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Cheers. i guess he gets points for honesty. he admitted hes a mets fan, too. now a personal note, journalism lost a rising star when rolling stone writer michael hastings was killed in a car accident early in the morning in los angeles. he was best known perhaps for his 2010 story run away general in rolling stone which featured general stanley mcchrystal and aides speaking disparagingly about the obama administration. that ended in the end of mcchrystals time in afghanistan and his military com...

When john mccain, a war hero said just last night, a woman came and said she wanted to join the military and could i give an unrequested video? and i could not. >> you have to remember its not just that the commanders are siding with the soldiers, but siding against the soldiers who are the victims. the military command has had decades. if you look back to tail hook in the 90s, and not to mention the steady drumbeat, you know, that members have to endure from other soldiers. so the command struc...

Amanpour, i have to say, thats pretty strong language. you have the united states and russia pushing for this meeting next month in geneva, some sort of peace accord if they can, but if youve got rebels who arent even united themselves, how does that complicate the situation? >> well, massively. i mean, really no one knows whether this summit is going to go ahead, and who exactly is going to go. i spoke yesterday to the russian ambassador here to the united nations who said they fully expect the...

Military command. theres a chart marked "u.s. mainland strike plan." with missile trails aiming at hawaii, california, d.c., and for some reason austin, texas. >> wait a minute, youre going to blow up austin, texas? what, are you just trying to get the rest of texas on your side? or d. or did south by southwest reject your independencie film "little miss un-shine." p.j. crowley joins us live. thats next. more than two years ago,

Rhetoric. look past the picture of kim jong-un putting north korean rockets on standby inside his military command. theres a chart marked, u.s. mainland strike plan, with missile trails aiming at hawaii, california, d.c., and for some reason, austin, texas. its wishful thinking on pyongyangs part. they cant reach the u.s. yet. but tens of thousands of american troops are well within range of a more limited strike, something short of an all-out attack. >> i think its more in the sense of north ko...

Didnt we have more military assets available to come to the assistance of the consulate? some people think that we could have gotten there, actually had the air force command, had the military command to help the consulate. others say they were a position too far away. i think it is important for him to say what are we doing for the future to make sure if an embassy or consulate does come under attack we can get military assets there to provide assistance to those americans who are under attack....

The death penalty. uma: in terms of judge, what leeway does he have and discretion does he have when making his decision? >> that is an interesting question. i mean i understand what john is talking about. that is why he is good defense lawyer. theyre trying to get the death penalty off the table. the government has the right to seek the penalty it believes is commensurate with the crime and in this case i think it is death. the crime cries out for it. the guy is guilty. the answer to your quest...

To the risk of what those terrorists would do overall to their country. patti ann: but you say the state department is overall reluctant to militarize africa. why? >> well, when you talk to the people in africom, that is the combatant command that looks at africa, military command, regional command as we refer to it, they have had difficulty making military moves in northern africa not -- mostly for presence, not to be involved in any fighting, because of the state d.s unwillingnesses to -- stat...

Requested military assistance for flight 93. >> they know that the trade tower and the pentagon was struck and they dont tell the military command theres a fourth plane hijacked and in the air and at this point turned around and headed toward washingt i mean its just incomprehensible. >> do we want to think about scrambling aircraft? >> oh god, i dont know. >> thats a decision somebodys going to have to make probably in the next ten minutes. >> you know, everybody just left the room. >> they jus...

Pride. >> steve: got a great personal story. charlie is with us this hour and michelle malkin. >> brian: like gretchen, play the fiddle. >> gretchen: you and i, i was reading your mind. if you want any fiddle questions, ill write them down. >> brian: i need it. i need to know my scales. >> gretchen: okay. you didnt learn those when you played clarinet? >> yes, i did. >> gretchen: good. for your mom who is listening to see if you practiced. >> brian: i just dont know how to use the bow. >> gretch...