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Report, maybe democratic members of that committee should have been focussing on the present day war on terror because it turns out osama bin laden is dead, but al qaeda, isis, and now khorazn are far from being on the run. lets turn to other political news now because president obama gets older as he gets older, his critics getting younger. his job approval plunging among white millenials age 18 to 29, a key demo where he has enjoyed strong support in the past. his approval rating now 34% dow...

>> as a man who -- >> you have been listening to new york city mayor as his office and the nypd look to prevent things such as eric garners death from happening again. i want to deal in rick leventhal, because is he live on the streets of new york city. this case raising new questions about police tactics. right? >> right, gretchen. what we expect to hear during this news conference at some point is about that retraining of police officers and the focussing on tactics of restraint and force that...

Things? >> milk, cheese, meat, the eggs. things that we were told not to have maybe in the 1980s and 1990s. now a lot of people are welcoming them back. especially butter is the rage. coconut, thats another rage right now. >> this is great news. i know a lot of people who have had heart disease in the past and have had to give those things up completely, and now they have these lean diets that frankly are a little boring and lackluster for them. can they now safely reincorporate dairy, meats, al...

This war against the poor and start focussing on the real issues to help lift families up. were the richest country in the history of the world and have 50 million people who are hungry. that is unconionable we should be ashamed of that. >> the narrative of fraud and that these folks are trying to gain the system is so entrenched and poisonous that has come to almost define the debate. i wonder how you think thats happened. >> well its really an old story that should be discredited by now becaus...

In just hours president obama will kick off a series of meetings at the white house focussing on the fallout from ferguson, missouri. first, a cabinet meeting on federal programs that provide military style equipment to law enforcement agencies. hell then gather with young civil rights leaders to discuss a challenges posed by miss trust between law enforcement and communities of color. and later hell meet with government and law enforcement officials along with community leaders to discuss ways ...

Sucked all the oxygen and reporting out of the air and weve been focussing on that. so we dont have any firm confirmation on that malaysian report. i mean on the ukrainian report. one of their aircraft was also shut down. >> jim miklaszewski, thanks so much. obviously, dial back in if you get any more information. thanks for all of your help. and kristen welker in the white house briefing room. you and i were talking only last night about ukraine and the sanctions and the briefings we were getti...

The president. do you think republicans feel return together health care law will pay off for them this time around in the midterm? >> what it focussed on the aca in the lawsuit does is allows john boehner and house republicans to talk about obamacare again. its fallen out the news cycle a little bit. there was positive news about the law. it is something that animates the republican base and something that gets republican voters out to the polls. it does allow them to say were focussing on the ...

And his defense team says that his initial address will begin the hearings. his defense team is asking him a question or two, and the prosecution is also allowed to cross examine here, the defense team expects him to plead mexicos version of the fifth amendment. and not incriminate himself. certainly his defense team are going to be focussing on that night, and theyre going to be on the one hand mounting a traditional defense in that he did not intend top bring through these three guns and ammun...

In the heart of the capital. in addition to that, there were some disturbing images coming out of baku baa at the population according to iraqi military and police. 34 detainees were killed. its not clear how they were killed. according to the iraqi military, they say it was the isis fighters shelling the population that lead to the killing. isis fighters or those close to the group were saying they were sunni arabs. they were kill bid sigh united -- shiite. and underlying the tensions that exis...

Letters to the caucus. a titanic star at the state department. reported from our -- reporter from the ocean summit on monday where secretary kerry is focussing on one of the key issues, protecting our ocean. g getting a celebrity shot in the arm in the form of leonardo dicaprio talking about his early love for the ocean. >> before i wanted to be an actor, i dreamt about becoming a marine biology. as a kid, i had a fascination with the ocean and the wildlife. the first philanthropy dollar i con...