event. this is amazing. is he in danger of back lash in his home district? what s the danger for him? his star has fallen so fast. this was a guy who very recentlepsy was the young, fresh face of the republican party. did a lot of bipartisan stuff. he worked across the aisles with democrats and was going to do this rational caucus that they were trying to do. now he s a instagram failure guy. it s an amazing fall. we should say, too i d say whatever danger he can be in he s in. he did repay the $40,000 in renovation renovations. he did repay that. the associationed press lebron james is not happy colleges are recruiting his 10-year-old son. he did say it s pretty crazy. you shouldn t be recruiting
this is where ideology plays a big part is it allows you to justify your actions. i m curious about your own story. obviously you were going down this road then you ended up turning back to the other side and assisting as as counterterrorism expert. do you look at jihadi john and say, that could have been me? yeah. i do that all the time. a lot of these individuals that are picked up whether they re younger kids or older young adults, i was there. i was on the line. i thought, you know i was being oppressed as a person. but i personally wasn t be oppressed. i wasn t discriminated against or bullied or picked on harassment by security services. i didn t go through those things. those aspects didn t resonate for me. for me i had a chance encounter with the taliban in pakistan. a single event like that those
the only typical profile is they come from relatively normal backgrounds. some are relatively educated,ing some are not. some are poor some are not. some need jobs some have jobs. m there is a whole spectrum of behavior you can find. what are the common threads? are there any? is there a trigger moment usually? is there some specific event that happens to sends people down this path is it an accumulation of things what is it? it s the latter. it s an accumulation of things. radicalization is a process. when you act on those extreme views, you are a violent extremists. al in that process there will be life events that may act as catalysted. there may be cognitive openings. something happens in your life and for whatever reason you start to look for alternative ways to explain your life around you.
breathing down my neck pressuring me into a decision. when i go to the supermarket there s no one pushing me to buy the more expensive cereal. i just want to shop like i do everywhere else. as long as people drive cars carmax will be the best way to buy them. all right. there is a lot going on this morning besides the near shutdown last night. time to get caught up with today s headlines. this is our catching up segment. let s see what they ve handed me. this one is from politico. the headline the illinois republican congressman postponed an event. skipped an rcc fund raising
the internet? there was the lama chase, leading up to the main event asking what color is this dress? we will get to that but we ll start this hour with the story of the morning. the chaos on capitol hill late last night with speaker john boehner with nancy pelosi. will we end up past the brink? did john boehner cut a deal with the democrats? it all began with a stunning moment, a truly stunning moment a little after 5:00 eastern time last night. house republicans expecting to pass a bill to keep the department of homeland security open for three weeks. and then this. the yeas are 203. the nays are 224. the joint resolution is not passed without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.