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. >> good afternoon david lindsey department staff enough time a one story vertical edition and to the rear of a two-story single-family that was analyzed by the department staff not a expansion under the planning code 317 the second property on the east side near anza in the outer richmond the deep lot is developed with a second story constructed in 1915 the lot is a key lot as it is outside lot line abuts the lot lines on anza one owned by the dr requester the the subject property in the immediate neighborhoods are zoned rh-1 and characterized by two-story single-family homes constructed from the 1980s through the 1940s slopes from geary lfld in governed to anza in the south south of the the subject property are two duplexes one and corner of 44 and anza the department has received 29 letters in opposition to the project that were submitted and included in the packet since the packet were about sent out one additional letter of opposition has been received i'll submit to the planning commission secretary for the record. >> the dr requester is fred who owns 5232 anza the rear property
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the teen allegedly video tamed the director david lindsey and then posted the nude photos on social media. several other students have been arrested for sharing that photo. ? a deadly accident that has claimed the life of a bay area woman. a bus with nearly 30 passengers was driving east, down to san bernardino county. that bus then crossed into the westbound lanes and hit two vehicles let on. investigators are trying to figure out how that happened. she was a licensed marriage and family therapist. more than 20 people were injured in this crash. >> as the president gets toward unveil his agenda to congress, city leaders moving forward with their own plan on how to better protect all residents. he is securing his allegiance with mexico. live at the hall of justice in san francisco to explain. >> reporter: this agreement between mexico and san francisco is designed to help and protect victims and witnesses of crimes, regardless of their immigration status. now, it is the immigrants who may be afraid to come forward. in the long run, everyone wins when the outcome is taking criminals off th
the teen allegedly video tamed the director david lindsey and then posted the nude photos on social media. several other students have been arrested for sharing that photo. ? a deadly accident that has claimed the life of a bay area woman. a bus with nearly 30 passengers was driving east, down to san bernardino county. that bus then crossed into the westbound lanes and hit two vehicles let on. investigators are trying to figure out how that happened. she was a licensed marriage and family...
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a student took video of the school's executive director, david lindsey as he was unaddressing in a gym locker room off campus. at least two students have been suspended for sharing the image and some believe the district unfairly singlinged them out. >> it is ridiculous that kids would take a video of a principal, just kind of gross in a sense. kids always make mistakes. >> after nude photo surfaced. some students had their phones confiscated by administrators looking in to the matter. this girl that saw the photo did not want to give her name but she says the school's director has faced criticism in the past for his treatment of other staff members. >> i think it is inappropriate to share pictures but i just think that some people very bad karma and it will come back to them. reporter: the gym where the images were reportedly captured is blocks from the high school and many students work out there. in a statement the school said today clayton valley charter high school take discipline issues seriously and we never comment publicly on any specific matter related to our students. alex s
a student took video of the school's executive director, david lindsey as he was unaddressing in a gym locker room off campus. at least two students have been suspended for sharing the image and some believe the district unfairly singlinged them out. >> it is ridiculous that kids would take a video of a principal, just kind of gross in a sense. kids always make mistakes. >> after nude photo surfaced. some students had their phones confiscated by administrators looking in to the...
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david: lindsey, we're 400 point off the high. look at one-month chart of the dow jones industrial average, the peak was on march 1st. we were 21,100 more or less. we're about 400 point off of that right now. would we continue to drop if in fact there was no deal on this bill? >> you have to remember the market is looking at health care a step ilong line policy initiatives expected from the trump administration to contin to buoy economic activity. the fact we can't get health care done, this ongoing debate, this was seen as easiest or expected to be easiest to pass. this will continue to divert energy and focus away from key reforms the market is really expecting particularly on the tax side. so the longer this is dragged out, i think we certainly could see the market at least sit on the sideline with very little upward movement. but as confidence wanes, we could see market trade to the downside, absolutely. david: it is 95% taxes. that is what it really is all about. that is the whole game. scott, lindsey, great to see you both.
david: lindsey, we're 400 point off the high. look at one-month chart of the dow jones industrial average, the peak was on march 1st. we were 21,100 more or less. we're about 400 point off of that right now. would we continue to drop if in fact there was no deal on this bill? >> you have to remember the market is looking at health care a step ilong line policy initiatives expected from the trump administration to contin to buoy economic activity. the fact we can't get health care done,...
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david: lindsey graham saying let's slow it down because even if this is half right, it raises problemse concerns are among the elderly, particularly. what happens to the elderly .nder this fan -- plan how much impact would it have on elderly americans? tony: there was a concern about the individuals between if the 64.-- 50 and those individuals have premiums that may rise if they change insurance and what they may cost . i think the real key here as we were toit is if you consider the number of individuals who may lose insurance and you alluded to that in your opening statement. i think the one thing would be would they be able to obtain additional insurance? ashink the overall view somewhat of a layman who follows equity stocks is what really occurs at the level of entitlements. if you think through this a little bit more and notice the to move -- into her position, she is trying to put a cap on medicaid entitlement programs. is this part of an overarching component affecting the elderly and the poor? alix: let's go to your wheelhouse covering drug stocks. you have that and you also h
david: lindsey graham saying let's slow it down because even if this is half right, it raises problemse concerns are among the elderly, particularly. what happens to the elderly .nder this fan -- plan how much impact would it have on elderly americans? tony: there was a concern about the individuals between if the 64.-- 50 and those individuals have premiums that may rise if they change insurance and what they may cost . i think the real key here as we were toit is if you consider the number of...
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. >> commissioner moore david lindsey. >> suspend mr. winslow there is no irate under other planning code to provide story poles as part of review process. >> so someone can volunteer but we i don't think can ask for something not within our set of tools to ask for a i used the words neighborly gesture not required so basically get the project approved spent a little bit of money so the neighbors can agree with you sorry. >> as i push the button i might as well take a couple of comments that is difficult we have limited tools to properly push back from a single story house in an rh-2 to a more fitting larger home in this particular location so it is almost impossible to do i think that there is something which feels to us and it is not 2, 3, 4 disrespect to the history of the family what they're telling us it is a market driven project it is large and has reduced the top in charge has reduced, the setback has reduced, it has shulg height and unusual building in the context and that's not only 0 in front of us today with that building go
. >> commissioner moore david lindsey. >> suspend mr. winslow there is no irate under other planning code to provide story poles as part of review process. >> so someone can volunteer but we i don't think can ask for something not within our set of tools to ask for a i used the words neighborly gesture not required so basically get the project approved spent a little bit of money so the neighbors can agree with you sorry. >> as i push the button i might as well take a...
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. >> might though be david chalian, pure fantasy, here is lindsey graham. >> this thing will collapse under obamacare, we're trying to do too much too quick, much like president obama did. slow down, get it right, you're not going to get 60 votes to buy insurance or cross state lines that's a fantasy in the senate. if you think that's important to health care reform, it's never going to happen in the senate. >> david, and then to you ladies, just the notion that senators would say no way jose. >> this is one of the biggest problems that paul ryan and donald trump have at the moment which is you are promising on some future not yet existing legislation to the members that they are going to get to be able to sell this complete package of what replacement looks like. cbo can't score what those non-existent bills look like yet and lindsey graham saying the political reality is where are you getting 60 votes in the senate at all in trying to replace this, so it's a big warning sign that beyond this bill right now is just as he said fantasy at the moment. there's nothing on paper. >> so lad
. >> might though be david chalian, pure fantasy, here is lindsey graham. >> this thing will collapse under obamacare, we're trying to do too much too quick, much like president obama did. slow down, get it right, you're not going to get 60 votes to buy insurance or cross state lines that's a fantasy in the senate. if you think that's important to health care reform, it's never going to happen in the senate. >> david, and then to you ladies, just the notion that senators would...
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david, thanks very much. up next, republican senator lindsey graham is in his home state of south carolina just one day afterhe republican health care bill was withdrawn. we'll go there live to hear what he had to say and how his constituents responded. and after failed deliver to -- what's next for republicans and the trump agenda? various: (shouting) heigh! ho! ( ♪ ) it's off to work we go! woman: on the gulf coast, new exxonmobil projects are expected to create over 45,000 jobs. and each job created by the energy industry supports two others in the community. altogether, the industry supports over 9 million jobs nationwide. these are jobs that natural gas is helping make happen, all while reducing america's emissions. energy lives here. all while reducing america's emissions. our 18 year old wase army in an accident.'98. when i call usaa it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. we're the rivera family, and we will be with usaa for life. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a medication... ...this
david, thanks very much. up next, republican senator lindsey graham is in his home state of south carolina just one day afterhe republican health care bill was withdrawn. we'll go there live to hear what he had to say and how his constituents responded. and after failed deliver to -- what's next for republicans and the trump agenda? various: (shouting) heigh! ho! ( ♪ ) it's off to work we go! woman: on the gulf coast, new exxonmobil projects are expected to create over 45,000 jobs. and each...
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david: there may be no there here. yesterday we mentioned that senator lindsey graham was a panelist at a forum in new york last year whichian ambassador sergey kislyak was a panel. the senator's office assures us, senator graham and russian ambassador spoke at different times. they never actually met at the forum. the senator stands by his earlier comments on fox news that he neve met witthe russian ambassador. we apologize for any misimpression we may have given. wanted to straighten that out. melissa: law and disorder. a federal judge now under investigation for helping an illegal immigrant avoid federal agents. next, former sheriff paul babeu sound off. you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. after becoming one of the largest broadband companies in the country. after expanding our fiber network coast to coast. these are the places we call home. we are centurylink. we believe in the power of the digital world. the power to connect. and that's what
david: there may be no there here. yesterday we mentioned that senator lindsey graham was a panelist at a forum in new york last year whichian ambassador sergey kislyak was a panel. the senator's office assures us, senator graham and russian ambassador spoke at different times. they never actually met at the forum. the senator stands by his earlier comments on fox news that he neve met witthe russian ambassador. we apologize for any misimpression we may have given. wanted to straighten that...
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david: how much are house republicans paying attention to what susan collins or lindsey graham is saying, how much are they watching what the senate is doing? >> since this process has been underway, there have been eyes on the senate. they have some very different feelings on what should be done with medicaid. they are closely connect to the governors. some concern with the way the house is going with this. based on the cbo scores, the house does not appear to be changing their track very much, in the sense that what the senate ishow the responding, they are not taking that into consideration at this point. david: i imagine the senate will respond with legislation of its own. what will that look like compared to what we have in the house? legislationis this will go to the senate and that will be what they pass. obviously, there are thoughts this cannot go through the senate. if changes were made based on what senators are talking about, a lot of that would be in the medicaid portion. they may not want to roll it -- the way they house wanted to on the expansion under obamacare. certainly
david: how much are house republicans paying attention to what susan collins or lindsey graham is saying, how much are they watching what the senate is doing? >> since this process has been underway, there have been eyes on the senate. they have some very different feelings on what should be done with medicaid. they are closely connect to the governors. some concern with the way the house is going with this. based on the cbo scores, the house does not appear to be changing their track...
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. >> david yes we need to see the tax returns. >> i have one from lindsey who says i don't have enough on twitter. the rules need to be changed. i think she is talking about the tax returns. i appreciate you using #ktvuthenine. the poll lives on throughout the day on the mornings on 2 tab. >>> weather-wise we are seeing, feeling, smelling changes behind us. >> the fog. >> are you ready for your wow of the day? >> oh, yes. it came across twitter. aerial snow surveys in the sierra are showing some depths of 75 feet. >> wow. >> what? >> that is a wow. >> that is a wow. >> man. >> that is a lot of snow. and more on the way. >> more on the way. i was going to say that. >> go ahead. >> no. it is your forecast, steve. >> you can say it. >> i have to go outside. we have something cool coming up. >> we do. a big change starting with the fog. you can see behind them and near you as well. some inland areas in the 70s but out of the 80s. these are the highs yesterday. livermore 82. san jose 81. san francisco at 76. not today. brian sumner says a mom and her subs up at north star this morning, spri
. >> david yes we need to see the tax returns. >> i have one from lindsey who says i don't have enough on twitter. the rules need to be changed. i think she is talking about the tax returns. i appreciate you using #ktvuthenine. the poll lives on throughout the day on the mornings on 2 tab. >>> weather-wise we are seeing, feeling, smelling changes behind us. >> the fog. >> are you ready for your wow of the day? >> oh, yes. it came across twitter. aerial...
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lindsey graham. i believe his country is run by a dictator, thug and killer so i don't think he is coming to my office. david: i fuld up "new york daily news," 2016 there was meeting at university club here in manhattan. a group of panelists including south carolina senator lindsey graham, veteran newsman ted koppel and russian ambassador sergey kislyak. they for get things either thatr their state. what i know about jeff sessions if anyone thinks he is in bed with the rushes they don't know jeff sessions. he is one of the most patriotic people i ever met. when i listened to hearings, al franken asked, that my goodness, breaking news an alleged story about alleged activity he was doing hypothetical. i thought it was clearly directed campaign activities. that is followed up in the documents that were submitted as part of his nomination process all relating to campaign activities. he was not acting as a campaign surrogate during the times that he met 25 ambassadors, including china which is also we're at odds with many, many issues. so to think somehow he he is in bed with the russians and screwed, i think is
lindsey graham. i believe his country is run by a dictator, thug and killer so i don't think he is coming to my office. david: i fuld up "new york daily news," 2016 there was meeting at university club here in manhattan. a group of panelists including south carolina senator lindsey graham, veteran newsman ted koppel and russian ambassador sergey kislyak. they for get things either thatr their state. what i know about jeff sessions if anyone thinks he is in bed with the rushes they...
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. >> july 2005, lindsey graham, joe lieberman, our beloved third ac amigo were asked by david petraeus to participate in a ceremony in saddam hussein's old palace. there were 96 becoming citizens, because green cardholders who join the military can have an accelerated path to citizenship. in the front row are two empty seats with boots on them. i said what is that? he said those two were killed in the last 24 minutes. my friends, they know what it means to be a citizen of the united states. >> so i want to stay on the subject. a little built it of variation, generally about the travel ban. i want to go to asal rabandi, an army veteran. a question for senator graham. >> senators, i was born in a muslim country. my family and i, along with my brother, we emigrated to the united states as refugees over two decades ago. i'm also a combat veteran of the united states army. my brother is a navy combat veteran of the united states. >> that's better. >> yes. >> maybe one day you'll have an air force person. >> probably. the refugee we banned from coming to the united states today could potenti
. >> july 2005, lindsey graham, joe lieberman, our beloved third ac amigo were asked by david petraeus to participate in a ceremony in saddam hussein's old palace. there were 96 becoming citizens, because green cardholders who join the military can have an accelerated path to citizenship. in the front row are two empty seats with boots on them. i said what is that? he said those two were killed in the last 24 minutes. my friends, they know what it means to be a citizen of the united...
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david, amy, mary. be sure to tune in to cnn for a special town hall with john mccain and lindsey graham. 9:00 p.m.coming up, he survived the shooting the investigator are describing as a hate crime and the president condemned last night. stay with us. >>psst. hey... where you going? we've got that thing! you know...diarrhea? abdominal pain? but we said we'd be there... woap, who makes the decisions around here? it's me. don't think i'll make it. stomach again...send! if you're living with frequent, unpredictable diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may have irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea or ibs-d - a condition that can be really frustrating. talk to your doctor about viberzi. a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medication you take every day that helps proactively manage both diarrhea and abdominal pain at the same time. so you stay ahead of your symptoms. viberzi can cause new or worsening abdominal pain. do not take viberzi if you have or may have had pancreas or severe liver problems, problems with alcohol abuse, long-lasting or severe constipation, or a blockage of you
david, amy, mary. be sure to tune in to cnn for a special town hall with john mccain and lindsey graham. 9:00 p.m.coming up, he survived the shooting the investigator are describing as a hate crime and the president condemned last night. stay with us. >>psst. hey... where you going? we've got that thing! you know...diarrhea? abdominal pain? but we said we'd be there... woap, who makes the decisions around here? it's me. don't think i'll make it. stomach again...send! if you're living with...
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lindsey graham told nbc news this morning. >> i think he put his objectivity in question at the very least. here's what i would suggest. david go to his democratic colleagues and share the information so they all know what he's talking about. if he's not willing to tell the democrats on the committee who he met with and what he was told, i think he's lost his ability to lead. >> shepard: he hasn't done so yet. despite the back and forth over the different angles of the russian story, it's worth saying that chairman nunes and jim comey and director schiff say there's no evidence that president obama ordered wiretapping at trump tower. john roberts is live on the north lawn. john? >> we have the letters here. le begin on march 14 when devin nunes and adam schiff sent a letter to sally yates asking her to appear before a committee hearing which would be tentatively scheduled today to discuss russian cyber activities directed against the u.s. election and leaks classified information. an attorney for yates sent this letter to the department of justice saying that if she does testify, she's going to probably talk about privileged
lindsey graham told nbc news this morning. >> i think he put his objectivity in question at the very least. here's what i would suggest. david go to his democratic colleagues and share the information so they all know what he's talking about. if he's not willing to tell the democrats on the committee who he met with and what he was told, i think he's lost his ability to lead. >> shepard: he hasn't done so yet. despite the back and forth over the different angles of the russian...
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david ignatius, it was donald trump's lie about barack obama that made lindsey graham demand that james comey come to the hill, testify, and tell them what they know. lindsey said we actually are the ones that have authority over the justice department. you all come to capitol hill and tell us the truth. so donald trump's tweet three saturdays ago which is what actually led to this. >> i think you're right, joe. i think trump's accusations first against a former president accusing him of illegal activity and then accusations against closest spy ally, britain, those are intolerable in the intelligence committee and broad array of politicians. it was the fact that trump wouldn't back down, wouldn't ease off but kept doubling down. every time cornered he would say that's not true, come up with another reason why it's true, left no alternative but the testimony. >> think about that. >> the problem with donald trump is. donald trump has lived in "new york times" he's had two or three tabloids entertainment magazines to work. when he had a battle with rosie. >> called her disgusting names. >>
david ignatius, it was donald trump's lie about barack obama that made lindsey graham demand that james comey come to the hill, testify, and tell them what they know. lindsey said we actually are the ones that have authority over the justice department. you all come to capitol hill and tell us the truth. so donald trump's tweet three saturdays ago which is what actually led to this. >> i think you're right, joe. i think trump's accusations first against a former president accusing him of...
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david, i can now hear you clearly. perhaps you can hear my question in terms of what do you think president trump understands the gravity of what he is saying, especially in step with hearing senator lindsey graham that this potentially could be the biggest scandal since watergate if a request was made through fisa court or if the fbi or obama administration would approve any kind of wire tapping. >> i hope you can hear. it's troubling either way to go back to jonathan's point. if president trump is out there in a tweet storm making assertions without evidence and so far we haven't seen any evidence other than this tweet storm, then i think, you know, the first question we have to ask is what is that evidence? if the obama administration didn't in fact tap his phones as he's suggesting or tap the phones at trump you toer and this is just being sort of bandied about in a tweet storm, that's troubling in itself. and if the obama administration sought and got a warrant to do it, that brings us back to all of the questions. what was the evidence? i know jonathan said it was a low bar, but what was the evidence they were able to take to the court to enable them to get the warrant if in thafact
david, i can now hear you clearly. perhaps you can hear my question in terms of what do you think president trump understands the gravity of what he is saying, especially in step with hearing senator lindsey graham that this potentially could be the biggest scandal since watergate if a request was made through fisa court or if the fbi or obama administration would approve any kind of wire tapping. >> i hope you can hear. it's troubling either way to go back to jonathan's point. if...
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david: where are his friends? where's the support on capitol hill for foreign aid? richard: foreign aid does not have a big public constituency. the answer is people like john mccain, lindsey the national security establishment. people on the armed services committee, senate foreign relations committee, senator corker, that is where you have to go and i think they will. this budget we are talking about i think will not there a lot of correlation to reality. jonathan: who is setting foreign policy right now? richard: there is no administration yet. you do not have anyone at feds or state, other than secretaries. you have a second national security adviser, president, vice president. jared kushner has a special role, steve bannon has a role but you cannot speak about an administration and interagency process. we have been lucky that so far we have not had a real crisis, but we do not have a team in place to deal with this. jonathan: let's say secretary tillerson gets his team in place. what he be the person who runs foreign policy or will it be diluted across the agency -- administration? richard: i think it will be diluted. anytime you have multiple channels for which polic
david: where are his friends? where's the support on capitol hill for foreign aid? richard: foreign aid does not have a big public constituency. the answer is people like john mccain, lindsey the national security establishment. people on the armed services committee, senate foreign relations committee, senator corker, that is where you have to go and i think they will. this budget we are talking about i think will not there a lot of correlation to reality. jonathan: who is setting foreign...
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notion and larry lindsey's notion, i agree wit, the dollar will go up if you pay in the foreign currency, you get the play on the currency on top of that. >> said the same thing, davidart about paying in the local currency, which makes that -- do you have time to change -- >> but china's manufacturer wants to sell home depot. the merchant sits down and says by the way from this day on we're paying in your currency. he doesn't accept it, he hasn't got the business. the biggest thing of all. the job opportunities in america are staggering. if i have a moment i'll give you an example. there's a little town called paris, tennessee, in the northwest corner of tennessee. emerson electric had a plant there, 900 people. they were manufacturing all the power towels for sears, roebuck. they got a call one day, you're done, we're going to china. chuck knight called bernie. bernie and i flew out we made a deal. we'll move a lot of our private label stuff up. part of that deal we got rigid brand, a powerful brand in home depot only. we saved 900 jobs. they had balloons. i got a bat in my office, a baseball bat. the point is you bring jobs back to these little towns because that'
notion and larry lindsey's notion, i agree wit, the dollar will go up if you pay in the foreign currency, you get the play on the currency on top of that. >> said the same thing, davidart about paying in the local currency, which makes that -- do you have time to change -- >> but china's manufacturer wants to sell home depot. the merchant sits down and says by the way from this day on we're paying in your currency. he doesn't accept it, he hasn't got the business. the biggest thing...
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senator lindsey graham echoed mccain's statement adding, quote, leaving him in power is also a great reward for russia and iran. i fear it is a grave mistake. >> davide facto policy for the past six, seven, eight years, isn't it? >> that's true. not a departure. >> deciding, unraveling our policy is not so easy. it's gone in different directions. the u.s. has had a title 50 cia program of supporting rebels who wanted to overthrow assad, even as we waffled on the public side of it. as near as i can tell, the policy that they're moving toward, tillerson and haley now announce it, is very similar as that of russia. we know from the campaign comments of donald trump, that's what he wanted in syria. he wanted the u.s. and russia to basically ally, standing down on assad. it means, worryingly, accepting iran's very much enhanced role in syria for the indefinite future and basically accepting that the country is going to be areas where we have allies in the southeast, in the area around liberated raqqa. that's where syria is heading. >> what are the alternatives? what would be the alternatives to assad? obama said assad must go, like he said mubarak must g
senator lindsey graham echoed mccain's statement adding, quote, leaving him in power is also a great reward for russia and iran. i fear it is a grave mistake. >> davide facto policy for the past six, seven, eight years, isn't it? >> that's true. not a departure. >> deciding, unraveling our policy is not so easy. it's gone in different directions. the u.s. has had a title 50 cia program of supporting rebels who wanted to overthrow assad, even as we waffled on the public side of...