now phil gingrey is going to have to spend another night drinking alone. (laughter) (applause) and georgia, friend of the show, georgia's jack kingston was even pore crest fallen tweeting with obamacare ruling i feel like i just lost two great friends. america and justice roberts. well, if it's any help, congressman, phil gingrey is looking for someone to drink with. (laughter) and you know what [bleep] it, i might join them. look, why not, why not. my liver's covered now. (cheers and applause) i mean if i don't get cirrhosis i'm losing money. (laughter) we were fools. roberts has always been in o billiona's pocket. think about t he's the one without single-handedly made o billiona president. and come to think of it, come to think of it, folks, what kind of name is john roberts. where did he grow up? indiana. oh, isn't that nice, that sounds suspiciously close to indonesia. where obama eight that dog. plus what kind of american sits around in robes all day and calls himself a chief. i heard on drudge that his middle name is-- (tongue clicks) that's t i've

. >> shannon: congressman and doctor phil gingrey, thank you so much for joining us, sir. >> thank younon: the violence in syria is showing no signs of letting up with reports hundreds have been killed this week alone. right now the united nations is struggling to broker some kind of peace plan but we are getting reports that russia is balking at any attempts to get syria's leader to step aside. greg palkot is live in damascus with the latest on this. hello, greg. >> folks here still reeling from a brutal attack. amateur video reports to show a funeral procession in the damascus area not far from where we are right now. you see the bomb blast and then you see the crazed aftermath. activists say it could be a car bomber or suicide bomber and claim that syrian security forces were responsible. we are told as many as 40 killed and many more injured. we went into the area and found it to be shut down tight. shop keepers at the mostly antiregime area staging a strike. most people were staying off the streets. plus there were low key quick burials of those killed yesterday and everywhere syr

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