And these type of government crises are likely to occur in the near future as long as these high rates of negativity toward the opposite party persist. Thank you very much. Should i take the handheld mic . I am going to launch the questions one of my own. I do not want to hog the microphone. You have this conference every four years, right after the election. I am going to guess that new jersey and virginia get a lot of analysis every four years. I hope this is not too far off topic. As a political reporter, i am very interested in your take on what happened two days ago. In new jersey, you had governor christie shattering the gop gender gap in a solid blue state. He had 57 of the women vote, a third of democrats, a majority of latinos, and a third of union voters. I wonder if his victory shows republicans a way out of the trend toward partisan polarization. Or is his model tied to him personally and not widely duplicatable, nationally or in other states . Would anyone like to try thei
Under water. Do you hear that . Could that be the key to locating the missing flight 370 . Great to see you. Im john berman. Im michaela pereira. 11 00 a. M. In the east. 8 00 a. M. Out west. Those stories and more this hour. We start with extraordinary video. Its short. It is intense and it is compelling. The taliban handing over Sergeant Bowe bergdahl to u. S. Forces after almost five years. Bergdahl seen wearing simple garb being patted down and then quickly whisked away by u. S. Forces awaiting in a chopper. So much going on in this video just look at it as hes patted down. You see the expression on his face sitting in the truck. Hes carrying a plastic bag. Whats in that plastic bag . The special forces never turned their back on the taliban during the whole time. We want to break it down with a former reserve navy s. E. A. L. Officer, expert in hostage recovery. Thank you for being with us. First off, i want to ask you what you see in this video particularly dealing with the condi
Man who could be tasked with heading up the operations is one step closer to the pentagon. Ash carter is the pick to succeed hagel as the defense chief and isis dominated a large part of his Senate Confirmation hearing today. The strategy connects ends and means, and our ends with respect to isil needs to be the lasting defeat. In iraq the force that will keep them defeated is the Iraqi Security forces that is our strategy to strengthen them and make them that force on the syrian side, not to take too long about it we are trying to build the force. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell has been following the hearing. And kelly, there is no shortage of news to grill mr. Carter about today, is there . Reporter absolutely, abby. This is a most important topics at a time when people can see in the world around them the importance of this job. Having the events that went on with isis and the jordanian pilot in recent days and the publication of the video and concerns about othe
Time there and im told by officials in jordan that theyve been keeping a nervous tense wait for any news either way and they havent had any news since then either on the good side proof of life. Theyve been waiting for proof of life for the pilot, not had it through any stage of the negotiation but also havent had the bad news that everyone is dreading another video showing that the pilot or perhaps the japanese journalist mr. Goto have been killed. The more time passes hope dims but theyll keep hope to the final moment. Jim, the jordanians have been told they need to bring the female terrorist, wouldbe suicide bomber to the border for some sort of swap. Did they do that or are they waiting for proof of life . They said from the beginning, they would not make any move close to a deal until they had the proof of life any move including taking her to the border. What was interesting about the latest demand is they asked to take her to the border of syria, so with turkey rather as opposed
Political cover trying to shroud their crimes and whatever personal grievances they have in a war with a higher calling . This hour well dig deeper into implications for our allies and for us at home. First, we start with the amazing story of how the hostages fought back. Daily beast contributor courtney is in sydney, australia, where its now 7 a. M. We hear there was an open door and the hostages took their chances to escape. Tell us what happened. Yes. So, the situation actually escalated fairly quickly just after 2 00 this morning. There was reports of loud gunfire and bangs that either came from gunfire or explosions. At that point, a group of hostages were seen running from the cafe. The police then entered the building. There was more reports of gunfire. You could see loud you could see the pops of light coming from the front of the cafe. And then more hostages then ran up from the building and the police, again, open fire inside. Courtney in sydney, thank you very much for that.