chris griffin: welcome chris griffin: welcome everybody. good morning. my name is chris griffin. i am the executive director at the foreign-policy initiative. it is my privilege to welcome you to this event jointly hosted by the foreign policy initiative and american action forum, titled, "will congress provide for the common defense?" this is the second in a series of public briefings on how congress and the president could work to provide armed services with the resources and authority they require to keep our nation safe in a time of growing threats across the world. this morning, we'll hear from senator tom cotton and following his keynote, i will handoff to rachel hoff, who will introduce and moderate a discussion by a panel of experts featuring mackenzie eaglen, david adesnik, and douglas j. holtz-eakin. first, it's my pleasure to welcome the keynote speaker. senator tom cotton was raised on his family's farm in arkansas and he attended harvard and harvard law school. after a clerkship, he entered private practice. like all of us, his life was disrupted by september 11, 200

blake griffin, in disbelief. >> mike: the rockets call time-out to advance the ball. 12 seconds left. >> jeff: very physical defensively chriscked up with james harden and on the switch, blake griffin with the steal, trevor ariza back pedaling, to me, that's an easy correct call. you have the right to be going backwards and blake griffin went right through him and now, how do you keep the ball out of harden's hands. >> mike: fans wanted the five-second count. it will be a time-out here. they wanted a travel as well as ariza pivoted along the sideline. time-out, rockets. their last. i've always done whatever it takes to get to the next level. how bad do you want it? he's got a world of talent. jabari parker off to duke university. push it! come on! no pain! parker! the bucks select jabari parker. let's go! come on! jabari parker being carried to the lockerroom. it never gets any easier. but i will get stronger. because my story is far from over. gatorade recover. protien for athlete building. >> mike: we saw ariza pivoting on the sideline. now, kevin mchale uses -- i don't know why he didn't the first time out -- to advance i

blake griffin, in disbelief. >> mike: the rockets call time-out to advance the ball. 12 seconds left. >> jeff: very physical defensively chriscked up with james harden and on the switch, blake griffin with the steal, trevor ariza back pedaling, to me, that's an easy correct call. you have the right to be going backwards and blake griffin went right through him and now, how do you keep the ball out of harden's hands. >> mike: fans wanted the five-second count. it will be a time-out here. they wanted a travel as well as ariza pivoted along the sideline. time-out, rockets. their last. i've always done whatever it takes to get to the next level. how bad do you want it? he's got a world of talent. jabari parker off to duke university. push it! come on! no pain! parker! the bucks select jabari parker. let's go! come on! jabari parker being carried to the lockerroom. it never gets any easier. but i will get stronger. because my story is far from over. gatorade recover. protien for athlete building. >> mike: we saw ariza pivoting on the sideline. now, kevin mchale uses -- i don't know why he didn't the first time out -- to advance i

my name is chris griffin. i'm the executive director at the foreign policy initiative. it is my privilege to welcome you today to this event jointly hosted by the foreign policy initiative and the american action forum. titled "will congress provide for the common defense?" this is the second in a series of public briefings on how congress and the president can work together to provide our armed forces with the resources and authorities they require to keep our nation safe at a time of growing threats across the world. this morning we'll hear from senator tom cotton and following his keynotes i will hand off to rachel hoff with the american action forum who will introduce and moderate a discussion by a panel of experts featuring the kinsey american enterprise institute, david adesnic of the foreign policy initiative, and aaf president douglas holtz eken. it's my pleasure to welcome senator tom cotton raised on his family's farm in arkansas. he attended harvard and harvard law school. and after a clerkship entered private practice. like all of us his life was of course d

chris? >> jennifer griffin, reporting from the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. >>> for more, let's bring in lieutenant general michael flynn who retired as director of the defense intelligence agency last summer after holding almost every top military intel post. general flynn, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thanks, chris. >> president obama's policy in the middle east, as we just heard, is complicated. but i want to lay out three main points. let's put them up on the screen. we're fighting against iranian-backed rebels in yemen. we're fighting on the same side as iran and mean while we're fighting while trying to negotiate with iran. take a look at this. to show what our dealings with iran and saudi arabia right now really look like. for a closer look, because it bares study, go to our facebook page. but general flynn, can you explain what the president's grand strategy is for the middle east? >> yeah. so, chris, let me just start by sort of stating two big points. one, where we are and then what do we do about it. i think where we a

my name is chris griffin. i'm the xhektive director at the foreign policy initiative. it is my privilege to welcome you today to this event jointly hosted by the foreign policy initiative and american action forum. titled will congress provide for the common defense. this is the second in a series of public briefings on how congress and the president can work together to provide our armed forces with the resources and authorities they require to keep our nation safe at a time of growing threats across the world. this morning we'll hear from senator tom cotton and following his keynotes, i will hand off to rachel hoff, with the american action forum, who will introduce and moderate a discussion by a panel of experts -- and aaf president, douglas holts deegan. senator tom cotton was raised on his family's farm in yellow county, arkansas. he attended harvard and harvard law school and after a court ship entered private practice. like all of us, his life was disrupted by the september 11th attacks. he left the law and joined as infantry officer. he was deployed to iraq and

my name is chris griffin. it is my privilege to welcome you today to this event jointly hosted by the foreign policy initiative and the american action forum titled will congress provide for the common defense. this is the second in a series of public briefings on how congress and the president can work together to provide our armed forces with the resources and authorities they require to keep our nation safe at a time of growing threats across the world. this morning, we'll hear from senator tom cotton and following his keynotes, i will hand off to rachel hoff, with the american action forum, who will introduce and moderate a discussion by a panel of experts -- and aaf president, douglas holts deegan. senator tom cotton was raised on his family's farm in yellow county, arkansas. he attended harvard and harvard law school and after a court ship, entered private practice. like all of us, his life was disrupted by the september 11th attacks. he left the law and joined as infantry officer. he was deployed to ira

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chris rock, even eddy administrative jip,griffin, who i adore and love. he's like a big brother to me. you have comics willing to go to the edge and bring you back. and don't care. had they started that way, you wouldn't listen to them, you'd shut them out. because they are already names that you'll listen to them. do you know what i mean? >> yes. >> we'll listen to clinton play clinton. >> what would rain like to do next? that's up next on al jazeera. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> former klansman david duke. >> america has been taken over. >> defending his controversial past. >> i did what i thought was right. >> that was then... what about now? >> i believe the zionists control the country. >> "talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. >>> you're watching "talk to al jazeera" with

chris rock, even eddy administrative jip,griffin, who i adore and love. he's like a big brother to me. you have comics willing to go to the edge and bring you back. and don't care. had they started that way, you wouldn't listen to them, you'd shut them out. because they are already names that you'll listen to them. do you know what i mean? >> yes. >> we'll listen to clinton play clinton. >> what would rain like to do next? that's up next on al jazeera. >> at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> as the amount of drugs grew guns came in. >> murder rate was sky-high. >> this guy was the biggest in l.a. >> i was goin' through a million dollars worth of drugs every day. i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >>> you're watching "talk to al jazeera" with me, richelle carey. my guest this week - rain pryor.

kathy griffin's shocking decision to leave fashion police after just serious complaints shows. >>> plus, he killed american sniper chrise. now his

kathy griffin's shocking decision to leave fashion police after just serious complaints shows. >>> plus, he killed american sniper chrisyle.

chris paul. clippers have been playing without blake griffin out with a staff infection in his left elbow. special event ticket purchased for the game, the warriors will donate a life saving bed net to the united foundation nothing but nets campaign. for the 3rd season, seth curry is holding the 3 for 3 challenge and donate net saving beds for every 3 pointer he makes during the season. curry and the warriors have donated so far close to 2400 nets to help protect families in africa from malaria. >>> coming up sunday night on sports night live. we will go in-depth on how the giants are dealing with the loss of hunter pence. >> and two teams that don't like each other sunday night at 9 after the news. >>> good morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news. the time is 9:28. taking a look at the golden gate bridge you will notice how overcast it is. cloudy conditions and low clouds along the napa valley and as for temperatures they are pretty mile this morning. san francisco already at 52 degrees and 47 in livermore. by the afternoon we are talking about above-average temperatures. lots

chris. hi, everybody, thanks so much for joining us. we're in front of the news making headlines right now. >> let's catch you up to speed. here's tonight's top story. kathy griffints fashion police. >> fashion police is definitely in cry sils right now. in crisis right now. they lost two main panelists. >> will the show stick around? >> major shake-up on fashion police. >> kathy's leaving after only seven episodes. >> it's over. >> she announced it on twitter. quote, i discovered that my style does not fit with the creative direction of the show. adding, there is plenty to make fun of in pop culture without bringing people's bodies into it. >> she didn't agree with the tone that they wanted the show to have. >> kathy also said she had been thrilled to continue the legacy of joan rivers on the show. the comedians were longtime friends. >> she's been a doll.

chris paul and company, matt barnes in that hot jacket in chicago to face the bulls. >> both of them gentlemen have their game faces on. big game on the road. must do more with blake griffin out. >> that's tease of what's coming up. "nba countdown" on abc begins now. >>> this is "nba countdown," baby! ♪ ♪