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Second to none with no comparable power anywhere in the world. [ cheers and applause ] >> we choose that course -- we choose that course in america not just so we win wars but so we can prevent wars because a strong america is the best deterrent to war ever invented. >> top of the hour. welcome back to "morning joe." john heilemann and steve rattner are still with us. joining us, the editor and chief of the daily beast, tina brown. good to see you. >> great to be here. >> well start with an upda...

good evening, im john avlon in for erin burnett tonight. the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks. were living in a time when spin outways substance, when with narratives can matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. on this show, we try to play it straight. criticizing the democrats claims that republicans are conducting a war on women. while at the same time calling out conservatives for saying th...

the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks. were living in a time when spin outways substance, when with narratives can matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. on this show, we try to play it straight. criticizing the democrats claims that republicans are conducting a war on women. while at the same time calling out conservatives for saying that president obama is waging a war on religion. the probl...

government. where do they get that third of funding from? >> where he will, i think the point here is that planned parenthood does abortions. and i think that mitt romney and governor perry and myself do not believe that government should in any way be funding abortions. because so many people dont believe that thats the right thing to do and their taxpayer dollars should not be spent on doing abortions. >> but you disagreed with rick perry on the issue. >> what i disagreed is that the...

a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over fridays massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. >> this weekends massacre is a horrifying testament to this regimes depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international communitys absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. >> jessica yellin was among those listening as the p...

hate. the tsa and ticket fees. add them together. >> what is it thats prompting them to ask for more? >> reporter: the agency backed by democrats in the senate wants to increase the security fee everyone pays for the ticket. from $2.50 a flight to $5 per one-way ticket. $10 round trip. >> 10s pushing it to a limit. i guess its only $5 more but i wonder, you know, how that fits in. they already have a budget. >> reporter: tsas budget is set to be cut. the agency says boosting this fee w...

her way to a degree. thats why anybody who feels sorry for pat will find themselves on the receiving end of the receiving glare where she might punch you. shes still getting up every day and doing what she does best which is teaching. the players, she says, are my best medicine. our final honoree is not here. shimon peres, the president of israel, who has done more for the cause of peace in the middle east than just about anybody alive. ill be hosting president peres for a dinner here ...

Starting to see tornado concerns. severe thunderstorm watch boxes in effect but the storms exploding. the red spots there around the norfolk, nebraska, area where we have tornado warnings. rough evening ahead and maybe into the overnight hours for severe weather across the plains. >> thank you very much. a fox urgent now. international pressure mounting on the regime in syria as the slaughter of innocent civilians continues virtually unchecked there. the united nations just wrapped up an emerg...

>> look at that, golf ball sized hail shattering windshields, and bringing 60-mile an hour winds, really dangerous conditions and a threat for tornadoes lasted over the holiday weekend. a severe thunderstorms watch finally lasted in that area, just in time, hopefully, jon, i dont know, look at the skyies, for folks to enjoy today. jon: the only people that like that kind of weather are the auto body shops. >> right now international pressure is mounting on the regime in syria as the slaughter of...

Starting to see tornado concerns. severe thunderstorm watch boxes in effect but the storms exploding. the red spots there around the norfolk, nebraska, area where we have tornado warnings. rough evening ahead and maybe into the overnight hours for severe weather across the plains. >> thank you very much. a fox urgent now. international pressure mounting on the regime in syria as the slaughter of innocent civilians continues virtually unchecked there. the united nations just wrapped up an emerg...