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Iran said we better not touch syria, paraphrasing it. should that be deterrent for us? >> no, the syrians think president obama is weak and are trying to bully him. in this context it will have the opposite effect and convince him he has to do something, lob a couple cruise missiles or more into syria to prove he has, quote, unquote, done something. the real issue here is what to do about iran. let's face it, the assad regime after two years of conflict would not be in power if it were not for russia and iran, and primarily iran. looking at syria is looking as tragic as it is is looking in a s...

Chemical weapons. they may have had russian assistance to do that. i think the syrians thought they were buying time and may yet, but the rhetoric from the white house is undoubtedly stepped up. of course, we have been down that road before as well. i think the real problem for the united states is that the administration is reacting more out of political concern than from strategic thinking. the president looked very foolish, very weak six months ago when chemical weapons were first reported used on a large scale, crossing the red line that the president himself drew a year ago and the presid...

Warning that there would be grave consequences in that region to the security in the middle east, if we should suddenly use our military with regard to syria. in fact, we have a little bit from a lawmaker, mike mccall, republican out of texas, who talks about that tenuous relationship now with russia. let's watch that and then we'll talk more. >> the relationship between the white house and the putin administration is so bad and lacks so much credibility that i think it is very difficult. we have a shared interest. i believe the rugs don't want chemical weapons used, as does the united states,...

On one other button that the president highlighted last week when he wondered what his international authority was to launch military action. and thinking specifically of the u.n. security council where russia has a veto. frankly, i don't think the united states should care one wit whether we have a security council resolution or not. this is thinking in a european way, who has authorized me to do this, as opposed to thinking in the traditional american way, who is prohibiting me from doing this. while i think we ought to disregard it, i think the russians know the president's psychology and t...

Iran, one from russia. if our military were to make a move in syria outside the united nations. to get a better idea what the threats mean and whether they would actually deter us making a move, we bring in former u.s. ambassador to united nations, john bolton. i'll ask him about it. an inferno burning near the northern border of yosemite national park covers well over 200 square miles. that breaking development just hours ago. it is now the size of the city of chicago. just overnight it grew by more than seven square miles in size. firefighters faced with strong winds in the forecast for to...