the guys i write about in "charlie mike," are the exact opposite.ed for the military. and 90% of our veterans say they want to continue to serve when they come home. "charlie mike" is a book about two heroes who are linked by an awful tragedy, who come home, start public service organizations, that have become fabulously successful. they are representatives of the citizenship that the rest of us really need. >> the beauty of those that you write about in "charlie mike" i think is the organic nature of what they do. the book opens with a guy who is on his sofa, i think, in california. and he's watching a hurricane, handy decides i've got to get involved in this. >> actually, his name is jake wood. he played tackle for the university of michigan. was a marine grunt. and he's going to kill me -- university of wisconsin -- sorry, jake -- and he's watching the haiti earthquake. cnn. and he calls up a bunch of his friends, says, let's go down there and help. and within four days, they're running the largest emergency room in the biggest hospital in port-a

explain the title "charlie mike." >> that means continue the mission in military code.this is a book about two veterans of iraq and afghanistan who continued their mission when they came home and started brilliant public service organizations that have saved lives and really are in a way an example for the rest of us. >> one of the things about the spirit of military commitment, real commitment to that service is in my experience and the people i've known in it, it's never a commitment to yourself. the it's always a commitment to others. the team, the people you're serving. in this case, possibly people in afghanistan you're serving. but this is always a commitment to others. >> well, yeah, i wouldn't have written this book if i hadn't gone over there and embedded with our troops and watched them try to govern these towns under hellish circumstances and try to provide public works in these towns under hellish circumstances. i had this idea that if they can do that over there, maybe they're going to come back here and do it as well. and it's interesting. when you say abo

charlie: thank you very much, mike. last word to you, sir. yes, what about joe biden? he could come back in, charlie. charlie: it ain't over until it is over. john: that's right, but jeb bush has to show that he has some ability somewhere that would allow him which michael murphy talked about and when the moment happens, hey, he is there. on thes yet to happen campaign trail. he has yet to show that he has a talent that he can exploit at the right moment. so that is a real challenge that mike raise, so once you lose a couple of times, it is very difficult to get up again. charlie: john dickinson, mike allen, thank you very much. ♪ charlie: john gresham is here. " said thatrk times there is a reason that he has wrote so many books, and that reason is he is very good. his newest novel is called "rogue lawyer," about sebastian rudd who is a lawyer who takes other cases that other lawyers would not touch. welcome back, john. john: thank you, charlie. charlie: this is the 28th book. 28 novels of nonfiction and five novels for young readers. john: book number 305i believe? wr

charlie: mike, i raised that point. i said, look. e argument against assad is that he is a recruiting tool for isis. mike: right. the second thing we have to convince him of is the people he is back for a long time, the alawites, will have a future in syria. if you look at iraq and the people who used to run iraq, the sunnis, and how they are seen today, it will take some convincing that the alawites will have a future. that is why we need a lebanese-style government. the president is one group, prime minister another, head of military a third. charlie: charlie: looking at this moment, is isis winning or losing? mike: the way i think about it, charlie, if you look at what isis said its goals were to have an islamic caliphate in a large chunk of the middle east, parts of jordan, israel, saudi arabia. they're great expansion from a year and a half ago, the great expansion has been stopped. they are no longer expanding. they been stopped by the shia militia. they have been stopped by the kurds. they have been stopped by american air powe

charlie: thank you very much, mike. last word to you, sir. >> you could get back in, charlie. picking up on mike's point, and with joe biden, who knows. jeb bush has to show that he has some facility somewhere that would allow the scenario mike murphy talks about to happen, which is to say ok, he takes some defeat but when the moment happens, he's there. that has yet to happen on the campaign trail, he has yet to show that he has a talent he can exploit at the right moment. that's the real challenge in addition to the one mike raised, after you lose a bunch of times it's really hard to get up again. charlie: thank you so much. ♪ charlie: john grisham is here. "the new york times" said there is a reason why he moved so many crates of books. his newest novel is called "rogue lawyer." he sells the story of a street lawyer who takes on cases that other lawyers would not touch. i'm pleased to have john grisham back at this table. john: always a pleasure. charlie: this is the 28th book. 28 novels. a collection of stories, and five novels for young readers. john: book number 35 yard -

joe klein, the author of "charlie mike" two afghanistan heroes who brought their mission home.lair and bill clinton's joint project third way politics. this stuff about iraq which is not insubstantial pulled down his legacy. is he trying to rescue it somehow? >> i think so. the remarkable thing to me about tony blair and the british reaction to tony blair is how intense it has been. it's all across the culture. you remember hugh grant and billy bob thornton in "love actually" with hugh grant playing the tony blair character putting down the american president. it was the ghost writer. there have been books and music. he has been revitaled in england in a way george w. bush hasn't been hire. that must have been painful for him. the other incredible admission here is the admission, which is very true that going into iraq but to isis. >> let's listen to that. >> of course, you can't say that those of us who removed saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation 2015. but it's important also to realize, one, that the arab spring which began in 2011 would also have had its

>> charlie mike. >> this is an optimistic book about our veterans and our country. >> read this bookft." >> hey, joe, klein, do you have a snap chat account? >> no. >> wondering. >> what are you talking about? >> i'll tell you why. senator mark warner joins the conversation. and we started a new snap chat account. get a look at what we're doing behind the scenes by following morning.joe and john, please don't snap chat what you snap chat, okay? >> john -- >> hey. >> don't! >> john, john, that's aretha franklin. >> bring it up. >> she ought to remember it. >> the queen of soul. >> we'll be right back. ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ bleeding gums? you may think it's a result of brushing too hard. it's not. it's a sign of early gum disease... listerine(r) can help reverse... early gum disease in just two weeks. listerine(r). power to your mouth™! so wi got a job!ews? i'll be programming at ge. oh i got a job too, at zazzies. (friends gasp) the app where you put fruit hats on animals? i love that! guys, i'll be writin

but, charlie, as you and john know, that's a tough gamble to make. >> rose: thank you very much, mike. last word to you, sir. you will be moderating the next debate. >> the democratic debate, yeah, without joe biden, though he could get back in, charlie. (laughter) picking up on mike's point -- >> rose: it ain't over till it's over. >> that's right, and with joe biden, he runs the decisions that long, who nose. but jeb bush has to show he has some facility somewhere that would allow the scenario mike murphy talks about to happen which is okay, he takes defeats but, when the moment happens, he's there. that has yet to happen on the campaign trail. he's yet to show he has a talent to exploit at the right moment. that's the real challenge in addition to the one mike raised which is after you lose a bunch of times it's hard to get back up again. >> rose: john dickerson, mike allen, thank you so much. john grisham is here. the "new york times" said of him recently there is reasons grisham moves so many crates of books, he's killed. he published a time to kill in 1998. now "rogue lawyer," s

announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: charlie sheen had an enjoyable liquid weekend that ended by being placed in a headlock and taken out of a bar. >> [beep] mike: in normal charlie sheen fashion, he drank at the bar for four or five hours. harvey: that's not good times. charlie c.: he's having a great time. harvey: can you not feel the way he feels sunday morning? charlie c.: i feel it currently. [laughter] van: it looks like serena williams and drake, not a thing. drake was out at the nice guy last night with a mystery woman but she's mystery woman no more. i know who this woman is. harvey: somebody with a big butt on social media so basically he knows. van: boom, real house. katie: justin bieber out at the nice guy over the weekend, left

charlie: that is what mike said getting the maximum amount out , of his players. he can literally coach on the court. urban: we lead. our unit leaders are the assistant coaches and we pick a unit leader of every group and we expect them to lead. from within. charlie: motivating people, and it is recruiting, as you said and discipline. , above the line. but it is also -- you know something. you know something about the game. urban: well, i think i know a lot about the game. i have incredible leaders and have had mentors who have guided me. i love the strategic part of it. spent a lot of time with it. i have been around some incredible people with knowledge of the game of football who cannot get out of their own way. they cannot transfer that knowledge and get the player to go it maximum capacity. charlie: one of the reasons why some great baseball, basketball players cannot become great coaches. they have extraordinary talents, but they cannot to negate what they have to other young men and women. -- but they cannot communicate what they have to other young men and

announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: charlie sheen had an enjoyable liquid weekend that ended by being placed in a headlock and taken out of a bar. >> [beep] miken, he drank at the bar for four or five hours. harvey: that's not good times. charlie c.: he's having a great time. harvey: can you not feel the way he feels sunday morning? charlie c.: i feel it currently. [laughter] van: it looks like serena williams and drake, not a thing. drake was out at the nice guy last night with a mystery woman but she's mystery woman no more. i know who this woman is. harvey: somebody with a big butt on social media so basically he knows. van: boom, real house. katie: justin bieber out at the nice guy over the weekend, left the club with kourtney kardashian. >> are you guys the new item?

mike: goodtime charlie day is coming up. let's get you going out the door. lincoln center and all the way around the tri-state. things are a lot better for us here. let's talk about the rainfall that we have seen so far this year in this month. we are almost an inch ahead. since january 1, we are about a six and a quarter inches behind you are still behind for the year. forty-seven in sussex. forty-three in monticello. when coming in from the northeast around six-15 miles per hour. it is going to be another breezy, cool day. breaking up four parts of the tri-state. the only showers that we see are well in the offshore hours. it looks like cloudy skies and a big day of quick sprinkles. the wet weather continues for one more day. for the most part, keeping our skies nice and drive geared it will filter this out there and start to knock that ran out of the carolinas. for us, it just stays dry. later on tomorrow into the next day. finally, that area of low pressure to the south is moving on. some places have seen more than 2 feet of rain in the last couple of da

mike. good time charlie. the party continues. he was just a guest. greg: any big highlights? rosanna: i thought that it was beautiful. rosanna: they invited the person who found the pocketbook to the wedding last night. greg: sunday night feeling. audrey puente, sorry you were not invited. [laughter] rosanna: we are doing a special hash tag initiative today. it is called musical monday. let us know what your favorite candidates. i do not know what we will do will do something. rosanna: let us know. greg: collective soul will be here today. rosanna: we all have favorite local bands that you have to hear. >> thursday. thursday morning. greg: that is amazing. greg: we think that mike woods is in the hospital. [laughter] >> he is making sure that the good times continue. so very cold temperatures across the tri-state area. we have a freeze warning that is continuing for most of the tri-state area. we are at 36 degrees right now in central park. 30 degrees and islip and montauk. it is going to stay pretty chilly through the day. 22 degrees in bedford right now. white plains. we ar

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labels joined by great colleagues, you heard from senator lieberman and governor huntsman and mike mccarty and charlieck before we are proud to put this together. men and women from political parties and independents are committed to get things done. we are proud of 140 college chapters in the country. thank you, problem solvers. [applause] >> and the hundreds of thousands of activists around the country. here is a message that i really want to send to candidates pledging to blow things up. we have already done that and it does not work. america wants to move on. here is what we expect, i hope, of our presidential candidates. campaign on your vision for one, america. tell us how you will get the job two, done. disagree without being disagreeable. think big, the bold, and agree to embrace the goals of creating 25 million new jobs in 10 years and fixing social security, medicare, balance the budget in the next 15 years, and make america energy strong and independent. today in politics, like in sports, there are no referees and no penalties, no rules against bad behavior. fortunately, you in this room an

. >> charlie, only a little more than a week ago admiral mike rogers, the director of the nsa. up probably read it in "the wall street journal." he addressed a "wall street journal" conference. he said, this is the head of the n.s.a., is inevitable that there's going to be a cyber attack against our infrastructure. i talked to lloyd austin, general lloyd austin, who is the commander of centcom. general austin said to me, it's not a question of if, it's a question of when. charlie: let me just make sure i understand what you're saying here. it's not a question of if, it's a question of when, in is that there will be a successful attack? >> on one of our grids. we only have three cyber grids in the united states. eastern interconnect, texas has its own, and then the west coast. charlie: do we know if people had tried to attack the grids of the united states? >> we know they are already in the grid. charlie: we know. but they haven't pulled the trigger? >> they haven't pulled the trigger. and those that can do it -- the good news is, charlie, those who can do it, chinese, the russ

. >> actually, split the difference between a question that charlie asked earlier and mike just asked now. when she was -- >> you're sitting in the right spot. >> works out perfectly, and so i wander what your once will be. you gave cheryl an inch on transportation funding, and you wouldn't give mike the mile on debt ceiling, so, the other one -- >> its than an s.a.t. question, when the train heres the station -- >> not well. november 11 we have the cr. you described to cheryl that it was the republicans enact action -- inaction that gives the president the loophole. could we see a short term cr signed despite the president's promise he wouldn't do that. >> no. the president was clear when he unfortunately had to sign the last cr that republicans and democrats in come should take this time afforded to them to come up with a long-term spending bill. >> can you clarify about other spending bills, transportation, why is that special and this isn't, as he said at the time this is the last cr, short-term extension he would sign, and he said that for good reason, which is this country is ex

noon, he may have had a sorry christmas tree, t charlie brown is getting a special salute this coming holiday season. details are coming up. allison? >> mike is not very pretty out here. that's an understatement. it is cold, raining, but the winds aren't too bad just yet. we'll track the rest of the day. how much rain are we going to get? also, i have that track for joaquin and what we're going to see. what kind of impacts wow. this place is spectacular. thank you . we worked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when we realized how great the furniture could be, we knew we wanted more space. how much more space? we went from a hundred square feet to... three thousand! (whispers) three thousand! we still have the original structure. she uses it as a yoga studio. it's more like a tool shed. refresh your space during our harvest sale at havertys. plus, enjoy thirty-six month, no-interest financing havertys. discover something you. what can i make for you? how about one of our delicious reuben sandwiches? loaded with your choice of tender corned beef or oven roaste

charlie sheen, wrestling hall of sensation tequila, world heavyweight champion, mike tyson, mr. las vegas, wayne nut on the, alex brother, steven, bussey. >> taking redirection, understanding massive power. >> but there's still one endorsement donald trump needs, yours. vote for donald trump and tell the world i agree with gary busey. >> i'm going to pull your endocrine system out of your body. >> paid for by hillary clinton. >> jimmy: that's money well spent, i think. this is interesting. in england, this is true, a cracker from a life boat on the titanic that somehow managed to survive for more than 100 years just sold at an auction for $23,000. for a cracker. this is why you never go to an auction hungry, because you make purchases -- this is a cracker, it was in a life boat survival pack. they say it's the most cherished piece of titanic history that your toddler will eat when you're not looking ever. had he thought to float on it could have saved leonard do dicaprio's life. it was reportedly purchased by a buyer in greece which might explain why their economy is what it is.

mike: we are going to do this. greg: when does the charlie brown show, on? rosanna: it has been a wild since i have watched it. mike: it is beautiful outside. a little bit warmer than usual. mid- low 60s. not bad at all. here is our almanac for the day. we will blow that one out of the water. the sun is up now. the sun does not set until 629. tri-state region. who cares. no big deal. the sun goes right through it. again, not a big deal at all. not a whole lot going on weatherwise. without moisture, it comes through here. we do not see too much with the cloud cover. it knocks your eyes down about 5 degrees. this next cold front will be a little bit more significant. we will see mostly cloudy skies. the showers are coming through with it. today, high clouds. high temperature up to 74 degrees. seventy-two on friday. a little cooler and breezy for you on saturday. a slow gradual warm-up. not that at all. ines: 70s. mike: advertise 67 degrees. let's bring in ines rosales. ines: garden state parkway northbound exit 135 watch out for an accident blocking a lane. del

mike huckabee., the two frontrunners, dr. ben carson and donald trump have been invited, but are not yet confirmed. we'll have charlie szold, iowa gop communications director, with us in the studio later with more details. sabrina: our big story back here in iowa -- another security concern for the iowa investigative authorities-- sabrina: the mishandling and flawed f-b-i procedures dealing with hair and d-n-a which has affected hundreds of cases has iowa officials creating a news division... now, in hopes to potentially correct the issue, governor terry branstad and the state's public defender created a "wrongful conviction division." the division leader will be sifting through nearly 100 cases turned over by iowa's division of criminal investigation. " folks in the past used science was thought to be good sceince, but now we know more, it wasnt good science/"go through those one by one, where those may have a potential error, we'll be contacting those inmates in prison" sabrina: they'll be looking for errors and in turn, pursue legal action if someone was wrongly convicted. sabrina: in davenport -- police continue

. >> mike, i appreciate that, and good morning to charlie.f you actually hear what we're saying, we're not saying put our guy in the speaker's chair, put our guy in leadership. what we're saying is open up the policies, open up the procedures. we all represent over 700,000 people. let us have a voice in the process. this absolute control coming from the top down is unacceptable if you're actually running an honest legislative body. >> congressman, what is the impact on the brand? the lehigh valley of pennsylvania is an area that could go a long way in the election of 2017. is it making it harder for the republicans to win the commonwealth? >> i believe very strongly the american people sent us to washington to govern, to get some things done. this international warfare is really creating paralysis and is undermining our ability to lead effectively. so i think this does do great damage, not only to the republican brand, but it does damage to the country. just last week we had a vote to keep the government funded, and i'm glad we showed the dat

mike mccardy and lisa. you'll hear from my colleague charlie black. we're very proud to put this ogether. men and women from both political parties and independents committed to get things done. we're very proud of them in this country. thank you, problem solvers and the hundreds and thousands of activists around the country. here's a message i wand -- want to send to those candidates planning to blow things up. you know, we've already done that and it doesn't work. america wants to move on and here's what we expect, i hope, of our presidential candidates. one, campaign on your vision for america. two, tell us how you're going to get the job done. disagree without being disagreeable. think big, people and agree to embrace the goals of creating 25 million new jobs in 10 years and fixing social security, medicare and are the next 75 years. balance the budget in the next 15 years and make america energy strong and independent. today in politics are like in sports, there are no referees and no penalties. no rules against bad behavior but fortunately you in this room and the millions of americ

mike: i know. a lot of the same things. visiting with friends i have not rosanna: i met up with some friends. celebrated in anniversary. greg: what anniversary was it? rosanna: rosanna and charlie's 25th. it was just in intimate dinner. reminiscing. that sort of thing. mike: 25 years. why not. rosanna: very happily married. mike: anyway. we had a decent weekend here. yesterday in particular. the warm temperatures kind of hung out for a while. the cold air is really sitting on top of us. it is pretty chilly. freezing and poughkeepsie right now. 1 degree below freezing and central park checking in at 48 degrees. it looks like our temperatures came down quite a bit. look at that. 12 degrees cooler in newark. 9 degrees cooler in central park. pretty big drop in temperatures around the tri-state region. high pressure will be in control. mainly clear skies. wet weather causing problems in places like louisiana. some places saw as much as 20 inches of rain over the last couple of days. tropical moisture from patricia. today and tomorrow, you are fine. were high clouds start rolling in later. the rain starting to roll in during the morning commute. a pretty sloppy wednesday. hopefully we

charlie: when did that happen? early on? some might say, lawrence taylor was up there. ray: outside, yeah. as far asero linebackers. i have a crew of linebackers that i studied. lawrence taylor, mikeingletary. we are talking about old school, right? you're talking about greg lord. when you started to watch, one of my favorites became junior seau. rest in peace. charlie: some say linebackers are the most gifted athletes on the field. ray: there is no better athlete than linebacker. we have to do everything. we cannot have a weakness. charlie: and you have to react. : we have to be dictators. what linebacker in the league represents me? and i said i would not do nobody that injustice. because a linebacker is feared. when you turn on film, watch , there is no offense according to their that does not draw place -- i had a rule, you can throw it outside, you can do anything you want to do, but if es, come between certain hash somebody is going to pay for that. somebody is going to pay heavily. charlie: what did you make them pay? ray: when you physically take your body and make up your mind that you are going to run full speed and don't think, but to know there is an object that you ar

mike warren walks into the end zone. iowa state leads 21-14! is this the night? no. truh-von boykin to charlie reid, who is so alone he has his own zip code. tied at 21. isu down just 3 at the break. second half. tcu pours it on. boykin to josh doctson, 42 yard touchdown. 45-21 horned frogs the final. sometimes you know you just witnessed a play you'll see for the rest of your life. that happened today at the big house. michigan leading bitter rival michigan state by 2. final play. 7 grand view out the tall. the yellow jackets of graceland out to make a name. first play from scrimmage for the vikings. derek fulton hits cory crynkovich ....sir-ko-vich finds the ball and an open path down the sideline....a 75-yard score. it's 7-0 vikings.grand view defense bringing it. pressure on graceland in the end zone. that's a safety. 9-zip vikes. then late in the half, robert lewis comes up huge on special teams. blocks the field. takes it to the house. grand view wins again, 19-13. at the panthers. western illinois edges uni, 24-19. and in san diego, drake falls to the toreros, 27-zip. cubs fans waited a

mike presence tweeting deflated football. can always tell patriots are in town. blame that charlie baker colt caught upside down dumpster patriots ford o a like 1972 in order putting dumpster. . isn't that laimth example mix. wow. we see it all of the time every single day. childish! wow! . >> with wow! all right. be from the mayor. cooling down for us. >> there you go! all right. wow. fun to watch. well thank you for joining us tonight we will see you if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher,

mike rogers has those two today. it is a priority for them now. it is a subject of great the chinese and the united states. >> they certainly do, charlie. the n.s.a. is in deep trouble in this country. charlie: right. courtesy of edward snowden. > courtesy of edward snowden and much of what snowden reported turns out to be accurate. to ask tion we have ourselves as patriotic american citizens is, are we more worried having our privacy compromised by our own agencies or by the intelligence agencies of the theese and the russians and iranians? charlie: and what do they want to do with the information? exactly. and in the time analysis i think we may have to come to the to lusion that we have got give the n.s.a. a little bit of space. now, you spoke -- charlie: the balance between security?d >> absolutely. and you know, the irony is groups like google, for example, there saying wait a second, don't try and control do with the information that we gather from your lap ops that you punch into your laptops because you don't really think about the fact that the you put into at that laptop is then being used of these private companies to do what

charlie. he sent this one in. greg: that is cute. rosanna: how about mike. rosanna: and the littlest fan. baby leilani. greg: very sweet. we will put them on our facebook page. twitter is your best bet. rosanna will put you on tv just like that. duke is on right now from kansas city. duke: good morning. a five-hour plus game last night. this game had everything. it was a very entertaining game. i think it is pretty much a success. let's show you the highlights. here we go. top of the eighth. schooler all tied up. that is going to get past. the first base. scoring. on the mound. he takes him deep. we are tired of the four. in the bottom of the 14th. hits one to third. dropping the ball. the lead man for kansas city is on. they loaded the bases. giving up the flyball. that was plenty deep. we thought he was a ghost. he winds up being the hero. the ball game is over. the royals win. a five hour plus ballgame. the longest game in baseball history in the world series. five-for the final score. >> a had a very good team. sometimes it is frustrating. it works on both sides, two. i think our guys did a good jo

mike mccarty, and lisa. earlier you will hear from a colleague charlie black. we are proud to put this together.e need more no labels problem solvers in america. men and women from both political parties and independents committed to get things done. we are proud of 140 college chapters in this party. thank you problem solvers. [applause] >> and the hundreds of thousand active is across the country. to those candidates pledging to blow things up, we have already done that. it does not work. america wants to move on. here's what we expect and hope their candidates, one campaign on your vision for america. two, tell us how you get the job done. disagree without being disagreeable. think big, be bold. ofeed to embrace the goals 25 million new jobs per year. they will balance the budget for the next 15 years and make america energy strong and independent. sports therecs and are no referees no rules on bad behavior. unfortunately you in this room and the millions of americans out there, are the enforcers with your vote. hands embracehake our adversaries and politics today, that is seen as weakness. i

. >> chef mike murphy is from charlie parker's diner in springfield, you will know.ng off. tell us about this contest. >> thomas contacted me and wanted me to be part of their 135th year anniversary celebration breakfast battle. and i'm one of 135 restaurants. they ask to come up with a recipe using one of their products. i use the english muffin on a recipe with the hometown flavor. you will have the breakfast horseshoe staple in springfield since the 1920s. >> very nice. have you support from local lawmakers, right? >> yeah, we have both sides of the aisle. we had senator durbin in telling people to come out and to vote and governor -- >> how did you get involved in this? >> so i was one of the 135 chefs like he said. when they reach out to us they kind of set in force the rules either using english muffins or bagels. we chose the bailing. we took what might be a risky approach and decided to chop it into pieces. >> whatever that is, it looks unbelievable what is that. >> door county bread pudding. north of green green bay where the best cherries come from. >> we h

charlie cook, kurt anderson, and tim pawlenty. kurt, in this article, a great piece. he claims he does not know mike saltti who runs the super pac. then he has to admit, yes, i do know him. absolutely. they work together. it's a great piece by "the washington post." and it completely rips apart this idea that trump has nothing to do with this kind of money. >> and i could be wrong but if -- as a betting man i will bet that it has no affect on his support. if saying that, you know, john mccain is not a war hero and the litany of things he said has done nothing to slow his momentum, yes, this goes to the core of who he supposedly is why we supposedly those of white house love him love him, because he's independent and doesn't need anybody's money. but a fib out of donald trump? and this only counts in my book as a fib by his campaign manager, i don't see it doing him any political harm. >> tim pawlenty, this is one of the central pillars of the trump candidacy. i don't need anybody else's money. i don't need a super pac. i don't need any of that. it turns out he does. >> well, the facts kind of matter

mike morrell? >> because they really are. go back to what i said to charliearlier, they really are focused on isis. but they are focused on isis in the sense that if assad falls, isis grows, right? they are trying to protect assad so they are going after all of assad's enemies. >> mike, let me ask you about the historical significance of this. this is the first time that russia has conducted combat operations in the middle east since the ends of world war ii. >> correct, correct. they and the british invaded iran right at the end of world war ii to preserve the oil fields for the allies, so one of the things, right, the primary focus of putin here is protecting syria, protecting assad, right? the second is he has always wanted to be a big player in the middle east and this gives him that, so is there a symbolic aspect to this as well. >> thank you, michael. >> you're welcome. >>> syria was a big topic in our interview with vladimir putin on "60 minutes." the russian leader expressed concern as a power vacuum in syria if president assad is forced out. putin po