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were not the result of any nefarious act. >> there is not a war being fought here but i hope a conversation to figure out is there a way to maximize both to keep ourselves secure on the internet and as best we can keep ourselves safe on our streets and communities. and now the air traveler problem is blooel bleeding all the way with massive delays, a network wide computer glitch left some stranded on the tarmac for hours. we will start with the situation at the new york stock exchang...

The families who have lost loved ones, not because of the united states but because their loved ones were taken hostage by al qaeda. >> tony, i think what david said is absolutely right. but still, there was a tactical perhaps military mistake made that led to the deaths of two innocent people. do you believe do you think that the white house is directing these strategic operations themselves? >> this is not a -- lbj conducting operations on rice paddies during the vietnam war, absolutely. part ...

Intelligence tactical and human, all. that a signature is more of a shotgun. its like lets take a shot and see what comes out. ive been on your show since dylan was doing the hour before you guys came on, talking about the fact the signature strikes i think end to destabilize our effort more than help it by the fact that you have unintended consequences of innocence being killed or in this case, actual hostages. so this is where i think weve got to rethink the entire strategy. plus, theres the i...

qaeda compound, that no civilians were present, and that capturing these terrorists was not possible. what we did not know tragically, is that al qaeda was hiding the presence of warren and giovanni in this same compound. >> now this hour we are learning more about the men who were killed first. american doctor warren weinstein was kidnapped in 2011 from his home in pakistan right as he was making plans to return to the states. his family had been highly critical of both the u.s. and t...

Every allegation made in the story you reference, a story we believe was highly irresponsible to publish and which we strongly urged the outlet not to publish out of concerns for mr. levinsons safety. >> the news agency decided to publish that sensitive information yesterday after sitting on it for three years. joining me now, lieutenant anthony schaefer who wrote the book "the last line." carney said levinson was not working for the u.s. government when he went missing in 2007. that is directly...

ad, who needs christ in christmas? you walk through times square, this is what you see. >> and the man behind a controversial atheist billboard will be here to defend his christ in christmas. >> the oreilly factor begins now. hi, im in for bill oreilly. thanks for joining us tonight. lets get to our top story. infighting in the gop. the house overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan two-year spending plan yesterday in hopes of averting another government shutdown, but 94 congress people ...

That they point to with evidence for the conflict that, they say, does not deal with these issues. lieutenant anthony schaefer, senior national adviser to that task force. chris, whats the risk -- i shouldnt say that. i outline the risk. what is the probability and what is the ability to assess the probability that this risk would occur? >> thank you, dylan. the difficulty is that these are -- an ooernt like this. so as opposed to something like a hurricane. . we an event like this that maybe ha...

Have been some some agreement that that was okay. i doubt it. so it clearly is the ability to have baghdad to act as a unifying element in order to create degrees of stability across the government. the one thing that you can measure, your canary in the mine, is, what do the border forces look like, what do the security forces look like? do they exist to provide legitimacy and relevance to this government as it grows up? in addition, obviously, the military, but more importantly are those securi...

About the future. they are happy saddam is not here, but they are worried that a sectarian system, a new status quo has been put in place, with shiites dominating this country for the first time in about 1,400 years. >> yep. richard, thank you for staying up and talking to us on this cold night. your perspective is uniquely yours. so richard engel, thank you so much. and joining us now here in the states to talk about the implications of the drawdown, lieutenant colonel anthony schaefer and reti...

>> so this is an historic moment. a war is ending, a new day is upon us, and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. >> certainly a shift in relationship, from wartime enemies in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, reigning hell fire from the sky, even if the weapons werent really there, to a u.s.-backed government in a foreign war, to now a full-blown democracy. after the final troop withdrawal, some 16,000 americans will still be in the country that borders on iran in ...