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Than when we built the panama canal and lot more criticisms from everybody, so if you do something wrong, you get hammered and so the bureaucrats are more cautious. i think we can cut through the red tape. i think that -- you know, i love this place. this was my congressional district for a long time before im senator representing the whole state. and i think it probably will say six months from now, it was worth waiting because this program is going to be a lot better than the previous one and ...

Peter king who we are going to be talking to later. >> well, its where politicians are ultimately judged. not only in how the emotional immediate on the scene response that we think of now more and more as kind of the giuliani model of leaders who are with people as they undergo this, but then who can deliver and who can take care, you know, of mastering this complicated bureaucracy. >> can i ask you as a presidential historian, i will say there is a big story after these homes are rebuilt, afte...

All be back. bigger, better than ever. >> lets hope so. joe and mika are in asbury park this morning. they have a question for you. >> hi, joe, hi, mika. >> hi. >> senator schumer, there is frustration. there is, obviously, frustration, the rockaways and frustration along the jersey shore for the reasons willie stated, how long it took for congress to get something done and now three months past the bill even getting passed. what do you tell them as we move towards the spring and the summer and,...

These things. what im wondering with chuck, we know where mccain and graham are, we know where the republican part of the spectrum here is. what is the hawkish diagram position here? who represents that? >> well, the who? i was surprised for instance on "meet the press" keith ellison, a democratic house member, not somebody you would believe is a hawk, he was talking about the humanitarian crisis that is taking place with the syrian refugees and particularly in turkey and in jordan and that some...

Of lawmakers are calling for action but what action at least here in terms at home how to handle it? >> i dont know what other folks heard over the weekend. i felt like i heard a collective agreement with the president of tapping the brakes on this. while, yes, a red line you drew publicly and, yes, probably some regret that is out there publicly now, and not everybody seems to agree what should be done, there seems to be agreement that something needs to be done. the fact, though, the president...

Evidence. we do have varying degrees of confidence. let me clarify, were trying to find out if there is, in fact, a credible verifiable c >> right. joining now is nbcs amon, and michael ohanlon at the brookings institution. welcome to you both. mike, weve seen democrats and republicans press the mpresiden to take action. european and middle eastern countries, too. how long can the administration wait for a definitive judgment to quote jay carney, before the pressure to do something becomes overw...

Injury. >> let me just ask you right here. this is obviously where everything was stored and it was one of these, a pressure cooker, a domestic item. does this make it stronger or weaker shrapnel as well. then you have to consolidate something inside here. and then you have to detonate it and thats where you get the wires and the circuit board and where youre going to get a spark. they say its not military grade in terms of the compound. so that pressure will build up and obviously explode. >> a...

Came and helped. just the general public, strangers helping other strangers that didnt know them. people that had no training just wanted to help do something. >> i couldnt believe how many people were still there. >> to help. >> yes. everyone just ran in there to help. >> people look for heros, but in boston you just have to look next >> on a day marred by the worst of human kind, we saw the best of humanity. >> poppy, i know when you see its so humbling to see them. i know they have been tryin...

Delivered, at least until monday. however, there was somebody walking around this building where i am, the russell building and also the senate hart office building, handing to the front offices some sealed envelopes, which produced a big scare. the hallway down here was locked off. there was partial lockdown in the senate office building for a couple hours. everything was all clear at the end, but it really does go to show you how anxious people here are. particularly since this was the place n...

People who are carrying something that maybe they shouldnt have been carrying thet of the incident. it did reach the higher levels today, people looking at this photo. >> and at this point, they just want to talk to them and find out what they knew, but to make it clear, two men at the finish line that had bags that were really stuffed. >> and the things that were getting from the fbi, for example one was the backpack, one may be a duffel or a rucksack, those descriptions are consistent with one...