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Fix it. >> you didn't give me a chance. what i'm going to say is she's aligned herself with people who are anticoal and she thinks that's going to translate. i'm just reporting. >> just a minute. just a minute. rick, i think you're dealing in prop here. she has said she's opposed to obama's coal policy. why don't people want to correct the record when they have a chance? you've got a perfect chance. >> she has a chance to go out and say you know what? ricket tyler was wrong. >> i'm going to hold my nose while i work for him. folks who are close to him sometimes have obstacles with him. look, e...

0 both sides don't like this idea of going to war. what's it like going home to new york? >> no one wanted to go to war. they also were concerned about doing something unilaterally, wanted a more international coalition as to whatever was going to be done. they wanted to make sure it was deliberate. in my district, my individuals are asking me to get as much information as i can. to make a deliberate and a well-thought through decision as to what i should do. but they definitely would not do not want to go to war, but at the same token, they want to make sure chemical weapons are not utilized ...

>> jamie: imagine if you were a parent here in america and you had an investigation going on in another country about your son's death. that's exactly what happened to shane todd's parents after his body was found in a sing apoor apartment last june. police in sing poor declared it an suicide almost immediately, shane's parents have ho have traveled to singapore and spent a lot of time there just left the country convinced that the evidence was faked. the investigation was rigged and they don't have any answers. here are shane todd's parents mary and rick todd joining us today. thank you very ...

>> jamie: todd had expressed concern about his life. he told his girlfriend and others that somebody was coming after him? >> yes. >> jamie: first, the american government, a lot of people and a lot of parents must be sitting out there right now saying my goodness my child is serving overseas or working overseas, would they not be predicted? what has our government done and what have they haven't done that you would like them to do to do. >> the fbi played into the hands of the singapore government. they helped them try to prove the case from the beginning. actually, our senators in montana ha...

Firm. but did his work make him a target? >> reporter: shane todd, 31 years old, had a phd in electrical engineering and by all accounts a very bright future. he was working for the institute of micro electronics or ime, a prominent singapore research facility. his project involved creating faster, more powerful semiconductors. his parents say that in his last few months he was stressed, even expressing fear for his life. he had told them he didn't feel right about his work. that it might be illegal, even a risk to u.s. national security. with little faith in the singapore police and the fbi u...