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Let me start off by urging members, tomorrow there will be a intelligence briefing for the committee on both the issues at hand as well as potential military actions. so in this setting we are obviously somewhat constrained about what we might discuss with greater specificity tomorrow. mr. secretary, you make and have made a compelling case, and i think it's important, and i appreciate you reiterating the high degree of confidence that exists in our intelligence assessments. i think those are conditions precedent to be able to move forward. this weekend, i was at a soccer tournament, and i had...

From the members of the committee. in that regard, let me start off by urging members tomorrow there will be a intelligence briefing for the committee on both the issues at hand as well as potential military action. in this setting we are obviously somewhat con strained about what we might discuss with greater specificity tomorrow. mr. secretary, you make and have made a compelling case and i think it's important and i appreciate you reiterating the high degree of confidence that exists in our intelligence assessments, i think those are conditions precedent to move forward. this weekend i was ...

From the original cia talking points, notably the referencing of al qaeda, specific al qaeda -- >> that's actually incorrect. but keep going. >> okay. well, let me ask you, based on your assessment from everything that's in the e-mails that were released, is the state department more culpable than perhaps you personally first realized in terms of what they asked to be removed? >> culpable of what? what we saw from the beginning is the cia talk the lead in drafting talking points and the talking points became the source of all this faux controversy stirred up by republicans that were drafted by...

John kerry says they're not sure. >> like all intelligence assessments, there's no absolute certitude. our assessment was confirmed by british, french and american sources. but it's true that the usage of chemical weapons by the syrian regime or anybody in syria is being monitor bied by our intelligence agency and continues to be discussed at the highest levels between the israeli and u.s. governments. >> so it's not 100% sure? >> in that world, 100% is almost an oxy moron. but we're sharing our intelligence assessments. >> lastly, your reaction to reporting by the daily beast that multiple u....

Country is feeding half a million refugees and there is concern about political pressure that is putting on one of the most important alleys in the middle east. >> megyn: joining me is ralph peters, good to see you again. now, we have our defense secretary confirming that we believe chemical weapons were used. white house confirms it in a letter that was issued april 25th but said, our standard of evidence must build on these intelligence assessments as we speak seeking to establish credible and corroborated facts. now the press in particular folks on the right side are criticizing the adminis...