quote, this is another p.r. stunt by isis they tried to cause problems internally in jordan and haven't succeeded, they are now trying to drive a wedge between the coalition with this latest low p.r. stunt. cnn's jomana karadsheh is joining us from amman, jordan, with more on the reaction to this claim. let's repeat this is a claim by isis with no confirmation no evidence that a jordanian air strike over raqqa in syria, that's an isis stronghold, wound up killing this young american woman aid worker. what else are they saying there, jomana? >>. >> reporter: well as you mentioned, wolf this is exactly what the interior minister is saying calling this a p.r. stunt and lies. there has been this feeling in jordan over the past couple of weeks that isis is trying to embarrass this country, trying to corner this u.s. ally. we saw this happen with the hostage negotiations with that situation with the japanese hostages a couple of weeks ago. and there was this feeling that jordan was being thrown into this put in a posi

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quote, this is another p.r.ried to cause problems internally in jordan and haven't succeeded, they are now trying to drive a wedge between the coalition with this latest low p.r. stunt.

jordan calling the claim a low p.r. stunt.nwhile, kurdish fighters are desperately trying to keep isis from taking more territory in northern iraq. cnn's phil black joins me live now from the front lines, more specifically he's in northern iraq. phil there is this isis propaganda campaign and then there's the actual fighting on the ground. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: the military campaign specifically here in northern iraq is not going as well for isis as it once did. remember last year when they first crossed the border from syria, they came charging in conquering large areas of land very quickly. since then kurdish fighters on the ground with the help of international air power have really successfully stopped that advance to a significant degree and even rolled it back in parts. taking back large areas of those territorial gains isis had made. when you talk to the fighters on the ground they say we believe we are winning this. that does not mean the defeat of isis is imminent. far from it. they are still attacki

lynn: he's a p.r. person, and he's great at what he does.t that great at what he does, by the way. he just posts some things on facebook. lynn: i don't know what happened. lemonis: i think he thought this was gonna be a $150,000- to $200,000-a-year marketing job. lynn: we don't know. my mama doesn't know what's going on. i've lost my sister. lemonis: y'all have tried to call her. she will not take your call? lynn: this is upsetting me more because it's not supposed to be this way. norton: it really bothers her. lynn: it's never been that with us. lemonis: then what's really going on with him? norton: we don't know. lynn: we don't know! i mean, really. we don't know. we -- norton: new york city, here we come. lynn: can't even imagine what the surprise is gonna be. norton: well, knowing marcus, there is no telling. can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ can it tell the doctor how long you have to wear this thing? ♪ can it tell the flight attendant to please not wake me this time? ♪ the answer is yes, it can. so, the quest

killed several brigades worth and pushed them into a relatively manageable area but in the p.r. propaganda front and virtual space we are not doing that great. they are kidnapping and executing people on a regular sometimes daily basis. that goes across the internet on videos and other forms and scares people everywhere and lures new recruits to the region. and this as we saw this week in the united states even there were arrests both in florida and new york as people from this country though they had come from other places prepare to go and that is happening elsewhere. so they think this will all come down a bat until mosul and hope they can win two bats there, military and p.r. we don't know if that is possible. >> where is the president on all this? >> a really good question. he has up until now been absolutely clear about additional u.s. troops. about 3,000, 3500 in iraq. he said there will be no more in this battle or any other. it will probably go up some. they may not be you nomen in uniform as we know them conventionally but probably increase of some. it will depend enti

it's almost like a p.r. victory. it's like who is going to laugh at the end. it seems like isis believe its has the upper hand in this that it was brings jordan to its knees. in a way it back-fired. it did not bring jordan to its knees. jordan is against this kind of terrorism. >> i want you to stand by because there are a lot of developments and elements in the breaking news. we, of course, are going to continue with this breaking news. we will be right back. gent was like half the price! and we'll have to use like double! maybe more! i'm going back to the store? yes you are. dish issues? get cascade complete. one pac cleans tough food better than 6 pacs of the bargain brand combined. cascade. now that's clean. ♪ there's confidence. then there's trusting your vehicle maintenance to ford service confidence. our expertise, technology, and high quality parts mean your peace of mind. now you can get the works, a multi-point inspection with a synthetic blend oil change tire rotation, brake inspection and more. $29.95 or less. alright, so this tylenol arthritis las

. >>> p.r. stunt. jordan flatly dismisses the isis claim as it pounds terrorist targets in revenge for the murder of a captured pilot. i speak live this hour with a top jordanian official in amman. >>> and wrong engine? as alarms sounded in the cockpit, did the pilots of the stricken airliner make a fatal mistake in their desperate effort to save the plane and its passengers? i'm wolf blitzer. you are're in "the situation room." >>> let's get to the breaking news. the united states now rushing to investigate a shocking claim by isis that a young american woman has been killed in a jordanian air strike on isis targets in syria. the humanitarian worker kayla mueller was taken hostage 18 months ago and held for ransom. but the terror group offers no evidence of her death beyond a photo of a collapsed building. jordan claims the isis claim is a p.r. stunt aimed at hurting the coalition. the claim by isis comes as jordan steps up its massive air assault on isis targets launched in retaliation for the grueso

real or a p.r. stunt? and a fairfax county police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man the focus in court today. what he did months before the shooting that had many people concerned. >> first this hour, breaking news in upper marlboro where police have raided an area that they say is an open market for drug dealers. >> our maryland chief brad bell was the only reporter there when it all unfolded. he's live with what he saw. brad? >> this is a place called the yard. well known open air drug market in upper marlboro. right now you can take a live look and see some of the narcotics enforcement officers at the front door. this house, the swat team literally broke down the door in the last 15 minutes. i can show you a little bit of what they found. picture on my phone. that blue and white on the right is crack. that is some of what they have found here. we are at the yard reporting in september where there was another raid. we heard from neighbors at the time that they were tired of seeing the drug traff

. >>> a phoney p.r.stunt, that's what jordan is calling isis claims that kayla mueller died in air strikes. the extremist group thrives on propaganda as evidenced by the release of all those videos showing execution of hostages most recently the brutal murder of the jordanian air force pilot who was burned alive on camera. video of his murder quickly spread across the internet but cnn chose not to air it. meanwhile, fox news has posted the entire 22-minute video on its website. it's been viewed more than 7 million times. my question -- could the posting of the video actually help isis? joining me now is foreign policy analyst ula jibril. is fox helping or hurting isis by showing that video on its website? >> isis is contributing to the budget market of isis. it's a -- >> fox is. >> fox news. it's a reckless choice because they are putting politics above national security. for them they don't understand that by doing this they're playing with a policy of fear but by doing this isis actually having a large

. >> opponents on the field but pans in a new p.r. campaign, the good cause that people teaming up. stay tuned. >>> a mission district bookstore that faced the prospect of shutting down has a new lease on life. borderland books was going out of business because it could not afford to pay the mandatory $15 an hour minimum wage. however, a few days later the bookstore came up with an alternate funding plan that should keep it in business until march of next year. the plan called for 300 sponsors to pay $100 a year to keep the doors open. response has been better than projected. 500 people have signed up to pay $100 to keep it open. >> san francisco has a transamerica building, new york city the only fire state building, both iconic structures and now a build that makes people think of tulsa, oklahoma and here it is. it looks like a giant tornado. mike? >> wow complete with funnel clouds, a restaurant can go on the top and offices in between and classrooms occupying the lower levels. tulsa "people" magazine picked three design firms to come up something that would reimagine downtown tu

despite the p.r. critics say the time line is unfeasible. >> in three years time mars 1 hopes to send a stationary lappeder and communications satellite followed by a rover in 2020 and cargo missions two years after that. in a decade by 2025 it's hoped the first 4-man crew will arrive, live in pods like these. all of this for a meagre $6 billion. >> it's unrealistic from every single point of view. from the experience of people organising it on the budget and some time scale. >> the mars 1 crew will live in confined conditions and need to produce water, oxygen and grow food much that takes investment. mars 1 was hoping to gain sponsorship from endomal, the makers of "big brother" until they pulled out. and one company listed on the website who are providing rockets say no and contracts have been signed. it's optimistic. >> it's a conception that mars 1 wants to finance through media revenues, that's not the case. we'll finance from investment. it's not entertainment, it's inspiration. humans going to

it's seen more as a p.r. exercise that has achieved a very important thing. we are having a discussion about artificial intelligence, which is a serious business here between you and sebastian. i think that's very good news indeed. >> we're talking about -- >> go ahead. >> as george mentioned, having having -- that's one very small act of intelligence, if you can even call it intelligence. it's just -- you know, we used to have very lofty ideas of intelligence as george says, but now the folks see very, very specific parts and just tricking a few people that you're talking to a boy instead of a computer is a very, very small challenge. it doesn't actually help you have rational thoughts. it doesn't help you drive a car. it doesn't help you do these useful things. it's also worth noting that in this case the judges knew they were talking to a computer, and they knew they were judging a xur. computer. so there's a lot of bias there. it's not a huge breakthrough. >> if it only tricks a third of the people, aren't there significant implications here for people wi

the jordanian government says it is a p.r. student and the u.s.vernment also says there is no evident. >> to my knowledge we have targeted storage of ammunition and training camps for terrorists so that would tell you it would be difficult for us to believe or accept the fact that an american hostage was there. what we know about this terrorist organization is that they are liars when it comes to these things. >> meantime jordanian fighter jets were back in the air over syria today striking isis targets. according to jordanian television all of the jets returned safely and in a new development our atika shubert reports f-16s from the uae will be rejoining the fight with jordan. >> reporter: the united arab emirates is sending a squadron of f-16 fighter jets to be based out of jordan. they will continue flying missions to hit isis targets alongside jordanian fighter jets. you might remember in december the ua ex-actually suspended flying with the coalition. that was around the same time that the jordanian air pilot was actually shot down over enemy

i feel like we're doing the p.r. work. >> if we stop showing the videos, they won't stop killing. that's not part of their ideology. they're going to continue to do this because they have no sort of idea of what it is to be human. they need to be annihilated. i usually don't like to say that because i'm about world peace. i do not believe these terrorists can be rehabilitated. >> so let's say because you were miss new york. and you were running for miss usa, would you say that answer? >> i would say we do not negotiate with terrorists or do tradesies. >> okay. this guy set on fire's father is one of the top in the largest tripe in jordan and they don't forget. >> yeah. however, his dad said -- yeah, but he was grieving at that point. >> yeah. they said they're going to start executing people. maybe they will. >> change the group of them. call them the piss ant. why are we calling them by their fame? # they keep changing for everybody. they were saying isis. and then isil. and then somebody forgot the rest of that. people are scared of them. people are frightened of them. >> we see

it will be a bad p.r. story for congress if that happens. they will be on the job, but there will not be funding for contracts, grants for cyber security, technology on the border. all of that is on hold until congress can get this sorted out. cory: the narrative changes. it looks like rather than talking about immigration, the argument could change. peter cook, thank you very much. we do appreciate it. that is the politics. what about the impact on cyber security operations? what would a potential shutdown tonight or three weeks put the country at risk to him online threats? i spoke with mark weatherford the former undersecretary for server security and now a principal at the chernoff group. he explains what would happen through the shutdown. mark: the cyber security integration center is the focal point for the utter government working with the private industry. the umbrella underneath them is the u.s. cert urbanization -- organization. these are the mechanical organizations that are working with not just the private sector, but with the g

but is this just p.r. or is it something more?ked to the ceo of midco. >> a lot of companies start with a group of people getting together and saying wouldn't it be cool if -- dot dot dot and then they fill in the blanks with what would be great if this sort of positive change occurred. >> wouldn't it be cool if, my data base works better? >> well, that could create some kind of positive change in the world. i think framing it as positive change is something that is a significant trend occurring not only in the valley but across the world. people are saying we can organize ourselves in this thing called a company to create some kind of good in the world. and i think the large companies look facebook, google, and others are leading the way and a lot of the founders are getting in on the game. >> silicon valley is the type -- it pokes amazing fun. >> the next day we had this long conversation. then i see this clip, the opening scene of the opening show. take a look at this. >> a few days ago when we were sitting down with barack oba

but as you can imagine that number going out with terrible p.r. for the government and for the armed forces. >> right. >> i've got to interrupt you. we've going to go down to aden quickly to get some breaking news we were waiting for a televised statement, what has been said? >> yes in a televised statement by president hadi. he issued a written statement but it is a presidential statement in which he basically said that he still maintains his support and adoption of the gulf initiative that led to a resolution in yemen after the shia up rising and toppled ali abdullah saleh. and they would come to a solution with their problems, and also said that every discussion that has been taken by the houthis every decision and every appointment that was taken after the september september 21st, the time that the houthies took over the presidential palace should be reversed, and the houthies should release all those people under house arrest, including the prime minister and other ministers, and the people they abducted they should be return to their famili

despite all the p.r. the proposed timeline may be unfeasible. in only three year's time, they hope to send a lander and communication to the planet followed by a rove center 2020 and cargo missions two years after that. and then only a decade by 2025 it hopes the first four-man crew will arrive, live in pods like these. all of this for a meager $6 billion. >> it's unrealistic completely from every point of view. from the experience of the people organizing,en budget and time scale are unrealistic. >> they'll live in confineed conditions. they'll need to produce their own water oxygen and grow their own food, and that takes continued investment. mars one was also hoping to gain sponsorship from the makers of reality tv show "big brother," that's until they pulled out. one major company space x listed on mars one website is providing rockets for the mission say that no contracts have been signed. but the team behind mars one remain firmly optimistic. >> it's a big misconception that they wan to finance through media ref news. we'll finance through

i mean i think they ran the best p.r. campaign in the world. >> reporter: for this family social media was the key to saving their young son's life but as we learned in our exclusive interview, the journey isn't over yet. >> and coming up tonight on "new4 at 5:00" and 6:00 doreen the interview with josh hardy as his mother including more on the controversial program that helped him get the dlaug theyrug they needed to save his life. >>> new bakeries throughout the area are opening. what sparked that? plus free visits but only for a select group of people. we'll tell you where. >>> the announcement president obama will make today. >>> and play the first song. ♪ for me about ♪ >> and -- ♪ she says a little more booty to hold at night >> careoke with mered is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number now there's an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. know better sleep with sleep number. >>> later today we expect president obama

we haven't heard from greste but the head of p.r. did tweet that when greste called al jazeera after getting out of jail he asked what australian voice do you want to hear? it's peter. now, we're told by the lawyer that it's not so much a deportation as an extradition. and greste will still face the charges in australia. although it's unlikely greste will see an inside of an australian prison as australia has been a strong advocate to get him released. now that leave the two otheral jazeera journalists. mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. fahmy is a national and could be released but only at the caveat that he denounce his egyptian citizenship. this is what we're being told. that's going to be difficult for mohammed. his wife is confidence that if the two journalists are released that her husband will be released as well. >>> meantime there's sorrow defiance and outrage pouring out of japan as the country continues to react to the beheading of kenji goto by isis. >> japan's prime minister released a statement saying we are not going to

and the atlantic say they are doing p.r. for isis.heehan is a terrorism expert and a distinguished fellow at combatting terrorism center at west point. and fillas kuragi from the london science. and i'll start with the atlantic piece that seems to imply that isis' motive is an apommo liptic one and they want to create this war with the west. is that accurate or more accurate to say they are an old-fashioned group seeking territory and power? >> actually it is a false thesis because there is a big difference conceptually between the so-called islamic state and al qaeda central. while al qaeda targeted the far ep emmy meaning the united states and european allies until june 2014 the target of the so-called isis or islamic state was basically arab and muslim sectarian based regimes in iraq and syria and a major concept you'll difference even though since june 2014 this particular distinction between the far enemy, the united states and the allies and the near enemy has been blurred. now isis or the so-called islamic state is waging war a

you have to wonder given the timing right on the summit counter terrorism, if this is to get a p.r. win hasn't produced any other concrete to justify the president's failures -- >> general mcinerney do you agree? thai saying in april this may happen. it's like february, why would we be announcing that tonight? >> i agree with senator cotton. it's absolutely bewildering. we are aiding and abetting the enemy. i do not understand why the president and the administration want to aid and abet the enemy. >> could it be to inspire, you know the enemy to do something different between now and then like get out of mosul? >> well, maybe, but the way they've been acting they're not going to get out of mosul. they're going to stay probably and it's still going to expose our forces to a certain risk because they're going to be doing a lot of preparation defenses. all those kind of things that are going to make our troops more vulnerable. so, again, it's aiding and abetting the enemy. and i don't understand why they're doing it megyn. >> you know, senator cotton, weave had so much discussion over

keir, a jordanian official called this a p.r. stunt. and another called it illogical. we know they are masters of propaganda. what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's right. al, in fact, they call it criminal propaganda and they are saying, the basic thing they are saying, they don't know whether this isis claim is true or not. after all, we are talking about about iraqa. what the jordanians are saying why would you trust a group that beheads incident people on camera that execute a jordanian pilot by setting him on fire alive? why would you trust them when to claim that she had been killed seems very convenient for them to be able to claim that with no one able to say whether it's true or not. >> now, this comes after a jordanian pilot was burned to death by isis as you mentioned. >> reporter: right. >> the jordanian sing said they will fight until they run out of fuel and bullets. how does that play into this situation? >> reporter: that's absolutely right. king abdullah saying they will go after isis wherever they are, and it is an incredible turn of events. before

i like to hire him as my p.r. kid. thanks for writing.onight, "the factor" tip of the day how to act when someone is mean to you. we have experience here. kimberly hutchson who lives in wisconsin writes, bill, i feel you are a good person. does it hurt your feelings when people say mean things about you? i mean really deep down. >> depends, kim. mostly no because i usually understand where the mean stuff is coming from. for example, if i slam a politician or a celebrity that someone likes they might lash out at me. that's understandable. jealousy's a huge factor in the mean world. 90% of negative comments directed at folks like you, everybody, are bourn from envy, jealousy. although some people are sadistic and meanness is their hobby. frustration can also cause mean comment. here's the tip of the day, i wish i learned earlier in life, walk away from the mean. turn on your heel and scoot. a dignified person has no time for mindless, petty garbage. "the factor" tip of the day. and that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news fa

but it is going -- and i think they will be study this in strategic communication and p.r.>> in the last half minute do you think by responding so aggressively. >> absolutely. they are trying to ruin my career and smear me and immune my career. no one will do that. if anyone contradict was i have said about my past, come on my program and look me in the eye. eric is a coward, okay? a coward. he can come on and say, bill, this didn't happen, i was there i saw this. i want david, and you, howard, to call him and ask and he was there? was he there? if he was, why did he have no video? >> i welcome the chance to talk toism. >> i know you have to run. we are trying to get rather, and the president of conclusion news at the time, and we will have the video. they are saying we will have it, the video i shot my guys shot, we should have it all tomorrow on "the factor." >> clearly the story is not over. thanks for calling in, bill o'reilly. >> we will look at whether the net works gave both sides of the debate in the coverage of the legal set back on the immigration order. >> and ja

i don't believe this problem can be fixed by words or a p.r. campaign. >> right. just like if you have a problem with your child or problem in your relationship you have to find out the root of the problem. what's causing them to do this? it's religion. i feel like our president is not saying that. i don't know if he's scared that he's going to antagonize muslims but he's got to go to the root of the problem if we want to win the war. if it is about religion, is there any way -- i mean do we go in and just kill them? you can't change their minds. >> what's scary, we're hearing part of the president's strategy if you want to call it that is a twitter war, not a real war. there's a whole social media campaign that they want to talk about. i'm so confused. i have little kids who have -- you know, they watch the needs they see isis and they go why don't we just kill them? little kids even get that. >> can i bring up what rachel was saying? one of the things that the white house said they would be doing to fight back on this is using twitter and this is a white house t

. >> early on it was p.r. it was whatever. with warren sapp it's different.markings on this woman that she at least had minor injuries. you have to adjudicate that. it's not just that he picked up some woman la la la. that's part of the reason they let him go. this young man going to rehab i hope the best for him but you're right, the game he has to work on is between the hash marks. >> and these young men, and maybe to some extent women in professional sports but when you're looking for singular kind of talent and you ignore character, what you end up with are people who feel entitled to bring the rules, right? they feel like super heros and no doubt they're built up in that way. >> from the time they're kids really z. from the time they're kids. then add head trauma. i know it sounds like a rounding error but it's not. these people have been through head trauma after head trauma after head trauma. i'm not blaming it all on that. but it's something to look to. and hiring a prostitute millions of american executives do it all the time. we have to look into th

with open shunellith elections held on the 28th of march and said one of the problems has been the p.rs a disaster and not communicated properly with the domestic audiences and international community what the government has been doing to try and end boko haram. but on the other hand you definitely will have those who are not supporting president jonathan in the upcoming elections saying this is too little, too late. nearly a million people have been displaced, thousands upon thousands have been killed. we have a refugee crisis internally displaced people all across the country who had to flee the northeast and the reason he is doing this now is the writing is on the wall and you are stating defeat and this is the toughest presidential election in post independent history and jonathan is losing ground and now his people have come out and he has come out to try to convince nigeria that everybody is fine but they are not buying it. >>> afghan army has large-scale operations against the taliban and for the first time it's without the help of nato forces but the taliban is planning counter

cosby has a prominent lawyer and powerful p.r.. >> what if someone raped your wife marty, you've got daughters, marty. what if bill cosby came and drugged their innocence, marty? how do you like me now, marty? that's what i say. >> lisa with the kinds of resources available to someone of cosby's stat tour can the women get a fair hearing in the court of public opinion? >> they need an attorney, even just in the court of public opinion so they don't get further maligned. reason why janice was so angry in that clip is because bill cosby's attorney marty singer came out and called her a liar. she's been revictimized not only does she allege she was raped and drugged by bill cosby but something she told in 2001 or 2002 before any other women made this announcement but they are coming out and calling her a liar. she wants the ability to prove she's telling the truth. bill cosby, let's go in front of a retired judge or waive the statute of limitations and let janice prove her case. you can assert your defenses and we'll see what the cou

the version of islam has to do with the smashing of idols what we call iconickism and it's a major p.raign to present themselves as the real muslims. it should be underscored that most muslims don't share their views at all and, in fact, you know, islamic hart art has had a lot of representation even of the prophet, but their version of islam is very literal and it's very radical and they are trying to present that as the real thing. >> brown: the packaging of the video you're putting in the category of public relations of reaching out and saying here's what we can do? >> yeah and it's propaganda. it's trying to appeal to much of what they do is trying to appeal to young people to bring about recruits and saying that we add here very closely to the injunctionsinjunctions of islamic law one of which is to command good and forbid wrong, and these statues are considered idols. of course islamic law says idols that are not worshiped need not be destroyed and none of these were worshiped, so it is a gratuitous and barbaric act, frankly, but one intended to appeal to an audience looking for

that hostages were killed and using this information to manipulate emotions and to -- for their own p.radvantage. so we really don't have any evidence yet she is dead and i.s.i.s. has manipulated people with this information in the past. >> woodruff: sounds like we are left to wait until there is some evidence. shane harris with "the daily beast," we thank you. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: in the day's other major story, the u.s. economy showed the strongest evidence yet that it is rebounding, in the latest government jobs report. it said employers added a net of 257,000 employees in january. that makes one million jobs created since november, including newly revised totals, and the best three-month average in 17 years. the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.7% in january as more people began to look for work. jeffrey brown examines what's behind the numbers, after the news summary. the jobs report unsettled wall street. signs of strong growth raised fears that the federal reserve might raise interest rates sooner than expected. the dow jones industrial average lost 60 points, and slipped

logical sense if he can't cave too soon, you have c-pac, the at mossmosphereics of caving now could be a p.rdisaster inside their part. this is a case this is the line he's walking. we'll know whether the president is going to get -- the fifth circuit will allow him to implement in the next two weeks. if they don't, in three weeks you'll see a fully funded dhs and all of this goes away. >> senator schumer just slammed him -- i know you're not surprised. let's listen to what he said. >> for weeks, speaker boehner has been lost at sea, torn between what's right and the hard right. today the senate has thrown speaker boehner a life preserver and he refused to take it. we hope over the next three weeks he comes to his senses and takes the life preserver. >> this has been a leadership test really for speaker boehner? >> it's interesting this is the first case he's actually seeming to be able to actually guide -- the fact he got three-week extension. first of all, this is realize what chuck schumer is saying he's accepting the three-week extension. there had been noise harry reid said let's make t

so the fact that they suspended him before their investigation is complete maybe it was a p.r. maybe it was more about the public relations than the journalism. maybe they wanted to buy themselves some time in order to figure out what their next strategic move is, and it's possible that brian williams will never come back on the air. >> woodruff: max frankel, what do you make of the punishment and how this was done? >> well, breech of trust was the accusation and i think that's exactly the right charge. they are buying time. they are worried about the financial investment in the "nightly news," which is an enormous part of the nbc operation. there may be a chance for remorse and rehabilitation as their announcement suggested but, frankly i'm very skeptical. i saw something with my eyes and what i have reported to you on camera was wrong. that's a very serious distortion of what the job of a news anchor should be, and i agree that he may never get back. >> woodruff: david westin, how do you size this up as someone who sat at the head of a news division for a competing network? >

you have to wonder given the timing right on the summit counter terrorism, if this is to get a p.r.in hasn't produced any other concrete to justify the president's failures -- >> general mcinerney do you agree? thai saying in april this may happen. it's like february, why would we be announcing that tonight? >> i agree with senator cotton. it's absolutely bewildering. we are aiding and abetting the enemy. i do not understand why the president and the administration want to aid and abet the enemy. >> could it be to inspire, you know the enemy to do something different between now and then like get out of mosul? >> well, maybe, but the way they've been acting they're not going to get out of mosul. they're going to stay probably and it's still going to expose our forces to a certain risk because they're going to be doing a lot of preparation defenses. all those kind of things that are going to make our troops more vulnerable. so, again, it's aiding and abetting the enemy. and i don't understand why they're doing it megyn. >> you know, senator cotton, weave had so much discussion over t

have to have the president take on the corporate power brokers and their corporate law firms and their p.r. and their cash writing arms. if you don't, how are you gonna change washington, which is corporate-occupied territory? >> all right. another question. [applause] all right. so... you have authored, i believe, 11 books. and i've read two of them. i've read your "seventeen solutions," and i've read "the seventeen traditions." what's up with the number 17? >> ha ha! well, when i wanted to write how my parents raised their 4 children in a factory town in connecticut in the depression and during world war ii, i ended up with 17 traditions. and they're basically how they raised us. it's all the problems all families have--how do you get your children to eat right; not to fall in with the wrong crowd; to respect their parents; to do their chores? you know, things like that. and i reached 17. and so they called it "seventeen traditions." now my publisher, harpercollins, is hung up on... >> 17. >> the number 17, solutions. i told them, "i either have a lot less or a lot more solutions, but if