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Clearly the united states received intelligence on targeting it but they did not have full intelligence on who was exactly inside. killing two key al qaeda members that have been on the hunt for many years but, of course tragically taking out american citizens. laith, thank you for your time tonight. thank you, rev. and as we wait for the investigation into this tragedy to be carried out, we remember tonight that two families are grieving the loss of their loved ones. our thoughts are with the victims families this evening. if you take multiple medications, a dry mouth can be a common side effect. that s why there s biotene. it comes in oral rinse spray or gel so there s moisturizing relief for everyone. biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth. ....
Incredible. laith, how would you label this as it goes into iraq, if we could re-write some of the history, what are the pieces we could re-write to have minimized that growth? we have failed, i would say, at present being a solid comprehensive, counter radicalization campaign or a counter narrative that would counter such extremist ideology. and it has gotten so bad that at this point we find ourselves helpless. if we would start right now to put that counter narrative outside and put it on the same platforms that groups like isis and al qaeda use how do you do that? well, first of all, it requires people who know the cultural and ling which is particular underpinnings of this, somebody who knows how to ....
God. this summer they raised their terror threat to high. laith, it seems it s somewhat surprising that they haven t had this kind of problem before. well, in a way, it is, however, if we really look at the, you know, in the grand scheme of things, this new campaign, this new war on terror campaign is specifically targeting the islamic state and maybe a number of other faxes. since the islamic state has really globalized its ideology it actually got a lot of acceptance from around the world. ....
i think what we learned from this press conference had to do more with what was happening in the few hours that this siege was taking place. i think the most interesting thing i learned from this press conference was the decision on the ground by the commanders to go in and act. and i think from a journalistic perspective, i would be curious to know what led to that decision. that was a question posed to the commissioner. didn t answer it directly. but it is important to get to, what led the police on the ground to feel the dynamic changed to the point they had to act. this was for several hours. a relatively peaceful standoff. i say because nobody was injured, some managed to escape or let go. in the few hours when it was nighttime, the police acted and the police commissioner didn t respond why that a deadly cost at the end for those two deceased. laith, one prominent feature of this, social media used throughout by this hostage taker. social media brings immediacy immediatel ....
outsourcing to contractors to do this kind of dirty job. so the question is, what kind of oversight was done over these contracted individuals? and what kind of action was taken to either eliminate, you know, the use of bad interrogation techniques, or even just make the interrogation itself much more easier, less costly, much more effective? we don t know. mark and laith, thank you both for your time this evening pch. still ahead, republicans are back to their old tricks, playing hide and seek with the facts on health care. also president obama takes over late night and makes a big push for his agenda. all that, plus british royalty meeting american royalty in brooklyn. stay with us. ups is a global company, but most of our employees ....