Suspense because he didnt have to from the Eastern Front talk to his people, but hitler was not obligated to declare war on us when the japanese attacked. He had no obligation to do that, but he did it. He signed his story that was his biggest mistake because if he hadnt declared war, roosevelt and would have to figure out how to get the congress to declare war against germany and everybody of course wanted to go to the pacific. Okay. Thank you so much. Michael gordon recently appeared on cspan washington journal to discuss his book endgame about the war in iraq since the occupation in 2003. Its about 40 minutes here on book tv. Host its been just over year since the last troops to iraq to discuss the current status of iraq and look back on the more than eight years of conflict. We are joined by New York Times National Security respondent Michael Gordon, the author of the endgame the inside story of the struggle for iraq from george w. Bush to barack obama. Mr. Borden, start with the t
Can you tell how energized this crowd is after a few days off . I think they need more time off. Thats it for way too early, morning joe starts right now. N. Uga chuck a reporter it wasnt the precision war israeli says its fighting. The dead were four young boys. Another iraqi city has now fallen to this group called isis. They are getting stronger joined by supporters of Saddam Hussein and sunni tribal leaders. The downing of a passenger jet over ukraine. Reporter the Ukrainian Government accused russian separatists are firing a missile to bring the plane down. People pouring over the u. S. Border by the tens of thousands. Thousands of children waiting for answers. Im hooked on a feeling the greatest feeling since
abraham lincoln. The house approved a lawsuit. Stop hating all the time. Lets get some work done. The awful execution of an american journalist carried out on camera. Im sure there may be one or two terrorists looking at him going, wow, that is one cold bastard. Thoooday is
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. Good evening. Tonight, the video of a dramatic and deadly encounter between police and a homeless man in los angeles. Officers shot and killed the man after a violent scuffle captured by surveillance cameras, cell phones and body cameras worn by two officers. Tonight, authorities are examining all angles to figure out whether police made the right call in a split second or used excessive force. Our report now from nbcs gabe gutierrez. And a warning, the video and audio are graphic. Reporter Police Responding to a robbery call in the neighborhood known as skid row when the violence suddenly erupted. The videos posted on social media show lapd officers confronting a homeless man. Theres a scuffle. Hes taken down, and officers try to cuff him. Next, the sound of a taser. Someone yells, drop the gun. Then [ gunfire ] at least five shots from three officers leaving bystanders and wit
31st. Both United States and iran face obstacles from hard liners in their own countries. Lets begin this hour with Nic Robertson joining us from london many. Where do the talks stand right now. Reporter right now you are the Iranian Foreign minister in brussels briefing. Hes expected to go back to switzerland today. He had a fivehour meeting in switzerland with secretary of state john kerry. Both sides recognize they only have two weeks to get the deal done. If you listen to what they said going into the talks when they arrived in switzerland, slightly different narrative. There are technical issues to accomplish heerp. You have from secretary kerry say yes there where technical issues but this is a time for political judgment on the iranian side. Secretary kerry expected along with others from the state department to be in switzerland for talks. Both sides recognizing the clock is ticking on this 31st of march deadline wolf. And another related matter the secretary of state john kerr
Good evening. As a group of heavily armed and highly motivated terrorists continues its way across iraq, its not yet clear if the u. S. Will take any action in iraq. The president has ruled out any troops, and the American People arent at all sure we should take any action even though whats happening now is a direct outgrowth of the u. S. Invasion there over a decade ago. The u. S. Has started removing some of its staff from the fortresslike u. S. Embassy in baghdad, calling this a relocation and not an evacuation. U. S. Marine helicopters will come and go from a navy vessel in the persian gulf where the u. S. Has sent an Aircraft Carrier and three destroyers. The u. S. May have to work with iran before this is all over as another iraqi city has now fallen to this group called isis. Our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, is back in baghdad tonight to start our coverage off. Richard, start with what its like there right now. Reporter good evening, brian. There is a curfew in pl