u.s. mission comes to a close in the military prepares for counterterrorism training mission the next two years. the new guidelines, the u.s. can conduct their support if necessary. staying overseas, 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit a mountainous area of central japan, injuring at least 30 people, destroying more than a half-dozen homes. wasof the hardest hit areas a town that hosted events in the 1998 winter olympics. no problems were reported at three nuclear power plants in the nearby area. in the u.s., new york's governor says they are preparing for the worst, hoping for the best in buffalo. rain in warmer weather threaten to melt the seven feet of snow on the ground, leading to flooding. governor andrew cuomo says the state is sending in pumps, boats, helicopters, high axle vehicles that can operate in for or five feet of water. and they are under a flood watch sunday. sort ofrea, not that precipitation, but we are enjoying the warmer temperatures. >> yes, 70's by monday. it will feel delightful. it was not bad today. yesterday was cold and blustery, 52 the high today at reagan national. bwi, 41 d

>> we did an assessment of the top-rated liberal arts colleges according to "u.s. news and world report, the amherst, the williamses, the burdens. and i must confess to these are probably the worst when it comes to having a prescribed liberal arts curriculum. we often hear that people no longer appreciate liberal arts education. we often hear this from the campuses. but after we did this research to see what the framework was of the curriculum that was offered to these students, we came away with two -- with conclusions that there was nothing wrong with the students in liberal arts, but the way they were imparting the information. you can go to amherst and they could pride themselves on saying we don't have anything we require. we allow students to make their own curriculum. and i'm not denying the kids to go to amherst. they have many smart students and i'm sure they are well prepared. but it's interesting to look at a new book, which again i commend to everyone, academically addressed. it was put out by the university of chicago. what they found there was that after $

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the u.s. news & world report, one of its first assignments was launching the health insurance finder powered by the data that we released in the first version of healthcare.gov back in july 2010 focusing on an inventory of all public and private insurance options that were available. that website is still live today. you can find a wonderful user experience but the information that powers it is provided by the federal government. >> take it to a 2.0. how else would this system of open government work in health care? >> it is an amazing opportunity because if you asked the question what do we ultimately want? whether you are republican or democrat, you want a system that is high quality, lower cost and deliver satisfaction that people will consume. the former administrator of medicare and medicaid refers to this as the triple aim. i think it is bipartisan. one of the ways you get there is you realize a third of the money we spend in health care is wasted and wasted could be defined as you could've g

tom steyer was born and raised in the financial capital of the u.s., new york city, but chose to openompany, farallon, in san francisco. he founded farallon in 1986 with $8 million, and by the time he stepped down he turned the initial investment into $30 billion, making it the fourth-largest hedge fund in the world. his personal fortune is an

news." escalation in u.s. involvement. the number of american troops there about to double including some very dangerous places. >>> are you among those allergic to pencilen? stunning news about a big overreaction. >>> something he said in our interview with him last night that got jerry seinfeld a whole lot of attention today on the subject of autism. >>> and the crowd goes wild for a little girl going through a really tough time finally getting to see her hero, her own dad, in action. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. because terrorism is a moving target, 1,500 more american servicemen and women are going back to iraq in numbers that will double those already on post. they are not intended as combat troops, but they'll be serving in an area surrounded by it. their stated mission is to train up and stand up the iraqi armed forces so that they can fight isis and other groups. and, yes, many of them are military advis

u.s. advisers, the iraqis could lose the battle. the new teams of u.s. military advisers will fan out over the north, west and southern iraq and into two hot combat zones under isis control, anbar and the north baghdad province. those advisers will be protected by u.s. military combat teams. but pentagon officials insist they are not offensive combat forces. >> they're going to be trained troops. and they're going to be able to defend themselves. but that doesn't mean they're being introduced in a combat role in iraq. >> reporter: but vietnam veteran jack jacobs says there's a fine line between military advisers and combat troops. >> anybody who thinks being an adviser keeps you away from combat is just kidding themselves. i was an adviser twice in vietnam and that guaranteed i would be in combat. >> reporter: this comes at a high price. that's only the beginning. officials acknowledge that the overall mission will undoubtedly require more troops and money. a long-term commitment with no end in sight, brian. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon to start u

new york city. the focal point of the u.s. travel and tourism industry.ould probably make the same statement for the world travel and tourism industry. we want to have a property we are proud of. and make a good return on investment. >> any return on investment for the hotel depends on visitors to the city. tisch has worked closely with the past mayors to improve new york city's gritty image. he helped kick off the new york times square makeover. he was instrumental in the campaign to bring tourists back after 9/11. so far, his efforts seem to be working. new york had 54 million visitors in 2013. the regency sold out for super bowl weekend about a month before it even opened. it is not just about keeping hotels full. tisch says tourism is critical for the new york economy. >> what is it really about? >> it is about the jobs. it's about good jobs. it is about the ability for visitors to come and spend money so we that can hire more new yorkers. if you look in new york city alone, 330,000 people are making a living in some aspect of travel and tourism. we a

u.s. president will break red with the new u.s. congress leaders -- break bread with the new u.s. congress leaders. they will assess what legislation can be put into place in the coming months. i'm joined by our international affairs editor. barack obama sitting down with the new congress leaders. what are the issues we are likely to see on immigration. -- immigration? >> when you play with matches you risk burning yourself. he is talking about president obama's pledged to use executive orders to make the quotations -- make the quotations -- make d eportations of illegal immigrants more difficult. he wants to make it easier for you to stay in the u.s. he had already said before the midterms that he wanted to do that and that he would use executive orders if necessary. there's is more pressure now on obama to act quickly, because his base looked really lackluster in the midterm elections. the hispanics, which are key to the democratic base, did not seem very enthusiastic. a were lackluster, did not turn out in large numbers -- they were lackluster, they did not turn out in large num

half a dozen media organizations am install securedrop and are using it regularly including in the u.s., new york, forbes, propublica and glen greenwald's new news organization. >> i think that sources are like likely. sot news organizations are a big story. they are got to need to start using encryption and setting up securedrop and need to make things safe for their sources. them. >> this isn't just a story about the nsa, washington, or the government there. government's the world over have their secrets and more and more now have the means to find the sores who reveal them. beijing has tracked sources feeding american journalists stories about government corruption in china. the events accounts of chinese journalists and those in hong kong are routinely compromised. he script is stepping up social media monitoring to keep a lid on dissentence or keep tabs on anything to do with the ban did muslim brotherhood. the assad government has looked into technology can catalogue e-mail, given all of that, journalists and their sources, wherever they are, need to know that their communications are

u.s. attorney in new york. ed as attorney general, she'll make history, becoming the first african-american woman to hold the post. cnn's sara gannon joins me now from brooklyn, right outside the u.s. attorney's office there where loretta lynch works. lynch spoke at the white house ceremony. what did she say? >> reporter: she talked about how much she appreciates her time here in the eastern district of new york. and how thrilled she would be to go to washington to continue to serve. take a listen. >> mr. president, thank you again, for the faith that you have placed in me. i pledge, today, to you and to the american people, that if i have the honor of being confirmed by the senate, i will make up every morning, with the protection of the american people, my first thought. >> reporter: president obama also spoke. he talked about how she's not flashy or showy, or looking for headlines. as she built her career, she did it quietly. and she built a solid career. that echoes what her colleagues and friends have been

tom steyer was born and raised in the financial capital of the u.s., new york city, but chose to open his company, farallon, in san francisco. he founded farallon in 1986 with $8 million, and by the time he stepped down he turned the initial investment into $30 billion, making it the fourth-largest hedge fund in the world. his personal fortune is an estimated $2.6 billion. not satisfied with retiring the golf course, steyer reinvented himself as an activist, funding and starring in a series of public service announcements. >> i'm tom styer. each week, we take a look at the keystone pipeline proposal. >> he believes the pipeline will escalate the production of the controversial canadian oil sands. >> the question here was, is this a chance to change our trajectory in terms of energy? is this a chance to change the way people think about it and the way the policies are shaped around energy? >> we caught up with steyer in the tiny town of mayflower, arkansas, where he was getting a look at the cleanup site from an estimated 5000 barrel oil spill. >> here is some just off the top of the w

joining us to discuss this is robert o'-harra, u.s. news director for a voice for men, a large men's right organization, and skype, from chicago illinois, a critic of the men's right movement. and founder of blog we hunted the mammoth. thank you both for being here. robert. many dominate in american politics and business and outerb women and have been afforded rights that women had to earn. why does america need a men's rights group? >> men make up 85% -- men make up 85% of suicide and the homeless and workplace deaths. men die on average seven years earlier and in years pass it wasn't necessarily the case. the gap is less. there's a war waged upon men and boys in the education system. they are failing miserably and no one is doing anything about it. there's a terrible bias in the family courts and terrible disparities in criminal sentencing and prosecution. >> you brought up a lot of things there. are those all because of women, and the right that women have, or are these functions of society and gaps in the societal system. >> both, the i

. ♪ >>> break aring news this morning. the u.s. d china unveiling a groundbreaking new partnership to stop climate change, dropping greenhouse emissions to historic lows over time. we're live for a new surprising agreement and what this means for u.s./china relations going forward. >>> happening now, the u.s. and palestinian leaders accusing of a religious war. >>> ferguson on edge as the grand jury is ever close to deciding whether the police officer who shot unarmed teenager michael brown. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's wednesday, november 12th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with break us news, president obama and chinese president ji announcing historic deal. it promises cutting greenhouse emissions. david, tell us more about this climate deal? >> reporter: well, it's a big deal. and it's been put through after months of secret negotiations between the u.s. and chinese. president obama calling it an historic deal to reduce greenhouse emissions by both the u.s

u.s. is adding new security checks for millions of foreign travelers. nd security says it's an effort to stop isil fighters from entering the u.s. >> good evening, john, it's another sign of rising concern about terrorist threats from overseas. the administration announcing they are going to be tightening procedures to screen citizens of allied countries who fall under the visa waiver program. citizens of those countries do not require a visa to come to this country. they do have to go online and fill out a form before they come here, and it's there they will be subject to increased scrutiny and tighter security measures. jay johnson saying in part: part of the issue here john is duel citizenships. they could travel to iraq and syria to fight, for example, on the side of isil, and the united states and the other governing entities wouldn't even know they were there because they have more than one pass port. an estimated 1,000 individuals a month are traveling to the region to fight for isil. other forms of scrutiny include asking individuals, trying to d

u.s. news and world reports david caton. says wait a minute this is the special university rate. that's my issue. it's not the lemons or the humus who cares about lemons and humus. >> hillary hasn't lived like a regular person since the 70s. bill was governor in the ace. i'm not surprised she was acting like this. it says more about the university than it says about her, andrea. who pays this kind of money? for what received wisdom exactly? and this comes at a time, particularly in california when they ever raising tuition rates 5% a year for the next five years. if i were a student or a taxpayer, i would be isn't that the issue that if you are going to criticize the clintons, i mean they are probably hoping you will focus on lemon wedges. when it comes to the clintons there are bigger issues to focus on o. when she spoke at unlv they went and jacked up tuition costs as mary points out that would get my blood boiling. >> i will defend hillary clinton. who doesn't like a little lemon wedges with their water. frankly the $300,

says senator elect dan sullivan is the new u.s.senator from the state of alaska and senator elect dan sullivan has already jumped on a plane and make it to washington in time for important senate meetings today. still tonight senator mark beg given is not conceding. >> greta, great to be here, thanks for having me. >> welcome to washington. you have been here before though. tell me what about senator begich. >> after our election went off i went and did marine corps training. i'm still in the reference and was focused on that. when the a.p. and other news organizations called it, i was being respectful to the process. but also wanted to get down here. roll up my sleeves. do work for my fellow alaskans. we had important meetings today. people are talking about committee assignments and things like that. had some votes today. i wanted to be here for important meetings. >> what committee are you on. >> different ones. commerce is very important particularly given the importance of our fisheries in alaska. environment and public works,

is robert o'hare action u.s. news director for a voice for men. of the largest men's rights organizations. and so skype out of chicago, illinois, david a critic of the men's rights movement. and he is also founder of the blog, we hunted the mammoth. thanks for both of you for being here. so robert, men dominate in american politics, and business, they out earn women by about 20% and have always been afforded rights that women have had to earn along the way. why does america need a men's rights group? >> men make up 85% of all suicides, they make up almost 90% of the homeless, they make up 95% of workplace deaths. men die on average seven years earlier than women do in years past that wasn't necessarily the case, the gap was much less. there is a war being waged upon system. they are failing miserably. no one is doing anything about it. and there is a terrible, terrible bias in our family courts as well as terrible disparities in criminal sentences and prosecution between minute and women. >> robert, you brought up a whole lot of things there. are

u.s. government being reported by the reuters news agency. so u.s. news agencies have been freed. they're apparently now on their way home. and there are further reports that they have been accompanied by the director of national attention. we'll bring you more as we get it here on al jazeera. still to come on the news hour. >> i hope to enjoy how many days i have left on this beautiful earth and spend as much of it outside as i can. >> the partying words of a writer campaign on the latest of death with dignity debate. >> tens of thousands of people will come to commemorate the fall 25 years ago. >> and in sports we'll get the latest on liverpool's effort to hell's start to th chelsea's premiere start to the season. >> a new school curriculum that places more emphasize on morals. but some students don't like to be told what to think. >> the young minds of thailand, the country's future are being taught how to be more thai. it's all part of the military government's reform of basic education. students are instructed on 12 virtues of being thai. they range from being grateful to par

u.s. forces into 2015. the new policy allows troops to fight the taliban militants if they feel a serious enough threat exists. >> and the big change is that if u.s. troops need combat, they can have it. it gives u.s. troops more of the authority. you may remember back in may president obama made this announcement in the rose garden in very triumphant fashion saying they would be left with two objectives. i want to play that comment for you now. listen here. >> i've made it clear that we're open to cooperating with afghans on two narrow missions after 2014. training afghan forces and supporting counterterrorism operations against the remnants of al qaeda. >> now, what this new order does is expand that. so it's more than simply counterterrorism operations against the remnants of al qaeda. if there is a big threat from the taliban, u.s. troops have the ability to go after the taliban. that's via f-16 fighter jets if they need that or drones. it just gives them options. i want to read to you a statement that we recei

a new recording what sounds like his voice calling for volcanoes of jihad and calling the u.s. and powerless, and news of isis forming a coalition of its own. new information ahead. >>> breaking overnight -- president obama set to take executive action on immigration reform as soon as next week. we'll tell you the details of his plan and the move has lawmakers on the right furious and ready for a showdown. >>> startling details -- a new review shows just how badly the secret service bungled their response when a man jumped over the white house fence and ran right into the white house. one officer was on his cell phone with no clue something was wrong. >>> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day," with chris cuomo, kate boldaun and michaela pereira. good morning and welcome to your "new day," it's friday november 14th, 6:00 in the east on the button, chris cuomo and alisyn camerota with news that the president is poised to go it alone on immigration reform. a move republicans say they will fight with everything they've got. >> yeah, gop leaders accuse the

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new u.s. troops arriving in iraq to join the war against isis. what will the role be? 's way will >>> breaking overnight -- a new threat from isis -- they will only become stronger. in a new video they call out both presidents obama and bush. and a new round of u.s. troops enter iraq's anbar province, but only to assist iraqi fighters. the question is what will happen that they're in the middle of a war zone. >>> violent attack -- israel promising to crack down after a string of attacks across major cities, is this the beginning of a vicious new trend? >>> a federal investigation into joan rivers' death shows serious mistakes were made during the surgery that led to her death. how could a simple procedure go so terribly wrong? >>> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day," with chris cuomo, kate boldaun and michaela pereira. >> good morning, welcome to "new day," it is tuesday, november 11th, veterans day, we thank all of you who served and your families, because they served as well. it's a few clicks before 6:00 in the east. chris cuomo and alisy

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david, search writer at u.s. news. >> a virginia woman in federal custody accused of lying to investigators about the potential involvement with isis. they have watched the 29 year old for months and claimed she promoted isis on social media and tried to recruit new members. >> reporter: this criminal complaint alleges that healther cox of virginia was a supporter of isis and lied about her pro isis post on facebook. what is striking about the case, they rely on undercover interviews and kaufman's social media traffic and using on line aliases. she listed on her facebook account that her work for jihad for allah's sake. and kaufman posted a photosimilar to this one with the isis black flag and heavily armed men with ak 47. and one read the holy fighters. kaufman will be arraigned in the court on wednesday. she will face charges of promoting material support for a terrorist group and making false statements. >> isis is propagating do it yourself in addition to rekraut and attract foreign fight ares to fight in syria an

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