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Committee, chairman nunes apologizing for consulting with us on house about new development without filling in the committee members first. adadam schiff blasted what nunes did. >> i think that chairman has to make a decision whether to act as a surrogate of the white house, as he did during the campaign. or to lead a independent and credible investigation. i hope he chooses the latter. the country needs a independent, credible investigation in the house, we had this through monday. eric: how di...

Negotiation, a discussion is possible for the first time in years. he is the negotiator in chief in theory. shouldnt get personally involved. but, you know, most of our policy tools here are weak. and when we had success in restraining the program, it has been through diplomacy. so i hope he uses this opportunity to explore that as a possibility, a possibility we have not really used very often in recent years this is something he gets for free for being the new president. >> jim walsh, m.i.t. s...

Nuclear talks with iran may be on the verge of a deal. in broad terms, iran would reign in -- rein in its pursuit of nuclear weapons. irans sanctions are lifted and a long-time enemy of the united states gains even more power in a volatile region. no surprise here many believe this deal will not make the world a safer place. those skeptics include u.s. lawmakers and critical washington allies. jim walsh is a research associate at the m.i.t. security studies program. he joins us from watertown, m...

Could blow an airliner out of the sky like flight 17? it has happened more than a dozen times unless history. it turns out just three months ago, israels defense ministry says it successfully completed testing a system called sky shield, a laser system that protects commercial planes from possible missile attacks. could this be the next security step we need? jim walsh is an expert with m.i.t. security studies program and joins us now from boston. jim, they say they tested this on an a 737 and i...

Kerry insisting that no one really saw the latest upheaval in iraq coming. now new reports that simply isnt true. the senior intelligence officialing telling fox news there was present warning about the deteriorating situation. we have a you know spokesman and diplomat and fox news contributor and jim walsh, international security expert at the mit security studies program. start with the first part of that question, rick. why does this matter? >> well it matters because there is a whole bunch o...

Home. the data was deleted in february trying to retrieve it now, jenna. jenna: david, why are the people so unhappy with the malaysian search for the plane so far? >reporter: theres a lot of frustration of the pace and the information coming out about the search from china it must be said they have over 150 people on board the plane so it is understandable. three people trying to get in for the daily news conference, they were manhandled and carried out by security guards. we have regretted the...

>> m.i.t. security studies. deployed sanctions as a tool. >> so who would call for greater sanctions. unilateral sanctions, the u.s. doing it lean, wont mean very much. it has to be done in concert with our allies, germany and others. some of the europeans are a bit reluctant. the urge is to push back and to punish. thats reasonable and good

Bill: so is it a, b or c? martha: i think its a good bad movie. you cant help yourself. if its on, youre going to want to watch it -- bill: cheese factor was pretty high though. give me that, right? [laughter] martha: its not often that bill calls out the cheese factor, but he did. bill: police in mexico recovering a stolen truck packed with radioactive medical equipment after a gunman stole it from a gas station two days ago. cobalt 60 inside, a highly dangerousç material some fear could be u...

Jenna: well, there is one underlying theme in nearly all of our big news stories whether its the nsa or syria, and one of the key components is iran. while the world is learning more about irans new president-elect, questions are surfacing about how much impact hell truly have on american/iranian relations or lack thereof. the state department recently released a report that said irans terror outreach is surging to levels we havent seen in decades, and while the president -- our president is spe...

North korea is flexing its muscles and putting the international community on edge. a u.s. official said yesterday the country had two missiles ready to launch. thats after a long range rocket test in december and in february a nuclear test that triggered tough sanctions. joining me now is jim walsh with m.i.t. security studies program. travelled to north korea and hosted delegation from there. good to see you, jim. >> good to see you, fredricka. >> a whole lot of uncertainty about whats going o...