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Welcome back. it's time for what i call the "60 second rant." start the clock. one of the most annoying aspects about covering the bide withdrawal from afghanistan is the american public support the withdrawal and those of us who opposed this catastrophic war have been tragically vindicated and you wouldn't know any of that from the debate we're having right now. oop-ed pages and tv screens filled with getting it wrong and what should happen with what happened in afghanistan. journalist who covered it up and never talked about it. helped about the forgotten war and now they are talking about i...

Platform in the ocean. if it goes well, it could be used to launch satellites more cheaply. perhaps, one day, a bigger version will lead a manned mission to the moon or even mars. >> i think it'll mean that the united states will have the largest rocket on planet earth right now to take payloads up into orbit. >> reporter: while the rocket today is unmanned, there is precious cargo aboard. elon musk's personal cherry red tesla roadster, complete with a dummy behind the wheel. in honor of the late david bowie, a loop ed track of his song. ♪ to major tom >> it can be sitting on mars in our lif...

That proves that assertion? >> he never used the "n" word to me but what i did get was what i saw through the birther movement. i wrote an oop ed called "show me your papers"s after how he led the birther movement against obama. that was a personal indictment against me. he said if you're a minority, you have to show your resume is valid, you have to validate yourself to be here and i felt that same pressure after the fact on "the apprentice." i felt as though he talked with a number of people in my background about my time at goldman sachs and other employers and he was always trying to figur...

Welcome back, everyone, to "weekends with alex witt." 408 past the hour. nationwide rallies this week by fast food workers reignited is the debate about minimum wage. president obama addressed why it was time to do so at a forum in one of d.c.'s poorest neighborhoods. joining me now maxine waters, democrat from the southern california. welcome to you. my neighboring congress woman i i shall say. in your state, you're well aware there, it is a very small handful to recently raise its minimum wage. you've heard the president's challenge to congress. they want them to do the same. in an oop ed th...