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All together. we know what s going to come out of the u.n. security council. by himself and do anything. a russian security council, you re not going to see, likely, a resolution that s passed. it will probably be vetoed, anything he puts forward. this thing in syria has been going on a long time. it s not like we haven t been cautious already. at the very least, we can try to create some sort of space to allow the u.n. to go in and determine, were there even chemical weapons used, and to get that on the books, so if there s going to be any assumption about what s happening in syria, it s going to be based on fact. there s no question that assad is murdering his people. i m not saying we should go in, but i m saying that s the fact of the matter. david, one of the issues that s been raised in this broadcast today and over the past week on our air and in print a great deal as well is, what happens after assad? i mean, the fall of bashar al assad is inevitable, it s imminent. ....
Air strikes, as the president was traveling to the ohio state university for that commencement address, that the white house, while it wouldn t speak directly to those air strikes, did once again saying that it is in close contact with the israelis, and that it has that the israelis have justified concern to worry about advanced weaponry making its way from iran to hezbollah in lebanon. it s believed that the missiles were those being targeted by the israelis right now. but specifically, at least publicly, the white house is not referring to exactly what happened there. peter alexander from the white house for us on this sunday afternoon. pete, thanks so much. let s talk a little bit more about that red line. the brain trust is here. ayesha moody mills, at the center for american progress, david nakamura covers the white house for the washington post, and boras epstein is back, contributor at the daily caller. good to have all three of you with me on this sunday afternoon. david, ....
And prod and point fingers. there s a whole funding element, a budgetary element to this that no one is talking about. they needed to have more security there, people didn t want to fund it, oh, we can t fund it. for the republicans, i think they re trying to detract for that. they re trying to say, we re going to go the witch hunt, but we re not going to talk about why we don t think there are certain funding priorities that should go into our councils. that s rather unfair, though. during a hearing, that could come out as well. i would point out, if we have a situation in libya where there s ongoing military actions, obviously a hot spot, there s enough funding to make sure people are protected, the ambassador is protected. david, what s the official line that s being given for the reason for these hearings? well, i think that these witnesses have come forward fairly recently and some of them have said that they have been intimidated, they have not been allowed to testify, they ....
Was. so anything the obama administration is saying to the contrary is that s not true. if they go forward with these hearings, there could be enough questions about who s going to intimidate you from coming forward. and that could be as damaging as anything, because we have covered the benghazi situation so long now. and so, you know, the question of, has there been intimidation and how high did that reach? that could be part of what some of that congressman tried to get at. david, let s go ahead and pivot here, guys. obviously, the benghazi hearings this week. also, of course, immigration. oh, yeah, by the way. lawmakers returned to capitol hill, finally going to take up this immigration reform bill, about 850 pages long. no one i can t remember where i read this, but somebody has already said, there s not a single senator or congressperson who s actually read the entire bill or even come close to i don t even know but i do want to talk about one component. and again, i wan ....
Interview with an uncle of one of the boston bombing suspects, ruslan tsarnaev. ruslan tsarnaev within the into the funeral home where the body of tamerlan tsarnaev is being kept and is making arrangements for burial, but says that he does not have a place to bury the body just yet. he talked to us just a short time ago. take a listen. we re here to prepare his body, to wash him and shroud him, to prepare his body. again, that s the uncle. meanwhile, the boston globe is reporting that an independent autopsy on the body requested by the parents is scheduled for today. david phillipbaum is a reporter of the boston globe who wrote that story. david, first of all, what are you hearing about the fate of tsarnaev s body today? well, i think that ruslan tsarnaev, who s sort of been the voice of reason here for the family, he lives in the united states, i think he knows what the mood is here, he s stepping back from that now. ....