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What's it look like to you from both sides -- prosecution and defense? >> i think the prosecution's got a lot of tools and i think there's going to be prosecutions. you talked about the may of hoboken. that's easy if they believe the mayor in as classic case of extortion. the other things may go on a while. don't expect indictments soon. somebody in the bridgegate case and the other case involving the alleged access road to the lincoln tunnel, people will start flipping. it will go up the ladder. how high? we'll know in a matter of months. >> this reads like "on the waterfront." thank you both...

Securities and exchange commission, a federal agency probing $1.8 billion in potentially tainted infrastructure deals. last word to you, kendall. what's it look like to you from both sides -- prosecution and defense? >> i think the prosecution's got a lot of tools and i think there's going to be prosecutions. you talked about the may of hoboken. that's easy if they believe the mayor in as classic case of extortion. the other things may go on a while. don't expect indictments soon. somebody in the bridgegate case and the other case involving the alleged access road to the lincoln tunnel, people...

Tonight, folks. thanks for watching. well, we're back at it. it's war talk again. now we will see the republican party get all invigorated about the upcoming election because president obama's weak. republicans never miss an opportunity. every time there is a major foreign policy issue that involves possible situation where force might be used, quickly, republicanings line them up. they trash the president. after russian troops entered crimea, republicans wasting no time calling president obama weak. south carolina senator lindsey graham, he is one of the best at this. he ran to the cameras to...

Course toward safety. we are now acting because the risks of inaction would be far greater. >> joining me now is douglas brinkley, presidential historian and professor at rice university. professor, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> the mission tonight for the president is to change people's minds and to swing public opinion. how heavy a lift is it in the context of what those presidents we're dealing with? >> well, you know, he switched now. it's not going to be an oval office speech. usually when you have a war talk, you do it to have the gravitas of the oval offi...

We're now at the point where people are forced to take a stand on whether or not the u.s. should intervene in syria. i'm going to tell you where i stand and why i believe as i do coming up. there's been one person who's been noticeably absent in this debate. there are only four leaders of congress. this person happens to be one of them. you have john boehner, nancy pelosi in the house. and in the senate, harry read and mitch mcconnell. three of them have told us where they stand, one has yet to tell us where they weigh-in. mitch mcconnell is remaining vague on the war talk. he seems torn betwe...