i think at the moment there is understanding that iraq is an ally. and he should keep on working with iraq to support iraq. heather: 200 additional troops are party of the u.s. army s elite airborne division. white house expect od to unveil new office of innovation. groups of experts and advisors led by the president sson jared curb kushner: curablener telling the washington post that the office is looking to achieve successes and efficiency for, quote, customers who are the citizens. and those are a look at your headlines. we will talk about that basketball matchup a little bit later. brian: break it down. he police say is he a lone wolf terrorist wanna be. planning an attack on the u.s. this morning is he already back on the streets walking free. how does that happen? pete: mainstream media teaming up with democrats declaring war on devin nunes.
college football fans will note that florida state is the first non southeastern conference team to win the title since back in 2005. as i mentioned before, this was the final bcs championship game, thank goodness. next year, college football will have a real-life, honest to goodness, four-team playoff. in the break, john berman will explain the significance of that to me. very significant. but it was amazing. sadly, it ended very, very late, but the last four minutes, nuts. all right, coming up, a basketball matchup for the ages. dennis rodman and his group of former nba players squaring off against a north korean team. the drama soon to unfold. we are live there with a report. plus, an mma fighter fending off four intruders inside his home. what we re learning now about the attack. new developments this morning. and saturday night live announcing a big change in its cast. that s right after the break. welcome back. how is everything?
has investors anxious ahead of friday s jobs report and they are watching this evening s vote to confirm janet yellen as the next fed chair. dennis rodman is back in north korea this week with a contingent of nba players that made the trip with him to play an exhibition game against north koreans on wednesday to celebrate leader kim jong-un s birthday. he says this basketball matchup is about showing that north korea is not so bad. his words. not mine. remember, just last month jong-un allegedly had his own uncle thrown to a pack of dogs after accusing him of treason. from one international incident to potentially far more serious one, we learned over the weekend that al qaeda linked fighters have taken over two major iraqi cities, ramadi and fallujah and iraqi troops have ramadi surrounded. they want local residents to