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definitely had an impact on degrading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly they have decided to keep conducting those attacks. and now it's had lethal consequences for american troops. we will weigh a set of options. the president will respond appropriately. the attacks need to stop. >> what is the legal basis? >> the constitution, commander in chief, the self-defense of our troops. the president has authority that take the action he needs to protect our troops and facilities overseas under article 2. >> the president faces a great deal of political pressure...

Schiavo. we know the limo failed to stop at this intersection. what we don't know is why. what are the first things the investigators are going to be looking at? >> well, the ntsb is on scene because these issues have come up in so many crashes. in fact, congress back in 2015 called on the ntsb and asked the ntsb if they wouldn't go to limo crashes and emphasize limo crashes because of the things they find. side impacts. yet, once these vehicles are modified to become limousines, often they don't have side air bags in them. rollover problems. but when they're modified, they don't have rollover...

I want to show everybody a picture. there is a train that is literally bent in half. >> see, you -- that brings to my attention a study conducted by the railroad association as a result of a side collision with a truck out in arizona, as i recall. and the study demonstrated that the side impacts on amtrack cars shows that it cannot withstand any kind of direct impact. so what we have here is from being looking at your tv screen another car must have struck the side of this car or -- that's the only explanation i can think

There are now going to be additional rules for blowout preventers. the rule making process is going to start in the next few months which would seem to be an acknowledgement that the standards now are too lax an they need to get tougher. if so, why give out permits now before the new rules are in place? >> you can always improve the equipment that's being used but that doesn't mean that you bring activities to a standstill until you can enhance those rules. i understand you've used the air bag metaphor in some of your program on this. for a long time air bags could not deal with side impacts. ...

Two days ago told reporters there are now going to be additional rules for blowout preventers. the rule making process is going to start in the next few months which would seem to be an acknowledgement that the standards now are too lax an they need to get tougher. if so, why give out permits now before the new rules are in place? >> you can always improve the equipment that's being used but that doesn't mean that you bring activities to a standstill until you can enhance those rules. i understand you've used the air bag metaphor in some of your program on this. for a long time air bags could ...