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Security adviser to president george w. bush, general spider marks, military analyst here at cnn, u.s. army former commanding general, and mary schiavo, cnn aviation analyst weve been watching throughout the week, former inspector general of the department of transportation and helped so many families after 9/11 on those flights. lets get into michael orens idea that maybe that we should all be on heightened alert about this being out there. fran, what are your thoughts on that? >> well, if you ...

We just heard some concerns from israel they are under heightened alert under the maybe far-fetched idea this plane is somewhere on the ground being weaponized in some way with a dearth of facts this is sometimes where the mind goes. lets explore this further with fran townsend, former homeland security adviser to president george w. bush, general spider marks, military analyst here at cnn, u.s. army former commanding general, and mary schiavo, cnn aviation analyst weve been watching throughout ...

Obamas heart was never in victory, just in political survival, and of course, last week the danger facing us from the islamist stalkers came home. u.s. embassies and consulates shut down through the the middle east and africa, headlines screamed impending doom, but thosnospecifics on what this isl about. why announce the threat at all? government officials almost always insist they cant talk about terrorists chatter because the enemy might get a peek into our intelligence methods. benghazi may h...

President of turkmenistan. the state department contends he is a dictator with a laundry list of human rights violations. a spokesman for j-lo says she had no idea, would never have performed had she known. she isnt the first celebrity to accept a paid gig with a dictator. hilary swank attended a party from chechnyas president, beyonce admitted to being paid to perform for the gadhafi family. they reportedly donated their paychecks for those gigs to charity. independence day will be quieter th...

Getting back to the escalating crisis in syria, our top story right now, growing concern of the possibility of a broader war now in the middle east. >> after israel launched those attacks inside syria, hitting military installations. a human rights group in damascus says the strikes killed 42 syrian soldiers. and left 100 people missing. christiane amanpour joining us now from new york. weve heard that the syrian government, spokesman for the government, say revenge, de declaration of war, but w...

>> sir, good evening, mr. president. congratulations on your inauguration. it is major general abrams, commanding general 3rd infantry division. were honored to be able to join you there this evening. sir, im joined tonight by some fantastic airmen and noncommissioned officers and soldiers serving here in kandahar. >> congratulation, mr. president, first class orlando jackson, lake charles, louisiana, 3rd infantry division, light horse. i want to congratulate you, a job well done. >> mr. preside...

Honor we were able to end the war in iraq. because of you that we delivered justice to osama bin laden. because of you that its even possible to give afghans a chance to determine their own destiny. we are going forward, and well keep our military the finest fighting force that the world has ever known. now, tonight were also joined by some of our service members in afghanistan. they cant see us, but we can see them on this monitor. who we got there, general? are you there, abe? >> sir, good eve...

Now, tonight were also joined by some of our service members in afghanistan. they cant see us, but we can see them on this monitor. who we got there, general? are you there, abe? >> sir, good evening, mr. president. congratulations on your inauguration. it is major general abrams, commanding general 3rd infantry division. were honored to be able to join you there this evening. sir, im joined tonight by some fantastic airmen and noncommissioned officers and soldiers serving here in kandahar. >> c...

I dont make this decision based on any difference in policy with general mcchrystal as we are in full agreement about our strategy. the conduct represented in the recently published article does not need the standard that should be set by a commanding general. it undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system. it erodes the trust thats necessary for our team to work together to achieve our objectives in afghanistan. >> welcome back to "morning joe." ...

With the blessing of telecommunication, we know in realtime true or false about what somebody might be saying about somebody else and i think we, in the interest of everyone in our country, have to respect privacy rights unless it falls into a realm of something of a person of that stature. i mean, thats such a sad thing. such a sad thing. and personal indiscretion is unfortunate. but to have a personal discretion e-mails is stupid. >> to have this scandal touch on general allen, commanding gene...