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good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." you dont often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he h...

good morning from washington. watch out, its friday the 13th. this is the daily rundown. im chuck todd. get right to my first reads of the morning. welcome to the world of the shiny metal object. a person no one agrees with his igniteded a mefrd controversy, rather than sparking a debate about the role of women in and out of the workplace, a debate have and making that decision, the last 24 hours has turned into hilary rosen versus everybody else. the democratic strategist and cnn paid...

Some of the top republican senators are telling us that they want to take some action to make it easier for there to be a path to some type of citizenship. marco rubio very smartly is focusing on young people who have -- were born -- or who have come into this country. one of his ideas is people who are trying to enlist in the military. also republicans are talking about maybe something short of full citizenship. but some action that would show that the republicans care about these younger peopl...

silence. >> and that was followed by a moment of silence as seen on the house floor earlier today on the c-span networks. the congressman with reference to the incident yesterday, the tragic incident at chardon, ohio. speaker bey ne down playing gun legislation. he was asked about this at a news conference earlier today. >> the tragedy in ohio yesterday, your home state, do you think that tragedy will prompt any new legislation in this country? >> well, clearly, our hearts go out to th...

welcome, everybody, on a tuesday, hope you had a great labor day weekend. time to get back at it, im bill hemmer. martha: im martha maccallum. its a devastating scene across central texas, according to officials, fires are burning everywhere, thousands are forced into shelters, waiting to see if they have anything to come home to. >> i know i was outside working on my car and i happened to look up and i saw the flames -- not the flames but the smoke so i grabbed my family and started g...

from happening. bill: lets go to kris gutierrez, watching this out of dallas, texas. theres so much to cover here. how bad is it, chris? -- kris? >> for a little perspective, we should tell our viewers this, last year firefighters at the state and local level have responded to 21,000 wildfires that have consumed 3.1 million acres across the texas an area roughly the size of the state of connecticut, the worst is in bastrop, east of the capitol city of austin. take a look at this video....

recovery we need and something we could have avoid entirely. voters may have chosen divided government but they sure didnt vote for dysfunctional government. they want us to solve problems. they want us to get this economy growing and adding jobs. and while debt reduction is part of that agenda, it is not the whole agenda. when congress gets back from recess ill urge them to immediately take some steps, bipartisan, common sense steps that will make a difference. it will create a climat...

voters may have chosen divided government but they sure didnt vote for dysfunctional government. they want us to solve problems. they want us to get this economy growing and adding jobs. and while debt reduction is part of that agenda, it is not the whole agenda. when congress gets back from recess ill urge them to immediately take some steps, bipartisan, common sense steps that will make a difference. it will create a climate where businesses can hire, where folks have more money in t...

what a wall of 4 feet of water looks likes. theres only a couple of inches separates us from this water coming up on to the sidewalk. we could see almost half of the power lines, they were almost completely engulfed in water, the green hill youre looking at, that would be a popular park, a short jaunt over there. if you look out into the horizon t. almost looks like youre looking into the ocean with trees, but as you can see theres movement in the water and thats something when people ...

Is it, a, john mccain? b, a schizophrenic? c, someone who doesnt know what the word "maverick" means? or d, all of the above? thats right. the answer is a, john mccain. and possibly d, all of the above. today the "national journal" released its ranking of the senators with 2010s most conservative voting record. senator mccain finished first, with the most conservative composite score of 89.7 out of a possibleç 100. hes tied with seven ultraconservative senators, including jon cornyn, jim demin...