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Relationship on tuesd relationship, on tuesday, russia announces an air assault on rebel-held parts of syria. we can already see, there are consequences to the words that donald trump is using, even before inauguration day. >> and james, if theres a throughline in trumps thought about international relations, its the sense of u.s. being humiliated, right, of the u.s. being -- its all zero sum. you really wonder about if and when other power attempts to test, essentially, the u.s., how that plays...

>> right. i think its important to remember that people dont share things on facebook because they are true. for most people, they just dont care. they share things because they make them feel a certain way, because they confirm biases they already have and i think we saw that phenomenon on facebook during this election. they effectively weaponized human nature, our desire to share something because it triggers some strong emotion, and not spend the time to fact-check. >> so i would feel terribl...

Being -- its all zero sum. you really wonder about if and when other power attempts to test, essentially, the u.s., how that plays into the decision-making process. >> exactly, with russia and putin, we have one kind of provocation thats very obvious. east asia, china, japan, both koreas, the asean nations, theres been a balance for the last three or four decades thats been based on the presumption of u.s. continuity of policy. so who knows where the challenge will come there, but it will be som...

Abe, the first foreign leader to visit donald trump since his election. the meeting comes at a crucial time for american strategic interests in asia. brian todd joins us. what are you learning? were hearing fresh concerns tonight about how donald trump will handle nuclear weapons in asia and elsewhere. national security experts openly worry tonight about whether president-elect trump will allow countries like japan and south korea to get those weapons. and there is more concern about trumps pers...

Intelligence briefings and some call them the crowned jewels. these are daily briefings, the same that president obama and vice president biden get. the most secret, the most classified intelligence. overnight threats, covert operations, all of it. they will now have access to all of it. i talked to people who have been involved in some of these briefings and they say a new president-elect after they get these types of briefings usually very sobering and they learn what they are facing. what is ...

>> you know, dave, when i got off the plane in north dakota, one of the things i thought about is this is quite a hike for the american news media. one of the reasons you dont have the satellite trucks throughout is how far away it is and the fact that all the satellite trucks are covering the presidential campaign all day. >> and i think that in order to get the national attention that we deserve, media is waiting for something bad to happen. >> yes, yet. thats the tragedy of this. >> thats tru...

>> youre seeing out there now what we saw in ferguson, which is a big militarization of the local police force. >> right. >> youve got these vehicles coming out there. and there has been absolutely no provocation for that from the protesters. >> weve been maintaining the position that this is a peaceful protest. its nonviolent. we want to make sure that violence isnt part of what were doing. and if we can stay on that moral high ground. and the police when they do something to react that. >> don...

To be very, very important. and as you know, brian, that can be very, very critical into how a debate goes and how its perceived by the public. >> last night on this broadcast, steve schmitt said because hes not a journalist, he is a political type, he can declare this race over. you went and declared it over. i asked you earlier if youd had any push back from your republican friends, you said no, having said that, which donald trump do you prepare for if your job is to prepare hillary clinton t...

Is taking responsibility for a deadly air strike in yemens capital. the attack hit a funeral last saturday. you might remember the pictures. it killed more than 150 people, many civilians. investigators now say incorrect information led the coalition, which is fighting rebels, to wrongly target that funeral home and kill so many civilians. south korea says the intermediate range missile that north korea has fired saturday failed after launch. washington is calling on pyongyang to avoid -- the ...

>> reporter: well, jake, the pentagon for now says no, that it is not getting more deeply involved. but if there are more attacks, you can bet that answer is going to change. so far no response from loohout rebels after the u.s. navy fired missiles at radar sites used by the iranian backed forces. the same sites targeted u.s. navy warships twice in four days. >> those who might threaten you as forces should recognize that we will not tolerate threats to our people. we will respond if our forces ...