, author ofk kempe divorcing the dictator americas bungled affair with noriega. , i want you toe talk about america, not noriega, is its own worst enemy. What do you mean . The Foreign Policy is it made. It just happens. That is what i am saying. The u. S. Started this relationship without thinking of the consequences were. When wed from noriega started the relationship in 1960. Cash just taken over in cuba. What we wanted were small pieces of information. Mightllow students who have communist tendencies. Noriega knew what he wanted out of the relationship, the prestige of being americas man. He wanted counterintelligence training and immigration and demolition training. Him, and he we gave would not have been successful. The United States created the problem, it later had to correct through invasion of 25,000 men. Have you ever met general noriega . October of 1988. I think this is the december invasion. I went up to him, introduced myself to him. It was very interesting. He wasnt lik
Continued warming through the thanksgiving holidays. Officers say just after midnight driver the traveling the wrong way on highway 101 and san antonio road on ramp. The driver was heading north in the southbound lanes when he crashed head on into another vehicle instantly killing the driver and seriously injuring the passenger. The woman passenger was taken to the hospital and no word on her condition this morning. Both male drivers have not been released. More than 1200 customers are still without power this morning in fremont. Last night a pickup truck collided with a utility pole leaving live wires dangling in the street. Officers are blocking traffic in the area while those wires are still on the ground. Both the driver and the passenger are safe. Police arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. It happened yesterday when they said they were working on smoke detectors in the home. Officials havent released an official explanation to how the fire s
The hourbyhour back in ten minutes to show you the cooldown but first, first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Hows it looking, jillian . Not bad. Lets start at route 309 on the pennsylvania turnpike. The pennsylvania turnpike is clear. Nothing causing a slowdown. Heading north to allentown, 22 is clear at route 309. We are dealing with a problem in berks county an accident closing 422 between pineland road and fairview road. You can take lincoln road if you need to get around it. Finally back to philadelphia, we have an accident on the boulevard, northbound side as you approach ryan avenue. Thats on the outer drive. So stick to the innerdrive. Chris. There has been a shooting in the library. Stay where you are. Well be coming to each floor and taking care of everybody. That chilling announcement there, a warning that was sent out over the campus of Florida State University Early this morning after a shooting at the library left three people injured. And a second gunman dead. Now in
The life of an American Icon as we learn overnight of the death of our friend and Family Member mike nichols. Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me. The director who led the best of the best in their finest roles. Winning oscars, tonys, emmys and grammys. Changing the way we see ourselves and the world. Love, movies, families, loving them, seeing them, is not something that can lose its pleasure for me. He made us laugh for generations and we are all so much better for. And good morning, america. We are playing let the river run, carly simon from working girl. We are celebrating the life of mike nichols. He directed that film. One of so many spectacular ones. Truly an extraordinary man. He passed away from cardiac arrest. We are thinking of diane. We have been in contact. All of us at abc, she is in our thoughts. They were an incredible and beautiful love story. And the world loved mike nick cools. And the gifts he gave us. One of mikes favorite quotes, the time to make up your mind
General ham let me start with you. Sort of going in proposition with africom in many ways is youre not going to have large amounts of american troops under your command on the ground, if any. Did you feel at times that you were a general in charge of the contractor army . No, not at all. There is a proper role i think for the contractors but theres also a proper role for the uniformed military. Like the other Combatant Commanders and the Service Chiefs i was part of a discussion with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of defense that yielded the defense strategic guidance of 20 to which was approved by the president , and conduct with regard to advocate says they will seek a light footprint innovative and it reads lowcost, approach to africa. Not only because i was part of that discussion but i think that is the right approach. I dont think there is a need for a large standing u. S. Uniformed military presence in africa. But there is a role and there are places whe