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Of "the new york times" today that the rebels include a lot of these extremist elements, who would be no better than assad should they come to power. and so we need to have a debate on that issue. and it should not be just shoe horned in to this narrow resolution on the use of force to prevent and then deter chemical weapons use. >> congressman van hollen, thank you very much for joining me. >> thank you. >> coming up, that shocking video of syrian rebels executing soldiers is next. and in the...

His chemical weapons on his country, after using them in the iraq war. and the united states did nothing, and i always thought it was unusual that the united states, went to war when he didnt even have chemical weapons. so i think we need to send a lesson. but that is distinct from arming the rebels in a toxic civil war where we saw from the front page of "the new york times" today that the rebels include a lot of these extremist elements, who would be no better than assad should they come to po...

Here it is. who winds up being benefitted by this? who takes over? do you improve the situation? are you helping al qaeda or having extremist elements? >> that gets to the obvious question that we dont know why this is being done. this is no stated intended outcome. we know about these unintended consequences being thrown around. how do we want this to end? over a year and a half ago when the death -- or around a year and a half ago when it was around 10,000, there was a meeting and the russians...

Syrian opposition is moderate and wants to be free from a dictator who kills them in the thousands and gases children to death. we provided assistance to a moderate opposition which is in our interest not only because we believe syria should have the future without president assad, but by providing assistance for more moderate opposition can we ensure that were isolating those extremist elements. we want to make sure the extremists are not the most powerful opposition force in the country. we wa...

They feel about sequim the united states. now were negotiating with them and peace should ben us. >> we know they are still the in the process right now, extremist elements, of the taliban, of attacking u.s. troops still in afghanistan, but most experts would point out that most wars come to an end through a negotiated political solution, and that is what u.s. officials say has to happen here. with some very clear conditions put out for the taliban to adhere to. listen. >> most notably our conce...

This means patiently supporting transitions to democracy and places like egypt and tunisia and libya. because the peaceful realization of individual aspirations will serve as a rebuke to violent extremism. we must strengthen the opposition in syria while isolating extremist elements. because the end of a tyrant must not give way to the tyranny of terrorism. we are actively working to promote peace between israelis and palestinians because it is right and because such a peace could help reshape a...

Standards and other things. that is an important question he that the investigations of all of the committees need to find the answer to. >> chris: congressman smith you contradicted the administration talking points even before susan rice went out on september 16. on september 14 here is what you said. mobs dont come in and attack guns blazing. i think there was a growing consensus it was preplanned. after the revealations did the obama administration mislead the american people? >> i really do...

Terrorist attack. susan rice in those interviews on sunday described violent extremist elements who took over the attack. so i really think that this has just become a very, very partisan focused scandal focused attack by the republicans investigating this. >> reporter: nonetheless the republican chairman of the house oversight committee vowed to press forward with depositions of ambassador pickering and other benghazi-related witnesses. jon: thank you, james. jenna: from washington turning now ...

Standards and other things. that is an important question he that the investigations of all of the committees need to find the answer to. >> chris: congressman smith you contradicted the administration talking points even before susan rice went out on september 16. on september 14 here is what you said. mobs dont come in and attack guns blazing. i think there was a growing consensus it was preplanned. after the revealations did the obama administration mislead the american people? >> i really do...

>> reporter: issa says there doesnt need to be a select committee as senator mccain suggested it. he said his committee can handle it just fine. >> and democrats are defending the state department in all this political pressure. >> reporter: they say democrats -- democrats say there were no new revelations in the hearings last week and they claim the administration did not deny, never denied there was a terrorist attack. listen. >> the day after the attack, the president called it a terrorist at...