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Officers, theyre watching. >> but they -- i mean, the u.s. toward the end was able to reverse a lot of gains that al qaeda had made was because of disenchantment by the tribal groups, and payments made to the tribal groups. the sunni awakening, the tribal awakening. are we seeing any evidence that theres this disenchantment? >> we are talking to the sunni tribal groups approved by baghdad. were not talking to the al anbar tribes at all. because we have to pass through the so-called democratic pr...

Protocol. its not proper here. netanyahu is up for election so it puts them in a pickle. theyre trying not to weigh into another nations democratic process. democrats are saying where do i even show up here? >> a lot of them are saying im not going to show up. and john kerri cites the whole thing and hes overseas. >> president obama has refused to meet the prime minister. could all that controversy over this visit how it came to pass could that hurt netanyahu in the polls? >> i think this is cru...

>> the public was so happy that there was some movement towards peace in vietnam. humphrey was back in the game, and it was neck and neck. >> from nbc news, election central. >> nixons the one. thats the natural banter for any spritely front page tonight. 94% of the popular vote is counted. there are the numbers. >> it was one of the closest elections in american history. closer even than when nixon lost to kennedy eight years ago. [ applause ] >> i have done my best. i have lost. mr. nixon has ...

We only had 25% of them working compared to almost 80%. ive set up employment centers and training centers across israel. now were up to 30%. i want to bring it up to 80%. >> lets look at politics. the secretary of state john kerry said he wouldnt interfere in the election. what influence or support are you looking for from the united states? >> none in the sense of i dont think any country should intervene in another countrys internal democratic process. in the past, its even backlashed sometim...

>> translator: it is no secret to all iraqis the dangerous goal behind the call for a formation of a national salvation government as they call it. it is simply an attempt by those who rebel against the constitution to end the young democratic process. >> you know, the real question now, the real urgency is the military lay of the land inside iraq. whether iraqi forces will be able to push isis back from the areas they are controlling, whether iraqi forces can even hold on to what they have righ...

What i think this means is freedom of speech is being upheld. you all have the freedom to write what you want to write. donors ought to have the freedom to give what they want to give. im all for freedom. congratulations. >> yeah, congratulations. go, freedom. for an establishment republican like john boehner, yesterday was a very good day. the supreme court under chief justice john roberts continued its assault on laws designed to prevent big money interests from corrupting the democratic proce...

What i think this means is freedom of speech is being upheld. you all have the freedom to write what you want to write. donors ought to have the freedom to give what they want to give. im all for freedom. congratulations. >> yeah, congratulations. go, freedom. for an establishment republican like john boehner, yesterday was a very good day. the supreme court under chief justice john roberts continued its assault on laws designed to prevent big money interests from corrupting the democratic proce...

Democrats going, thats not exactly the democratic process. >> yeah, thats a fair point. its a little more of the kentucky derby model, right? where you have wealthy owners of horses who back their horses and race them down the track and they cheer, but its all basically a rich persons game. >> yeah. in fact, thats really the problem. in fact, weve done in this country over the last 25 years as income and wealth have become more concentrated, chris, weve gone from political parties that used to -...

You can see why spending a couple hundred million dollars on a presidential candidate might look like an awfully good investment. we reached out to a spokesperson who declined our request for an interview with sheldon adelson. joining me, robert reich, former secretary of labor in the clinton administration, now professor at the university of california berkeley. all right. i want to play devils advocate. we think about big money. we think about big money as this monster that drives the agenda, ...

Own nick paton walsh. how accurate is that 97% figure, those who voted 97% approving the referendum to rejoin russia? whats it like over there right now, nic? >> well, if you really bear in mind this has been an extremely kind of one-sided democratic process, if you can call it democratic at all, 97% isnt a huge surprise given the 10 to 12% ethnic minority who boycotted the election and simply havent heard a pro ukrainian voice at all ahead of it. so perhaps, yes, those who bothered going to pol...