>> people often model their lives on their parent. their parents went to college, so do they. if your parents worked in politics, well, you know the rest. and road block. while each day 22 veterans take their own lives, one senator tries to explain why he is blocking legislation that many believe could help. >> i've treated patients with the demons. that these young men and women have. there's no answer for them. we don't give it to them. we have failed them. i personally have failed them. good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we are following breaking news from pakistan. a taliban massacre killing at least 142 people, many of them

children, inside of the army public school. the terrorists shot children point blank. they burned teachers alive in front of the horrified students. many of the children of that army unit have been trying to root out the taliban in their northwest taliban stronghold. dozens of students are being treated in nearby hospitals. managing editor of nbcnews.com asia american and richard engel. richard, first to you. this, the horrific attack really culminates years of fighting against the taliban in the territories and a recent initiative by the military. >> it certainly does. you have to understand this attack in that context, that this is just the latest in a series of violence. first, we have some new numbers according to military sources in pakistan. seven militants were killed. 132 children, students at the school, and ten staff members. so, the overwhelming majority,

132 kids killed in this school. we also have some more details about how it happened. it began in the morning hours, the militants at least seven climbed into the school through, over a fence. went into the back door and entered an assembly and some of the students were in this assembly for a career day getting advice on how to plan for their future and what kind of jobs they're going to have. and the militants started opening fire in the assembly. and then went classroom to classroom occasionally taking students hostage, killing them. in this one incident that has been talked about a lot. setting a teacher on fire in front of the students. eventually, commandos came in and cleared the facility. it was four buildings as part of the school compound and it took over eight hours to clear all of the buildings because the militants were armed. they set up traps in the

hallways and by the doors. and eventually, however, the buildings were cleared. although some rooms are still being inspected for bombs even though it's now nighttime there. it was a national tragedy for the country and, as you mentioned earlier, the context is, the military is launching an offense against the taliban. the very unit that is behind the main part of the offensive against the taliban. this was a school for the children of that military unit. so, the taliban, which has claimed credit for this said you attack us, the soldiers who attack us, we're going to find their children and kill them. >> and that is the exact context, i don't know, that you've been reporting. you know this area so well. you know the school system. this is a public school, as you've been reporting. but a school that is for the children of that unit that has been going after the taliban. >> that's right, andrea. this is an army public school is

the way you would phrase it. it's a school run by the army, funded by the army, maintained by the army. part of a national system. almost 150 schools that they run across the nation with almost 150,000 students. and the majority of them are not necessarily army children, but they exist so that when officer soldiers have a place when they land can can immediately enroll their kids where a standardized curriculum wherever they are. in the bustling lively hub of the northwest part of the country. this is an army school where many of the soldiers and officers who are part of the 11 co corps come is the section of the army leading the fight against taliban and other militants. this is a school where many of them send their kids. the attack on this school is not about the anti-education ideology and it's not about hitting any soft target they could. it was about going after the kids of the soldiers they're

fighting. andrea? >> as we've been reporting, there are 142 dead. 10 staff members, 132 children. and more than 100 more, according to our producer there, who are seriously injured in the hospital. amna, you've been pointing out this is a military retaliation, a specific military retaliation and it's not about the education issue, but malala yousufzai issued a statement "i'm heart broken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in peshawar that is unfolding before us. i condemn these cowardly acts and stand united with the government and armed forces. i along with millions of others around the world mourn these children, my brothers and sisters, but we will never be defeated." and we should also point out, richard, you've been in these northwest territories.

you've been with the military units. want to show you part of a recent tour of those territories and of the taliban strongholds there. let's roll some of that. >> this is one of the residential room. >> a network of bunkers and tunnels. >> this is the basement of this mosque which was being used. >> reporter: where militants used and operated from. >> these are the rooms which was generally reserved for the leadership. >> reporter: also found, equipment. propaganda material. terrorist paraphernalia from across the region and even a media center with a suicide studio where would-be suicide bombers would tape their famous last words. also discovered, thousands of weapons, which the military says were enough to equip an entire

infantry brigade. >> richard, that's the producer you know so well. so, that shows you just the elaborate infrastructure that the taliban have in the territory there's. >> what was most interesting about that, it's very rare to get into north wuzeer stan. it has been for years now one of the most dangerous places in the world, an absolute taliban stronghold and a stronghold of other extremist groups. and the military, the pakistani military since june has been launching a very aggressive campaign against the north and, actually, has been making some progress. and took a few months ago a group of reporters to to show what they were doing. showing them all the weapons that they seized and you saw that enormous number of assault rifles. here you can see one of the

pakistani militaries helicopters that are in use in this part of north waziristan. so, in the response to the response to this, the taliban says, it launched the school attack because the, you know, the pakistani military is attacking north waziristan trying to take it over and in a dispicable attack, i think an attack that might actually change public opinion considerably in pakistan, the taliban decided to kill their children. >> richard, quickly, before i let you go. speaking of public opinion, new wall street journal numbers, according to the people questioned, 51% said that the procedures used and the interrogation enhanced tactics which were defined as torture, 51% said they were acceptable under the circumstances. only 28% said that they went too far and should we use such harsh

interrogation prablthss, again. 45% said acceptable should be used in the future and only 28% said wrong and should be stopped entirely. polling is always an inprecise measure but that is pretty much the way supporters of the cia would have thought it would come down. >> well, it seems to show where the country is. seems to show that people think that what happened was justified. and that the means justified the ends. i think history will judge whether that is the right opinion. whether there is an emotional opinion and people always judge, should public opinion really be setting policy. >> exactly. >> sometimes people want things. it doesn't make them morally right or legal either. >> in fact, they are against u.s. law and international law and international treaties. thank you so much. we'll follow all your reporting

and richard's reporting all day today on msnbc.com and nbc news. australia coming to grips with a national nightmare after yesterday's 16-hour hostage standoff in the heart of downtown sydney. hundreds of people pour under to the streets today to the scene of the crime leaving behind flowers. an instant memorial to the two slain hostages. new details are emerging. he was out on bail of charges being an accessory in the murder of his ex-wife. i'm joined by sarah james in sydney who is following it all. sarah, can you update us on what is happening today and how are people reacting? >> well, andrea, one thing i can tell you is that they are reacting in shock, disbelief and grief. and what is behind me is where the lindt cafe is. of course, right here they erected a fence and it's been covered with flowers.

flowers from people who have been dropping by all day and i should tell you, andrea, it's actually 4:00 in the morning here. and people are still coming and among those we saw just a few moments ago, let me bring you over here. these are some notes from a couple of new south wales police officers and these two women were actually on duty last night when all of this was happening and just a short distance away and both of the women came up and they had their arms around each other and they were in tears. they said, you know, this affects us, too. we're just devastated by what happens and i think what many people are asking today. and this includes the prime minister, is why did it happen? why was the gunman on bail? that's a big question that is going to be looked into as is why he wasn't being looked at more carefully by the terrorism officials here. andrea? >> sarah james, so touching and so moving and such big questions

to be answered. we are closely watching that manhunt in pennsylvania where former marine reservist bradley williams stone is being sought for the murder of six family members, including his ex-wife in a community north of philadelphia. moments aago county officials gave an update on what they described as a dynamic and fluid investigation. family, friends and neighbors who know stone say he was discharged from the military after suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. more on this developing story coming up ahead. plus, for thousands of veterans back from the batt battlefield in iraq and afghanistan, help could have been on the way. but one senator has been blocking a bill. who is he? why is he doing it? that coming up. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. for lotus f1 team, the competitive edge is the cloud. powered by microsoft dynamics, azure, and office 365, the team can gain real time insights and instantly share information around the globe.

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today former florida governor jeb bush all but dove head first into the 2016 pool. posting on facebook he will actively explore a run for president. a day after he huddled in south carolina with nikki haley. a political firewall for bush to beat back more conservative republican rivals. joining us now president obama's first white house press secretary, of course. very good to see you. >> good to see you. >> well, interesting game plan here because what he has said is if he runs and it looks increasingly likely that jeb bush is going to sxrun he is going to stick to his principles on immigrations and other issues common core that will not be successful in iowa. he is going to say, let the more conservative guys take iowa and perhaps chris christie or someone else takes new hampshire. south carolina is going to be

where i plant my flag. >> it's probably a good place for him to start. number two, if you have a big primary. 8, 10, 12 people running you will see people get eliminated along the way and find a place to do well and win and maybe south carolina for someone like jeb bush. >> in iowa, already, we know rick santorum and mike huckabee is probably running and people that have run before and do well in iowa and you also have scott walker from wisconsin, neighboring wisconsin who could capture the sort of more moderate part of the republican party and do well in iowa if there is a large number of more conservatives. rick perry will get into this. this is going to be an interesting race. >> they're going to need a bigger boat. look, one of the things that is going to be fascinating is democrats usually have these types of primaries driven by personalty or ideologieideologi. republicans tend to nominate in a pecking order. somebody that ran that didn't do well the last time.

those roles are completely reversed. it is going to be a free for all and what it does is freeze a few thousand people around the country and say, i'm really thinking about this more seriously. don't get involved with somebody else until you hear definitively from me. >> what does he do to chris christie? this is chris christie after a dust up with a philadelphia congressman the other day at the eagles game is a dallas fan sitting with the owner of the dallas cowboys. take a look at this interview. >> this was his quote. when you're across the river from philadelphia as a neighbor, you should have a little more common sense and a little more respect for the rest of us. i have a big nose, he's got a fat bleep, it's what life deals you. >> i don't know what that has to do whether you root for the cowboys or the eagles, though. again, i don't know about his nose because i don't know who this guy is. >> listen, there's a lot of people who attempt to use me to increase their own fame. this guy, obviously, today, has used me to increase his own

fame. he's in newspapers all over the country today. good for him. i mean, that's his job. he's got to get somebody besides his parents to know who he is. that's good. >> does christie play outside of new jersey, that sort of up shut up, sit down. >> let me preface this by saying i'm a dallas fan living in washington. >> i still love you. >> i can emps the a little bit. i think it would come across as, you know, wouldn't be right to go and it would book very political to go root for somebody that you're not a fan of. i think genuineness is something that people would want to see. i think what would be interesting does that kind of, you hit me, i'll hit you mentality, does that play in iowa? that does play outside of the new jersey/new york area. that, i think, is going to be a big, big test for chris christie. >> now, look at the democratic

side. we've got howard dean endorsed, hillary clinton, al franken will this afternoon. so, prominent liberal democrats are lining up and this is aimed at holding off the elizabeth warren push. on npr yesterday and he asked her if she's going to run. >> i'm not running for president. that's not what we're doing. we had a really important fight in the united states congress just this past week. and i'm putting all my energy into that fight and to what happens after this. >> would you tell these independent groups, give it up? you're just never going to run. >> i told them, i'm not running for president. >> you are putting that in the present tense. are you ever going to run? >> i am not running for president. >> you are not putting a never on that. >> i am not running for president. do you want me to put an exclamation point on the end? >> it sounds like she has the same sore throat that i have.

>> even i can understand she said she's not running for president. i think that the role and the voice that elizabeth warren has might give her a platform equal to a presidential candidate without having to run for president. i mean, hillary clinton is likely to run and almost certainly to be the nominee. you saw that martin o'malley and others have put off making a decision because they're reading the same tea leaves everybody else is. elizabeth warren can still have a big, big presence in this primary in talking about the issues she's passionate about without having to run for president. and that makes her very, very powerful figure inside the party, even if she's not the nominee. >> and the positions that hillary clinton takes and robert hang here while we show you a little bit just for fun. stephen colbert is wrapping it up, of course, on his show. and he finished his final get to know your district by featuring

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hollywood remains on edge today as hackers threaten to leak even more personal data from sony pictures

entertainment. at a town hall meeting yesterday sony executives apologized to employees about the massive cybersecurity breach assuring them not to worry about the studio's future. with so much hack data already out there, the question is how do the public and media handle all this? joining me now is sharon waxman, founder and editor in chief of "the wrap." now your reporting on this has been so intensive. tell us what should we think about, first of all, the guidelines? what should we use? we've seen the david warning. these present huge ethical issues for reporters, for all of us. and also the future for sony pictures, for the executives involved and what may come next. >> yeah, well, there's a legal issue that involves what david boids is trying to impose which is to try to shut down media coverage of the hacking scandal and the information that has been leaked. that is a legal matter and we

feel that that, we feel confident in what we've published up to now and from what we've seen by other comments by legal experts out in the press, the "washington post" and "new york times" there doesn't seem to be a lot of legal precedent that would support that. regardless of legal matter, of course, there is an ethical issue involved and that is something we are debating internally and weighing very carefully every time we public something related to this story and been covering it intensively because we are a site that covers the business of entertainment. there is hardly a story i can think of that is more important in the past year or two or three or four that so profoundly impacts what goes on at sony pictures and what could impact other studios and companies everywhere. that is the first piece. we feel we are not publishing anything that is private information, of course. we are publishing stories that speak to the business of making

movies and making entertainment and, unfortunately, this information does come from an illegal act, the hacking of sony studios. it is undeniably newsworthy and it moves the market and impacts potentially the stock price of sony and impacts their ability to make movies to make deals going forward. so, it's something that we really, as a news organization, need to cover. >> yeah, go ahead. >> i want to ask you about "l.a. times" is reporting and you may have this, as well. that there is now a class action filed against sony by emloyies of former employees? >> that would be another new development. we've been hearing that over the past ten days. that that had been brewing among employees and it almost feels like it was an inevitability that that would be an outcome. because you do have social security numbers that have been leaked. you have bank account numbers that are out there. there are employees who are getting phone calls that they're

on, first of all, they've all been issued. sony immremployees have been is, i guess, identity, an identity theft number, if you like, with security firms and have been told that many of them that their information is out there and it is being monitored in case identity thieves try to steal it. but just the fact knowing that your passport numbers or your security securi social security numbers are out there and they probably feel quite vulnerable. >> briefly, do you think the studio's survival is at risk? >> i don't think the studio's survival is at risk, but i certainly think that the leadership is going to be called into question over this. how could it not be. it may not be or it may be their fault, it's not about that. when you are the c oeo or the chairman of the company and the buck stops with you. this is quite a profound event in the history of the company. also, there is the issue of the embarrassment of sony cooperation that resulted from

the release of all this information. as a company going forward, i think it's going to be challenging for them. but sony has a very long history and deep relationships and what is a very essentially tight industry, network of relationships and i do think that no one wants to see the company fail. >> sharon waxman, thanks again, so much for being with us today. >> thanks, andrea. bill cosby's wife of more than 50 years is breaking her silence about the series of women accusing her husband of sexual assault. camille cosby strongly depends the legendary comedian. she calls him a kind man, generous man and the man you thought you knew. she's lashing out at the media saying there is no vetting of my husband's accusers. an ook accusation is published and it immediately goes viral. "the washington informer" that also appeared in "new york post." a lawyer for cosby said the reporter did not tell cosby he

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they do see him. he should be considered armed and dangerous. we know that he has access to firearms, as well as cutting instruments. >> rehema ellis joins me right out of that press conference. what do we know? >> we know that law enforcement authorities say it has been a harrowing and challenging 24 hours and now asking for the public public's help. they released this photograph of the iraq war vetric who they say is a suspect in six killings. the photograph here is one, they say thof him with a beard. and one described of him being clean shaven now. he is armed and dangerous and people should not approach him. they talk about that this has been a wide collaborative effort among law enforcement authorities, among several counties. and they say that s.w.a.t teams are out nonstop trying to locate

this fugitive. they also tell us that a possible lead they thought they had last night turned out to be not credible where someone thought a robber, attempted robber matching stone's description was fired at by the victim and got away, but now authorities say that that is not a credible lead. as for the victims, the one person, the 17-year-old boy who was shot in the head in a hospital in philadelphia, they say he is in very serious, but stable condition. in addition, once again, they say, if you see something, say something, call police but do not approach him yourself. andrea? >> very important warning. thank you for the update. there is fury over congress' failure to pass suicide prevention aid for those with ptsd. despite bipartisan support in both houses. one leading opponent, though, senator tom coburn. joining me now from new york is paul founder of veterans in

america and from capitol hill i'm joined by west virginia senator joe manchin. one of the senators who introduced the bill. thank you, both, so much. we're following up, really, on rachel maddow's terrific reporting last night on all of this. paul, first to you, how veterans feel about this bill which had passed the house and had support in the senate going no where. >> they are stunned and outraged. nationwide from every background. this is why people hate washington. one lone radical senator has decided not just to vote against this bill, but to block it. we had unanimous support for the save act in the house and we had support in the senate and senator coburn as one of his last acts in the senate. instead of voting against it vowed to block it. that's what he did last night in the floor and it's shameful and a smack in the face of all veterans. we're in the midst of stewed is problems. we lose 22 veterans a day and

this senator, senator coburn stood in the way of real progress. historic legislation. he didn't attend hearings and he wasn't involved in oversight in the last 11th hour he made a rambling statement against this bill and really killed it, which is unfortunate and, i think, shameful. >> let me play a little bit of that for you, paul. and for, of course, senator manman mancian. >> i know suicide all too well. i have failed patients in the past doing everything i knew to do. i've treated patients with the demons. that these young men and women have when they come back from war. >> my heart breaks for the people who commit suicide. you know what it is? they find no relief anywhere else except death.

>> senator mansion, any saving this? >> we're working on it. i'm disappointed. i know paul and my heart bleeds to all of you all. this is a high priority for us. i asked to be on the veterans committee, if for some reason we can't work this out today, i assure we'll come back in the next congress and that will be our first priority. but what is really ironic about this whole thing, some people talk about because of the funding we didn't have an offset. you have to set your priorities where your values are and we ask people to come back and we don't have the help available and then we pass a bill and that bill that i voted against had $5 billion for military defense. for products they didn't want or didn't need. help our service people that are coming back and needs help to transition back into civil life

and civilian life. it's just wrong. i just respectfully disagree with my colleague and we'll do all we can today and i hope we can do it and resurrect it and if not i assure you we'll come back immediately. >> senator manchin, anything that can be done today. tell me what the schedule is and whether or not there is a way to get him to remove and conservative on all these issues. he want to make sure that we get our financial house in order. i always said you set your priorities on this value. there is an awful lot of waste through government. this is a need that we have and all we recognize this need and i assure you we can offset and find that money that it takes to pay for this so it's not added to the debt of this nation. but, my goodness, the importance of this is unbelievable. we just said that we have 22 a day deaths as far as our military. we have over 8,000 a year in just veterans.

we have almost 300 a year and those who have served since 2008. 300 suicides a year that have served over in the middle east. so, this is of an epidemic proporti proportion. we have to get a hold of this and we have to start helping our military people returning back to civilian life. >> and, senator, what would the money, the $22 million have accomplished? >> basically it allows us to expand in the v.a. the psychiatrist. we don't have enough psychiatrists. we know that. they don't have the people who do the job. i don't see the redundancy when you have such few people that can give the members of the military the help they need. this is not something as they transition out. sometimes they need long-term care. they have to have someone a support staff they can go back to. we know that, also. we have to commit our selves to giving the service people basically the care that they need and not just for a few months when they return. if it takes a year, two, five years, whatever it takes, we'll keep them healthy for the

service they've given to our country. >> and, paul, what are you and your members, first of all, what are you hearing from the community. what are you doing today to try to put some more pressure on the senate? >> we're doing what we always do, andrea. we're fighting on. we're not going to let this stop us. if folks are watching right now, check out #clayhunt. we're fighting on in his memory to ensure other vets like clay hunt are not lost. clay hunt's family has testified. there is a video from clay hunt's father, himself a conservative republican from texas appealing to senator coburn to drop this ridiculous block. he's not just standing in the way of the veterans committee, he's standing in the way of the will of the american people. this is of ridiculous stand. if he doesn't back down, this is his legacy, this is senator coburn's lasting legacy that his last move was to stop a suicide prevention bill for veterans. and i hope that everyone watching calls his office, goes to his office and veterans are outraged and we're not going to back down. if he does block this, we'll keep fighting on.

it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. our friends deserve it and the american people deserve it. this is ridiculous. >> paul, thank you so much, joe manchin, thank you. and i know -- >> thank you, andrea. we will commit to getting it down. >> i know my colleague, ratchal maddow, will stay on it. coming up an msnbc original series looking at the faces, names and stories that make up the 10 million people uprooted by syria's brutal civil war. many of them children. that's next right here on "andrea mitchell reports." [ female announcer ] hands were made for talking.

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syria has been at war for over three years a brutal civil war that has taken it 00,000 lives and displaced a staggering 10 million more people. nearly half of the country's population. creating one of the greatest humanitarian crises in modern

history. nbc ker simmons and he's telling their stories all this week for an exclusive series on our program. thank you for following this story, which a story that so many people are ignoring. >> that's right, andrea. it's absolutely crucial that we don't overlook these people. even while understandably this year the world's focus has been on isis. the sheer number of syrians who simply can't go home means they will have a profound effect on the future of the middle east. so, what we have done is that we have looked at individuals over a sustained period of time. and right now, andrea, they are facing another cold winter struggling to survive. one 4-year-old boy's short life speaks to the many struggles syrian refugee families face.

his dad was missing, taken away by government soldiers. his baby sister was killed in an air raid. and when we met him in turkey this past april, he, himself, couldn't speak. >> this little guy's name and since his home was attacked in syria, he has stopped talking. he makes the noises that you hear him making now. doctors had not figured out why, perhaps just the shock of witnessing multiple bombings. the family couldn't afford treatment, they lived in a ruined house. >> he doesn't talk. just has this big smile all the time. >> reporter: along the syrian border, in neighboring lebanon, the children of another family without a father. like so many single moms, their mother tries to make ends meet. i burn shoes to keep us warm, she says. they live in lebanon's beca

valley where 8-year-old hussein and 12-year-old mahmoud work to feed their families. they spend six days a week in this garage. get home at 8:00 in the evening, they tell me. we do feel tired. >> how did you do this? what happened here? >> reporter: i burned it, he said. this can be dangerous work. >> this is not an 8 year old's hands. this is a working, working man's hands. >> reporter: back in turkey, an orphanage tries to provide a normal childhood for another 36 children whose dad served. some as young as two, they get food and warmth. for this family of four brothers, a staffer, hussein, mirad and a sister, emina, many things we take for granted are unfamiliar. this was their first night here and the staff believe their first time on a real bed. >> they've never seen a bed like this before. never before in their lives?

never before. she's down there. she's already sleeping. it's the afternoon. how do you feel to be here? happy. happy to be here. last week they were seen begging. their mother unable to cope with so many kids. wow, that's a burn or really some kind of really painful scar, which is still painful. his mother was preparing hot water, he says. it spilled on his leg. and then his little brother here has a scar on his lip. how did your brother get this on his face? "my sister was playing with fire." these are injuries not caused by war, but by neglect from a family unable to cope in the wake of war. nearby, mirad has moved in the six months since we last saw him. worsening poverty forced his family into a tent by the side of the road.

he still can't speak. hello. syria's war grinds on, life is getting harder for many refugees and each month the prospect of going home gets more distant. >> keir, the stories are just heartbreaking. tell me about mirad. what is the prospect? what is his future? >> well, it's really difficult, andrea. he's an example of a kid whose life has been transformed by war. and i guess an example of how the weakest often suffer at the most misfortune. he's seen his family say four or five doctors but you just know that if mirad was here in the west, they will be able to treat him. whatever it is that has caused his inability to speak, to use language, but he's also an example and we're going to talk some more about this in a report

tomorrow of how a disability is one of the issues for these syrian refugees. you have mirad there. we also followed another. a 14-year-old girl who we first saw with severe head wounds who was not able to remember anything. we've documented, andrea, her recovery. a really slow recovery. the problem, though, for these families is that they are dealing with disabled children often as a result of war while trying to deal with poverty and while being away from home. while struggling to even try to get their children into schools. so, that just adds to the challenge. these challenges for these people are multi-dimensional, andrea. >> oh, keir, it's just unbelievably sad. thank you so much for staying on this. we will, of course, as we mentioned please join us all this week for more of keir's msnbc original series reporting. "faces of war." this thursday join the

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