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On saturday, president obama called on congress to hold hearings on a potential military strike in syria. vacation over. there are 18 members on the senate foreign relations committee. today every one of them showed up for this hearing. that was the first step in the congress debating this military action. committee hearings almost always have at least a few empty seats but not this one. not today. 100% attendance. check this out. not only did every senator on the committee show up, so did a cou...

And traveled extensively throughout syria as an observer of the air defense and military operations colonel. thanks for joining us. one line in the resolution the committee is going to consider tomorrow and i assume it will pass, the authority granted in section two does not authorize the use of united states armed forces on the ground in syria for the purpose of combat operations for the purpose of combat operations. when you hear that, as a military man, what does that say to you? >> i think t...

A successful interdiction to prevent genocide. this situation is completely different. the russians, chinese, iranians are all part of this area. the best we can hope to do, the best we can hope to do militarily is to not use our military force directly. as you said, theres a fatigue. its there. its real. we need to be much more careful in how we apply military force. if we do, it has to be with nato, with turkey, with the jordanians in some form but having them lead and us support. i think we s...

It. he tries to poke rush limbaugh in the eye and rush limbaugh comes back and pokes him in both eyes. the president should be worried about jobs and it sounds like hes picking fights. it sounds like its just bizarre. >> absolutely, the president should be letting guys like me do that. and not do it himself. but as an observer of all this, it is true. its really fascinating how members of the house on the democratic side, members of the house on the republican side are more worried about, you kn...

Elizabeth city as a silent observer to the challenge of this student to be able to run for office here. what was she there to see? she was not there to help. the local republican party chairman knows how to make these challenges. hes been doing it for years. he doesnt need any help from anybody. shes not there to help. shes there to learn? she there to see how this is done? how this might be done in the rest of the state? because this is what she saw that day. acrosses north carolina, republican...

>> yes. they said her present was for her personal edification, i have nothing to refute that one way or the other. >> but she sat with mr. gilbert, the republican party chairman when he was issuing the challenge, essentially? >> yeah, hes had a lot of practice at this. the challenges were basically the same sort of arguments that hes been using over the last couple of years, so he certainly didnt need her assistance for this. >> this is a really interesting detail. the woman from art popes thin...

Mr. gilbert was there with his supporters. including mrs. myrick, a silent observer during the hearing. >> whos mrs. myrick? >> with the civitas institute. >> which is a conservative think tank. >> yes. they said her present was for her personal edification, i have nothing to refute that one way or the other. >> but she sat with mr. gilbert, the republican party chairman when he was issuing the challenge, essentially? >> yeah, hes had a lot of practice at this. the challenges were basically the ...

Of six or seven hours is mr. king and his attorney were here. mr. gilbert was there with his supporters. including mrs. myrick, a silent observer during the hearing. >> whos mrs. myrick? >> with the civitas institute. >> which is a conservative think tank. >> yes. they said her present was for her personal edification, i have nothing to refute that one way or the other. >> but she sat with mr. gilbert, the republican party chairman when he was issuing the challenge, essentially? >> yeah, hes had...

The county republican chairman has stayed focused on his own turf and on the black school in town. but whatever choices pete gilbert made as he went along for whatever reasons he made them, his turf now has gotten much, much bigger. hes now challenging the right of this elizabeth city state student to run for city council. he says because montravius king is a student, he cant really live in elizabeth city so he cant run for office here. this challenge happened this month here at the county board...

Bills for making it harder for minorities and young voters to vote. who are you going to call? colin powell or reince priebus, the field marshal of the rnc. james peterson is a director at lehigh, an engineer, and clarence page a columnest for "the chicago tribune. "lets start with colin powell and what he said in his own words. he was speaking in raleigh, where he criticized republican efforts to limit voting. the news and observer quotes him as saying, quote, i want to see policies that encour...