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Diplomatic cover. this was not actually really a consulate. >> thats right, because the cia, there were more cia officers in the actual so-called alleged consulate than there were real state department employees. this goes back to if i could provide some systemic opening, i do believe that -- scandal is a pejorative word, but i think in the fog of terrorism, to use robin wrights fine phrase, why did the administration cling tie story about a protest in a video when gregory hicks just told congre...

0 to a new detail on abc news that those were revised 12 times and edited before they arrived on the sunday shows. they were made with input from the state department, and at least one of those edits was apparently designed to make it harder for members of congress to, quote, beat up the state department. in other words, some people working inside the government and in politics edited some talking points to protect themselves politically. and if that is a scandal in washington, then every single...

Grassroots leaders and try to garner more attention for them, be their mega phone, be their voice. >> j.d., what is the united states doing diplomatically to help fight the scourge? >> when we traveled to the congo with the raise hope for congo campaign we partnered with grassroots leaders, congolese and international activist are saying no more to electronics that fund rape and war. the u.s. government has been a leading partner in public and private alliances setting up conflict free models in...

Which is increasingly picking up speed in d.c.. >> jd stier and robyn wright thank you for bringing this to our attention. >> thank you. and after a quick break, chris will take the chair. im off to moderate the first ever google plus hangout with secretary of state john kerry. watch it live on the state departments google plus page and right here on msnbc. time for the entrepreneur of the week. alex garza of dallas runs four pizza patrone franchises. garza says latino customers are attracte...

You work for it. >> our agreement is an affiliation, claire. worldwell isnt your very willin vessel. >> yes it is entirely. >> thats not what you proposed six months ago. >> its what you signed up when you signed the contract. >> there was a good faith understanding -- >> you dissolved that good faith by disobeying you. >> disobeying you? >> yes. >> shes tough, as claire underwood in the netflix "house of cards" robin wright plays a ruthless politicians wife and philanthropist. in real life the ...

These conflict zones, women need protection, and they need it a lot faster than diplomacy and slow negotiations can help. >> exactly. which is why we need this envoy implemented so that they have protection on the ground to help these women, that what was beautiful about meeting them is they have such hope, theres such a glimmer in their eye that they will have a future, and when hillary traveled to the congo, she came back to america and said to our people, this is the unfinished business of th...

Campaign and campaign manager j.d. steer. robin, how did you get involved in your work on behalf of the congo? >> when i first learned that my phone was and does contain minerals that was fueling rape and war in eastern congo, i just felt it was my duty to act. >> and tell us more about that connection. >> when i got involved with the raise help for congo campaign i didnt understand why these women were being raped, what was going on, on the ground and i was told that minerals that come out of t...

negative at this point. hes not connected to any other missing persons case at this point. they are running that same dna through the national database to find out whether castro could be connected to any missing persons, any of the missing persons cases throughout this country. you mentioned the death penalty being on the table. we found out during a news conference from the cuyahoga county prosecutor that was something he was looking at, he was going to use the fact that castro was r...

Against civilians. >> president obama has talked about red lines. do you think assad has crossed a red line? >> not just for one time. many, many times he crossed the red line. >> what do you hope the united states does? >> i like them to help us to have no fly zone for the whole country. >> richard engel joins us from turkey. robin wright is with the wood row wilson center. give us your appraisal of the possibility that we can find somebody over there that we can agree with and help on the rebe...

Leets watch. >> the regime used chemical weapons more than four times against civilians. >> president obama has talked about red lines. do you think assad has crossed a red line? >> not just for one time. many, many times he crossed the red line. >> what do you hope the united states does? >> i like them to help us to have no fly zone for the whole country. >> richard engel joins us from turkey. robin wright is with the wood row wilson center. give us your appraisal of the possibility that we ca...