michael brendan doherty, what do you think of the diedynamics? >> i think there's a populist anger that's out there. and we've seen it expressed. it's hard to translate that into real politics. i think that might be ron paul's challenge tonight. ron paul appeals to a lot of people who have been alienated from politics for decades, that's why you see all of these strange, political barnacles on the "hhs paul" is that these people haven't been in politics for long and they express themselves through the internet. but it's hard to motivate them to participate in a caucus system, which you know, is a major political effort. and what i've heard and what i've seen in reporting that mike holly grace wilder has done as business insider is that ron paul has one hard-core following that will go to war with him if he asks them to. >> you may be acquainted with him, with those people if you've written about ron paul on the internet. >> but then there's this other group that where these discontented people that don't have a taste for politics normally and the

ocean may have caused the change according to peter to medical a paleoclimatologists at the lamont doherty or. observatory in palisades new york the changes in the temperature gradient would have shifted rainfall towards or away from east africa the medical and a team of scientists study deep sea sediment cores which represent the last several million years that were drilled across the indian pacific and atlantic oceans the most striking observation was that one site on the eastern indian ocean and another in the western east indian ocean showed temperatures that were comparable all the way up until two million years ago this would have been when the eastern side of africa warmed and the western side cooled causing the cool waters off east africa to have dried out the region after studying the cores the team of scientists ran computer simulations that a race the east and west temperature differences and showed what might have happened if the temperatures were the same along the equator across the indian ocean the result was the simulation of a shutdown of a type of atmospheric circulation

now, that conclusion was followed up by an attorney general's advisory opinion, by attorney general doherty which was issued in 1921. among other things in that report he explained that regardless of exactly where you draw the line, under no set of reasonable circumstances can you infer that a recess and adjournment lasting less than three days could be deemed a recess for purposes of the recess appointments clause. he went on to say it's probably too short even if you take it out to seven days or ten days. and every since then our analysis informed by those positions. if nothing else look back to the two clauses of the constitutional we talked about article, article one section five and article two section two. article two section two says the president has power during a recess. section five says in order to adjourn for more than 72 hours the senate has to get permission of the house. so that has evolved as a sort of safe harbor. if we don't have permission from the house, or for whatever reason we don't get it, we're not in recess because we're having to convene every 72 hours. the fact

today, lee grace doherty pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree assault and two counts of felony menacing. the 29-year-old and her two brothers are accused of shooting at a police officer in florida, as well as robbing a georgia bank, before they're captured in august. >>> the week-long assault that has killed hundreds of people in syria is railging on -- raging on. and the u.n. secretary general says the brutality must stop and is urging international people to help. >> government forces unleashed tank fires, mortars and rockets in a relentless assault to wipe out fighters. this internet video claims to show the battle for homes now in day 6. activists say troops loyal to president bashar assad. these women wept over bodies of the dead. >> we will take revenge on you, assad, we will kill you, this woman cried. u.n. secretary general ban kimoon condemned what he called violence. >> such violence is unacceptable to humanity. >> he said they will send more back into syria and may ask for more help in the mission. rebels say they need help in the form of more ammo to win t

we have a republican strategist, ryan doherty, the book of the ron paul book, and he has inspired a movementng at the delegate count. mitt romney, 85. newt gingrich, 27. paul in third with 10. he's making his bet on caucus states where he does well and places where he gets proportional awarding of delegates, but either he wins all of the states he wants to win, 160 dell gets of 1,144 that he needs. >> no doubt about that. let's not discount what you get, the passion, the momentum. especially for the people involved. if you look at the ron paul voters, these are disaffected voters. that's a really important thing. they didn't like the system to begin with anyway. in many ways, it's more theoretical than it is political. you didn't see them moving up the ranks in the political system. and i honestly believe they're following the momentum of ron paul. when he moves on, assuming that he decides to fall behind who the eventual gop nominee is, there's no guarantee they're going to go with him. >> let me ask that because there is facts, the university of north florida in jacksonville, and the ron p

this week he talks to dale doherty who believes we are all born to be makers of things instead of just consumers. >> one of the things that happens in making is that we are gaining some control over the world we live in. this world is awfully complex. it's hard sometimes to figure out what are the building blocks. how do you get going? you can have impact today. you can do things today and encourage yourself to participate to build things and make things. >> tune in to watch "the next list" or set your dvr 2:00 p.m. eastern sunday. tune in tomorrow afternoon when we dive into valentine's day chocolates. "travel and leisure" magazines and "southern living" talk about the best chocolate shop in the country. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love scienc

jill doherty reports on their independent relationship and how it affects the rest of the world. >> reporter: iran's oil exports are under pressure from sanctions driven by the u.s. and while countries in europe and asia are on board, one key ally isn't. this january, the biggest buyer of iranian oil turned out to be the united states' friend and ally, india. >> we are working with countries around the world, including india, that maintain strong oil relationships with iran, encouraging all of them to reduce their dependence on iranian crude. >> i don't think you're going to see india pulling back from purchasing crude from iran, but this will force iran to discount. >> reporter: china, the biggest buyer up to now, cut its iranian imports in half last month, driving a hard bargain, knowing tehran is feeling the heat. india has had close economic and commercial ties with iran for years. it imports more than 70% of the oil it uses and 14% of that comes from iran. many indian refineries are geared up to using the type of crude that iran exports, and changing that would be difficult. in fact, in

we have a republican strategist, ryan doherty, the book of the ron paul book, and he has inspired a movementstart by looking at the delegate count. mitt romney, 85. newt gingrich, 27. paul in third with 10. he's making his bet on caucus states where he does well and places where he gets proportional awarding of delegates, but either he wins all of the states he wants to win, 160 dell gets of 1,144 that he needs. >> no doubt about that. let's not discount what you get, the passion, the momentum. especially for the people involved. if you look at the ron paul voters, these are disaffected voters. that's a really important thing. they didn't like the system to begin with anyway. in many ways, it's more theoretical than it is political. you didn't see them moving up the ranks in the political system. and i honestly believe they're following the momentum of ron paul. when he moves on, assuming that he decides to fall behind who the eventual gop nominee is, there's no guarantee they're going to go with him. >> let me ask that because there is facts, the university of north florida in jacksonville,

who will be giving the most shout-outs to maine localities, your best bet, it will be mikan brendan dohertytelling you up front. i think the severely conservative moment was interesting because it was so bald-faced. but also at this point, it's also kind of honest, in that it's una poll junapologetic to the rhetoric to what he has to do now. >> at this moment in c-pac, he decides not to run on the record, not as a businessman, but on the record governing. this for me has been the question, why does he keep talking about my businessman. he was a governor, and typically, we don't elect businessmen to the white house, what we do is elect governors and senators to the white house. but the language has been, he can't run on that because he actually was not you know, orthodox conservative in that moment. so they're trying i think it felt like they were trying something new. what they were going to say is i was conservative in a blue state. who among you can claim to have been in the lion's den. had he actually said that, he would have connected a little better. >> the thing that struck me, then,

. >> jill doherty, thanks very much for the update. >>> now for the u.s. troops home from iraq.d the parade today. now those forces want the same honor, at least some of them do. our brian todd is joining us with more on this part of the story. >> veterans of the iraq war seem to be taking the lead. they've seen that image of a ticker tape parade for the giants and they're say they deserve a national level celebration as well. fitting tribute to the super bowl champs down new york's so-called canyon of heroes, but on this day some other heroes are wondering why not us? >> i think most americans agree if the giant deserve a, so do the veterans. >> he's petitions government officials to throw a parade for troops returning from iraq. along the giants' parade route, one man who says he lost his brother in afghanistan, he puts it more forcefully. >> for dying and getting nothing? that's [ bleep ]. >> it's a sentiment that's gathered critical mass. >> it frustrates me greatly that as we come home from one of those tlaerts that our government this administration refuses to give them th

jill doherty is live at the state department. jill, first of all, talking about that clip.here are many people suggest that syria is spiraling into civil war. is that the expectation at this point? >> i think you would have to say that, soledad, because you look at the situation right now. both sides are arming. and that is one of the problems. diplomacy hasn't been able to stop that. so you have to look at the options. could you do military action? well, president obama already said at least at this point that that is not an option. and many people who look at the situation say, look, this is a very different deal from libya where they did have military action. it's much more complicated. so what's the u.s. going to do? they're going for, of course, more sanctions, talking with the international community outside of the united nations to put on the pressure. they're also going to put pressure on russia by calling them out on the fact that they are providing their weapons and other countries providing their funds. >> and yet the foreign minister has arrived now in damascus

we have jill doherty to talk about the impact of this. jill?sy has been closed. the staff have been pulled out. that is the american embassy in damascus. the government, the syrian government we are told, the state department saying has refused to address its security concerns. and one of those major concerns was the possibility of some type of al qaeda action. they are pointing to a car bomb last month which was apparently carried out by al qaeda. so, again, 17 members of the staff now out of the damascus embassy for the united states. and this does not mean they are breaking diplomatic relations, but it's a serious step by the united states government. >> it's interesting they are focusing on security concerns and not focusing it on the resolution that was vetoed by china and russia. but do you think maybe the two are linked? >> this has been an ongoing concern that predated that vote. so i think you'd have to say that it's really a worry over precisely and any type of threat by al qaeda. >> jill dougherty, thank you, jill. appreciate that up