thank you, anna navarro. you have a way of words. >> that cost a lot of money, by the way. >> thanks, anna, thank you, l.z. >>> coming up, nick peyton walsh has been to syria many times, even caught in the cross fire between the rebels and syrian forces. he'll join me next. >>> we heard it from senator john mccain today and guests on our show. president obama's failure to remove bashir assad from power. nick was embedded with the rebel forces august 2012. >> that is correct. it's incredibly complex. at this moment in time, even after all this, there is simply nobody ready to replace bashir assad. a regime change is incredibly elastic here. talking about a rebel movement when what is there a year ago were possibly palatable to the west and had ideals which may have been compatible with what we as a country or ideology might like them to be. since then, they've gone increasingly radical. they are islamist and the people who originally we may have hoped would come to power have been increasingly marginalized. let

anna navarro is a republican strategist and here in new york, a republican strategist.se passed a law friday that will fund the government through december. this is a short-term deal. but will hold any funding for the healthcare law. democratic senate won't pass it and of course the president wouldn't sign it if it did. so why are we doing this? nan nancy house leader, nancy pelosi, says she knows why. >> the effect of putting the affordable care act on the bill is to shut down government. they know that. they know that has no prospect of prevailing. >> let's start with you, anna. the how is delaying or funding obama care 442 times. is nancy pelosi right? do they just want to shut down the government? >> no, and she knows that. it is something speaker boehner said in the past, something that very senior republican senators are saying in the senate. yes, very small, very vocal minority and republican party holding things up, and that are willing to shut down the government if that is what defunding obama care takes, yes. but it is not fair to paint the entire republican

and isn't that a good thing, anna navarro, because that's what most americans want?nk it's up in the air and has yet to be seen. what we have seen right now is the most incoherent policy from this administration. what this does is buy time for the syrians and it also buys time for this administration that was heading towards a sure defeat in congress if this was brought up to a vote. and i think it's absolutely essential that the congress include provisions that demand if syria does not meet these conditions by a certain time, a time certain, very specified, then the u.s. will be able to strike. i think this may actually get more votes now than it would have before. but at the same time, we've got to -- you know, we've got time. and we've got to do what president obama hasn't done in the last three years. we've got to keep trying to change momentum on the ground which means arming the rebels, supporting the rebels. >> colonel francona, let's talk about that. john mccain still wants to arm the rebels but he also came out and says, doesn't really trust syria. doesn't r

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anna navarro is a republican strategist and here in new york city with me is l.j.erson, a cnn commentator. good to see both of you. congress officially gathers in washington at 2:00 tomorrow, but a key republican who supports the president on syria says the administration is actually losing support and he says the white house has credibility problems that go beyond the current crisis. >> part of the problem was, they started today or last week. they really needed to start two years ago on this process and really haven't done it. they don't have strong relationships in congress. this tells you the relationship with congress. it's not great. susan rice to brief congress on the year anniversary of benghazi. and they are trying to win votes. the credibility gap there is huge. >> okay, guys. cnn is just learning that president obama is going to go to capitol hill on tuesday and make his case to senate democrats. anna, he's got his work cut out for him. the president is going over to capitol hill. >> he needs to, don. this is not looking good. i think they lost a lot of

at the table with me, christiane amanpour, anna navarro, and joining us tonight is jessica buchanan. also right now i want to bring in cnn's correspondent in nairobi who has been covering this from the start. this is still going on, correct? what's the latest? >> reporter: absolutely, anderson, this is an ongoing operation. we have seen armored personnel carriers back and forth on the road to the shopping center. the kenyan government claims they are in control of all floors of the shopping center but they acknowledge there are still hostages in there with the hostage takers which belies the va veracity of that statement. how are the hostage takers still in control of who is inside. but there is a resolution coming forward. they have broadened their operations here. the ten suspects taken into custody are being questioned tonight. and we are hearing that the operation is continuing. they are continuing to secure all their borders, airports, ports, all of the border crossings and feel they will be apprehending more people attempting to escape. >> were the people taken at the mall or e

we've got anna navarro republican strategist, l.z. granderson, cnn commentator. they're back. guys are blowing up on twitter. anna, we'll start with you this time. david gergen says he thought kerry did a good job selling his boss' vision. if you had to give the secretary of state a letter grade what would it be? >> i think he gets an "a" and i also think he gets a best-supporting actor nomination for the oscars. john kerry gave some of the strongest speeches i've ever heard him give in his career this week. on monday and then again later in the week. it was obvious he thought action was imminent. president obama changed course. i'm not sure how much secretary kerry agreed, but i can tell you he went out there and defended it passionately and vigorously. though i don't agree with the decision, i think john kerry did a fine job defending his boss today. >> that is his job. you said he did it passionately. how but, l.z.? do you think the secretary of state helped to move the needle in the public opinion column as david gergen was saying? he's probably going to get it, but it's go

we have two cnn political contributors, anna navarro is a republican strategist, will cain, a clulisthe nitty-gritty here. we'll lay out what the reasoning is behind this move. why the fight right now? >> chris, i mean, the best analogy i can give you, this is the equivalent of a hail mary in football. it's not a good strategy. a hail mary is you're in an unfortunate situation already. you're throwing the ball deep at the end of the game because it's basically lost. if you believe obamacare is a transformational moment in american history, for the economy, health care, for the relationship americans have with their government, you have to throw the ball deep. it has a slight, low chance of success. i believe many republicans believe it has a low risk side as well. you might as well go for it. >> this is the part i don't understand. present the other side of this. it seems as though this person standing forward almost as a parent, saying i must protect my family, to do so, he turns around and smacks his kids in the face. it seems like the strategy is going to hurt the people he's tryin

going to debate with former white house secretary flieser and howard dean, republican stratus anna navarro. we'll give you a break here on "new day." we're going to tell you the tim tebow story when you come back. he's looking for another team. is he going to make anytime the nfl? we'll discuss >>> plus a giant boulder comes with inches of a car. but first cnn's "cross fire" is returning september 9th. let's take a look back at one of of its classic clips. >> one of the most intense episodes of "cross fire" was in november of 1985. the philadelphia's police department's attempt to evict a group started a fire that killed 11 people and destroyed 61 homes. watch what happened when two members of move joined the krvegs. >> you said and i quote there is no doubt that move through garbage in the streets and their neighbors. now i assume that you knew garbage in the street? >> pardon me we cannot all derive or knowledge -- hundreds of able news men. >> we can't talk together. may i finish please? uh-oguess what day it is!is?? huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is?? ah come on, i know