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Imminent level. the washington institutes managing director michael sing is here with me and a former senior director of middle eastern affairs at the national security council. thank you for joining us. north korea calling it unprecedented critical level, imminent. these are very strong words. are they terrified by this? is that what you get from that? sometimes it seems like we americans are alone in our alarm over whats going on. >> i think you see a tremendous level of concern as the secreta...

Morallies. joining me now, managing direct, at the washington institute for near east policy, michael sing. welcome. ambassador begi begithe muslim brotherhood declared a terrorist group. dozens of arrests and government seized land, stocks, vehicles belonging to the islamic movement members. where do you see the situation headed and how volatile might it become? >> well, alex, its going to be a zero sum game. its quite clear that general assisi and the provisional government in egypt determined...

Total opposite direction. if the fire happened today it would have burnt the little stand and that would be it. started at the south end and the winds took and it it went amazingly fast. amazing how fast. all around me. >> trace: were your place. give me an idea of how heartbreaking this is for you and how long do you think it will take you to rebuild this again? >> um, well be open -- downstairs does not have a lot of damage. the upstairs has quite a bit of damage as far as smoke and everything...

Today a state department official says the two are able to talk straight to each other, theyre talking one-on-one and leaving the technical advisers to hud until small groups. what theyre looking for from the syrians and russians are, first, international inspectors would be allowed to visit the relevant sites in ear ya, and secondly, how honest bashar al-assad is when it comes time for him to declare what is in his chemical weapons arsenal. >> trace: james, thank you. with me is michael sing, t...

Director muller denied knowledge al -- >> what im telling you is i am not personally familiar with any effort to recruit anwar awlaki as an asset. that does not mean to say there was not an effort at some level of the bureau or another agency to do so. >> in a letter to new fbi direct, this new information merits a lot of additional explanation, trace. >> trace: on top of that, theres evidence al-awlaki had a relationship with nadal hasan, a relationship the fbi also denied. >> right. theyre ask...

In libya iraq, and pakistan, and what i think would be very alarming if all of a sudden al qaeda felt it was back on the scene and wanting to take the fight to the u.s. homeland. >> the last thing want to do is be afraid. thats what they want. >> we have to still strike the right balance. what maybe this tells us is while we dont want to define our lives by this war or terrorism, we have to realize this will never really be defeated. terrorism is a tactic, not a person or group, and as long as t...

Seen from the president and secretary of states words. >> speaking of the secretary of state, apparently shes got a stomach virus. and its forcing secretary clinton to delay her overseas trip that is supposed to sfoe focus on giving more support to the syrian opposition. we are told shes likely to announce the administrations going to recognize the oppositions new leadership council as the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people. michael, how important is that? >> its important to su...

>> i think right now neither side has interest and i think more israel if iran starts to rearm hamas very quickly and i think they will see that as an untenable situation and it is possible you could over the next weeks see a resumption in some level of fighting. >> michael sing, good to see you. thank you so much. >> he once said he would block her if she is nominated as secretary of state. john mccain sounds like he is softening his opposition to u.n. ambassador susan rice. >> is there anythin...

And, now, like we did toward the beginning of this conflict we are seeing israel get involved here, as well and this should be very concerning to the u.s. government because as we have sat on the side lines this has had a spill over effect in the region and could spark a broader conflict. >>shepard: i read over the weekend that the opposition forces, those opposed to the government in bashar al-assad have signed an agreement to get together and maybe work together in a more organized way, is the...

Connected to developing nuclear bombs either now or a few years ago. a senior official from the united states told the council earlier this week an apparent cleanup was already underway at that tpa sit. it added a lot more complexity to this meeting. michael sing is a former eastern director of middle eastern affairs, hes currently managing director for the washington institute of middle eastern policy. grad to have you with us. this month was described as the witching hour if you will for iran ...