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Observing a moment of silence paying tribute to the four killed on fridays attack in stockholm. were learning of a second arrest so far and new information about the man accused of carrying out that truck attack. swedish police say he was ordered to leave the country after his request for asylum was denied. he stayed in sweden and allegedly dodged deportation by giving them the wrong home address. thats too easy. thats the update from stockholm. >> shannon: former national security advisor susan...

Obama administrations great failures in syria. the "washington post" gave it four pinocchios said it was wordsmithing. six months prior to these statements that basically syrias declaration was unverifiable and not to be trusted. four days earlier the treasury department placed sanctions on syrian officials. semantics game. she has a pattern of lying whether its benghazi, bowe bergdahl and contradicting herself in a matter of a couple of weeks most recently the unmasking of trump officials. fore...

Outsiders, insueders on capitol hill. this is a cumulative peck. first benghazi. whats the they say publicly. we had stories about the democrats doing the immigration bill, asking the president not to get involved because they are doing just fine. >> thats because when he got involved in the deficit negotiations they went south. the problem is that this president simply does not have significant political skills at that level. he does not like to do that sort of thing. so he pulls himself away f...

Situations like benghazi or even the irs. it just feeds the beast as opposed to, you know, to creating opportunity for the president to move on with the business of his administration. so i wouldnt say hes aloof. i would say that i think hes underestimated the opposition. >> arthel: bret, how do you see it? >> i think the presidents strength is derived from his credibility and leadership and the president has not exhibited either in the cases of the scandals that are swirling around him. hes alo...

The size of ammunition magazines and expand background checks. south korea reporting that north korea has test fired now three short-range missiles. south korean officials say the norths intent is unclear, but they are closely monitoring the situation. as many as 60 people may have been injured when a car suddenly slams into a crowd at a small town parade in virginia. not clear exactly what happened, but one official says the driver described as an older gentleman, may have actually suffered...

President is trying to do. its not an example of lack of leadership. >> arthel: all right. im going to move on and get back to you if we have time to circle back to that in a moment. brad, let me go to you. we know president george w. bush faced his share of political black eyes. is it possible for president obama to recover when history has written about this period, particularly of his presidency in. >> the chapter should just -- is just beginning on these scandals. it took eight months on ben...

Alexis is the executive director of the american values institute. brad blakeman is the former deputy assistant president w. bush. and good to see both of you. thank you very much. alexis, so were trying to break this down. irs and benghazi. so how much of this can be attributed to what many see as an aloof disposition, maybe the president is too hands off, maybe boils down to the president didnt know. do you think that argument is enough to satisfy the people? >> you know, i think thats a very ...

As house speaker? a growing number of republicans certainly hope so. im richard wolffe. in the same 24 hour time span t congressman paul ryan said he is in for the speaker job. two huge events with far reaching impact on what comes next. first benghazi and the reviews are in. hillary clinton was a commanding presence through an 11-hour marathon that back fired. after the hearing wrapped up committee chair admitted the grueling interrogation had gone nowhere. >>. >> things you learned to? >> i th...

This is the one that can make things happen. so, in effect the afghan taliban has a chit with them. we gave you the american, you cut a deal, you owe us. thats how it works in that part of the world. >> is there any reason to be confident that we didnt do both? i mean everyone is talking about. >> thats an excellent point. its entirely possible. thats the one thing the administration has not ruled out is that money was exchanged in this deal as well. we dont know the answer fo that. >> we will k...

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