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Mentioned allegedly had said privately in front of secretary gates the reason she came out against the surge in iraq is the politics and the 2008 campaign made heavy charges in this book. jenna: and we will talk a lot more about it. thank you. jon: so that new book by ex-pentagon chief robert gates is setting off a firestorm and it is not even unofficially out yet. many are shocked gates would go a tell-all root since he is known as a discrete and dedicated public servant. could this new book da...

To do her homework. now, more than one million americans have been connected at home. it makes it so much better to do homework, when youre at home. welcome to whats next. comcastnbcuniversal. whfrmgts i said i would take dead aim at the fail of would cities i meant it. and we will do it. i will honor the faith and the trust you have placed in me. >> new york city mayor bill de blasio at his inauguration this week saying he will keep his campaign promise to address income inequality in the big a...

Deliberate and methodical player, it can take him up to six hours for one round, a stark contrast to some predecessors. george w. bush and his father were known as speed demons on the golf course, those bush 41 slowed down some when he played in the same tournament as tiger woods. then theres the man known as the comeback kids, clinton, famous for do-overs. when president obama was teeing off with clinton, he reportedly was tee off by the frequent do-overs. according to the book "double down" he...

2014 midterm election. the latest fox poll shows the presidents approval rating at 41%. finally after the telegraph put it by french standards it was a peaceful new years eve. interior minister said 167,000 cars were set a blaze. all things considered he said it was a positive result since it was a 10% reduction from a were earlier. young french partiers have been torching cars since the 1990s. in coming weeks, secretary of state john kerry will try to accomplish something his predecessors wer...

Concrete changes. >> reporter: many hope the first pope will bring greater diversity to the body responsible for selecting the next pope. in february, francis is expected to appoint at least 14 new cardinal electors, and then new saints. two popes are to be canonized on the same day in april, john xxiii seen by many as a liberal reformer, and john paul ii seen as more conservative. >> theres been some tension. we can infer hes saying theres a continuity here, there isnt really a conflict or a te...

He ended that service in a manner we have all come to expect, tending to the lambs and his worldwide flock. john allen was watching as always, cnns vatican analyst joins me from rome. great to have you with us, john. >> merry christmas to you, pam. >> merry christmas. tell us what your takeaway was from the christmas message and how it was different from the predecessors. >> reporter:, of course, the mechanics the ritual are pretty much the same every year, those are all things we have seen befo...

>> i think that it was very important sign that he was truly going to be in a position of tolerance and understanding and attempting to come into dialogue with people who were homosexually oriented without prejudging them. >> also stunning, his use of the word "gay" when church officials previously had used the word homosexual. >> this is how the people on the prifr periphery look at life and describe life. thats the way he is, he wants to talk to them in their own language. this is pope francis...

>> angela? >> what i was getting ready to say is that we saw speaker boehner have a meltdown about these very politics. i disagree. this is not about the presidents inability to work with democrats. weve seen him do that in several different ways and most recently he appointed a new head of affairs, so again well see some evolution happen again, trying to meet in the middle of the washington dysfunction and part of that is about meeting folks where they are. again, hes working with both sides of...

Francis but his predecessors have had a tendency to deeply criticize capital him because they associate it with materialism. so they get into areas where they may be a little over theyre head. but you have to understand, his concerns are with the moral life of people living in a capitolist world, and i think this pope has a particular gift for handling the religious side of that equation, and as he goes forward i think thats probably what well see more of him doing. >> another thing that made an...

It isnt just pope francis but his predecessors always had a tendency to deeply criticize capitalism because they associate it with materialism. so they get into areas where theyre maybe a little bit over their head. you have to understand his concerns are with the moral life of people living in a capitalist world. this pope has a particular gift for handling the religious side of that equation. as he goes forward, i think thats probably what well see more of him doing. >> another thing thats mad...