we talked with admiral tom brooks who was the director of naval intelligence when spiker's aircraft went down. >> i'm glad they finally found closure, painful though it maybe. >> reporter: reaction tonight from retired admiral tom brooks the navy says remains find in iraq have been positively identified as captain michael scott spiker. >> it also is essential for our men to know they are not going to be left behind. >> reporter: but the near two- decade search for spiker has not gone without its critics from family, friends and lawmakers. spiker was shot down on the first night of the gulf war, january 17, 91sa he naidhe was action . >> i wonder to myself if some kind of cruel prank, cruel joke. >> i'd also like to say hello to my wife joan, my son michael and megan. >> reporter: speculation th spiker may have been held captive. looking back admiral brooks says losing one of their own on his watch is the hardest part of his job. >> i strongly empathize with the air group commander who would have written letters and had to have told the family of what happened. very, very difficult thing

. >> reporter: reaction tonight from the retired admiral tom brooks . 18 years the tradition of leaving no fallen commrad behind holds true today as the navy says remains found in iraq have been positively identified as capital mike scott spyker. >> it is essential they know they are not going to be left behind. >> reporter: but the two-decade search has not gone without critics from family, friends and lawmakers. spyker was shot down january 17, 1991. his wreckage was found but with no body the navy changed his ki in action anthd en switched it to missing and captured. some believed his initials were carved into an iraqi prison. >> i wonder to myself is it some kind of cruel prank, cruel joke. >> i would like to say hello to my wife joanne and my wife and daughter. >> reporter: the 33-year-old pilot was hoped to be found alive. looking back admiral brooks says losing one of their own on his watch was the hardest part of his job. >> i strongly empathize with the commanders who would have had to have told the spyker family of what had happened. it is a very, very difficult thing to do. >

. >> reporter: reaction from tom brooks, retired admiral. as the navy says remains found in iraq have been positively identified as scott speicher it. >> is essential for our men to know they are not going to be left behind. >> reporter: the two decade search for scott speicher has not gone without critics from family, friends and lawmakers. he was shot down on the first night in the gulf war. the navy changed his status from killed to s missing ti on and then missing to captured. you nay remember the erwere alleged sightings of spiker and his initials carved in to an iraqi prison. >> i wondered is there a cruel prank, a cruel joke. >> i'd like to say hello to my wife joanne and megan. i love you anmi >>. e reporter: the 3 looking back rear admiral brooks says losing one of their own on his watch is the hardest part of his job. >> i strongly empathize with the squadron and air group commander who written letters and have had to told the spiker family of what happened. it is a very, very difficult thing to do. >> reporter: 9 news now and wusa

on my far left, tom tracks the project at the brookings institution center for middle east policy. she has had previously been a middle east specialist at the u.s. institute for peace and director of programs at the middle east institute. her most recent book, freedoms on steady march america's role in building in a democracy, was published with great acclaim last year. joshua will speak for about 20 minutes, and then now worth three commentators for about seven or eight minutes each, which should lead us plenty of time for questions and answers and discussion. so now it is my pleasure to call on joshua muravchik. josh. >> marc, thanks very much. thanks to you and the international forum for democratic studies and thanks also to the national endowment for democracy and its marvelous president, karl gerstein. and thanks to each of the other panelists, each of whose expertise on the middle east far eclipses my own, and i'm especially honored to have them taking notice of my book. i was working on this book over perhaps three years and during that time when i ever i would find myself

tom kierein, will be back with another check on the forecast. stay with us. we will be right back. >>> this could be a dark day for fans. brooks and dunn call it quits after 20 years together. the ride has been everything and more than we could have ever dreamed. we owe it all to you, the tofan. the duo will tour one last time next year. >>> we have a special guest joining us in the studio this morning. he is being called one of the artists to watch on the music scene. derrick, welcome and thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> for folks not familiar with your work, let's have a little bit of a listen to one of your tapes or videos. ♪ sounds good to me. for those thought familiar with your work, give us an overview. >> i started off as a backup singer, and at 15 i was hired to sing on a quincy jones album. and then i sang for cisco, and a lot of other people. >> how old were you when you started? >> 15. that was my first professional gig at 15. >> how did quincy jones discover you? >> i don't know. my mom's friend came and said they are additioning kids for quincy's new project, and would you be interested? i said sure, abs

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here were the brooks brothers rioters, you know, just a bunch of ordinary americans who wanted to see justice done who were moved to spontaneous protest. rioter one here, tomyle, aide to republican congressman tom delay. rioter two, former staff director of the house judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice. number three, staffer with the congressional committee. rioter four, kevin smith, former house analyst. rioter five, former aibd to senator fred thompson. rioter six, matt shlap, bush campaign staffer. rioter seven, aide to republican congressman van hillary. rioter eight, duane gibson, aide to don young. rioter nine, aide to then-republican congressman jim demint. and rioter techb, lana, former assistant to jim lightfoot. many of the brooks brothers rioters went on to good jobs in the bush/cheney administration. that mob scene they participated in became something republicans put on their resumes. one applying for the right kind of republican party job or right kind of conservative movement job. well, now, the tea bag health care riots that we're seeing, the shout them down, shut them down thuggery being staged right now at houn tall meetings about

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tom cruise movie "cocktail" competitors from 52 countries. two categories, classic and flair and the finals are today. >> a guy who looks like the pirates of the caribbean. >> he did, didn't he? >>> country star brooksn are calling it quits after nearly 20 years as a you due wo? ♪ yeah, these two. in a statement on their website, kit brooks and ronnie dunn says it will be their good-bye to their fan. the split was a mutual decision. they had 20 hits since their 1991 debut "brand-new man." >>> so what's behind that? i guess they decided it was time. 40 minutes past the hour. >> were you familiar with them i'm thinking you were. >> very much so. you? >> no. but the gals in the video were very lovely. >> that can make you turn country right there. >> yeah. let me show you what's happening right now. one short delay out of charlotte because of runway construction, 23 minute delays because of departures only and will not @x last that long. not that bad. look at the eastside, a lot of humidity in place, hot, humid. if you're traveling in new york city today, thunderstorms will pop this afternoon. 92-95, the high. boston, new york, philly, atlanta, cleveland, st. louis, the only towns with showers around,