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>> well, and we were just putting the rankings there up on the screen. in fact, if you look at the middle east, look at some of the countries weve been involved to greater or lesser extent, theyre not doing well. afghanistan is seven. iraq is 13. i mean, in a way, its surprising that syria is as high as 15 considering whats going on there. so lessons to be taken from, you know, places that we have intervened recently? they arent faring so well. >> no, theyre certainly not faring so well. lets re...

Over into iraq. that was just bombings earlier today in lebanon. more of the sectarian violence that is spilling out of the entire region. and i dont know when you talk about what the u.s. is considering. i havent heard any concrete options. ive spoken to many people in washington, many people in the military, and they say that theres not a lot of guidance they dont -- is it going to be a no-fly zone, cruise missiles, is it going to be push for democracy, push for containment, is it a push to su...

Up all of its power. they have already dissolved the muslim brotherhood controlled parliament. and they dont appear in any mood to take orders from this new muslim brotherhood president. so at worst he may end up finding himself simply a puppet president. at best he may find himself in some sort of awkward power sharing situation with the egyptian military. while they might not ever publy admit it that might be exactly what u.s. officials would prefer, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt with us ton...

Last year. officials say drug traffickers stabbed and decapitated this man. his body found in a pool of blood on the floor of his own apartment back in chandler, arizona last october. his severed let several feet away. its believed to be the first cartel beheading in the united states. the victim reportedly a member of a different drug gang, police say he stole 400 pounds of main and methamphetamine from a rival outfit then told that cartel the border patrol had seize the drugs. the cartel had h...

Good morning to you, it is 8:00 here in new york on this tuesday, august 3rd. >> good morning to you. thanks so much for being with us. lots to talk about this morning, get you right to t going for the kill. bp says today could be the day, after yet another delay in the gulf of mexico yesterday. the company says it postponed a key test that needs to happen before the so-called static kill operation can begin. it is a small hydraulic leak they hope to get fixed today. we are live on the gulf co...

Techniques where people are required to turn one another into authorities on any suspicion of documentation. but supporters say its about safety, they talk about the drug war spilling into the united states, they talk about the rancher in arizona, robert crenz, who was shot and killed allegedly by an illegal immigrant, they maintain this is the feds authority to make our borders secure, theyre not doing their job now, and its up to the state. listen. >> essentially, weve given up american territ...

Iran is saying they will protect the shiite smemorable. and the big scare, jon, is this wont just be a civil war in iraq, but a regioninal war spilling over into the other countries. >> as the white house is weighing options we have david deptula here and he led air campaigns over iraq and afghanistan. it is great to have you on the program. i would like to know if you think airstrikes are the way to go but first what is the key to

And some others would play politics. but theyre going to do that anyhow. as far as the war spilling out of the syrias borders and having uncontrolled consequences? thats happening now. thats already happening. >> all right. eugene robinson, great to have you with us tonight. >> great to be here. remember to answer tonights question. if el were putting something on our blog, i would say dont do it. whos going to pay for it? i need republicans to step up and say, hey, were going to pay for this,...