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Hear about in history class. take a look. >> the aftermath of the revolutionary war, america had won independence from the british. that meant no more royal navy to keep its sailors safe at sea. the united states became vulnerable to a vicious new enemy whose extremist eye dealing we face today. islamic radical pirates. the year, 1783. the united states were free but buried in war debt. they needed to build an economy from scratch using their greatest asset, trade. the most important passageway, the mediterranean sea. the danger lurked off the north african coast. a new enemy would await. pira...

And the tripoli pirates." >> i found this story three and a half years ago with don jaeger. i started pursuing it. i said this cannot be true. here we are with our first war on terror. it happened a year after our birth when our people started to be taken hostage trying to get out of war debt just because they tried to go through the mediterranean sea. >> i wish history was taught to me the way your book is written. >> it is very impressive. >> you talk about the parallels. purchasing freedom. they were trying to ensure safe trade, trying to build their own. and not decreasing the growth of ou...

Guys. let him do his job. now the top democrats on the committee that is chaired by issa are accusing him of selectively leaking documents on the obama troubles. and all this comes as this very kushl week is emerging for the obama administration. the administration is set to release its first set of obama karen roemt numbers sometime this week. when those numbers come out, we'll get a really big indication as to how many people have been able to sign up. all of that has been impacted by the big problems with the website. the battle is not over yet. >> on this veterans day, president obama is h...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight breaking news. a big day for the markets. the dow up 260 points. just shy of that. all three of the major indeseize back in positive territory for the year. it was veterans day, but way better than expected data in terms of american consumer sentiment and positive political news out of europe. that will help, greece and i italy. it's a big number. all right. it has been six days since penn state university was rocked by child rape charges involving the former assistant coach jerry sandus sandusky. the interi...

♪ new this morning, the penn state board says it's outraged and planning to investigate the allegations of child sex abuse involving former assistant coach jerry sandusky. meantime, students are showing their support for head coach joe paterno. developing a short time ago, italian prime minister silvio berlusconi says he will not take part in the next election. and it was one of the most watched votes around the country. in the end mississippi voters said no to the personhood initiative. good morning, it is wednesday, november 9th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol co...