we will speak to jerry van dike who covered afghanistan for decades. he was kidnap and held captive. we will talk about his book, the trade, my journey into political kidnapping. and a journalist joins us and the triumph of fear and the end of the american dream. we are glad you joined us. coming up in a moment. >>> please welcome jerry van dike to his program. the latest text is called the trade. the labyrinth of political kidnapping. it is a gripping follow-up to his memoire about his 2008 abducti abduction. good to have you on the program. i started the show a moment ago. this is the 16th year of this 2001. >> the campaign. what do you make of the fact that 16 years later the beat goes on? >> it's an old afghan saying that said it is very easy to enter. very hard to leave. >> yeah. >> in the early 1979 -- july 1979 and robert gates, former secretary of defense was written about this in his memoirs. jimmy carter's national security adviser said the same thing. we begin to fund in order to lure them into afghanistan in july 1979. and december 1979 the

we will speak to jerry van dike who covered afghanistan for decades.dnap and held captive. we will talk about his book, the trade, my journey into political kidnapping. and a journalist joins us and the triumph of fear and the end of the american dream. we are glad you joined us. coming up in a moment.

mentales aunque no van a utilizar la salud mental en una estrategia een este juicio que podrÍa durar entre dos o tres semanas. ilia: la policÍa de texas arrestÓ al padre de la niÑa jerrye despuÉs de que oficiales descubrieran, en una alcantarilla, un cuerpo. el padre dijo que Él la dejÓ fuera de la casa como castigo porque la pequeÑa no querÍa comer. >> no tenÍa que haber pasado asÍ. porque es una criatura inocente. karen: vecinos, personas y familias enteras llegan al lugar exacto donde fue hallado el cuerpo de una pequeÑa niÑa, el domingo en richardson. este podrÍa pertenecer a la niÑa jerry matthews. >> es una criatura, no se sabe defender. karen: los restos son encontrados cerca de la intersecciÓn de las calles spring valley. el lugar se encuentra a una media milla del hogar de la pequeÑa. >> yo criÉ cinco hijos y cinco nietos. corazÓn estÁ muy destrozado de ver este caso tan duro. karen: de acuerdo a la versiÓn del padre adoptivo de la niÑa, wesley matthews, Éste la dejÓ como castigo por no querer tomar la leche. ahora la comunidad busca justicia. >> vecinos que estamos cerca, nos sentimos mal por eso que ha pasado, y nos vuele mucho. mÁs porque es una niÑa adopt

employer, but i think by in large, it is clear here that jerry jones, if ehe wants to, could fire or suspend players who wouldn't stand up. >> vanin your new book, and the chapter, it's an open letter to conservatives and you say, "more than anything you place great value on protecting and upholding the foundational liberties enshrined in the constitution particularly the right to free speech, movement, association and religion." those conservative principles, how did they square with opposition to taking a knee? >> look, i think that the conservative movement has some real trouble and i -- i wrote this book, you know, "beyond the messy truth: how we came apart, how we come together," trying to figure out how we can better republicans and better democrats. i think we need two strong party. the conservative movement now seems to be an anti-liberal movement. it's much more interested in figuring out ways to poke at liberals than to actually lift up values s that the country c actually be united around. there's really a huge missed opportunity here. the republican party, everybody's forgotten this now, has been leading the charge o

van that left the scene. you're asked to contact police if you know anything about this crime. >> later this week a judge will announce his decision about jerry sandusky's appeal. the judge said today that he will issue his opinion noon wednesday. the former penn state coach says his lawyers did not adequately represent him during trial of the he also claims prosecutors did not share information about victims changing stories. >> now to a first check of the accuweather forecast as we try to kick out the clouds that have just dominated the last several days. >> let's hope there's a brighter change coming. meteorologist adam joseph outside for us with the forecast today. >> when the clouds leave us overnight tonight i don't think they're coming back maybe until saturday afternoon so quite a stretch is on the way but it is a chilly start with that cloud cover. 58 right now for the beginning of the week here on a monday afternoon. 56 in new york city, just 40's for syracuse and burlington right now and pittsburgh 57 degrees. there's a pretty strong fall front that is passing through here, again, voiding the areas to the north and west and we'll c