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Polling numbers that show how tight this contest is, with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders neck and neck on the democratic side. Many died flying for their country. Why are the female pilots of world war ii banned from burial at Arlington Cemetery . That special interview is coming up. If tomorrow is the day you werent going to show up for work because you thought youd win the Powerball Jackpot . The good news is you have a chance at 1 billion on wednesday, but we begin this morning with brand new polling information from nbc news, the wall street journal and marrist. Were only three weeks away from the Iowa Caucuses on february 1st and in the hawk i would state, ted cruz is maintaining his lead at 28 , but thats only four points ahead of donald trump, marco rubio and ben carson, fighting to round out the top three. Jeb bush is out of the top five with just 4 , trailing rand paul. Lots of Establishment Republicans it seems are stuck in the Single Digits. But thats a poll of likely voters. If you poll the potential republican electorate in iowa the numbers change a little bit and donald trump leads cruz with 26 , meaning if trump is able to mobilize new voters it could go a long way to helping him win in iowa. In New Hampshire hes far ahead of his challenges, more than double marco rubio and Chris Christie battling for second place and jeb bush in the Single Digits in that state as well, tied with ohios john kasich. Donald trump telling Nbcs Chuck Todd this week even if he loses iowa, hes going all the way. Take a listen. You know theres this running conventional wisdom about you, with some in the establishment that now say hes here to stay but if he doesnt win iowa hell leave the race. No, im not leaving. You and i had this discussion about two months ago you said would you leave. Ive been number one since just about i start toed running. June 16th. We talked about maybe here, maybe there if this happened. Theres no maybes. No maybes anymore. Im not leaving. Going straight to the convention. The numbers for the democratic side are just as interesting. Well get to that later on in the show. We start with the republican side, joining us now is our panel for the show, npr contributor and host of slate podcast and base le michael jr. And anchor for the blaze, amy holmes. Thanks for getting up this sunday morning for us. Not rich yet. Thursday morning were going to check in with you, if you answer our calls thursday morning. Lets start with donald trump and what hes been doing in particular in iowa against ted cruz, you know, really going after him about this birther issue and whether or not hes eligible to become president. I want to play you this sound bite and well get reaction. Take a listen. Because some people say i have to be born on the land. Thats whey always thought before. You cant have a person running for office, even though ted is very glib and he goes out and he says well im a natural born citizen. The point is, youre not. Youre not. Is this resonating with voters in iowa . I dont think its resonating with voters but getting trdonal trump out front talking about him as usual. If anything ted cruz should feel flattered hes in Donald Trumps crosshairs because it means interested cruz matters. Donald trump fears him. Donald trump is great at getting media attention. It drives daily consideration but the reality is even though hes doing well relative to the other candidates, i think in the intro, the key word is mobilize. I dont know if he can do that. Most of donald Trump Supporters are people who dont vote regularly. For republicans iowa or New Hampshire, ted cruz might be the compromise candidate. Can we go back a second and say donald trump is wrong . Sometimes we dont think its necessary to say that, hes totally wrong. George romney was born in mexico and john mccain born in the panama canal. Its always been fine before. There wont be an issue now. Hes trying to appeal to the voters who might want to look at john mccain has been somebody questioned whether or not ted cruz is running. Fair to say donald trump is saying something wrong with you doesnt seem everybody is convinced of the argument. In john mccains case he has longstanding animosity toward ted cruz. Its politically motivated. Yes. Its not legally based . No. The cruz candidate and the wisdom. If he wants to win New Hampshire he has to beat Chris Christie. Look at what he said about this quickly. You want someone on that stage against Hillary Clinton who has been through the wars, not somebody who say firstterm Yunited States snapshot who has never had a tough race in his life. Hes been spoon fed every victory hes ever had in his life. Is that the kind of person we want to put on the stage against Hillary Clinton . I dont think so. Shell pat him on the head and cut his heart out. Chris has a liberal record for a republican. He supported common core. He ran for office as a supporter of gun control. He personally gave a contribution to planned parenthood so im sure he doesnt want to have a conversation about the issues. So how do you see this playing out . Its getting nasty between these two socalled establishment candidates in New Hampshire. Everybody saying its going to come down to the establishment candidates if they want to make a run. Well it looks like it is getting nasty and Chris Christie is doing very well in New Hampshire, and you could see hes attacking marco rubio over the issue of experience, and Chris Christie as an executive governor of new jersey that is the right ground for Chris Christie to be attacking marco rubio because marco rubio is right when it comes to Chris Christies record for conservative voter answs and a f conservative voter flinch when they see the picture of Chris Christie hugging barack obama. But of all the senators running, marco rubio sponsored more legislation with democrats and Chris Christies executive experience but extremely unpopular. Hes experienced but hasnt done well. These are great talking points but flaws in all of them. One of the things i thought that rubio could be the bill clinton of the republicans, bill clinton 92 of the republican party. Bring more people in, inject a youth to the race. He hasnt done that. Whats interesting is this is a race where governors arent on the platform in an interesting way, voters are looking at legislators i guess because they think that through washington is where theyre going to make their rules. Im not sure being bill clinton in 92 say great idea considering he won because there was a third candidate in the race. Youre with us all hour. We have more to talk about. Well get to the democratic side and el chapo as well. Before voters in New Hampshire and iowa choose who they want to be next president president obama will deliver his last state of the union, focusing on the legacy that his legislative agenda for the upcoming year that includes executive actions on gun control which he laid out only days ago. President obama planning to leave an empty seat in the house gallery to symbolize the victims of gun violence. Joining us to discuss tuesday nights address is david kuznet, president clintons chief speechwriter from 1992 until 1994 and now the Podesta Group and joining us this morning. Sir, thank you for having us, for joining us with us, i apologize. How important is this state of the union anymore . Do you think its lost some of its relevancy . I think its still very relevant. It gives the president their best opportunity to be president ial. The president is speaking in the nations capitol before all three branches of government, both houses of congress, the members of the supreme court, the members of his cabinet, and most important, hes talking to the country, and i think thats what president obama is going to do on tuesday night, speak directly to the American People. And when its your final speech, your last year in office, a lot of sides are expecting you to say a lot of things. What are the democrats you think hoping to get out of president obamas speep for thch for that that could have an impact Going Forward . I think by telling his own story and the countrys story, he also tells the story of what governance by his party has accomplished for this country. I think that the president may take a leave from president reagan. President reagan used to say after several years in office, that he had brought america back and i think president obama may also say that america has come back. I think hes going to begin by referring back to the condition of the country when he took office, the terrible economic crisis that we were in. I think hes going to talk about jobs created, about business starts, about the rescue of the auto industry, as he did in his radio address yesterday, and then i think hes going to take the country forward both in the short term and the longterm. I think hes going to talk about his agenda for the year ahead, and then hes going to talk about americas agenda for the many years to come, and i think hes going to do what he does very well, which is situate the last seven years and the coming years in terms of americas Journey Towards an even better more Inclusive Society than we have been. Do you envision that, because its his last year, hes not running in any more races, you know it will be an uphill battle legislatively . Do you think the gloves come off in the tone of the speech, maybe you hear something you havent heard in the past seven years in terms of how aggressive he is on some issues . In a funny way the most effectively partisan a president can be is by being nonpart stand. Keeping in mind this is not just a speech but a visual event is say things that they know the American People agree with, and then the American People will see whether the members of the Opposition Party in Congress Stand up and cheer or whether they sit on their hands. The best thing he can do is not only speak to the country but for the country and implicitly challenge the members of both parties to agree with him. David kuznet, former chief writer for president clinton, thank you for joining us this morning. Reminder you can watch tuesday nights state of the Union Address right here on msnbc, our special coverage begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Turning now to the incredibly long odds of waking up an instant millionaire, unfortunately, amy did not do that. If youre nursing some disappointment about not winning the powerball this morning, at least youre not alone. There wasnt a single Winning Ticket which means that the jackpot rolls over to wednesdays drawing and it will be worth at least 1. 3 billion, that number could go up between now and wednesday. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is live in hallandale florida, also one of the nonwinner this is morning. Right, kerry . Reporter we still got a chance, eamon . Nobody won. Look how much money were talking about, it doesnt even fit on the billboard, you know, 1. 3 billion. So its been sort of an insane last couple of days of people buying tickets and i cant imagine where its going to go. I mean, you can buy this ticket in 44 states. Theyve been breaking records by the number of tickets being sold every second. Were now into another day. The poll is not until wednesday evening at 10 59 eastern time. I was trying to do a calculation here, and so if you win this absurd amount of 1. 3 billion and youre a sole winner, you get 806 million as a cash payout. If you decided hey, im going to take that in dollar bills and stuff it under my mattress, your mattress would be 17,000 feet up in the air. Thats how much money were talking about. Or to give you one more sort of calculation, if you said to your daughter or your son, and you said, i want to you start counting to 1. 3 billion, one, two, three, and they counted each number for a second, it would take more than 41 years before they reached 1. 3 billion. An insane amount of money, obviously its a world record. Nobodys ever seen anything like this before. I cant even imagine the frenzy thats going to grip this country for the next 72 hours or so. Kerry sanders, make sure you get your numbers. Im sure youll be playing it. You do have to come back and report on it for us thursday morning. Good deal. Nbcs Kerry Sanders in florida for us, thank you very much. Up next, what Joaquin El Chapo guzman told sean penn in an interview that caught everyone by surprise. Stay with us. 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Overnight the stunning news that the mexican druglord is speaking out in just a released Rolling Stone interview conducted by oscar winning actor sean penn. Gabe gutierrez is live outside mexico city where el chapo is being held. Gabe, thanks for joining us. Good morning. Youre exactly right. This is believed to be el chapos first public interview in decades. Sean penn claims he spoke with Joaquin Guzman several months ago. The stunning interview with the worlds most wanted druglord posted online overnight by Rolling Stone magazine. Joaquin El Chapo Guzman responding to questions submitted by sean penn and mexican soap opera star kate dagostino. They followed his daring escape from a maximum security prison last july. Guzman admitting that drugs destroy but saying that unfortunately where he grew up there was no other way to survive. Asked if hes prone to violence, el chapo says all he does is defend himself, nothing more. The videos were taken by his associates after an hours long facetoface meeting with del castillo, atop a mountain at an undisclosed location in mexico. This foe cowas taken to awe then indicate the meeting. I supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than thibls in the world hes quoted as telling penn. Trusted source tells nbc news authorities were aware penn and del castillo were in mexico. Authorities were in the process of trying to locate and capture el chapo. Plan to arrest was delayed to ensure the two would not be harmed. When the october raid took place el chapo and his Security Team are believed to have been escaped having been alerted by local residents. Authorities believe that delay may have cost them the element of surprise. We reached out to sean penn but he was unavailable for comment. It wasnt until friday morning that the mexican navy captured el chapo following a bloody shootout in his home state. This is the first look inside the cranage tunnel where guzman tried to make his last ditch effort to escape. Next cab officials are moving to extradite him for the u. S. Hes going to be fighting extradition with every resource that he possibly has. Reporter as for the Rolling Stone piece written by sean penn, it was agreed that it would be submitted to the pubt before publication for approval. Rolling stone says that the subject in this case el chapo made no changes. Nbcs gabe gutierrez, fascinating report there. Thank you for that. I want to discuss this with our panel. This is an incredible story. Rolling stone said theyd publish the interview regarding whether or not el chapo was captured. Its coincidental he was captured the same week this article was coming out. What do you think the reaction would have been in the public had this interview come out and he was still on the run . It would have been how can sean penn get to el chapo and not the authorities . And i read the interview, i think sean penn captured his subject more than the mexicans did the first two times but there is still not only the construction of the interview, the actual way its written is pretty risable. This is a terrible guy, although hes a byproduct of the war on drugs but theres remarkable everything about him and sean penn was the guy to crack the case. I cant believe it. I dont know what good can be gleaned from this story. I love sean penn, fast times at ridgemon high great movie. I love sean penn. I think drugs were featured in that. But what hes done in haiti, what hes doing in new orleans i think thats great but i dont know why this particular interview needed to happen right then and there when you have the authorities bearing down. Do you think it was el chapos ego that led to his downfall . Authorities say they were tracking him and that sean penns movements and the suspicious activity around them led authorities to el chapo. It sure sounds like it, that for his 15 minutes of fame hes going to get a life in prison if he doesnt escape. Im no fan of sean penns politics. This is the same person who said that hugo chavez was a model democrat and that any journalist who called him a dictator should go to jail. So its no surprise that sean penn didnt use journalistic ethics and standards when it came to interviewing el chapo. I havent read the interview. Oftentimes softball interviews can glean a lot of new information, because that person feels so comfortable. Im not sure if that was, you know, achieved in this case, but you know, to give sean penn a little bit of credit, lets face it, guys, it takes a lot of courage to go up into the mountains and sit across from a vicious drug dealer and conduct an interview. Lets talk about that issue about the journalism aspect of this a little bit. Sure. One is, do you think that journalistically speaking, i dont know if you had a chance to read the piece but journalistically speaking was there any journalistic value in that interview . Yes. I disagree a little bit. I think that it shows moxie and most journalists would not break rules or ethics and i dont know that penn did it. To get the interview is a cous, its a get. Absolutely. Just to hear el chapo talking about his life story is interesting. Theres a value to that, and journalists neednt work with the authorities. Doesnt matter who it is. Journalists interviewed osama bin laden. So i think there is some value to it. I think its more mockable than anyone behaved unethically. I think the actual language that its written is so overwrought, like a really bad screen play. Thats the thing that made me laugh the most, not the facts of what he reported, but the fact that youre saying sean penn is a bad writer. Sean penn is a bad writer but his dad was a great journalist and he has had in his blood. Think about the roles he plays. Hes attracted to complicated, interesting figures so theres a lot of, you can understand why hed be compelled to do it. You could also understand why el chapo would talk back. At least reach out and try to bring him into mexico for that interview. Stay with us. We have a lot more to discuss particularly in politics. Still ahead, starving in searia, the assad regime using famine as a weapon of war against his own people. Now relief is on the way for those suffering in at least one wartorn city. Stay with us. Why fit in when you were born to stand out. The 2016 Nissan Altima has arrived. Dont just eat. Mangia bertolli. And im still struggling with my diabetes. I do my best to manage. But its hard to keep up with it. Your body and your diabetes change over time. Your treatment plan may too. Know your options. 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We warn you some of the images are difficult to watch. Kelly cobiella has our story. Reporter in the town of madaya its come to this, salt for a meal. Boy begging for food. Im sorry to ask but i havent eaten in three days. Babies slow lly starving to dea. 7monthold hara is living on salt and water with milk every ten days. These pictures and video taken by medical workers who live in the village. Hundreds here are suffering from malnutrition, many are on deaths door. We have seen 23 of our patients, children and adults, die of acute malnutrition. Our doctors are feeding the children medical syrups, just desperate attempt to get some sugar into them. Reporter madaya on the outskirts of damascus has been surrounded by Government Troops for months, no one getting out, no food getting in. In northern syria, opposition fighters are doing the same to two pro government villages. Innocent civilians caught in the middle. Human Rights Groups say a quarter of a Million People have been killed in syrias fiveyear civil war, and now entire towns are being starved to death. It could be anything from 100,000, maybe up to 200,000 people across the country. Reporter some hope a final deal to allow aid convoys to madaya and the two towns in the north. Are you confident you now have safe passage to go to madaya and these other towns . Were cautiously optimistic that we are expecting as early as monday to get into all of these besieged areas. Reporter but deals have been made and broken before. For some, its already too late. Every day they say help is coming, this man says and it never does. Kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. Were joined by bill fralig, director at human rights watch, thank you for joining us this sunday morning. Lets talk about the plight of these people. This story really exploded on the International Stage within the last week or so, but how did the plight of these people escape the worlds attention for so long . Well, its actually been known to the u. N. Security council, there have been three different resolutions demanding that all parties to the conflict allow access of humanitarian aid and food to besieged areas. Weve known for some time but there are 15 different locations with about 400,000 people that are trapped in them from either government and Government Allied forces or rebel armed groups. The problem is of course out of sight, out of mind. The fact these are besieged areas theres little access to them for journalists, or for human rights organizations for that matter. Weve been in touch with the residents of madaya and the other locations. Weve been talking to them by telephone and heard graphic descriptions of trying to keep alive boiling leaves and eating dogs and cats, hearing about this for weeks, if not months. What did the United Nations do about it in terms of those resolutions . Did they demand they be allowed into those areas and now what sort of aid is the United Nations hoping to get into madaya and some of the other besieged towns . Demands have been made all along. How do you enforce the demands . That becomes the question so its a matter of negotiation. This has been the problem area, how do you manage without military intervention bringing humanitarian aid to people in the conditions that you just s witnessed. You talked about how when this story got the International Attention it managed to put both parties in the syrian conflict to change that dynamic. How may it affect these images and how may they affect the perception of refugees around the world. Texas and alabama sued the federal government over this settlement of syrian refugees. Do you think these images might help americans understand the extent of the humanitarian crisis syria is suffering . Certainly anyone looking at the images can see its a dire humanitarian situation, as has been reported about a quarter of a Million People killed in the conflict, 7 Million People internally displaced within the country, 4 million that are refugees in the immediate region, and the amount of assistance, humanitarian assistance thats gone to people outside the country of people in lebanon, jordan, turkey, far, doesnt nearly meet the needs the human tear needs of the people which is one of the reasons many have continued to move on to europe. The numbers that the president obamas talking about bringing to the United States, 10,000, is a drop in the bucket compared to the millions of people that have been displaced by this conflict, and of course, the long vetting procedures that the u. S. Undergoes for refugee admissions is completely different than the situation thats quite chaotic in the region itself. All right, bill, we have to leave it at that, director of the Refugee Program for human rights watch, sir, thank you for joining us with that insight. Thank you very much. Up next, back into the politics in the race for the democratic nomination, new polls from iowa, New Hampshire, show just how close that race is, less than a month before voters there kick off the nominating process. Stay with us. L . You ready . Can you pick me up at 6 30 . Ah. boy im here im here cop too late. I was gone for five minutes ugh move it. Youre killing me. You know what, dad . Im good. dad it may be quite a while before hes ready, but our Subaru Legacy will be waiting for him. vo the longestlasting midsize sedan in its class. The twentysixteen Subaru Legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. That reminds me. Anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea. Gas, bloating . Yes one Phillips Colon Health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. 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Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a dead heat in iowa and New Hampshire. Thats according to new polling released this hour by nbc news the wall street journal and marist. The two democrats within the margin of error among likely voters. In iowa Hillary Clinton with a slight edge at 48 , sanders at 45, and in New Hampshire, sanders leads with the support of half of democrats in that state, four points ahead of clinton. Lets bring in our panel back again. Does this surprise you to see this race between such a powerful candidate with the money and the funds and the resources she has, and Bernie Sanders, and seeing it so close, so late in the game . No. Im not that surprised. I think she wins iowa. I like the fact that shes actually speaking about hillary specifically shes come up over the last few months in New Hampshire, when a lot of folks ceded New Hampshire to Bernie Sanders. The thing about New Hampshire voters theyll make their decision within the last three days leading up to it, and so a lot will depend on the results in iowa, but New Hampshire voters are some of the most astute in the country, and i think they are looking at the democrats and saying weve got some great candidates relative to whats on a republican side, but you know, i think shes going to be competitive and still win. One of the arguments here candidates make against each other how they would fare nationally against the republicans. Electability. On a national election, and when you look at Bernie Sanders, he actually is outperforming Hillary Clinton in every hypothetical matchup that nbc news has tested including in iowa, sanders ahead of trump by 13 points, clinton is up over trump by eight. Sappeders tops cruz by five points, clinton trails cruz by four. New hampshire sand ersz has a 19point lead over trump, clinton leads by just one. Sanders beats rubio by nine, while clinton trails rubio by 12. Does that surprise you . Fascinating. In the words of donald trump, this is huge that Bernie Sanders is doing so well, and remember hes actually an independent who caucuses with democrats. He is a selfdescribed socialist, and that he is doing so well in those national matchups i think is extraordinary. We know from reports that the clinton camp is getting nervous, and what if he does pull it off, that he wins iowa and then New Hampshire . Of course the big question is could he win the south as a socialist from vermont, you would expect him to have that affinity with New Hampshire, but the clintons of course do very well in the south, and i think thats what theyre hoping on. I think the headtohead matchups are ridiculous. Quadruple hypothetical. If the vote were held today who would you vote for, four things that arent real. Maybe theyre a little bit useful. I think actually a lot of the polling in fact claiming that iowa really matters especially for republicans, where theres no correlation for winning that state and going on to anything. I think only three candidates have won iowa. Theres a negative correlation in a lot of ways. Maybe for democrats is matters a little but you were saying, i think you complimented the New Hampshire voter as being astute. New hampshire and iowa are particularly white, which is the real reason sure. But i think hillary will do well in South Carolina. I want to get to this. Hillarys white, so why do you think black voters love hillary. Why do you think then shes not connecting with iowa and New Hampshire as well as Bernie Sanders . Im saying that black voters will push hillary up, they love Hillary Clinton. Sweeping the southern primaries. What does race have to say about iowa and New Hampshire . Nothing. Sort of going to your question, iowa changed the narrative for barack obama in 2008. Yes. So i think, you know but barack obama changed iowa because he got so many, and hillary and it was exciting, bring the people to the polls which is what trump and all these candidates argue, where this will be the first time that we energize all these people. I dont know if trump will be able to do it like obama did. Bernie sanders and Bernie Sanders do in iowa what obama was able do. Lets talk quickly about the Iowa Caucuses and remaining schedule. Iowa february 1st, New Hampshire the 9th, nevada the 20th, South Carolina and march 1st a lot of big states. Does that schedule favor Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders . And march 15th on the republican side winner take all. Back to the democratic side it favors Hillary Clinton. Bernie sanders is doing well in the two early states and everywhere else Hillary Clinton is doing well. Reality, i know we dont want to deal as much on horse race as politics. Hillary clinton is a high 90 chance of getting the nomination. 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She needed some recognition i felt, and so thats why i like getting the word out, that these women exist and they did something great. 38 female pilots were killed in the second world war, even though the missions they flew were ostensibly noncombat ones and the army which runs arlington declared these pilots ineligible for bur yat at americas most famous and most revered cemetery. Elaine harmon is no longer leading the fight to gain recognition for world war ii, she passed away in april at the age of 95 but her family continues the effort to right that wrong and until they do, they are saving elaines ashes for purial at Arlington National sem thee. Joining us is her granddaughter Tiffany Miller and bae miller, former world war ii pilot. Thank you for your service. I see youre wearing your w. S. A. P. Pilot uniform. Talk about why this means so much to you. It means so much because so many people do not realize that women flew in world war ii. We were essential. We were needed. There was a shortage of pilots. We were formed to relieve men for active duty, and thats exactly what we did. We went through the same training as the male cadets. We proved and our records show we received when we were finally disbanded we received an honorary discharge and we received the congressional gold medal in 2010, and we have been recognized all over. Now suddenly Arlington Cemetery are saying we can no longer be buried there. It has gone to we couldnt, then we could, then we couldnt, and so here we are, fighting the battle to get our recognition once again. Tiffany, talk a little bit about your grandmother elaine and the fight that she went through throughout her life for w. A. S. P. Recognition. Sure, thank you, eamon. Before i get started i just wanted to take a moment to thank representative mcsally for champions this issue and for introducing legislation, hr bill 4336, the w. A. S. P. Bill which will overturn the injustice and i thank my local congressman Mark Desaulnier for supporting this bill. My grandmother was the most patriotic person that i have ever known and being part of the w. A. S. P. S was incredibly important to her. Over the years, she fought many battles, trying to get recognition for the w. A. S. P. Its kind of ironic because at one point she was the head of the committee for Veterans Benefits for the w. A. S. P and she testified in front of congress requesting Veterans Benefits and clarification on Veterans Benefits. So to have us having to fight this battle after she has passed away is both ironic and disappointing. I know that she would be very disappointed that her country is not answering her request after she had no hesitation to answer the call when she was needed. Bea, are you optimistic about the bill that was introduced in congress this week . Why do you think it might be different . Im very optimistic about it. You know, there are under 120 of us left, and out of that, most of us have made other arrangements. It boils down to the fact that there might be, say maybe 10. There are already i believe about seven that have been admitted to the cemetery so i cant quite understand the thinking on this. Tiffany you have a petition on change. Org that received more than 35,000 signatures. Talk a little bit about how this started in the public status and whats been the reception for the cause you are championing. Are they rallying behind you or do you want to see more done from the public . Of course, thank you. Originally when my grandmother passed away, i was told by my mother were going to request for her ashes to be placed in arlington. Its just going to take a few months and then we can have the service and the whole family can gather and lay her to rest for the final time. Few months later, my mother came back and let us know that she had received a letter from arlington saying that our grandmother was ineligible to have her ashes placed there, which was of course incredibly saddening for our family. So we struggled for a while, trying to figure out what to do. My mother had to submit a foyer request just to gain the memo from former secretary of the army, mchugh, which overturned the previous decision by the assistant secretary of the army to allow w. A. S. P. S to be placed in arlington. Right. We tried to go through the official channels. We asked assistance from my mothers local senator ba bra mccalsky and they were unable to make headway. We talked about it within our family, lets start a petition, lets get the public interested and aware of this issue. So i posted the petition on change. Org, its change. Org wasp, and as you mentioned, weve already gained over 35,000 signatures. Weve gotten excellent reception from the public, some really heartfelt comments on that website, as well as as you know obviously a lot of media interest, and so the support from the public has been really overwhelming and really positive, and so thats why its also a little bit hard to understand the armys decision. I know theyre concerned about space at arlington but this really isnt a space issue. We are going to have to leave it there. But we hope that the public has an ability to impant this change. Tiffany miller, thank you for all that you are doing. B bea, thank you for your service. Thank you very much both for being here. Up next, the war of words heat up between saudi arabia and iran, the conflict threatening to further destabilize the u. S. And undermine u. S. Efforts to stop isis. Seriously, its, its really fine. You dont want to be seen with your dad . No, its. No. This about a boy . Dad stop, please. O, theres tracy. 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Setting fire to the Saudi Embassy causing saudi officials to cut off all diplomatic ties with iran. Saudi arabias Foreign Policy warning the kingdom take additional measures if they continue to escalate tensions in the region. What the ongoing feud means for the u. S. , former white house middle east advisor, ambassador ginsburg, talk about what this means for the region in particular for u. S. Efforts coordinate ig the u. S. Response to try to take out isis. Good morning. Well, you have essentially the two sunni and shiite super powers, saudi arabia being the super sunni power, and iran being the super shiite power, fighting a variety of proxy wars against each other in the middle east, in yemen, in syria, in lebanon, in iraq. So you have essentially a wave of violence in militant islam on both sides of the ideological and sectarian divide struggling for region al superior or the i the region. The United States for all intents and purposes is caught in a situation trying to resolve the situation in syria, trying to squash isis, and with both sides morals syria and iran saudi arabia around iran fighting each other, it makes it far more difficult to accomplish that goal. You talked about them trying to resolve the conflict in syria. One effort was to get everybody around the table to negotiate a settlement. The iranians are back being the assad regime. Does this threaten u. S. Petition efforts in syria . Secretary kerry has been engaged in a very important effort to try to bring about that reconciliation in a syria peace conference in vienna now faces the prosect of iran on one side and saudi arabia on the other refusing to talk to each other as a result of the attack on its Saudis Embassy in iran and the two are basically on the college of confronting each other militarily. Ambassador, do you see this as a longterm pivot for it the United States that u. S. Iranian interests will over the course of decades surpass u. S. Saudi interests . There is a real concern in saudi arabia that the United States more or less is abandoning its sunni allies and the Iran Nuclear Agreement has solidified the view within riyadh, saudi arabia, among the monarchy and within the saudi royal family that the United States is no longer a trusted ally. And that this these proxy wars are really a duel to the death for the saudi royal family and for the legitimacy of the sunni control over the custodial places in mecca and medina that are so important to islam. So for all intents and purposes, as you and i know, this is a real problem for the United States. Certainly one that does no the seem to be going away. Ambassador mark ginsburg, thank you very much for joining us this morning. Thank you for getting up with us this sunday morning. Im eamayman mohyeldin. Melissa harrisperry is up next. Can you pick me up at 6 30 . Ah. boy im here im here cop too late. 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