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Disappointed back in 2013 in the united states congress. because i was there with john kerry when he went up to testify. we asked congress for permission to take those strikes. and congress said no. hundreds of members of congress wrote us a letter saying come to us, we deserve a role in in a y of whether we take strikes. i havent heard any of those members in congress over the past 24 hours say the same thing. >> martha: the congress has 48 hours to go to congress for permission. there is a sit...

Lets remember that. he was the guy that convinced assad to get rid of all these weapons, or so we thought. this doesnt make him look like a hero, and so i can imagine a scenario where they do not overreact because after all, this has been a very limited attack. this is not an escalatory attack. this is not regime change just as all your previous guests have said. i could foresee a response that was much more muted than you might otherwise think. but because putin himself was involved in getting ...

Leaders get down to business. >> on the campaign trail he sounded so angry about china and used such heated rhetoric that you could imagine that it would be tense when they meet today because youve said weve got to stop the abuse. unless the president just does something completely different and back peddles and used charm offenses. what do you predict? >> i know there will be a little bit of both. tons of people who have been in meetings with him have described that side of him. but i dont -- i...

President was normal. right before his statement on syria, this is not normal for a president. it creates a huge distraction, gets tons of coverage and yesterday should have been about project strength as he did on syria. but it is pure trump and classic trump for him to also be willing to address bill oreilly. theres no reason to address it, none. >> none at all. alleys, wh elise, what do you think? >> i guess he can juggle multiple issues at a time that are of importance to him. its shocking t...

Celebrities being paid tons of money to sell soda. kendall jenner, bravely leading a protest, facing riot police, armed only with a can of pepsi. we thought martin luther king was special. ♪ ♪ >> greg: really? its that easy? that solid tow, hot protesters bearing carbonation. move aside, rosa parks. hit the road, mother theresa.

Going to be a particularly hard debate to have, if we ever really have one. when it comes to whether or not u.s. troops should be fighting inside syria in significant numbers, americans have found that to be a very difficult question to ask. the last tim the u.s. government confronted the issue of chemical weapons being used by the syrian military against their own civilian population, last time this issue arose was in 2013. david corn today did a really good round-up of how the man who is now o...

Bunch of republicans saying, all right, forget you. ill work with the democrats. did that get you guys into action? >> im very impressed with the presidents willing tons make sure that the white house and the white house team and the vice president and even himself have been able throughout this entire health care debate. as a matter of fact, i spent two meetings a few weeks ago before the first bill was pulled and the president was clearly supportive of our efforts, and thats why i want to give...

About surveillance and leaks. i mean how effective are those tweets? shouldnt he be calling more attention to some of the accomplishments? why is he focusing so much on that other issue? >> well, look, i think first of all thanks for putting that up on the screen. i think it is very fair to point out how many things this president has gotten done in the first 65 days of his administration. >> why isnt the president pointing those things out himself. instead he is talking about surveilled yajs an...

Well as negotiating with mexico. i mean, theres tons of things on his plate. when it comes to foreign policy, who is running it? >> yeah. >> does it come from the state department? is it jared kushner? is it the u.n. ambassador? >> once again, thats a question that everybody has here in washington. i mean, to generalize this, what isnt jared kushner working on these days? hes tasked with everything from spurring american innovation to solving the mideast peace crisis, youre right. so, its a comp...

Do to stop it from ever happening again. this needs to be a joint investigation and it ought to be open and bipartisan. >> so you dont -- you dont agree with those who say this is much ado about nothing? you think the pieces of evidence we have are enough to suggest we need to figure this out? >> yes. i think we have to figure it out. look, theres tons of smoke. we dont know how much fire there is, but we know theres a lot of smoke. you cant just allow that to cloud this administration for the n...