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>> good question. the outstanding question i have and not one person in washington has been able to answer it. if the united states helps to overthrow the assad regime and that's clear the direction we're moving, what comes next? the people who held you captive presumably would take over the country. >> there's no guarantee what will come after bashar al assad, if he goes. in my opinion, since i covered the conflict three times now and twice last year, there's a true notion of the rebel force. >> so, it's changed in the time you've been covering it? >> in my opinion, the first generation of fi...

You know, come on. this is big stuff. you're still out there traveling. how many days a year? >> 8200. when the economy tanked a few years ago, it's been a lot harder and, but you know we're glad far work and we love playing still. i've got a great band, kentucky thunder. they're unbelievable. they're on that record, but we still go out to the friends and because they love it.you know, m and dad bring the kids out than it was a few years ago. the economy, people can say it's going to get better, but it's not right now. >> you would see it first because that's the entertainment income. it's har...

Syria is a war for iran, something the administration will not admit and if we take out assad, we're empowering al-qaeda, the muslim brotherhood. >> double, jonathan, that the assad regime used chemical weapons? >> i do not. it's very hard to tell what's going on. to go inside the actual area that was shelled. >> just to be clear, you do not believe the assad regime used chemical weapons. what do you think happened? >> it could be very likely more islamists portions of the rebellion is using these. >> a false operation designed to bring the united states in the battle against assad? >> exactly...

If we get into this, are you going to be serious, how far are we going to go. we're still at war in afghanistan and have cut about a trillion dollars out of our defense over the next ten years. we're asking them to do more with less. >> now, this, all of this is predicated on the belief that assad himself ordered an attack against the syrian rebels. are you satisfied that we know this for sure? >> i think that the president has to go to the american people and the congress and convince them that we do know. they have said we know. they've said we have evidence. i haven't yet seen that evidence...

Little bit about what's being revealed about the night of the osama bin laden raid. >>brian: there is something we don't know? >>gretchen: there's photos coming out of the situation room. hillary clinton had her hand over her mouth and everyone was at ten alternative and we're watching -- was attentive and we're watching leon panetta give them the breakdown of what happened in that raid. apparently osama bin laden was killed around 3 p.m. washington, d.c. time. remember the president came out late that night, somewhere around 10 or 11 to say to the american public osama bin laden had been kill...