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chris lawrence live from the pentagon with more on the national security hearing happening right now. chris, tell us what's being discussed at this moment. also, what does this report say? >> reporter: it says scarey things. basically what we are hearing out of the hearing in congress right now is that there may be foreign nationals right now in the united states training in mother nature flight schools just like mohamed atta who crashed into the north tower of the world trade center. listen to this chilling exchange between representative mike rogers and an official from the government accountability office who conducted the report. >> based on your report the administration cannot assure the american people that foreign terrorists are not in this country learning to fly airplanes. yes or no? >> at this time -- at this time, no. >> at this time, no. that should be chilling to any americans who are flying or going through this. amazing to hear so long after the september 11th attacks. in fact, one thing that came out in both the report and the hearing was that just a couple years ago

chris lawrence joins us. chris, let me ask you something to begin with, how seriously do we take this? is this a genuine threat to the united states or to our allies or to whom? >> it's potentially really scary, tom, no doubt about it. but that 2015 date has to be caveated by the fact that first iran would have to get some technical assistance from other countries, which they have in the past and then that 2015 would be test-firing the missile. that's not necessarily successfully test-firing the missile or being able to attach a payload to it, in other words, a warhead or something like that. but it does show significant progress on the part of the iranians. >> i want to bring up a graphic here. they've had a mixed bag like with the shabob 3 missile and had a 900 mile range and this new ashurah missile which they're trying to use. you see roughly how far they could reach with some of these missiles. spider, come in here on this. this business of launching a missile over a great distance with a nuclear warhead

and we are joined by chris lawrence, and it is pretty simple, but why are the lawma r lawmakers sayingot wel has improved a lot, it is failing on many accounts. when you read the report, it is chilling to think that there are foreign nationals perhaps training at flight schools here in the united states just like mohammed atta did before he crashed a plane into the north tow ore of the world trade center, and basically what is happening is that there is a failure on several levels. one of them is that the fact that some foreign nationals are not being vetted. every foreign national before they are supposed to get flight training is supposed to go through a threat assessment program by the tsa, and that is not happening there. are other gaps in the system in that u.s. citizens are not part of the vetting list, so a u.s. citizen who is on the no-fly list, cannot be a passenger on a plane, but they can go to learn how to fly one. >> and what about students who are here with a student is visa? crowd c could you get a pilot license? >> yes. it is a way that many foreign people come to the u

let's head to the pentagon and chris lawrence. what are you hearing, chris?ary leon panetta welcomed the uk minister of defense philip hammond within the last hour. both had very strong words on this situation in syria. in fact, secretary panetta said it is rapidly spinning out of control. >> it's obvious that what is happening in syria represents a real escalation in the fighting and that all of the concerns that we have expressed about the need for assad to step down, the need for a peaceful transition, the need to achieve a peaceful solution to that situation, that by ignoring trying to get consensus from the united nations at this point doesn't appear to be happening. >> chris lawrence live at the pentagon for us. the drought affecting more than half of the united states could have a direct effect on the economy. look at the map. highlighted are 14 states that recorded the top 10 driest six-month periods from january to june of this year. six of the states are within the corn and soybean belt. the percentage of the midwest that's in drought quadrupled in

as chris lawrence explains... a decade after the nine-eleven hijackers took flying lessons in this country. 3 (nats)the mistakes were supposed to be fixed a decade ago. but a new government report reveals security loopholes so large - even illegal immigrants have been able to attend flight schools in the united states. isn't it true that based on your report the transportation security administration cannot ensure that foreign terrorists are not in this country learning how to fly airplanes? yes or no?at this time no.no guarantee - eleven years after mohammad atta and other 9/11 hijackers learned to fly in the us, and then crashed a jet into the world trade center. non-u.s. citizens and visa undergo a 'security threat assessment' before the tsa clears them to take flight lessons. but some of the 26,000 who completed flight training in the last six years were never vetted. let me say this is extremely disturbing. in 2010 immigration officials busted a flight school in boston that was primarily training illegal immi

our pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, is joining us right now. er: wolf, our sources here in washington and in islamabad are both saying that an agreement is now expected very soon, and that could mean big changes for the supplies coming to u.s. troops in afghanistan. vital american military supplies could soon be flowing over the pakistani border again, bound for the war in afghanistan. senior u.s. and pakistani officials say the two countries are moving closer to reopening border crossings into afghanistan, which could save the pentagon a billion dollars. the pakistani official says his country's military leadership will meet in the next few days to try and finalize the deal. >> a lot of the technical issues have been resolved, but we have to talk about it politically. >> reporter: u.s. commander general john allen has made two trips to pakistan in the last week, along with american diplomats. no now, publicly state and pentagon official would say not confirm the deal, but a u.s. official tells cnn one issue has been for the most part settled, h

i want to let our viewers know as we await mitt romney speaking h here, we also have chris lawrence fromtalk to dana's point about how he will be hitting the president when it comes to trust and foreign policy and accusing the white house of leaking classified intelligence. he's talking to veterans today and president obama did precisely the same thing just yesterday. i hear applause as i look down. guys tell me if he's going to speak. what's interesting here is that neither man was in the military. you have mitt romney. you have president barack obama. this marks the very first time in 68 years that neither major party presidential candidate has served. chris lawrence, i want to talk to you about this. we haven't seen this sort of matchup, we did the digging since 1944. since franklin roosevelt versus thomas dewey. >> reporter: even though jobs are the number one issue out there right now, the fact that you've got this ongoing situation in syria. a potential nuclear power in iran over the next few years. lot of foreign policy issues still trying to get out of afghanistan that neither pe

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pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is joining us now to tell us more. good morning, chris. >> carol, this is taking a major weapon out of the inventory, so to speak, when it comes to fighting these wildfires. these c-130s were patrolling over four states. wildfires raging over four states. they can drop about, you know, 3,000 gallons of water in about five seconds. or i should say the fire retardant. so this is an amazing capability that some of the forest officials have to call on when they are attacking these big wildfires over large areas. now whereon has crashed. seven more have been grounded. now you have to put that in some perspective. that only leaves about 14 federally contracted planes out there, because the number has dwindled so much in the last 10 years or so. there is a privately owned c-130 that crashed about 10 years ago. that led to really an overhaul, a review, of how old some of these systems were, how safe they were. and the inventory dwindled from about 44, you know, down to what we see now. so now that these eight are out of commiss

chris lawrence reports. >> the bond between soldier and search dog was forged the day this dog discoveredst ied. >> that right there was the moment that the relationship went from, okay, you know, i care about her, i love her, to this dog is absolutely amazing. >> reporter: it was a remote village in kandahar, afghanistan. sergeant dave varcat's patrol was hided towards a hidden bomb but the dog sniffed it out and alerted them in town. the soldier saved my life. best friends for life and it's the same thing with this dog. you okay. >> reporter: there are nearly 3,000 military working dogs and 600 are serving in war zones. they eat, sleep and fight alongside their handlers 24/7, but the military classifies them as equipment, right along with the rifles and rucksacks so if the dog gets old and retired on a base overseas he's considered excess equipment, not entitled to be transferred home. someone who wants it adopt him has to pay the shipping costs and can run thousands of dollars. >> so when this dog handler left the army, he couldn't afford to adopt his partner named nooska. because it m

clark county district attorney chris lawrence. >> i was really struck by the -- just the abject disrespecthammers. >> [ bleep ]. >> people being kicked in the head. it was horrific. and it was terrifying. and it terrified me. >> get this. >> [ bleep ]. >> these are kids who are addicted to violence. >> get him! get him! >> and who are fighting for the sake of that high that it brings, watching that fight. >> what gets the d.a.'s attention that summer is a horrifying story about tanner hanson and the night he encounters the 311 boys. >> this is where it all started. >> july 18th, 2003. tanner hanson has just wrapped up his junior year in high school and is enjoying all the graduation parties with his friends. on a warm saturday night, tanner drives to this park where he meets his best friend craig. some girls show up. and one of them suggests going to a party. another friend winces at the idea. but the group decides to go anyway. that's a decision tanner now wishes he had never made. tanner's friend craig. >> a lot of kids were coming in. some of my friends that i knew, and i was just like,

let's go to our pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, he's got the details for us. what are you learning, chris? >> iran's missiles are getting more accurate, but they may not have to be because they are also getting more deadly. by that i mean they're developing a new payload system that spreads out the destruction over a wider area than a solid warhead. and you've got to remember how many u.s. bases and u.s. ships are in that region. iran's recent missile test showed off their capabilities. in a new report from the pentagon confirms it. iran's ballistic missiles are more accurate, versatile and deadly than ever. the report finds iran may be technically capable of flight-testing an intercontinental ballistic missile by 2015. the type of missile that could hit the u.s. if it works. >> this is going beyond simply being able to strike at other countries in iran's neighborhood. >> reporter: analyst john pike says iran already has missiles that reach more than 600 miles. enough to strike israel's eastern border. but the report reveals iran continues to improve a ballisti

stay with msnbc for prime time, reverend al, rachel, chris lawrence. the whole gang is here.c capital city of london. throughout this diverse metropolis of approximately 8 million and across the entire length of the british isles, anticipation continues to mount as we approach the ceremonial start of the olympic games of the xxx olympiad. this will be our home for the next 19 days. hello. i'm kelly tilghman. competition is already under way in the 12 team women's soccer tournament. unlike sports concentrated around london, football as soccer is called across the pond, football is staged across great britain, historic stadium across england and scotland and wales. today, the women began their defense of olympic medal in gls, scotland and took on a match of the nbc sportsnet work. let's take a look at the exciteding highlight. teams making their way onto the pitch. this was a tough physical match early, as you see alex morgan of usa going down and temporary exit the game but come back with a force. 12 minutes in the game, france getting the goal. it's 1-0, france. it wouldn't b

our pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, is joining us now with more on this part of the story. arning? >> well, wolf, a couple hours ago mitt romney went before a room full of veterans to make his case for the presidency. and what's really shaping up to be one of the most unique races in generations. does boot camp still matter to veterans casting ballots? >> it does every time i go to vote at every level. i look at if you're a veteran or not and if you got a background. >> reporter: but this election neither candidate has ever served in the military. >> if i become commander in chief, the united states of america will fulfill its destiny and its duty. >> we've got the best trained, best led, best equipped military in history. and as commander and chief i am going to keep it that way. >> reporter: it's a choice american voters haven't faced in nearly 70 years when roosevelt ran against dewey. >> that's why they have the joint chiefs of staff. that's why they have their advisors who know what they're doing, okay. so that doesn't bother me at all. >> reporter: so mitt romney can t

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let's bring in our pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence. what are you learning, chris?schools in the u.s. right now that are giving student visas to forei foreigners and they aren't accredited by the faa. one of the congressmen called this entire report extremely disturbing. you may be shocked to hear about some things you probably thought this country solved ten years ago. the mistakes were supposed to be fixed a decade ago but a new government report reveals security loopholes so large even illegal immigrants have been able to attend flight schools in the united states. >> isn't it true that based on your report, the transportation security administration cannot assure the american people that foreign terrorists are not in this country larning how to fly airplanes? yes or no? >> at this time, no. >> reporter: no guarantee, 11 years after mohammed ata and other 9/11 hijackers learned to fly in the u.s. and crashed a jet into the world trade center. >> nine u.s. citizens and visa holders are supposed to undergo a security threat assessment before the tsa clears them to

here is cnn's pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence. >> reporter: all of that bang, the sound of workers. what you don't hear is the clock ticking on their jobs. >> at the end of the day, these workers you see here are going to be laid off because we won't have the money coming in to keep them employed. >> reporter: come january, automatic budget cuts kick in across the board. the pentagon would have to chop $50 billion a year for the next decade. that's a lot of lost business for big defense contractors, leaving scraps for small suppliers like jwf. >> lockheed, they're going to protect their jobs. it is first year contractors like us that will feel the impact. >> reporter: the income is under $25,000, half the national average. >> impact to this town is more brutal than billion be in the beltway of washington, d.c. because there's fewer jobs available here for these people to go get. >> reporter: there's no politics on the factory floor, but a lot of the workers are dependent on what republicans and democrats do end of the year. congressman mark krits is the local democrat. >> my worry,

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lawrence, thank you very much for having me on. bugle boy. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. general mitt romney. i use that term sarcastically because general in this case is an armchair general. the man that spoke today to the affairs of war could not be more foreign to foreign wars. even venezuela had no match in his resume. only in his plans. how many countries does he want to fight in the next four years? does he want to outdo bush i with one war or bush ii with two more? there he was reading a speech by the same neo-kinds that took us into iraq and always seem to have the next war on his agenda. does this guy have any idea the words of war have meaning and dead and wounded, no meaning in the stupidity and deceit we went through under bush and cheney? backed up by cheney in this election speak of leaks? national security leaks as we f we never heard what the w. crowd led by chainy and his fall guy libby did when they had their hands in there. michael steele, chairman of the republican national committee and msnbc political analyst. joe, editor-in-chief of the nationalmem

lawrence. > under the boardwalk with chris christie. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in san francisco. let me start tonight with the brazen decision by mitt romney to have chris christie open the republican convention. what a blunder bust. it's like bringing in the nastiest weapon of the boardwalk to blast at the president. got the message? i got it the second i heard christie's name. romney will not put the big guy on the ticket. oh, no. he's not perfect enough for the team. no. we're talking outsourcing. have the big noise from jersey do the nasty stuff. pick a pleasant, unthreatening fellow like, say, tim pawlenty for the ticket. christie now joins the tuba section along with john sununu and other big boys brought in to pound away to obama. having won the nomination in a clown show, here come the parade of elephants. uh-oh. look out. there's some rogues out there. republicans who wonder why mitt romney won't release those sticky tax returns. and why he's letting the crazies attack hillary's closest aide for being islamic. desperate to change the

lawrence. >>> up next, hardball with chris matthews. >>> the army of the night, let's play "hardball." >>> goods matthews in washington. let me start with this tonight. i have this feeling about this presidential election between barack obama and mitt romney. it's not just about them, it's about the armies behind them. the people who share in their victory also in their defeat. look at the army of the night riding behind the presumptive republican nominee. it's an army of war hawks, of neo-cons for lack of a better word. they bring war with them in every election. an agenda of a country they want us to fight. people voted for w, they got iraq. why? because the army poised behind the uninformed ill-read w knew what he didn't. when 9/11 struck, they struck. this time it's iran. but don't think they're going to end it there. these old cold warrers haven't been happy since the berlin wall fell. they want another big one with russia, with china. listen to romney's words. he didn't write them himself. he'll say what it takes to get the right wing behind him. but the right wing will follow him right t

lawrence. > under the boardwalk with chris christie. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening.rancisco. let me start tonight with the brazen decision by mitt romney to have chris christie open the republican convention. what a blunder bust. it's like bringing in the nastiest weapon of the boardwalk to blast at the president. got the message? i got it the second i heard christie's name. romney will not put the big guy on the ticket. oh, no. he's not perfect enough for the team. no. we're talking outsourcing. have the big noise from jersey do the nasty stuff. pick a pleasant, unthreatening fellow like, say, tim pawlenty for the ticket. christie now joins the tuba section along with john sununu and other big boys brought in to pound away to obama. having won the nomination in a clown show, here come the parade of elephants. uh-oh. look out. there's some rogues out there. republicans who wonder why mitt romney won't release those sticky tax returns. and why he's letting the crazies attack hillary's closest aide for being islamic. desperate to change the subject romney ruminate abou

lawrence. >>> up next, hardball with chris matthews. >>> the army of the night, let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this tonight. i have this feeling about this presidential election between barack obama and mitt romney. it's not just about them, it's about the armies behind them. the people who share in their victory also in their defeat. look at the army of the night riding behind the presumptive republican nominee. it's an army of war hawks, of neo-cons for lack of a better word. they bring war with them in every election. an agenda of a country they want us to fight. people voted for w, they got iraq. why? because the army poised behind the uninformed ill-read w knew what he didn't. when 9/11 struck, they struck. this time it's iran. but don't think they're going to end it there. these old cold warrers haven't been happy since the berlin wall fell. they want another big one with russia, with china. listen to romney's words. he didn't write them himself. he'll say what it takes to get the right wing behind him. but the right wing will

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lawrence. >>> back in the saddle. let's play "hardball." >>> i'm chris matthews in san francisco. let me start with why the republicans might just blow this election. this guy romney's and he's got in real answers to the charge he's killed american jobs, got no answer to the demand to release tax returns. if he's not yelling it ain't my job or wasn't my job, he's out there exposed to his enemies. tonight, back from vacation, i want to know why. what is this guy hiding? he wanted to be president, why do you think he did something that can't pass the smell test? are his tax returns that yucky he refuses the call even from republicans to let them go? is this the campaign he wants to run? he hides who he is while the nasty right makes six accusations accusations. rush limbaugh saying today that barack obama was indoctrinated is this what it's going to be like until november? romney hiding where his money came from, where he keeps it, while the loony attack within. joining me is howard feinman and david corn. let's talk about this showdown right now. howard, my friend, it's good to be

. >> chris cillizza, author of "the gospel according to the fix" and krystal ball, thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, it's the bat crap crazy wing of the republican party against what's left of the establishment wing of the republican party. michele bachmann versus john mccain. and newt gingrich has picked his side. >>> and later, you'll meet the man trying to bring sanity to the sixth congressional district in minnesota by running against michele bachmann. >>> and in the "rewrite," the biggest lie the nra tells is about freedom. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ voice of dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. are you in good hands? >>> the campaign of secrets and lies has a lot more secrets than we thought. it turns out the records of mitt romney's period running the olympic games have been destroyed. big, big surprise, huh? well, now we might never know exactly how much work he was doing for bain while he was running the olympics. the reporter who broke that story joins

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. >> chris cillizza, author of "the gospel according to the fix" and krystal ball, thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, it's the bat crap crazy wing of the republican party against what's left of the establishment wing of the republican party. michele bachmann versus john mccain. and newt gingrich has picked his side. >>> and later, you'll meet the man trying to bring sanity to the sixth congressional district in minnesota by running against michele bachmann. >>> and in the "rewrite," the biggest lie the nra tells is about freedom. whoa, look at all those toys. insuring that stuff must be a pain. nah, he's probably got... [ dennis' voice ] allstate. they can bundle all your policies together. lot of paperwork. [ doug's voice ] actually... [ dennis' voice ] an allstate agent can help do the switching and paperwork for you. well, it probably costs a lot. [ dennis' voice ] allstate can save you up to 30% more when you bundle. well, his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. ♪ bundle and save with an allstate agent. are you in good hands? >>> the cam