of the georgetown team, georgetown no plans to shorten their 11-day tour of the country but they'll be traveling now with security guards. basketball diplomacy, it wasn't. the friendly exhibition between the georgetown hoyas and professional bayi rockets turned into a shoving match then an all-out brawl. both teams swarmed the court. a georgetown player kicked on the ground. a chinese player wielding a chair over his head. "washington post" reporter gene wong was inside the arena. >> benches cleared at that point chairs started flying. skirmishes all over the court and complete disaster. >> reporter: the fight ended when georgetown coach john compton pulled his team off the court huddling in the locker room before asking but not getting a police escort back to their hotel. >> i couldn't believe it. i've been in this business for 20 years and i've never seen an ending like this. >> very rarely have a brawl. >> this was a complicating issue. a lot of things thrown in together that made the situation escalate. kind of a unique thing. if you know what i mean. >> reporter: but this brawl an

the georgetown team walked off for its own safety. i'll say this, if it was the goodwill tour, those kids from georgetown should have for diplomatic immunity. to the guys who are supposed to hit, the patriots, chad ochocinco got flat-out leveled against the bucs. mason foster nearly took off his head. the league is trying to crack down on these types of hits and mason was given a penalty. but chad would have the last laugh, scored his first touchdown as a patriot. >>> steelers hines ward won "dancing with the stars" in the off-season and scored a touchdown. and cue the music, that's called the washing machine. the steelers 14-4 win over the eagl eagles. >>> now for a look at the weather, here once again is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. did you get that, bill, the washing machine? >> i thought the old school one was like this. >> don't do it, bill, don't do it. >> it's like the energy-efficient washing machine. >>> good morning, let's take you through what's happening. we're watching a lot of heavy ra

the georgetown hoyas playing china. so, what happened? here's abc's jim sciutto. >> reporter: it was a good will trip to china that turned ugly. a collision between players from the georgetown hoyas and the chinese team turned to shoving and then an all-out brawl. chinese players swarmed the court, kicking one georgetown player on the ground. coaches and fans joined the fight. one raising a chair over his head. "washington post" reporter gene wang was inside the arena. >> this is a men's team, an experienced steam, and they were, frankly, getting embarrassed by a college team. they couldn't beat them squarely playing basketball, so, they tried to muck it up and get really physical and they crossed the bounds of good sportsmanship. >> reporter: the fight ended only when georgetown coach john thompson iii pulled his team off the court, with nine minutes left in the game. they asked for, but didn't receive, a police escort back to their hotel. this is a trip that the georgegewn team and the campus were looking forward to with huge anticipati

show you good will here from georgetown.hinese team went to the line 57 times to 15 for georgetown and here is a good will exhibition game. the will was so good that georgetown coach pulled his team off the court with the game tied 64-64. nobody passed way. all kidding aside, people beating on each other. if you believe this poll, people think tiger woods is the worst guy in the world. all right? now ranked 33 on the pga tour. the least liked and least trustworthy sports figure in america. 2000 americans responded. tiger woods hasn't won in two years. if you are on the worst guy list everybody knows who you are. there has to be a worst guy somewhere hiding than tiger woods. speaking of tiger woods. pga event in north carolina. pam thinks this is good for our demographic. golf shot. lots of older people play golf. jim. jim. better believe. that's an eagle. that's an eagle. and jeff and tommy lead the event, tyker is not

the georgetown team walked off for its own safety. i'll say this, if it was a goodwill tour, those kids from georgetown should have diplomatic immunity. >>> to the guys who are supposed to hit, the patriots chad ochocinco got leveled against the bucs. mason foster nearly took off his head. the league is trying to crack down on these types of hits, and there was a penalty gin. chad would have the last laugh. he scored the first touchdown for the patriots. they won it big 31-14. >>> steelers hines ward won "dancing with the stars" and showed his moves last night. scored a touchdown and key the music. that's called the washing machine. steelers with a 24-14 win over the eagles. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> early today sports is brought to you by just for men mustache and beard. >> kat vondee takes the good with the bad. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a unique competition where bed-makers and vacuumers fight for olympic gold. y

the georgetown hoyas and their rivals made up.d a big brawl yesterday and then they -- the chinese team met georgetown that airport on their way out of town, georgetown coming back to the united states. the coach and two players they met and said it's all cleared up now. no hard feelings. no tiger on the pga tour but patrick, it's funny. he didn't make the cut. you won't see him tomorrow or sunday but he made a hole in one. no car, no check but he -- the hotel sponsors the event so he gets to stay for the rest of his life at a windm reswarm. will you be appearing anywhere or is this fun? >> it's a fun girl's trip. >> pam, don't you look at her and say i would love to -- tag along and see what happens. >> have an

today, the chinese team met with a georgetown team at the beijing airport to reconcile and see the rivalso shanghai before the rematch. the chinese foreign minister says the situation is all cleared up and the two teams exchanged souvenirs. nice way to end it, i guess. >> see what happens in the rematch. cordial. >> yeah. >> check in with mike to talk about the forecast after the break. >> we'll have a lot of sunshine next week. until we get to that, look what we have outside. clouds and flight arrival delays in sfo. the temperatures well below average heading to the weekend. show you how cool it will be in the neighborhood. >>> remember the "flintstones"? check this out. stopping the car flintstone style won the driving method because the brakes did not work. check this out. babysiter is in trouble with police after putting baby in the back of a pick-up truck. >>> back of a pick-up truck while driving. >> you are hearing part of an unbelievable 911 call. this police dash cam video shows a baby seated in a stroller riding in the bed of a pick-up truck. several other people also called pol

georgetown coach john thompson iii pulled his players off the court with 9:32 left. the score was tied. georgetown is supposed to play in shanghai next, but it's not clear if that game's going to happen now. adding to the embarrassment, joe biden had just arrived on a vice presidential goodwill tour of china this week. >>> earlier this week we cited a study saying that television viewing can shorten your life, now it turns out if you're single, you've apparently really got trouble. researchers from the university of kentucky analyzed nearly 100 studies. they say the answer is clear, single men and women are at risk of dying earlier than those who are married. seems kind of harsh. >>> a new poll is out of the most popular and trusted entertainment personalities. the people who would make you buy something, in other words, if they endorsed a product. betty white came in first with a hugely favorable rating, followed by denzel washington. and sandra bullock, clint eastwood, and tom hanks also made the list. least popular figures include paris hilton and charlie sheen. >

today, the chinese team met with a georgetown team at the beijing airport to reconcile and see the rivalshanghai before the rematch. the chinese foreign minister says the situation is all cleared up and the two teams exchanged souvenirs. nice way to end it, i guess. >> see what happens in the rematch. cordial. >> yeah. >> check in with mike to talk about the forecast after the break. >> we'll have a lot of sunshine next week. until we get to that, look what we have outside. clouds and flight arrival delays in sfo. the temperatures well below average heading to the weekend. show you how cool it will be in the neighborhood. >>> remember the "flintstones"? check this out. stopping the car flintstone style won the driving method because the brakes did not work. check this out. babysiter is in trouble with police after putting >>> back of a pick-up truck while driving. >> you are hearing part of an unbelievable 911 call. this police dash cam video shows a baby seated in a stroller riding in the bed of a pick-up truck. several other people also called police to report the same thing in daytona

chinese players swarmed the court, kicking one georgetown player on the ground. is a men's team, an experienced team, frankly, getting embarrassed by a college team. you know, they couldn't beat them squarely playing basketball, so they tried to muck it up and get really physical. and they obviously crossed the bounds of good sportsmanship. >> reporter: the fight ended only when georgetown coach john thompson iii pulled his team off the court with nine minutes left in the game. they asked for but didn't receive a police escort back to their hotel. this is a trip that the georgetown team and the campus were looking forward to with huge anticipation. the georgetown coach released a statement saying that two great teams played a competitive game and his team regrets how it ended. >> the officials were just horrid. i mean, you know, i've been covering sports for 20-plus years. i've never seen officials do a worse job than they did. >> reporter: the brawl, the video spread across the internet, comes at an embarrassing time for u.s. and chinese officials. vice presiden

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the basketball brawl between georgetown and a chinese team in beijing, making international headlines, but now, the georgetown coach is speaking out. ♪ i like dat ♪ ♪ i like dat, all right [ male announcer ] mio. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...or a lot. for a drink that's just the way you like it. make it yours. make it mio. # >> we've likely seen the video and told you about the terrible tragedy from the indiana state fair where the stage collapsed and a 22-year-old college student is it the 6th person from the collapse. horrible video from the crash. >> oh, my (bleep) god. oh, my (bleep) god! >> (screams) >> are you okay? stay still! >> stay still! >> are you guys okay? >> horrifying and the wind actually toppled the stage there and moments before the band sugar land was set to perform. they were all okay. so far, two lawsuits have been filed on behalf of people injured in that collapse and many more might be expected. >> and some dramatic developments unfolding in the middle east. israel now apologizing for its role in the deaths of at least three egyptian soldiers,

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tend to basket brawl in a friendly game in china this week watch as the visiting university of georgetown took on the by rockets professional team and beijing a very physical match saying fifty seven foul shots taken by the chinese not to mention the bench clearing merely water bottles and even chairs then suddenly became their play georgetown are in china only town day trip which has been cited by the u.s. state department as an example of sports diplomacy that strengthens ties between the two countries and despite those scenes the two teams are set to meet again in shanghai on sunday. and finally russia's three time makes marshalls world champion . has been charged with murder the alleged incident happened at the mosco nightclub last sounds a day was approached by a student who reportedly made comments about his girlfriend it's claimed then knocked the student out nineteen year old girl for have died four days later in hospital design is now facing criminal charges and could spend up to fifteen years in prison the found guilty. that's latest unschooled for now coming up is the weather a

and with the vice president in china trying to reassure the chinese, all of the georgetown men's basketball team friendship match? >> at that point, chairs started flying. it was a complete, complete disaster. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> is it me, or is it starting to feel like groundhog day? every week, the economic news report is, in a word, lousy. we start with "the wall street journal" headline, "del falls on a weak home sales, manufacturing and employment data." as president obama begins his summer vacation on martha's vineyard, he can take it a gift from the gallup poll -- only 26% of the american people approve of the way he is handling the economy, a new low. >> i need you to send a message to folks in washington, stop drawing lines in the senate, stop engaging in rhetoric instead of actually getting things done it. it is time to put country it ahead of party. >> president obama at the conclusion of this three-day bus trip through the midwest. the president will deliver a major address after labor date outlining a new plan to create jobs. a s

the goodwill coming as georgetown is scheduled to play another chinese team. this one tomorrow. washington. >> the rockets and other team came together and no punches were thrown. both teams shook hands and made amends. >> we just got together and shook hands and the coach and i talked about things other than basketball, our families and, you know, we're both ready to move on. >> georgetown moved on to the next stop after this ugly incident on thursday where their exhibition game tie was broken by players punching each other and throwing chairs on to the court. georgetown's coach insists the fight was not politically motivated even though the chinese team is owned by the chinese military and the entire exhibition is scheduled around vice president joe biden's visit to the country. the reconciliation at the airport included the exchange of autographed basketballs from team to team ask it appears all has been forgiven. at least publicly. the chinese vice foreign minister says, quote, my understanding that it's all cleared up. we're pleased about this outcome. and the outcome will

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. >>> georgetown basketball players slugging it out on the court with their chinese opponents. now some are crying foul "early" this friday, august 19th, 2011. spt spk >>> good morning a beautiful start to the friday august 9 th. one of the big story we want to you about is another development in the case of the west memphis three in prison nearly 20 years for the murders of three 8-year-old boys in arkansas. it's a controversial case and all three men have said they are innocent. now we are told some of them could be freed later today. after making a deal with prosecutors. erin moriarty has been following this case and we will talk about that coming up. >>> a live look at the numbers. on thursday the dow jones industrials finished below 11,000 as worried traders rushed to find safe havens for their money. rebecca jarvis is at the new york stock exchange this morning. >> reporter: things opened lower by more than a hundred points. the stock market has cut some of the losses in the united states and things in the united states, as far as stocks are concerned, are looking better

mention the bench clearing merely water bottles and even chairs then suddenly became their play georgetown are in china only sound a trip which has been cited by the u.s. state department as an example of sports diplomacy that strengthens ties between the two countries and despite those who call it seems the two teams are said to meet again in shanghai on sunday. and finally russians three time makes national as world champion. has been charged with murder the alleged incident happened at the mosco nightclub last sensed a man's life was approached by a school student who reportedly made comments about his girlfriend it's claimed them as i have them knocked the students out nineteen year old yvonne a girl for have died four days later in hospital resigned as now facing criminal charges and could spend up to fifteen years in prison if found guilty. that's latest unschooled for now coming up is the while and then and the so will bring you the news headlines. hungry for the full summer we've got the first half of the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on our t.v

georgetown is headed to shanghai to play more basketball.mbers of the team and the guys basically came together, apologized, snapped a few pr photos, exchanged a few souvenirs. >> my goodness. >> georgetown in china for a couple weeks promoting goodwill through sports. the video was from thursday. obviously there was bottles thrown, chairs thrown, punches thrown. it got completely out of control. really, nobody knows -- >> really? never would have noticed. >> exactly. no one knows if it was caused by cultural misunderstanding or overaggressiveness. but the ncaa has said that the appeal with college basketball in china is not going away. you have duke playing there, hawaii playing there right now and they said they're going to keep -- the ncaa is going to keep their presence in china. >> i'm a boston college grad, no surprise this happened -- georgetown team, yeah. exactly. >> okay. okay. >> just kidding, guys. just kidding. let's talk about kobe bryant and the lakers, doing some humanitarian good, right? >> good samaritan. right now the lock

. >> especially in georgetown, we've seen flooding in georgetown over the years. >> we have. >> you don'tve to worry about that? >> i don't think it will be as pronounced as some of the other issues we'll face. we've got the anacostia river, the potomac river. and we will see water coming up in those areas. but that's a small part of the geography of our city. >> what about the whole issue of the emergency -- you've declared an emergency here in d.c. has the president approved emergency aid to washington, d.c.? >> we have not gotten any official word on that, but i have every reason to think that that will be approved. i was on a conference call with the president yesterday morning. and he was -- he pledged his full support to those governors and the mayors that were on the phone. i think he will be with us all the way. i'm glad he has come back in order to be a part of our effort to battle irene also. >> this may be the nation's capital, but as you and i know, a lot of homeless people live in washington, d.c. we see them all the time. what have you done with these people? >> we've opened

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also joining us is catherine lotrionte, she is is director of the cybersecurity project at georgetown university. she served in the general counsel office at the cia and also worked on the president's foreign intelligence advisory board during the george w. bush administration. alan paller is the founder and research director of the sands institute, and he was also an adviser to both president clinton and president bush administrations at different levels. thank you all for being here today, we sure appreciate it. if i could start with a question for all three of you and, mr. paller, we'll start with you. how would you assess the cybersecurity threats currently facing the u.s., and are we doing enough to confront them? >> they're explosive, they're expansive, they're getting larger, and they're getting more sophisticated. and although we're doing a lot, we're falling further and further behind every week. >> host: why? >> guest: because the technology of the attackers is accelerating, and the sharing of data among the attackers is elegant. and our technology to stop it is just not cat

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. >> we just got this one in from georgetown. we know suzanne is out in northwest washington where sefr several trees have fallen. this one has fallen within the past few minutes or so. this is dent place in northwest washington and georgetown. the viewer said that's one of sefrlg trees that have come down in that area. folks want to stay safe. going on to our next picture, this is a tree branch down on kirby street in northwest washington. as we've been telling our viewers all along and talking about trees down, are going to be the big story here in this early morning hour. we have a story from the viewer who sent this in. they said i was signature at my computer desk and heard a loud crack and boom at 1:44, went outside, a branch hit my car and set off the alarm. looked up the street, saw a tree looking like it was ready to fall and called his neighbor. the neighbor was able to move his car before that tree came down. neighbors helping neighbors. going on to the next picture, you can see transformers lighting up the sky. this i

they actually went before georgetown went off to another basketball game in china.rs, they took some photos. it was all smiles. everybody's happy. >> are you serious? they did? >> yeah, they did the whole deal. georgetown's in china promoting goodwill through sports, obviously. >> yeah, obviously, they are. >> but we didn't see any goodwill there. punches thrown, bottles thrown on to the court, there were chairs thrown. it was a total mess. >> did anyone get hurt? >> no, fortunately, no one was hurt in this brawl. >> it could have gotten really ugly. well, it did. >> people have been saying, well, what caused this fight? was it cultural misunderstandings? just aggressiveness? there's conflicting reports coming out of it, but college basketball, the ncaa is saying that they're going to continue these goodwill-type games in china. you've got duke there now. hawaii's playing games there now as well. so the ncaa basically saying that it will continue to keep a presence in china. >> i'll tell you what caused it, they both really wanted to win. so what else are you talkin

and tuesday, professors from georgetown and the university of massachusetts on taxing stock trades, derivatives and currencies. debating the controversial, monday and tuesday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the norwegian parliament held a memorial service for the victims killed in the july 22 shooting spree and bombing in oslo. at least 76 children and adults were killed. a norwegian man is in custody for the attacks. . >> what we have experienced together is still difficult to comprehend. it was an attack against our government. against our values. and against our community. an entire nation is suffering pain and loss. the international community is full of compassion for those in mourning. some members of a norwegian parliament were on utoya. there is the next of kin. on behalf of a united parliam t parliament, i want to express my deepest sympathy, of all of those affected by the government and those on utoya. without the heroic actions of those present in both oslo and utoya. our loss may have been even greater. on behalf of the norwegian parliament, i express my gratitudes to police, me

that's 150 miles north west of georgetown in guyana on the northern coast of south america. trying to find out why it happened. we do have a particular interest. two nbc newsmen were shot to death there. they were in guyana with representative leo ryan. democrat of california. ryan was killed. >> i don't think that anyone was expecting physical trouble at that level, guns, weaponry, that sort of thing. i think everybody was surprised. >> i really think he thought he was a member of congress. and there's a congressional shield of protection. we wouldn't any of doing that today without taking protection or security. >> congressman leo ryan had taken a news team and a group of concerned relatives to guyana for a look inside jonestown, where jim jones and his california people's temple had relocated under a dark and growing cloud of accusations. >> a lot of constituents had young children, young adolescent children and young adults who had become involved in the people's temple. and they were concerned about them. and a number of them came to congressman ryan and said, we think

tonight georgetown will be playing in shanghai. perhaps they will keep in minds the old chinese proverb, it's not if you win or lose, it's how you play the game. martha: maybe they will keep that in mind. 64-64, that was the end of the game, right? >> reporter: they went to their respective locker rooms at that points. martha: wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall when the coaches talk to them about what actually happened on that court? thank you very much. that didn't go very well, did it. gregg: we are going to take a close look at what's happening there the moment stocks open for trading. martha: half of americans say they are actually very worried that the government may not be able to handle what's going on in this economic crisis. moments from now, republican presidential candidate ron paul is going to talk to us about the market, what he thinks should be done, what he would do if he were president. >> interest rates that are way lower than they should be encourages malinvest -- and debt. if you get out of that, all this

. >> what started as exhibition basketball game between georgetown university and chinese team turnedn a bench-clearing brawl. it was part of a so-called good will tour. not much good will as they exchanged blows. the georgetown coach pulled his playiers off the court with 9:30 left in the game and the fight ended after george township coach pulled his team off the court. huddling in the locker room and asked but did not get police headquarters. both sides made up and you can't find this story at all in the chinese media. >> what is surprise. coming up, give a woop for the mankini. the curious words officially joining the english language. navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody

the "today" program, jamie gangel, columnist for "the new york times," david brooks, author and georgetown university professor michael eric dyson, and the bbc's catty kay. >>> good morning, the worst may still be to come as hurricane irene hits new york city. it's just a matter of time, and the concern now, flooding from storm surges. after making landfall early saturday, irene left her mark on the outer banks with heavy rain and high wind. by last evening, the storm unrelenting in ocean city, maryland, and coastal virginia. this morning at 5:30 a.m., a second landfall in little egg inlet, new jersey. so far, the storm is responsible for at least ten deaths and power outages across nine states, leaving more than 3 million homes without electricity this morning. states of emergency have been declared in ten states along the eastern seaboard. joining us now for the very latest from new york, nbc meteorologist bill karins. and bill, do we have an actual change in what the storm is now? >> yes. as expected, it is now a tropical storm. it really rapidly weakened overnight last night. we haven'

the coach john thompson said the georgetown regrets the incident. no word on what sparked it. >>> in spite of ecoupon there is old-fashioned paper coupons and people are stealing newspapers to stockpile coupons for big savings. police in texas and arkansas made arrest for scooping up newspapers without paying. some folks don't realize it's a crime. it's attributed to reality shows like extreme couponing on tlc and it features shoppers buying loads of items using coupons and they pay next to nothing in cash. >>> do you know what re-tweet or sexting is? if you don't know by now you can look it up in the dictionary. the concise oxford english dictionary added 400 new entries to the latest edition. other are text speak, cyber bullying, gastric band, domestic goddess. mankini and to put all of that in context, here is how to use them in a sentence. kristen will check me on this. she knows these things. joe while sporting mantini retweeted an sext from domestic good goddess jane after showing off her new body after a ghastic band. >> i could haven't said

georgetown coach decided to pull his player. after this melee ensued. watch what happens as the team heads for the exit. did you see that? that flying through the air? those are full water bottles being launched at the georgetown players as they're trying to make their way out of there towards the locker room. not quite clear yet who started the fight. especially with vice president joe biden in china right now. how did this brawl on the court get reported in the chinese press? good question. answer, it did not. chinese censors took down any websites that mentioned the brawl. the two teams, by the way, are scheduled to play again sunday night in shanghai. >>> now to washington with the latest news fresh off the political ticker. let's go to wolf blitzer with some news. wolf, good to see you. >> thanks very much, brooke. basketball is not supposed to be a contact sport like that. if they play on sunday, let's hope it's a real basketball game. doesn't become sort of like hockey or whatever. >> fist a cuffs. >> not nice. not happen

also joining us is catherine, the director of the cyber security project at georgetown university. she served at the cia and work on the foreign intelligence advisory board during the george w. bush administration. the founder and research director of the institute that teaches several security training and also an adviser to both president clinton and president bush at different levels. we appreciate it. we will start with you. how will you assess the cyber security threats currently facing the u.s.? are we doing enough to confront them? >> they are explosive, expansive, they are getting larger and more sophisticated. because the technology of the attackers is accelerating and our technology is not catching up. >> what is the solution? >> people have found a wonderful solutions across different areas, but most people are not doing them. you have a lot of reasons why other people are not doing them. i don't take they have enough money and people are making some much money that they don't want to switch over. >> they are getting more sophisticated and complicated. that will continue

basketball to basket brawl in the game in china this week what chance the visiting university of georgetown to go on the by rule kids professional team in beijing a very physical much sitting fifty seven fall shots taken by the chinese not to mention a bench clearing mainly also want to even chance suddenly becoming fair game are in china only ten day trip which has been cited by the u.s. state department as quote an example of schools diplomacy that strengthens ties between the two countries and despite those old wood scenes the two teams are set to meet again in shanghai on sunday. that's the latest poll for the hour i'll bring you more in two hours time and coming up after this is the weather state with our teeth. hands all. i know from. lucky charms like todd martin types to the max air show. soon much brighter than if you move from phones to pressure in some. stunts on t.v. don't come. great . come. join the. soldiers be a little. friday out of the markets europeans don't supplement again off to shop for the nature of made new fears of a walled recession. cautions against international

i don't know how many national championships georgetown has won recently, but tony has racked up one. b. is also an rotc second lieutenant and because he spoke fluent pashto and arabic, he was assigned to a special operations unit that was in afghanistan during the 1990s, the hide of the taliban controlled. he was working, as we had units working with the northern alliance, tribes that were resisting the taliban. so, from that background, he was a searing opponent of the war in iraq because he thought that our principle adversary was afghanistan and that we should stay the course there until we took on more adversaries. and i might say in the book, i recount a discussion and i am now going to break, not new news, but i don't name it in the book. but, in february of 2002, about four months into the afghanistan war, i went to central command, which is located at mcgill air force base in tampa, to get a briefing of the state of the afghanistan war and it was a fairly standard military briefing, lots of power points, and optimist about the progress we had made and that we would make in th

the first place and when was georgetown. a buddy of mine had met their was overseen when i dropped out of georgetown. he stayed there, he was overseen in homeless shelters. i went to visit him one day. down in the sea. thirteen blocks from the white house. the shelter there. justine around in the afternoon. amidst of the regular rate of -- reagan revolution. all the intellectual side to poverty. the a theological differences. pam, michael and his brother james one year younger, seven and six, they come rolling into the room. just playing in joking around. i jumped right around in there with them. horsing around. we get to library. we repeated. we keep kind of hanging around doing a lot of stuff together. eventually we just become brothers and no way informally that ended up cementing itself. >> a big aids difference. people wonder why their mother let you hang out with this guy. >> yes. she did. she really did. i had a lot of my hands have a problem with it. the allies is to say, you need to stop that. and white man coming a

check out these images from what is supposed to be a good will basketball game between georgetown and rockets. amateur video clearly show as rockets player ramming a georgetown guard and then throwing a flurry of punches at bow en's chest. with that came chaos. unbelievable. the game was called and the teams met friday to make peace. or at least blet's take a look t what i mean. if you look at projections of the u.s. economy and the chinese economy. there we go. you'll see in terms of gdp, the united states economy much bigger. the chinese economy expected to surpass the united states in 2019. if you go back to 2000, the blue line is the united states. we dominate manufacturing but china is catching up and 2015 to surpass the united states. china's vice president during this trip referred to the fundamental change in the balance of the economic cal relationship. listen to how biden characterizes china as he raises concerns about china's currency. >> only friends and equals can serve each other by being straightforward and honest with them about the perceived injustices or the perceive

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