ambassador and rnc chair jim nicholson is back.thomas wants to know what the terrorists' motivations are. roll tape. >> what is really lacking always for us, you don't give the motivation of why they want to do us harm? what is the motivation? you never hear --. >> al-qaeda is an organization that is dedicated to murder and slaughter of innocence. >> you're saying it is because of religion? >> i'm saying it is because of an al-qaeda organization that uses the banner of religion in a perverse and corrupt way. >> sean: hillary suggested poverty is the reason for terrorism is that that hard for helen to figure out? the administration's war on terror they don't seem to get it. >> where has helen thomas been the past eight years. you can go back to bin laden what he laid it out clearly. they seem to give us periodic updates telling us why they want to do what they want to do. it is surprising someone in her position doesn't get it. >> i think -- i princed my credentials to the pope two days after 9/11, the first thing we said was say a

. >> bill: and jack nicholson and at half time i said are you going to the oscars, looking forward toe dark glasses, not going. i don't think that anybody is going. >> there's a lot of locks, animated features, slum dog. >> good luck with that. >>. >> four our departure, somebody making too serious of a speech. sean on the milk and in the american movie business. >> i want to kiss everybody because you're the major choice. >> i like it, the center of my world? no, somebody's lost-- we're in l.a. and everything is lon steen, billy. instead of going to see milk, nobody has seen. they're going to see friday the 13th the 12th edition. >> if they want the money up on the milk thing and get more message, they need to get the footage of selma hayek breast-feeding that kid. >> why are you looking at me. >> the sports illustrated swimsuit edition, they washed out danica patrick's tattoo. what was that all about? are tattoos not sporting anymore? >> listen, you remember that night you and i got blasted at smith and wilensky's and i got that tramp stamp, i've got to get that off. >> bill: are ta

all of you who have talked to mcchrystal rodriguez and general nicholson all know that they share this priority. >> i have a question about the security situation for civilians, u.s. civilians in afghanistan. to what extent are they able to get out of their compounds and meet with afghans and going to villages and with made to protect them? is it the u.s. military or is it private contractors and to what extent is security in beating any of these efforts? >> that is a real issue. there is no denying it and is any of you who led been out there understand it. first of all civilian serving out there are extraordinarily brave and because they are not in the same secure environment as our military colleagues and you saw tragical though a unique example of that with their cia colleagues in cost in the last few days. secondly, they have to get out to do their work. they have to get outside of the why are comment when you go down to a place like shellmont and see someone like rory kelton, who has been there three years, who knows the area, and aid worker knows the area up better than any of th

he is facing a slew of charges, didn't jack nicholson did it in terms of endearment. >> julie: that was a movie. not very smart. imagine if he gone under a low lying bridge. >> gregg: ouch. >> julie: shocking new study. what soda fountains -- i love them. >> gregg: i'm not going there any more. >> julie: we'll tell you what soda fountains and bathrooms have in common. it's no the fuas else and it's not french-fries. we'll explain coming up in tree minutes. >> gregg: french-fries? ugcl) yeacl 's h fba icos y!tyft juneck yno itft'sse sut'cu tyftef (ckicli >> gregg: time for top of the news. one of two men arrested in queens for arrested terror links pleading not guilty today. he is accused of flying to pakistan for al-qaeda terror training and investigators connecting him to a suspected terrorist accused of plotting an attack in new york city. >> julie: a drone strike killing two people known as a stronghold of a militant network, a same group suspected in last week's bombing at a c.i.a. base in afghanistan. >> gregg: and friend speaking on the man that was arrested for breaching security

all of you who talked to mcchrystal and rodriguez and general nicholson all know that they share this priority. >> i have a question about the security situation for civilians, u.s. civilians, and to what extent are they able to get out of their compoundses, and when they do who protects them, and to what extent is security impeding these efforts? >> that's a real issue. there's no denying it. there are, first of all, civilians serving there are extraordinarily brave, and because they are not in the same secured environment as our military colleagues. and you saw tragic and unique example of that with our cia colleagues in the last few days. secondly, they have to get out to do their work, to get outside the wire. and when you go down to a place and see something like rory calhoun, who has been there three years, who knows the aid work and knows the area better than any american military and takes enormous risks, you see that. now, what are we doing specifically to deal with it? there is a constant province by province negotiation on how much support the military would give american c