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Chuck hagel used to be head of the uso. and he had a long relationship with hagel over the years. and he approached hagel and said i hear that youre not signing on to a press statement that other senators have signed on about getting jews out of russia. and hagel sent him a letter that he had privately sent to president clinton, as well as president clintons response, and he said the much more effective way to push my government and to push my president is to handle it this way. i have no intere...

Source of the criticism against him on issues of the middle east and israel, do you feel like that he has sort of refused to be politically correct in his language in the sort of gesture politics that youre supposed to make on that issue, or do you think that it is about his substantive policy beliefs and what he might be like as defense secretary? >> chuck hagel more than any other senator i have known is not someone to jump on media bandwagons. i had a talk tonight with the former chief of nav...

But i do think that thats where he is going to get the bulk of his opposition. >> steve, you are a guy who speaks bluntly as well. do you feel like that, the source of the criticism against him on issues of the middle east and israel, do you feel like that he has sort of refused to be politically correct in his language in the sort of gesture politics that youre supposed to make on that issue, or do you think that it is about his substantive policy beliefs and what he might be like as defense se...

Webster, new york, where four firefighters showing up basically to a trap, two were shot and killed, two others were injured, in webs sister, new york, but i want to play what one of your own colleagues, michael nutter had to say about a plan like yours taking place in their area. take a listen. >> i guess, you know, out of last weeks bizarre press statement, it wasnt a press conference, i guess mr. lapierre would then say that firefighters need to have armed guards go with them. i think it just...

Potential cons quences. u.n. ambassador expressing frustration with lack of progress today. >> duration of the crisis there and we believe that diplomatic efforts need to be expedited. were upset that the draft press statement, which was circulated by -- on behalf of the arab league is still bogged down in discussions and in consultations -- >> now, the russian ambassador said in his words, one member is holding up the agreement to a press statement he would not confirm who was that was. when as...

Back to you. >> neil: thank you, anna, very, very much. in fact mayor bloomberg intimated yesterday in a press statement in the one before he canceled the marathon. the reason were going back to staten island, you might hear from officials at fema and the administration that everything is fine and teams are on the ground addressing it, the fact of the matter is its not fine. take a look at staten island, thats not fine and texting and tweeting relief reminders to folks who dont have internet and...

colorado, this morning after a mass shooting at a batman movie premiere. so far, 12 dead. and 38 injured. as a community searching for answers. a special edition of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. hello, everyone. im in for carol costello. we welcome viewers from around the world watching on cnn international. a night at the movies turned into a night of terror for moviegoers in colorado after a gunman opens up a rampage. and here is the latest of what we know. gunshots erupted just...

Their civilian employment. all that being said if in fact the weather channel discriminated or didnt renew her contract because of her service duties and obligations yes that would actually violate the act and theyre going to have some issues there in court. but what we have right now is a complaint, an allegation that has not been responded to by the weather channel in any formal way. anybody can file a lawsuit. just takes you a couple hundred bucks actually. we need to wait and see because if ...

Condemned syria for the massacres. it didnt at all. that is rubbish. there wasnt even a resolution. presidential statement. it wasnt even a presidential statement; meaning, president counter. only presidential press statement. it was in other words it has no scuf -- security council resolutions are worthless to start with. these are less than worth lest. the statement has no power at all no, force in law. the russians were condemning them. the language was weak. russians weakened it. leak in the...

>> we want to gain perspective on the importance of the sunday meeting. with the urgent u.n. meeting and stronger words from the white house and state department yesterday is the united states likely to get more involved in syria? >> it is not clear from simply having this meeting although obviously it is unusual to have it on a sunday. the british and french wanted to try a stronger press statement. the russians and chinese objected and that is why the discussion went on for as long as it did. ...