Boehner, john boehner that may set the tone for the reality for where the republicans heads are going into this. Lets play it quickly. How do you expect the president to trust that you really want to Work Together . When out of the gate you say that you want to repeal his signature law that you know has no chance of getting a vetoproof majority. How do you expect him to trust you . Listen, my job is to listen to the American People, the American People have made it clear, theyre not for obama care. You ask all those democrats who lost their elections tuesday night. Lot of them voted for obama care. Dana, heres the weird thing about this the is that when you look at the data we have about obama care, that doesnt hold up the proposition. Not only were governors put in place looking to expand medicaid for obama care. What was the play here . Youre exactly right. I think its about 57 in the last poll that shows that americans favor or want it to go further. So look, but john boehner has a different kind of member in his ranks. Because of redistricting, most of his members are from places where people 90 against obama care because theyre such conservative districts. But the big picture, chris, the issue here is that it just illustrates the difficulty that were still going to see, even with a Republicancontrolled Congress that says they want to Work Together. John boehner still has a lot of people in his caucus and maybe more importantly, outside conservative groups who are pressuring him to keep the fight up on big issues against the president. Especially obama care. Even though its a losing fight. So jim, about this meeting happening at the white house at about noon today, more than a dozen congressional leaders, the top guys going to the white house, is this just for show and lip service . Or will they really get something done today . Right. Well i have to tell you from this Vantage Point of pennsylvania avenue, when they look down pennsylvania avenue at the white house, they see the scaffolding up on capitol hill, but they see the same congress. I talked to a Top White House official about this. Theyre very concerned that in their minds, that the republicans will be back to their old tricks. Threatening to shut down the government, threatening to default. Threatening to repeal obama care if they dont get what they want. That is their mindset coming into all of this. The president is determined to take executive action. They say despite what john boehner said, that is the plan, that is whats going to happen before the end of the year and the New York Times editorial this morning says do it mr. President , make it big. So hes getting a push from behind, from the New York Times. You know it is not just for show in one respect, alisyn. They do believe there is a chance for some compromises on areas like trade. If the president can get expanded trade negotiating authority for the big pacific trade deal hes going to be working on when he goes to asia next week, they feel that that will be a big success for the last quarter of this administration. But no question about it, theyve got a lot to fight about and theyll be fighting about it. Well be watching that closely at noon. Dana and jim, thank you. Lets continue the conversation on the day ahead for the white house with john avalon, the editor in chiefnd daily beast and kevin madden, cnn political commentator and republican strategist. John, somebody has to give first, thats how compromise works. Somebody has to say, you win the point first, how is this going to happen . I think whats important to remember is how much political reality is crafted by personal relationships. This is an opportunity for a reset. But its got to be genuine. If either side comes in feeling like the other side has got to capitulate first and compromise remain as dirty word in washington, nothing is going to get done. If its in the spirit of is its in our interests and the countrys interest to get something done together, it could work. But dont listen to either bases, who are demanding all or nothing, thats how we got into the mess in the first place. What did the win in quotes mean to your party . What do you think your leadership now believes they have received mandate to do . Well, if you look at how many, if you look at the individual accounts across the country, they didnt win on going to washington and just stopping the president. Think they ran to provide a counterpoint to this president on policy. Many of them ran and told their constituents, they wanted to go to washington to get things done. They wanted to go to washington to get things working again. If you look at the context of what Mitch Mcconnell said in his press conference and what john boehner said yesterday, they are carrying the same message, they want to at least show the American People, American Public thats very frustrated with dysfunction, very frustrated with a congress that wasnt working, they want to show that they can get the Congress Working again. I think theyre going to focus on areas where they can find agreement and where they can send bills to the president , to either sign or veto. That part of the conversation has been missing over the last few years in washington. See, john, heres where it gets complicated. Because get things done means Different Things to different parties. For instance, john boehner says they want to in the oped, they put out with Mitch Mcconnell. Want to repeal obama care. Thats not getting things done to democrats. And thats not going to happen. Look, lets get real. Thats bit of kabuki thats going to go into all of this. Chriss favorite kind of afterschool snack. I think the underlying issue here is that both parties got to deal with their base. Youre going to see a lot of democrats say its time for harry reid to embrace obstruction. And you can hear all of these folks were elected to stop obama. Thats number one. The reality is closer to what was just said, that actually people want to see washington work again. Which is why its going to be important for both sides to lay out specific areas they think they can responsibly compromise. Theyre going to have to have the courage to follow through. Give me two. People have talked about Early Childhood education. Certainly tax reform. Corporate tax reform, trade agreement. Something that both sides want. Rather than getting bogged down in Health Care Legislation or immigration, which is a nonstarter. The lowesthanging fruit, theres a war ongoing that no one in congress has debated or given the constitutional mandate for and its their responsibility. Its a metaphor now, if you want to complain about the president going it alone on immigration. No president ever gone it alone more offensively to the constitution when it comes to war. Why arent we hearing this new leadership down there saying hey, lets take care of what matters most. Because the war is only getting worse. In the lame duck you are going to see congress reauthorize or provide again a reauthorization of the funding for the president s, the president s actions in iraq and syria against isis. So i think that is one area where quickly youre going to see agreement. Theres a lot of people who should say we should have a debate about this. The new congress should have a much broader conversation about it. But like in the shortterm, i do believe youre going 0 to see congress act quickly to authorize what the president is currently engaged in. Its a fine starting point, but its authorizing something thats ongoing. Its necessarily but not remotely sufficient. They need to get new policies on the ground. This meeting in washington has got to be the first of a large number of summits to build the relationships. To johns point, in the new congress, you can probably expect that on capitol hill. A lot of bourbon flowing, john avalon, thank you very much. Meanwhile, lets get over to michaela with a lot more news. Lets stick with the bourbon. Eight minutes past the hour. Heres a look at your headlines. A veteran u. S. Diplomat had her home and office searched last month by the fbi as part of a counterterrorism investigation. Now its unclear whether robin ravel, the state departments pakistan consultant is suspected of spying, ravel, the former u. S. Ambassador to tunisia, had her security clearance at the state department pulled last month. And an investigation is under way this morning into a fatal military Helicopter Crash in boise, idaho, two soldiers with the Idaho Army National guard were killed. A spokesman said the crew was on a Training Mission last night when the apache went down near the airport. This point is unclear what went wrong. Authorities in new zealand have dropped the most serious charges again ac dc drummer phil rudd. The charge that claimed he tried to have two men killed. Rudds lawyer says there was not enough evidence to support that charge and it should never have been filed. However, rudd is still charged with threatening to kill and with drug possession. This is crazy, some horrifying new video of a patient on a rampage, attacking nurses inside a suburban minneapolis hospital. Chasing them down and beating them with a metal bar. In just seconds, the very people who helped heal suddenly need help of their own inside this minnesota hospital. The disturbing incident caught on camera after a patient apparently removed a bar from the side of his hospital bed. 68yearold Charles Logan storms the st. Johns hospital nurses station around 2 00 a. M. Sunday, swinging wildly. Nurses running toward the exit. One woman tries to secure the doors, but logan barrels through. The bar held high above his head, hurling it down right on one nurses back. And then another, repeatedly striking two nurses, that are left helpless. Once the patient made his way outside, even the police had a hard time subduing him. The tazer was ineffective. It did not connect to the man. Officers finally tackling logan to the ground, but not before he injures four nurses, one reportedly suffering a collapsed lung. This kind of thing can happen. Happens all the time. This brutal rampage highlights the dangers Health Care Workers face every day. Weve heard stories of primarily nurses who have been hit or spit on or punched. Survey from the International Health care security and Safety Foundation says 60 of workplace assaults occur in health care facilities. For these nurses, running this sanctuary for the sick has come at a cost. Logan died moments after taken into police custody. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of his death. Its unclear what prompted this assault on the nurses. Interesting, he did present at the hospital with some sort of confusion, a few days earlier. Theres also the local newspaper there is reporting the minneapolis starare tribune is reporting there was some sort of dispute with his family. They dont know what it was. Theyre trying to figure out why he died and what caused him to go on this rampage. Im so shocked by how much violence is happening in the e. R. S and the hospitals. 60 , thats a shocking statistics. And even when theres not violence, nurses are in precarious dangerous situations as weve been hearing with ebola. They choose this as their calling. And its more dangerous than weve realized until recently. You also have to remember the system for dealing with Mental Health is combined with physical health. They often present at the e. R. You dont know why hes there. They have so many people who are in there because theyre mentally unstable and the nurses dont have security there. So its a problem. Well follow that story all morning. The fight against terrorism sun folding on multiple fronts this morning. U. S. Air strikes in syria apparently killing a jihadist. Best known for his bombmaking skills. Will that stop or even slow down the Terror Threat from al qaeda and its affiliate khorasan . Even if they did get this one target, there are so many that remain and the u. S. Has spent millions of dollars on strikes. The question is, what are you getting . Not a value proposition, but effectiveness, are the air strikes in syria doing what theyre needed to do . Well go through it with someone who knows. Turn the trips you have to take, into one youll never forget. Earn points for every flight and every hotel. Expedia plus rewards. No longer in uniform,. But still serving. On the job and in our communities. 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Dropped a second round of airstrikes in syria against the elite group of al qaeda members known as khorasan. Theyre likely to have other bombmakers in the group. U. S. Intelligence sources say that the 24yearold french jihadist was trying to create a bomb like this, similar to this printer cartridge bomb that could be disguised on u. S. Bound planes. They can put them in containers that look innocent so a screener wont notice it they can bring a number of these innocentlooking containers on an airplane and assemble the device on the airplane and no one would know it until it exploded. And cnn has learned drugeon was working on a wide variety of explosive devices. Some small enough to fit in the palm of the hand. And a device like a cell phone. Khorasans efforts led to increased security at overseas airports this summer. Including asking passengers to turn on Electronic Devices at checkpoints. Even if they dont intelligence, a certain type of device would be used like a cell phone, by merely changing up the tactics, it keeps them offstep. U. S. Officials say a wellplaced bomb could puncture the skin of a plane, creating a bigenough hole to bring down an airplane. It doesnt take a lot of explosives to take down an airplane. If its in the right place. Pamela brown, cnn, washington. Lets talk about how significant this strike could have been. And what these Coalition Efforts are doing. Weve been a little distracted by the election. The war has been going on and is getting thicker. Not thinner in terms of how much it involves. Lets bring this retired lieutenantcolonel james reece, a former delta force commander, colonel, always a pleasure. Now lets start with the big headline. We know who drugeon is, we know whey does, we dont like the technological capabilities, because anybody can carry the bomb. Its who can make it. Do we know that we got him . Not definitely. But because of all the indicators coming out of the intelligence community, theres a pretty high probability that he was hit. Theyre feeling good about this, why . Well, first and foremost, he is a guy in, was trained by the yemeni bomb maker for al qaeda. This is a highen value target. Hes been tracked for months and years now, since he came out of pakistan. By the department of defense. By socom, all of these guys who are highvalue targets. If they take away this guys ability to make bombs to hit the homeland, thats a factor. You dont look at it just one person, finding a person to carry bombs is cheap and easy. The money to finance things is cheap and easy. But the knowhow is very precious kmocommodity. So one man represent as lot of value. Absolutely. Lets put up the blast zones, theres now a legitimate question of whether air strikes are enough. The first is this way. The little dots means weve done a little bit of bombing, the big ones are more, numerically, bombing. What do you see in the pattern as what were getting of return on investment. Not in terms of dollars but in terms of energy. If you study the map, baghdad, center of gravity in iraq, the tigress valley moves to the north. The euphrates valley moves to the west, comes up, straight up in this area here. Well, if you go back to biblical times, the tigress and euphrates valley is the civilizations, begin of civilization. Thats where isis is all controlled beyond these two, what the military calls lines of communication. Along those is where the rivers are, its where the people are. And so weve got to keep hitting them there. But they hide in plain sight around with everybody. Heres the concern, we seem to have a concentration of military assets where