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Efforts to calm wall street. and they arent the only reason trump is upset with mnuchin. hes upset a tentative trade deal with with china did not provide a boost in the markets, something mnuchin and others said would happen if a deal was reached. and trump is the first president not to visit u.s. troops at christmas time. the last time he didnt visit troops or wuntder wounded warriors was in 2002, president bush but it was during the run up to the iraq war. and hes received backlash after not...

Might be a big issue in malaysia and im not -- im not so sure that there arent connections between at least two of the three malaysia crashes because some of it concerns decision-making. decision-making to fly over a war area for example, delta said no were not going to do it. and malaysia did. and here going in this weather. what did the airline consider? and did they have sufficient weather resources within the airline to make an informed decision? so i mean im going to be in the questioning c...

William, thank you so much for your expertise as were watching the breaking news unfold. its now the top of the hour and we want to once again welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer reporting from "the situation room." "the situation room." weve got breaking news. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is cnn breaking news. >> a monster tornado that were watching right now, at least two miles wide. two miles, it devastates the oklahoma city area. thi...

The pentagon. >> sean: he used it while selling this stupidity. >> spiritual rape. this is the same pentagon that invites mr. weinstein to come in and give his view of things, but at the same time theyre banning people like franklin graham from the pentagons national day of prayer. theyre banning people like tony perkins from the family research council. >> sean: let me bring in jacque. you are a minister. you and i disagree on politics. but you know something, if you were serving in the militar...

Three things in equilibrium as we get there. one is the mission. second is retro grade. we have a significant challenge of retrogrades people and equipment out. and the third is protection of the force. >> what is the mission? >> the mission in afghanistan is to establish a secure and capable afghanistan that can govern itself and ensure that al qaeda never again establishes a safe haven in that country. >> i want to show you a travel that warning that came out this week. the state department pu...

>> i want to show you a travel that warning that came out this week. the state department put this out. and i know that afghanistan is not a big tourist spot. afghan authorities have a limited ability to maintain order and ensure the security of afghan citizens and foreign visitors. this is right now. if they cant secure their own citizens now, do we think it will change in a year and a half? >> chuck, lets face it. theres a war going on in afghanistan. this is not your peaceful little paradise,...

this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than whats flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. li...

Transformed after 9/11. and though im sympathetic with the argument that says we did a lot after 9/11 in panic, the reality is its a decade later and we still have not come to grips with the problem. >> whats in tomorrows paper? i know this is a week long series. >> today we give the introduction that described the overall super structure of the top secret america and its growth particularly in the war area. tomorrow well talk specifically about contractors and we will profile one company, gener...