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Particularly in 2003, but the role he played and the influence he had over decades, its hard to match in american history. >> well, i think thats true, and its for both good and potentially not so good, as youve all indicated. there are two sides to this guy who actually was a titan and was a giant. he was the youngest ever chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, appointed by president george h.w. bush in 89, and he was the first african-american, the first black official officer to become and to...

Election systems could lead to blood shed. >> so cawthorn, lets reiterate is not just some guy. is he a, yes, embarrassing creepy tree punching but sitting member of congress. >> and since then, most of the evening msnbc opinion shows havent even mentioned the war. >> meanwhile the g.o.p. led assault on our democracy through the passage of voter suppression measures marches on. >> two trump organization executives now set to testify before a manhattan grand jury this week. >> if you are a red st...

Leading shows by a freshman republican congressman. since then, several of those evening shows on that network havent mentioned the war at all. >> martha: its interesting. because it is an issue that you saw some widespread push-back from reporters, even reporters that have been generally more positive to president biden. so theres no doubt that the white house sensed this was a problematic issue for them across the board when their friendly reporters are starting to press them. >> i think journ...

President to move on from this story or will they keep pressing? howie kurtz host of "media buzz" is here. good to have you here today. >> thanks. >> martha: heres ben sasse from nebraska. he say biden wants to talk about anything by afghanistan. americans that are highing from the taliban dont give a damn and news cycles, long weekends and polling. they want out. so will that sentiment continue to nudge the media to cover this story or not? >> its been like flip ago light switch. just this hour...

>> you heard in the cold open the gentleman said this was like a war zone. i heard you yesterday say it was like war zones you have been in during your war coverage. that stuck with me. as someone who has been to war zones elaborate on that. >> that is where the front of that apartment building looks like with the balconies hanging off. if youve been to places like chechnya which was decimated by russian airpower or have seen earthquakes like what happened in haiti, what was once a normal apartm...

Headline i saw. its called "show the dead bodies" show what gun bullets do to people to human beings. again, this is another view of this. one view is cover these less. be careful, and the another view is go further. show people what it looks like. >> brian, i have always felt that way about combat and war coverage. show it because we have to know. most americans dont get involved in it. you can stay out of the military. we have to know what people in the military go through. we should also know...

Haunted by my decision to not go into the air force. i became a war correspondent out of guilt. some of the people, my friends who went, at least one parish over there. ive been haunted by that. >> kimberly: i think serving as a wartime generalist is very commendable, its a different type of service. its an important thing. you brought stories to the world throughout your career. >> geraldo: ive certainly use that to reconcile myself. >> dana: i dont think you should feel too bad about it. >> gr...

Ralliers the other day on the campaign trail. what do you say to journalists who have to deal with this every day, on both sides, on all sides of this election? >> journalists have always been on the front lines when you think about it to any sort of traumatic situation. if theyre doing war coverage, anything thats dangerous, if theyre in the eye of the hurricane, et cetera. theyre sort of in the eye of the hurricane in this unusual political election where there is potential violence, where the...

Being accosted by railers. what do you say to journalists that have to deal . >> well, journalists have always been on the front lines. they are doing war coverage, anything thats dangerous, in the eye of the hurricane, et cetera. so they are in the eye of the hurricane of this unusual political election where there is potential violence, where theres at least a verbal abuse and that makes a problematic situation for some journalists. i would say that some media outlets need to rotate so one per...

I think i first met you in the 80s? >> we have been around for a while. >> war coverage of central america. time has passed. >> good to see you. developing in washington, d.c. the latest round of diplomatic talks with cuba kicked off. here are glimpse from the last hour. the focus is the opening of amnesties. the talks come after a long day of testimony on the hill. she got a mixed reaction from members of the senate foreign relations committee. in southern california we have a first look at...