it. >> give them a convertible, neiman marcus mustang, they'll tell you anything you want. >> that will be more dangerous. >> thank you. we'll be back with a nod to this day in history and a look back at the debut of one of the most iconic musicians in broadway history.

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on this day in 1982, the landmark musical cats made its debut at the winter garden theater on broadway. the legendary composer andrew lloyd weber adapted the musical from a book of poems by ts elliott. almost all of the show's dialogue in song rather than spoken word, it also includes some of the most memorable costumes and sets ever seen on stage. when the show opened on broadway, it won seven tony awards including statues for best musical and best original score. more than 70 million people saw it on broadway in london's west end. it was also one of the longest running stage shows of all time.

but cats first gave broadway a memory. 33 years ago today. there are a thousand jokes to insert here. i'll let you enjoy that in the comfort of your own home. i'll be with you this afternoon, 6:00 eastern, 5:00 central on sirius xm 115. look at that guy, at a big white house summit now that is getting a lot of unions. the white house summit, it is virtually a big, big union audience and right now it comes at a time when unions are front and center the focus and their wrath is front and center the focus now. look at what is going on in belgium today. belgians not too receptive to some austerity measures on the part of the government. and it comes only a couple of days after -- after this.