tonight a look at the changes in president obama's foreign policy team, with david ignatius of the washington post and les gelb of the daily beast, former president of the council on foreign relations. >> this ms. rice is very close personally to the president. it is almost like his kid sister was being appointed national security advisor, i almost think when i see her, he is so voluble, so direct and frank that she, that he is saying the things that barack obama would say if he was less reticent man, if he was more open and more of an extrovert, so i think it is going to be useful to have somebody who really knows the president's mind and can speak for him, both in the. >> the interpreter: agency process and to the extent other world leaders, i still think susan rice is more of a policy intellectual than tom don lon was. >> we continue with. >> who considers the president's

and "the washington post's" david ignatius.decision to supply some weapons to syrian rebels. taken together with the breadth of our national security data collection showed how much a commander in chief must meld his views to the realities he confronts in office. on syria, the president decided this country could not avoid involvement when chemical weapons had been used. and on the data sweep, obama's past strong statements about privacy have had to bend with the realities of the threats against the country as he has seen them. let's start with syria. david, i guess the big question is why are we now going in apparently with some kind of military support to the rebels in syria? >> syria is the problem from hell as one

we could have david ignatius mr. >> eat your yogurt, have some breakfast, please. >> so the polls of our, and they're fresh as the month of may. >> you'd think he'd get hit with the scandals. the new nbc news/wall street journal polls. just 10% of americans had a positive opinion of attorney general eric holder. half of all americans -- >> with numbers like that, eric should run for congress. he'd fit right in. >> he'd do better. >> a negative view of the irs, however, polls show that people don't hold the president personally responsible. his numbers are holding steady. 48% approve, 47% disapprove. >> how about that, he's holding steady. >> all of these controversies, people thought it would bring back the white house. personally it has not affected president obama because it has not led back to the white house specifically. >> and given the republicans and opportunity to handle something well and they overstepped again. >> you look at the numbers, alex, they don't hold the president personally accountable for these

and back again, david ignatius of the "washington post" and our own andrea mitchell.elcome to all of you. general hayden, you have been in the thick of this debate in your past as one of the nation's top spies. the politics of this are interesting in terms of where the american people are. and we'll put some of the polling on the screen. 56% believe that the secret court ordering the tracking of calls of millions of americans is something that is acceptable to the american people. do you think that still holds? will it hold as more information is known about it? >> i actually think as more accurate information is known about it, it will hold, and perhaps even expand. now, there's a natural instinct in the united states, a natural instinct by the way we cover these sorts of things to rush the story to the darkest corner of the room, but i don't think that's where this story belongs. and as americans learn about the safeguards and the effects of the products of this program, i think they'll become even more comfortable. >> what has been misconstrued, from your judgment,

in studio, correspondent andrea mitchell and columnist for the "washington post" david ignatius. good morning to all of you. senator graham, let me start with you. the key step has been taken by this administration, the president saying he is now willing to arm the syrian rebels. so, what is the goal and how much closer to the goal does this step take us? >> i really don't know. it seems to be not being bush is our foreign policy. the goal should be to basically make sure assad leaves. last year, assad was isolated, he had very few friends, he was hanging by a thread. this year he's entrenched with hezboll hezbollah, iran and russia, stronger behind him than ever. i think our goal should be in the short term is to balance the military power and providing small arms won't do it, so we need to create a no-fly zone to neutralize assad's airpower. >> so, you're saying this is too late, this is too little, the syrian rebels cannot prevail with this step by the administration. >> under this construct, they can't, and what does it mean if they lose? i think as syria's become a powder ke

and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, the president's decision to supply some weapons to syrian rebels. taken together with the breadth of our national security data collection showed how much a commander in chief must meld his views to the realities he confronts in office. on syria, the president decided this country could not avoid involvement when chemical weapons had been used. and on the data sweep, obama's past strong statements about privacy have had to bend with the realities of the threats against the country as he has seen them. let's start with syria. david, i guess the big question is why are we now going in apparently with some kind of military support to the rebels in syria? >> syria is the problem from hell as one analyst has described it. the reason that we're finally two years into this war deciding to provide military aid is basically what the president said. when you have clear evidence that chemical weapons have been used against a civilian population, when missiles are being fired into civil

. >> david ignatius, what forced the president's hand on this? >> i think when the decision, the chemical weapons had been used by the assad regime, was completed by the intelligence analysts and ready to go, it forced a decision that really already was made in embryo within the administration. i would add to what senator graham said. yes, our policy is to force assad to leave, but our policy at a deeper level is to build up the moderate opposition to assad. if assad left tomorrow in a sense, that would be bad for us, because the strongest forces in syria would be the jihadists, and you'd have complete chaos. so, in a sense, you want to wait a little bit for these forces to get stronger, for the u.s. arms to flow through. i was told by my syrian sources that just in the last few days, at this announcement, 60 syrian officers defected because they thought maybe there's a chance -- 6 generals, 22 colonels. so, there's one concrete sign on what difference it makes when the u.s. says we're with you. >> on the other side, our colleague, jeff goldberg,

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"washington post" columnist david ignatius. and our own john dickerson. it's summertime in washington, and the temperature's rising because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. well, it is the weather again, violent tornadoes and storms claiming 12 lives and at least 100 were reported injured this weekend as a result of the violent storms and tornadoes in the midwest and the south. most of the fatalities occurredded just outside oklahoma city where a tornado killed nine people along interstate 40 friday night. we're going to start this week exactly how we started last week with the governor of oklahoma, mary fallin. she joins us this morning from el reno. governor, i must say, we didn't think last week we'd be talking to you again this week, but oklahoma, just when we thought the bad news was passedded, the tornadoes struck again. how is everybody doing this morning? >> well, we're doing well, bob. it's been a very trying couple of we

. >> david ignatius, les, jonathan alter and cuba gooding, jr. when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with the major shakeup in president obama's foreign policy team. earlier today the president announced tom donelan his national security advisor would be resigning and he will be replaced by susan rice, the u.s. am bass kor ambassador to the united nations she withdrew her candidacy to secretary of state in response to the criticism to the benghazi attack, nominated to take her place at the united nations samantha powell a pulitzer winning author. >> here is what the president said about each of them. >> has been with me every step of the way and the american people are, owe you enormous gratitude, you restored our nation's prestige and standing in the world, you have positioned us well to continue to lead in the years ahead, i think that tom donelan has been one of the most effective national

kelly o'donnell and david ignatius. that's the show. thanks for watching and hope to see you back here next week. and we'll look at some of the great highlights of the last 11 years o >> sometimes he is known as the man of the house, and other times he is the atm of the house. he charts the professional path for his son to follow his footsteps. there's no question of the influence of fathers in american society today. i am sarah caldwell. all this and more on this edition of "11 tv hill." following in your father's footsteps encompasses four generations for the carter family. joining us is dr. carter jr. and dr. carter senior. he earned two doctorate degrees and build one of the nation's first megachurches. dr. carter jr. is married to a minister and also has a doctorate degree. it really a pleasure to have you both. >> really glad to be here. >> four generations of ministers in our family. it must be working. >> i would say so. it says something about the family cohesion. >> tell us why you decided to follow in your father's footsteps.

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david ignatius wrote, snowden david ignatius wrote a wonderful novel called "blood money" and in thisentially a couple years ago told this whole story. screen all calls and all financial records and what happened was a snowden-like guy, but a snowden-like guy but who worked for pakistan was in it and trying to kill cia agents. but what he described was there. we already have the telling us what's coming. in the process, that's where it goes back to snowden. if you have individuals and ones but those who want to do harm, we end up creating a world of big data about how our american runs and who is doing what to whom. it's enormous power and enormous capacity without control. i think we need to have transparency, rules, regulations for a very different world of intelligence than we have today. >> i want to thank spencer ackerman for joining us. few industries are changing more rapidly than healthcare. by earning your degree from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to advance your career while making a difference in the lives of patients. let's get started at capella.edu. so yo

. >> david ignatius. >> caught carrying a red flare shirt lz against the french court. >> that's notood transition. >> attorney general eric holder is not up to task and writes in part this, people are looking for the wrong scandal about attorney general eric holder. the problem with holder is the plain fact that, in the judgment of a wide range of legal colleagues, he has been a immediate ower attorney general. the leak cases illustrate holder's tendency to blow with the prevailing winds. holder substitutes his political judgment for his legal judgment, and his political judgment isn't very good, is the way one white house official put it to a prominent lawyer recently. the criticism was seconded by half dozen other leading washington lawyers i consulted. president obama talks about his desire to improve the performance of the bur crockcracy so the citizens can believe in the government again. the justice department is one of the areas where this standard matters most but under holder it hasn't been met. that's the scandal here, tolerance of mediocre performance. >> we always bring

bob geyser along with david ignatius, partly to of the most important reasons why work for the london post. thomas mann is someone -- i come from massachusetts where politics is not always on the level. tom is on a specialist i have which is people would commit felonies for. fortunately he has never asked me to. no one on that list has ever asked me to commit one. and one of the themes of bob kaisers book is that senator dodd was one of the most popular people in congress. people like senator dodd a lot. and i have always been taught us suppose i should not confess this as a journalist. bob has been one of those people. and so is great to have you will hear. welcome and thank you for coming. >> thank you. [laughter] responsible and timely. very proud. there is i felt those circulating on the internet. maybe somebody have seen it. a handmade sign, the kind that cheap motels used to advertise free hbo. but this was a pointed message that said, can we just throw congress of the fiscal cliff? i found this -- ipod someone deserved a price for capturing the spirit of the times. as you know,

past recipients include david ignatius and pulitzer prize winner thomas friedman. he gave a speech., wolf. jake, i wish we were there for that. >> i want to play the whole speech. maybe we can play the whole speech. we'll do that later in the broadcast maybe. >> that's coming up. >> mary, thank you so much. >>> coming up, secretary of state john kerry floats an idea for syria and has it shot down by a top pentagon general. voices reportedly raised at a white house meeting. we'll get all the details next. what makes the sleep what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you wanted a firm bed you can lie on one of those. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. oh, yeah! once you experience it, there's no going back. while we make room for our latest innovations, save $500 to $800 on the closeout of our memory foam and iseries bed sets. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. sleep number. comfort individualized. humans. even when we cross

>> david ignatius' column in "the washington post" today. out, skins greased, he may be on the way out. >> really? you think so? even though the president steadfastly stood by him? >> no. you see unnamed democrats leading lawyers in town quoted, again, anonymously saying this guy's not up to the job. i think i'd take a close look on that in the next week or two. >> sounds like something to read. yours, robert? your must-read? >> mine is the political says there's chill in the air. from the president who said perhaps maybe these investigations to these leaks by the government with certain sources perhaps to put a chill in the air, a lot of journalists on the record saying all -- some of their sources are drying up because they're afraid of being recorded by the government. a must-read in today's political. i encourage everyone to watch. >> all three, good stuff. thanks for bringing it. >>> that is a wrap of this sunday edition of "weekends with alex witt." up next, richard lui standing on the sidelines there. have yourselves a great day. i wa

david ignatius writes in "the washington post" about susan rice.r a provocture in the west wing. he writes rice has star power. she is smart. funny. profane and passionate and she can also be her own worst enemy should go sharp words or elbows when a softer touch would work better. in that sense she and obama are well matched. the cool and cautious chief executive may benefit from a more hot tempered national security adviser and vice versa. jeremy, is that fair? >> i think the. a great line in that piece later on where he talks about how obama has trade inside a gray sedan for a flashy sports car, rice being the flashy sports car. it's interesting to see how the national security team reacts now in obama's inner circle. you have john kerry and powers who is no shrinking violet and susan rice. this is going to be quite a combo. >> the choice of two women who happen to be mothers. what is going on? nicole, what is going on? >> i'm a huge susan rice fan and i think the poiappointment is w one and she was thought to be the next secretary of state. the

host: let me read from david ignatius in "the washington post" - caller: it goes to my point in somespects that she is going to speak his mind. she is going to put forth what he wants or what ever he thinks. we needorld we live in, people that can be objective and take this serious. lies at here many that he is responsible for for some they not to challenge him. host: have you been following the situation in syria? do you have any thoughts on that? what do you think? perhaps saying that having susan rice closer to him in this role, that he will have sharper thinking on what to do in syria. i think the situation has gotten out of control. they made a statement that there was a line to cross and they are not sure if the line was crossed. thought the idea was not to be at war forever. last week, he said he is worried about terrorist but these are not terrorists. it is a country in turmoil. they are not the only ones -- the only country that is having a civil war. i don't know if she knows what to do. i don't think any of them know what to do at this point. host: carnegie, pa., republica

. >> david ignatius on june 7 this changed when hezbollah came in with actual numbers, the turks andred of waiting for us to do anything, they said the heck with the friends of syria people that we were supporting. we're going to throw arms in there to counterbalance because they were about to get annihilated. >> i think this in part shows the lack of focus on what the real problem is. obviously there is a humanitarian tragedy in syria, but strategically it is of secondary importance compared to iran, compared to iran's support for terrorism and the al malaki regime compared to progress on getting nuclear weapons capability, all of which the obama administration ignored. we're facing up to that threat all around the world now. >>brian: ambassador bolton, thanks so much. straight ahead on our show, a lot more to go, 2 hours, 50 minutes to be exact. 50 minutes to be exact. remember the former teaching at colombia. [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. grrrrreat outdoors,your daily and a great deal