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LISTEN: Inside NATO’s planning for future war Pierre Vandier joins Threat Status

We're standing here in front of the historic U.S. Capitol with the Ulysses S. Grant Monument on our other side and against the backdrop of Israel launching this all-out assault on Gaza City to eradicate Hamas. What is the tone and tenor of the people back at home? Are they in favor of this all-out assault? Are they frightened? What's going through their minds?

Bold and Blunt: War, peace and the game-changers in Israel Gol Kalev joins Cheryl Chumley

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FILE - In this May 17, 2011, file photo, a man walks near the sign at the entrance to the Rikers Island jail in New York. Jerome Murdough, a 56-year-old mentally ill inmate at Rikers Island jail, &quot;baked&quot; to death in his overheated cell during one of the coldest recorded winters in city history. The mother of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who was found dead in a one-hundred-degree New York City jail cell plans to file a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit. Family attorney Derek Sells says he’ll ask the city to preserve all communications and 911 recordings regarding Jerome Murdough’s death on Rikers Island at a press conference Friday May 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Attorney Derek Sells, left, listens as Alma Murdough speaks during a press conference on Friday May 16, 2014 in New York. Sells plans to file a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city on behalf of Alma Murdough for the death of her son, Marine Jerome Murdough, who was found dead in a 100 degree cell on Rikers Island. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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