they've been known to support a stronger mole robust us approach this area i'm thinking about john mccain mccain and lindsey graham of this year and it said in a carrier for is the situation and said well what are your constituents think are your constituents supportive of a more robust policy on syria and of course here this is a great degree of selling the policy that the white house nee the congress need to do to educate us as to why it's important for the us for u s national interest to act on syria. now that said i think being able to up sell. i did spend the full support to the to the us radical groups to the moderate opposition is that much easier than it is to opt to sell us strikes or to another war and at least it is that you're absolutely right the us will not stand for christmas and i won't bring in one of the plant which is a very important one in this country that's the wrong. and of course this is something that us foreign policy makers have their eye on idol is there any appetite g cents. within the foreign policy community is this some kind of appetite of any calling for a grand

and that's why, john mccain, senator mccain, senator flake, both republican senators in arizona have said, let's not do this. veto this bill. i truly think that the local chamber of commerce, marriott, apple have come out against this. they know it will create an intolerant atmosphere for gay and lesbian folks in arizona and arizona should say no. >> first of all, arizona does not currently include sexual orientation as a protected category under either employment discrimination laws, so this is the status quo. this does nothing whatsoever to change the status quo of the law in arizona. >> neera, i've said i think this bill goes too far. so let's shelf that for a minute. the problem i have and what needs to be discussed in a broader sense is a slippery slope. if you follow this its logical conclusion there are some steps along the way that we could analyze. we'll run a few scenarios by you. i want you to tell me where you stand. for example, this game up in new jersey not long ago. should a baker be forced to write "happy birthday adolph f t hitl hitler" on a birthday cake? >> this i

number two, the thing that interests me is that both senator john mccain, you know, senator john mccain and wesley clark, who is on the other side of the political spectrum both said that they believe that putin is involved in a little bit of empire rebuilding here and that they don't believe the story that they're saying which is they have a right the be there because of a bilateral agreement. >> you tweeted a while ago, obama, quote, there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. then you said, for example? # empty threat. go ahead. >> you notice that president obama didn't say redline, right? because we've been to this place before where the president writes a check then fails to cash it. that has second and third degree consequence. one has to wonder as putin remembers that episode, does he buy obama's threat. we don't have a lot of options. threatening not to go to a summit in june is okay, but that's four months from now. this situation changes every day. we could have sanctions, but that's probably not going to bite much. we could go to the u.n., but that's really

in the distinguished flying cross that my dad received was issued by admiral john mccain, who was john mccain's grandfather. he was the commander of the fleet that my dad was involved with. >> do you talk to him, or did you talk to him about what that was like, what he experienced? >> probably not as much as i should have. we always knew it and my mom would tell us about it. my dad like most guys of that generation was very quiet. he had to be prompted to talk about it. so he's 93 today. day, he still is -- you kind of have to ask the questions, but i tried to do that in there is a project called the veteran history project at the library of congress put on a few years ago. probably still has going on. but they encourage you to talk to world war ii veterans and veterans from other conflicts in our history. so we got -- that my dad down and i asked him a lot of questions. for four hours got a lot of that stuff on the record. and so many of the details and things that you just did not know about. and it is really fascinating. that generation was, they were just a remarkable group of people. to th

incredible moment when the senate passed that bipartisan rubioion bill with marco and john mccain working with senator mccain and senator andin and senator menendez senator hatch and i contributed to that bill or whether it was battery -- patty murray and barbara mikulski to get that budget done or the work on the farm bill that senator stevan abinow has done recently. still find it within themselves, this courage to stand next to someone they do not always agree with for the anderment of this country, that is what keeps me inspired and keeps me going. >> there is a picture of senator humphrey and muriel humphrey who had this seat. she served for about a year. did you meet them? >> yes, when i was very young. hubert humphrey. i was able to meet him and i met muriel later. family and their son skip and others i have gotten to know. one thing apple did not realize about hubert humphrey -- people did not realize about hubert humphrey. i was -- there is a movie out on him, we chose how much he did -- he did work across the aisle. he transcended party lines and in that way he is a big role model for me. >> do you

. >> it reminds you of john mccain, doesn't it? john mccain back in 2000. he had great media support. he used to call my base the media. and nobody had bigger support among the media, including around here than christie had because he has always been good copy. in good times and bad, chris christie is great copy. >> the most interesting man in politics. >> he is. he is. he is far more interesting, i'm sorry, name another interesting republican out there. >> the thing about chris christie has been -- >> scott walker? couldn't identify him in a lineup. >> chris christie's strength going into this, the big money guys liked him. the question for chris christie, will the big money guys continue to like him or they shop elsewhere. that's why i say it's undecided. >> still sort of rubbing up against him. >> they're still not sure. i think that's why they're undecided. >> it is aversion to the other people on the list? i still think there are some center right candidates out there that could emerge, certainly jeb, and certainly scott walker, i did disparage. and cer

john mccain's book. but it turns out, i went back and checked this because the dates and the times and the places matched up. the distinguished flying cross that my dad received was issued by admiral john mccain, who was john mccain's grandfather. he was the commander of the fleet that my dad was involved with. >> do you talk to him, or did you talk to him about what that was like, what he experienced? >> probably not as much as i should have. we always knew it and my mom would tell us about it. my dad like most guys of that generation was very quiet. he had to be prompted to talk about it. so he's 93 today. to this day, he still is -- you kind of have to ask the questions, but i tried to do that, and there is a project called the veteran history project that the library of congress put on a few years ago. probably still has going on. but they encourage you to talk to world war ii veterans and veterans from other conflicts in our history. so we got -- sat my dad down and i asked him a lot of questions. for four hours got a lot of that stuff on the record. and so many of the details and things that you just did not know about. and it is really fascinating. that generation was, they were just a

john mccain from snl's "weekend update." keep your eyes peeled. >> the arizona republican party this week formally centered senator john mccain saying his voting recordtoo liberal. said mccain, oh, i've been through much worse. no, not that. yeah, there it is. >> that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> washington post reporter in washington for a look at politics. >> hi, veronica. >> let's start with what everybody's talking about this morning, the super bowl. and the president's interview with bill o'reilly. what were your thoughts on the interview? >> well, the game was such a blowout, i thought the pregame interview was a bit more combative and competitive. the white house was probably, you know, prepared for these kind of questions. the president's been answering them and the white house for a long time. you saw some of the president's frustration of being asked the questions. he continued to sort of say, hey, you know, this is the health care rollout was a problem, but hey, we're trying to fix it. and with benghazi, he said, look, it's fox news that keeps bringing this up. there's been plenty of hearings on this an

incredible moment when the senate passed that bipartisan rubioion bill with marco and john mccain working with senator mccain and senator andin and senator menendez senator hatch and i contributed to that bill or whether it was battery -- patty murray and barbara mikulski to get that budget done or the work on the farm bill that senator stevan abinow has done recently. still find it within themselves, this courage to stand next to someone they do not always agree with for the anderment of this country, that is what keeps me inspired and keeps me going. >> there is a picture of senator humphrey and muriel humphrey who had this seat. she served for about a year. did you meet them? >> yes, when i was very young. hubert humphrey. i was able to meet him and i met muriel later. family and their son skip and others i have gotten to know. one thing apple did not realize about hubert humphrey -- people did not realize about hubert humphrey. i was -- there is a movie out on him, we chose how much he did -- he did work across the aisle. he transcended party lines and in that way he is a big role model for me. >> do you

john mccain is over there you know stoking all kinds of fervor support. giving no support to the democratically elected government at that time i thought john mccain was for productive microsleep but i guess he's pro shysters and john mccain we love shysters all right so we've got about a minute left so let's just. talk about where we are now in terms of the economy in thailand where the where it where is it now where is it heading only think the economy if this political stability will you know develop grow and i think that's one of best as won't just move out of there because they see ads you know as a sure bet but i do think that the you know the political crises damaging confidence and i suppose that's inevitable right and is it regionally is there much of a split between the north of the south i mean it's on the tourism minister stuff and well i think the south is much wealthier schools being much wealthier into on the north the northeast is always been poor that's why the present government has been pouring resources into that and there's some resentment over that from the sort of bangkok and the southern people who tend to be sort of progress rathe

an attack on a woman who spent years on public service, a public service that john mccain says he was proud of. john mccain's slogan, country first. no, it's not country first. it's politics first. maybe it's even get hillary first over everything else. >> national security adviser susan rice was back on "meet the press" this weekend. and she told david gregory she has no regrets what she said nearly 18 months ago in the aftermath of that benghazi attack. let's watch her. >> what i said to you that morning and what i did in every day since was to share the best information that we had at the time. the information i provided, which i explained to you was what we had at the moment. it could change. i commented that this was based on what we knew on that morning, was provided to me and my colleagues, and indeed to congress by the intelligence community. and that's been well validated in many different ways since. and that information turned out in some respects not to be 100% correct. but the notion that somehow i or anybody else in the administration mislead the american people is patently false. and i think t

. >> senator john mccain believes president obama lacks the world experience to deal with the situation in ukraine. mccainpoespects the presides too credulous. in john mccain's world of good guys and bad guys, president obama commits the unforgivable sin of not seeing everything as black and white as he does. we covered ukraine last week and watched all this unfold. i talked about the fact there's some part of you as you watch this that's trying to sense what side you're supposed to root for. as someone who follows the news and doesn't know a ton about ukraine, i'm confused about what i think should happen, even which side i'm on. and i think that's a natural and in many cases laudable instinct. it's also not the single question that should determine one's entire foreign policy world view. and yet john mccain can seem to ask no other question. it doesn't matter where. pick a conflict and john mccain will tell you whose side he's on. like syria. >> providing military assistance to the free syrian army and other opposition groups is necessary. >> let's take a look back at libya. >> are you concerned about t

john mccain and jeff flake are, you can see it right here, now calling for a veto. the party's most recent national standard bearer mitt romney as well. that's because mitt romney and john mccain, i think they now understand what the equality movement has been arguing for decades. discrimination against any of us is discrimination against all of us, and politicians who invoke religious freedom for discrimination make for very bad allies.

in the distinguished flying cross that my dad received was issued by admiral john mccain, who was john mccain's grandfather. he was the commander of the fleet that my dad was involved with. >> do you talk to him, or did you talk to him about what that was like, what he experienced? >> probably not as much as i should have. we always knew it and my mom would tell us about it. my dad like most guys of that generation was very quiet. he had to be prompted to talk about it. so he's 93 today. to this day, he still is -- you kind of have to ask the questions, but i tried to do that, and there is a project called the veteran history project at the library of congress put on a few years ago. probably still has going on. but they encourage you to talk to world war ii veterans and veterans from other conflicts in our history. so we got -- that my dad down and i asked him a lot of questions. for four hours got a lot of that stuff on the record. and so many of the details and things that you just did not know about. and it is really fascinating. that generation was, they were just a remarkable group of peo

john mccain can seem to ask no other question. and it doesn't matter where. go ahead. pick a conflict and john mccaintell you whose side he's on. like syria. >> providing military assistance to the free syrian army, and other opposition groups is necessary. >> let's take a look back at libya. >> are you concerned about the people that are actually fighting for the opposition here? any worries about them? >> fighting for the opposition? they're my heroes. >> heck, how about back in 2008 when georgia fought their war with russia? >> the small nation of georgia has been subject to russian attacks that threaten its very existence. today, we are all georgians. >> this is a man with a comic book view of international conflict who then calls the president naive for not serially picking sides as john mccain so ostentatiously does. >> this is the most naive president in history. the naivete of barack obama and john kerry is stunning. >> you know what arguably could be called naive? going on stage at a ukrainian opposition rally and not realizing you're standing next to a man who heads ukraine's right wing nat

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senator john mccain standing up to the president protesting several of his nominees. john mccain goes on the record next. but first a live update on the gigantic winter storm. well will hear >>> this is a fox news alert. another blast of snow bringing more misery to states already buried in snow. more than a the foot of snow has already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible.he foo already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible.e foot already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible. foot already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible.foot o already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible. in the south, ice leaving hundreds of you thousathousands dark and cold. kendra, tell me the situation in south carolina. >> reporter: the winter storm has moved away from us, but it has left an icy mess. we saw snow and sleet and ice on top of that. so it's made for a crunchy mixture on the ground. it's all over th

romney joins republican arizona senators john mccain and jeff flake in supporting a veto. here's what john mccain told nbc news radio today. >> the business community in arizona has been galvanized by it. >> do you think she's going to -- >> well, i don't know. i can't predict. that's up to her. i can't make a prediction. but there certainly has been a very big reaction to it. particularly amongst the business community, which is the base of our city corps. >> do you worry about the super bowl? >> i worry about everything. >> here's what arizona state representative damian klinko had to say about the bill last week. >> i believe i'm the only openly gay member of this house of representatives. and so it's pretty appalling to hear a dialogue that talks about using religion to discriminate against both myself and my community. you know, when i was in high sdoo school, i was actually assaulted because i was gay. as a result, i spent most of my life down playing the fact. you know, i don't ride in pride parades and i don't really wear it on my cuff, but i really feel compelled to really put it out the

this is a guy, by the way, senator john mccain in november and december went to kiev and embraced. either john mccainid not know who he was, or he did not care. the united states is prepared to embrace that guy, anything to get rid of yanukovich because they think this is about putin. obama,here you president again, speaking yesterday in mexico. to see these as some cold war chessboard in in competition with russia. our goal is to make sure the people of ukraine are able to make decisions for themselves about their future, that the people of syria are able to make decisions without having bombs going off and killing women and children or chemical weapons or thes being starved because desperate wants to cling to power will stop crooks who benefits from the instability, professor cohen? is he concerned about this? >> of course he is concerned. "the post" wrote in order to an editorial yesterday. that duringerstands the sochi olympics, the last thing putin wants is violence in ukraine. he is furious at the president of ukraine. he read him the riot act on the phone last on, what is he gain control of th

john mccain. and so for ted cruz, this is all about a strategy for activist, a strategy for ideologue, a strategy for defining the party. then you got john mccaing, hold on, friends. we actually have an election coming up. and one side is going to win and one will lose. we'd like to get more seats than the other side. so why are you making our guys and girls take tough votes when we could make it easier for them? and it's two ships crossing in the night. cruz's guys are going to be pushing them forward and mccain is going to be sitting this frustrated as all heck that this guy is supposed to be a leader of the party. it's hurting party candidates. >> i'm probably dating myself. but in decades past, i recall when predecessors of mitch mcconnell and speaker boehner could really rein in the renegade colleagues. used to threaten to take away coveted assign ams, shunning the rogue law maker. doesn't seem to work these days, does it? >> no. if anything, there is a split. if you asked right now, moving outside of washington, who has more power to manipulate the levers, john mccain or ted cruz, i mean, ted cruz has got the activists. ted cruz has got p

incredible moment when the senate passed that bipartisan rubioion bill with marco and john mccain working with senator mccainnd senator andin and senator menendez senator hatch and i contributed to that bill or whether it was battery -- patty murray and barbara mikulski to get that budget done or the work on the farm bill that senator stevan abinow has done recently. still find it within themselves, this courage to stand next to someone they do not always agree with for the anderment of this country, that is what keeps me inspired and keeps me going. >> there is a picture of senator humphrey and muriel humphrey who had this seat. she served for about a year. did you meet them? >> yes, when i was very young. hubert humphrey. i was able to meet him and i met muriel later. family and their son skip and others i have gotten to know. one thing apple did not realize about hubert humphrey -- people did not realize about hubert humphrey. i was -- there is a movie out on him, we chose how much he did -- he did work across the aisle. he transcended party lines and in that way he is a big role model for me. >> do you e

john mccain was in our studio. i want to get your reaction to this. >> this is where john mccain was kept. >> how long? do you know? >> i was not in charge of prisoners. >> was he here by himself? [indiscernible] >> edit a bit. the windows were all bricked over and the only ventilation came from some small holes. >> when he said the windows were there with bars on it, that was not true. >> it had been there. but, they kept is isolated. second of all, there was never any bomb shelter that i saw in the 2.5 years in prison nor, did we go to any bomb shelter. we would have to be together and they did not want that to happen. >> he wrote the forward for your book. >> we got to know each other when we went back to the camp. after the agreement was signed in 1973, they lined us up by the capture date because that was the way they were going to release us over the span of two months. he and i had been captured 11 days apart and we were in the same group. we were together in the camp. they had to open the doors and we walked around the courtyard and were together. we walked and talked for a couple of months bef

then there's cindy mccain, wife of arizona senator john mccain who is an advocate for victims of humanficking and here's what she said. >> it's not just a large event. it's every day. so we face the element out there of educating people making sure that they understand that this is not prostitution. these are victims. and more importantly making sure that they understand that we have to do something, not only to run the traffickers out, first and foremost, but to take care of our victims in the long run. >> so karen, as a former prosecutor, what are the biggest challenges to bringing these human traffickers to justice? >> well there are so many challenges alex. one is that often these children are kept in secret. that's number one. and when they are 15 16 17 years old and they are brought in on prostitution or drug charges, they're not treated like victims, they're treated as criminals. sometimes it's not even until the sentencing phase that either as a district attorney or a prosecutor you're aware that they were even under -- the victim of human trafficking. so the secrecy is a very

. >> john mccain is lighting into the situation. the way mccainilling. here he is, senator john mccain. >> we can do nothing, we see a further deterioration and a regionalization of the conflict. they will have to go in militarily. did you know, there is a terror group in syria so grazen, they were expelled from al qaeda. cnn obtained. this is exclusive cnn reporting. you are about to see. it is so frightening to watch. get the kids out of the room right this second. this is the senior correspondent. the voice asks how old are you. i was born in 19 ikt. are you married, yes, i have two children. do you want to see them again, god knows i do, i have nothing to hide. the man who calls himself a doctor pauses, collecting his thoughts. the interrogators speak with distinct iraqi accents and northeast. they are not with the regime of president assad, but rather with i sis, the islamic state of syria. it's not clear what happened to these men, but another chilling video will show you later may be a clu. the groups are fighting that is left well over 2,0

john mccain. -- i likeke to say lindsey graham and john mccain was our parties nominee. sh people in the immediate would quit focusing and i wish the administration would quit focusing on lindsay and john mccain as spokesman for the party, because they are not. there was a lot of resentment that these guys are presenting themselves as spokesmen for the republicans, and they are not spokesmen for the republicans that spokesmen for themselves, as we all have that right. host: what is different with what they say and what republicans think? , whereon immigration their views are not reflective of a large number of republicans. host: back to the situation with syria. guest: i think the american people are were wearing -- war weary. we made a mistake. i voted to support george bush at the time. it was a mistake to follow george bush into iraq. in so manytrillion thousands of lives that were destroyed. those who died and those who have broken bodies and now we have to take care of them for the next 10 and 20 years. it was a mistake. lindsey graham and john mccain do not seem to

clinton administration we're going to have a plan where people had to go into -- let's say john mccain had one. the mccainlan would essentially get rid of, or many republican plans would get rid of employers deductibility for health care. and then they would take that savings and they would give people a tax credit to go by health care. we can debate that but what's not debatable is that that would have been dramatically more disruptive. you would affect all these people with employer provide health care and you would affect huge amounts dropping. now, you can have a debate about whether or not that's a better system or not a better system. what you can debate is that would have been significant more disruptive i think it's just taking political potshots to look at any air of destruction and say, well, that reflects a flawed in affordable care act as opposed to that reflects the type of transition and adjustments you would have to have it in any major health care reform. and that, in fact, most of the republican proposals and many of the proposals on the left, virtually all of them would have led to far m

that every time i have proposed immigration legislation, i did it with john mccain, with kennedy, back i did it with the john mccain and with kennedy. back in 2003 and 2004. i have been a bipartisan moving forward. i believe this should be an american solution. part of the problem, i will say this, george bush was the last president-elect he got 43 percent of the latino vote. he won. but if you're going to continue to criminalize because when you pass the lot id arizona and to show your papers i will tell you right here on this program they are asking you for your papers with the pull you over and i was born in this country i resent any law that stereotypes the and promotes that kind of stereotypes. it is wrong and american. we should not have those type of long as. . . . .ar to me that the demographics are such that that is going to happen. host: what about chris christie? if you becomes the nominee -- let me point out that when he won reelection, this past year, he carried 51% of the latino vote. that is in new jersey. that is that election. that is not a presidential election. that is a local election. the other

john mccain -- unionize. here is from senator john mccain -- "i don't see unionize nation getting that far but they want to tryhat is fine. as far as college athletes are concerned, should they be allowed to unionize? here are how you can get your thoughts this morning. effort,upport such an 202-585-3880. if you oppose the effort, 202-585-3881. anwj.e on twitter, @csp you can also send this e-mail, journal@c-span.org. about 15 people commenting on our facebook page -- a couple of comments of people. for our first 45 minutes, when it comes to the world of college athletics and the players that are involved, should college athletes the allowed to unionize the echo -- to unionize? you heard the name -- during the reading of the articles. he is the president of the college athletes players association. us andou for joining tell us ultimately what these players are looking for. this is about having a seat at the table. it makes multimillion dollar salaries for cultures -- for coaches and athletic directors and commissioners. too little resources have been erected to provide protection for these players be -- for th

> senator john mccain says hillary clinton would most likely be elected president if the 2016 election were held now. hillary clinton has not announced she will run in 2016. senator john mccain made the prediction yesterday on cnn after he was asked about the assessment of michele bachmann that america isn't ready for a female president. >> i would get, my friend, as much as i hate to admit it, that right new this is why we have campaigns, but right now if the election were tomorrow, hillary clinton would most likely be the president of the united states. >> a poll shows hillary clinton is the overwhelming favorite as democrats' choice for a nominee. the poll shows hillary clinton ahead of republican contenders such as new jersey governor chris christie and former florida governor bush. >> the midwest and south are childrenning up after another round of sleet, snow, rain and flooding. the east coast is bracing for a run of the polar vortex with the winds and frigid temperatures. >>> blinding blizzards in the north. thunderstorms and tornadoes in the midwest and south and floating ice is a but of wicked weather. in alabama overnight a possible twister tossed the trailers like

mccain very well. i covered his presidential campaign. john mccain is going to ask for people to be fired. what brady dougan is going to say if this was a handful of people that were involved, rogue people. what john mccaingoing to say -- this is your bank, you have been at the head of it. why only 10 people been disciplined and no one fired? the allegations are remarkable. people were flying on to the states on forest visas to clear in transact business. in the a bank branch airport. the allegations arts plosive -- the>> the details are allegations are explosive. >> the details are amazing. credit suisse is one of only working banks under investigation into this probe of swiss lenders. is credit suisse being singled out? high- they are the most profile. credit suisse, to their credit, has been sort of forthright on 182 quad rate or saying they want to cooperate. -- on saying they want to walk rate. -- cooperate. secswiss franc was for the investigation. in 2011, they put up $270 million for the caps issue. they paid up $197 million just last week. another number -- how much they spend on lobbying -- 1.5 million dollars in 2013. he had lobbyist is an x in on the house financial services committee. the on

providing economic aid as john mccain has suggested through the eu is something we should do. john mccaind that the u.s. will provide a billion dollars of aide. the economy of the ukraine could tank especially if russia turns off the gas spigot it's been providing subsidies for gas for the ukraine and turning that off will cost ukraine 4 to $5 billion so the scholars at the center say. john mccain has suggested something that doesn't apply here. reinstalling the missile system that's geared towards iran and doesn't have anything to do with russia. that would be provocative. providing that we're sure the current government in georgia is a responsible government, makes a lot of sense to me. we have a lot of things we can do. something to keep in mind is, according to the scholars here, a majority of ukrainians including those in east ukraine see themselves as ukrainian, not as russian, not as europeans, as ukrainians. they haven't had a decent government since the orange revolution. the governments they've elected have not brought economic opportunity or even stability or security to their

senator john mccain is saying things are getting a lot worse as a result of russian and iranian influence. mccain said the white house policy has been a dismal failure. >> we sit down at the table with him on nuclear weapons and talk about the removal of chemical weapons, it turned into a regional conflict and the weapons flown in and the training from iran and all of it is evolved into the situation that we are in today. >> senator mccain is urging the white house to work with viable opposition groups inside syria. the president is committing to humanitarian assistance only and promising not to put american boots on the ground. the united nations mediator who was working this past three weeks to get a peace deal is sorry for not coming through for the syrian people. >> i am very, very sorry. i apologize to the people. the hopes which were very, very high that something would happen here, i think little has been achieved to give them even more hope that maybe this is the beginning of the coming out of the horrible tragedy. >> we have no idea when a third round of peace talks will take place. noth

john mccain reiterated criticism against the administration and said that the administration has not gone far enough in diplomatic relations with regards to syria. that we havehing seen come from senator mccain for a while, to criticize the obama administration over his foreign-policy. the obama for administration -- he is not calling for the obama administration to get troops into syria, he is saying the policy has failed. >> and is raising questions of syria. regime in he is reiterating these claims. a few months ago, if you think back, senator mccain and senator graham and some other republicans have all sort of joint forces in their criticism. it looks like they are once again missing the route -- making the rounds in their attacks. roundhave seen the second of talks failed in geneva. there is a blame game going on. the syrian government saying it saying the. fall, u.s. created a hostile environment during those talks. where do we go from here with these talks? >> it has yet to be known in the short. in the long-term, it poses significant challenges for the administration simply because, heyou look at the homefront, is facing attacks from prominent senators in the republican party such a

there is a heritage report from the john mccain health care plan under the section of "breaking job lock." under the mccain plan, which links tax breaks directly to individuals instead of their place of work, individuals would no longer feel obligated to stay with their employers. that's what the affordable health care act does. to talk about this politically, i think the thinking yesterday was, this is going to be a huge liability for democrats, and it could be. it also shows, again, hypocracy. >> the big debate was whether or not to extend long-term unemployment insurance. in the case of federal unemployment insurance, you have people giving up out of frustration because they can't find a job. one way to address this easily without repealing obamacare would be to extend federal unemployment insurance so you can keep some of these people in the labor force. but the honest debate isn't always the one that takes place in washington. >> i'm sure that house republicans will snap into action once they get josh's argument there. go ahead, alex. >> the cbo report, it's not all filled with sort of republican -- t

john mccain and lindsey graham, provided details of the meeting. jeffrey goldberg joins me now. jeffrey, thanks for joining us. what did graham and mccainyou that secretary of state john kerry told them about syria? >> essentially, he made a case that the current policies are failing and the jihadist groups are talking about targeting the america homeland. there are a whole set of other issues. the slow rolling by the syrian regime of the removal of chemical weapons. a whole set of issues kerry, they said, feels like russia is subverting the chance for a peace settlement and so the clear impression that a number of people got was that kerry feels that it's time to sort of up the game, that the administration is going to have to get more engaged or this problem is going to get much worse, spin out of control even. >> kerry advocated for a much more muscular -- >> kerry has been one of the prime people, for instance, arming rebels over different periods of time. so this is not surprising. what is a little bit surprising is that he would be as frank as he was in front of a bipartisan delegation, not just democratic congressman, always risk

no one has been more critical of john mccain than i have over and over and over again. i give mccainhe handled it much differently. look at this. >> i do not believe and i can't trust obama. i have heard about him and he is an arab. >> no, ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that is what this campaign is all about. >> that's the kind of leadership that democratic republican that you should expect from people that are trying to hold higher office and really interpret the constitution and laws in this country, joe. >> that is the kind of leadership running for dogcatcher, called civility. that is exactly. we are losing it. i just got an e-mail from a minister saint margaret's church in dayton. he wrote a piece on what has happened to civility. and then you wonder how come our children act out when they see adults who are in positions of power like a congressman and a woman whose old eenough to be their grandmother calling out the president's mother, calling the president's mother a b? and then you wonder why your

hollande talking about the horrendous situation in syria, john mccain saying a future president will apologize for inactioning >> it's interesting mccainthat way. this is consuming president obama in a way we in the press haven't been fully able to report. sometimes it's hard to get inside somebody's head. advisors admit he knows this policy isn't working. but the country has this sort of iraq syndrome and a similar syndrome with vietnam. so there are certain aspects off the table. he's frustrated. putin -- the pressure on putin isn't working. hundreds and thousands of people are dying. he is frustrated. let's look at his week this week. it was interesting on one hand they want to talk about minimum wage and their special events on climate and drought but with hollande, during that state visit, he was admitting his policy isn't working. he never said it but he called it a horrendous situation and talked about the only good news out of geneva 2 is that they both showed up. what was he doing this weekend? meeting with king abdullah of jordan. this is it the biggest economic crisis. this is consuming. they don't have a good answer. >> you

cindy mccain, the wife of john mccain, is an advocate for victims of human trafficking and she talked at a new jersey news conference on wednesday. >> it's not just the super bowl. it's not just a large event. it's every day. so we face the element out there of educating people, making sure that they understand that this is not prostitution. these are victims. and more importantly, making sure that they understand that we have to do something, not only to run the traffickers out, first and foremost, but to take care of our victims in the long run. >> let me turn now to a national reporter for "usa today," jane wells, documentary filmmaker. her new film examines the sex trafficking trade. and danielle douglas, a former victim of sex trafficking. thank you all for being here. danielle, let me start with you. most of the time we see in film, on the news and people think sex trafficking and they think somewhere overseas, they're thinking young girls don't have anywhere else to go. this was not your case. >> no. >> explain a little bit -- it's fascinating to hear how you ended up trapped i