president will break red with the new u.s. congress leaders -- break bread with the new u.s. congress leaders. they will assess what legislation can be put into place in the coming months. i'm joined by our international affairs editor. barack obama sitting down with the new congress leaders. what are the issues we are likely to see on immigration. -- immigration? >> when you play with matches you risk burning yourself. he is talking about president obama's pledged to use executive orders to make the quotations -- make the quotations -- make d eportations of illegal immigrants more difficult. he wants to make it easier for you to stay in the u.s. he had already said before the midterms that he wanted to do that and that he would use executive orders if necessary. there's is more pressure now on obama to act quickly, because his base looked really lackluster in the midterm elections. the hispanics, which are key to the democratic base, did not seem very enthusiastic. a were lackluster, did not turn out in large numbers -- they were lackluster, they did not turn out in large num

new u.s. troops arriving in iraq to join the war against isis. what will the role be? 's way will >>> breaking overnight -- a new threat from isis -- they will only become stronger. in a new video they call out both presidents obama and bush. and a new round of u.s. troops enter iraq's anbar province, but only to assist iraqi fighters. the question is what will happen that they're in the middle of a war zone. >>> violent attack -- israel promising to crack down after a string of attacks across major cities, is this the beginning of a vicious new trend? >>> a federal investigation into joan rivers' death shows serious mistakes were made during the surgery that led to her death. how could a simple procedure go so terribly wrong? >>> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day," with chris cuomo, kate boldaun and michaela pereira. >> good morning, welcome to "new day," it is tuesday, november 11th, veterans day, we thank all of you who served and your families, because they served as well. it's a few clicks before 6:00 in the east. chris cuomo and alisy

u.s. mission comes to a close in the military prepares for counterterrorism training mission the next two years. the new guidelines, the u.s. can conduct their support if necessary. staying overseas, 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit a mountainous area of central japan, injuring at least 30 people, destroying more than a half-dozen homes. wasof the hardest hit areas a town that hosted events in the 1998 winter olympics. no problems were reported at three nuclear power plants in the nearby area. in the u.s., new york's governor says they are preparing for the worst, hoping for the best in buffalo. rain in warmer weather threaten to melt the seven feet of snow on the ground, leading to flooding. governor andrew cuomo says the state is sending in pumps, boats, helicopters, high axle vehicles that can operate in for or five feet of water. and they are under a flood watch sunday. sort ofrea, not that precipitation, but we are enjoying the warmer temperatures. >> yes, 70's by monday. it will feel delightful. it was not bad today. yesterday was cold and blustery, 52 the high today at reagan national. bwi, 41 d

u.s. users open firefox, they've a be automatically directed to yahoo!. >> it's the start of a new era at mozilla, at least in the u.s. yahoo! will be its partner for the next five years. for a decade, google paid mozilla 10 million euros a year to be the firefox browser's default search engine. the price tag paid by yahoo! has not been made public. yahoo! hopes the deal will expand its market share and therefore boost advertising revenue. experts call it a good move, but far from it enough to threaten google. google is the world's most popular search engine by far. almost 90% of internet users choose it. 4.4% prefer bing. 3.8%, yahoo!. in europe, firefox is staying with google for now, but yahoo! fans can change that with the clickable mouse. >> onto thursday's market action. let's look at the numbers starting off in frankfurt. the dax was up by just a tad, finishing at 9483 points. euro stoxx 50 not doing quite as well, and itching down by nearly .7%. across the atlantic on wall street at this hour, the dow up by exactly the same amount as the dax, there, 17 thousand 700 10 point

news." escalation in u.s. involvement. the number of american troops there about to double including some very dangerous places. >>> are you among those allergic to pencilen? stunning news about a big overreaction. >>> something he said in our interview with him last night that got jerry seinfeld a whole lot of attention today on the subject of autism. >>> and the crowd goes wild for a little girl going through a really tough time finally getting to see her hero, her own dad, in action. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. because terrorism is a moving target, 1,500 more american servicemen and women are going back to iraq in numbers that will double those already on post. they are not intended as combat troops, but they'll be serving in an area surrounded by it. their stated mission is to train up and stand up the iraqi armed forces so that they can fight isis and other groups. and, yes, many of them are military advis

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or certain republican or any range, democrats or any number of republicans i think we will have a new u.s. president who is not committed to the same long string of statements calling for the ouster of the assad regime and pragmatism and the blank slate that new u.s. leader will have great freedom and flexibility to make policy decisions, arguably more muscular military and policy decisions than president obama did not. two final notes. don't need to end on a melancholy note that syria is a melancholy story and this is what i try to bring out in my book. i think the near-term future of syria will be a tragedy regardless what happens. this will be a tragedy because all the world is acting in a way that it is not before, to rescue syria from isis, to rescue the region from the cancer that has metastasized and spread, it diver in the world's attention from first order problems in syria. and inside the country, human rights violations, a collapsed economy, that estimates currently say require at least $200 billion to rebuild. i think isis is diverting the world's attention, that is a strategy

the u.s. news & world report, one of its first assignments was launching the health insurance finder powered by the data that we released in the first version of healthcare.gov back in july 2010 focusing on an inventory of all public and private insurance options that were available. that website is still live today. you can find a wonderful user experience but the information that powers it is provided by the federal government. >> take it to a 2.0. how else would this system of open government work in health care? >> it is an amazing opportunity because if you asked the question what do we ultimately want? whether you are republican or democrat, you want a system that is high quality, lower cost and deliver satisfaction that people will consume. the former administrator of medicare and medicaid refers to this as the triple aim. i think it is bipartisan. one of the ways you get there is you realize a third of the money we spend in health care is wasted and wasted could be defined as you could've g

u.s. advisers, the iraqis could lose the battle. the new teams of u.s. military advisers will fan out over the north, west and southern iraq and into two hot combat zones under isis control, anbar and the north baghdad province. those advisers will be protected by u.s. military combat teams. but pentagon officials insist they are not offensive combat forces. >> they're going to be trained troops. and they're going to be able to defend themselves. but that doesn't mean they're being introduced in a combat role in iraq. >> reporter: but vietnam veteran jack jacobs says there's a fine line between military advisers and combat troops. >> anybody who thinks being an adviser keeps you away from combat is just kidding themselves. i was an adviser twice in vietnam and that guaranteed i would be in combat. >> reporter: this comes at a high price. that's only the beginning. officials acknowledge that the overall mission will undoubtedly require more troops and money. a long-term commitment with no end in sight, brian. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon to start u

. ♪ >>> break aring news this morning. the u.s. d china unveiling a groundbreaking new partnership to stop climate change, dropping greenhouse emissions to historic lows over time. we're live for a new surprising agreement and what this means for u.s./china relations going forward. >>> happening now, the u.s. and palestinian leaders accusing of a religious war. >>> ferguson on edge as the grand jury is ever close to deciding whether the police officer who shot unarmed teenager michael brown. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's wednesday, november 12th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with break us news, president obama and chinese president ji announcing historic deal. it promises cutting greenhouse emissions. david, tell us more about this climate deal? >> reporter: well, it's a big deal. and it's been put through after months of secret negotiations between the u.s. and chinese. president obama calling it an historic deal to reduce greenhouse emissions by both the u.s

u.s. air strikes in syria, new concerns of a terrorist alliance there which underscores how crucial the front is in the fight against isis. elise labott is joining us. elise, you had first word that the u.s. is reviewing its overall strategy in this war against isis, in dealing with syria. what else are you learning? >> wolf, the white house is pushing back on the story saying there's no formal review under way, just a constant weak calibration of the strategy. even the administration officials say there is widespread recognition that defeat isis you need political change in syria and that should be part of a plan. coalition air strikes continue in kobani against isis targets. underground, isis fighters dig tunnels and trenches hiding from the air strikes as they battle opposition forces. in aleppo, president assad's forces have made their own advances with punishing air strikes against the u.s.-backed rebels in which the defense of secretary said one enemy was more lethal. >> yes, they want to see assad go. yes, there's no question. but the most absolute, immediate threat to most of these pe

the crew of six will be prepared the station for the arrival of new u.s.n late 2017. >>> and back on earth bears are heading into hibernation this winter. among them, a little cub named cinder. she was wounded by a wildfire but has made a remarkable recovery and now she's reach add huge milestone. carter evans reporting. >> reporter: this summer's carl tochb complex fire was the largest ever to hit washington state. nearly 300 homes were destroyed as well as 400 square miles of wildlife habitat. it's unknown how many animals may have died but somehow this little cub survived. her rescuers named the baby black bear cinder. her paws singed with third degree burns. her face and chest were also badly burned. cinder's road to recovery began when she was airlifted. she was scared and mall nourished when they began rehab with lots of tlc. bandages were changed every day and she consume add steady diet of fish and berries. on friday came the announce nnlt via facebook, cinder is going home. first stop, a rehab center in idaho and then come spring back to the woods

we hope it is your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news in u.s. and world report, study finds millions of people with heart stents may need an anti-clotting drug longer than a year. researchers say patients taking the medication for 30 months after surgery significantly lowered their risk of heart attack clots and other problems. >>> from the finnish broadcasting company, helsinki police tell naked model to cover up. an 83-year-old performance artist sat naked in a glass case in seven countries. but in helsinki, she's in order to wear underwear. >>> some other stories we're following, flames have torn through a nearly 100-year-old church in san jose, california. the fire brought down the cross atop of the church. officials say that because the church was built in 1919, there were no fire sprinklers. >>> next time you pucker up, beware, scientists say. with every extended kiss we may be sharing as many as 80 million bacteria. most of the germs aren't the kind that would actually make you sick, though. in fact, one scientist says exposure to somebod

u.s. and nato force to his stay on through 2015. president obama has approved newcal guidelines allowing direct attacks on taliban fight works air support if necessary. on sunday, a suicide bomber detonated himself at a volleyball tournament, killing at least 50 people and wounding 63 more, many of whom were teenagers. >> translator: the explosion happened during the game. dead bodies and wounded were spread everywhere. >> reporter: afghanistan's interior ministry said the attack was likely targeting members of the police attending the event. 10 officers were killed in the explosion, including one commander . >>> change at the top at the pentagon this time on the program. what happened to undermine chuck hague until what challenges await the next secretary? joining us for that conversation david former deputy assistant secretary for defense for afghanistan and pakistan. heather, director of new models of policy change project at the new america foundation. and mark thompson, national security reporter for time magazine, welcome all of you to the program. heather, i

u.s. troops in afghanistan will be allowed target taliban fighters under new guidelines reportedly approved by president obama. the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan ends next month. around 10,000 american troops will stay in the country. the role has been previously limited to tackling al-qaeda fighters and training troops. >> reporter: in may of this year president obama gave a speech in the white house rose garden ensuring his nation and the world that the combat mission in afghanistan may be over. it may be ending, but combat operations will not. according to the "new york times", u.s. troops will be able to attack any forces deemed to be of interest to the afghan go. . not only that, not just on the ground, but by air. under the president, the u.s. air operations had all but been suspended because of hamid karzai's concerns over civilian casualties. >> we were told that there was much debate, heated debate, and the president overruled civilian advisors to give the military what they wanted. the timing is interesting. the news was released on a friday even when if anyone talked about p

a new u.s. funded program aims to support women like manisha. $216 million, five-year program hopes to reach 75,000 afghan women with a potential to be entrepreneurs or leaders. >> there are still hundreds of thousands of women across afghanistan ready to work, ready to help build urination's future. >> the afghan president says islamic history has examples of the importance of women in society. >> experience shows that if you invest in women, five generations change. if you invest in a boy, only one generation changes. >> the program's goals are to develop women's roles in leadership, government, the economy and women's rights. >> president ghani says he will work to improve the lives of afghan women. one of his first promises as president, to name a woman to afghanistan's supreme court. >> reporter: one of the most visible signs that things could change for women in afghanistan is the public role the first lady is taking here. having just completed the first straighting years we can see signs of a new generation of women taking the first steps

he makes specific mention of president obama calling for 1,500 new u.s. troops to go to iraq, an announcement the president also made last friday, so if this recording is authentic, it would appear that he is indeed still alive. >> pelley: and u.s. intelligence still working to authenticate the tape. clarissa, thanks very much. it turns out yesterday's historic landing on a comet was a combination of engineering genius and plain dumb luck. today, we learned that the european spacecraft bounced high off the comet out of control and then fell back down landing on its feet. but not exactly where they wanted it. charlie d'agata is at mission fntrol in germany. >> reporter: these are the first pictures ever taken from the surface of a comet. philae snapped the 360-degree view from its stark and jagged new home. but imaging expert jean pierre hebring said philae missed its target landing and is now resting in the shadow of a cliff. >> we sort of get close to the place where we are, where we think we are, which is not very close to the one we wanted to, but not v

. >>> breaking news this morning. the u.s. and china unveiling a groundbreaking new partnership to stop climate change. dropping greenhouse emissions to historic lows over time. we're live with this new agreement and what this means for u.s./china relations moving forward. >>> happening now -- tensions rising in the middle east. the palestinian president accusing israel of igniting a religious war as violence escalates near holy sites. we're live in jerusalem with the latest this morning. >>> ferguson preparing for huge protests as the grand jury gets closer to revealing whether the officer who killed unarmed teenager michael brown will be charged. missouri's governor releasing his plans as michael brown's parents weigh in. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> it's wednesday, november 12th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we do begin with breaking news this morning. president obama and china's president xi jinping announcing a major climate change. it promises to put the greenhouse emissions combined by one-t

lou: and russian president today and met their new u.s.mbassador today and immediately demanded the obama administration begin trading with moscow as an equal partner and stay out of its internal affairs. joining us tonight u.s. ambassador to the united nations in governor of new mexico embassador richardson. this sounds fine he wants to be an equal partner and it seems like he is behaving as a senior partner. >> putin is in trouble the ruble is in bad shape and to he pays a price for this very serious incursion and he has made in crimea. i don't believe we should treat him as an equal but the worry that i have what happens in ukraine can escalate and i hope we continue a very strong response of nato deployments. but putin right now was at the height of his ego mania. lou: he has taken crimea with his invasion of ukraine , nato, president of obama are all absolutely afraid to call it an invasion even though his troops are in ukraine. it approaches the level of the coup d'etat as well. and faye accompli. there is no will to try to reverse c

he makes specific mention of president obama calling for 1,500 new u.s. troops to go to iraq, an announcement the president also made last friday, so if this recording is authentic, it would appear that he is indeed still alive. >> pelley: and u.s. intelligence still working to authenticate the tape. clarissa, thanks very much. last night we showed you that disturbing video of u.s. sailors being attacked in turkey. well, now the 12 men who were detained have been released. there may be charges later. the video shows them throwing rocks at the plain-clothes sailors and putting hoods over their heads. it is part of an anti-american protest. the americans weren't hurt. turkey and nato allies condemned the attack. it turns out yesterday's historic landing on a comet was a combination of engineering genius and plain dumb luck. today we learned that the european spacecraft bounced high off the comet out of control and then fell back down landing on its feet. but not exactly where they wanted it. charlie d'agata is at mission control in germany. >> reporter: thes

bread for the world also notes that the new u.s.ary, will have as members 100 women, the most ever. now, the ethics of inoculation. if parents don't want their child vaccinated, for religious or any reason, does that put other children at risc nf getting sick? it's a current public health issue because contagious diseases long considered under control, measles and whooping cough, have been making a comeback. deborah potter reported. >> reporter: for generations, it's been a rite of passage. >> can i listen to you? >> reporter: a visit to the pediatrician, and an injection or two. >> okay, all done. >> reporter: rahm kaiser epstein is 15 months old. on this day, he's being vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox.ç he doesn't much like it. neither does the 4-month-old in the next room. hayden's vaccines also covered multiple contagious diseases, including diphtheria and whooping cough. >> i think it's all the ç standard, routine shots i think we need to protect us. we've all had the same shots as kids, so i don't s

biden did announce that $135 million in new u.s. aid for syrian civilians would be available. some of the money will go directly to turkey, which is handling nearly two million refugees from syria. >>> secretary of state john kerry is also overseas this weekend, and says that there are serious gaps in the talks about a nuclear deal with iran. right now, kerry is meeting with diplomats from other world powers and with iran's foreign minister in austria. those talks are under a monday deadline. the u.s. and six other countries want to limit iran's nuclear program that could be used to make weapons. >>> this morning, back in the u.s., marion barry is dead at the age of 78. barry passed away just after midnight at a hospital in washington. over the last year, barry had appeared frail and sick. beginning in 1979, voters elected him mayor four times. barry's 1990 arrest, though, in which he was caught on surveillance video smoking crack cocaine, overshadowed his political career. but barry made a comeback in the last decade, winning three terms as a d.c. councilman. >>> this morning

this is the "alaska dispump news" u.s. senates near the end, a $50 million race in alaska.ublicans favored, democrats need that one, probably to keep their majority. let's peek at one more, "the kentucky enquirer" the hillary factor. hillary clinton campaigning with allison grimes on the weekend. close race there, perhaps one the democrats would like to get the most to defeat mitch mcconnell, looks unlikely at the moment but not out of the question. it is sad but sadly hardly a surprise race is an issue in the campaign's closing days. louisiana senate contest mary landrieu stoked the conversation with this explanation of president obama's unpopular pit. >> to be very honest with you, the south has not always been the friendliest place for african-americans. it's been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader. >> she's being very honest and it's certainly true if you look in the south, race is more of an issue in campaigns, the president is more of an issue sometimes. what's mary landrieu's goal here? >> you know, it's funny,

says senator elect dan sullivan is the new u.s.senator from the state of alaska and senator elect dan sullivan has already jumped on a plane and make it to washington in time for important senate meetings today. still tonight senator mark beg given is not conceding. >> greta, great to be here, thanks for having me. >> welcome to washington. you have been here before though. tell me what about senator begich. >> after our election went off i went and did marine corps training. i'm still in the reference and was focused on that. when the a.p. and other news organizations called it, i was being respectful to the process. but also wanted to get down here. roll up my sleeves. do work for my fellow alaskans. we had important meetings today. people are talking about committee assignments and things like that. had some votes today. i wanted to be here for important meetings. >> what committee are you on. >> different ones. commerce is very important particularly given the importance of our fisheries in alaska. environment and public works,

. >> the president says the new u.s. goal is to cut emissions by 26 to 28 percent by the year 2025.s up from an earlier goal of 17 percent but china has not agreed to any specific cutting of emissions. it says its goal is for those emissions to peek by 2030. >> check out this sky 6 picture we have from atlantic city, new jersey. fog along the coastline and other areas of south jersey and also in the state of delaware. david will be back with the accuweather forecast and karen rogers, of course, will be telling to us how this is impacting the roads this morning. >>> now for your first look at business. we are at the big board to deliver it to you. a mall near buffalo, new york, is threatening to fine any retailer that does not open at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. it says it needs to compete with other malls in the area that are opening at the same time. it's unclear how much the mall plans to finery tailers. store owners are outraged. the general manager of harrah's philadelphia in chester delaware county says he opposes plans to open a second casino in philadelphia. ron baumann says t

weston and the others are waiting for their day in criminal court. >> new this morning, u.s. re out if the new audio tape features the voice of isis. the tape released said it was el baghdady. president obama said the u.s. will send 1500 more troops to iraq. if the recording is his since the state thought they wounded him earlier this week. the state department is working to confirm its authenticity. >> there's a new report blamig the secret service for failures in the white house security breach. a man was able to jump the fence and run across the lawn and make it into the buildings. emergency alarms an radios were turned off for muted or in the wrong place. other officers thought the suspect was trapped at a locked door, but it turned out the door was opened. the secret service director resign but no other agents or officers were disciplined because of the breach. >>> a dr. infected with the ebola virus is heading to the united states. he is expected to return to america tomorrow and will be treated at nebraska medical center of. of all the ebola patients treated in america,

breaking news. the u.s. confirming that a third american has beheaded by isis. pleas unanswered tonight. and the search for clues in a brutal new video. >>> arctic blast. the heavy snow stretching across the country. the wipe outs. the messy morning commute and the new polar plunge on the way. >>> tale of the tape. the first images of officer wilson just moments after that shooting in ferguson and the police call in the middle of it. >> get us several more units here. there's going to be a problem. >>> and under fire. beloved comic bill cosby and this woman's exos

u.s. troops in afghanistan will be allowed to target taliban fighters next year under new guidelines approvedresident and originally the role had been limited to tackling al-qaeda and training afghan troops. charles stratford has more from kabul. >> reporter: voting for the go ahead of both the security arrangements one with u.s. and nato forces and comes at a time where president obama has an expansion of the role of troops that will remain here to train the afghan military. the exact details of what, in fact, these troop also be doing remains unclear but it certainly comes at a time where afghan forces are struggling to meet the taliban threat. we have seen a different strategy used by taliban in resent months and sometimes 400 taliban fighters targets the south and east of the country and three big attacks here in kabul in the last couple of weeks and also draws into question more efforts that are being made in terms of the diplomacy on international level and trying to bring the taliban to peace talks and trying to initiate some sort of truce. we had president ghani in saudi arabia in res

new at this hour, u.s. intelligence is working to determine the authenticity of an isis video that claims to show the beheading of american hostage peter kassig. president obama also has been briefed on the video. the 26-year-old was serving as a medical worker in syria when he was captured more than a year ago. >> what is the u.s. doing to try to authenticate this video? >> well, what both british and u.s. investigators will be looking at is where this video was posted and by whom did it come from official isis media? also, trying to figure out where and when the video was shot. it's a very different video from the previous ones, and in actually at one point they actually even thought the video was located in dabiq, syria. is it, in fact -- can they find any landmarks to show this is where it comes from and other signs that this is an authentic video from isis? >>. >> there are things that are unusual about this video. this is a group or a mass beheading. how does this differ from other types of videos tha

u.s. government being reported by the reuters news agency. so u.s. news agencies have been freed. they're apparently now on their way home. and there are further reports that they have been accompanied by the director of national attention. we'll bring you more as we get it here on al jazeera. still to come on the news hour. >> i hope to enjoy how many days i have left on this beautiful earth and spend as much of it outside as i can. >> the partying words of a writer campaign on the latest of death with dignity debate. >> tens of thousands of people will come to commemorate the fall 25 years ago. >> and in sports we'll get the latest on liverpool's effort to hell's start to th chelsea's premiere start to the season. >> a new school curriculum that places more emphasize on morals. but some students don't like to be told what to think. >> the young minds of thailand, the country's future are being taught how to be more thai. it's all part of the military government's reform of basic education. students are instructed on 12 virtues of being thai. they range from being grateful to par

we begin with breaking news. u.s. intelligent officials are working to determine the authenticity of a video that appears to show the be heading of american aid worker peter by isis. they posted video and images on social media that they say show the beheaded remains of cassig and other hostages. if authenticated, he would be the fifth western hostage killed by the militants. he was an aid last year. he converted with islam while in captivity. the militants had threatened to kill him in a video released last month. >>> san francisco police are investigating a deadly stabbing in the tenderloin neighborhood. officers say a man was stabbed in the chest at larkin and farrell streets. they say the man was stabbed just about 8:30 last night. they found him lying on the sidewalk. an ambulance took the victim to san francisco general hospital, where he died only minutes later. police do not have a description of the suspect. >>> this morning a woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a truck

harbor island hopping in places like saipan. 1944, the united states had advanced far enough that the new u.s. bomber could reach tokyo on a regular basis. the first u.s. bombing raid did minor damage. pilots developed new tactics. they flew low and began to use incident every bomb -- incendiary bomb against the japanese attacks. b-29's. a firestorm. anperatures reached estimated 1800 degrees fahrenheit. 15 square miles of tokyo, equivalent to half of manhattan, was burned down. nobody knows for sure how many people were killed. the estimates range from 90,000 to more than 100,000. a death toll higher than the atomic bombing of here were schumer and al-assad -- hiroshima and not the sake -- nagasaki. take the team for the next five months until japan's surrender in nagasaki. what is the lesson of the firebombing of tokyo? the danger of nuclear weapons should not blind us to the destructive power of conventional weapons. the genocideught of 1994 killed more than half a million people. whenever victims died from machete attacks. 100,000 people died in the pilot is rocks iraq. of violence that h

u.s. attorney in new york. ed as attorney general, she'll make history, becoming the first african-american woman to hold the post. cnn's sara gannon joins me now from brooklyn, right outside the u.s. attorney's office there where loretta lynch works. lynch spoke at the white house ceremony. what did she say? >> reporter: she talked about how much she appreciates her time here in the eastern district of new york. and how thrilled she would be to go to washington to continue to serve. take a listen. >> mr. president, thank you again, for the faith that you have placed in me. i pledge, today, to you and to the american people, that if i have the honor of being confirmed by the senate, i will make up every morning, with the protection of the american people, my first thought. >> reporter: president obama also spoke. he talked about how she's not flashy or showy, or looking for headlines. as she built her career, she did it quietly. and she built a solid career. that echoes what her colleagues and friends have been

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by late 1944, the united states had advanced far enough that the new u.s. bomber could reach tokyo on a regular basis. the first u.s. bombing raid did minor damage. u.s. bomber pilots developed new tactics. they flew low and at night, and they also began to use incendiary bombs against the japanese attacks. this came to a horrific culmination in operation meetinghouse. 334 b-29's. bombs,ped 2000 tons of reaching -- unleashing a firestorm. temperatures reached an estimated 1800 degrees fahrenheit. 15 square miles of tokyo, equivalent to half of manhattan, was burned down. no one knows for sure how many people died in the firebombing of tokyo. the estimates range from 90,000 to more than 100,000. a death toll equal to, if not higher, than the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. a reporter simply wrote -- the heart of tokyo is gone. the bombings continued for the next five months until japan's surrender in nagasaki. some one million japanese died because of conventional bombing attacks. what is the lesson of the firebombing of tokyo? just this -- the dang

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