the obama administration and the nsa issued them right before key surveillance votes.this is what they now turn around and say amounted to congressional oversight and knowledge of these programs. >> are these documents that edward snowden had already released? >> well, no free at these were some different -- two of the documents or things the obama administration used in sort of summaries of the programs not in detail for congress and one of them was a really extraordinary document from the fisa court that comes amid the first document from snowden we published back in june, disclosing the secret order on verizon to turn over all of their subscribers phone records. this one goes into more detail about the rules under which the nsa can access the phone records that it collects from millions of americans, particularly in cases where what the obama administration and the nsa has said, low-level technical officials like snowden, for instance, can actually access the databases without the fabled reasonable articulable suspicion of connection to terrorism or espionage. it al

that is the regional equity movement is all about, and that is a major theme of the obama administration policy but doesn't get talked about and doesn't get reported on. there is one other aspect of this. how much time do i have? there is one other aspect of this and i know that phyllis is particularly interested so i want to include that here. that is something called the common core. the federal government constitutionally speaking in the states and localities should have control of the schools and school curriculum, school funding etc.. the obama administration has been trying to federalize the control of the education system through something called the common core. the interesting thing is this is a very important issue in and of itself when it comes to the content of the curriculum. but one important aspect of all of this is it fits into the theme of regionalism if the administration hopes after the president has been set the federal government has a certain local control over the local schools that might be allowed to bring pressure to help force the redistribution of the suburban

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i think diplomats are suspecting that is what the obama administration has in mind.'re told by the white house that no decision yet has been made. no decision on what exactly is going to happen, and the final decision is on the timing. one useful bit of information that i've come across in the last few minutes following a phone call. >> the u.n. continued their mission. they took their samples, they interviewed their witnesses. so that investigation is underway. one very important caveat to all that is to remember the mandate for this investigation of those inspectors. they have been told to find out whether chemical weapons have been used. they are not supposed to determine who used them. in many ways the investigation can go on, but it doesn't help us in what happens next. and it seems to me that the obama administration and some of the western allies now believe a route other than the u.n. is needed. >> u.n. diplomat i caic editor, james, good to talk to you. the agreement of 1997 bans the stock piling of chemical weapons. there is no reliable information on how m

this is delta sort of trying to put the knife into the obama administration on this one. >> presidenta went around the country and said at almost every speech on health care, if you have health insurance now through your employer and you like it, it's not going to change, because of the way this is working its way through the system, in many ways it is changing. >> if people would have read the bill in the first place they would have known that it. and it's a promise he couldn't keep. now the cost, maybe your premium doesn't cost more, but you're going to pay more for that delta flight ticket. a little bit more when you get that u.p.s. package. >> when you think that obamacare didn't cost more before, wait until you're paying for to fly as a result of it. >>> coming up, republican leader andrea contest to obamacare. what republican did that and why? start guessing that answer coming up. but first, do you believe this? killing for the thrill of it. three teens accused of the death of a college baseball player, but why aren't all facing first-degree murder charges? isn't that odd? they

the number of rules issued in the first term of the obama administration actually lower. rst term of the bush administration. the bush administration wasn't thought to be regulation happy. also the cost of regulation in the first term of the obama administration very much in accord with standard numbers over the last 25 years. so there hasn't been an explosion of regulation recently. >> does that include obama care? >> yes, that does include the regulations that have been issued. having said that, it is true that there are many areas that are overregulated. it's not widely known, but president obama did embark on a regulatory lookback, which has already saved billions of dollars in regulatory costs and eliminated a large number of regulatory controls, thus freeing up business from restrictions that really weren't doing anybody any good. >> you can imagine, i think i can imagine what some businessmen friends are thinking as they are listening to this. but, but, but, they're going to say obama care, thousands of pages of regulation, dodd-frank, 800 pages of new regulation. a

and of course we've heard the obama administration, from president obama to his e.p.a. administrator and others, talking about various forms of taxes on energy that they want to impose. whether it's a carbon tax, where it's a cap and trade-type scheme. they've continued to throw out that opportunity to impose that kind of radical regulation by themselves without action from congress. and clearly as we talk about the reins act and we talk about any kind of regulation having over $100 million impact on our economy, we want to make it very clear that any attempt to impose a carbon tax would fall under that same definition of major rule where they could not do it by regulation. and so if you look at what's been studied on this issue, because again this idea of a carbon tax has been floating around for a while by the obama administration, in fact, the national association of manufacturers, mr. chairman, did a study and it's titled, the economic outcomes of a u.s. carbon tax. let me tell you, it's not pretty, some of the things that they talk about in this study. if the obama

liberals inside russia, nationalist power base. >> you talked a moment ago about how you felt the obama administration was slow to recognize that turn in russian politics. there's a comment obama made that the russians remain in a cold war mentality. he keeps trying to convince everyone we're not in the cold war any more. it's sort of like a pathology. they can't snap out of it. to what degree are they getting or understanding the nature of the challenge they face in this relationship now? >> i think in the beginning the obama administration was very hopeful, maybe to the point of being a bit naive. they did take a lot of slaps in the face, the ones i mentioned before about closing usaid, various things. but it seems to me that so much has happened, you can't forget also what's happened to the american presence on the ground in moscow, we have an ambassador who was harassed for months and months by kremlin youth groups. and i think that there has been a change in understanding finally. >> thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >>> and now, a quick realtime correction, earlier i said the u.s. wou

the obama administration has embraced that makes investigative journalism a crime.m not saying i'm being formally threatened, but i've been threatened openly by people who have a great deal of influence in washington and have been channeling what's official washington thinks. >> you're supposed to testify last week before congress but the hearing was canceled because president obama was meeting with democrats. instead, you released a major piece. i want to talk about that in a moment. but will you be testifying before congress again and would you come into the u.s. to testify? last week it was going to be by skype. >> the hearing -- i don't know if it has been finalized, but i think it is been scheduled for september 17 or 18th. they had to reschedule the hearing that was canceling president obama developed a newfound interest in speaking with house democrats, who you traditionally has ignored, which caused the cancellation of that hearing. i believe it is being rescheduled. andher i will come physically appear work or remotely by video depends on a number of factor

the obama administration says it will release intelligence linking the assad regime to the attack.nd clearing the way to a future. >>> california's 11-day old wildfire has charred more than 60 square miles inside yosemite national park. ♪ >>> and the obama administration seems determined to make military action against syria. the white house says there is no doubt that the president of syria authorized the use of chemical weapons against his own people nearly one week ago. the syrian government is challenging the obama administration to prove its accusations. >> we're all hearing the drums of war being beaten around us. if these countries are willing to launch an aggress against syria, i believe the pretext of chemical weapons is false, baseless and groundless. and i challenge them to produce any single piece evidence. >> the white house says it has that evidence. let's go to mike viqueira. mike, the white house is promising an intelligence assessment by the end of the week. >> that's absolutely right. you heard secretary kerry talk about that today. and jay carney says we will see

>> there is little the obama administration can do. think that's what's so hard for most of us to understand. there is little we can do. we have to sit back and watch this play out. if in fact we fiddle with the military and try to take active steps to keep them from doing what they're doing, there's a no-win situation there. you lose whatever little modest leverage you have, and it won't really improve things. on the other hand, if you stay away as we are, we represent really another non-player in the world. you know, so much of this has happened because of the way the united states went into the iraq war. and you hear people say, that's an old story. well, that undermined the u.s. presence in the near east. it really made us a non-player in terms of our credibility, so we have problems here that in some ways are partially our own doing. >> we'll have to see what some of the protesters say at 2:00 as they gather in the city this afternoon. switching gears just a little bit, last muptonth, you might remember there was a california law

i do believe that the obama administration really ought to give some thought to a stepped up diplomaticort. because this war is very dangerous not just in syria but all over the middle east. and the administration should give some thought in how we want this thing to end up. what we can do with countries that we have had great disagreement with such as russia. perhaps the longer-term implications would be to try to start some serious diplomacy, because we really haven't had much of that. >> that's one thing you have criticized in writing before. you said part of the problem with syria is the obama administration demonized assad from the beginning, and said he had to go, and that kind of painted us into a corner. ted do you agree with chris on that? >> yeah, i largely do. i would give the administration, perhaps a bit more credit for its diplomatic efforts. after all russia has really been dug in, but it's never a good idea for the president of the united states to make a declarative statement that so and so must be removed if he doesn't have a plan to accomplish it. and in this case obv

you said that part of the problem with syria is that the obama administration, including hillary clinton, demonized bashard alassad and that painted us into a corner. do you agree with chris on that? >> i largely do. i would give the administration perhaps a bit more credit for its diplomatic efforts. after all, russia has really been dug in. but, you know, it's never a good idea for the president of the united states to make a declareative statement that so-and-so must be removed if he doesn't have a plan to accomplish it. in this case, obviously, we did not. we also have to understand this is a sectarian civil war. it's about as nasty as it can get. sunnis against largely minority alois. they have come to both communities, at least both communities have really come to hate each other and seek revenge, and nobody really knows what an end state would look like. >> i -- >> the othif one or the other w a massive victory, we are talking about massacres in a large scale. >> we want to get into that further in the next segment and talk about america's rift with russia and what that will mean

government inches closer to military action in syria while the obama administration pushes forward the international community is urging caution and restraint more on the growing tensions up ahead. the waters of california santa barbara coast tightest secret for years now there's been offshore fracking even though there are no regulations and the coast was once trashed by an oil spill we'll tell you more coming up. pay raises and bonuses are usually the rewards for doing good work but that's not the case for many of the nation's top c.e.o.'s especially at a time of growing wealth inequality more on that later in today show. it's friday august thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well we begin this afternoon in syria president obama and his cabinet are still deliberating on whether or not the u.s. should become a military militarily involved in syria and if so to what extent earlier this afternoon secretary of state john kerry addressed the public reiterating administration rhetoric against president bashar al assad and his military's alleged us

late thursday, the obama administration briefed lawmakers on the syrian situation. congressional leaders were told the administration has proof, including intercepted communications that the assad regime was behind last week's chemical attack outside damascus. defense secretary chuck hagel said no decision has been made on syria. speaking in manila, hagel said the u.s. won't allow politics to detour it from taking action, saying the obama administration would work to assemble a coalition. >> every nation has a responsibility to make their own decisions. we respect that of any nation. we are continuing to consult with the british, as we are with all of our allies. >> hagel is due back in the u.s. today. >> the team of u.n. chemical weapons inspectors are spending their fourth and final day talking to doctors in damascus. the u.n. says it is only looking for proof of an attack, not investigates who is responsible. we have three reports, lyndon with british reaction, beirut following the refugees flight. we begin with mike at the white house. any sign to the president i

the obama administration is not pulling any punches in calling it an assad attack. what is are the political risks if the white house is wrong? >> there is a huge political risk. we've seen before when there were the iraqi weapons of mass destruction. that did not turn out so well, and the islamist invasion of iraq. so this has been long in the making. if the u.s. makes a strike without independent verification it will be widely perceived as illegitimate. it could send the region further into flames. it's a risky gamble. >> thank you for joining us. tom rice at the university of san diego. >>> meanwhile a pro-syrian government group is claiming responsibility for attacking "the new york times" weapons tuesday. it was taken down by a group of hackers who called themselves "the syrian electronic army." users trying to access the times online came across error messages, and this is not the first time. the same group which is known for attacking media websites hacked the "washington post" web page just earlier this month. >>> 11 major wildfires are burning in california

so we haven't had a lot of influence from this administration. i think the obamahas just decided that they would rather be hop lar than try to push through a lot of these difficult issues but again i want to go back to what president obama said this week in mar that's vineyard i thought was very good because he didn't take the bait on immediately siding with the islamist government like he had done before. >> i agree. all right. rick, thank you so much. >> any time, dana. >>> straight ahead, it is not the wiener mobile you're used to seeing and you may want to keep your kids away from this one. that's next. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. it's a reality check. i had my reality check when i'd be sitting there with my friends who had their verizon phones and i'd be sitting there like "m

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little or even no hard evidence surrounding the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria the obama administration appears determined to enter this conflict with no clear purpose or aim obama says the arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice but it does not bend on its own is american intervention in syria really a bend towards justice. to cross not the war in syria i'm joined by pepe escobar in hong kong he's an investigative journalist and author and we also have stephen sless and you're in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to hong kong for us happiness is all about justice mr obama is looking for justice and threatening to bomb syria no it's about president of the united states of america and mash in his own web because he was reckless enough to be clear red line without sinking about the consequences and we're not talking about pulau or some island in the middle of the pacific who talk about the middle east so now he's backed into

and what would that be like for the obama administration?ter this. ♪ >>> welcome back to "inside story." what began as a grassroots protest against syria's government quickly turned into a proxy war. so can there be hope for a political solution in a country so deeply divided? still with us to continue the discussion, hilary mann lefret, and kurt volker. kurt we'll start with you in this particular segment. some of these rebel groups are assigned with al qaeda. they want to impose sharia law, is it in the united states best interest to help them. >> you have a regime that has killed a hundred thousand people. they have gone against their own population, that started off peacefully demanding change in the way the government was running the country. that has then been exploited by external groups. al qaeda groups, to provide arms, the regime has become radicalized, and you have seen iran and russia become directly involved as well. the only ones who are not involved are the ones that would support some sort of negotiated situation. that's wher

under the obama administration we created 3.1 million private-sector jobs. >> is that enough?no. but considering the headwinds we were facing this economy is growing much more rapidly than it was. >> we're being too impatient expecting more? >> don't think people are being too impatient the reality is there's unprecedented obstruction from republicans in congress who are been against every possible jobs measure. >> those talk points were very good the first three years of the obama administration. there's no question about it that the obama administration had unbelievable headwinds going into the first term. this is their second term. this is year number five. one could make the argument that the obama administration's policies have taken effect and unfortunately, and i say this with grave sadness is that this is a jobless -- very much so. here's why i'm sad. because there's double digit unemployment in the black community. you know this better than i do. >> there was double digit unemployment in the reagan administration. >> the obama administration promised us and the presid

two hours from now senior officials in the obama administration will brief congressional leaders on the situation in syria. the administration has repeatedly claimed that it is certain that the regime of president bashar al assad used chemical weapons on its on people. again, congressional leaders get that information in two hours, but our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been working her sources and has something of a preview now. barbara, just what have you learned? >> let's unlock that intelligence dossier just a little bit here. first up, what we now know is that the u.s. has intercepts after the attack of syrian generals talking amongst themselves about the use of chemicals in this attack that happened last week. that's a very strong piece of evidence that underscores the administration's conclusion that the regime was behind it. but was bashar al assad's hand really on the button? did he give the order? that is less clear we are told. officials won't say whether assad had his finger on the button. they say if they talked about that, it would give up too much of the classif

one thing obama administration can make clear is that release of mubarak would be a bad, bad thing.eason we supported the ouster of hosni mubarak in the first place was because of the bill of particulars that the protesters in tahrir square and elsewhere laid out, he was an autocrat, abuse of power, killed hundreds of people. were we now not able to speak out forcefully about the release while he is held for the same charges -- i think it is foolish. >> the court ordered relief. that's what his lawyer said. how do you want to say to the military, don't follow what the courts tell you if you believe in this democracy? >> because we don't see the rule of law operating in egypt the way the rule of law has been operating. >> i am all with you. you have to be clear to say we're fighting islamists, and we are with people that fight islamists. >>> next up, the president says republicans want to hurt americans. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. (gasp) nope. aw! guys! grrrr let's leave the deals to hotels.com. (nice bear!) ooo! that one! nice! got it! oh my gosh this

steve raises probably the most important point about this, which is what is the obama administration r view of al qaeda and war on terror because it is just not the story they've been telling us really. i think what we are looking at now. >> charles? >> what obama said during the campaign, that al qaeda was done and they're on the run, what he said in a speech just a few weeks ago, it was about where and where we're going on this. and he said this war must end. all wars end. this war must end. what was the big issue he raised? closing of guantanamo. is that the biggest issue when it comes to terror? here he is shutting 19 embassies, and in the big speech on terrorism, it is about shutting down guantanamo and how we have to end the war because we can't stay perpetually in a war footing. >> you see the closings of all the consulates. >> what is this if a country not on a war footing but cowering. didn't we hear from clinton kerry, all reviews of benghazi attack are being implemented, reserve a billion and a half to beef up our security, and here we are with embassies shutting. what have

it was only after snowden's leaks that the obama administration, that clapper had to apologize. the obama administration has not been forthcoming on this debate. they say they welcome. absent mr. snowden, it is hard to believe we would be having this debate at all. joining me now is liza goieden at the brennan center for justice. liza, thank you for being here tonight. >> my pleasure. thank you, ezra. >> let's begin with the president's policy announcement here. are the four steps, in your view, meaningful in terms of what they mean either for what the nsa is able to do or what we know about what they are doing? >> the devil is very much in the details on these four steps. the northea most significant step he announced that we know much about is the creation of an adversary process within the secret fisa court, the court that approves these surveillance programs and does so with only one party. that's the government appearing before it. and obama said he was willing to consider a system where there would be someone else there to leapt the other side, presumably the public intere

from reporters without borders says in hunting down edward snowden the obama administration is sending a signal to any potential whistle blower i just would like to remind you. the last fare of war a war against we saw glowers since the. was abducted in one thousand nine hundred seventeen. prosecution have been launched against we so blowers have been under the obama administration it's clear that the obama administration hopes that the war will discourage any potential that we saw grow or to reveal any information that you also have to understand that here and us any information related to national security is considered a secret is considered classy fight so everything is classified so it's really easy to become a creamy knol in the eyes of the obama administration if you're revealing any information which are related to national security and it didn't take long for an entertainment side to emerge from all of this edward snowden has not only made headlines he's also become the hero in a new video game a new smartphone app called snowden run three d. puts a digital version of the whis

now it good to have you with us this monday morning in the russian capital our top story the obama administration is willing to step up drone strikes in yemen even further despite no precise intelligence on terrorist targets that's according to a report from washington this may well be sending chills down the spines of ordinary yemenis who bear the brunt of the unmanned attacks and even pushes some to join the ranks of al qaeda. reports recent research suggests that since two thousand and two was drone strikes in yemen have claimed the lives of over eight hundred seventy people ninety nine percent of those victims were killed under the obama administration thirty eight since late july alone washington claims most of them or suspected al qaeda terrorists but locals are painting a different picture it's hard to verify the exact number of civilian deaths i would miss report. are often contradictory and the bodies of those killed in drone strikes are sometimes too badly charred to be identified in september last year thirteen civilians were killed including women and children near the village of rada

is it ratings -- is it a pro-business move for the obama administration? we'll see. nicole, thank you very much. all right. we have to get to peter barnes because as we mentioned two years ago today, the u.s. got downgraded when it came to the credit rating, and there was a special reason for it. we raised the debt ceiling, but the impression on behalf of s&p, wrongly, if you look how the market performed since then, was simply that there were not enough cuts at the time. guess what? it's all coming to pass again. peter barnes in washington, d.c.. when does the clock run out? >> when does the clock run out, liz, did you say on the latest debt ceiling? liz: yeah, uh-huh. >> it already ran out back on may 18th, and it is -- but, as you know, the treasury is doing a special and extraordinary measure to stay under the debt ceiling by not funding federal pensions and pensions for federal employees, not using this foreign exchange fund that the treasury has, so for now, we won't -- we'll be able to pay -- the government can pay bills probably until after labor day, accordi

part of the promise by the obama administration to utilize green technology. administration's original deadline of spring, 2011 came and went with no sign of progress, until this week. environmentalist bill mcgiven says it is about time. one hopes this is a small sign the second term obama administration will make climate change a priority, he said. jimmy carter had solar panels installed, they came down during the reagan years, and george w. bush put them back up. this will be the first time solar has been used for a president's living quarters. >>> a google street view photographer ran into a roadblock, trying to capture images in thailand recently. 20 villagers in a town in northern thailand blocked his car and detained him, accusing him of being a spy. the car is retrofitted with cameras to take pictures at 360 degrees for google map software. residents believed it was surveying the area for a controversial project to build a dam. the manager newspaper reports villagers drove the google employee to a local buddhist temple and made him swear on a statue of

energy is on a roll, thanks to the obama administration.gy than we import, first time in 15 years. congratulations, mr. president. >> bob, you realize that's ridiculous. >> you interrupted my one more thing. i knew someone would. >> bob -- >> we're hearing her life story if you kept going. >> you must yield the floor, mr. beckel. >> thank you. >> to me. all right. come on. >> i am not going to say anything else. rodney dangerfield. >> there's always tomorrow. quarterback second. dana will like this. you know how much she loves jasper, america loves jasper. like a sibling or grand parent, people would save their dog or pet over even like a distant relative or stranger. can you believe that? >> it is like your child. >> going a whole show without mentioning the dog, you had to do it again. >> spoiler! >> thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. "special report" is next. >> don't forget "fox and friends"! >>> welcome to "red eye." i'm tom shillue filling in for greg gutfeld who is doing something besides hosting "red eye." don't even think of ch

prosecution have been launched against me so blowers so even under the obama administration it's clear that the obama administration hopes that the war will discourage any potential that we saw grow or to reveal any information that you also have to understand that here and us any information related to national security is considered a secret is considered classy fight so everything is classified so it's really easy to become a creamy knol in the eyes of the obama administration if you're revealing any information which are related to national security well edward snowden has not only made headlines he's also become a hero in a new video game a new smartphone app called snowden run the three d. puts a digital version of the whistleblower in a never ending chase from what looks like a cia agent in the game the man on the run is a collecting u.s.b. sticks and a laptop you can see him running here those law talks can tame secret information if caught in the digital snowden well he gets a one way ticket to guantanamo bay there's also a call uncle put an option which drops a hydrogen bomb

>> transparent administration. >> reporter: ethics watch dogs disagree. >> i would say the obama administrationationship with lobbyists is the same as every administration's relationship with lobbyists. this is the thing that makes people so skeptical about politicians and washington. anybody can look and see it is the same as it always is, which is no better or worse than it was under president bush or president clinton. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder, vilsack, and wheeler who is heading the fcc were all lobbyists in the last decade, with wheeler, having been the telecommunications industry chief lobbyist. >> he hasn't worked for the wireless industry in a decade, nearly a decade, and his representation for the cable industry is nearly three decades old. >> reporter: the center for responsive politics lists close to 400 people in the obama administration who have been through the so-called revolving door, close to 15 are registered lobbyists, a percentage lower than his predecessor, hardly low enough to count as exorcism. >> obama administration hasn't employed as many current and f

yet, the obama administration seems to demonize people who are skeptical of the climate change.y do they reject the process of the science as being skeptical as its nature? >> you are right. it is good to question. but when you have 99, 99.5% of all scientists who says planet is getting warmer, when your documentation shows last year was the hottest year on record. when we want to clean our air and keep the water clean is not a political issue. it's about common sense. sure, challenge evening you can challenge. when the facts hit you in the face, you can't run away from the facts. president obama said he wanted to take an all of the above approach. that's whey they are putting solar panels on the white house. that's why the oil production in this country is at the highest it's be and gone up every year while he has been in the presidency. we have to do everything we can as americans to become less dependent on foreign oil and also protect our planet. >> doug: chuck, you get the last word. thank you. hogan, thank you, too. great to see you. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> doug: 1600