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Show that he cares. >> do you think that maybe he doesn't get it? because that is rather surprising, arming rebels, it could be a slippery slope. maybe we will be more engagedin syria, maybe yes, maybe no. but he is the commander in chief, it's stunning to most people that something so important as arming someone to overthrow another government, you would think that would be something that the president of the united states would speak to the american people about. >> you are talking about committing our resources. 30 years ago, we had an horrific event when we put the u.s. military forces in ...

Months now. so go president obama said last august would "cross a red line." our growing role comes as the civil war, which killed more than 90,000, threatens to push far beyond syria borders, hezbollah is sending fighters in to syria from neighboring lebanon, supporting president assaad. and american fighter jets and patriot missiles will stay in the area after joint military exercises end later this month. tough talk from egypt president muhammad morsi. tough talk to president assaad. >> reporter: arming rebels will reportedly take place through turkey. thousands of troops in jordan

Consequenc consequences. >> look you have england and the united states talking about arming rebels. do you think they need more support in overturning assad? >> i think it's a number of o options that have got to be considered. russia is there at the g-8 next week. they'll have to look at a number of options creating a zone that which is free of conflict. there's one option that's been looked at and the question of arms is another issue. i would prefer myself to do what i'm doing to concentrate on also the humanitarian consequences and what we need to do as a world and where the tragedies occ...

Make no mistake about it. >> shannon: all right. we are hearing from the france foreign minister, pushing for july to have this international get-together in geneva to talk about trying to move forward. but with all the information actors involved, russia and iran and others, what do you see as a possibility for peace talks? do they have any reap help? >> no. assad will stay in power. the rebels will not want that to happen. the russians, i believe have been playing us for a long time, holding out the olive branch, buying time for assad and they are providing technology and resources. they kno...

Cruz who can protect america's golf courses? >> yes. we could have ted cruz be the republican -- as you know, the republican party, in the aftermath of 2012, they're all convinced that the problem is not with their policies and their ideas like the one you just mentioned, but rather with their message and messenger. i think that's part of the appeal of someone like a ted cruz. that being said, again, if we just look at the demographics of the country, what he's talking about in that kind of extremism is not where the majority of americans are. but once again, i think i think the it's likely th...