remember in the eisenhower administration that the secretary of state john foster dulles and somethinglike that may never happen again in american history. it is the most bleak picture you can possibly imagine the coup in iraq was egyptian inspired leading to the overthrow and very quickly came to saudi arabia of the gulf states the entire region would fall into the hands of nasser in a matter of days unless america did something. his brother john foster dulles said if it falls to nasser if all to international communism and the middle east and the world's oil supplies will be in the hands of the soviet people. all of this was baloney. first of all it wasn't at all clear that coup was egyptian inspired although he did take arms from the soviet union eisenhower panicked and it's very interesting to read his memoirs because he said do something. the hero of d-day the greatest american general was smart enough to realize unlike some of the successors invading iraq is a really hard thing to do but invading lebanon is really easy because the united states has a large fleet in the eastern me

his brother john foster dulles then chimed in and said if it's -- if it falls to nasser, that means italls to international communism. and the middle east and the world's oil supplies would be in the hands of the soviet union. all of this was baloney. first of all, it wasn't at all clear that the coup in iraq was egyptian inspired. and nasser, , while they did tae arms from the soviet union, is not exactly a client of the soviet union. eisenhower panicked, in short. it's very interesting to read his memoirs because he said i felt i had to, quote, to something. now, eisenhower, the hero of the day, maybe the greatest american general of the 20th century, was smart enough to realize, unlike some of his successors, that in invading iraq is really, really hard thing to do. but invading the lebanon is really, really easy to do because the united states has a large fleet in the eastern mediterranean. so when those 2000 marines with the short on july 15, they were backed up by 70 ships of the american six fleet, completing three carrier battle groups. it was a goliath and a midget battlefield

remember in the eisenhower administration we had the usual see the secretary of state john foster dullesas the brother of the director of the central intelligence. something like that may never happen like that again in american history. allen gave the most bleak picture you could imagine that the coup in iraq was egyptian inspired lead to the overthrow of the lebanese government and very quickly to overthrow saudi arabia and kuwait and the gulf states in that entire region to fall into the hands of nasser within a matter of days unless nasser did something his brother said if it falls to nasser falls to international communism in the middle east and the world's oil supplies will be in the hands of the soviets. all of this first of all it wasn't at all clear the coup in iraq was egyptian inspired and although he did take arms is not exactly so eisenhower panicked and it's very interesting to read his memoirs because he says i felt like i had to do something. now eisenhower the hero of the day the greatest year of the 20h century was smart enough to realize unlike the successors that whil

. >> the john s and james l like dafounon, fostering informed and engaged communities. >> and with thengoing support of these institutions. ♪ possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. u.thank yo judy: a new act in the impeachment of president trump has played out today. but this time, a rare agreement between two normally warring sides shared the spotlight. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins begins our coverage. lisa: two historic announcements, one accusing a president, the other embracing a major trade alliance, within an hour of each other, with starkly different tones. >> on this solemn day. lisa: first, the somber. house speaker pelosi and a few, key committee chairmen gathered to announce articles of impeachment against the president. >> no one, not even the president, is above the law. lisa: judiciary chairman jerry a nadlounced two charges, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the two articles of impeachment are nine pages in total, the first on abuse of power centers on ukraine, charging

foster is out for the raiders, and the raiders lost again yesterday against the titans. johnup. >> we missed brown and renfroe, joseph, moreau. >> nobody cares who's playing, played that position or that. >> no one cares how many injuries you have, and as much as that matters as far as getting guys ready, but no one gives a [ bleep] >> you're going to care about this. the winter meetings began today, and you ready for this? stephen strasburg is staying with the nationals. he signed a 7 year $245 million at 35 million a year, expected to be passed by gerritt cole's new deal. oh my. >>> last night in san jose, stanford won their third soccer championship in program history, and their freshman goalie made a huge save. she doesn't like swagger, told everyone to zip it. >> and congratulations to madison bumgarner in advance. >> all right, dennis, thank you. >>> up ahead, getting a cup of coffee might have just gotten easier at a south bay airport all thanks to a new robot. >>> well, a new barista at the san jose international airport is impressing travelers. >> yeah, check this ou

john? >> thank you to our international viewers for watching. for you, cnn newsroom with max foster u.s. viewers, congress, they're going home for the holidays, and there's no agreement on how to run an impeachment trial. the president is upset about this. "new day" continues right now. >>> the house continues to hem and haw about whether and when they intend to transact the accusations to the senate. >> this is a political stunt. it's not funny. >> frankly, i don't care what the republicans say. >> if anyone has reason to be angry with the republicans, it's me. >> candidates squaring off in the final democratic debate of the year. >> you want to talk about the capacity to win? try putting together a coalition to bring you back to office as a gay dude in mike pence's indiana. >> if you had won in indiana, that would be one thing. you tried and you lost. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day," friday, december 20th. 8:00 in the east. congress is done for the year. the impeached president is heading to mar-a-lago, and

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