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Interfering with any investigation and calls for a halt in fighting in the area, so the investigators can have free rein of what remains of the plane. and however, russia was the main hold out, proposing several amend mament amendments, concerned that the ukraine would have a hand in the investigation. it was said, we will see how it works out. earlier the british ambassador said typical russian stalling tactics. >> many, many questions on this one. and its still continuing to be sickening to lo...

A lot of people say that nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. well, its the credible threat of force that has been on the table for these last weeks that has for the first time brought this regime to even acknowledge that they have a chemical weapons arsenal. and it is the threat of in of of this force that has motivated others to even talk about a real and credible international action that might have an impact. so how do you maintain that pressure? we have to continue to sh...

Testifying before the house armed services committee. >> so kerry makes it clear the administration is willing to listen to the russian proposal but will not fall for any kind of stalling tactics from the russians or syrians. heres what he had said. >> assads chief benefactor, the russians have sonded by saying that they would come up with a proposalto do exactly that and we have made it clear to them, i have in several conversations with foreign minister lavrov that this cannot condition be a p...

Be interested. a lot of people say that nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. well, its the credible threat of force that has been on the table for these last weeks that has, for the first time, brought this regime to even acknowledge that they have a chemical weapons arsenal. and it is the threat of this force, and our determination to hold assad accountable that has motivated others to even talk about a real and credible international action that might have an impact. so how...

Not ever be a strike. this is a vote to authorize a strike that may never happen because the diplomatic track, the administration is now really grasping onto this and going forward with it. and all of them saying theyre very hopeful but skeptical. so here youre going to press if youre the president. youre pressing liberal democrats in your caucus to vote for authorization. some of them facing constituents 80/20 against. youre going to vote for authorization, and it may never happen. its a tough ...

Threat of force thats driving the diplomacy. the secretary of state john kerry echoed that view during a congressional hearing today. >> a lot of people say that nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. well, its the credible threat of force that has been on the table for these last weeks that has for the first time brought this regime to even acknowledge that they have a chemical weapons arsenal. and it is the threat of this force and our determination to hold assad accountable ...

Patrick kennedy both hillary clintons undersecretary for management, the guy who basically runs the floor and now john kerrys undersecretary for management that there was any interference, any improper diversion of these cases basically anything at all. and that is also what the state department spokeswoman jen saki maintained from the podium today. >> this is going to be a big story in the papers tomorrow. thank you so much for coming on. anne gearan of "the washington post," kasie hunt. coming...

Department spokeswoman general socky jen saki maintained from the podium today. >> this is going to be a big story in the papers tomorrow. thank you so much for coming on. ann guerin of the washington post, kasie hunt. coming up, the senate vote to begin debate for cloture to kill the stalling tactics on immigration reform. a bipartisan gang of eight bill coming through here. that was the hard part coming up. what are the chances of a law that addresses board security and what to do with the mil...

Better, the pathway issue needs to be online. i think the strategy to move the legislation is the only way to go. to give stalling tactics and give more time are only that. theyre stalling tactics to prevent legislation from being passed, to drive id closernd to drive it more and consequently no action. thanks the worst thing we could do is take no action. >> back to senator sessions and vitter here, it was over the weekend on the sunday morning programs you had senator sessions making allegatio...

Luckily because she had fallen from the tenth floor balcony. they got her to a rope and she was safely lowered down a ladder to the ground. now heres your first look at the dish of scrambled politics. in the senate democratic leader harry reid briefly called a halt to all votes saying they used stalling tactics so one senator could claim he had to remain on the floor giving him an excuse to pull out of a scheduled debate in his home state. that republican, scott brown, did in fact return to bost...