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Their inspectors access. >> its time for the assad regime to live up to their rhetoric in this regard and give the investigators access to the sites, the opportunity to interview witnesses, the opportunity to collect physical samples. >> reporter: the next move is uncertain. the u.s. agreed to provide opposition rebels with military support in june after the white house concluded the so-called red line -- >> a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. >> reporter: -- had b...

What the confusions are, a serious escalation with grave humanitarian consequences. let me say there is no confirmation of it. >> reporter: the u.s., britain and france want a u.n. investigation. inspectors are already in syria looking at the u.n. is negotiating to get their inspectors access. >> its time for the assad regime to live up to their rhetoric in this regard and give the investigators access to the sites, the opportunity to interview witnesses, the opportunity to collect physical samp...

Senator chambliss, let me start with you on the news over syria and the presidents decision to start arming the syrian rebels. what is the end game and what limits do you think should be placed on what the united states does in syria? >> well, i dont think you can place any limits on it right now, david. i do think its imperative that assad be removed. its pretty obvious that he is pretty well entrenched now, he has gone to the extreme of letting hezbollah have the run of syria. that is simply n...

From georgia, saxby chambliss, and the democratic senator from colorado, mark udall. gentlemen, welcome to you both. senator chambliss, let me start with you on the news over syria and the presidents decision to start arming the syrian rebels. what is the end game and what limits do you think should be placed on what the united states does in syria? >> well, i dont think you can place any limits on it right now, david. i do think its imperative that assad be removed. its pretty obvious that he i...

I do think its imperative that assad be removed. its pretty obvious that he is pretty well entrenched now. hes gone to the extreme of letting hezbollah have the run of syria. that is simply not good. while i know there are bad guys involved in the opposition rebels, weve done a pretty good job of ferreting out who are the good guys, or who are the more moderate guys within that opposition. and im certain thats who the presidents talking about providing arms to. >> should the president go farther...

Opposition rebels. when the president said that was a red line, i wish that as soon as that had been validated that he would have stepped up and said the united states is not going to stand by and see more innocent people in syria get slaughtered, but i am glad that hes stepping up right now. and as senator mccain said, maybe the final decision has not been made relative to arming the rebels. that has to be done very carefully, but we have a pretty good idea of who the folks are that we want to ...

Starting later this morning. now to syria, where opposition rebels may be getting help from the u.s. today, secretary of state john kerry is expected to offer nonlethal assistance as he meets with opposition leaders in rome. the u.s. remains opposed to providing arms but body armor armed vehicles, and other military gear may be offered. americans in the region are reportedly already training opposition fighters. after weeks of outlining the dire consequences of those looming budget cuts, pre...

>> according to the u.s. official, shep, something like half a dozen of those scuds have been fired over the last few days. the target, not surprisingly, groups of the opposition rebels, although according to the same u.s. individual, there have not been any reported casualties among those rebels, which is a demonstration of just how inaccurate these scuds generally are. our viewers might remember them being used dozens of times by saddam hussein back in the gulf war in 1991. what is the point o...

policy center says that mitt romneys tax plan would raise taxes on 95% of americans. now, mitt has promised a 20% tax cut to everyone. so whose math adds up -- mitts or the tax policy centers? its sort of like an olympic boxing match. today, the romney camp threw a punch fast and early, pointing out that one of the authors was a former aide to president obama. as the romney campaign wrote to us, that is, quote, hardly objective. true, one round to mitt. but for the romney campaign, we ...

now, mitt has promised a 20% tax cut to everyone. so whose math adds up -- mitts or the tax policy centers? its sort of like an olympic boxing match. today, the romney camp threw a punch fast and early, pointing out that one of the authors was a former aide to president obama. as the romney campaign wrote to us, that is, quote, hardly objective. true, one round to mitt. but for the romney campaign, we checked the other two names on the report, and one author was a former aide to george...