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With them sending their group in, and john kerry leaving open the door that we might be in a situation to align with iran to battle isis, theres something very wrong with this situation considering their commitment towards supporting terror in the region, dont you think? >> thats an understatement. the fact of the matter is, we do not need iranian help to help the iraqis. the iranians are going to help the iraqis as they have been for a number of years and will continue to do because its in thei...

The civil war in syria, probably most with groups affiliated with isis or certainly not the moderate free syrian army types. so absolutely. theres going to be this sort of attempt at censorship. but isis is clever and find ways to circumvent this. theyre saying they should use the tour system, which is kind of like the shadow internet. >> right. the underbelly. >> exactly. so now i think, you know, as we try to adapt to their methods, theyre going to adapt to ours. so i dont see them quieting do...

I joined the military in 2002. i wasnt even 18. i was 17, turning 18. i didnt have the money for college. and to me, it was about, what am i going to do with my life that will mean something. i always had to do something that meant something. and i was a new yorker. new york got hit. so i just walked right into a recruiting station, and i was in basic training three weeks later. i had two deployments. to this day, i dont know how to feel about them. maybe i never will. when i say we got mortared...

Surprise. isis now has a tremendous amount even in the last week of resources when it comes to money, which is part of the cycle of bringing in new recruits p showing itself as a force of action, all that is of concern. but syria may provide some frame of reference for how far moving toward major cities in baghdad. on a practical level, isis and some of its sunni counterparts in syria shows that it may try strategy in places where it is not strongest. >> but when we talk about resources, they co...

Military power, march towards jordan and lebanon. theyll use that space to attack us. if bagdad falls, if the central government falls, a disaster awaits us of monumental proportions. >> now, the question about the leadership there now, prime minister maliki, he is somebody who perhaps has not done all the things that the u.s. wanted them to do, which is i think an understatement. so is he the right man to lead iraq right now? >> no. stop the march on bagdad. form a new government. send petraeus...

Money has been wasted. >> yeah, the shanty towns that exist throughout brazil what theyre pointing to in terms of what they want to improve. qatar has issues to deal with itself. imported hundreds of thousands of workers to build the stadium, workers come from nepal, south asia, other countries. the western of human trafficking, of modern day slavery? >> i dont think the description of the labor system, what they call the labor system in qatar, as slavery is an exaggeration. thats an apt descrip...

>> the theory is the more powerful the committee the more senior your position, the more ability you have to extract money from people. >> author peter schweitzer says that is why he named his new book "extortion". >> to be a member on a committee, like you said, all has a price. >> it is a pay to play system, which is very troubling. it says if you have this position or want this position here is the amount of money you have to raise. if you dont want to raise quite that much there are other it...

A subcommittee, a, b, c, d, like you said, it all has a price. >> it is a pay to play system, which is very troubling. it says if you have this position or want this position here is the amount of money you have to raise. if you dont want to raise quite that much there are other items on the menu. that is very troubling because if anything speaks to our system being for sale, that is the most powerful indictment. >> and as the spokesperson pointed out democrats do this, too. that is an understat...

The students called his parents, and obviously there was a great sense of relief from the parents, understandably. how about you, have you talked to your family yet? if so, what was their reaction when they heard your voice? >> i didnt get to speak to them until i got to the fred meyer store. when they saw me, they were really happy, actually. >> i can imagine. thats an understatement. john, thank you very much for talking with us. we appreciate it. and just hope that you and the rest of the stu...

Levels, forces. it doesnt surprise me on an issue like this, the particularly, the generals are close to the fight in the theater and made a recommendation we should not make the trade and provided the rational for it and as has all their other recommendations over the past four to five years. >> wow. general, thanks for being here. >> always good talking to you, megyn. >> likewise. it is an understatement to say administration has taken heat on this deal and a lot of that has fallen on the wh...