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On their hands who thought he was being screamed out through the microwave, less than six weeks from that notification from the police department to the navy, 12 people are dead and so is he. >> my colleague last night joining me now, dr. jeff gardere, practicing psychologist, tv personality as well. when you hear those details, how surprised are you that he was able to get as far as he did in obtaining the security clearance? >> actually, im not that surprised because we are very, very ignorant...

The president is going to regret this decision because if he doesnt get the votes in the house and the senate it will be a huge embarrassment for him. >> lets stick with that line of questioning. where are the votes? is it likely to pass, dana? >> unclear. nobody can answer that question right now. nobodys daring to. the general thought at this point is the democratic-led senate is more likely to approve it than the republican-led house. now because its the presidents party but because of the ma...

Hours later say, were going to hold our horses a little bit here? >> reporter: thats a very good question. john kerry will be on the sunday morning talk shows tomorrow morning including state of the union. in some ways john kerry was not only talking about what he thinks and what the administration thinks, he was responding to what was happening around the world. the united nations had really in the minds of the white house had really stimmied this president. they could not go to the u.n. securi...

Their men, troops and equipment in the last several days dispersing it in advance of what they thought was planned u.s. attack. this will mean the u.s. military to be ready will have to keep targeting, retargeting, loading those missiles with new gps coordinates. not complicated. they know how to do it but its an intelligence challenge. theyll have to keep after this. make sure they know where all the targets are in syria so when the president calls, indeed theyre ready to go. and, most importan...

"when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. the president spoke today addressing his plan or part of plan for action against syria. more on that in a moment. light now im joined by middle east editor for news week. i want to start with you. before raid thead this article, first question is why are we here? i...

Strikes. >> were waiting for congress to come back on september 9th. we would not have this extended coverage. i said well there goes to news. its two weeks before anything would happen until congress meets. i want to ask the panelist here. why are we here? if congress isnt here. if congress isnt going to come back until the 9th. wheres the urgency? >> its a great question. its one i was told by sources that senators asked of the chairman joints of chiefs why are we waiting? if you think this is...

In front of cameras. >> youre right. the optics are everything. its labor day weekend. theres no question that there is a balance here between congress not being here and the president being hard at work. i just want to mention one other thing our viewers can keep this mind talking about people being home. that could be driving part of this. a poll came out over the weekend or yesterday, i should say, that said 79% of americans want congress to approve or authorize this before going ahead. thats...

Has been qualified. im not sure why thats the case. they didnt do their work to get to a position where they can act with leadership and aggression and confidence. we dont see that. >> its all different. i agree. i was doing this during iraq. theres vast difference between iraq and this even in the coverage. also libya as well. theres a vast difference between libya and this. all the situations are unique in their own right. stick around. my entire panel will get in. chris, ill let you speak aft...

And the american people signed up for the war. >> the context of syria is connected to eight years of iraq. thats all. >> i think syria is a vastly different question. its a country torment pd. theres a an issue and distinct time. >> its not true of hussein? >> saddam was everything bashar is and worse. again and again we need to stay with syria. we cant revisit iraq and relitigate. >> i agree with you. we dont want to draw false equivalents. all we know is what we know and iraq is our most rece...