Page 9 - Robert Becker News Today

Revolutionary force creating enormous instability in the region. part of that is making sure iran doesnt destabilize syria. jillian: mike pompeo giving a scathing speech in cairo on the obama administrations middle east policy accusing the former president of misguiding the united states role in the region. pompeo left egypt overnight for the rain. his next stop on his 9 nation tour in the middle east. bernie sanders apologizing for alleged sexual harassment in his 2016 presidential campaign tha...

Because other people are going to be getting in before you and you dont want to miss out on that opportunity. >> very quickly, bernie sanders, his top iowa campaign adviser, robert becker, is accused of doing really gross things, really sexually more than suggestive overt things to a 20 something-year-old campaign aide. does this hurt bernie sanders? >> theres no question that it hurts burbernie sanders. the people that are close to him and hope egg runs are looking at this story and other stori...

Progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents. but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. could this derail his chances of another presidential bid? take a listen to this apology? what they experienced was absolutely unacceptable, and certainly not what a progressive campaign or any campaign should be about. >> bernie sanders facing ba backlash after new allegations of sexual harassment gerchs one -- against one of his former top campaign aids. robert becker is ac...

Staffer. the woman came forward when becker came back to her to be part of a team for another sanders presidential campaign. >> i certainly apologize to any woman that felt she was not treated appropriately and if i run we will do better next time. >> it is not the first time he has had to answer to allege against male staffers. >> and just to be clear, you seem to indicate that you did not know at the time about the allegations, is that correct? >> yes, i was busy running around the country try...

Its actually dangerous right now. >> and on this former navy bombing range turned sleepy paradise, where glow-in-the-dark plankton -- >> three, two, one. >> reporter: draws tourists from around the world. >> so beautiful, man. >> reporter: -- we found that near 200-mile-an-hour winds had turned just about everything upside down. planes, boats -- >> were out of food. were running out of food and water. >> reporter: and thousands of human lives. >> we decided the most important thing was to establ...

Planes, boats -- >> were out of food. were running out of food and water. >> -- and thousands of human lives. >> we decided the most important thing was to establish communications. >> until another angel named robert becker brought in a bag of satellite phones, the island went six days without outside contact. >> oh, my god. >> it crushes your soul to watch that and this is the line. this is a two-hour line of folks waiting to give proof of life to a wife or a husband or a father. its rough. >>...

Plea for martial law? >> i am making a plea for martial law. im making a plea for three, four, five days where we can distribute water, food. its been six days after the hurricane, and its just a horrible scenario in puerto rico. >> i need you to tell my mom im okay. do you have her number? >> brittany moved here from brooklyn four years ago. shes helpless, she has no cash in a cash only society. >> thank you. i love you. >> ready? >> its going to be all right, okay? >> i have no [ bleep ] money...

Okay. >> brittany moved here from brooklyn four years ago. shes helpless, she has no cash in a cash only society. >> thank you. i love you. >> ready? >> its going to be all right, okay? >> i have no [ bleep ] money. they wont let us get money, i cant use my debit card. i dont know what to do. >> heres a few bucks. >> this is so stressful. were okay. were not going to die, but like theres no help. this is the only help. robert becker saved everybody here. i dont know what else to say, private cit...

I also know the courage it takes to recover from a shooting like this. i know steve and everyone there this morning have courage in great supply. >> as the investigation into the shooting continues, were learning more about the alleged shooter, james hodgkinson, as republicans and democratic leaders call for bipartisan unity in the wake of this violence. hodgkinson volunteered for senator bernie sanders presidential campaign in iowa. robert becker who ran the organization there, tells nbc news h...

Police for their heroic actions to prevent further harm. >> now, john, our colleague jeff zeleny did speak to the person in charge of bernie sanders iowa campaign operation. robert becker who told jeff that nobody has any recollection of james hodgkinson, the man who shot the members of congress and opened fire during this baseball practice. according to becker, bernie sanders campaign aide, nobody has any recollection of hodgkinson. hes not anybody anyone can remember. thats the quote that he g...