Week that seem to show the assad regime is engaged in the largest use of chemical weapons since Saddam Hussein attacked his people a quarter century ago. Bob returned. We are told u. S. Navy ships are moving closer to the coast of syria. President obama says this is a big event of grave concern but the president then adds we need to act deliberately. What weve seen is that folks will call for immediate action jumping into stuff that does not turn out well. Gets us mired in very difficult situations. Senator corker, how much proof does president obama need, and if he decide that Bashir El Assad used chemical weapons on a large scale against his people, what should he do . Chris, the amount of social media coming out of syria indicates this is not something where Opposition Forces have contrived something. I think its very evident that regime has acted in this way. I do think its always good to be cautious, but my sense is that this has happened. I think we will respond in a surgical way. I hope the president , soon as we get back to washington, will ask for authorization from congress to do something at a very surgical and proportional way. Something that gets their attention, that causes them to understand we are not going to put up with this kind of activity. At the same time, i hope its the kind of action that doesnt move us away from the policy we have right now where we want to see the Syrian Opposition group taking the lead on the ground. I hope well move our training up. I know we are doing it covertly now. I think we need to move to more industrial Strength Training on the ground. We need to tilt the balance a little bit more as it relates to the Opposition Group on the ground. I dont want our actions that are in response to this Chemical Warfare to alter that. I do think we have to respond. Let me ask you senator, let me pick up on two parts of that. You say wait until Congress Comes back. You think the world can afford to wait a couple more weeks . When you talk about a surgical action, what are you saying . Air strikes . Either missile strikes or jet fighter strikes or offshore, Long Distance . I think there are numbers of things we can do from the ships we have based off the coast and other things we can do from countries nearby. Youre aware we have people on the ground in very nearby locations. Obviously not boots on the ground. I do think we will take action. Additional activities, we should respond. I think its time for us to take a step up and take responsibilities here, too. My guess is they will. Ive been talking with this recently this week. I think they will come back. I think they will ask congress for authorization. I hope elliot and i will Work Together to make that happen, but i do think you are going to see actions taking place there. I do hope the United States force group will be able to get in and verify whats happening. Even if not, i think there are indications that this is real. This was not contrived. Obviously, the world is a better place when the United States takes leadership. This is time for us to do this. I hope we will do it soon. Let me bring in congressman angel. Does it make sense for the u. S. Military to take action should the effort be to topple assad or to punish him, to basically warn him no more use of chemical weapons . What is your sense of the time frame . I think we have to act rather quickly. I think the horrific killings of people murdering his own people, hes been doing it for a while now, but obviously the gas that was used to kill his own people, i think we have to respond. I think we have to respond in conjunction with our nato allies. We have to respond much, i think, as was done in libya with the nato allies. And i think we cannot afford to sit back and wait we certainly cannot wait for the united nations. The russians are there to block everything with their veto. I look at this situation as analagous to cose voechlt kosovo. The russians were blocking any kind of resolution in the u. S. We should act and should act for humanitarian puf humanitarian purposes and its in our how would you react . Missile strikes, enforcing the nofly zone . I would certainly do cruise and missile strikes. You can do that with without boots on the ground, without having americans in harms way. You can destroy the runways, you could destroy his munitions and destroy his fuel. There are lots and lots of things we could do. We could even destroy the Syrian Air Force if we wanted to. I set a letter to general dempsey to ask what options want we do. We have to move and move quickly. I agree Congress Needs to be involved. But perhaps not initially. Perhaps the president could start and then Congress Needs to resolve it and ascent to it. We cannot sit still. Weve got to move and move quickly. Its a dangerous neighborhood. Lets turn to egypt. Former dictator mubarak was released from prison, sent to a Military Hospital with surprisingly little public protest. At the same time the elected president Muhammed Morsi remains in custody. The white house continues to say that a coup is not a coup. Take a look. We concluded that its not in the best interest of the United States to reach a determination on a coup. That is a decision that will be set aside and that we will evaluate our assistance to the egyptians. Senator corker, is it time to choose a side in this struggle . The military or the Muslim Brotherhood . And how do you feel about the fact we are continuing to withhold, not cut off but withhold at least half our military aid this year to the Egyptian Military . Should we go ahead and release that . Look, chris, there are all kinds of machinations relative to the aid and whether its obligated. At the end of the day, we had the same kind of relationship with the Egyptian Military 35 years. I think its time for us to recalibrate it as i said many times. On the other hand we have 11,000 military officers in the Egyptian Military that have trained in the United States. They rely upon our country for parts. I think each year we ship about 35,000 parts to the military. Certainly we want them to continue to function. Look, we need to have a healthy relationship with the military there. It looks over the last few days that theyve been acting in a way that certainly has created security, but not stepping over the top. I think we are beginning, hopefully, i know this is maybe a few days of calmness, but we are beginning to move in the right direction. I think all of us know sometimes we try to move too quickly towards democracy. We authentthink elections make democracy occur. Sometimes the governance piece doesnt follow. Im beginning to see things take shape in a way that i think make sense. No doubt there will be some suspensions. We are going to keep that relationship. It is in our national interest. We have First Priority in the suez canal. Its important to americans and important to us to have security in that region. Excuse me, sir. Let me bring in congressman engle. Time to choose a side in egypt . If ive got to choose a side from the United States point of view between Muslim Brotherhood and military, i would certainly not choose the Muslim Brotherhood. We need to nudge the military toward democracy and push them towards the civilian rule. We had a 35year relationship with them. Its time to use that relationship with them. We need to work with them. Morsi from the Muslim Brotherhood, in my opinion, was trying to destroy democracy in egypt. The United States needs to look at our interests. You know they do give us over flights over egypt. They put our ships in priority in the suez canal. I dont like when they kill people we have to stand and nudge them, but i think the military relationship we had with the military, i think it needs to continue and we need to work with them. Another story, the nsa story where it seems that almost every day there is another revelation that comes out about the fact that the nsa, our government had access to more information, communications involving americans than we had suspected or thought, that they have violated their own rules in collecting thousands of domestic emails. Senator corker, you have called for the head of the nsa, general Keith Alexander to brief congress when you get back in september. Let me ask you a direct question, sir. As the Top Republican on Senate Foreign relations, as you sit here today, do you feel you actually know what the government is and isnt doing in surveilling americans . No. I mean i dont think there are many people work harder than i do. Im not on the Intelligence Committee. Obviously, they are privy to information that i am not. Absolutely not. Thats why i wrote a letter this week to the president , ask that the head of this organization come in and brief folks from top to bottom to explain every program thats under way, understand so we can understand its intent and to understand how appropriate oversight is taking place. Look, i appreciate efforts to keep americans secure. At the same time, this is in front of us. We are not in front of it. Every day there are stories, as you judge just mentioned, that are leaked out. The American People want to know that those of us who are elected, elliot and i, understand fully whats happening here. I dont think we do. I would imagine there are even members of the Intelligence Committee themselves that dont fully understand the gambit of things taking place. Its our responsibility to know those things, to ensure theyre in balance, and i hope as soon as we get back there will be a full briefing from top to bottom so that can happen. We have just about a minute left. Congressman engle, some time back you voted against reauthorization of the patriot act. How far would you go in limiting government surveillance of americans . You know we had an amendment to the appropriations bill cutting off the funding for the nsa surveillance. I voted against that because i dont think you can just cut off a program. You need to replace it with something. I am troubled by the things coming out day after day showing that we have not really been told the truth. I do think that Congress Needs to revisit this whole issue and come up with a plan. What ive seen so far is really unsatisfactory. Im troubled by that. We need to revamp the program. Thank you for coming in today. Well stay on top of all these stories. Thank you. Up next, a thrill killing in appalled at the behavior of these three children. Shock and outrage on two continents after prosecutors say a group of teens murdered an Australian College student because they were bored. Well speak with the governor of oklahoma and the d. A. Handling the case. Vo two years of grad school. 20 years with the company. Thousands of presentations. And one hard earned partnership. It took a lot of work to get this far. So now im supposed to take a back seat when it comes to my investments . Theres zero chance of that happening. Avo when you work with a schwab financial consultant, youll get the guidance you need with the control you want. Talk to us today. Every day were working to and to keep our commitments. And weve made a big commitment to america. Bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. Through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u. S. Than any other place in the world. 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First, we want to get the latest on the case from the Stevens CountyDistrict Attorney jason hicks. We are learning more, especially about one of the suspects, 15yearold James Edwards. He put videos on the web which we see him playing with a gun, flashing gang signs. He tweeted a number of racist messages including this one, 90 of white people are nasty, hash tag hate them, yet you say you dont intend to treat this as a racerelated crime. Sir, why not . Well, good morning, chris. The reason that im not going to be treating this as a hate crime is as far as the evidence goes directly linked to the murder of christopher lane there is nothing inside the files and audio and reports weve been given that would lead us to believe christopher lane was killed simply because of his nationality or because of his race. In the state of oklahoma, our hate crime statute is a misdemeanor. I believe its more important for us to focus on the death of christopher lane than to focus on the hate and whatnot that edwards spewed. With respect to those tweets, i dont have any evidence in my possession at this time that would allow me to prove that that account is actually owned by edwards or edwards was the one who actually tweeted those statements. Let me ask but another aspect of this. We heard some Shocking Stories about these three suspects, callous indifference. Is it true this 15yearold James Edwards was dancing at the Police Station while being booked for this murder . Yes, that is true. I described that to the court on tuesday when i was asking the court to hold him without bail here inside the Stevens County jail. The description would have been he was dancing, doing twirls, laughing and cutting up during the booking process. He thought the whole thing was a joke. Which brings me to the big question. I dont know if you can answer it any better than we can. You see these suspects were running around the apartment complex they live playing violent video games and raising themselves. James edwards mother is in jail. That is no excuse. Is that part of the explanation . How have you wrapped your head around the idea these three young men were so utterly indifferent to life and death . I dont know ill ever be able to wrap my mind completely around the why or how three individuals could have such a callous attitude and drive down the road and pull the trigger and take the life of somebody out for a jog. I dont know that ill ever be able to give an explanation as to why there. Some of the information that we have indicates they ran loose at an apartment complex here in duncan and really had no parental supervision and had a lot of time playing video games inside their home. To completely understand the why, i dont think ill ever be able to do that because its such a senseless act of violence. I want to go through a couple of questions about where we go from here . Whats the time line when these three, you call them thugs, which is certainly not wrong, when these three will face trial . Right. I think my description of them as thugs is actually right. I dont think theyre children. They decided to play an adult game and have taken the life of another human being. As far as timeline goes, first part of october there will be preliminary hearing conferences for edwards and luna. Then well have a preliminary hearing scheduled for jones at the first part of october, as well. Anticipate getting through the preliminary hearings. Then getting them to trial some time within 12 to 18 months. How strong a case do you think you have, mr. Hicks . I think ive got a very strong case, otherwise we wouldnt be where we are today. Briefly, if convicted, the two charges with first degree felony murder, edwards and luna, whats the maximum penalty they could face . Life without parole. In oklahoma murder one charge carries life, life without parole or the Death Penalty. Because of their age, prohibited by the United StatesSupreme Court from seeking the Death Penalty so the maximum for those two would be life without parole. Mr. Hicks, thank you so much for coming and talking with us today. Thank you, sir. Very good. Thank you, chris. I spoke earlier with the governor of oklahoma mary fallon. Governor, we associate these kind of coldblooded murders with inner cities, not smalltown oklahoma. How much has this case shaken your state . Its absolutely shaken our state down to the core. It unimaginable, unbelievable that something this tragic could happen in the state of oklahoma, especially in one of our great communities in our state in duncan, oklahoma. We are all heart broken. We are shocked and just cant believe that something this horrible could happen to someone who was a very active member of the community, someone who was an active member of the student campus, beloved by his friends