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Show that he cares. >> do you think that maybe he doesnt get it? because that is rather surprising, arming rebels, it could be a slippery slope. maybe we will be more engagedin syria, maybe yes, maybe no. but he is the commander in chief, its stunning to most people that something so important as arming someone to overthrow another government, you would think that would be something that the president of the united states would speak to the american people about. >> you are talking about committ...

Months now. so go president obama said last august would "cross a red line." our growing role comes as the civil war, which killed more than 90,000, threatens to push far beyond syria borders, hezbollah is sending fighters in to syria from neighboring lebanon, supporting president assaad. and american fighter jets and patriot missiles will stay in the area after joint military exercises end later this month. tough talk from egypt president muhammad morsi. tough talk to president assaad. >> repor...

Consequenc consequences. >> look you have england and the united states talking about arming rebels. do you think they need more support in overturning assad? >> i think its a number of o options that have got to be considered. russia is there at the g-8 next week. theyll have to look at a number of options creating a zone that which is free of conflict. theres one option thats been looked at and the question of arms is another issue. i would prefer myself to do what im doing to concentrate on a...

Make no mistake about it. >> shannon: all right. we are hearing from the france foreign minister, pushing for july to have this international get-together in geneva to talk about trying to move forward. but with all the information actors involved, russia and iran and others, what do you see as a possibility for peace talks? do they have any reap help? >> no. assad will stay in power. the rebels will not want that to happen. the russians, i believe have been playing us for a long time, holding o...

Cruz who can protect americas golf courses? >> yes. we could have ted cruz be the republican -- as you know, the republican party, in the aftermath of 2012, theyre all convinced that the problem is not with their policies and their ideas like the one you just mentioned, but rather with their message and messenger. i think thats part of the appeal of someone like a ted cruz. that being said, again, if we just look at the demographics of the country, what hes talking about in that kind of extremis...

Every day and sitting in detention centers waiting to get deported. >> meanwhile, the president knew going in that immigration was going to be certainly on his agenda if re-elected. the other things that have popped up like gun reform and certainly issues with syria, although thats been a crisis now for the last two years, has certainly bubbled up to be more of a priority than he thought. especially now that were getting more information about syria and what its doing to its own people. take a l...

Parties doing things. arming rebels, the rebels are getting arms. theyre not just dropping out of the sky. there are countries in the neighborhood that are giving them arms. the obama administration has looked at this carefully and gamed this out and dont see many alternatives leading to a positive outcome. perhaps the president misspoke when he used the term red line. i think if they had to do this all over again, they would not have used that particular phrase. >> i understand. >> they were no...

Clearly, theyll try to say its time for the next step. the question is, if the russians and chinese dont go for that, which seems likely, what do we do next? arming rebels is unpalatable in most western capitals. intervention seems off the table, which means all we can do is try to ratchet up the pressure and hope that with time assads grip weakens. the fact is, he may be with us for some time to come. >> and meanwhile we have a crisis looming with iran, negotiations with weekend, i know youve w...

Could use with some basic pointers from some sort of military officers, i was up at the front today and for the first time in a month and a half, we saw them actually bringing in bulldozers to build berms, basic protection in this situation. so theres plenty of work for advisers to do, should they come here, candy. >> one of the reasons that the u.s. has kind of so far stayed on the fence about the issue of arming rebels is they said we first need to find out who they are. obviously in the west ...

Track people he doesnt care if his core deteriorates because he can replace them and you the rebels on the run. >> reporter: certainly that could be a factor. another factor too could be arming the rebels thats a real key debate now. weve seen real hesitation from the u.s. secretary of defense saying if the rebels will be armed, it will be another nation who will supply the arms. another nation who will supply the trainers. resistance from nato. head of nato opposed to arming rebels. turkey goin...