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Foreign minister has come out with a very robust statement suggesting this is nothing short of a smear against saudi arabia and the future strength of saudi arabia that will define the future of the region and really going to bat for the saudis, while the saudis figure out how to react to something that whatever the truth of what went on inside that consulate, is already having very profound diplomatic and potentially economic effects. and from the western perspective, of course, they have to go slightly softly, softly, kate, because saudi arabia is seen as a key ally in the fight against viol...

In iraq. the surge worked in iraq not just because general petraeus is a really smart guy and the u.s. military's wonderful. it's because we allied with sunnis, in the sunni belt around baghdad. we helped them achieve some security. our war against islamic extremism, whatever you want to call the radical violent islam, involves working with peaceful muslims and that's by far the majority of islam. if we send out signals we are only fighting for one religion and not for humanity, then it's going to be harder for us to ally with muslims and there's so many that want to work with us. >> i think t...

There is controversy. already you have republican representative paul gosar of arizona, a catholic, announcing he's boycotting the pope's address to congress thursday citing the pope will focus on climate change. he says if the pope stuck to standard christian theology i would be the first in line. if the pope spoke out with moral authority against violent islam, i would be there cheering him on. he goes on to say that he does not though appreciate the pope's potential focus on climate change. what is your reaction to some lawmakers even those who say that they are catholic criticizing the pot...

He released the statement saying the pope stuck to standard christian theology, i would be the first in line. if the spoke spoke out with moral authority against violent islam, i would be there cheering him on, but when the pope chooses and acts and talks like a leftist politician then he can expect to be treated by one. should we be surprised by that? >> this has become more and more common. there's a situation where you had democrats who boycotted israel's prime minister netanyahu's speech to congress a few weeks ago, and the democrats were objecting to the way in which netanyahu was invited...

About radical and militant and violent islam. >> also the confidence of the gunmen in the middle of the day essentially in paris on a street to drive up, they obviously have some level of training able to use kalashnikovs executing a police officer right there on the street executing the journalists, these cartoonists we believe in their offices and to mach a getaway and calmly pick up a shoe as you're leaving to not leave anything behind. it's an extraordinary act of terror in broad daylight. >> well you're absolutely right. it is and we really do await to see if they manage to capture these ...