hall directs his ire at inspector walsh and the health department. >> this is the problem with ed walshis department. they spring this stuff at the last minute, which is at the hearing before your honor. >> if i plead and present the evidence. >> she contentious. i'm up there. i'm held to provide evidence and i see what may staff sees. i don't make things up. >> despite his efforts to deflect, mr. hall cannot erase the simple nakt his client was caught operating a massage parlor with eight unlicensed undocumented women who have now disappeared. >> after weighing the evidence the hearing officer declares the business in violation and levies a $3,000 fine against the establishment. >> is there any fine against the masseuses? >> no. >> against the owner. >> for the record, a and y provided valid licenses for the remaining masseuses and the massage parlor reopened two weeks after inspection. but msnbc's attempts to gather more details about their compliance were unsuccessful. the owner and her attorney declined the interview on camera. so the parlor game goes on but the rules are finally be

but there was a chairman of the committee named thomas walsh, a senator from montana. a democrat from montana. even though the republicans held the majority in the congress, walsh had such personal reputation that he chaired this investigation and looked into issues. of course he was looking into misbehavior by the harding administration which was a republican administration. walsh continued to press on this until he finally got some breaks and got people to admit what a they originally said was not true. one of whom was the publisher of the washington post mclane. when the secretary of the interior albert fall was charged with suddenly having rebuilt his ranch in thank you mexico and a beautiful road leading up to it, fixed up the whole exterior. just about the time the oil leases were being sold to private investors, ned mclane had said he lent secretary fall all that money. secretary fall didn't have to get it through illegal means. then finally, walsh got mclane to come up here and testify in this room and said did you lend him the money? he said yes, i did but he

host: we are talking with michael beach and jim walsh. we are talking about voter turnout. i want to get your questions and comments in these last couple of days of the 2014 cycle. role.chnology plays a our guest are here to answer your questions. much should voters assume that campaigns are monitoring their social media pages? guest: it is a difficult job. campaigns are up to the challenge for there are all sorts of tools available to allow you to track trends. every campaign now has somebody who is monitoring their twitter and facebook feeds every minute. host: mr. beach. voters facebook feeds. is a leading media indicator of where the conversation is going. the aggregate level for years now is how the conversation is shaping up. who is talking about them or the right issues. those of the voters to reach out to to build a coalition. host: a story in today's washington post. george will writes that the voting began in a campaign persuasion weeks ago. it becomes more important than as at this stage. feature campaign money may be increasingly spent on expensive labor-intensi

walsh. was a washington post article a couple of days ago that mentioned that the koch brothers had been abrogating this voter data and making it available to third-party groups as well. that the influx of money from the koch brothers and their ilk has been crude -- incredibly disturbing this election cycle and makes it difficult for the average citizen to run for office and avoid that kind of influence from outside. i do hope that firms like ds is to makere doing it possible for joe citizen to run for office without the impact of the outside money coming in and to connect with voters in a way that makes it relevant to them in a way they can come out to the polls regardless of the amount of money. host: i want to get you both to respond, is the new medium to communicate changing the message that candidates would otherwise send? much: i think it makes it easier to figure out what message you should be using. the great thing about online generally is that you can message. the interactions are

walsh continues to press on this until he finally got some breaks. he got some people to admit that what they had originally said was not true. one of whom was the publisher of the "washington post" who when the secretary of the interior was charged with suddenly having rebuilt his ranch in new mexico, a beautiful road leading up to it and fixed up the exterior, just about the time that the oil leases were being sold to private investors, ned said that he lent secretary that money. he didn't have to get it through illegal means. and then finally walsh got mcklain m mclane to testify in this room and said, you know, did you lend him the money? he said, yes, i did, but he returned it right away. that pulled the rug out. and it became clear he had taken a fall. fall became the first member of the president's cabinet to go to jail as a result of this. the attorney general was also involved. the whole harding administration was coming apart at the seams. harding died very unexpectedly in the summer of 1923. calvin coolidge came in as president, a very dif

mayor walsh, mayor garcetti, vienna, athens, singapore, seoul, about 32 nations. and if it meeting just six weeks ago the decision was taken to launch the pilot parliament in london next year. and since that time we've gotten the support from people in london and in the city of bristol which is the green capital of europe to have a sitting next october of the global parliament. so this idea is already well beyond an idea the cities of said enthusiastically we need more cooperation, we need to work together, experiment with what soft global governance. it'it's not committing central t it's not getting orders. it's not top down. but when several hundred or perhaps several thousand cities agree this is what we will do, that will become i didn't you a template for congress that the world will not be able to ignore. >> let me ask you about that. if the parliament of mayors would not govern, i don't mean to imply anything by using this word, but what it just tackle global issues locally? would that be the extent of its powers, or would've had more power than that? >> th

. >> shoshana walshe walsh here. you've been covering everything we saw overnight. your reaction because we thought we'd have a later night than we're having. >> although it is a late night or early morning it is all wrapped up. we thought maybe this would go on for days or even weeks. and it will. louisiana will still go to a run-off, but the republicans will take the senate. it happened earlier this evening. you saw joni ernst. she was the last senate candidate to be a switch, and so she'll have that under her belt as being the one that was the last to take the senate. and it was a huge night for republicans. and whether democrats want to admit that it was a wave or not, it was a huge night. a huge win for them and a terrible night for the democrats. >> if you are president obama, what do you do? take an alka-seltzer and go back to bed? >> sleep in maybe. it means either nothing is going to get done in congress or one side or both sides will have to compromise. we spoke about this last night the likelihood of compromise. maybe that's just optimistic. but the repub

christine. >> nick paton walsh. thank you this morning. tragedy. >>> this morning, new polls showing the clearest sign yet that republicans may be on the verge of taking control of the u.s. senate. pulling ahead in a lot of the tight races across the country. we break down the new numbers after the break. >>> happening now. new polls giving republicans the news they want to hear and their best position yet to take control of the u.s. senate. the mid terms now just one day away. democrats sinking in some of the tight races across the country. white house now preparing for the worst. we will break down the numbers from the big races to watch coming up. >>> ebola nurse kaci hickox with a new apology this morning, days after winning her fight against the state-imposed quarantine. why she is now planning to stay away from the public. >>> blindfolded between two skyscrapers in chicago. why? television ratings. daredevil nik wallenda with his latest stunt. welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 29 minutes p

abc's political deputy director shushannah walshe.ll see you in our next half hour. >>> kids making parents sick. jokingly calling them petri dishes. >>> and it's for a good reason. >> top four illnesses parents should protect themselves from. that's next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" ♪ >>> a sad reality. all of us parents know when our kids get sick, we shally catch it. and usually it's a cold. >> then we bring it to work and pass it to our co-workers. >> some can make adults a whole lot sicker than the kids. brandi hitt with the details. >> reporter: children are cute but for much of the year sick, sniffling, sneezing and spreading germs all around the house. >> we often call children petri dashes because they have a slew of illnesses. if they are not already sick, then they may be harboring something. >> reporter: while so many so-called kid illnesses are often no biggie for kids, they can sometimes be brutal for adults. >> many of these diseases parents may be already immune to. if you haven't had these befor

he reveals his tactics to nick paton walsh. >> reporter: you can survive the prison but may emerge differently. this man is a kurd from kobani held for eight months. inside the beatings quickly stopped but isis went to work on their minds. they beat me when they first took me. that's all. they hung me from the ceiling for an hour. my legs were not touching the ground. they beat us for three days with water pipes. we were bleeding. they grew long beards so he grew his out. they gave us lessons on the koran and someone came and gave us lessons. i was in prison for eight months and only once went outside and then they played propaganda videos all day and night.

nick paton walsh has that. ♪ >> reporter: dark they sate in, makes the light from the projector all theore captivating. children gathered. this is movie night, but it's an isis production and it comes with a pep talk. "so don't be afraid, we're your brothers. an activist secretly filmed these pictures. an isis execution video. some of 250 syrian regime soldiers executed by isis. they keep watching.

walsh, did you want to jump in? i know it's a topic we talked a little bit about already. >> i am unfamiliar with the messaging in louisiana right now but i would say that, you know, my personal belief and professional belief is that it is better for our democracy and better for elections for a message to stay as positive as possible. >> that's what drives people to vote. especially a year like this, a non-presidential year, we are likely to have a lower number of people voting. so anything than kurnlingz working can be very important to remember. >> our line for democrats, prudence is waiting. good morning. caller: good morning. i have been calling for moveon.org for a couple of weeks, and i stopped the end of last week because almost everybody had already voted. and this gentleman said that you know that and take them off of the roles, but i don't think that's been the case. the only thing -- i have made almost 800 calls for democrats, and one of the things that bothers me is that they say everybody lies. and that

walsh, did you want to jump in? i know it's a topic we talked a little bit about already. >> i am unfamiliar with the messaging in louisiana right now but i would say that, you know, my personal belief and professional belief is that it is better for our democracy and better for elections for a message to stay as positive as possible. >> that's what drives people to vote. especially a year like this, a non-presidential year, we are likely to have a lower number of people voting. so anything than kurnlingz working can be very important to remember. >> our line for democrats, prudence is waiting. good morning. caller: good morning. i have been calling for moveon.org for a couple of weeks, and i stopped the end of last week because almost everybody had already voted. and this gentleman said that you know that and take them off of the roles, but i don't think that's been the case. the only thing -- i have made almost 800 calls for democrats, and one of the things that bothers me is that they say everybody lies. and that

bill walsh was not alive to give words of encouragement before the 2011 divisional playoff game. words would have stood true like they did decades earlier. >> that game right there was an emotional roller coaster. it was the most i've ever seen a game go up and down, up and down. >> it's drew brees and the saints. and great receivers. >> that team that we had played that year had set i don't know how many kind of records on offense. and i don't know how many people were giving us a chance. >> give me everything you've got! everything you've got! play with heart! let's go, man! win on three! one, two, three! win! >> fumble. >> at the 1 yard line. is there a fumble? >> there was a fumble. >> a fumble. >> flip 2-5-6. >> alex back to throw. and he's in! touchdown, 49ers! >> throws it quick left. spots. crabtree, touchdown! >> hey! >> coach, i saw it. come on. i show up. i show up. come on. >> and they come back, and they come back, and they come back. and suddenly it's a competitive game. >> it was a headache. i couldn't believe it. it was just stressful. they would score, we would s

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let's turn to nick paton walsh for more this morning. good morning, nick. >> reporter: john, barack obama's comments is seeing a longer war against isis and al qaeda affiliates near syria and iraq. he initially felt he could get away from the fights before, but if congress, firmly republican, seeks a broader discussion about that too and also about framing up ahead of the 2016 presidential elections. an increasingly complex policy for barack obama to pursue. we are learning of a different syrian rebel group may have been targeted by what appears to be air strikes overnight. one monitoring group says a number of targets were hit in an area called adlib. one of those targets was the headquarters of a group called al sham. they have some conservative leanings. if that is the case, by deliberate action rather than mistake, the u.s. targeted the headquarters, when washington learni learns of this news, they have to explain that. is this because al sham working too closely with nusra on the ground or is it including groups that some consider m

nick paton walsh has more. >> reporter: this is symbolic. two key groups backed by the united states given supplies by them and by arab allies with heavy weapons. the front have some areas near the big city in the northwest of syria that they control. the nusra group, the al qaeda affiliate, considered a terrorist group, has been the big military figure. they tolerate the groups in their midst, so to speak. what has happened is nusra has pushed them out of the towns they consider to be their strongholds. many say that is nusra trying to clean up the town and get a grasp on that territory. some suggesting 70% of terrorist control is now gone to nusra. it doesn't change things in syria because nusra was a dominant power. it significantly undermines the strategy. what strategy there was was c contingent on the supplies. clearly they are losing ground. potentially weapons, too, from nusra. that is a real setback. john. >> this battle not getting easier. thanks, nick. >>> a chicago teenager ordered to remain behind bars for allegedly trying to re

. >> shushannah walshe. it was a shock of the night, a race nobody was talking about. >> it was not on the radar, the virginia senate race. right now, still too close to call. but the incumbent democrat, he was supposed to take this easily. right now, no call. >> big night for female candidates. >> absolutely. historic. in west virginia, capito, the first woman to got to the senate. and stefanik, only 30 years old, the youngest woman ever in the house. >> and anti-democrat, anti-incumbent or angry? >> angry electorate and sour mood. in the polls, 65% of american voters say the country is on the wrong track. >> shushannah walshe ending a long night, a long morning. >> absolutely. >> go to bed. thanks so much. >>> and a race that got a lot of attention because of name recogniti recognition. jason carter, son of former president jimmy carter. he failed in his attempt. nathan deal secured a second term. >> recreational pot use by adults in orand washington, d.c. it could be overturned, and a similar measure is e

. >> nick paton walsh joins us from southeastern turkey and this has been the modus operandi for isisfor some time now, these mass kidnappings. >> reporter: when they see resistance of fear it may be brewing, this tribe hadn't been in armed revolt but this area may have been on the brink of that. yes, they move into towns and abduct everybody, often it's a way to strike fear into those perhaps on the brink of making a decision. one of the leaders gathered 2,000 fighters not far away from where this incident of abduction happened in anbar, they could move against isis in the days ahead, but they are very keen to see weapons from the iraqi government, they need to be armed, they need the backing of baghdad in order to undertake an operation of this scale. this is the key why this moment is so vital for the operation against isis in iraq. without the sunni tribes, and remember here, we're talking about a part of iraq, the sunni community which were in many ways destined to estrange from baghdad because of the sunni/shia tension that splits that country that allowed isis to move into thos

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she was profiled on john walsh's show "the hunt."ials have been looking for her since she took her 8-year-old daughter. she accused her ex-husband of touching their daughter. when police investigated they decided not to charge father and investigated kelly instead for her bizarre behavior. kelly fled with the girl. marshals say kelly turned herself in in the town of lancaster today. it's not clear where her daughter is. she's now an adult. her lawyer says she wants to face a jury. the u.s. marshal joins us now to talk about this. first off, if you would, tell us what happened today. >> well, pam, what happened today was genevieve kelly turned herself opinion. >> she was profiled on john walsh's show "the hunt." did that play a role after so many years of being on the run? >> we don't have any hard facts on that but we do believe it played a role in that when it was aired. soon after that her attorney stepped up some communications to the county attorney and, you know, wanted to develop some sort of agreement ordeal on turning herself

nick peyton walsh there in southeastern turkey.>> thanks, nick. >>> investigators say it could take up to a year to discover what caused that virgin galactic space shape disaster. mike alsbury was killed in friday's descent. >> the second pilot is recovering in a hospital. he's alert and talking to his family and doctors. the big question now whether seabold may be able to provide critical cloues to investigator. >> the question is have we interviewed the surviving pilot. we have not. the surviving pilot is not medically -- the doctors do not recommend we do an interview at this stage. so we are con n. contact with the surviving pilot's wife and we don't want to interview that pilot before the pilot is ready. >> most importantly, our thoughts remain with the families of the brave pilots and all those who have been affected by this tragedy. the bravery of test pilots generally cannot be overstated. nobody underestimates the risks involved in space travel. as i say, we owe it to our test pilots to find out exactly what went wrong. >>

nick paton walsh, cnn. >> nick paton walsh, thank you very much.e says he fired that fatal shot that killed osama bin laden. wait until you hear the details of the raid, what he was doing during president obama's historic announcement while bin laden's body was in the room next to him. this is fascinating stuff and one of his colleagues says this navy s.e.a.l. is now a target himself. down. we'll even buy you out of your contract. so you can get the samsung galaxy note 4 for zero down today. about what happens when you turn sixty-five. but, really, it's what you do before that counts. see, medicare doesn't cover everything. only about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is on you. [ male announcer ] consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could really save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. so, call now and request this free decision guide. discover how an aarp medicare supplement plan could go long™ for you. do you

we'll bring in nick payton walsh in southeastern turkey. nick, what do you know about the fate of the men and boys who have disappeared? >> reporter: early saturday morning near the town in anbar ca called hiit was victim of isis to take everybody away. in this case, a lot of women and men and children's whereabouts are not known. this tribe is historically a sunni tribe prone to resisting al qaeda when the americans were in iraq. there were fears, we believe, in isis about them to begin authorizing against them. this may have been an attempt to stem that. there are hundreds of similar victims in the past week or so. we believe most of them end up being executed when isis conduct this is kind of terrible operation. but it's because effectively isis is worried they face the city tribal uprising against them. we hear from one of the leaders of this tribe that in fact there were 2,000 fighters willing to fight isis, but they are waiting for weapons from the iraqi government. and until that iraqi government in baghdad predominantly shares hosti

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nick peyton walsh. >> historically, turkey and kurds have had a tense relationship.new group came from iraq and i want to bring in jamie detmer. and there's been so much attention on kobani, why do you think it took reinforcements to get there. do you think these fighters can tip the battle? >> i'm not too sure they can tip it. it took so long to get fighters there because the turks were blocking any reinforcements going across. they were also blocking any arms supplies going across. hence we had to have the air drop by the u.s. military, some of which went astray, of course. there are only 150 kurdish peshmerga fighters who have gone across. i'm not sure if it's enough to tip the balance. it's enough to boost the morale. >> as you have been covering and report, it's not just about kobani, this week was almost a critical week for the rebels that are backed by the u.s. and they didn't fare very well. tell me what's going on. >> nick himself said about kobani being a microcosm. the wider issues are very alarming. the strategy of the u.s. is to build up the syrian rebel

this is the roundtable msnbc political analyst howard fineman, joan walsh. order, tell me what you think. talk now to progressives and tell them where their chance lies tomorrow to keep control. give them some sugar. >> okay, so progressives out there, as you're watching, the first thing you need -- >> here. >> -- as you're watching here on msnbc, the first thing you have to watch is new hampshire. if jeanne shaheen can hold on in new hampshire and she's facing a surprisingly strong challenge from scott brown. if she holds, there's hope for you progressives out there. similarly kay hagan in north carolina, she's got to hold there. if those go democrats, then there's hope to keep watching. >> that will get them to 8:15. >> you got to hope the independent in kansas is going to win. >> that's an early call too. >> and you have to hope that he caucuses or gives indication that he will. he's running against republicans, so by logic he will. >> he calls them the clown car. i call them the clown car. >> and iowa, i feel, is going to be tough. colorado, the democrat

i want to turn to nick paton walsh with more on that. good morning, nick. >> reporter: christine, perhaps barack obama seeking congress authorization or discussion here suggests we're in for a longer campaign against isis. perhaps, ahead of the 2016 presidential elections, this is strategy to see what the republican ideas on isis if they don't agree with the white house strategy. today, we see the strategy shifting. overnight, new air strikes. according to one group, syrian observatory, the air strikes hit where the nusra front from moderates in last week, nusra front has been hit. a vehicle near the border crossing point and another headquarters. the target of the air strikes say the monitoring group, but also something new and very different, too. a headquarters belonging to al sham. this is a group who are not considered a terrorist organization by the united states. they have not pledged allegiance to al qaeda. many have considered them to be moderate in syrian rebel ranks despite the conservative ideology. if the explosions were the

nick paton walsh, cnn. >> simply chilling report there, and clinical psychologist dr.aula bloom joins me now. what is your initial response to what they are doing to those children? >> it's really powerful. the first thing that struck me was early on in that piece they talked about creating a sense of safety. don't worry, if there are any problems, your right also be restored to you. my reaction is it's very interesting. in this country, we use this type of strategy to help people with anxiety. we use it, we call it systematic dessensization. if someone is scared of speeders, we expose them to things to desensitize them. here they are using that technique to get them to do things that go against their nature as human beings, which is -- we're wired to care about other people's pain and they're trying to take that out, desensitize them to this natural human instinct. >> and for the most part, i'm guessing that works, right? but there would be some children there who are a little older with a very strong moral compass who could be saying this is wrong. >> right. that cou

but number 2, imagine for a minute martin walsh has a problem and says are coming next week boston ispolice, hospitals, schools, garbage pickup, no metro, no subways, we are closed until we get it right. you can't close cities because cities are the quintessential human communities. date define our identity, where we are born and grow up and have our children. get educated, where we create and procreate, where we play and pray, where we get older and where we die. cities really are often a fundamental sense, not just another level of government, they are about us and the people we choose are pragmatists, problem solvers and neighbors. a copy is to ask what are we doing? and not something president bush or president obama would be likely to want to do. even the secret service let them do it. imagine the prime minister wander around saying how are doing? is not how it works. but here when we walked in to hamburg with martin walsh or i am with mayor paulino in rome, you walk around and people stop and say hi and there are not armed guards pushing them away. because mayors our neighbors,

our own nick paton walsh is one of those people. cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joins us from beirut now. you knew peter kassig quite well. what was he like? what kind of person was he? >> reporter: he was a very giving person who obviously you could tell by what he chose to do with his life, bringing medical aid to syrians, teaching them how to heal the wounded there, gave a lot of himself, anything he really could, frankly. that's what i think is the most powerful thing you saw about the choices he made and what he chose -- the risks he chose to put himself through. but a character like this endures risks like that, was in the army rangers for a bit, also a very meek, polite and gentle person. i remember once giving him the keys to my flat and saying, you can stay there while i'm away for a few weeks. and i came back a little bit worried that i'd walk into a party aftermath once. and he said he was never in there once, said he was worried about messing the place up. a gentle soul who gave everything he cou

here's cnn's nick paton walsh. >> reporter: the dark they sit in makes the light from the projector allhe more captivating. children in derazor gathered. this is movie night. but it's an isis production and comes with a pep talk. "so don't be afraid. we're your brothers," he says. "if anyone assaults you, just complain about him and your rights will be restored to you by allah's will." an activist secretly filmed these pictures as the main event gets under way. an isis execution video. running in their underwear in their last moments. some of 215 syrian regime soldiers executed by isis in august. they keep watching. what's the first movie you remember? we don't know if they were shown the moment of death. but this is how that propaganda video continued. a syrian psychologist specializing in the impact of war and isis on children examined this footage. "what we see in these videos," he says, "is isis taking steps to make it normal for the children to see such things. they hope all or at least some will go on to do the same things, not just be silent or accept it but do it." of course whe

the convoy has arrived from iraq to help defend the town as nick paton walsh reports, the forces came equipped and ready to fight. >> reporter: days of bickering, delay and driving, but clear about where they're headed to fight. heavy weapons, the syrian kurds fighting for kobani urgently need along with a bit of solidarity from the iraqi kurdish peshmerga. one local fighter said he didn't know whether to cry or grin when he saw them arrive. you could see now how complex the crossing must have been for this sort of hardware. the official border point mortared they crept through a hole in the western fence friday night. now kobani's defenders have mortars of their own to fire back at isis whose tenacity in the cities east even coalition air strikes has not shaken. the fight for kobani taking on a significant spark greater than itsize. for isis the chance to hold a 100-kilometer strep and use the cameras on these hills to send a message about their firepower. kurds across the world, all 30 million stood up for kobani, the same in berlin. the kurds finding their decades-long struggle thr

he spoke with our nick paton walsh. >> you can survive isis's prisons but may emerge different. he is a kurd held for eight months. exchanged in a prisoner swap a few days ago. inside the beatings quickly stopped, but isis went to work on their minds. they beat he when they first took me. they hung me from the court of appealing for an hour. my legs were not touching the ground. they beat us for three days with water pipes. we were leading. he said they love long beards. so he grew his out. they gave us lessons on the koran and sharia in the prison. someone came and gave us lessons at noon. i was in prison for eight months and only once went outside. then they played them propaganda videos all day and night. this one of syrian regime soldiers being herded and massacred in august. two months earlier in prison, they brought awes tv for our room. they left it on 24 hours a day so we could watch how they kill people. we said to ourselves now it's our turn. we watched how they beheaded foreigners. he was a fellow captive and didn't see the sun for three months. when he was allowed to

joining me now is jason johnson and joan walsh of salon.com. thank you both for being here. >> glad to be here, rev. >> the latest article is called mcconnell's looming apocalypse, gop conservatives plan budget show down. i want to come back to you on that, joan. could republican jason really shut the government down all over again? i mean, would they really make the same mistake twice? >> it didn't turn out to be a mistake. they won in 2014. the voters didn't make the republicans pay for shutting down the government for no reason. they have no reason to worry about it now. they can shut it down two or three more times before obama leaves office 0. i think there's a 50/50 chance. >> joan, can the so-called grown-ups in the gop have these calls for a shutdown and impeachme impeachment? are they going to take charge? >> we've been waiting for the grown folks to take charge. you want a mandate, he had an amazing election. they were going to have to soul search and come to the conclusion they were going to have to reach out. i think including some

joan walsh, e.j. dionne, thank you both for your time tonight and have a great weekend. >> and you have a great weekend too, reverend, thanks. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a developing story tonight. president obama sending 1,500 more troops to iraq to help fight isis. >>> plus, who killed bin laden? a controversy over who fired the deadly shot is erupting within the heroic seal team 6. the pentagon and other seals are furious. why is this happening? >>> and when it comes to the economy, republicans have me wondering if they're on another planet. i'm taking them back to reality tonight. >>> and is feminist a bad word? it's a growing trend with women celebrities. we'll debate that in "conversation nation." please stay with us. big show tonight. mooction ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for most people, earning cash back ends here, at the purchase. ♪ ♪ introducing the citi® double cash card. it lets you earn cash back when you buy and again as you pay. that's cash back twice. it's cash back with a side of cash back. the citi do

nick paton-walsh, cnn, turkey. >>> ken y.'s government says its security forces have killed dozens of militants in the wake of a deadly bus attack over the weekend. a kenyan official says kenyan troops crossed into somalia and struck the hideouts of the al shabab militants who claimed responsibility for the attack. the bush was ambushed in kenya saturday. gunmen spraying bullets at those who fail to recite verses of the koran. at least 28 people died. >>> iraqi forces battling isis say they have retaken two key towns in the diyalah province. but the fight in the capital of the anbar province moves on. acis militants have been trying to seize it since friday. >> reporter: a critical battle over who controls ramadi. the catch the iraq's anbar province is ongoing in an eastern suburb of the city. now, this is a strategic area along the military's only supply line from a nearby air base. and senior officials in anbar are concerned about iraqi security forces and tribesmen, who they say are already running low on supplies, ammuniti

cnn's nick paton walsh has the latest on this brutal campaign to create a child army of isis fightershe light from the proje projector is captivating. children are gathered. this is movie night but it's isis production and comes with a pep talk. so don't be afraid. we're your brothers he says. if anyone assaults you, just complain about him and your rights will be restored to you. an activist secretly filmed these pictures as the main event gets under way, an isis execution video. running in their underwear in their last moments. some with 250 syrian regime soldiers executed by isis in august. they keep watching. what's the first movie you remember? we don't know if they were shown the moment of death but this is how that propaganda video continued. syrian psychologist specializing in impact of war and isis on children examined this footage. what we see in these videos, he says, is isis taking steps to make it noble for the children to see such things. they hope that all or at least some will go on to do the same things and not just be silent and accepted but do it. of course when the

abc's deputy director shushannah walshe.ee you again soon. >>> our coverage of the midterm vote begins at 7:00 eastern tonight with a one-hour abc news special at 10:00 p.m. and our complete wrap-up here tomorrow morning on "world news now." >>> boston's longest serving mayor was remembered in his funeral yesterday as a man of the people. thomas menino died last week after a battle with cancer. among those paying respects were former president bill clinton and vice president joe biden. earlier, thousands lined the streets as menino's casket was brought to the search. >>> two top officers have been fired in the air force nuclear missile command. it involves the number two commander of the missile base. in wyoming, carl jones, accused of being verbally abusive to subordinates. the commander in north dakota also fired for harassing subordinates. >>> the fbi has joined in the search for philadelphia nurse who was violently kidnapped off the street as she walked home. abc's mara schiavocampo has the details. >> reporter: police r

patrick walsh and paul campo have a couple dozen years' experience swimming with sharks. >> definitelyline junkie and really enjoy the outdoors. scuba diving is a new passion for me. always wanted to be in water. >> i've been diving for about 28 years. as soon as i break the surface of that water, all those problems that are going on in everyday life just disappear, and i'm just alone with myself and the creatures in the ocean. >> always seeking new adventure, the two head south where the big boys play. >> this dive site is off the island of guadalupe. it's about -- i think about 160 miles off the coast of baja, california. >> i had a little bit of apprehension on the way out about being that close to the top predator in the ocean. >> it takes them a full 24 hours to reach their destination, but the payoff is spectacular. >> because you've got really warm water and tons of sharks. yeah, on the first day we definitely had an exciting moment. we had a shark actually, a big female, come in and she grabbed hold of one of the baits. >> and hit right at the bottom where i was filming out of

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keep it here for john walsh marathon.led "the hunt" and it starts right now. >>> back in 1981, i had the american dream, the beautiful wife, the house in the suburbs and a beautiful 6-year-old son. and one day i went to work, kissed my son goodbye and never saw him again. in two weeks i became the parent of a murdered child. and i'll always be the parent of a murdered child. i still have the heartache, i still have the rage. i waited years for justice. i know what it's like to be there waiting for some answers. and over those years, i learned how to do one thing really well. and that's how to catch these bastards and bring them back to justice. i have become a manhunter. i'm out there looking for bad guys.

nick payton walsh is "outfront" with why. >> reporter: the timing says it all. days after he was claimed injured, even dead by iraqi officials, an apparent audio message from al-baghdadi, very much defined, less visible than the last time we saw him in public in a mosque. erupt volcanos of jihad everywhere, he said. light the earth with fire on all of the tyrant and their soldiers. they will be victorious he said of holy warriors, marching until they reach rome. and for the u.s., he said between this fear, weakness and powerlessness, we see them stumbling in failure. and after losses and days in which it was uncertain whether he was hit in an air strike. >> we cannot confirm if isil leader al-baghdadi was hit. >> we cannot confirm his condition. >> peshmerga fighters were helping syrian kurds blunt the response and they said isis needs big wins attractive to recruits n. one reference, perhaps aimed to date the message to near airstrikes that were claimed to have hit his convoy, he said president obama's announcement of more advisors shows the air strike is not w

day in raqqah in the past 24 hour. >> the latest information out of syria there from our nick paton walsh in turkey. it's just approaching just about 10:45 in the morning. nick, thanks. >>> well, police in hong kong have cleared one of the major protest sites and arrested two of the democracy movement's leader. the action in mong kok came after police used pepper spray to push back a large crowd a day ago. officials say at least 116 protesters have been arrested for scuffling with authorities since tuesday. >>> august austin cricketer phil hughes is fighting for his life in hospital after being hit by a ball during a match in sydney. he was struck in the head by a bouncer and collapsed to the ground. more now from seven network's jessica dietrich. >> reporter: scenes of confusion after phil hughes collapsed unconscious at the scg. his teammates and umpire did what they could to help him as those in the stands watched him in shock. >> all of a sudden he fell straight down head first into the pitch. i saw blood coming out of his right ear. >> reporter: the 25-year-old opener was batting for

let's go to cnn's nick paton walsh in southern turkey for me. let's talk about those iraqi kurds, the peshmerga arrived in kobani. what are they bringing to the fight? is there a dent in isis' power there? >> reporter: absolutely. we've seen the last 24 hours according to the kurds we've spoken to, what we saw this morning was those peshmerga, iraqi kurds, who brought with them a lot of heavy weaponry and hardware, vehicles, rocket launchers, mortars, heavy machine guns using that weapon to provide cover for rebels to push forward. they tell us this morning they pushed far out to the east traditionally where isis has had a strong hold and they pushed out far to the west as well. three to four kilometers one claimed. we saw ourselves a lot of heavy firing on isis conditions and one was hit very hard. you can hear the coalition in the sky. a need for daily air strikes we've seen today. kurds on the advance and confident in the words of one of them perhaps prematurely optimism here but confident they may clear in the next two to three days, brooke.