al qaeda. in fact, it will not help al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda. it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard. you just reiterated it and i said in my opening testimony, later on syriaon at the brookings institution. there will be a debate in congress on military strikes on syria. we will have a look at the u.s.- russia relationship. ♪ >> the senate foreign relations committee act president obama's request to strike syria upload limits on it. the resolution now goes to the full senate as early as next week. the house is working on a similar proposal. welcome to the washington journal. we are going to keep our focus on syria. we will hear first from democrats.

al qaeda. in fact, it will not help al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda. it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard. you just reiterated it and i think very important to this discussion. i am confident i joined the general and the secretary hegel in thanking you for your service, willing to serve both in the guard as well as pilot, but also here. the intent of the president could not be more clear. the impact, if congress will pass this and we can carry out this action, the impact will be not to help al qaeda. in fact, it will not help al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda. it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard. said in my opening testimony, this is not just about folks in syria, my friends. american troops benefit from this standard being upheld. and through all of our wars since 1925, we have managed to see it upheld when we have been involved. the fact is, the absence of our willingness to uphold this standard will do several things that are directly against our interests. number one, completely undermine a

al qaeda. in fact, it won't help al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda.countable to this critical standard. you just reiterated it and i said it in my opening testimony, this is not just about folks in syria, my friends. american troops benefit from this standard being upheld. and through all of our wars since 1925, we've managed to see it upheld against when we've been involved. the fact is that the absence of our willingness to uphold this standard will do several things that are directly against our interests. number one, completely undermine america's validity and america's word in the region and elsewhere. it will emboldened north korea and iran with respect to activities that will directly threaten the united states and our allies. it will importantly increase the number of terrorists that we are already concerned about because it will force people who want to take on assad to go to the least common denominator of efficiency and expediency and that is to arm the worst people who will try to get the job done. i ask everyone to listen carefully to con

al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda but it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard. >> 24 would be a significant strike that would in fact degrade his capability. >> if we do nothing, what is the likelihood in your judgment that bashar assad will use chemical weapons as a routine weapon to turn the tide of this civil war? >> i think likelihood is very high. he would use them again. >> not one member in my district in south carolina or the e-mails of people that contacted my office say, go to syria and fight this regime. >> this debate, i might add to you, is also about congress's red line. you agreed to the chemical weapons convention. bill: new york congressman peter king, listening to all this, republican member of the house homeland security committee and good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: americans at home watching this. they want to know what congress will do? is the u.s. going to, i know they don't like to use the word war but is that where we're headed? >> bill, i intend to vote for the resolution but right now i'm not at all certain that this 218

al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda. it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard. you just reiterated, and i said in my opening testimony, this is not just about folks in syria. american troops benefit from this standard being upheld. through all of our wars since 1925, we have managed to see it felt against -- we have managed to see it upheld. the fact is, the absence of our willingness to uphold this standard will do several things that are directly against our interest. completely undermine america's validity, america's word in the region and elsewhere. it will embolden north korea and iran with respect to activities that will directly threaten the united states. it will importantly increase the number of terrorists we are already concerned about because it will force people who want to take on assad to go to the least common denominator of efficiency and expediency, nobody armed -- and that will be the arm for people to get the job done. i would urge everybody to listen carefully to congressman kessinger. in the absence of doing this, it will be a grant of impu

al qaeda is trying to deploy a counter drone strategy. the report includes dozens of assessments dating back to 2006 exposing a number of methods used by al qaeda to down u.s. jones including jamming gps signals, blocking tags, using observation balloons and even airplanes. it also describes al qaeda attempts to recruit more engineers and technicians to focus on counter drone operations. the intelligence community noted they are confident al qaeda lacks the technical knowledge to deploy a counter drone strike. they cautioned should al qaeda effectively create a strategy, it would be disruptive for u.s. operations in afghanistan and pakistan. the report noted al qaeda is also focused on taking advantage of growing public outrage toward drone warfare. the intelligence community wondered whether they are losing them battle of public opinion. one suggestion to turn the tide was to stop using the term drone strike and instead lethal uav operations. who can forget that powerful plant explosion in west, texas? the fire marshal wants to prevent similar tragedies but there are major hurdles in the way. we will talk to him after the break. >> after

al qaeda. in fact, it will not help al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda. it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard. you just reiterated it and i said in my opening testimony, this is not just about folks in syria, my friends. benefit fromps this standard being upheld. and through all of our wars since 1925, we have managed to see it upheld when we have been involved. is, the absence of our willingness to uphold this standard will do several things that are directly against our interests. number one, completely undermine america's validity, credibility in the region and elsewhere. it will embolden north korea and iran with respect to activities that will directly threaten the united states and our allies. importantly, increase the number of terrorists that we are already concerned about because it will force people who want to take on assad to go to the least common denominator of the efficiency and expediency, and that will be to arm the worst people who will try to get the charm -- try to get the job done. alice's urge everybody to lis

al qaeda. it will further expose al qaeda. it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard.ou just reiterated, and i said in my opening testimony, this is not just about folks in syria. american troops benefit from this standard being upheld. wars since of our 1925, we have managed to see it felt against -- we have managed to see it upheld. the fact is, the absence of our willingness to uphold this standard will do several things that are directly against our interest. completely undermine america's validity, america's word in the region and elsewhere. it will embolden north korea and iran with respect to activities that will directly threaten the united states. increase thetantly number of terrorists we are already concerned about because it will force people who want to take on assad to go to the least common denominator of efficiency -- expediency, nobody armed and that will be the arm for people to get the job done. i would urge everybody to listen carefully to congressman kessinger. this, itsence of doing will be a grant of impunity for the use of these weapons. hearing

al qaeda. in fact, it will not help al qaeda. t will further expose al qaeda.it will hold a dictator accountable to this critical standard. you just reiterated it and i said in my opening testimony, this is not just about folks in syria, my friends. american troops benefit from this standard being upheld. and through all of our wars since 1925, we have managed to ee it upheld when we have been involved. the fact is, the absence of our willingness to uphold this standard will do several things that are directly against our interests. number one, completely undermine america's validity, credibility in the region and elsewhere. it will embolden north korea and iran with respect to activities that will directly threaten the united states and our allies. it will, importantly, increase the number of terrorists that we are already concerned about because it will force people who want to take on assad to go to the least common denominator of the efficiency and expediency, and that will be to arm the worst people who will try to get the charm -- try to get the job done.

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exposed. >> so this was may of 2012, scott, and this was the new and improved redesign of the so-called underwear bomb. this was an actual plot where an al qaeda operator was supposed to wear that bomb on a flight in a suicide mission to new york, to the united states. instead he turned out to be an undercover british intelligence agent who had penetrated the group and disrupted that plot. they were very upset because they thought they could further exploit all of the things that came with that information if they had a little longer to work with it when it leaked. >> pelley: how was the former f.b.i. agent, sachtleben exposed? >> well, one thing was the associated press had its telephone records subpoenaed as you mentioned and it appears from the legal documents that it was might being through those records that his number came up. he, of course, was involved in a child pornography case already. they had his computer when they backed through that they found the rest of the pieces and put this case together. >> pelley: thank you very much, sachtleben has agreed a sentence of three years and seven months. that would be the long nest a civilian

expose aspects of iran's nuclear program. all of this while the u.s. was debating what to do in syria. >> there's only 10,000 members subscribed to al qaeda operating in the eastern part of syria. and they're talking about locking off a safe haven. where have we ever seen pooling of that large number of fighters, right? and guess what, they're coming from all over the world. >> reporter: then there is north korea, seeing the u.s. unable to rally international intervention in syria announced it would be restarting its yongbeong nuclear reactor for the first time since 2007. in 2012, some 29% of voters said the u.s. was more respected around the world now than in 2008. new polling shows fewer than half that number feel that way today. >> i visited with two ambassadors yesterday that are very concerned because they're in the region, and they said when we lose credibility, it hurts them in the region. so it's a serious problem. >> reporter: a new gallup poll shows americans' trust and confidence in the federal government's ability to handle international problems has reached an all-time low. 49%. two percentage points lower than the last record low back i

al qaeda. there's no end game. it would be another iraq. he goes on to argue that those arguments essentially missed the point and the syria debate in his words is exposinglationist worm eating its way through the g.o.p. apple. fred is here with us for more on that. what do you mean by that? >> the republican partied, way back in the day in the 1930's and early 1940's was the party that opposed any intervention in europe, really right until we were hit at pearl harbor and then under robert taft was opposed to our membership in nato. i think most americans would a degree it's a good thing we entered the war, stayed western civilization and defeated communism but that never went away and i see this boiling up again in the syria debate. i think a lot of republicans have sincere concerns and they're agagenuine about the confidence of the commander of chief, the job that needs to be done with asad. but there's a second line that says the president has no right to go to war without congressional authorization or this is a civil war in which we have no interest in who wins and those really are kind of isolationist thoughts. jenna: on that and just for review, i