. >> well, lauren, not only has the pentagon spokesperson peter cook said that the situation in kunduzuid he did reiterate that the u.s. believes that the afghan military is capable of retaking and regaining control of kunduz from the taliban. he also dismissed suggestions that the situation in kunduz is similar to that of mosul which fell in early 2014 for one he noted that there are u.s. and other coalition forces in the area to provide training and support to the afghan forces and that apparently wasn't the case with iraqky forces when mosul fell in 2014. however, he did indicate that beyond the one air strike carried out by what he described as a fixed wing aircraft, basically some sort of fighter plane or fighter jet, he did not know whether there would be more air strikes carried out by u.s. forces in support of the afghan military. even so it wasn't a resounding endorsement of the situation because obviously if members of the taliban have been able to walk through the streets of kunduz without any apparent interference certainly the afghan military and their coalition partners h

here is the response from spokesperson peter cook. >> we've seen the afghan security forces face challenging time and also rise to that challenge in several occasions. this is not--this is a difficult fight for them they are risking their lives every day. our effort to train them and provide support has helped. they're in a better position today because of the support provided to them. >> the pentagon spokesperson also said that u.s. forces as well as other members of the coalition are in the kunduz area to provide training and assistance to the afghan military. however, he wasn't able to say whether more u.s. military action might follow along to help the afghan military retake control of kunduz. >> the u.s. president has announced that nigeria, tunisia and malaysia has join the coalition against isil. barack obama headed that isil will be defeated if the coalition continues to work together. al jazeera's james bays has more. >> a special meeting at the u.n. to boost the coalition against else. >> i believe we have the emergence of a global movement divided by the mission of degrading and d

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>> what peter cook has described as the aircraft dropped on kunzuz. they didn't have any more details about that and they didn't keep out the possibility of more airstrikes in support of the afghan military. i have to tell you that there was a lot of skepticism during that briefing on tuesday afternoon about whether the afghan military is up to the task of defending the country and the other groups. and whether the u.s. in more than 14 years has done enough. >> we have an update there from washington, d.c. thank you. >> it's been a year since ashraf gandhi took power. with increasing unemployment many afghans are not help with how the government has performed so far. we have reports from kabul. >> business is terrible and many of their customers cannot pay their bills. last year he had great expectations, but now he says it's the worst of times. >> i wanted my children to be educated. i'll need them to support the family. >> ashraf ghani would fight corruption. the country is still heavily depend on foreign eight the government said it's making progre

defense officials who i've spoken to here in the pentagon nor according to peter cook, the press secretaryis speaking now in the briefing room. in fact, the third and fourth classes of trainees are continuing to be trained today. 70 graduates of the train and equip programm entered syria on september 20th. they handed over six military vehicles while passing through an al qaeda control territory. the next day he returned to the same al qaeda commanders and provided them with u.s. issued ammunition. he says it was for safe passage. >> how are those fighter jets going to complicate matters for the u.s. coalition? >> well, the only thing that president putin and president obama agreed upon yesterday during their 90-minute meeting was that u.s. and russian military commanders could have contact to avoid mishaps in the air oversyria. now it turns out we learned an additional four russian fighter jets deploy 34 have arrived in syria bringing the total to 32. they could begin flying strike missions any time. the deputies defense secretary just said at a senate armed services committee hearing tha

administration is very concerned about the russian military build up while the pentagon press secretary peter cook did not want to talk specifically about what the u.s. believes the russians are doing or how they have been gather ling their information. there is a real concern that the russian activity is being done in large part to support al assad although if you trust the americans, they will say that you need to ask moscow exactly what it is they're doing in syria and why it is they're doing it. >> so the u.s. obviously displeased but has the russian presence in syria had an impact on the wider coalition campaign against isil. >> there has not been an impact. they say that it would be speculation to suggest that the russian military buildup could have a negative impact on how the coalition is going after isil fighters particularly in northern syria. that they also say that if there is something that the russians want to offer in the fight against isil, they say that they are willing to listen but they say that so far, they have not gotten any such message from the russians. >> thank you. >> ro

pentagon press secretary peter cook was asked about this yesterday and whether the defense secretary would hold anybody responsible? here's his answer. >> he expects candid intelligence analysis to come in his direction, for folks to call it like they see it. that is his expectations. he does get intelligence from a variety of different sources. there are disagreements sometimes within the intelligence community. that is a good thing. >> you know i guess my big question, rob, whether or not something like this would have informed or had any effect how we were going to fight these savages of isis? >> right now it seems like in my experience these are intelligence analysts from central command. that will be variety pretty much all four blanches military and other government agencies. people on the ground and people gathering intelligence however they do it, they will not be ones altering everything. they will deliver the hard truth. here is what is happening. here is what we need. at some point up the chain of command it starts to get political. maybe i don't want to upset my boss. may

today's pentagon briefing with press secretary peter cook. we'll show you as much of that as we can. >> good afternoon everybody. we don't have a lot of time because of the ceremony happening at 2:00. i'll try to get to your questions as quickly as we can. news on guantanamo guantanamo. the department of defense repatriotry ated to the government of morocco. as directed by the executive order, the interagency guantanamo guantanamo task force conducted a review of this case. as a result of that review, he was unanimously transferred come prizing the task force. the secretary of defense informed congress of the intent to transfer this individual and determination that this transfer meets the statutory standard. the united states is grateful to the government of morocco for its support to close the guantanamo guantanamo bay detention facility and ensure this transfer took place with security. today, 115 detainees remain at guantanamo bay. the secretary will continue to deliberately consider the cases of other detainees eligible for transfer. the

cook will be here in awhile. a man who was killed in a boating accident over the weekend has been identified by family members as the son of former 49ers ceo peter harris. this accident happened just before 1:30 yesterday afternoon. the accident killed 26-year-old michael harris of san francisco. he just graduated from santa claire ram university with a masters in psychology. >> there is a warning if you are heading to the beach. a beach hazard. large swells and dangerous rip currents are expected through tomorrow. >> there is a connector between two east bay freeway. it's expected to stay open through this afternoon. an suv hit a power pole in san leandro. alex savidge is there live that has shut down the connector between 880 and everything else. right alex? >> reporter: yes, it is. the southbound connector from 880 and everywhere else. it was an out of control suv that caused this problem here. you can see mg e crews are here for -- it will take several hours to get this wrapped up and in the meantime this transition may not be reopened. now the initial accident happened just after midnight when the suv slammed into a power pole and that stru

peter from santa rosa brisk and crisp. by the way wife wants to know how pam cook looks so good at 4:00 a.m.? laughter ] >> that is awfully nice. >> there you go. >> steve says some days it's harder than others. [ laughter ] >> yes. >> that is very nice, thank you. >> allen is very good on information. i appreciate it. 40s and 50s on the temps. half-moon bay down to 51. there is a few 40s down to palo alto. but 47, 46 there is is some low 40s in the santa cruz mountains. the breeze will crank up here pretty good. there is one more system coming down. it's near the oregon and california border. a few showers will develop and i think even north of tahoe and truckee but this will keep us on the cool breezy side. after today it will kick out of here and we will see high pressure build in. mostly sunny. cooler and breezy for some. 60s and 70s for others. sal. you made my friday with the church lady. >> i aim to please. >>> let's take a look at what we have now. the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza is light and i'm going to tell you that at 9:30 we usually have a lot more slow traffic than we d

he touring the boeing factory and met with executives from tim cook to jim bezos. joining us is peterd steve odeland. great to have you with us. steve, i want to start with you. you point out ts a very delicate dance we have to do with president xi because they have a lot of our debt and they sell us a lot of cheap goods and provide us cheap labor and at the same time they steal our intellectual property. >> all that is right. you know, it's a very complex relationship because they're business partners. they provide cheap goods, cheap labor for our manufacturers, but on the other hand they're lousy trading partners. they don't buy much of our goods in return. on one hand their allies providing a counterweight to russia in the middle east, but at the same time they're geopolitical foes. they're building out these islands in the south china sea, putting their warships off our coast. and then they want to be great business partners but they steal our stuff. they account for a third of the world's hacking. they account for 70% of all intellectual property theft. so i think we in the unite

. >>> and congressman peter king joins us and talks about the growing build up in syria. >>> and cooking the books on the isis intelligence. there are now calls for the congressional intelligence. we'll see you in just a few minutes at the top of the hour. if you love shrimp like i love shrimp, red lobster's endless shrimp... ...is kind of a big deal. it's finally back, with as much shrimp as you want, any way you want 'em. one taste of these new pineapple habanero coconut shrimp bites, and i already want more. they even brought back wood-grilled teriyaki shrimp! yeah, you heard me: teriyaki. and really: what's not to love about... ...buttery garlic shrimp scampi? here, the sweet, spicy, crispy possibilities are as endless as the shrimp. and yeah, they're endless, but they won't last forever. >>> rick perry has dropped out of the presidential race. laura says, perry was doomed from t because of 2012 even though he was a much better candidate this time around. and billy says, he had a campaign? interesting. and verona says i truly appreciate rick perry and what he stands for. i would have

tim cook of apple, jeffrey, jeff bezos of amazon, nadella of microsoft, ibm and john chambers of cisco, just to name five. deirdre: thank you so much, peter barnes. we'll talk about this quite a bit next few days. fox peter barnes with us from d.c. as peter mentioned there is fraught relationship between china and u.s. on flume russ issues. hot topics peter talked about cybersecurity, china's island-building in the south china sea and interconnected economic issues. signer security person is with me, with retired lieutenant colonel bill cowan. jonathan i would like to start with you. the obama administration is considering using sanctions to deter china from cyber theft of trade secrets. these in theory benefit chinese companies. the chinese president said earlier chinese government does not engage in theft of commercial secrets in any form. nor does it encourage or support chinese companies to engage in such practices in any way. we want to strengthen cooperation with the u.s. does the chinese president really mean this? or does he just not want sanctions? >> yeah i think this is a nice flowery speech to basically to give the community w

peter: would you like to add anything to what doug said about blanche wiesen cook and her volumes?llida: well, i think blanche is extraordinary, and she's given us a gift. and i think that one of the things that both blanche and to a large extent secretary clinton have done has reintroduced eleanor to a new generation. and i would also like to send viewers to the eleanor roosevelt papers website, where many of the articles and speeches and books that geoff showed or transcribed -- i mean, she wrote a marvelous book in 1938 -- i'm sorry, 1939 called "the moral basis of democracy," which nelson mandela had smuggled into robben island to read when he was imprisoned. she wrote, "this troubled world," which is a marvelous pre canon appeal for containment. so there -- you know, they're serious books. they didn't sell very well, because they were profoundly serious books. but eleanor thought that her job was to really help the american people grasp the information that they needed to have to handle crises and to resurrect their own self-respect. and so that tone resonates through everythi

. >> harold cook, is he a kind of fred thompson like character that on the one hand you come out all gang buster and look good and sound good and then peternot only unexpected by lew in a way that is dramatically under scoring what lack of substance you might have had not only financially but even politically. >> i think politically he -- this is kind of iranic, michael. he actually came out this time a pretty learned candidate. he had boned up on the issues. he knew his material -- >> i hate to interrupt you but let's listen to rick perry. he's about to give a statement. >> conservatives think we need to protect the people from government. we got too much government. too many government answers. too much government meddling. all at the expense of individual freedom. we need to get back to the central constitutional principle, that in america it is the content of your character that matters, not the color of your skin. that it doesn't matter where you come from but where you are going. in an america blind to color. an america that champions the individual, that recognizes marriage. there is no room for debate that denigrates certain peopl

be cooking for him this evening at the vatican embassy there, where our jackie bensen has been poised all afternoon. lot of people have been waiting there hours to see him and as you mentioned, peter, you've got to get there well in advance and plan ahead of time and know what not to bring. i mean, things like balloons you can't bring to some of these events. >> let me ask you from what we've just seen, his arrival and his moving through town, it looked awfully smooth. >> it has been smooth. knock on wood it continues to be smooth. people -- the secret service do it really well. >> yeah. >> and you got to just tip your hat to them. this is just the beginning. it's a long process. they have a lot of events. there will be some hiccups for sure. just traffic and the like. but they do it as well as anybody in the world. and here in d.c. government, they're pretty excited, too. this is the mayor's first big event. she gets to be proud of her government putting their best foot forward as well. >> good week to show off the city. >> right. >> thanks so much, peter, we appreciate you coming in. sharing your longtime perspectives and insights with us. >> long. >> thanks so much. >>> now at

cook? >> do me a favor, ask them when i'm going to get a raise. [laughter] tree into just a few months after losing a finger in a fireworks accident, jason peter paul to instagram to post pictures of himself back at the gym. don't believe the hype. be back soon. it will be back within this year. republican presidential candidates gearing up for the second debate of the season for the 2016th cycle. blake burman at the ronald reagan presidential library in the mid-valley, california. good morning to you. reporter: good morning to you as well. the focus is on them donald trump. the ronald reagan presidential library outside of l.a. the last debate you might remember donald trump flew in a couple hours before hand. he is there to here in california and making his presence felt. i think he held an event at his boldest venue yet updated the uss iowa speaking about 20 minutes or so. trump talks about himself being a counterpuncher. he gave a bit of a preview as to how he might take on those who take them on tonight. take a listen. >> it is an instinct, something that is special. they don't have it. believe me, they don't have it. just more of the same. re

cooking with us telling us about what she's been through. steve, there was a moment that we have right here, thanks to your own son and daughter. >> peter doocy was on the east face of the capitol covering the pope coming in and going out. when the pope -- there were thousands of people there for the arrival. there was nobody there when the pope left. so i'm sure it's just a coincidence. but when that big mouth doocy guy yells, people notice. watch the pope. >> pope francis. got a wave. >> there he is. driving with the window down. as soon as peter yells, pope francis. >> he gives him a wave. maybe the pope knew there was a kid named peter and a sister named mary. that peter and mary -- >> he said tell him i say hello too. >> the pope is here. i got to tell you, i have heard throughout this building and yesterday out and about, people are tingling. people are so excited the pope is here. >> he's going to be seen to the world too. we have a lot more to cover. because the president of -- vladimir putin, next week. you could not have more stuff going on in america. >> we'll bring that to you. heather nauert has more breaking news. >> i do. good