of february if the president lets him into this situation room at this point and a national security advisor missing in action and lets steven miller give a foreign policy briefing to wolf blitzer, our colleague earlier today and who is left to actually represent policy interests and to disagree with the president, have the discussion and protect american national security. that s a good question. who is left, general? first, if i can, don, to comment on what sam said, it s an interesting dynamic. i need agamet general mattis be well. he was my senior trainer before i took a division in iraq and he was nothing short of a less than calming influence. he had the ability to chew butt with the best of them and was quite dynamic but what is interesting is the requirements for strategic leadership is to address your superiors, the people who are your bosses in different ways depending on their style. where he may have been forceful with president obama who was somewhat calm and didn t ma
joining me now is david rode, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for reuters and the author of the book a rope and a prayer, which is about his experience as a prisoner held by the taliban for seven months. as well as e.j. dionne, columnist for the washington post and msnbc analyst. e.j. recently had a foreign policy briefing with the president. good evening to you gentlemen. david, starting with you, given both your personal experience in relating to what it is to be a prisoner in this type of situation in a non-military context for yourself, and your thoughts since you know the bergdahls and have spoken with them for some time as a reporter. your thoughts tonight. it s interesting watching that video of bob bergdahl. he s an incredibly proud american. and he was proud of his son s service. he said this at that press conference a few days ago. people are sort of thrown by the beard he s grown. he grew that sort of in solidarity with his son. but you know, he s it s been an abso
violence. the purpose of war is to destroy things. you can t use it to govern. joining me now is david rode, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for reuters and the author of the book a rope and a prayer, which is about his experience as a prisoner held by the taliban for seven months. as well as e.j. diyoen, columnist for the washington post and msnbc analyst. e.j. recently had a foreign policy briefing with the president. good evening to you gentlemen. david, starting with you, given both your personal experience in relating to what it is to be a prisoner in this type of situation in a non-military context for yourself, and your thoughts since you know the bergdahls and have spoken with them for some time as a reporter. your thoughts tonight. it s interesting watching that video of bob bergdahl. he s an incredibly proud american. and he was proud of his son s service. he said this at that press conference a few days ago. people are sort of thrown by the beard he s grown. he grew
decreases. six states had increases and three were unchanged. today is the 25th anniversary of the stock market crash called black monday when the dow lost quarter of its value. things were not as bad today. but they were not good. the industrial average dropped 205 points today. the s&p 500 fell 24. still ahead we get you ready for monday s debate with your own foreign policy briefing. first, unintended consequences of all the talk of getting tough with china. oohooo..haha! oh.there you go. wooohooo..hahaahahaha! i m gonna stand up to her! no you re not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than a witch in a broom factory.
especially on the day he died. we will show you how repeated request for more fire power were turned down by washington. fox news learned alarming details like mysterious libyan ship had dangerous cargo. we are 18 days from the voting day. we will tell you what the candidates are up to ahead of the time debate on foreign policy. we ll get you ready for monday with a foreign policy briefing of your very own. it s friday. the friday lightning round. special report from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with the five. greg: the election is six or eight months away. no one really knows. some wonder if talking