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Comfortable as a person whos pretty expert in the region, are you comfortable with assad in effect winning on the survival -- giving up chemical weapons but winning in terms of the survival of the regime? >> im more comfortable than that weve got a bunch of u.s. troops on the border. >> i think your statement that this guarantees assad stays in power is absolutely wrong. because the only way -- absolutely wrong. the only way, i only speak in absolutes. >> okay. the only way that were going to re...

Folks a chance, right? thats what i think should happen. the fat cats on wall street spent 12 years under the protection of billionaire mayor michael bloombergs business-friendly policies. they fear this guy being in office. >> i want to ask you directly, bill. if you were elected, are you going to be union-friendly? >> absolutely. >> absolutely? you mean we asked a question of somebody who was running for office and we got an absolute? hes going to be union-friendly? that means hes going to be ...

Class warfare or racism? >> first, let me say i couldnt disagree with mayor bloomberg more. his comments were totally inappropriate, should never have been made. bill de blasio has a lovely family, hes clearly very proud of them and he should be, as were all proud of our families. the mayor should never have made those comments. >> is that putting you in a tricky spot? >> no, absolute -- >> to come out and take the mayors comments apart almost in a way protect bill de blasio. >> look, when peopl...

For them, its a matter of survival? >> thats right, so you worry about the release of what chemical weapons they have, the use of hezbollah, asymmetric attacks that they have. >> and the propaganda victory -- >> and he survives. >> if hes left intact to survive and continue to win in the civil war. >> ambassador, how concerned are you -- because a lot of people that dont support a military involvement in syria make the case, well, look at the opposition. you have these groups, these al qaeda lin...

Use of hasballah. >> and the propaganda victory -- >> and he survives. >> if hes left in tack to survive and continue to win in the civil war. >> ambassador, how concerned are you -- because a lot of people that dont support a military involvement in syria make the case, well, look at the opposition. you have these groups, these al qaeda linked groups directly connected to al qaeda in iraq. how concerned are you about who might take over or battle for control if assad does go? the there anything...

Control if assad does go? the there anything worse than assad? >> you know, when youre dealing with absolutes and evil its hard to make comparisons, but a -- in damascus would have horrific reprocushions throughout the region and iraq and lebanon, no jordan, possibly in turkey. what the consequences might be for israel, i dont know but probably not good. so assad is bad. >> and john king, you talk about the public opinion a bit. does it seem likely you think the president -- at least, i mean, we...

Doors. you do not let the public know youre going golfing. that was a huge misstep. >> do you agree, anna? >> on this, absolute agree. only thing left was there to be a bumper sticker on the presidential limo that said "id rather be fishing." you want to play golf, play electronic golf on the wii inside. i think its a very serious decision. toughest decision a president has to make in his presidency. this just looks bad. i think when we are looking at acts of war, looking at crises of this natur...

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Hypocrites, saboteurs. were witnessing a different kind of death panel if i can say that in 2013 were witnessing a circular firing squad inside a republican party whose leaders, some of them know, that this is a cruel con game on the american people. this idea that the greatest thing the party can do is defund obamacare? a government shutdown wont defund obamacare. its mandatory spending that continues. we have a lot of work to do in this country to take back our country. thats why the elections...

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