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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening, im jim lehrer. on the newshour this thursday, the lead story, administration officials continue their defense of the presidents afghan war plan, ray suarez has our coverage. then, after the other news of the day, two former army and cia officers with experience in afghanistan offer their analysis of the plan. jeffrey brown explores the meanings and consequences of the huge comcast-nbc deal. and john merrow pro...

♪ host: good morning, today is wednesday, august 5. president obama travels to indiana today and will discuss health care reform and the coming. was president joe biden travels to detroit to visit an alternative energy project. the debate of sonia sotomayor will continue also, young americas foundation host its 31st annual student conference. congress does on healtbreak as healthcare heats up. in "the n.y. times close-" -- clinton secures two pardons from north korea -- that is in "t...

Executive agreements that another president can walk back. it will be, in fact, a treaty. and they are all committed to do their best to get it in a form it can be voted on as a treaty. >> harris: quickly, if it doesnt happen? >> well, look, this was headed for a very bad place. i think it is fortunate that the other side recognized that the ending was not going to be a pretty ending and that got us where we are. >> harris: senator risch, i always enjoy talking to you. >> love to talk to you. th...

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Confrontation captured by scotts wife and police dash-cam. also, breaking this hour, sources are telling cnn that the student behind the attack at ohio state university bought a knife in washington, d.c., the week before his rampage. investigators are now trying to figure out why abdul razak ali artan was in the nations capital. after indicating otherwise president-elect trump is now promising to remove himself from his vast business empire while he is in the oval office. trump tweeted that le...

Trump is once again dismissing the issue of russia interfering in the election. despite assertions by top u.s. intelligence officials. a british journalist held by isis has appeared for the first time since june. jan cantlie is seen in a newly released propaganda video showing bridges damaged in the offensive against terrorist forces in the iraqi city of mosul. were covering that and more this hour with our guests including sean spicer and republican senator james risch, a member of the intell...

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Cotton, and james risch all oppose the minimum wage, all oppose background checks for gun sales, all oppose abortion and federal funding for it, and all oppose the affordable care act. these are popular policies, even majorities of republican voters are for the minimum wage and background checks. theres your establishment gop, ladies and gentlemen. so how can democrats win? how can they politically attack, and how can they save the senate to protect the obama agenda? joining me now is former dem...