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Had of the descriptions going from collateral damage over a tragic incident, to now pushing the responsibility to the afghan government strengthening the request that we have and the demand to have an independent fully transparent investigation on what has happened this weekend. >> nbcs chief foreign correspondent richard engel has been following this from istanbul for us. richard, the u.s. is now taking responsibility for the air strike. changing the explanation of why it was launched? >> repor...

Pulling up. >> reporter: four hours from phoenix to boston the captain descended for an emergency landing in syracuse, calm but clearly concerned. >> the ambulance will meet you. >> if it wasnt for the co-pilot, using a cool head, it might have been more disastrous. >> reporter: passengers hurried off the plane. passed flight attendants some say were in tears watching as emergency responders pulled up to the scene, discovering later captain johnston had died. >> weve cried on and off today and j...

His gop rivals. >> -- general officers that plus an unlike live place is also dealing with some heavy didnt fight, then they should rain and flooding this morning. not be in those positions. so he has asked all those tough well show you what happened in questions. >> thank you, general. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> well, he was just answering the question about the line of command in afghanistan and in a situation like what apparently [ laughter occurred there, the united las vegas. >> when we...

Folks there really saw changes. well see more numbers on october 15th. but for all the free press and theres water coming through celebrity attention that he increasing by the second. gets, a long running campaign does cost a lot of money, even if you are in the news, even if you are famous. >> just yesterday alone, local and we just havent seen the indication yet of whether hes going to fund that. law enforcement conducted >> kristin, as we talked about searches on 1,800 home, extracted 350 peo...

But i think that this is the know how long we can sustain strategy that you can expect to that. >> tease all mud? see from her and from her >> yeah. campaign between now and when she actually testifies. >> reporter: for many like luke by the way, mccarthy pushing richardson -- back this morning. >> what do you think when you we have a statement of what he look around your house? said. >> hard to say. ill read it in part. >> reporter: seeing what the "the mission of the select worst storm in sout...

On keeping loaded handguns at home, she wrote, the ars and aks all have loaded mags. no one will be dropping by my house uninvited. mother and son, whom she never identifies by flame, went to shooting ranges together, according to reports. his father, ian mercer, told cnn -- >> how on earth could he compile 13 guns? >> reporter: more questions than answers in a senseless tragedy as a community tries to heal. miguel almaguer, nbc news, portland, oregon. lots ahead on this busy tuesday morning. ...

Shootings and giving those eloquent speeches. >> yesterday, he said the main thing he intends to do is talk about it. youve kronled the 60s like nobody else. if it were lbj he would have been horse collared on capitol hill to press a deal. is it president obama such a polarizing figure to ever get the republican votes that he needs? >> i think thats half of it. the politics in the united states are too polarized. i wouldnt put it all on president obama. >> i didnt mean to. its a pox on both of t...

If it were lbj he would have been horse dollaring people on capitol hill and trying to cut some kind of a deal. is it president obama such a polarizing figure to ever get the republican votes that he needs? >> well, i think thats half of the equation. the politics in the united states are too polarized. i wouldnt put all ofthe blame on president obama. >> i didnt mean to. its a pox on both of their houses, i think. >> absolutely. >> hey, detroit, like so many of other big cities have been plague...

Of january 14th, no, january 4th, 1919, president woodrow wilson happened ob in paris negotiating the treaty to end world war i. while he was there, while he was in europe, he decided he would make a side trip to rome and he in 1919, became the very first u.s. president ever to visit the vatican to meet with the pope. he met with pope benedict the xv. december 6, 1959 president eisenhower went to the vatican to visit pope john xxiii. when john f. kennedy, so far the only catholic president our c...

Certainly in the last century. bill: he is just sucking up then, is that what youre saying? >> no. these are things he really believes in. bill: right, but in your lifetime will this ever happen? >> i find it hard to believe. but i would like to think we would be able to do some changes in terms of making social security stronger, in terms of expanding medicare. in terms of really being able to help people. >> that is not what bernie is talking about. >> that is what he is talking about. >> no i...