longed to saddam hussein. take a listen. here we are in the hunting launch of a dictator. and we re in the middle of this marbled palace, making a lie of everything that he stood for. i find it delicious. that that s happened. [ applause ] also part of the trip at one point he said that he is hoping for the netherlands to win the world cup, not exactly clear wife he was doing that or whether he was simply trying to deflect attention from, perhaps, more pressing matters, jon. jon: yeah, i hear there was some trouble with his plane as he was preparing to leave today? what you can tell us about that? that s right. a heads up military crew member noticed some hydraulic fuel leaking. so the vice president got on the plane and then got off the plane. there was another plane waiting to take him home and the vice president and his party are on their way home at this hour back to the united states, jon. jon: mike emanuel at the