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Tonight. as we told you in the talking points memo the fbi now taking the lead in the investigation of the missing jetliner case. at least behind the scenes. but we understand that anything the bureau finds out will be firsthanded over to the malaysian government which i think is a mistake. joining us now from san francisco former faa senior official scott brenner. you agree with me the real hope of finding out what happened here lies with the fbi? >> there is a a hope there, bill. i think this ...

Tonight. as we told you in the talking points memo the fbi now taking the lead in the investigation of the missing jetliner case. at least behind the scenes. but we understand that anything the bureau finds out will be firsthanded over to the malaysian government which i think is a mistake. joining us now from san francisco former faa senior official scott brenner. you agree with me the real hope of finding out what happened here lies with the fbi? >> there is a a hope there, bill. i think this ...

John. >> but there is still a lot of skepticism. >> there is, because there were very few specifics. what critics are saying is, look. what does the iranian president want to do besides changing his red ri rhetoric? is there any iranian plan to end its thirst for nuclear weapons? on that score, benjamin netanyahu, who is not expected to address the u.n. general assembly until next tuesday, put out a blistering statement today from israel to make sure and weigh in and express a lot of skepticism ...

So, what you get in the region, then, strategically, is a sense of a lack of certainty of the united states. are we going to be there for them? here, given the horrific nature of this attack, given the moral imperative that lead are u.s. officials made about this and now we have this pattern of he was addition and delay again, we have seen its in the past, chris. even after we had certain knowledge of osama bin ladens location, it took six months to act. the same thing in libya with half measure...

Half measures. we started and then pulled back our forces, and in afghanistan. escalated the war but announced a withdrawal date. this hesitation, delay, and half measures, is a significant pattern and has led to diminishment of u.s. stature in the region. >> senator lieberman, you were a senator for 24 years. have you ever seen anything like this where a president seemed about to take us, if not to war to a serious military action, and then says, wait a minute, im going to wait ten days for con...

Half measures. we started and then pulled back our forces, and in afghanistan. escalated the war but announced a withdrawal date. this hesitation, delay, and half measures, is a significant pattern and has led to diminishment of u.s. stature in the region. >> senator lieberman, you were a senator for 24 years. have you ever seen anything like this where a president seemed about to take us, if not to war to a serious military action, and then says, wait a minute, im going to wait ten days for con...

Stability situation today. im concerned its way too little and way too late. >> lets pick up on that, juan. a lot of people are calling this half measures. no fly zones. to degrade the air advantage the syrians have. at this point no anti-tank although that apparently is a possibility. being called small weapons and ammunition. what can he accomplish with that at this late day? >> well b it becomes a force multiplier is the word from the white house. and its a very interesting word. as jane harm...

Stability situation today. im concerned its way too little and way too late. >> lets pick up on that, juan. a lot of people are calling this half measures. no fly zones. to degrade the air advantage the syrians have. at this point no anti-tank although that apparently is a possibility. being called small weapons and ammunition. what can he accomplish with that at this late day? >> well b it becomes a force multiplier is the word from the white house. and its a very interesting word. as jane harm...

Flak jackets and mres. i have been told as i mentioned on the floor that there would be military assistance. they need a lot more than military assistance. we need to establish the no-fly zone. we need a safe zone within syria. every time we have escalated our bid, the russians and hezbollah are all in. you have to change the equation on the ground and you cant do it with half measures. you cant do it with just supplying weapons. assad is far too successful for that to be effect of now. >> i kno...

Leaders from both parties to try and hammer out a deal avoiding the tax hikes and crippling spending cuts. remember analysts say falling off the fiscal cliff could drive the u.s. into another recession. more than a month has passed since the last time they got together. the obama administration called that mid another meeting constructive but there has been little to no progress. today lawmakers on both sides of the aisle tried to strike an optimistic tone. >> millions of americans are out there...