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Chemical weapons against innocent men, women and children, would you support a u.s. effort to get rid of the delivery mechanism? now, i was shocked. it still was 50% against going into doing that. and something like, i dont know, 30% or something. 35% in favor of it. now, you know, i could say this is people who are war weary and the rest of it. theres a dynamic i dont understand. maybe they dont trust obama. but having said that, that does not change the reality. the reality is, theyre not goin...

>> after you were on yesterday, there were two analysts -- i think they took umbrage in this is not the way my constituents want me to vote. it wasnt like a facebook page, i have this many likes. that as a leader you should have some sort of moral imperative to guide you. you were here to defend yourself. how do you respond to that? >> my family has been in politics a long time in los angeles. we very much believe we are elected to represent the people. i am to give voice to the over half a mill...

To vote yes, maybe ill change my mind. but right now, thats not the case here in los angeles. >> even if theres a moral imperative which has been -- those are words that have been thrown around a lot. theres a moral imperative that something be done with the assad regime for using chemical weapons, even with that, it doesnt change your mind? >> i think the question is, is a response warranted? do we have a moral obligation to answer this? but in what way are we going to answer this? is there sti...

New reports today that the u.s. military is preparing for an even bigger strike against syrian president assad. what is the opinion inside the pentagon? gentlemen, good to have you both. >> thank you. >> colonel, as we have seen the polls show the majority of americans are against u.s. action. how about the military? what is the opinion youre hearing from inside the pentagon? >> military officers are supposed to tell the boss what they think. whether the opinion gets solicited or not they have a...

License to print money. most big-name programs rake in tens of millions every year, according to a new report in "the portland business journal." companies like nike, under armour are giving schools millions of dollars in cash, royals on apparel and even internships for some students. how did we get here? how fair is this considering student athletes arent being paid a time? patrick rich is a writer for "forbes" magazine. this weeks "time" magazine cover, youve seen it, it makes the case for why...

Jeopardizing the authority of a man who got her elected to her seat. if her constituents said, its a good idea, that would change her opinion as well. i wonder if theres a broader issue at stake here. the white house talking about the need simply -- if the president stands up and says, i need to do this and appeals to the house to back him up. >> it was interesting the way she put it because usually -- as you have said, members of congress have a way of couching it -- she said, this is what my c...

Thoughtful president wand are -- wander, and why it generally was in our national security interest and of course i understand why you are against war. im against war. i didnt get elected to go to war. and i think what he has to do when he talks to the american public is say this is what i want to do, this is why i want to do it and this is why its the moral imperative of this country to get this done. no ambivalence. >> and the president has firmed up his reddick and thought process over -- on ...

Idea talking about the great donny deutsch show, whats the big idea here? give it to us in the sense what does the president have to say to the american people? >> tuesday night he has to get on and hit it out of the park and basically say we have a responsibility in the world and this is not just about the right moral imperative, this is the right thing to do to protect us as a nation. >> all right. >> all right. pbs "news hour weekend" premiers this saturday. harry, thank you so much. very nic...

That the drones were accomplishing anything. i know you love the drone war. >> i dont love any war but i understand that its degraded al qaeda to the extent that they may not be able to kill you, powers. >> its created more terrorists actually. >> bill: thats your opinion. >> its the opinion of many military leaders, many international experts. >> yeah, okay. so we dont use drones against al qaeda and we just let them build their power and sanctuaries that makes a lot of sense. >> we dont create...

Something and i dont think that the drones were accomplishing anything. i know you love the drone war. >> i dont love any war but i understand that its degraded al qaeda to the extent that they may not be able to kill you, powers. >> its created more terrorists actually. >> bill: thats your opinion. >> its the opinion of many military leaders, many international experts. >> yeah, okay. so we dont use drones against al qaeda and we just let them build their power and sanctuaries that makes a lot ...