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i'm john kaplan, and i'm a member of a synchronized world. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> what went wrong in the hostage rescue? good morning, thanks for getting up with us this sunday morning, learning a lot more this morning about what went wrong when u.s. special forces tried to rescue american hostage luke somers in yemen. more on that in a minute. >>> also, protests of the garner grand jury decision turned violent in berkeley, california, overnight. going to be looking into whether police body cameras are a solution to stopping police brutality. >>> also five days away now from potentially another government shutdown. two u.s. congressmen will join us to discuss whether congress will be able to reach a deal in time. also, senator bernie sanders from vermont, he is going to be on the show today talking with him one-on-one about his efforts to move the democratic party to the left and his plans potentially to run for president in 2016. you're not gonna want to miss that and obviously, much, much more ahead as well the next two hours. >>