all sunni muslims to take care of them and deal with them until they feel very strongly that bashar al assadust be dealt with first. >> there is a recommendation about assad. how real of a possibility is that? >> at this point, there is no indication the administration is changing its thinking on syria. a lot of diplomates have come out, i believe there were dozens, saying until bashar al assad goes, you will not have peace. >> it is such a complex problem as we talk about the geopolitical efforts here. we are talking about, obviously, what individuals can do. we're looking ahead here to a big travel weekend. what would you tell americans to do? >> well, i'll tell you what they told us in the cia, stay out of crowded places on the fourth of july. i know that doesn't sound reasonable. i think the chances of a major terrorist attack in this country is very, very difficult for the islamic state. it is not enough to change your patterns but if you are absolutely determined to avoid anything, do not go to crowded places, a subway, an airport or a fourth of july parade. >> juliette, people are not

internal memo critical of the president's syria strategy and called for military strikes against bashar al-assad's government. your foreign-policy expert on the couch, what do you make of two statements you just saw from two political leaders in this country. >> big countries from both senators. i have tremendous respect for both of them and their policies and service. lindsey graham claims we no longer interrogate terror

president you have to do something to stop and most of those people they say were killed by bashar al assad's40% of them are regime supporters which means this is essentially a civil war. if we want to degrade al assad's military in milita military capabilities, we could do that. but how do we lead to a sustainable set of political goals. we have seen what happens when we don't thifnk about the day o the decade after. >> if bashar al assad goes, isis could come in and take over the country. >> or any number of groups that have -- and you have the russians and iranians who are involved to make big sacrifices on the ground. in the end the question for this administration or the next is the russians and iranians and assad are prepared to die in defense of their vital interests. the question is are we. >> the peace accord has collapsed? >> that it can afford temporary suspensions to get humanitarian aid, fine. but the russians have one foot in the tent which is the political process and a lot of feet out where they continue their military activities. >> one reason the u.s. is not launching air st

president bashar al-assad, they say, has faced no consequences for his brutality. thrived as the u.s. has shifted its priorities to fighting isis instead of the regime. the call for radical change comes as assad ignored a u.s.-brokered cease-fire and continues to bomb u.s.-backed rebels, and he has deified agreements to permit food and medicine deliveries to starving civilians. frustration has been building among dip lomats since 2012 when mr. obama threatened air strikes if assad used chemical weapons. >> we have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player in the region that, that's a red line for us. >> reporter: only to change his mind, even though more than 1,000 were sild in a sarin gas attack outside damascus. the memo doesn't address what would happen if assad was forced from power. kerry promised to meet with the diplomats and discuss their ideas. but with just seven months left in office, it's unlikely that president obama will change course. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. >> ninan: well, still ahead, president obama goes sight seein

essentially president bashar al assad is the oxygen that allows isis to breathe. power and dropping barrel bombs on people in punity, you will have the likes of al qaeda and isis and al nusra. turkey understands this the most. the problem they have is isis has grown more and more powerful. there are more and more turkish citizens within isis's ranks that have become radicalized. you can't be right every single time. >> juliet, i think i've been in three european airports in the last month and none of them in the departures area, you know, when you first enter, none of them had car checks before the airport, none of them had x-ray scanners as this airport did, even before to bring your bags in to the check-in area. there were hundreds of people milling around. these are easy targets. >> exactly. i mean, just the flow of people in a global environment like ours cannot sustain itself if the security apparatus is too strong. we tend to talk about layered security. you think about an airport. the cockpit is probably the most secured area, at least we hope it is. the fu

then he goes over there and finds bashar al-assad in damascus he can work with, he kicked out our best ally in egypt, libya become the civil war, thank you, hillary, we have a host of arab spring, a sewage pit. the region -- the caliphate for isis is a propaganda tool, they are using that effectively. can we go in and deny? of course we could but are you willing as the united states of america to commit your entire armed forces to doing this? trish: it puts pressure on him now, and state department officials saying you got to do something. does it influence him in any way? >> i don't think so. the nsc doesn't listen to anybody much less people at the state department or the pentagon. the fact is when we get state department officials in afghanistan and iraq we couldn't get them to do that. now they are ready for our warriors to go there for the 16th year to continue fighting people that quite frankly we should have done something a long time ago and failed to do that. trish: we got word that russian jets have bombed us forces in syria. they did so twice, the second strike after the us

efforts to target bashar al assad. that's not part of the calculus. i have been standing up here for 15 minutes saying that we're trying to work through a transitional process that is syrian led. that's the goal. that's the policy. that's still what we're pursuing. >> clarify one thing about the dissent channel memo. the foreign affairs manual does, as i understand it, call for disciplinary action against people who share dissent messages with unauthorized personnel. are you saying there would be no attempt made to find out who leaked the memo and discipline? >> we -- i can't speak to and we're not focused on how it made its way into the public domain. it came to us yesterday through the dissent channel process. we are going to protect the sanctity of this process. and our focus is on the moment it came through the dissent channel process, it became a dissent channel message, and it's from that time on that we're focused in terms of protecting the sanctity of the process and the content of the material of the message. okay? >> turkey. >> turkey? i nev

military action against syrian dictator bashar al assad.t is unusual for a dissent channel message to have as many signatories as this one. i think it tells us several things. i think it tells us that we have a unique process in place here through which employees at the state department can offer unvarnished views all the way to the top as they desire. i think it tells us clearly that syria matters a lot to the people who work here at the state department as it should, and i think it says to me that we need to keep on working just as hard as we can for better outcomes, as the secretary and so many others are doing. you should be getting double miles on every purchase! switch...to the capital one venture card. on every purchase, everywhere,ed every day.es not just ...(dismissively) airline purchases. seriously... double miles... everywhere. what's in your wallet? burning of diabetic nerve pa, these feet learned the horn from my dad and played gigs from new york to miami. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to m

the group gafta hosts a discussion with a political adviser to syrian president bashar al assad via skype. we're live from the national press club at 8:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> i think today we in effect sort of catch up to the 20th century. we've been the invisible half of the congress the past seven years. we've watched our house colleagues with interest. at least i have with interest. and the tv coverage of members of our colleagues in the house. >> today is the day the u.s. senate comes out of the communications dark ages. we create another historic moment in the relationship between congress and technological advancements in communications through radio and television. >> 50 years ago our executive branch began appearing on televisi television. today marks the first time when our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. >> they're televising our senate chamber proceedings, also represents a wise and warranted policy. broadcast media cove

he is an adviser to you and to bashar al assad, and he was at your office all the time. can you please verify your relationship with this guy who's -- >> thank you. >> -- actually been imprisoned. and i want to talk -- >> question by question. [ everyone talking at once ] >> the second question is about iraq -- >> -- to circulate rumors that serves your purposes. and i already said at the beginning of my speech that al jazeera was absolutely a major tool in initiating this war against syria. therefore, i do not expect anything, any contribution better than this from you. thank you. >> thank you so much. please, i need everybody ask only one question because we have too many people that want to ask. to cover everything. and we have only half an hour left. so, please, one question and briefly. and that would give everybody the chance, the opportunity to ask, please. go, next. introduce yourself. >> leandra bernstein with spud nick international news. i have a question about the peace process and under u.n. security council resolution -- oh, i just forgot the number. the ro

who feel angry and outraged by what is happening in iraq and syria, sunnis who are fed up with bashar al-assad in syria, and the dealings in iraq and feel that isis is their t trifecta. they say we are your protector, we are your defender, we have the vinguard of the sunni community. there is a small, tiny community constituencies that subscribes to the idea that islam came by there sword and will conquer by the sword. it is an important critical community that allowed isis to do as well as it has in the past two years. >> host: that brings us to the subject of sectarianism. part of the appeal and isis' agenda is to define who is a muslim and who is not a muslim. as we know isis and other groups before it have declared shiite on muslims. and i think that obviously for all of the reasons you pointed out earlier, the reason this had such resonance in a country like iraq is because of the sectarian government. you write about it in the book in how the maliki muslim institutional separation between the two. and i think this created a shockwave in a country live iraq or in countries in general beca

i don't think this administration is as keen to reduce the power of bashar al assad despite how badlyans living in opposition areas with barrel bombs and hitting hospitals and clinic clinics and the like. that's not been their priority. i doubt it's going to change now. reducing isis is a real goal. ousting assad is not. >> the 51 diplomats, assuming they're career diplomats and not political appointees. is there any implication for the incoming president. these diplomats will probably stay on. maybe different roles but will play a role in the state department. could be a message to the incoming president that the state department or diplomats want to see a more robust policy toward the assad policy in syria? >> i think they do. they want it as means to an end. the end being force assad to come to the negotiating table in geneva, sit down with the opposition, work out a -- have his people work out a transition plan that where by he has to stand down and there is a new constitution, a new elections. that's the goal. i happen to believe in the law of unintended consequences, which means

military strikes against bashar al assad's regime.appears there is mutiny on foggy bottom, that is the region of d.c. where the state department sits. let's bring in peter barnes. in fact, you've been monitoring the state department report today, is it still going on right now about the memo? >> reporter: yes. it is, liz. john kirby, state department spokesman, is briefing reporters right now on the memo, not saying much other than to say that it exists. and what is so surprising about it is 51 state department officials, members of the diplomatic corps, sending this memo through a back channel to the entire department and the secretary of state john kerry. kerry was in denmark today, and reporters caught up with him, asked him about this memo which was highly critical of the u.s. and the obama administration's strategy in syria. and the state, the secretary of state saying he had not read it yet, but he is not dismissing its. listen. >> i think it's an important statement, and i respect the process very, very much. people or have a c

suggesting the see syria, the want to defeat the islamic state but they do not want to go to war with bashar al-assadlaura: do you see republicans using it to push for harder line is to mark pj: we can all right talking points for him. donald trump will try to make hay with this. notwithstanding the sharp rhetoric, the commanding narrative has been nobly it's on the ground. in that position is largely supported by the american people. about hillary clinton, do you see her picking up this idea and running with it? pj: you need to make the syrian opposition more effective. this is a little bit of a dilemma, how to support the good guys without and directly supporting the bad guys. that is the issue that we will get revisited in the next administration is what kind of lethal support can you supply the opposition and let them put the pressure on assad. laura: thank you for joining us. in rural parts of pakistan, young girls face a very different future from the boys. some ink the countries number one female squash player is determined to change. maria grew up in a home where girls and boys were treated e

long time ago, an attempt that's now pretty much dead, to arm the opposition, to stand up to bashar al assad government to make concessions. instead, what we've seen recently is the government of assad making gains, the government of assad backed very openly by the -- by russian forces, and washington apparently appeasing both assad and moscow while focusing narrowly on the fight against isis. and i think it is this -- this atrocity that is taking place in sear why in their opinion that they are trying to speak out against. over 400,000 people have been killed in syria in the last five years and i think the state department officials wanted to say that they don't agree with the current policy of looking the other way it seems as assad and moscow kill so many. >> it's incredible. richard, let's get an update on fallujah. we know that iraqi forces made its way into the center of fallujah, pushing back isis. "the new york times" says that they face very little resistance. >> reporter: that is one of the surprising things so far. they had been facing a lot of resistance and then today suddenly i

he is an advisor to you and to bashar al-assad. can you please define your relationship with this guy who's been in prison. [inaudible conversations] -- calculate humans as their purposes. i said at the beginning of may speech that al jazeera was absolutely a major tool in initiating this war against area. therefore, i do not accept any contribution better than this from you. thank you. >> i need everybody to ask only one question. there are too many people who want to ask. we have only had. i will give everybody a chance to ask a question. -- a question about the peace passenger u.n. security council resolution. i just upped the number. the roadmap, the timeline in august as the date -- a deadline for a new constitution transitional government audit to be formed. first, do you think you can make that deadline? given the number of players in the country, is a unified syria a foregone conclusion at this time? >> thank you. >> the question should be addressed and whether -- the syrian government has been absolutely cooperative on ever

through airports like istanbul airport to get to the syrian border to fight the jihad against bashar al assadsyria. it is very clear that it has a growing terrorist isis problem within its own borders. the government has been cracking down on believed isis suspects for more than a year now, but this is clearly an attack on turkey's transport infrastructure and its tourism infrastructure and tourism is crippled in this country and that is a major cash cow earner for turkey's now increasingly crippled economy. >> yeah, i think, ivan, i think i saw a figure that tourism was down 45% and that's before this attack. so one can only imagine what is going to happen afterward. ivan watson, appreciate it. all of the security camera video we have been seeing speaks to the fact that this is an airport known to be heavily guarded and it reminds us with tight security, with screeners, police, troops and vulnerabilities remain as we've been seeing where this happened underscores that fact. with that in mind, tom foreman joins us with a layout. give us a sense of where everything happened. >> think about wha

washer al-asad's -- bashar al-assad said the city will be a graveyard for his enemies.ia's suffering will not end of there -- and -- end there. katty: still to come on the program, predicting the next president. what clues to the experts use? the answers may surprise you. a major cleanup operation and australia after storms and heavy rain battered the eastern seaboard. four people have died and three are injured. john donnison reports from sydney. john: you do not have to be a weatherman to tell there has been a lot of rain in tasmania. , but the has passed water and danger will take some time to subside. the rivers are raging and at record levels. across tasmania, there have been widespread flooding. foundorning, the police the body of a 75-year-old woman who had been swept away. rescuers managed to save her husband, but not her. further north in parts of new south wales, a massive cleanup operation is underway. these luxury homes north of sydney are now in danger of collapsing after huge waves eroded the beach. living so close to the ocean, many of the owners of these

the group gafta hosts a discussion with a political adviser to syrian president bashar al assad via skypeort of catch up to the 20th century. we've been the invisible half of the congress the past seven years. we've watched our house colleagues with interest. at least i have with interest. and the tv coverage of members of our colleagues in the house. >> today is the day the u.s. senate comes out of the communications dark ages. we create another historic moment in the relationship between congress and technological advancements in communications through radio and television. >> 50 years ago our executive branch began appearing on televisi television. today marks the first time when our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. >> they're televising our senate chamber proceedings, also represents a wise and warranted policy. broadcast media coverage recognizes the basic right and need of the citizens of our nation to know the business of their government.

to surge president bashar al assad's troops to suspend the attacks. but fresh assaults are reported. they say government planes bombed several locations on monday. >>> japanese police are investigating a massive case involving forged credit cards. they say the cards were used across the country last month to steal millions of dollars from atms within a matter of hours. nhk world reports. >> reporter: police say this arrest is the tip of the iceberg. they say 24-year-old izumi has admitted to allegations of fraud and that he used a frak credit card to restore about 6,500 from an atm in a tokyo convenience store. they have two other men also in custody in connection with the massive withdrawal and are looking for more than 100 others. it all happened on early sunday morning when banks were closed. thieves target the atms in convenience stores across japan. they hit more than 1,000 spots in less than three hours and collected about $17 million. police suspect an international crime ring. they say the fake credit cards had information from a south african

should destroy syrian dictator bashar al assad's military might. the diplomats told cbs news that assad has faced no consequence for his brutality, continuing to ignore assad while fighting isis is dragging out the five-year war, and they believe is creating new extremists. president obama has long been hesitant to intervene in another mideast war. in 2012, he threatened military action if assad used chemical weapons. >> we have communicate d with every player in the region that that's a red line for us. >> reporter: but backed off when assad killed more than a thousand people with an attack outside damascus a year later. isis has thrived inside the war zone. while mr. obama has committed teams of special operators to target isis leaders, he told charlie rose that u.s. military involvement would be sharply limited. >> that does not mean that we should be deploying troops everywhere where a crisis is taking place. we have to be judicious about how we use military power. >> reporter: on thursday, senator john mccain blamed president obama's policies

strikes against the regime of president bashar al assad and they say that would help drive strong.er u.siplomatic efforts. just wednesday the secretary of state called a truce at risk and violence shows no signs of abating in the 5-year-old conflict that's claimed the lives of an estimated 400,000 people. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," the cavaliers jumped out to the early lead in game 6 in the finals and they never looked back. let's just say, not a good game for steph curry. >>> and this fire burning in california is still 0% contained, but as it moves in people are getting out. and bill will take about the record setting heat wave and how that plays into the fire, coming up on "way too early." what brand of makeup is better for your skin than wearing no makeup at all? neutrogena® cosmetics. with vitamins and antioxidants. now with foundations in shades for more skin tones. ♪ ♪ ♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise... jardiance works around the clock... to lower blo

syrian policy has failed and they say it is time for military action to take out syrian president bashar al- assad. sources tell cbs news that secretary of state john kerry has been pushing the president to expand the u.s. response to syria, but the president insists on ousting assad through politinfcal means instead. >>> the iraqi military scores a big win in the fight for fallujah. their troops say they have driven out isis. a large government complex at the center of the city. iraqi forces have been fighting nearly four weeks for control of the city west of baghdad. and the u. a major part in making this possible. fallujah is the first iraqy city the islamic state fighters have seized and militants have held it for more than two years. >>> hopefully these storms are moved out for the weekend so dads can enjoy father's day outside to do whatever he wants. >> and allison is tracking the weekend forecast. up next. >> whatever you want, mike. it sur weekend. all the dads out there. you can see the clearing skies. the sun. it is already out there for northern maryland. we will track the rest of >>

his strategy, to ramp up military pressure with targeted air strikes against syrian president bashar al assad. let's bring in ambassador john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. as well as senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, a fox news conbeautor. ambassador, good to see you. the russians bombed u.s.-backed rebels. at the same time american jets are poised in the latest planned series of bombings to come within range of russian surface-to-air missiles, so is this an increasingly perilous confrontation between the u.s. and russia, or does the teleconference that happened yesterday, again, they unusual, does that sign an encouraging sign of cooperation? >> no, i don't think so at all. let's be clear. russian policy objectives with respect to the assad regime are 180 degrees the opposite of the stated american policy objectives. the russian military intervention in syria is to prop up assad whereas american support for the opposition is intended to overthrow assad. now, nominally both the united states and russia are opposed to isis, but the priority is completely differen

a lot of people say that bashar al-assad is part of the problem.ou believe that is it , anchored by russia and iran? qaddhafi is not saddam. he is anchored by a super power by russia and iran. if assad goes, who is going to take over? isis and al qaeda. not the moderate opposition. not even 3-4 persons on the ground. so what we said, we have a vision. we have a vision to go inside with rand paul and with richard black the senator, ok, and the senator rand paul and congressman rand paul. and also, we agree with chuck hagel who resigned. it is not because of the issue of syria. another question asked why , syria? because isis came to iraq from syria. within minutes, a second attack to mosul, the city of my mother, by the way. people are suffering right now in mosul. and i'm in touch with them. they said they would rather to die than to live under isis. they need help. they need the whole world to wake up and please come and help us. so we have the status quo. say today in iraq we terminated isis, we finish isis. what do we see in we see in one month

to have the united states involved when the ultimate goal of the united states is to overthrow bashar al-assad? nowshaaban: i don't think they had protests during the crisis and i do not think now the aim of the united states is to overthrow bashar al-assad. i think the problem is the before syriat is and iraq in the region. a greatas developed deal from their attitude at the beginning of the crisis, because they can see what is happening in syria is very dangerous to the security of iraq, of the region, and therefore, we are with our russian partners and our russian partners are cooperating with the united states and talking to the united states, hoping to find a solution to undermine terrorism and bring peace and security to iraq, god willing. thank you. >> thank you. ok, i have this gentleman and afterward we will come to you. please introduce yourself. o syria.s is happening in >> all of this is happening in syria because people came out on the streets demanding regime change in that led to the situation, where hundreds of thousands of syrians are now out of the country. have you ever, the

a lot of people said, bashar al assad is part of the problem. russia and iran, is anchored by almost a superpower like russia and iran. okay. if assad goes, who is going to take over isis and al qaeda? not the moderate opposition. the moderate opposition not even three person, four person on the ground. okay? so what we suggest, we have in gafta our vision. our vision coincides with rand paul and richard black, the senator richard black, the senator rand paul and congressman rand paul, and also we agree with chuck hagel who resigned as secretary of defense. i saw on cnn news he resigned because of the issue of syria. so another question asked, why syria? because isis came to iraq from syria. within minutes a second attack to mosul, the city of my mother, by the way, people are suffering right now in mosul. the city of my mother, and i'm in touch with them, they said they would rather to die than to live under isis. they need help. they need help. they need the whole world to wake up and please come and help us and save us. so we have the status

the cardinal mistake of believing president obama when he said he wanted to remove president bashar al-assad committed to that fight and was left holding the bag once no reinforcements showed up. in their desperation they reached for any tool at hand from al qaeda to the moderates to what became isis and isis got away from them. lou: we are watching one of the strongest armies in continental europe being held at bay by the islamic state, a terrorist organization. turkey finds itself in the position as much of the rest of europe in trying to fight an enemy that is in many regards not identified. it is not attracting a great interest on the part of the government until something like this happens. then again they just sort of slip away. why can't governments advanced governments with advanced military in the islamic state? >> turkey's situation is actually worse than you described. they are simultaneously at war with russia and iran's proxies in the syria, they are at war with our proxy the kurds, and the sunni proxies. they are essentially isolated. why can't governments more body handle this

as a way to prevent what they saw as -- imminent collapse of the bashar al-assad regime. they have boast regime forces and they are involved in carrying out strikes against the opposition. we work very schoasly and talk with the russians about how to bring the conflict down. we work with them to try to see what we can do on the terrorism front, but i have been disappoint that had the russians have not played a more constructive role in terms of leveraging influence inside of syria to bring the syrian regime and military forces down in terms of engagement and to be more helpful as far as negotiating track. secretary kerry has been work to go stimulate traction there. but also more constructive. >> is assad stronger today or weaker than a year ago? >> a year ago he was on his back foot as the opposition forces were carrying out operation that is really were degrading the syrian military. as a result of the russian military intervention, he is in a strong position than he was in june of last year. >> is that enhance the ability to reach a diplomatic solution or less? >> agai

abby: president obama being pressured to step up military pressure against bashar al-assad.tt, it seems like a big deal. who are these officials? >> these are the people within the state department tasked to advise the state department on it policy in syria. the officers signed a defense channel cable. the wall treat journal which obtained a copy of the cable reports the letter calls for targeted military strikes against the syrian government and said removing bashar al-assad is the on way to defeat the islamic state. the democratic lawmakers have been saying for years that the administration. there are fears it could drag the u.s. into another war. >> there was no basis under international law. assad was not a threat to the united states. so we would have just been saying to ourselves that as a matter of policy, where we see there is a big problem in a country where thing are getting torn apart. then we should impose military order. >> in another growing concern among military officials is any attack on the syrian regime would bring them into direct conflict with russia. jo

melissa: president obama unpressure to increase military action against bashar al-assad.tate department officials protesting against policy in the middle eastern country. 50 signing a letter asking the president to order targeted airstrikes against the syrian government. on this issue web's take it frfm all side. >> state tend to be drab and don't make waves people. but the staffers who work in the traffic every day. with 51 people at state protest this, that means we are in -- we have to watch. for the last few days putin's latest advance fighter bombers have been pounding our guys in southern syria where isis doesn't seriously exist. putin is directly attacking the people we trained and attacking them makedly, and obama doesn't know what to do, and i'm afraid of a couple things. one, first of all, if we were to try to send as the state department people recommend within send our jets against assad at this point with pun continue on the ground. putins technicians would help shoot down our aircraft. if we try to defend ourselves. putin rolled the dice. he sized up obama.

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should destroy syrian dictator bashar al assad's military might.s told cbs news, that assad faced no consequence for brutality. continuing to ignore assad while fighting isis is dragging out the five-year war. and they believe is creating new extremists. but president obama has long been hesitant to intervene in another mideast war. in 2012. he threatened military action if assad used chemical weapons. >> we have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player that is a red line for us. >> but backed off when assad killed 1,000 in a sarin gas attack outside damascus more than a year later. isis has thrived inside the war zone. while mr. obama has committed teams of special operators to target isis leaders, he told charlie rose, that u.s. military involvement would be sharply limited. >> that does not mean that -- that we should be deploying troops everywhere where a crisis is taking place. we have to be judicious where we use military power. >> senator john mccain blamed policies in iraq and syria for the isis inspired attack in orlando. >> he

strikes against the regime of president bashar al assad. they say that would hel drive stronger u.s. diplomatic efforts. just on wednesday the secretary of state called a truce that is frayed and at risk. violence shows no signs of baiting in the 5-year-old conflict that's claimed the lyes of 400,000 people. the serious situation just seems to get worse by the moment. >> we have seen it unfolding before our eyes. it's been a nightmare and we have seen it around this set in realtime. >> we can't complain we didn't know. >> and you could go back and find clips where we would ask can policymakers. i'm serious. 20,000 have died there. what are we going to do? 40,000 have died there. i remember the summer that 40,000 became 100,000. we'd say to policymakers, what do we do? it's difficult. it's very difficult. it's now a leader in this administration that has turned a blind eye and the entire west to the blind eye to violence and bloodshed. it actually would have made the bosnians pretty remarkable. >> it is staggering, but it does point the dich

unfortunately, they are directing a lot of their garages egg tensed the army trying to unseat bashar al-assad. looking at the last two weeks, the amount of airstrikes in the aleppo area where many of the syrian opposition operates has exceeded the free operation totals. the russians and syrians have on after i sold, but a large proportion of their strikes are directed against what we consider the legitimate opposition trying to save their country from bashar al-assad for >> you estimate the number of strikes exceed the cessation of hostilities with -- which seems to be a piece of paper at this point. mr. brennan: it is holding by a thread. >> on the intelligence agreements that we have, open skies and other things we hold to strongly to the letter and the spirit of it. do the russians hold to the letter and spirit of those agreements? i will have to get back to you in another setting on that. >> thank you, director brennan for being here. you mentioned in your remarks about cia modernization and the desire to diversify the cia to be reflective of the diversity not only in our own country but

. >> as we said in the intro, bashar al-assad repeatedly violates the cease fire.gotiating table in earnest. so maybe the only option is to bomb him and his government forces. might that actually work? >> well, think we should have used military force, airstrikes, not american ground troops to take out assad's air force, do substantial damage. what assad is doing, he is spending these big barrel bombs. a big cluster bomb, into civilian areas. he is killing civilians. dragging them -- driving them out there. are 7 million syrians homeless because of what assad is doing. we have to take some responsibility on a humanitarian basis to help those people. >> if we were to engage in, as you point out, tactical military strikes, not troops on the ground, and put assad out of business, wouldn't they syrian forces fighting assad then turn their attention to fighting isis? >> hard to know. it's hard to know what's going to happen. this condition tariff has been blown apart by this war and there's four of fire big factions ralphing for power. one thing is we have to be careful

he has a huge sway over syria's leader bashar al assad, who recently announced his intent to retake everyountry. what does that mean? there are so many areas to cover with you, mr. president, so let me go to the middle east. where russia has had a forceful intervention to bolster the assad regime. president assad now says that his goal is to take back every square inch of his territory. do you believe that the solution in syria is that the assad regime should take back and govern every square inch of syria? >> translator: i believe that today the problem in syria boils down to the fight against terrorism. but it's not all of it. at the core of this conflict there are contradictions inside the syrian society. and president assad is aware of that. and the question is not about gaining control over various territories. although it is very important. the question is to ensure trust on sides of all the society, confidence on the side of various parts of the society to each other. and based on this confidence and trust, to shape inefficient management, and administration that would be trusted b

charlie: and even if you take out isis, you still have bashar al-assad. mr. golberg: this goes to another hobby horse of mine. discussing these issues as if president obama has not done anything in the middle east, when, in fact, we are at war. believes they have ratcheted up in terms of what they are doing. perhaps his footprint is a small footprint trying to do a lot. mr. golberg: one of the differences between hillary clinton and barack obama is the way they talk about america and its role in the world. the speech yesterday, the foreign-policy speech she gave this week, the foreign-policy speech she gave could have been delivered before the iraqi war or before vietnam, for that matter. it was america is the greatest, indispensable power. there was no acknowledgment, and barack obama will never give a speech without acknowledging that america has done things we regret. charlie: with the exception of hiroshima. mr. golberg: he sees it as a lesson. he is very careful. charlie: she is more hawkish than he is. mr. golberg: she believes good action will have goo

internal memo critical of the president's syria strategy and called for military strikes against bashar al-assad's government. your foreign-policy expert on the couch, what do you make of two statements you just saw from two political leaders in this country. >> big countries from both senators. i have tremendous respect for both of them and their policies and service. lindsey graham claims we no longer interrogate terror suspects come just flat out incorrect, wrong and very misleading so i have to disagree with everything else he had to say based on that but when we look at what is happening, republicans are blaming the obama administration. their policy with isis. liberal democrats on the other hand are blaming republicans for lack of gun control. it is turning into a political mashup. i keep coming back not to repeat myself but the idea that if we want our intelligence community to do the job of protecting the homeland we have got to arm them with all foreign-policy tools. not ask them to do their job with one hand tied behind their back which is what is happening. >> following this massacre, t

president obama has said that syrian president bashar al assad must relinquish control.ary of state john kerry says he's reviewing options. it will be another two years before we see a new fence around the white house. a new design has gotten preliminary approval. the commission of fine arts approved a concept for an 11-foot fence which is four feet higher than the current one. it also would have wider and stronger pickets. the secret service and national park service expect construction to begin in 2018. >>> a houston family is in mourning today after their child crawled into a died in the heat. such an awful story. authorities say 3-year-old evan died after he went into cardiac arrest in the hot car. police say he may have climbed into the car to get a toy and the childproof locks were on. the family immediately called 911 and started cpr when they found him. no charges have been filed but an investigation is still ongoing. >>> here at the live desk we just learned the second black box, the flight data recorder, now found in the mediterranean. just yesterday egyptian i