. >> once you step outside the borders of this country, you are the united states team. >> reporter: leading this army, team captain andre, his military background infects the team with the courtly values of a bygone era. >> you are the national team of the united states of america. that's something to be proud of. >> reporter: there's 70 asperants. this is your olympics? >> yes. >> reporter: you get emotional. >> i cry at every patriotic song. it gets to me. >> reporter: don't mistake her pride for weakness. amy wears real armor and carries steel weapons designed to kill. >> these are two of the most preferred weapons when you're out there to do some damage. >> this will bury itself through your flesh. >> it stops at the bone. you hear a little -- noise. >> reporter: do you think about someone could get seriously hurt when you're out there? >> of course. we do everything we can. all the edges on these weapons have to be at least two millimeters wide. the tips have to be rounded out. there's no sharp edges that can puncture. >> reporter: the steel armor can cost up to $10,000 and weig

she's one of two girls in the series right now and the first girl to appear for united states team since i mean, this girl is throwing fire. if you adjust for the difference between little league and major league in terms of the pitchers mound and distance to home plate, she's base he cically th a 90 miles per hour fastball. that is heat and fire. that's bob gibson, some of the greatest, kershaw, verlander, that's great pitching. a little girl. you think girls can't do it. girls be throwing fire. son. stick around, the rapid response panel is next. >>> i'm morgan brennan with your cnbc market wrap. the dow finishes down 50 points after a triple digit decline earlier in the day. the s&p ends flat and nasdaq gains 11 points. consumers are less confident and sent. rose less than expected and fell last month. producer prices were little changed thanks to lower energy costs and factory output increased for a sixth straight month according to the federal reserve. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. wow! you're really looking out for us. we are. and if there are unauthorized purch

cheers for you -- see, what happened, when you first come out, the world wants to cheer for the united states teamecause that's who they know! >> charlie: that's right, they knew michael and you from television. >> exactly. so, now, they want you to play the game the way it's supposed to be played and, if you do that, the arena will go crazy for you. now, if you pout, moan, get upset at the referees and all that, they're, like, you're the united states! you're not supposed to be doing that! (cheering) >> charlie: talk to me about being a shooter. tell me what's inside your head. >> as a shooter -- >> charlie: is it just your moment? >> your mindset is a lot different than everybody else's. you see things that, as a shooter, as a scorer, that the next person might not see or the person in the stands might not see. >> charlie: like what? so i'm big on space. >> charlie: right. i'm big on creating space and i know if i get a certain amount of space, then i have a chance to put the ball in the hole, and that's the scoring mentality. >> charlie: yeah. and, also, if you miss two shots, you don't think y

president, the united states team has been constant in our efforts to bring this violence to an end. president obama has engaged directly with secretary carry traveling to the region and working around the clock to achieve a cease-fire . as the parties had to carry out this effort has our strong support. the united states has also said its representatives. last month the violence should serve as an impetus for the parties to resolve the crisis has the implication is to direct in this context the current humanitarian cease-fire provides an opportunity to negotiate key issues including israel's long-term security and economic up today for gaza. we urge all parties to respect the cease-fire completely and hope that the current discussions will lead to a sustainable cease-fire agreement that ensures an end to hostilities. when need to help the parties reach an accord where the rockets stop. kirk -- permanently dismantled and israel is not attacked again . gaza must receive the goods necessary to advance its economic development and the international community must work in concert to stre

chicago wins the united states championship! >> reporter: the team gracious in victory, hometown heroes helping an entire city believe in a field of dreams. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> they certain little are role models. there will be some parties in chicago tonight. "gma" and "this week" in the morning. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. have a good evening. good night. >>> the following is a special presentation of espn on abc. >>> it's the most amazing setting in stock car racing. a small town of 30,000, in beautiful northeast, tennessee, that draws people from all 50 states and a dozen countries around the world. they line the hillsides with campers and bring endless energy inside the massive stadium that is bristol motor speedway. it's here, tonight, inside one of nascar's smallest but most spectacular racetracks, the pressure of finding a place in the chase clashes with the action of the concrete coliseum. >> the race to the chase is

team. >> the united states men's national team will win the world cup before england win the world cup againill alive. >> seth: and you said that if they made it out of the group stage, which they did, you would apply for u.s. citizenship. have you started this process? >> as i said though, anybody into this country has a -- [ laughter ] i have started a proccess. i'm not so good with bureaucracy, but i adore that team. when i moved here just before the 1994 world cup and i watched that team run on to the field, here on home turf. denim of jersey, ginger of hair, i shed a tear. and being an englishman, you know kind of the joy you're feeling. you watch grandpa in chicago you watch the tens of thousands of people watching at home. we don't really have that joyful experience in our vocabulary as englishman. we only have pain and misery. so we're fully on board. fully on board. >> seth: welcome on board. you said it was the world cup of bald men. one of my favorite players plays for my beloved dutch national team. arjen robben. >> arjen, arjen, robben. >> looks a little bit like death in "the s

they say any new campaign against the islamic state terrorists would involve the united states working with a team of several nations. the united states is already striking the militants in northern iraq but has not yet gone after them in neighboring syria. pentagon officials say it would take more than bombs to get rid of the threat. >> air strikes alone are not going to solve the threat that they pose. it's not going to completely eliminate the challenge that they represent. and i think we all agree with that. but isil is a growing network, they are well resourced, they are well led, they do pose a regional threat. >> the islamic state militants control an enormous section of land stretching between the two countries. the areas that you see on this map in red through there. that's raised concerns that the militants could retreat into syria, far from where the united states is currently doing any bombing. for their part, the syrians' foreign minister today warned the united states must have permission before launching any air strikes there in syria. he said without permission from syria, any u.s.

mid-atlantic team is considered a home team here. 7,000 teams from around the world, will be eligible to be here, only 16, made it, eight from the united states, eight international teams, and these kids from japan, from mexico, australia, it is not only a chance to play the best but to meet these kids from different cultures and that is what theski have been getting a chance to do over the the lhave. you really, being close to a professional athlete as you can with all of the traffic. new uniform, media interviews. people are getting their autographs. all these kids got a job to do and that is win a baseball game today. let's bring you back here live. see grounds crew at the stadium, getting last te preparat fnsor today's game, 3:00 o'clock. this is a doubly limb nation tournament. win or lose taney will play saturday or sunday. i should say when they win day theyill playunday. todas game 3:00 o'clock begins south nashville. the the south east regional team. taking theound g wrd davis the o can spit fire at 70 miles an hour fast ball will be taking the the hill for taney dragons today a lot of bus loads of people coming up from philadelphia

islamic state group took mosel and that army is being restructured and not talking about a lot of ground troops but we are talking about the elite of security forces, counter terrorism teams who the uniteds spent years and a lot of money training on a very individual basis. those are the teams that seem to have retained that training and they are the ones that u.s. forces seem comfortable working with. so we are told they played a lead role in the fight and significantly worked together with the kurdish forces. the u.s. central command last night said iraq and kurdish forces were working together and it's something the u.s. has been keen to see given this is an immense security challenge and the only way they see a defeat of the islamic state group is with iraq cherokees and kurds working side by side. >> okay, thank you, jane, correspondent live in arbil. as jane was suggesting, the kurdish forces have managed to retake a series of towns around this mosel dam area, taking these towns from islamic state fighters over resent days and correspondent zana is on the front lines of this battle and she sent us this report from close to mosel. the kurdish are on the offensive. they are in battl

at the end of 1963, the united states had about six team thousand military advisers in south vietnam sent to help the army of the republic of vietnam and their war against ho chi minh and the communist north. next, from 1963, a 30 minute u.s. army film documenting the activities of captain william johnston who trains and assists south vietnamese troops while they are constantly being attacked and harassed by viacom. on august 10, 19 64, the situation in vietnam was transformed when lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkin resolution with congress granting the president broad powers to increase american involvement in the conflict. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ ♪ since the outbreak of hostilities in 1959, the united states army advisors in vietnam have undergone a variety of experiences and learn much about the complexities of guerrilla warfare in southeast asia. throughmagt, these advisers have increased in number two over 12000 and each is assigned to a specific activity or unit of the army of the republic of vietnam, common asarvin tod to make sure u.s. equipment is used and maintained properly and teac

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the best team in the united states of america. >> they cannot take up from those kids ever. >> one of the greatest things one of the greatest things. something that a lot of us grew up with when we remember. it is so true. >> it is not with a win or lose but it is how you play the game. >> one day look in that mirror your gun to smile and say we did it right. hope you enjoy it. one more big salute to our united states champions. [music] [music] >> you're witnessing his terror and the millennium park. never before has a little weak world champion team come to chicago like this nor given any reception like this before. this is huge. thousands of turned out to cheer on the jackie robinson west champions of literally. >> cannot see as many politicians. resaw players saw people talking about baseball character kids and families. >> sports mean so much. and i realize it until you see something like this. hope this regenerates appeared >> a major-league baseball get behind it more. >> and may be helping a great cause. he heard coach butler say keep the momentum going. let's hope ththe masses

all of this watched by amnesty international who, for the first time, deployed a team inside the united states,ith these violent scenes another night of protests comes to an end with arrests by -- and violent clashes between protesters and police forces and there is right now no clear end in sight. lawmakers are meeting with antigovernment protesters wednesday in a bid to end a weeklong political crisis. thousands of followers of politician and a populist cleric are demonstrating outside the building calling for him to step the after allegations that election was rigged. neither are willing to concede. an indian human rights activist who has been on a hunger strike for 14 years has walked free from the prison hospital where doctors were force-feeding her to keep her alive. a judge found no evidence to support charges she tried to commit suicide which is punishable i one year of jail in india. 2000 three eating in days after soldiers allegedly shot and killed 10 civilians. no arrests were made in that incident. she was drinking over a long ranting sweeping powers to security forces in the count

me and the team-mates have an interest in science and technology. >> relations between china and the united states have been strained. both countries accusing each other of stealing trade secrets. >> the focus is sharing technology. >> it's great. the symbolism, the cooperation between teams and the united states and chinese groups. >> international robotic sport is expensive. sponsors and parent-techer groups donate for budgets that can be as high as 120,000. that probably felt like money well spend today. >>> well, i think rahul is tacking about wheels that are faster. >> formula 1, and qualifying for the belgium grix gets under -- grand prix gets under way in under an hour. they had a practice session this morning. botas was quicker. friday, lewis hamilton half a second quicker than nico rosberg. he is 11 ahead. lewis hamilton in the title standings. the session was stopped after a crash involving pastor malvanado, he was taken to hospital. he's been cleared for saturday. atletico madrid won the first peace of spanish silver ware. the onus is going some way to avenging their loss. beating city

. >> we were the best team in the united states and one of the best teams out here.hey will share for the rest of their life. 13 guys. i'm always be able to talk about these moments in the world series. >> they'll have a brain. they have captured the spirit of chicago. >> ron emanuel mentioned there would be a parade for the jackie robinson little leaguers. >> they showed great sportsmanship, shaking happened with the winners from south korea. >> they have a bright future. >> absolutely. >> let look at other headlines making news. in brazil prison rioters beheaded two inmates and throw another off the roof. the revolt started because of poor prison conditions. and the inmates are holding two of the guards hostages, and there are negotiations going on in morning. but 60% of the gaol is in the inmates control. >>> scary moments, there's believed to be ties to organised crime. they held up a banner with a well-known criminal organization in brazil. >>> the als icebucket change has gone viral, including to china. some there have turned a cold shoulder and have dumped col

. >> the united states is sort of playing on the sideline this is time around. it sent this small state department team just in case it's needed. should the united states even be there? >> well, the united states can play a useful role, as dictated by the egyptians as a help mate. normally in these kinds of situations, at some point israel will turn to the united states for what might be called off the table considerations. another, what can the united states do that helps israel achieve its objectives that may not be achievable inside the negotiating room. so it's not a bad idea to have our team standing by, but the lead is certainly egypt's at this point. >> yesterday on al jazeera, a senior hamas official says hamas' finger is still on the trigger if palestinian demands are not met. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu echoed that sentiment yesterday, listen. >> translator: we're ready for any case that the cease-fire will be broken. the idf is in the area to be able to respond to any scenario. in any case around the territories around gaza, our forces will remain, forces that were not there be

says israel's brutality but israel continues to act because it feels it has imbued a team that is the united states government continues to supply arms and provide diplomatic protection for the genocide that is taking place in the european union wrings its hands but continues to engage in business as usual with israel. now more stories i have for you here is here the national including shell shock it is sure in ukraine war traumatised civilians are caught up in the standoff between the army and local militia in a region war that and weeks other global headlines after parties venture capital with katie. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of war mongering politicians. capturing people is this what do you do if the innocent killing them easy we were serve the right to kill any person anywhere any time. they could do that in the city but they can be drowned that's what makes these things sort of heard and politicians get a new kind of power via this technology savvy is very tempting. it will be. sunny it's technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've go

the united states has a team on the ground working with israelis and palestinians. so the sequencing and implementation of those objectives, that is going to be something that is done over time. but in the meantime i think it's important that this cease-fire hold so that we can give space to these negotiations to go forward. >> and, ben, obviously there has been broad condemnation of the high civilian death toll in gaza, also reports that prime minister netanyahu told secretary kerry not to ever second-guess me again when it comes to dealing with hamas. has the relationship between the u.s. and israel deteriorated in the wake of this latest round of fighting in the middle east? >> reporter: no, kristen, what we have is a foundation with israel. the foundation of that relationship is we support israel's security, we support their right to defend themselves and those bonds are unbreakable frankly between the united states and israel. they span administrations. they include, of course, a deep affinity between our peoples. however, we did have differences around making

all this watched by amnesty international, who, for the first time, deployed a team inside the united states. with the violence seen in ferguson, another night of protests come to -- comes to an end with a clash between protesters and police forces. there is right now no clear end in sight. >> that report from ferguson, missouri. a horrific video has appeared online apparently showing the beheading of an american journalist by the islamic state, who have threatened to kill another u.s. reporter held captive if the u.s. does not stop backing iraq. earlier this week, u.s. airstrikes helped kurdish and iraqi soldiers recut -- recapture the country's biggest dam after insurgents took it two weeks ago. more about the grisly killing of this journalist, james foley. >> i did not know him personally, but i know a great many people who did and were very close to him. if this was the case, that the video was carried out as a message to the united states because of these airstrikes, really, and that it was sanctioned by isis leadership, then that is an indication of just how effective these airstrikes

seven months ago president obama compared the islamic state to a junior varsity basketball team. today the united states launched a fresh round of air strikes against the group as part of the effort to assist iraqi and kurdish troops on the ground. >> islamic state grabbed america's attention when it released video after the beheading of foley, a journalist. the man that spoke had a british accent. secretary chuck hagel confirmed in keeping with u.s. policy the obama administration refused to negotiate a ransom for foley. islamic state asked his family for over $100 million. in july the pentagon deployed a rescue mission for foley and others held hostage. paul beban joins us for more. >> the white house never disclosed the operation, but decided to go public, because a number of media outlets for on the verge of reporting it. the mission to rescue james foley was over, and tragically we know it was a failure. >> reporter: some time this summer the u.s. staged a night-time rage on a compound in northern syria, with cover from drones and fighter jets, dozens of special operations forces in black ha

united states. we have live team coverage ahead. welcome to "early start," i'm john berman. >> good morning, i'm christine romans. it's thursday, august 28, 4:00 a.m. in the east. a mother's desperate plea to the leader of isis to release her son. she asks the head of the terrorist group to send her son, stephen, whose been helds for a year home. >> i was always learned you can grant amnesty. i ask you to please release my child. >> stephen sotloff was captured. when they executed foley, they said sotloff would be next. karl penhaul is live. karl? >> this statement is important. it's an excellent strategy. what he says the statement is doing is really focusing on sotloff as a human being. they are looking at him as an individual and moving away from the idea he has an influence over what the u.s. government does. now, what this kidnapping expert said was this plea, yes, it is a desperate plea by a distraught mother, but it's a way of opening up lines of communication establishing some dialogue with the kidnappers, with isis in this

prime minister benjamin netanyahu said in a private conversation to the united states member of our delegation there, a member of our team, that the united states had better not second guess him again. there were also reports over the weekend that secretary john kerry was being eavesdropped upon by the israeli government, our friendly government there. how do you react to that? >> well, look, i think there's no question that the relationship between the united states and israel is long standing and is mutually beneficial to both our countries for the reasons i just explained. it's the only democracy in that region in the world. but the relationship is based on a shared set of values, valuing of human rights, valuing of liber liberty, of freedom. it's because of those shared values israel has a responsible to be sure they're mitigating civilian losses. >> but how do you respond to that statement that, we had better not second guess? is that a way an ally should speak with another ally? >> of course not. look, israel, i think the relationship between our two countries is more than the relationship between benjamin netanyah

the united states says they will send a response team, and some 20,000 people have been rescued by iraqiorces. with analysis of the situation a representative from the french aid agency joins us now for his take on the situation. good evening to you, emanuel. tell us your reading of what is going on on the ground and what you are finding. >> good evening, sir. first of all we are facing a major humanitarian crisis. there are the displaced people who are rising from the northern part of iraq, and a fourth wave arrived two months after the first one so why am i saying it is a major crisis? it is due to the number of people who are rising and due to the profile of the people. which, keep in mind, most of them have been fleeing for something like one week in very difficult conditions. the pressure is mounting over several days, and they are in the kurdistan region, with a very poor profile. these people are very tired. so really, it is a terrible situation that these arabs are not prepared to answer, and original authorities are doing their best to help these people. >> and, of course, these

case in the united states and he he had told the courts of the united states that they had sent him away to the united states so i just wanted to win this case and so i asked my legal team in america what is the way that i can just win this case immediately and that was if i sacrifice the money which i did i sacrificed all the money that he owed me so he would. if in exchange that he would say that he actually would allow me to win that case would which would prove that i had won in the united states and in japan and i sacrificed it so i could make a statement to the world i sacrificed it for one u.s. dollar why do you have so i don't make people like him are able to get away with with crimes like this. well i think that it's a complete cover up it's a complete cover up in the way that it would destroy the reputation of the united states military if they so called trying to fight against terrorism when they are terrorizing civilians themselves and a lot of us the rape victims. all the murder victims and i will be able to say this because through experience because i have met with the families of japanese who have there for example whose wives have been murdered by unite

. >> the united states is sending more supplies annealed teams to tens of thousands of people force from the their homes in iraq. we have some amateur video hereof iraqi forces. they're air lifting religious minority group fleeing islamic state fide ers to the curds i shall region. members said the militants had given them the choice of convert to go islam before dying. >>> we now know sprint car died from blunt force trauma when hit by car driven by nascar's tony stewart. authorities questioned stewart twice, this weekend, and say there is no suggestion of anything criminal. stewart, and ward, were racing sprint carson dirt track in up-state new york saturday. ward got out of his car on the track, after stewart caused him to spin out, and as he went to confront stewart, he was killed. stewart pulled out of the nascar race sunday, and there is sadness about the incident. >> three sailors back on dry land after a daring sailboat rescue offer the coast of hawaii. their boat was caught in the remnants of hurricane julio yesterday. wow, look at that being tossed and turned. sixty-one year ol

. >>> play ball, jackson, chicago wins the united states championship. >> how cool is that. team of little leaguers feeling like they made it to the majors this morning. >> chicago's jackie robinson west won the u.s. little league championship and is now headed to the little league world series. nbc's christian far tells us how they made it there. the boys of summer walked to the little league championship in williamsport. their family and friends could not contain their excitement. >> the boys have prepared all year for this and they came out and got it done. >> it's amazing what the kids did. it's tough to beat somebody twice in a week and we proved that today. >> picked over. chicago wins the united states championship. >> reporter: in a 7 to 5 win from the team against las vegas jackie robinson west advanced to sunday's little league world series game against south korea. this was a rematch with las vegas winning the first round. >> they never hung their heads, never even showed defeat. they were anxious to play this team again and they got their shot and they did good. >> re

united states. a ten-member team arrived in ferguson to watch police and how residents. here is today's front page of the post dispatch. amnesty international said these kinds of images have them, quote, very concerned. here are two protesters describing how they were treated overnight. >> they shot everybody. they shooting -- >> eyes all red. it's just crazy. >> yaes. it's protesters. people who care. >> okay. let's join -- who is joining us. we have a connection now. stephen hawkins executive director. stephen, are you there? >> yes, i am. let's talk about why your organization is on the ground. it's unprecedented. >> it is for us to be on the ground in the middle, but this is something we certainly do around the world. we're here because there is clearly a human rights crisis here. we are seeing the use of excessive force by police in a situation of very minimal need for anything beyond basic policing. the indiscriminate use of tear gas being lobbed into a crowd where there are children and elderly that's a clear violation of human rights standards. so we're here on t

united states was a fraud or gorbachev was for real and he may have good intentions but kobe dispatched with a single bullet and the soviet union had the ability to destroy the united states. the bush teamnce it took office, once george h.w. bush became president, when i'm speaking of bush i'm speaking about george h.w. bush was much more cautious. one of my surprises is how much tension there was between the reagan team and bush team. political scientists who are not interested in this topic but work on presidential transitions used the reagan-bush transition as a particularly vicious one. some scholars described it as bush fired everyone. i was surprised to see bush documents saying mush for brains reaganites. you see a little attempt to return to a more traditional cold war stance. but dramatic events made it clear 1989 won't be a traditional cold war year. these protests in tiananmen square. 1989 in retrospect looks different in china than europe. i would ask you to bear this in mind as we talk about the wall today. we of course, all know that the cold war in europe ended peacefully but the people at the time did not know this. as events unfolded the images on ninds of protesters an

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it seems now the president of the united states said that isis is a jv team. and now here we are. it's a shocking change. >> yeah. but they've had six months. they've gotten support. the rumors are they have got a lot of money from some states in the region. and there're a lot of mixed motives in all of the fighting around syria. but the united states, we're reevaluating policies and i think you're going to see us go into syria with air strikes once suitable intelligence is. there i think it's clear from general dempsey's comments we don't anticipate giving isis a sanctuary. >> how do you not give them a sanctuary without going against the thing that this president has made a key part of his legacy. i'm the president who got america out of two wars. that is what he has ran on and done. not only is it a possible of whatever word you'd like to use, but military involvement in one of the countries he got this country out of. >> i think what the president is going to say is he is a president of the united states who is working to keep america safe from terrorists. that's why he took o

he auld be disattached with single bullet and the soviet the capability of destroy the united states. h. bush team, once george bush became president, when i'm speaking of bush, i'm referring to george h. bush was more cautious. in of the biggest surprises my research on how much tension between the reagan team and the bush team. used the reagan to transition as saying bush fired everyone. referred to mush reaganites. the practice of annual summits bosh chov comes to an end. it is not going to be a cold war year. there is a massive protest in 1989. just had that anniversary. observed insary was china in silence. to commemorate homes. their we, of course, know the cold war peacefully but the people at the time did not know this. unfolded in is the 89, the images on the mind were thatmages of the square, lone figure standing in front of communistank, of a party using bloodshed to defend power.d on the fall of the berlin wall was not a forward end conclusion. catastrophe loomed around every was on thebloodshed mind of the people who were there on the ground. still a forbidden square of chinathe repub

it is the very first time the group has sent that type of team anywhere in the united states. >>> well, now we turn our attention to iraq where president obama is urging iraq's new government to come together after a major victory against islamic state militants. he praised kurdish and iraqi forces for regaining control of the mosul dam from the militants in conjunction with the airstrike. president obama called it a major step forward. it is the country's largest dam. it provides water and electricity to northern iraq. president obama said he made it clear to iraq's new prime minister that now is the time for iraq to take the lead. >> my national security team today and i will say publicly that we want to continue to communicate to politicians of all stripes in iraq, don't think that because we have engaged in airstrikes to protect our people that now is the time to let the foot off the gas and return to the same kind of dysfunction that has so weakened the country generally. dr. abadi has said the right things. i was impressed in my conversation with him about his vision for an inclu

the symbolism, the cooperation between teams and the cooperation between united states and china groups. >> international robotic sport is expensive. sponsors and parent teacher groups in the united states donate money for budgets that can be as high as $120,000. but that probably felt like money well spent today. adrian brown, al jazeera, in southern china. >> iceland declaring no-fly zone over its air space because of an erupting volcano. those rumbles are coming north of the eruption that happened in europe four years ago. it appears calm on the surface but seismologists have detected thousands of small earthquakes under the country's glacier just over the past week. it could take a day for the eruption to melt through all that eyes before it can spew into the air. >>> world class aquarium backed by one of the world's richest men. although he's one of the world's richest men, profits may not be his main motive. >> three stories beneath one of mexico city's swankiest neighborhoods sea life is teeming. 5,000 sea creatures are swimming in these watered representing fresh and sea-water s

team from chicago's south side. why is this a big deal? it's a big deal because demographically, it defies everything that's happening in baseball right now in the united statesfirst all african-american starting team to make the little league world series final since 1980. and over that period, you have seen the number of african-americans in major league baseball drop from 19% to under 8% including several teams that have no african-american players whatsoever and at the college leg, it's even worse with less than six % of rosters with african-american players. if you take out historically black colleges, that's like between 1 and 2%. of course, there are a ton of players in major league baseball of african ascent who come from the caribbean. as far as the sport being a sport that's at the center of the black sports consciousness which, of course, it's been for so many years with players like jackie robinson and willie maze and hankarian, that's become dislocated dramatically by the failure in urban settings of things like little league infrastructure, boys and girls clubs that have shuterred over the last generation and major league baseball is trying to f

there is something that most people are not focusing on, there is going to be a quiet tag team between the united states and the iranians on this issue because interests align here as they align in syria. i think what it will be made to appear by both sides if they're doing their thing separately. certainly public statements will reflect that. but behind the scenes, we're going to see a lot of coordination, the u.s. from the air, working with the shiite-dominated government in baghdad as well as the krg, actors whom the iranians influence heavily. iranians are on the ground with irgcqf, the overseas arms of elite military force organizing the battle on the ground. the u.s. largely from the air, iran largely from the ground. that is going to be the next step in this. and as i said, the political aspect of this is crucial, i agree with my co panelists, consensus is lacking, but things are relative. i think if we have relative consensus, that is all we hope for and it could turn the tide. >> got about 30 seconds, bob. interesting point that he makes is perhaps iran and the u.s. get together on this. do you

united states coast guard. i train with the best, a team that shares my drive and commitment.llect intelligence, guard our shores against drug smugglers, and keep our waterways safe. because our nation expects more. if you expect more, maybe you were born ready. find out at gocoastguard.com. >> harry introduces us to a young man who not only plays music, he composes it. >> we're going to go over to the piano there. >> okay. >> j.p. and his teacher are arriving for the day's lesson, which is part music theory and part composition. >> the theory part is where you learn what makes the great music work. in the composition class, j.p. will have brought in what he worked on over the course of the week. [ piano playing ] >> i get a lot of inspiration just from improvising on the piano. i write on the piano. and then i put it on the computer. >> these guys are gonna keep repeating, right? >> he'll make suggestions, and sometimes we'll change it or write a little more in the lesson. >> all of these ideas are really beautiful, but you're switching between them so fast that we can't even

united states was a fraud or gorbachev was for real and he may have good intentions but kobe dispatched with a single bullet and the soviet union had the ability to destroy the united states. the bush teamnce it took office, once george h.w. bush became president, when i'm speaking of bush i'm speaking about george h.w. bush was much more cautious. one of my surprises is how much tension there was between the reagan team and bush team. political scientists who are not interested in this topic but work on presidential transitions used the reagan-bush transition as a particularly vicious one. some scholars described it as bush fired everyone. i was surprised to see bush documents saying mush for brains reaganites. you see a little attempt to return to a more traditional cold war stance. but dramatic events made it clear 1989 won't be a traditional cold war year. these protests in tiananmen square. 1989 in retrospect looks different in china than europe. i would ask you to bear this in mind as we talk about the wall today. we of course, all know that the cold war in europe ended peacefully but the people at the time did not know this. as events unfolded the images on ninds of protesters an

united states coast guard. i train with the best, a team that shares my drive and commitment.ollect intelligence, guard our shores against drug smugglers, and keep our waterways safe. because our nation expects more. if you expect more, maybe you were born ready. find out at gocoastguard.com. music i want some more. what's he doing? please sir, i want some more. more? he has asked for... thank you. well he did say please... yes he did. and thank you. please and thank you. pass it on. (crowd of children) thank you. >> it's an activity we're used to seeing on the sidewalk. >> every girl jumps rope at some point. [ whistle blows ] >> but not every girl jumps like this. these are stan's pepper steppers. the world-champion double-dutch team is showing new york public schools how it's done. >> listen out for the whistle. katie, get ready to go in. [ whistle blows ] >> new york is the first school district to introduce double dutch as an official sport. >> anybody can learn it. it just takes time to get to a certain level of double dutch. >> competition-level double dutch is scored o

lakers jersey, pretending their pros the fact is that this quote, unquote jv team is causing the united states trouble in the middle east now. i think one of the questions moving forward is how much of a threat is it to the united states? today, josh earnest said this is going to be a narrow mission when you asked when i press them is there a strategy, josh earnest says it's not up to the u.s. it has to be iraqi militaries and kurdish forces and there are questions looming whether iraqi military can do a job like that. we've seen them deserting and not up to the job despite the time, money, blood, treasure spent by the united states over the last decade or so. to stand up to this military, they may not be ready for this. that is why the u.s. intervened with air strikes to help from a humanitarian standpoint. but you're right. big question is what is going to be done to stop it sis. signals are there is going to be a narrow military operation. no combat troops on the ground. and if that is the case it's hard to see how isis is going to be stopped >> we've heard that these guys are like good bus

it is the first time ever the group has sent that type of team to the united states.>> joining us again this morning from ferguson, missouri, national reporter for msnbc.com trumaine lee. good morning again. >> reporter: good morning. >> tell us about last night. it looks like watching the pictures live last night, it looked like the better part of the evening peaceful protesters on one side and police kind of standing in line. a bit of a standoff but not much violence. then something took a turn. i don't know. i guess around midnight or so and the tear gas started flying. what happened there? >> once again, the peace here in ferguson kind of hung by a string. as you mentioned there was this standoff where protesters who had been marching peacefully up and down along the side of the street decided to kind of gather in the center and link arms but they were loud but not overly aggressive. a few plastic bottles came flying into the air where a police officer was standing. then something happened. i'm not sure what happened, but the tear gas canisters were flung into the

united states to bear on these savages. >> the state department had assurances an fbi team would be allowed into syria collect evidence and even question witnesses. a spokeswoman had no specifics. >> obviously there will be a criminal investigation as there always is when there's an american citizen death overseas as the doj can speak to. there's also an ongoing intelligence community focus on this to determine who may have been responsible. >> on the attempt to rescue foley which did not succeed, members of the special operations community have told me that they are very disappointed that this information was made public, specifically because when a mission is not successful it remains an open case and ongoing. but with this information now out in the public domain, that is now effectively closed, sean. >> incredible story. two quick questions here, number one, to we know if the president actually has watched this video in full, number one? and what about the deputy spokesman saying that the isis threat "is not about the united states and what we do." is that their official position? >> that does seem to be the official

at the end of 1963, the united states had about six team thousand military advisers in south vietnamt to help the army of the republic of vietnam and their war against ho chi minh and the communist north. next, from 1963, a 30 minute u.s. army film documenting the activities of captain william johnston who trains and assists south vietnamese troops while they are constantly being attacked and harassed by viacom. on august 10, 19 64, the situation in vietnam was transformed when lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkin resolution with congress granting the president