old iranians would say i'm, you know, persian. i still do that today.i get lectured when he used the word farsi from some iranians, no, no. it's persian. other say it's farsi. is within the community. it depends on who you're talking to. i'm somewhat used to it. >> so much of what happened was blamed on the abuses and so when. can you explain more of the role, the whole process? >> even when i was working on the book people said shah cellblock. that's what he did in this country from so many americans. it was a stop to 905750 the u.s. and israel. that's the internal security force. the period that is very controversial truly 1971-76 winter so we describe a dirty war going on inside iran against the persians. the regime is faced with threats from the far left and the religious right. the senior security forces often survive they're going to use harsh method methods including e i only had about how the process works. i think that led to, a decision was crossing the rubicon in a way. there are lessons there for other countries that go down that road becaus

. >> in the persian gulf, an instantaneous burst of energy destroys targets. first on the surface. then in the air. its deadly firepower moving literally at the speed of light. obliterating its target, the name says, like a long distance blow torch. this is the u.s. pill tear's first operational laser weapon. and today it is deploying to defeat incoming threats at sea. could it some day be used for targets in space? >> firing lasers in space? >> potentially, yeah. >> it's remarkable.

eisenhower, operating in the persian gulf. >> they may have a target ahead of time or receive it while they are airborne. then they would deploy the weapon at that time. >> reporter: they have dropped nearly 1100 bombs as part of operation inherent resolve. that won't stop for thanksgiving. this woman who pilots a super hornet will fly a mission during thanksgiving dinner itself. says that doesn't matter. >> it's just a day you want to spend with family and friends. that's what we got here. gun slingers are my second family. >> reporter: on the ground sh, their job is more difficult. in some areas, oil wells burn. here, for example, in the formerly isis held town where a terror group have tried to darken the skies and disrupt the view from above. now as troops move into the dense urban landscape of mosul city itself, where so many civilians have been used as

it's a persian cat. what would you have guessed? >> i would have guessed a cat. >> i've had two persian cats. >> they didn't look like th >> not really. >> the hair wasn't quite as high. >> up next, eric will take one more look at the forecast. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. this fast at a price this good. only fios can. >>> going on a sunny bright day. >> we're going to get a cooldown as well but the best part of tomorrow is the morning is the best part of the day. memorials will be. >> hope your voice gets better tomorrow. get some sleep. >> thank you to the veterans. >> thank you veterans. ng sponss >> has this ever happened to you? donald trump has been elected president! you're understandably upset, but n

[exhales slowly] i know persians is a type of cat... >> okay. >> and i don't think you would have a royalt would be strange. so i'm going to say d, cat painting. final answer. >> it is one big cat painting. yes, you got it. [cheers and applause] $2,000. >> [laughs] all right, let's do it. >> shot to get to $3,000 right here. >> okay. >> after getting permission from king fahd, spike lee used an all-muslim film crew to shoot scenes in mecca for what film? >> hmm. i have not seen very many spike lee films. um...uh... i hate to burn a lifeline this early, but i don't wanna go home with nothing, so i think i'm gonna "ask the audience." >> okay, use that lifeline? >> yeah, please. >> final? >> final. >> okay, audience, jenn could use a little help. if you would pick up those keypads, enter your vote now. [percussive music] ♪ all right, jenn, let's take a look at the results. hopefully, this will help you out. >> [grunts] >> 80% say it's d, "malcolm x." >> and that's what i would have guessed, so i should have gone with it, but that's all right. i'm glad i'm sure. so i'm gonna go with d, "malco

my persian mameluke saber! shh. anna's sound asleep. you know why i saved you at that creek? ... ...and i figured to myself, i said: "caine thinks i'm gonna get myself killed," right? mr. mcburney... ...why do you need such a large wagon... ...to carry mrs. mcburney to the burial ground? why? because she's a big woman. ...for a common thief? mistake me? i'm a horse thief, four times over. now, mcburney, if you don't want to get it took off... ...just north of the hairline... you are shaolin. ...you must bear the marks of honor burned on your forearms. i must see these. you will be sure, kai tong. but by then, i could also be dead. a man does not die of caution. may i see the marks of honor? the dragon and the tiger. you do me honor. it has been one of the ambitions of my life to fight a shaolin monk. i will now have that privilege. goodbye, mei lee ho. you have been privileged to witness... and i see kai tong running away from another man like a coward. this is not just another man, mei lee ho. this is a shaolin priest. i would sooner face 25 of the emperor's... ...elite drag

where do question still assign such importance to the persian gulf? but that discussion hasn't happened. >> greg. think cloud, florida, good evening from booktv, you're on the air. >> thank you, sir. good evening, professor basevich my question to you why does the united states have to get involved in every military action outside of our borders? why is it that we just cannot protect our borders and be done with it? >> great question, i apologize -- i don't know where this cough kale from. gave him a cough drop and show you the covert book one more time. greg we're not ignoring but vamping so that professor gets a changes to tack a cough drop. sip of water american's war for the greater middle east is the cover of the book of military history and he's going to answer your question i promise greg we're not avoiding you. [laughter] >> a great question -- >> tell you what -- we're going to give you a chance. tell you what greg we're going to come back to question and will not forget it but just a because of his cough let's go ahead had and hear from davi

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herodotus whatever my attempt at persian -- negotiating the persians is difficult under the best of circumstances and to negotiate from a position of confidence in their goodwill and blind folly. president obama for delay claims to be on the right side of history but he is varying but on the wrong side of our history. the king according to herodotus sought a message for her before attacking the persons in the oracle told him if he attacked the mighty empire would fall. he didn't quite understand that it was his own. now it just seems like harsh criticism of president obama, let me soften it up it. we can hardly blame anyone for not earning what has not been taught and by the time barack obama enrolled in occidental college as a freshman in 1979 teaching western civilization was our day receding from american undergraduate curriculum. the national association of scholars a few years ago treats the recession from 1964 to 2010 and a 1964 to two semester required course in western civilization was a nearly universal requirement and american colleges. by 1989 more than half the colleges we have studie

. >> everything was in russian or persian language. we needed help. >> reporter: they to bring out a couple of persian artisans to show them how it is done. carving this plastic. >> reporter: they opened the tea house in 1998. 20 years later they share food from all over to people from all over. he keeps trying to piece together that international puzzle that's the foundation here. he thinks he is doing a good job. >> i wish it was because of my food. but the tea house is one-of-a- kind. it is definitely a treasure. >> it is a cool place. if you know the history it is cooler. >> boulder returned the favor and opened an internet cafe in 2009. >> another colorado gem. >>> a florida man sentenced to 65 years in prison is now a free man. >> who was the first person waiting to give him a hug when he got out? >>> welcome back. the man aused of killing a southwest airlines employee at an oklahoma city airport carefully planned the ambush. oklahoma city police say the gunman new michael winchester's routine and waited outside of the airport sh

but i like persian cucumbers the best. slice it into 1/4 inch slices. put that in a bowl. set aside and measured the pickling liquid. half a cup of sugar, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of rice wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon of coriander, 1 tablespoon of mustard seed, 1 tablespoon -- dairy. bring it to a boil. make sure the sugar is dissolved. sterilize the mason jars. drop it into the polling -- boiling water. take the mason jar and start putting in cucumbers and then and then pour in the liquid and feel it tight -- seal it tight. >> refrigerate overnight and then eat it right away. it stays fresh about two weeks. you learned about something new. >> the crinkly cut. i also did not know you put glass in boiling water. a check of the on the road traffic. >> good morning. a look at the entire valley right now. we are seeing a slight slowdown on 17 southbound around northern. 51 southbound at thomas also. let's go live right now. a lot of rain this morning. westbound 35th avenue not too bad. these are the vehicles heading in from the west valley. we are moving towards 10 westbound because

herodotus would've wanted that culture outlasts regime and the persian culture built on deep -- the goshen is difficult under the best of circumstances and to negotiate a position of confidence in the goodwill is blind folly. president obama claims to be on the right side of history. he is very much on the wrong side of that history. the kings of the message from the oracle delphi before attacking the versions of the oracle told if he attacked a mighty empire would fall. he didn't quite understand that it was his own. if this seems like harsh criticism of president obama, let me soften it a bit. we can hardly blame anyone for not learning what has not been taught. by the time barack obama enrolled at austin college as a freshman in 1979, the teaching of western civilization was already receiving from the american undergraduate curriculum. the national sausage and of scholars of years ago trace the recession from 1964 to 2010, in 1964 a two semester required course on western civilization was a nearly universal requirement in american colleges. by 1989, more than half the colleges we studie

don't dance on my imitation persian original rug. hey, pop, leave grady alone, man. he's happy. i sure am. i feel a warm sensation in my heart. that ain't no sensation. that's gas. see, you know, you don't need no wife. just 'cause he's in love? so he's in love. that don't mean he gotta get married. get engaged. what's the point in getting engaged, fred? i want to get right to the goodies. yeah, but getting engaged is like, uh, having somebody else's credit card. see, you'll get everything you want and don't have to pay for it. oh, no, fred. see, if i wait, she might find somebody else. grady, if she's marrying you, you can rest assured there is nobody else. now, you--you just wait until you see her and see how adorable and charming she is. lamont, put my wine on ice for me. i'm gonna go get my honey bunny sugarplum, and i'll be right back. just wait here. [knock on door] now, there they are now. now, don't go spoiling it for grady, all right? i ain't gonna spoil nothing. you don't try to raise me. you my kid. i raised you. don't tell me what to do. grady. yeah. well, here i am

the chopper was flying ahead of the uss eisenhower as it headed out of the persian gulf. the defense department official called the move by the iranians texas reporting its first homegrown case of the zika virus. the woman is a resident of brownsville near the border of mexico, reported no travel to other countries with ongoing zika outbreaks. until now, the only state to report homegrown cases was florida. if you recall, the first state in the u.s. to report another deadly virus, the ebola virus, on u.s. soil was in texas. also from texas, a about bizarre incident at the airport in houston. a fem airlines flight opened an emergency door and jumped from the moving plane. the woman was detained by the police as she ran away from the aircraft on the tarmac as the plane arrived from new orleans. the woman is undergoing a mental health evaluation. the district attorney and fbi declining to file charges. >>> now to the strange sight on an australian highway with traffic brought to a standstill by an suv doing reverse donuts after what seemed like a minor the driver was unconsc

afghanistan and the perception washington was those two events together really threatened our access to the persian gulf crucially at a time when the american way of life seemed to be increasingly dependent on access to foreign oil. that said, i think that the outset there really was not explicitly stated, a larger set of state and i think the larger stake was that this has been a war intended to demonstrate that we are a people to whom limits do not apply , that we are a people who need not take into account circumstances such as the resistance we face in that region and that that really defines the underlying purposeen you t because when you think about it today, 2016, we don't need the oil from the region. we don't need the natural gas from the region and yet this war continues as if on autopilot. host: with president trump coming into office could the policy change? guest: theoretically it could. the problem with anticipating what the next administration is going to do is that thet president elect commentsn with regard to foreign policy on the campaign trail have been all of the map.er the you

he sought a message before attacking the persians and they said if they attacked a mighty empire would fall. he didn'quite understand but it was his own. it seems like harsh criticism of president obama if they criticize this a bit. we couldn't blame anyone for learning what hasn't been taught by the time that barack obama enrolled in college as a freshman in 1979, the teacng of the western civilization was already receiving from the american undergraduate curriculum, the national association of scholars a few years ago traced the recession from 1964 to 2010. in 1964, the truth semester required of the western civilization with a nearly universal requirement and american colleges have aspired to be something more than trade schools. by 1989, more than half the colleges they studied had eliminated altogether and the other half watered it down to a minor option. by 2010, we could find only one elite college in the country william and mary that required the western civilization and william and mary required only for history majors. as soon as the report came out, they abolished the requir

she served in every war or conflict from world war ii, to the persian gulf war, just under three football fields long, if you actually put her upright she would be taller than liberty two, the skyscraper. big and very historic battleship. >> that's quite impressive. so historic ship, it is now docked, but you guys are doing some really cool things, really fun things here. basically every day. >> absolutely, today being veterans day, we have veterans day ceremony, we'll have on the where we, are the forward deck at 11:00 a.m. also open for complimentary tours for all veterans, so veterans can common joy a tour of the greatest battleship, quite a few interesting programs, one of them our more popular ones, overnight end camment. scout groups, organizations, families consideration stay on board the battleship. >> they can lay in those little 6-foot by 3-foot bunks? >> absolutely, sleep in the same bunks the crew once slept in, yep. >> give us a cool fact be about this ship. >> already the longest battleship, most decorated battleship. cool fact about the ship, we actual dry a lot of special

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the company will create a new unit to send off airlines from the persian gulf.nce said it will also simplify shorter flight operations. -- has joined other luxury goods makers in reporting the chinese market is improving. the french company points to improving sales in leather goods. sales in the asian specific reason -- ages pacific region -- asian pacific region grew 14%. is time for our bloomberg quick take what we provide context and background on issues of interest. almost a year of the federal reserve began pulling back on the greatest monetary policy stimulus in its history, question is when will it act again? the fed'sr 2015, committee voted in favor of what many called lift off, an increase in the interest rate targets the bank had published to near zero after the -- after the 2008 financial crisis. this was supposed to be the start of a process called normalization. officials envision rates creeping upwards in a way that puts the economy near full employment with inflation averaging around 2%. december, the fomc's meeting advised four quarter-point hik

there were other american bases in the persian gulf that we could have retreated to, but it was just why bother, you know? the reason why bother is because it was a huge talking point among radical islamists. and that became one of the things that ignited al-qaeda in its war against the west and especially america. it was simply a lack of understanding. and, you know, of course iraq is the thing that everyone points to as a catastrophic error. i was in saudi arabia when we invaded iraq, and my wife -- [audio difficulty] there i was very close to the war, and the saudis were saying iraq? are you kidding? of all the countries in the middle east, you're gown to invade -- you're going to invade iraq? everybody over there knew that this was going to be a catastrophic mistake. nobody was saying that in washington, apparently. and so in we went. with good intentions, as often is the case. but we broke that country. and between iraq and afghanistan according to various estimates we spent $4-6 trillion. and think how i'm just setting aside the loss of life -- >> cost, yeah. >> yeah, the vast

. >>> in the persian gulf, an instantaneous burst of energy destroys targets.e surface, then in the air. its deadly firepower moving literally at the speed of light. obliterating its target, the navy says, like a long-distance blow torch. this is the u.s. military's first operational laser weapon. and today it is deployed to defeat incoming threats at sea. could a laser some day be used for targets in space? >> firing lasers in space. >> potentially. >> yeah. it's remarkable. >> when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels that i'm not cleared into. >> this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when, in april this year, deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added, and knock them out. >> from the very beginning, if someone starts going after our space constellation, we're going to go after the capabilities that would prevent them from doing that. >> that sounds like an offensive response to an

>> a political issue, iran is locked into this conflict with saudi arabia, not just arabs versus persiansr shiites versus sunnis, the dominant position in the gulf reason is the base, it goes back a long ways. of the opec meetings, this is not that big of a hurdle to go over but at the end of the day come if they cannot come to terms, the meeting will end without agreement. >> if there is no deal, what happens to opec? >> they will sit and wait until the june meeting unless the parties are not agreeing to make a concession come back to the table. >> no deal, where does oil trade? >> and will drop 10% to 12% from the recent high levels, that is it. president of the cornerstone, an interesting few hours. as things come down to the wire. nejra: a deadlock at the moment. thank you. we will have much more on the outlook of oil with a head of commodities research at goldman sachs on bloomberg daybreak at 8:30 a.m. eastern tomorrow. the latest call is a 30% chance of a deal on an output cut. vonnie: coming up, the dollar had its best month against the yen in eight years, will be gains continue?

there were other american bases in the persian gulf that we could have retreated to, but it was just why bother, you know? the reason why bother is because it was a huge talking point among radical islamists. and that became one of the things that ignited al-qaeda in its war against the west and especially america. it was simply a lack of understanding. and, you know, of course iraq is the thing that everyone points to as a catastrophic error. i was in saudi arabia when we invaded iraq, and my wife -- [audio difficulty] there i was very close to the war, and the saudis were saying iraq? are you kidding? of all the countries in the middle east, you're gown to invade -- you're going to invade iraq? everybody over there knew that this was going to be a catastrophic mistake. nobody was saying that in washington, apparently. and so in we went. with good intentions, as often is the case. but we broke that country. and between iraq and afghanistan according to various estimates we spent $4-6 trillion. and think how i'm just setting aside the loss of life -- >> cost, yeah. >> yeah, the vast

eighty years ago, on october 27th, itish troops landed in the persian gulf, >> rather strange?> boy. >> very. >> but, for the people on the show, the most significant event that happened, october 27th, 1929, was the birth of a member of our staff. do you know who i'm talking about? >>aturday-- last saturday-- we weren't here, of course-- our executive prucer 80thy.ed de cordova's right ovhere. [ applause ] [ cheering ] >>ow all these years,has been drink', >> yeah-- oh, yeah.e of it. >> i find ard toelieve. i was gonna ask, uh, uh, fred to come over here, but fred doesn't really enjoy sitting here, too much, in the spo,tlight because it's, really, too far away from refreshments. [ laughter ] >> it's amazing what a life of moderation in all things can do. >> i-isn't it, though? clean li. >> yeah. i dounnd. we di-- he didn't think we were, 'cause we faked him out. we had some other material-- >> yeah. ready, 'cause he goes through my folder, so we had to puthi phony stuff in. but we'd like to giva brief summary of fred's life in show business. and we copied down some of the more

. >> his picture went viral, the answer to the question everyone wants to know, he is a persian cat. he's got a condition which creates excessive hair growth apparently. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com >>> tgif! happy veterans day. i'm carley boyette. >> that's exactly right. thank you so much to all of the veterans out there and all of the civilians out there joining us. i am natalie taylor. we've got another good, packed show for you. >> we're ready for the weekend. speaking of veterans day, we have a great group on today. >> we have the rush club. it is a great competition that helps veterans transition back

anybody remember anything about the way persianing behaves? >> no. >> no. >> does he have confidence in him? >> he's a huge believer that his troops are better because of where they come from. >> he does have confidence and, yeah, american troops are going to win -- which of all of the notions that he has, that might be the one that sort of has the strongest foundation because, again, we're not beaten down by three years of war. you've got americans that are fairly enthusiastic. the marines at bellow wood, these guys aren't stopping. they are going to keep going. the first infantry division, the first time that they are -- americans performed pretty well. the third infantry to this day, the rock of the mar, the name, the nickname that they go by is associated with their performance in this war. and so there's enthusiasm. there's not necessarily that much ability. marines, the first division, third division, sort of picking on the cream of the crop. but is he fan of -- what do the europeans want with these american soldiers? >> integrate them i

an iranian navy boat trained its gun at a passing american helicopter in the persian gulf.snbc this news. it aimed its gun at the sea hawk flying ahead of the uss eisenhower. attempts to communicate were met with zero response. over the summer, there were a s number of run-ins. >>> when we come back, a look at the stories happening in the day ahead. because i'm a woman... do you think i'm gonna crack under pressure or conquer the field? defy expectations any day with always infinity. made with flexfoam. absorbs 10x its weight. rewrite the rules. always. >>> the big story right now is still president-elect donald trump. he is busy tweeting again. he went on twitter to claim that he actually won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of illegal voters and that any recount will change nothing. speaking of nothing changing, trump won and still says the election was rigged. i don't -- >> okay. so before we toss it over to "morning joe", we're going to get a check on the stories for the day ahead. >>> donald trump is set to meet with mitt romney again over the secretary of s

he served in the persian gulf war, afghanistan and iraq. joining me to discuss this candidate is major general james spider marks, a cnn military analyst, and with me, bob baer on the phone, former cia operative. glad you both could be with me. general what can you tell us about general mattis and if you think he would be a good fit to be secretary of defense. >> well, thanks for letting me join you. the short answer is general jim mattis would be a phenomenal choice and the nation would be grateful if that decision were made. he's more than just a marine's marine and more than a warrior, he brings to the table a sense of focus. he's nuanced but clear in terms of the directives and his thoughts. he also understands, i think, premierely how the military aspect of all the elements of power integrate with those other elements of power which are diplomacy, economic footing, as well as the use of information to try to drive and influence operations around the globe. >> bob, do you agree? phenomenal choice? we know he's been a real critic of the

and i dare arab and persian leaders to step up to the plate and declare their islamic ideology sick. >> islam is a political ideology. it is a political ideology. it definitely hides behind this notion of it being a religion. >> reporter: cnn's k file found flynn routinely retweeted unfounded conspiracy theories and promotes users tweekt anti-semitic messages. he came under fire for quoting an anti-semitic message linked to a cnn video. the corrupt democratic machine will do and say anything to get #neverhillary into power. he retweeted a tweet that read not anymore, jews. he quickly apologized calling it a mistake. but after flynn's announcement, david duke cited the tweet as evidence flynn, quote, knows that the saudis, isis and the jewish neo cons are the real enemies. calling him a great pick. democrats are very concerned about flynn's choice. >> on a lot of policy matters, his views scare me, frankly. he has a difficult time differentiating between the entire faith of islam and those who pervert it like isis. >> reporter: and elijah cummings is seeking more information from the

this is in the suburbs of the persian streets.s have always said that the next terror attack is a question of when rather than if. it looks like a crisis owning up to it. >> it is good they caught that and you were noting there a year from the paris attack which many lived in paris and france still remember. matt, thank you very much for the update on that coming out of france. nbc's matt bradley. the tale of two planes when president-elect trump takes the oval office, will he wants to take the one on the right or the left or both? imy moderate to severeng crohn's disease. i didn't think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was. so, i finally broke the silence with my doctor about what i was experiencing. he said humira is for people like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infe

navy says in the first half of 2016, iranian harassment of its warships in the persian golf doubled when compared to the same time in 2015. forces are helping surround aleppo where hundreds of thousands of syrian civilians remain trapped. >> lucas tomlinson at the pentagon, thank you. >>> aqi forces are going house to house now in the outskirts of mosul. their advance on the city is complicated by suicide car bombings and human shields. benjamin hall has our update tonight. >> reporter: progress to retake mosul has slowed to almost a crawl despite fierce fighting. today iraqi troops regrouped. but are still six miles from the city center. isis showed its fighters engaging. it's a look at the battle through the terror group's eyes. small bands of fighters and snipers holed up in houses holding back armies. that's in part because of a reluctance by the u.s. and its allies to use overwhelming fire power as they seek to avoid civili iaian casualties. families are fleeing from the battle. these people were lucky but on serves say there are over a million others in the city ahead. the iraqi go

going from the arabian peninsula up into the former soviet union, kazakhstan included, including the persianhas an operational sense of what the threats are. he had iran policy, the relationship, the building partner capacity, relationship capacity with the king and the gulf countries, critically important egypt. he knows his stuff. he has not only the strategic acumen but the operational experience which will be very important to serve as the secretary of defense. >> we should just make note that obviously donald trump will be taking his advice or whoever's advice that gets appointed to this position very seriously. in fact, when he was campaigning, he made it very clear he would lean heavy when it came to foreign policy decisions on these types of people that he would be choosing to represent the trump administrati administration, in particular, one with military background like james mattis. this could be taken literally by president-elect trump, retired four star general, led centcom from 2010 to 2013, led marines during the 2003 iraqi invasion, an invasion that donald trump has gone on

in the first persian gulf war, and dan rather arrived in saudi arabia to go to central command. and he gets better and the military guy says mr. rather if you don't find the chaplain would really like to you before you go into the field. the chaplain was from louisiana and he said i just had to meet you, mr. rather because they had to tell you the story. read before i came here, i was the same as in i looked at the back of the church and there's a guy who hasn't been there in 20 years at least. after mass he goes up and says it was lovely to see you here, but what brought you here? just curious. he said dan rather. dan rather brought me here. the priest said really. how, why did dan rather bring you here? crisis in the gulf. any minute now be in your mouth. [laughter] but i was actually going to start with a different story also completely true and it true and it sort of takes up where dj left off which was unintentional but happy, which is one that tip o'neill love to tell when jack kennedy was president and of course tip had jack kennedy's house seat and they were friends and

. - if i may quote an ancient persian proverb, your friend is a nut. - miss wilson, we do want to talk to her. - i'm delighted you're here. down the hall, second door to the left. - thank you! - thank you. - shad, have you seen gronk? - yeah, where is he? - nobody can find him. - please stand still, miss shad. - shad not standing still? - have you any idea where gronk is? - gronk sign, go with man. - what man? - suit like yours only different. - how different? - color green. - an army uniform! - gronk sign, go with man. - he enlisted in the army! - oh cheer up, maybe it's not ours. cross your legs. - cross legs? - put one leg over the other. (thud) - you hit gronk, gronk hit you. (clonk) - gronk do. how high? - as high as you can. good heavens! that weighs 300 pounds! - i've seen guys lift 300 pounds. put it down please. sit down please. - this guy's skin must be made of steel! - ridiculous. i've got one that can penetrate anything. let go of my arm! - not stick gronk any more. - i've got to get a sample of your blood. - gronk stick you! not like it here! gronk go back to cave. - corpo

navy says in the first half of 2016, iranian harassment of its warships in the persian golf doubled when compared to the same time in 2015. forces are helping surround aleppo where hundreds of thousands of syrian civilians remain trapped. >> lucas tomlinson at the pentagon, thank you. >>> iraqi forces are going house to house now in the outskirts of mosul. their advance on the city is complicated by suicide car bombings and human shields. benjamin hall has our update tonight. >> reporter: progress to retake mosul has slowed to almost a crawl despite fierce fighting. today iraqi troops regrouped. but are still six miles from the city center. isis showed its fighters engaging. it's a look at the battle through the terror group's eyes. small bands of fighters and snipers holed up in houses holding back armies. that's in part because of a reluctance by the u.s. and its allies to use overwhelming fire power as they seek to avoid civili iaian casualties. families are fleeing from the battle. these people were lucky but on serves say there are over a million others in the city ahead. the iraqi

i dare arab and persian world leaders to step up and declare their islamic ideology sick and must beled. the islamic ideology itself as sick. he tweeted earlier fear of muslims is rational. please forward this to others. so you have those kinds of statements during the campaign. but beyond statements about muslims, he has expressed real differences with what has been u.s. foreign policy priorities for some time, saying, for instance, that the real enemies of the u.s. are not russia or assad, but in his view, isis, that one is obvious, but saying neocon liberals in the u.s., talking about a realignment of where the u.s. is in terms of russia. this of course is very topical because we know the statements donald trump said during the campaign. listen, i talk to a lot of folks in the u.s. military who are very concerned about russia's military advances. this is not a party thing. it's not just democrats who say that or hillary clinton. it is people inside the defense establishment here. you now have a man with the ear of the president who has a dramatically different view of the threat p

. >> what do you make of iran's challenges to our ships in the persian gulf, the russian buzzing of our vessels, the buildup in the south china sea? it seems like these are provocative actions. sg >> the iranian buzzing and the small boats, the russian low y flyover and things, unprofessional. two. unsafe. we hope we can deconflict. it's not going to keep us from doing everything we need to do to fulfill our mission. >> former democrat governor of mississippi has been secretary of the navy since 2009. >> the rise of russia, the rise of china and particularly in the south china sea, isis, things that you don't, can't know what's going to happen. >> he notes the navy has been ramping up ship building. another sign of increased military response, since 2014, the obama administration has been returning troops to iraq. officially in advisory and support roles. how many more troops can americans at home expect to be going to iraq? >> if more is required -- i'm sure there will be additional authorities and additional capabilities that will be required -- i will let our commander see opportunit

we can't be defending japan and we can't be defending saudi arabia and the persian gulf and everybodyervices we're rendering or this country's gonna go right down the tubes, and that is a shame. phil donahue: and we'll be back in just a moment. [applause] trump: so, you spotted this, but it's a letter from richard nixon. levin: written 1987. trump: and it was just amazing that he wrote. you can read it. levin: "i did not see the program but mrs. nixon told me that you were great on the "donahue" show. as you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office you will be a winner! with warm regards, sincerely, dick." did you know him? trump: not well, no, i didn't know him, but he would write me letters. it was very interesting. he always wanted me to run for office, but-- levin: were you talking about it back then? trump: not really. oprah winfrey: this sounds like political presidential talk to me, and i know people have talked to you about whether or not you want to run. would you--would you ever? trump: probably not, but i-- i do g

in the persian gulf and instantaneous burst of energy destroys targets.he air. it's deadly fire power moving literally at the speed of light obliterateing its target the navy says, like a long distance blow torch. this is the u.s. military's first operational laser weapon and today it is deployed to defeat incoming threats at sea. could it some day be used for targets in space? >> firing lasers in space? >> potentially. yeah. >> it's remarkable. >> when you get into this. you get into all sorts of other classification levels i'm not cleared into. >> reporter: this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when in april this year deputy defense secretary bob work vowed the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added and knock them out. >> from the very beginning if someone starts going after our space constellation, we will go after the capabilities that would prevent them from doing that. >> that sounds like an offensive response to an offensive weapon. >> if shot,

this is about the persian gulf. this is about iranian nuclear deal.bout a lot of things right now. and, right now, i think, everything that is going on at this opec meeting first to say, i will go on record doesn't matter. this is jockeying for power inside of opec. opec doesn't know what to do until president-elect trump comes out with energy plan and plans to do about drill, everything else. not to mention security in the middle east. so i think after elect trump comes out with a energy plan, you will see another emergency meeting. you will see another statement out of opec, but for right now, we, russia, remember in the last year, we haven't paid any attention to russia. they have a foothold in syria now. there is number two producer in the world. it is really high-stakes stuff. liz: i know you and i don't think this is anything more than just another sort of blah, blah, that opec comes through with, but tomorrow is huge and markets are reflecting that, larry. in fact the s&p energy index is leading sector declines, keeping cap on much bigger marke

is look at what is happening in syria, iraq, afghanistan, europe, south china sea, iran, and the persiant to mention north korea. foreign policy under barack obama has been a chaotic failure. our enemies do not, do not fear us. if hillary clinton is elected president, there is really no reason for optimism. she supported the failure of obamacare. she has veered sharply left in her social beliefs. now, she doesn't even oppose partial birth abortion on the day a baby would be born. as for the economy, mrs. clinton is a tax and spend liberal. and that policy has not stimulated growth for 8 long years in this country. now, on the other side there is donald trump. completely untested in geo politics. mr. trump has made big promises that he will return prosperity to the u.s.a. and regain a leadership role for america and the world. that will not be easy. and mr. trump has no track record, no achievements to bolster his rhetoric. instead he has a checkered business record. although, to be fair, he has overcome big set backs to build a very powerful business brand. mr. trump is running as an out

we can't be defending japan and we can't be defending saudi arabia and the persian gulf and everybodytries have to pay us for the services we're rendering or this country's gonna go right down the tubes, and that is a shame. phil donahue: and we'll be back in just a moment. [applause] trump: so, you spotted this, but it's a letter from richard nixon. levin: written 1987. trump: and it was just amazing that he wrote. you can read it. levin: "i did not see the program but mrs. nixon told me that you were great on the "donahue" show. as you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office you will be a winner! with warm regards, sincerely, dick." did you know him? trump: not well, no, i didn't know him, but he would write me letters. it was very interesting. he always wanted me to run for office, but-- levin: were you talking about it back then? trump: not really. oprah winfrey: this sounds like political presidential talk to me, and i know people have talked to you about whether or not you want to run. would you--would you ever? trump

today, an air strike from the uss ieisenhower in the persian gulf targeted a bridge in mosul.t is not the only global hot spot. there is also afghanistan, iran, pakistan, north korea, sudan, syria, yemen, to name just a few. with me, republican congressman adam kissinger from the state of illinois. i want to get your reaction to the transition news, nikki haley as u.s. ambassador and ben carson being offered housing and urban development. what's your thoughts? >> i think they're both great, you know, ben if he ends up taking that, he'd be fantastic. i think, you know, if you give a lot of what his upbringing was and everything, he can get in there i think and try to make a difference. nikki haley, i think that's a fantastic pick. you look at the united nations, it's this broad coalition or broad group of people from different backgrounds and nikki haley has been able to come together in south carolina and bring a state together, work through tough issues. as a republican in south carolina, held the way with senator tim scott and said there are people offended by this flag, we