. >> peter bergen: they don't know necessarily you're american when they take you. it's sort of a target of opportunity. so, some countries are known to pay ransom-- the french, the germans, the spanish. >> stahl: even though they don't admit it. >> bergen: they don't admit it, but they do. their citizens have much better outcomes than americans. americans are huge outliers here. you're twice as likely to have a negative outcome compared to every other western hostage. >> stahl: you say "negative outcome," you mean murdered. >> bergen: murdered, die in captivity or just remain in captivity. >> stahl: 14 of the european hostages held with steven made it home. those from countries that don't pay ransom didn't; four americans and two brits died. i keep playing in my own head this horrible situation where the american hostages watched the other ones be set free, and i wonder if it wouldn't have been better if... if our government did what the european governments did, which was pay ransom but then deny it, in order to save their citizens. why couldn't we have done that?

up next we continue our look at san diego's literary scene as we speak with local author benjamin bergen on why people use profanity and what it says about us and our language. >> the words themselves

up next we continue our look at san diego's literary scene as we speak with local author benjamin bergen on why people use profanity and what it says about us and our language. >> the words themselves are just said, it's the cultural belief surrounding the use of those words that gives them such power and good or bad, useful or not. the reason it has the effect it has on our bodies and our psyches is because these words are ones that we've been framed since childhood are special. our parents told us these are words you can't say in public, the sensors themselves are saying around us. we even got punished for them so we've learned these are really powerful, emotional words and this context in which we use them are emotional and we learned that through the substance of our language over a lifetime so the emotional reaction is systematic, sort of this bodily function so we get a quickening of the heart rate, we get sweaty palms, we get a release of adrenaline, all this happens and it's part of a fight or flight response. this these things get activated in the brain and body and that produce

jackie france's and tom bergen are with me. thanks so much for being with us.t shows what we have got of the front pages. the financial times saying president trump remains defiant over that controversial travel ban as protests and legal challenges mount. the times says the white house has backed down over dual nationality britons and the telegraph says borrowing johnson, the foreign secretary, has received streams is that the vast majority of british citizens will be exempt from the ban. the picture is of sir mo farah, who has been told he can return the united states. the olympic champion coded in the daily star saying he fears for his family who all live in america. stop trump state visit is the metro red line. more than 700,000 people signing the online petition calling on the government to stop the trip later this year. according to the express, a drug to traverse all summers could be just years away. only one place to start and that is with the donald trump travel ban. let's look at the financial times. trump defined as protests mount over extreme setting

bergen call it is a red herring. we've accepted 15,000 syrian refugees, all subjected to rigorous screening and none involved in terror on our shore. our bigger problems are americans inspired by jihad who have kid and are reasonably well educated. think of omar mateen, born in new hyde park, new york. or the major who killed those at fort hood. his birth place? arlington, virginia. joining me now, david miliband, who is overseeing humanitarian relief in war torn countries and refugee settlements in 26 u.s. cities and foreign british foreign secretary. among immigrant groups, where do refugees stand on the vetting scale? >> thanks, michael. refugees are among the group that have the hardest job of getting to the united states. the average is 12 to 18 months of vetting by 12 to 15 different government agencies, including the cia. there is proper biometric testing so that people have to show that they are who they say they are, and all of the power resides with the united states. this country can choose which refugees

my colleague, peter bergen joins me. you went through 330 cases of terror prosecuted in the united states since september 11. who are the 330? >> well, overwhelmingly americans. in fact, sample size since we last spoke has grown to something like 375 cases since 9/11. four out of five cases are american citizens, legal residents. very few are refugees. about a dozen. none of those cases involve acts of lethal terrorism or attempted lethal terrorism. this banning of refugees is kind of a red herring. by the way, we have accepted 10,000, 15,000 syrian refugees as you know, michael. none of them alleged to have been in any form of terrorist activity. they have to go through rigorous screening already. it is one of those sounds good but as a practical matter is not making a difference to the terrorism issue which is overwhelmingly a domestic terrorism united states problem. 9/11 was carried out by 19 foreign born arab terrorists. we conceive of it as a problem that comes from outside when in fact it is a problem that is inte

bergen county assistant prosecutor dave higgins says the state does not believe it can prove officialconduct beyond a reasonable doubt. william brennan claimed governor christie violated the state's misconduct law when he failed to reopen the lanes on the george warrant bridge. christie's office meantime releasing a statement in part "the prosecutor's office was crystal clear there is no basis for this charge against the governor." >>> they are statistics that are hard to fathom but more americans die from drug overdoses every year than in car accidents. and opioids are a key factor in that statistic. now families here in pennsylvania and all across the country are trying to combat this terrible epidemic. fox's rick leventhal with the story. >> you're not going to be so bad. uh-uh. not if i can help it. >> reporter: it's been eight years since carol lost her son eric to a heroin overdose. she mourns but still says he's better off. >> 'cause that way it was torture watching him, torture. >> reporter: eric's story of addiction and death has become almost routine. drug overdose is now th

bergen county prosecutors say the state does not believe it can prove the governor is guilty of official misconduct. the case stems from a complaint from a former firefighter. the firefighter insisted chris chris christie violated the law when he failed to open lanes to the george washington bridge. the closures were alleged retribution for a local mayor who did not support the governor's re-election bid. two of the governor's colleagues were convicted in the case. two were convicted last month, a third pleaded guilty. >>> pennsylvania congressman bob bready hopes he can save one of philadelphia's most famous races. yesterday officials announced that the iconic philadelphia international cycling classic will be cancelled this year because they couldn't find enough sponsors to pay the million dollar price tag for the race. but representative brady said he'll try to call in some favors before throwing in the towel. >> we'll go to some of our key pocket friends, some corporations that need to step up to the plate that benefit from the city of philadelphia and with the mayor's blessing, and

prosecutors in bergen county said today the state does not believe it can prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. the complaint alleged that christie violated the state's official misconduct statute by failing to reopen the lanes of the bridge in 2013. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf has been given a clean bill of health. the government issued a statement today following his recent treatment for prostate cancer. wolf is encouraging all pennsylvanians to get regular checkups. the governor's cancer was treatable because it was detected early during a routine screening. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight they are revved up and ready to show off the latest technology. we'll take you inside the philadelphia auto show for a sneak peek before it opens to the public tomorrow. >>> joel embiid reacts to being left off the all-star roster. he says he knows what kept him out of the game. cecily. >> well, it's definitely feeling like winter again. you step outside the wind chill is 30 degrees its going to feel quite a bit cooler for much of your weekend. i'll have details and track the chance of

candice bergen is here.talk to her just ahead in our next half hour. >>> first, al has a check of the weather. mr. roker? >> she will be missed. as we look right now, lake-effect snow is the big story today. as the low pressure moves away. it's going to draw in that cold air across the warmer waters of the lake. as it does, those snow bands will start to fire up. and this is going to go right on into the weekend. and so, what we're expecting is some very heavy snow. as far south as west virginia. we're talking about anywhere from six to eight inches in the snow and the mountains there. but the tug hill plateau, between oswego, watertown, and utica, we're talking about lake-effect snow warnings into sunday. some places may be picking up three feet of snow or more. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. at the perfect price... ...come to kay today... ...where you'll save 20% off all engagement and wedding rings. the time is now. the place is kay. the number-one jewelry stor

candice bergen is here.ng to talk to her just ahead in our next half hour. >>> first, al has a check of the weather. mr. roker? >> she will be >>> well, as we look right now, lakef moves away it's going to draw in that cold air across the warmer waters of the lake. as it does, those snow bands will start to fire up. this is going to go right on into the weekend. so what we're expecting is some very heavy snow as far south as west virginia. we're talking about anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of snow in the mountains there. the plateau, watertown, utica, copper lake, lake-effect snow warnings into sunday. some places may be picking up 3 feet of snow or more. we're going to get to your local forecasting to up in the next 30 seconds. >>> good morning. we have a if you showers, mostly east of the district. they are near mt. vernon, upper marlboro, light showers to the south. you might see them, be careful. 52 in the district. a milder start, quantico 57 degrees, clinton 54. as we go through the day today, 56 for a hi

joining us is mark bergen who is covering the story. a concertedo see approach coming from the tech giant? touched a nerve and it is likely they will work together. there is some risk for one company to stick his neck out. the trump administration has been seen as the tell you tory against companies and they are trying to work with him on other issues like taxes and trade and antitrust. caroline: you were reporting on how much it touched a nerve for your company. they were demonstrating all of yesterday as well. flex over 2000 employees came out. they came out around the country sergey brin who is one of the cofounders shared his story as he came here from russia. i talked to a lot of people at google who were inspired about what survey is done. done.gey has -- this is notis the only potential executive order they are pushing up against. we are expecting a move on these is that are crucial. what are the other policies that could see tech giants work together on? mark: there is a proposal about mark: there is a proposal about visas affec

it was co-authored by peter bergen, a counterterrorism expert for the nonpartisan new america foundation they don't know necessarily you're american when they take you. some countries are known to pay ransom, the french, germans, the spanish. but they don'ted admit they do. americans are huge outliers here. you're twice as likely to have a negative outcome. >> reporter: you mean murdered? >> murdered, die in captivity or remain in captivitcaptivity. >> reporter: four americans and two brits died. i keep playing in my own head this horrible situation, where the american hostages watched the other ones be set free. and i wonder if it wouldn't have been better if our government did what the european governments did, which is pay ransom but then deny it in order to save their citizens. why wouldn't we have done that? >> we would still be fueling their terror activity. whether it's hostage taking or whether it's terrorist plots, to kill americans here in the homeland or elsewhere is not activity that the united states government should be in the business of funding. >> reporter: what do you s

caroline: mark bergen there. on thursdayune in as we break down alphabet earnings.rage and analysis as microsoft, paypal, intel report quarterly research. before we go, let's have a look at the markets. live on twitter and check us out on @bloombergtechtv . above 20,000, up .8%. one ofechnology that is the best-performing sectors. s&p 500 up .8%. all technology companies that have reported so far have beaten when it comes to earnings. that is it. this is "bloomberg technology". do tune in for tomorrow's report, more earnings, and more record highs. ♪ ♪ announcer: from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose". charlie: hugh hewitt is here. president donald trump 13 times during the 2016 campaign and participated as a panelist in four primary debates. book outlines how this president and a unified gop could work together to transform the country. , thells it the fourth way conservative playbook for a lasting gop majority. i am pleased to have you athe

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caroline: mark bergen there. be sure to tune in on thursday as we break down alphabet earnings.rage and analysis as microsoft, paypal, intel report quarterly results. be sure to tune in on thursday that does it for this edition of "bloomberg technology." before we go, let's have a look at the markets. tune in live on twitter and check us out on @bloombergtechtv. 5:00 p.m. new york, 2:00 p.m. san francisco. industrial average above 20,000. up .8%. it is technology that is one of the best-performing sectors. s&p 500 up .8%. amongst that of all technology companies that have reported so far have beaten when it comes to earnings. that is it. this is "bloomberg technology". do tune in for tomorrow's report, more earnings, and more record highs. ♪ president trump fulfills two of his campaign promises as he signs orders to build a wall on the mexican border to stem illegal immigration. made in the usa, the u.k. prime minister addressed the .epublican party she's there to put u.k. interest first. china curves continue. banksoc is set to order to

. >> peter bergen has written a tremendous book and documented how -- this is a serious issue. but threat we most face today are individuals who are here, many americans who have become radicalized. they're the ones i'm worried about. >> my question. lot of it is home-grown terrorism, not people coming from other countries. >> social media and what have you, you're right and go over the people overstaying visas and work with those and figure out how to get them out. but what would we be saying if hillary clinton won, hey say open borders, live here and be happy the rest of your life. no. i wouldn't have been. maybe you would have. >> we would be on television debating it. >> you have a president trying to protect america. i didn't support him for a very long time but we elected him and he is doing exactly what he said he would do. give him time to see how it's going to work out. if the world is better, we're going to applaud. >> it's safe to say we would be debating open door policy. >> we don't have one. >> but if that was the premise. producers are telling me to go. i was str

we just got attacked by a a bergen. >> i knew it. >> it took cooper, and fuzzbert, and biggie, and guyveryone. >> what? no. >> branch, you can't say no, they're your friends. >> ah-ah-ah, they are your friends. >> you want to hide here forever? >> forever, no. yeah, i really only have enough supplies down here to last me ten years, 11 if i'm willing to to store and drink my own sweat, which i am. you all said i was crazy, huh? well, who is crazy now? me. crazy prepared. >> jimmy: crazy prepared. [ cheers and applause ] whoa, baby. >> i've got to say, i've got to say, i've got to say, i never thought i was like -- i never thought i would like shamelessly brag on something that i've ever been involved with. if you see this thing in 3d, it will blow your mind. >> jimmy: it's fantastic. >> i was like -- when we saw it, we did the screening in l.a. just last week with, you know, all these families and people are laughing and applauding after the songs. and i was just like, we did it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's amazing. it makes you feel good. >> we did it. >> jimmy: it's beautiful. you don

not just our family from bergen county near the manahawkin bridge, but families and working-class families from all over who packed up the kids in the station wagon for the interminable trip to long beach island. >> just getting out of the driveway was a big deal. >> there was always drama. >> strapping -- to the roof of the car. >> once we were over the bridge, the excitement would ratchet up. ship bottom, then surf city, harvey cedars. love ladies, ticking off the town names until finally, finally, barnegat light. >> new. these are all new. that's original. >> yeah, definitely. >> i think i know who lived there at one point. >> that's definitely old-school. >> let's face it. it's been how many years? 40 -- >> 400, i think. >> jesus, we're old. the lighthouse. >> definitely remember going to that lighthouse a lot. >> oh, the good old days. i want some fried clam strips. >> absolutely. >> our options are limited, shall we say, but holy crap. this place is filling up. >> i think it's because it's the only place. >> who lives out here year round? >> we're about to see every single one of the

bergen county prosecutors say the state did not believe it could prove the governor is guilty of official misconduct. the case stems from a complaints filed by a former firefighter. the firefighter insisted that chris christie violated the misconduct law when he fused to re-open closed lanes on the george washington bridge. the closures on the gw were allege retribution for a mayor that didn't support the governor's re-election bid. bridget anne kelly and barahoni wi -- bill baroni will be sentenced next week. >>> pennsylvania congressman bill brady hopes key save one of philadelphia's most famous races. officials announced yesterday that the iconic philadelphia international cycling classic had to be cancelled this year because they couldn't find enough sponsors to pay the million dollar price tag to put on the race but congressman brady says he'll try to call in some favors before throwing in the towel. >>> we're going to go to some of our deep pocket friends, some of our corporations need to step up to the plate that benefit from city of philadelphia. and with the mayor's blessing and

now, cnn's national security analyst peter bergen explains there's a misconception now that our view of security is tainted by the 9/11 attacks but citizens of the u.s. and legal u.s. residents have carried out all deadly radical islamist terror attacks in the u.s. since that date. so what does that executive order do for this threat? >> just because that's the case doesn't mean it can't happen. it did happen. it happened in france. i mean, the western world has won here. the objective is anyone who's a werner. it can happen. but t people who went to france and carried out the attacks infiltrated a large flux of migrants. that's not happening in the u.s. that's not in any danger of happening in the u.s. >> here's what happens. as i mentioned earlier tonight, the bush administration did not check on these things. and pre9/11. and they were castigated for not doing so because 3,000 americans plus wound up dead after 9/11. i am suggesting to you that the president of the united states whomever that might be is going to be damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. if he does it george

bergen county prosecutors say the state does not believe they can prove the governor is guilty of official misconduct. the case stems from a complaints from a former firefighter. the firefighter insisted chris christie violated the misconduct law when he failed to reopen closed lanes to the george washington bridge. the close thursday on gw were alleged retribution for a local mayor who did not support the governor's re-election bid. two of christie's former colleagues were found guilty in the case. a third pleaded guilty and testified against the two others. >>> delaware's new governor says he's all when it comes to helping and protecting wilmington's youngest neighbors. city and state leaders met yesterday to talk about what needs to change to keep kids safe. this follow as report from the cdc about youth violence. recommendations include early intervention, more communities for at risk youth in wilmington and starting a state level children's cabinet council under the leadership of the governor. this morning we're learning child sexual abuse reports are up in montgomery county and advoc

peter bergen, our national security analyst. isis claims responsibility, it says this killer was an isis soldier, but it was not a suicide mission. the guy is still out there at large right now. what's your assessment? >> it's the same formulation they used in the berlin attack in which the attacker eventually was killed by police but it wasn't a suicide operation formally at the beginning. so the fact that it's not a suicide operation i don't think invalidates isis' claim of responsibility. it is quite likely this they inspired the attack. >> at least inspired but directed as well? >> i don't know. one of the two. >> at least inspired. michael weisma. the nightclub was frequented by a lot of high-profile crowd. was this a symbolic location that this guy was going offer? >> yeah. it's in a secular neighborhood of istanbul. you have a major holiday, which all jihadists call on each other to attack during the holiday season. this is the softest of targets. he killed one police officer outside. that's not much of a security detail

. >>> bergen county prosecutor's office says it will not pursue charge is a begins governor christie in the bridge gate case that decision stems from a criminal complaint that was filed begins the governor by a former teaneck fire fighter. two of the christie's former aids were convicted in federal court back in november, and he is denied any wrongdoing. >>> city officials hit the brakes on the manayunk bike race, the pro cycling event is cancelled for this year and city says even after extensive fund raising efforts, agents could not find enough sponsors to cover one million-dollar cost to host the race. but, there is hope natalie philadelphia tradition could return next year, coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 our al sandra hoff will explain what else is taking a hit over the loss of that race >>> if you have plans this weekend a chillies in store, meteorologist lauren casey in for kate tonight she's tracking some changing temperatures and lauren, i can feel the change out there today. >> a big change, we have talked in the middle 50's, yesterday today our current tell door in

. >> peter bergen, our colleague, peter has written a tremendous book and has documented how this is a serious issue but that the threat that we most face today are individuals who are here many of them americans who have become radicalize pds. they're the ones i'm most worried about. >> that was going to be my question to him. a lot of it is homegrown terrorism. most of it is not people coming in from other countries. >> social media. we have to go after people overstaying their visas and figure out how to get them out of the united states. there's a lot of work to be done. what would we be saying if hillary clinton would have won? would we be happy if we said open borders, live here and be happy the rest of your lives. no, i wouldn't have been. maybe you would have been. >> we wouldn't be sitting here on television debating it. >> you have a president trying to protect america. now, you know i didn't support him for a very, very long time. but we elected him. and he is doing exactly what he said he would do. so give him time to see how it works out. if america's safer, then we're g

doris bergen's history is a little longer than that and has won a wide audience. from beginning to end, top to bottom no one will ever do better than sal friedlanders volumes. i wanted to bring some clarity to subject to distill the insights of scholars over the last 30 years of enormously productive work and bring the insights into service of the practical answers to the questions that people ask. i had two additional purposes. wanted to close the gap, chas can become very wide, between what the general public thing -- thinks it knows about the holocaust and what scholars think they know about the subject. and i wanted to set the record straight. was haunted by an observation by tony jutt, recent he diocese who quite rightly wrote that, quote, impossible to describe as it really was, the holocaust is inherently vulnerable to being remembered as it wasn't. unquote. and the result of that fact is a great deal of distortion about how and why it happened. and the more i studied the subject the more misconceptions i encountered and the more i thought the sort of book

"request "and the bergen county record, "new jersey left with just two obamacare health providers for 201. " my own state of wyoming is down to one insurer in the individual market both on and off the exchange much that's a national scandal. we've heard from people who've talked about counties where there are no insurers. we've heard of people talk about the costs that they have both for the premiums and the deductibles. and just talking about the premiums, in new mexico they have some counties where the average cost of a house payment is less than the monthly cost of their health care, much less, about 50% less in one instance. it's also important to look at the facts surrounding obamacare. some on th the other side of the aisle like to focus on how many people are insured under the law. but let's look at how many are not insured. almost 28 million americans remain without insurance under obamacare. even with insurance, many still can't afford the care due to surging deductibles. if you can't afford the deductible, you really don't have insurance. if you can't afford the snurntion yo