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Course, is that you know, war coverage for a lot of people is sort of cool. they think this is sort of action coverage and irresistible to the media to do action coverage. but to the very point of that second gulf war, the media completely missed the fact the purpose of the war was a lie and it took a while to catch up. so are we in this business in danger of being captured by the action and missing the story? >> well, clearly, thats whats happened. thats happened over and over again. its disgra...

And he said thats what he was trying to do. >> my dad would say if only you knew benny bruce. i didnt could. for my dad that was the beginning of speaking truth to power politically and consciously. >> i would like to thank the cameraman and getting rid of the black cameraman. >> lenny lit that fire and my dad and carlin took it this way and it never stopped. richard is the that made me want to do com deechlt i wanted to be him so bad i used to do everything like him and i said outlandish [ blee...

The president and those people all around. >> he should never put that thing down to have his arms, he should always have that on him at all times. >> tom: is like taking a -- >> tom: you got to do it. look at the picture, how do you know its not down there, it could be out of frame. >> it could be. maybe not. >> tom: ive seen the football guy before, our number one obama was president and we saw the football guy walking next to him, we saw his face, they didnt block it out and it was fine. >> i...

Want to do comic. i used to go out on stage at 15 and talk and act and walk and everything like richard pryor and my mother would watch her son saying outlandish [ bleep ]. my act was about taking a [ bleep ] because thats all i had done at 15. >> some african-american was inspired by richard pryor. he used it more out of im trying to shock you. >> i have people who came over to the united states. new york it like a tourist place. they catch dileeruous and cant speak english. all the guys curses...

Returned to the last for a while. coach mike krzyzewski taking a month-long leave of absence for back surgery. he ended the suspension before he left. police filing charges against four people accused of beating a young man in an attack broadcast live on facebook. ron mott joins us again from chicago with more. ron, one of the questions here, and i think police may have offered a little bit of clarity in the last hour on this, is the question of the relationship between this victim and one of ...

Lost a quarter of the area that it once controlled in iraq and syria. jennifer griffin works the pentagon for us and is there this afternoon. jennifer, secretary carter seemed to indicate that the united states could be getting more involved in iraq. >> thats right. last week he surprised lawmakers by announcing plans to send a special operations task force to iraq. today he indicated, shep, the u.s. is going to do more in close support from the air. >> the united states is prepared to assist th...

Last time we gave the pentagon $43 million it trained only four fighters. shep? >> what about our other allies in the middle east, jennifer? >> well, defense secretary carter said he has spoken with his counterparts in 40 countries this week alone. he says he asked for sunni-arab countries to do more. but he said saudi arabia and the other gulf states are, quote, preoccupied with fighting in yemen against iranian-backed forces. that, he indicated, is diverting our middle eastern gulf allies atte...

Admitting to something you didnt do. >> so you pled guilty to murder? >> that dont mean youre guilty. i pled guilty because they forced me to trial and everything else. i would have beat the murder, but im not going to beat no assault. victim come in and say, he did it. oh, he did it. you know what i mean? >> now, with all charges resolved, mickey will soon transfer to prison. he says in the meantime, hes focused on keeping his family together and dealing with the misery of jail. >> see the toil...

And a severed head. witnesses say the shooter at this hotel behind me was taking out anyone he could see. take a listen as they describe what happened. >> i heard gunshots firing. first, i thought it was fireworks. then two minutes, boom boom, boom. went to the balcony and hundreds of people were running and screaming to their hotel room. >> taking a -- taking up shooting people just falling to the ground. >> indiscriminately? >> yeah anybody. i seen him shoot four people they fell to the ground...

Lighter sentence because he could prove he was not guilty of murder. that the politics of plea bargaining sometimes means admitting to something you didnt do. >> so you pled guilty to murder? >> that dont mean youre guilty. i pled guilty because they forced me to trial and everything else. i would have beat the murder, but im not going to beat no assault. victim come in and say, he did it. oh, he did it. you know what i mean? >> now, with all charges resolved, mickey will soon transfer to prison...