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The last time we saw this, egypt was the player in the mid whole brokered a peace. >> thats right. >> this time it will be harder. >> also trickier. so ban ki-moon of the united nations, the united states, germany, lots of international pressure to reach cease fire. last time it was egypt, but remember, egypt was being run then by the muslim brotherhood, which had a greater affinity with ham hamas than the current regime in egypt, which comes out of the military, and fractious relationships with...

Suspects. >> linda, the american cousin of mohamed khdeir, tariq khdeir was on the front page of the noo"th york times". for a variety of contextual reasons, there is a tendency for i think americans and american media to view itself sort of cheering more affinity with the israeli side of that divide, and because this boy was an american, you saw a kind of different perspectiveal shift i thought on the coverage today. >> every time i saw tariq on tv and saw his pictures, all i could think of was...

>> linda, the american cousin of mohammed khdeir, tariq khdeir was on the front page of "the new york times". for a variety of contextual reasons, there is a tendency for i think americans and american media to view itself sort of cheering more affinity with the israeli side of that divide, and because this boy was an american, you saw a kind of different perspectival shift i thought on the coverage today. >> every time i saw tariq on tv and saw his pictures, all i could think of was my son whos...

>> linda, the american cousin, of mohammed khudeir, tarek khudeir, was on the front page of "the new york times" and in the context of the palestine israeli conflict theres tendency for americans and american media to view itself sort of sharing more affinity with the israeli side of that divide, and because this boy was an american, you saw a kind of different perspective shift on the coverage today. >> every time i have seen tarek on tv all i could think about my son who is also 15 years old a...

Patriotism o. chauvinism, you also find that the gap that exists among older americans is virtually disappeared for younger people. i think this is the openness to the embrace of soccer. its the same reason that younger people are far much more likely than older to say they like the united nations. its a willingness to accept the idea that america is one of many nations. yes, we have a special affinity for it, but it doesnt mean in an objective sense that -- in a way that famous and much attacke...

People, all of whom were unified by one thing. they hate and fear prime minister maliki, and they believe that he is a shia dictator. and most of those tribes, frankly, dont really care for isis or what it stands for, what it wants to do. they dont want a caliphate in western iraq. but they are more frightened and more unhappy with prime minister maliki than they are with isis. and they see the militant cause as basically being the least of two bad options. >> and ambassador jeffrey, the reason ...

Local newspaper ad had a piece in which they describe this couple, young people, 31 and 22, i believe. essentially were loners but as you heard, they were out at the bundy ranch and theres all kinds of stuff on social media and one tracker of the so-called sovereign citizen movement, the oath keepers, all of the folks wrote a great piece in forbes, that tracked the markers that showed they are like a lot of folks you and i have talked about before, let the revolution begin, take back the governm...

Documents, the raw intelligence says all the haqqanis wanted was money. and so why were those five added to this mix by the white house? >> well see because the haqqani network asked for $1.2 million from "the new york times" to get their writer back and they got it. so this could happen too. lets talk about the conditions that you understand that he went through. according to your sources, this eclipse group has been out there. they say he was caged, true, but he also was allowed to carry an ak...

Americans couldnt handle the truth. the truth hes referring to is how complex anddy advicive bergdahls history was. should the white house have been more trans parents up front about that? >> i think so. the little we know trickling out about mr. bergdahls past is very troubling. to suggest that he announces his affinity towards our country that we know and love, to abandon his unit not once by twice. its one thing i agree with bob to perhaps make a swap with five prisoner for one and that happe...

Deserted? and wouldnt it be possible we have this information any way? >> it is possible we have it. the administration has not exactly been forthcoming with the facts. i think the facts as they originally posited them was this guy was going to be a returning war hero, be showered with garlands and the like. it turns out reality doesnt quite match that picture. he doesnt appear to be a war hero and there have been serious questions raised about what was going on. >> how difficult is it to prove ...