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>> reporter: have long come together for a night of comedy and comity. the annual al smith dinner in new york has drawn presidents and aspiring ones. in years gone by, there's far more self-deprecating satire. >> this is an impressive crowd. the haves and the have-mores. some people call you the elite. i call you my base. >> reporter: then score-settling. >> i can't shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me. i'm delighted to see you here tonight, hillary. >> the white tie dinner, a benefit for catholic charities, has often provided relief from the rancor of the campaign trail...

Candidates. jeff zeleny looks back. >> it's a ritual stop on the road to the white house. a place where democrats -- >> i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. >> and republicans. >> it's nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> reporter: have long come together for a night of comedy and comity. the annual al smith dinner in new york has drawn presidents and aspiring ones. in years gone by, there's far more self-deprecating satire. >> this is an impressive crowd. the haves and the have-m...

It is a political score settling. there's another aspect to it. >> many people have said that these instances are increasing where journalists are being treated as geopolitical pawns. we talk about it on this program, journalists who are jailed for doing their jobs. it's hard to understand what it actually feels like. how would you describe what it felt like to be behind bars now that you're going to be advocating for other journalists in the same position? >> you don't go through an experience like this without being a changed man. that's what kept us going in solitaire confinement for one mo...

And switch. using war on isis, which a also of people around the world support, as a pretext to go after turkey's old enemies and settle old scores. and i think it was some of that score settling and vengeance for that that we saw play out across turkey today. >> richard engel, thank you so much there. to the pentagon and nbc's jim miklaszewski, mik, start with the air base for u.s. fighters. it is closer, as you know, you've been reporting to isis targets, and when you look at the strategic significance, how much more pressure does this put on isis, if at all? >> well, presumably a huge tac...

Feeling that we had two turns with clinton. two terms with president obama. we have done great things. i don't want to minimize what was done. we are still seeing wealth consolidate and the poor get poorer and middle class wages stagnate. we have not had our fdr moment. we have not reshaped the way we think about opportunity many this country. or if we are start thing to reshape the way we think about it. we have not reshaped what we do. we have not come up with a strategy like we had mid last century where everybody grew together. we have not figured out how to do it with all of the political...