>> that fact peeks inspector walsh's curiosity?e to california to do massage if you live in washington? >> i don't really -- >> june can't supply a home address in san francisco. inspector walsh begins to suspect that she may be one of the thousands of young women trafficked around the country from parlor to parlor. >> so you like working here? >> yeah. >> you don't know yet. >> when doors are officially closed for the day at this massage parlor, those girls are trapped inside and they live on those premsis. andrea runs fair girls, a national organization dedicated to rescuing trafficked women. >> i think it's really important to understand for these victims held inside these illicit massage parlors is every minute of their day is spent being raped or waiting for the next man to show up who is going to rape them. >> many of the women who work in illegal massage parlors are victims of a bait and switch scheme that turns american dreams into a nightmare. >> so, our typical victim from a foreign country is approached by someone they k

walsh is sent back to the seattle's p.d.ing unit for a review of department policies, while the civilian office of accountability investigates the incident. they find walsh did not use excessive force, and he's returned to his normal patrol. >> we would hope that through community and policing you can figure out the right response. but i think that having this video has helped all communities learn from it. >> it was a situation that did end up being very ugly at the start. but i think some positive came out of it at the end. >>> coming up, a gunman hijacks an 18-wheeler, taking this grandma trucker on a three-hour hell ride. >> and he said, drive, bitch, or i'll kill you. >> when "caught on camera: wrong side of the law" continues. [ male announcer ] playing in the nfl is tough. ♪ doing it with a cold, just not going to happen. ♪ vicks dayquil powerful non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ no matter what city you're playing tomorrow... [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] ...you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. ♪ vicks ny

>> for ed walsh, the decision was a long sought victory and validation. >> are you ready?s going to happen. because they've been through the process. the final appeal to rehear the case, they got denied. so they know that we're getting ready to close them. >> when the inspectors descend upon sunflower, they find the proprietor reluctant to answer the doorbell. unable to gain entry by way of the front door, inspector walsh goes around back. >> and as i approached the backdoor, the gentleman who was walking up the stairs here. >> how you doing, snan. >> good, how are you? >> are you coming out this way? can you open it, please? >> he had his shoes in his hands. he's barefooted, walking out of the premises. >> san francisco police, can you open the door, please? >> with walsh now inside, sunflower has no choice but to open up for inspection. >> is there anybody else here today besides you? no girls? no? >> i sold everything. i'm done. >> after a quick search of the premises -- >> you have immigrant girls, there's always going to be little trap door, hiding places. >> includin

it's walsh and 57 yards. now bucs. chicago gets in a position to win it. try a 47 yarder on second and seven. wide right. minnesota has new life, blart walsh project part two. from 34 yards. better than the original. second meeting in three weeks between the chiefs and broncos. alex smith, 12 yards. look at the grab. one hand. kansas city up 21-7. peyton manning, a touchdown passing binge. five in the game. four to eric decker. 35-28, denver. they take over first place in the afc west at 10-2. the latest bcs standings unveiled just minutes ago. chris davis busting things up with the finish of the year yesterday. the missed field goal returns giving the tigers an amaezing 34-28 upset over number one alabama. the clemson tide fall to fourth, and aurn jumps to three. unbeaten florida state, and ohio state go 1-2, and they're in line for the bcs championship game. >> kings have lost three state. golden state five out of six. both teams stuck in reverse. i can't make this stuff up. lights out at sleep train arena. >> green hits the three. warriors up three. up

>>> we're back with howard fineman, david corn, jonathan capehart, and joan walsh.ext we're going to ache a look at the reality deniers of the right wing. these are the folks who for whatever reason still don't or won't get it. kicking off this category at number three is georgia congressman paul brown, a creationist who shuns science in favor of a literal interpretation of the bible. what's more perplexing in this case is that this guy sits on the house committee on science, space, and technology. have a listen to what he told a group of his supporters last year. >> all that stuff i was talking act, evolution and embreology, big bang theory, all that is e lies straight from the pit of hell. it's lies to keep people from believing they need a savior. major directions to how i vote in washington, d.c. >> joan, i think he's speaking in the natural history museum of all places, denying the connection of us all there. i don't know why we test our medicines on animals. there seems to be a lot of connection at least physically with us in the rest of this world, but this g

it's walsh and 57 yards. now bucs. chicago gets in a position to win it.7 yarder on second and seven. wide right. minnesota has new life, blart walsh project part two. from 34 yards. better than the original. second meeting in three weeks between the chiefs and broncos. alex smith, 12 yards. look at the grab. one hand. kansas city up 21-7. peyton manning, a touchdown passing binge. five in the game. four to eric decker. 35-28, denver. they take over first place in the afc west at 10-2. the latest bcs standings unveiled just minutes ago. chris davis busting things up with the finish of the year yesterday. the missed field goal returns giving the tigers an amaezing 34-28 upset over number one alabama. the clemson tide fall to fourth, and aurn jumps to three. unbeaten florida state, and ohio state go 1-2, and they're in line for the bcs championship game. >> kings have lost three state. golden state five out of six. both teams stuck in reverse. i can't make this stuff up. lights out at sleep train arena. >> green hits the three. warriors up three. up as many

howard fineman, david corn, jonathan capehart, and joan walsh. the thomas crown affair.and the worst of ted cruz. here's number three from ted cruz. in july he made an impassioned case at the western reserve summit -- western conservative submit. an how to block the health care cost at all costs because people might like it. let's listen. >> on january 1 the exchanges kick in and the subsidies kick in. once those kick in, it's going to prove almost impossible to undo obamacare. the administration's plan is very simple. get everyone addicted to the sugar so that obamacare remains a permanent feature of our society. >> david, this is the strajest acknowledgment. he's saying people might really like it. screw it up before it gets to them. >> he's saying they might like being insured. they might like going to the doctor when they're sick. there's a bigger picture here. one reason they were desperate to stop obamacare is when we fight about obamacare, what we're fighting about is whether the u.s. government has a role in u.s. policy and making things better for average americ

wendy walsh is here to tell us how to avoid the holiday blues. and if you think of classics like it's a wonderful life and miracle of 34th street, we'll talk about some of the classics you may not have heard of. >>> we begin with a look back at some of the natural disasters that after -- afflicted so many americans. >> reporter: first the sirens. then the frantic race to take cover. some in basements. others in bathtubs. the final warning is unmistakab unmistakable. an erie stillness blankets the land. two f-5 level tornados ripped through oklahoma. winds crashed through neighborhoods at nearly 300 miles an hour. >> this was one of the biggest and strongest tornados ever. his wind field and intensity were among the strongest that have been ever observed. >> reporter: this scientist approached the tornado with his research team. after scanning in he knew the risk was to high to move forward. but nearby a group of tornado tornado. >> once inside it is very difficult to maneuver. the winds are maybe blowing 70, 100 miles an hour. >> reporter: tim, h

blair walsh with a game-winning 39-yard field goal to beat the bears. if not for a 15-yard face mask penalty on ellison right there. two plays later, it's walt from 57 yards. snap hook. no good. chicago gets into position to win it. the coach has him try a 47-yarder on second and seven. pushes it wide right. minnesota has new life. the blair walsh project part two from 34 yards. sequel is better than the original. 23-20 vikings. second meeting in three weeks between the chiefs and broncos. alex smith, 12 yards for anthony pos ano. left-handed snag. kansas city led 21-7, and peyton manning went on a touchdown binge. five in the air. four to eric decker. 35-28 denver. they take over first place in the afc west. a rare 3:00 sunday tip time in sacramento. golden state 5 out of 6. both teams kind of stuck in reverse. from the i can't make this stuff up department, lights out at sleep train arena just before tipoff. when everyone woke up, one-handed flush. the team's best players demarcus cousins -- that's too easy. second in the first half. green, good if it

i'm joined by dr jim walsh, from watertown, an international security expert at mit's security studies program and fred burtan, vice president of intelligence at stratford, a global intelligence company, and author of, "untold fire." the untold attack on benghazi, and served as a counteragent and involved in security issues for the 1996 atlanta olympics. we'll get to benghazi in a moment. first, jim, do you have doubt that the bombing attacks are connected with the winter olympics ? no one has taken responsibility yet. in july a chechen rebel leader doku umarov who claimed responsibilities for other suicide attacks issued a manifesto calling for supporters to disrupt the olympics. is this work. >> whether doku umarov or other groups involved in chechnya or the caucuses, i think they are related. it gives the folks leverage to have a high profile event coming to russia. there'll be thousands of journalists or visitors around the world, creating a target that is difficult to exist. they have laid back and two attacks in three days, three in the past couple of months, it signals that they

the three of you, wendy walsh, kenneth trump, robert runcie, we appreciate it. >> with the click of the the ages. coming up, we'll meet the photographer behind the lens and find out how this moment changed his life. ♪ [ female announcer ] to bake. or not to bake. that is a silly question. bake the world a better place with nestle toll house. as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. wherever you are today, fidelity's guidance can help you fine-tune your personal economy. start today with a free one-on-one review of your retirement plan. . >>> nelson mandela's compassion, hum humanity, humility touches millions all over the world. peter turnley was there the day mandela was released from prison more than 20 years ago. he described the moments that followed in his own words. >> nelson mandela's example, his courage, his determination, his dignity, his forward thinking of conciliation, of forgiveness and of love for all

walsh missed the second attempt. vikings have new life, adrian peterson. he went over 10,000 rushing yards in his career today. he had 211 in the game. that gave walsh a second chance from 34 yards out. that is right down the pipes. vikings, they go on to win this one 23-20 in overtime. good football around the nfl. big game tonight. redskins and giants right here on nbc 4. i wouldn't give a prediction, but i don't want to be blamed for jinxing the redskins. >> i have a feeling tonight. weather tonight? >> the weather tonight, you saw diana down there bundled up. maybe you're running a little bit behind headings down there, i think you're fine with a couple of layers. 40 and light winds for the game. >> watch it right here on nbc 4. stay nice and warm. >>> "nightly news" up next. we'll be here so, this board gives me rates for progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? i'm me. but those rates are for... them. so them are here. yes

walsh also notes that americans are tipping better. the average tip is 19%... above the standard 15. the days of waiting for the check will soon end at applebees...the casual dining spot plans to install tablets using intel technology at all of its tables by the end of 2014.diners will be able to view the menu and pay the bill using the electronic gadgets.servers will still take orders.chillis is already in the process of adding tablets and ihop is expected to follow. the new playstation 4 is a hit! sony sold 2.1 million units of the new game console worldwide just 2 weeks after launch. one million sold in the first 24 hours in the u.s. sony rival microsoft broke the one million mark with the release of its new xbox.analysts predict playstation may outsell xbox because it costs less. google is going out of this world with its technology. today, nasa is holding a google plus hangout event with scientists talking about images from saturn and what the future holds for exploration of the ringed planet.the photos and conversation will streamlive for viewers at nasa.

. >> jim walsh joins us from boston. is it clear that al qaeda did not have a role in the attack. >> i think it didment this is spectacular reporting. i wish congress did a good job. >> al qaeda was frustrated that it couldn't get a toe hold in libya. what we are talking about. this is something we suffered from, where we think all terrorism is al qaeda. this was a local group. the person implicated had a following of 24 fighters. two dozen fighters small, local and violence. rather than the organization we have in our heads. we should not think about al qaeda, but violent extremism is the category - whether big or small. >>s there's a concern that we are playing semantics. whether it's mill tant or a cell, whether there should be a differencism. >> it makes a big difference. if you focus on al-qaeda central or in yemen or elsewhere it leads to targetting decisions, intelligence decisions. you'll look for certain sorts of things and ignore other things. libia is not so much about it being al qaeda or a muslim country. th

senator walsh made clear that the senate would exercise its constitutional authority to reform its practices by a majority vote. leaderink the majority deserves more respect. >> the senate is not in order and the senate will be in order. the senator from alabama is correct. the senator from kentucky is recognized. >> senator walsh made clear the senate would exercise its constitutional authority to reform its practices by a simple majority vote. a past senate could not take away the right of the future senate by tying the hands of the new senate. he said a majority may adopt the rules in the first place. it is preposterous to assume they can deny the right to change them. made goody -- said sense. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] edward snowden, congressional hearings, and we talk to new york times reporter mark the seti. -- versetti. coming up on the next washington journal, an examination of what is working and what is not with the affordable care act. guest is editor for politico. keythe discussion on supreme

. >> let's bring in jame walsh, an associate at mit. he's been to north korea and met with government officials. what do you make of this alleged confession. is it good news were mr newman. >> i think it is good new, as bizarre as it is. this was a surprising turn of event. it doesn't make sense for anyone here but the good news is when you have a public confession that that sets it up for him to be released. he is 85 years old. he has a history of heart and health problems. that is a good thing. obviously the confession he wrote he did not write. you know. in it is the south korean line hostile policy. he doesn't know about hostile policy that's a north korean government phrase, and it signals that they wrote it. when they say if i come home soon to the united states - that's probably a strong indication that he'll be released. >> is that critical that one line grabbing on to it "if i come home to the united states." it's the line and stepping back. it's also the fact that there's a public confession. we have not heard anything from ke

we've had heroes bill walsh, joe montana in an and ka-aper nick and there is many more. we'll hold on to those memories. the 1989 world series, who could forget. i was there as people ran out on the field. that was the playoff games. willie mays, jack clark, the beatles concert at -- stick park. it's really been an extraordinary journey for that location and as i say it's bitter sweet. a lot of people put in a lot of hard work over the period of time. on behalf of mayor lee who was unable to attend, i'm going to present a certificate of honor to you from the mayor and i'm going to ask our general manager to say a few words and alvarez and ask vice-president of operations with the 49ers to say a few words and we'll recognize you with a momento of this occasion. on behalf of mayor lee, i want to thank each one of you. >> thank you, commissioner. bitter sweet is certainly the word as i look out at rec's and park teams. there have been teams that step foot on the field at candle stick the last several decades. you mentioned some of the highlights. it is hollowed ground. toda

jim walsh is an international security expert, one of the few outsiders who travelled to north korea to meet with officials. welcome. >> what is the significance of this. kim jong un's uncle was executed. uy in the id appears to have country. he was not the only number two guy, he was a family relation. north korea is built on family ties. that's the organising principle of the country. not only is this guy executed, he is publicly executed, and the korean government comes out and says there are plots against us, they were going to use economic difficulties to get the military to overthrow the young kim. that is an administration that there are factions and divisions never made before. it's an admission that things are not great in the people's paradise, that there are economic problems that someone might take advantage left in s transition with the young guy, the 30 something has gone well. all political transitions are difficult. you have the potential of a rivalry between a young guy and the uncle. north korea is trying to shift one sector of the military to the party. if you take

walsh. and or expelled seven year old was arrested in the cafeteria for nibbling his pulp thoughts into the shape of a hill kids know even a wristed full ping and jewish school children don't need to do anything room knows him best. relique to be full on mind altering so i control freak drugs we were told that if we follow up with their evaluation of a.d.h. d. and take him to the pediatrician and get him on ritalin then child protective services could charge us for educational and emotional neglect from the flourish great big pharma teams up with all sorts of screaming school kids as mental patients reps hold quote national depression screening days to push their products in high school assemblies which all students must attend and. gifts pope a pill and everything will be alright snow's the washington times was the message a.d.h. d. is a means of making pain patients out of normal individuals and once they are given a prescription and put on medications that are virtually never discontinued

for more, let's check in with jim walsh, research associate with mit's security studies program. from watertown, massachusetts. thank you for joining us. first, what is your reaction to the designation that the muslim brotherhood is now a terrorist organization. i wish i could say ways surprised. i'm not surprised. it is yet another step in the military government's movement towards finalizing this coup. now the story is not done. we have see see what the constitution is going to be like. whether there will be free and fair elections. but from the eve of the coup on there have been a series of steps that looked like the battle days when in fact the egyptian military governments have banned the muslim brotherhood. and i'm not fan of the muslim brotherhood. but if you ban a group that has 30, 45% of support among egyptian population, that sends a message. and to those folks in the brotherhood it says look, we tried this political stuff. it doesn't work. i guess we will have to try violence. road. i know a lot of egyptian support it, but this is deeply troubling. >> yeah, a group th

this is the open division championship, and patrick walsh uses this method of inspiring.er jumping off the cliff. he asked the players to play like that surfer. the third quarter, a pass, and he spins and he's playing like the surfer. serra rolled from there. the coach gets the gatorade bucket. they go to the northern california regional championship game. all right. cano got $60 million less than he wanted. we'll have to settle for $240 million, the mariners forking over that money macking it the third largest con-- making it the third largest contract. alex rodriguez holds the top two spots. but all the money is guaranteed. the sharks haven't lost back-to-back games in regulation all year until tonight. the sharks took on the hurricanes. braun ties it up. it's 3-all. four minutes and 25 seconds later, a tip-in, and there it is. 5-3, hurricanes. the sharks loose back-to-back games. usa soccer, a death, and that's not a good thing. first it will be ghana. tiger woods is on fire at the world golf challenge in thousand oaks. the first hole, the put for birdie, making 10 bir

ed rendell and joan walsh. i don't get it.overnor, why would they knock off a guy named john cornyn who is the second most right wing senator today and replace him with a nut job. why would you say the president's a foreigner, an undocumented alien? why would you keep pushing for impeachment? and why would you say if fetuses had guns they wouldn't be aborted? what does that stuff mean? what kind of thinking is that? >> it means that that person is deranged. congressman stockman is either the best actor in the world and playing to this base that he thinks is going to get him somewhere, or he's deranged. i lean towards the second. he's just off his rocker. but what's amazing here, chris, is someone like the club for growth and you and i might not agree with them but they're successful people, would not back john cornyn. up until now they've stayed out of the race. if stockman wins the primary and we get the current mayor of san antonio or henry to come back and run for senate, we would beat stockman by five to ten points in the

we carried bill walsh off the field.dlestick. >>> stanford is on their way to the 100th rose bowl. they defeat arizona state. arizona state is 7-0 this season, but stanford took control. tyler gafney and what a year he has had. the longest rushing td of the year. 7-0 cardinals. gafney ran for 133 yards. fourth and goal. and they win their second consecutive pac-12 championship title. they are headed to pasadena. it is the 100th rose bowl game on january 1st. >> we had two bumps in the road and a lot of people wrote us off after that. our seniors in particular, you heard our seniors never batted an eyelash and never stopped believing. they said let's keep our head down and win as many games as we can. at the end of the year, going to the rose bowl. >> ohio state and michigan and buckeyes are on the way to the national championship. i would say he is open. 72-yard touchdown. it is 10-0. they are now up 17-0 and buckeyes will claw their way back. quarterback braxton miller and second rushing touchdown of the day. buckeyes t

>> certainly the cost of live something taking off here, and i think mayors marty walsh campaigned on this , i think there will be limits on what mayors can do around poverty. they'll look at early education and job training, we'll see if it works. >> roberta, in new orleans they have done a lot of things right and there has been a lot of investment. what does it have to watch out for? >> i think the interesting story in new orleans is still unfolding, but it's really happening out there in the neighborhoods and among the people of new orleans who have made a commitment to rebuild, return, and do things despite a lot of government impediments. i think both in new orleans and in every city we have to look beyond the so-called mega development projects that are expensive, and put all the money in the top, and do nothing about trickling down to the economy. i think mark's point about investing in small businesses and in more localized job creators, that's where the job creation really is, and that's where we need the investment. not in big development projects that really only go to the

joining me now are joan walsh and ryan grim. thanks to both of you for being with me tonight. >> thank you. >> pleasure, reverend. >> joan, you wrote an article today called the gop's sad scrooge agenda. will republicans pay for letting long-term unemployment benefits lapse? only if democrats play tough. what to democrats need to do on this issue? >> i was saddened to see this not become a bigger fight during the budget battle, but they didn't think they had the votes. so we've sadly moved onto january. there are people sitting down to christmas dinner trying to shop for their kids and they're going to lose their benefits three day after christmas. it'sed a it's gotten to this point. as you referenced, there's increasing polling data that show people support an extension of unemployment. and the democrats are on the offensive on this. harry reid has said he's going to bring it up. it's going to be the top of his agenda in january. i think there's a real shot to make that happen. i think for a long time the democratic party has b

nick payton walsh is in kiev as demonstrators gather for a has rally today, nick? >> reporter: this country sflit in two, east russians speak near the russia border there and in the west, speaking ukrainians wanted to turn their eye toward the european union. didn't sign that deal with the european union that would push them in a westerly direction. more people came out on the street. that brought even more people out on the streets too, despite the freezing cold temperatures behind me. but in the last few hours, you have heard a key development here. the president giving off signals suggesting that a deal could still be signed, we just heard from the eu, they don't take the ukraine seriously at all. just a after that, u.s. senator john mccain, stood behind me and addressed this large crowd, perhaps 200,000 people turning up and said america's with you and ukraine, the future lies in your own hands. key u.s. figures stepping into the fray here. >> so what comes next? more demonstrations in the streets? i mean what can happen from here? >> there's two things to watc

joining me now are congress woman jan schakowsky, democrat of illinois, and salon.com's joan walsh. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, reverend al. >> congresswoman, your republican colleagues have tried everything to discredit the health care law. will they start getting pushback from constituents who are benefitting from it? >> oh, i think there's no question. the good news stories are starting to roll out. as you said, people who have been denied health care perhaps most of their life are finally getting enrolled. by the way, i enrolled today. it was simple. i have my plan now as a person on the health care exchange. and i had no trouble getting on the website. and so now that the website is getting fixed, the republicans are looking for something else as part of their more than three and a half year campaign against obama care. but the sailing is going to get much rougher for them now that people are actually seeing the benefits. >> now, joan, every now and then, we hear, you know, a republican say they should root for the health care law to fail. some level of, you kn

cnn's nick paton walsh is in that crowd of protesters right now. >> reporter: these protests have puthaps because they got bad news, it's european union making clear they were stopping talks with ukraine about improving relations with the eu. making signals in the part couple of days, they're not being seas, making the commits th commitments they need. continuing to play out in the square, a desire for a life facing the european direction. and from u.s. senator john mccain saying their future lies with europe and the u.s. supports them, but nine years ago many thought this country made its decision to head in a westerly direction. pru brushes away most of its postsoviet leadership. moscow doesn't want to let this country go. threats of sanctions from russia if they sign that european deal. russia is offering its own kind of opposite deal to the europeans, and many feel this country in the east could suffer significantly if russia were to try economically to punish it. ukraine ukraine's-of-split between the ukrainians in the weft ast and east, so much closer than its soviet russia. pla

we're back with the panel, jonathan capehart, howard fineman and joan walsh.m passioned okay at the western e reconservative submit in denver, to block the president's health care law at all costs because of all things people might like it. let's listen. >> on january 1, the exchanges kick in and the subsidies kick in. once those kick in, it's going to prove almost impossible to undo obama care the administration's plan is very simple, get everyone addicted to the sugar so that obama care remains i permanent future of our society. >> david, this is the strangest acknowledgement saying it might work and people might like it. >> they might like insured when they or their kids are sick. we have to stop this. there's a bigger picture here too. one reason they were so desperate to stop obamacare, when we fight about it, we're fighting about whether the u.s. government has a role in social policy in making things better for the average americans. talking about disrupters and so on, say no. government is the solution, we needless and less and less of it. if obamacare

for those on the west coast, who know what the west coast offense is with joe montana and walsh, i would say we have an ecclesiastical west coast offense. in the last years, we have had the archbishop in seattle and others that are incredibly good men. and we will see a real renaissance. it is already beginning. and to me, that is a legacy of benedict which will last for 20 or 30 more years. >> tell us -- i am so thrilled to have you here and talk about this. what made pope benedict -- he will continue to be appealing -- what makes him appealing? what makes them able to go through all of those groups of people with different opinions and to be accepted and to be cared about? >> it is a gift of god. we all have our gifts, tom. you and i have a gift on a lower level, right? but he just has this amazing human gift. and because he is such a deeply christian man, and loves our lord, and has given his life to our lord, it shows his humanity. >> don't you think -- we have to take a break, but i really think it was generous of him to let us know him through his brother. >> yes. wasn't that wonde

jim walsh is from mit and specialises in international security and says the security approach wasn't enough on local threats. >> we assumed that the bigger groups would control the smaller groups or give us advance intelligence. they had more allegiance or locally than they did for us, so we did not get a warning, they did not control them. >> secretary of state john kerry will start the new year in the middle east, pushing for a 2-state solution. israel plans to release more than two dozen prisoners next week. angry israelis gathered outside benyamin netanyahu's home in protest. plans for a new settlement in west bank could derail talks. >> planned withdrawal of u.s. troops in afghanistan could erode plans. a resurgence of influence by the taliban and other power brokers within three years of the 2014 american withdrawal deadline. each if the u.s. leaves ganned a contingent of a few thousands troops, still really unlikely to make a difference. some officials contradict the findings saying it doesn't adequately account for how strong afghanistan's security forces come under training.

senator walsh made clear that the senate would exercise its constitutional authority to reform its practices by a majority vote. >> i think the majority leader deserves more respect. >> the senate is not in order and the senate will be in order. the senator from alabama is correct. the senator from kentucky is recognized. >> senator walsh made clear the senate would exercise its constitutional authority to reform its practices by a simple majority vote. a past senate could not take away the right of the future senate by tying the hands of the new senate. he said a majority may adopt the rules in the first place. it is preposterous to assume they can deny the right to change them. what he may -- said made good sense. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> all this week in primetime, we are bringing you encore presentations of c-span's q&a. medea benjamin talks about her call to activism and her organization's, including antiwar efforts. watch the entire conversation tonight at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. after that,

nick payton walsh is in kiev as demonstrators gather for a mass rally today. nick? >> reporter: in many ways this country is split in two, candy. then in the west speaking ukrainian wanting to turn their eyes towards the european union. many thought that choice was made nine years ago with the orange revolution pushing the country in the western direction. they're back on the streets because the president didn't sign that deal with the european union that would push them in a westerly direction. more people came out on the streets, the police met with brutality. that brought more people on the streets, too, despite the freezing cold temperatures behind me. in the last few hours, we've heard a key development here. the president giving off signals suggesting that a new deal could still be signed. we've heard from the e.u., they're not taking ukraine seriously at all. they're halting the talks on that. senator john mccain addressed this large crowd behind me, perhaps 200,000 people turning up and he said america is with you, and ukraine your future lies in your own ha