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In retrospect there should have been an intensive lobbying or consultation effort by the white house and the administration on this issue ever since the president issued his statement at a press conference august 20th, 2012, there was a red line. if syria used chemical weapons, that was going to change his call cue lugs, he said. -- calculus. he should have been in consultation with members congress because if he had been, he might face a much more favorable outlook on capitol hill this week. jon: i can think of a lost military actions that recent presidents have launched, grenada, panama, som...

Important information whether or not to bomb syria. the first thing, how we got here. remember, march 2011 in the wake of the arab spring violence starts in syria after a group of teens and children are arrested for writing graffiti. dozens are killed when security forces cracked down on demonstrations sparking what we know as the civil war. august 20th, 2012 another flash point, president obama says this about potential u.s. involvement. >> red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculous. that would change my...

He is the bad cop and i'm the good cop. >> it is the same old line over and over again because he is abdicating authority and responsibility. it is never his fault. he doesn't want to accept it. when you look at the facts, he has more tentacles on wars than any. the military action or involvement, et cetera. the more he pushes this and the more he pushes kerry out to action. >> i cannot believe you referred to him as an octopus. i can't believe it. let's pretend i'm a politician leaning toward yes. how would you convince me to say no? >> i don't think you need much convincing. i think the amer...

Used, martha. but we hope we will have more information soon. martha: conor, thank you very much. i mentioned this before when we talked to ambassador bolton about what the white house had said in the past about the use of chemical weapons in syria and now we have the quote, this is president obama from august 20th, 2012. he said we can not have a situation where chemical or biological weapons are falling into the hands of the wrong people. we've been very clear to the assad regime but also to other players on the ground that is a red line for us. if we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical w...

Extends not just to them but to their families. >> kneel surer is a new york attorney representing 164 victims of the fort hood shooting klugmaning and stratton in a several cas-- civil case. they will be suffering from ptsd for the rest of their lives probably. >> the court-martial is set for august 20th, 2012. he sported a full beard which is against army regulations. >> the legal outcome i would like is death. >> would you be okay with that? would i be okay with the death penalty, yeah. it might be too easy for what he did. >> holding the rank of army major he is fairly lied from the neck d...