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Is a very worst—case kind of assessment, the islamic state will be under pressure from the taliban, but the taliban did not remotely have the kinds of capabilities that we had on the ground and we were able to help our afghan partners with as away sort of repeatedly to deny al-qaeda a kind of sanctuary they had when at the 9/11 attacks were planned on afghan soil under taliban control and to beat back efforts by the islamic states khorasan group in pakistan. it is laruel on khorasan group in p...

Experiencing. >> the lakes drying up. were in a major drought here. >> reporter: winds are dying down, which is helping crews attack from the air. >> those things do an amazing amount of work. they put a lot of retardant on the ground. so its good to see them. >> reporter: in sequoia national park, crews at the k.n.p. complex fire have saved some of the worlds tallest and most ancient trees. residents in central california are being advised to stay indoors due to the smoky skies. but here in sou...

Problem for the people of yemen. is only advantaging iran. which for them coming and supporting one of the group there is, its very low cost, high gain for them. saudi arabias been bogged down there since 2015. when he went against the prime minister of lebanon and he only helped hezbollah. when he puts a siege on qatar, he drives them into iranian arms. so every step along the way, his actions have undermined our efforts to try to maintain and roll back efforts. >> what do you say to those who ...

What hes doing with the affordable care act is of a piece of what hes going in attacking the iran deal, attacking the dreamers and something thats really been forgotten and is most important, his withdrawing from the paris accords on climate change and throttling back efforts on climate change. eight years ago a group of businessmen sent a letter to then president obama saying the science is so ir refurefutable if we dont immediate action on climate change the consequences are going to be catast...

20 years this circus on the back of this tragedy. >> bill: the head of the nra pushing back efforts to politicize the vegas massacre. the nra is willing to consider regulation of the bump stock device that allowed to killer to fire his weapon like a machine gun. former ohio consciousman dennis kucinich and matt schlapp. in las vegas reports indicate that certain devices were used to modify the firearms involved. despite the fact that the obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stock ...

Lashing out at the u.s. after president trump announced hes rolling back efforts by barack obama to normalize relations between both countries. cuba says is u.s. is in no condition to lecture it about human rights. >> it cited racial discrimination, police abuse and the republicans health care bill which it says will deprive many americans of coverage. a havana resident struck the same cord. take a listen. >> cuban residents are not scared. we got through the october crisis and we are willing to...

Map. you have vietnam here. staying back efforts until malaysia gets its act together. they are getting the answers. >> you are getting increasing criticism and searching east and searching west and dont seem to know what you have seen on a ra da are and its taking you until now. >> thats not true. >> this is utter confusion now. >> i think its far from it. its only confusion if you want it to seem to be confusion. its very clear and very consistent. >> you know where you need to search. >> in t...

Behold water so blue it merges with the sky above. behold natural beauty above the sea, and far below. behold smiles so wide they stretch across the face of an entire nation. behold...the islands of the bahamas. the party enmeshed in a civil war. two state of the union responses and now two super pacts. the washington post reports that the nations largest tea party organization is launch agnew federal political action committee tea party patriots citizens fund. its goal? to beat back efforts b...

Back as the commander in chief, if you will, of his agenda and listen to both sides and try to find between the talking heads there in the room the common ground, the consensus among the members. instead, he engaged as if he was a subcommittee chairman trying to beat back efforts by the opposition to get just one more piece of legislation on the table. >> he convened the meeting, he was the chairman in effect of that session, right? >> yeah, but you can be the chairman of a meeting and still be ...

Other world governments. it could be a new opportunity for the u.s. it could mean new headaches for the u.s. president obama talked with south korean president around midnight and press secretary jay carney gave this readout of their conversation. carney saying the president reaffirmed the united states strong commitment to the stability of the korean peninsula and the security of our close ally, the republic of korea. the two leaders agreed to stay in close touch as the situation develops. and ...