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good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." you don't often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he held his ground against calls for his resignation. dana watched it all unfold. >> a botched gun-ru...

good morning from washington. watch out, it's friday the 13th. this is the daily rundown. i'm chuck todd. get right to my first reads of the morning. welcome to the world of the shiny metal object. a person no one agrees with his igniteded a mefrd controversy, rather than sparking a debate about the role of women in and out of the workplace, a debate have and making that decision, the last 24 hours has turned into hilary rosen versus everybody else. the democratic strategist and cnn paid commentator tried defend herself yesterday after she set off a fire storm on cable and social med...

Some of the top republican senators are telling us that they want to take some action to make it easier for there to be a path to some type of citizenship. marco rubio very smartly is focusing on young people who have -- were born -- or who have come into this country. one of his ideas is people who are trying to enlist in the military. also republicans are talking about maybe something short of full citizenship. but some action that would show that the republicans care about these younger people. among the senators who have been leading this are senator saxby chambliss of georgia, coming up h...

silence. >> and that was followed by a moment of silence as seen on the house floor earlier today on the c-span networks. the congressman with reference to the incident yesterday, the tragic incident at chardon, ohio. speaker bey ne down playing gun legislation. he was asked about this at a news conference earlier today. >> the tragedy in ohio yesterday, your home state, do you think that tragedy will prompt any new legislation in this country? >> well, clearly, our hearts go out to the families of those two victims. the violence like this should not be tolerated in our society. let'...

welcome, everybody, on a tuesday, hope you had a great labor day weekend. time to get back at it, i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum. it's a devastating scene across central texas, according to officials, fires are burning everywhere, thousands are forced into shelters, waiting to see if they have anything to come home to. >> i know i was outside working on my car and i happened to look up and i saw the flames -- not the flames but the smoke so i grabbed my family and started gathering my personal belongings. >> we didn't know where to go. it was to the -- it was to the po...