twenty meeting in st petersburg last week where the obama administration was completely isolated in fact apart from the brits france and the democratic kingdom of saudi arabia so they're trying to find a way out there is no question about it will dispute be part of this thread is this ng is burned our bush house of sell their big four idea that apac the israeli lobby is law. starting today monday congress for the war so who's going to. the peaceniks or these rarely house of cellblock and the other extremely disturbing bit of news we got from an a source close to the syrian conflict talking to r.t. today false flag or not we don't know but a false flag chemical attack was the theory by the rebels launched from the territory controlled by the syrian government into israel give us your thoughts about that. wow this school says. it's one up only whites might have happened in fact in ghouta do forget that a few of us lead depended analysts in fact we were less of course stuck to the possibility of the false flag and how it happened in guta with chemical weapons that kitchen salary as we put i

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no question about it the administration the obama administration is motivated in part by the the idea of counterbalancing iranian influence in the region and i would say an even more important element in that consideration is that our allies both in the region and outside the region that is britain and france are strongly committed to this anti iran strategy and so the united states almost as a knee jerk automatic reaction you know aligns itself with allies who are taking this position against iran now there's another factor which you know i don't want to overemphasize but i think it is in the background that the the u.s. national security state has long had for decades has had their own stake in having iran as an adversary it's good for the bottom line if it means that they have a justification for continued high levels of congressional appropriations so i think that's part of the problem as well but i do think the more immediate issue is the obama administration's sort of cleaving to an international coalition of forces who are aligned against iran and it's almost an unthinking poli

in the meantime of all these projections or somewhat projections of russia's proposal the obama administration has not put forth their plan to avoid using the use of force against syria so so far we have not heard any alternatives from the white house but u.s. president barack obama is filming six interviews throughout the day on monday that are set to air we expect that he might address russia's proposal and maybe at the end of the day these military strike will will delay will stop but all statements point to the fact that the obama administration is continuing on the path that they've been cementing for the past few weeks and that is military strikes against syria report in new york. more of the chronology of the russia initially taking what john kerry said initially despite washington then throughout the day trying to play down the idea of syria over its chemical weapons we are small couple of former senior security policy analyst at the u.s. department of defense and he told us america's public provides an insight into what its real plans are maybe. well i think if if the syrian governmen

no question about it the administration the obama administration is motivated in part by the the idea of counterbalancing iranian influence in the region and i would say an even more important element in that consideration is that our allies both in the region and outside the region that is britain and france are strongly committed to this and hiran strategy and so the united states almost as a knee jerk automatic reaction you know aligns itself with allies who are taking this position against iran now there's another factor which you know i don't want to overemphasize but i think it is in the background that the the u.s. national security state has long had for decades has had their own stake in having iran as an adversary it's good for the bottom line if it means that they have a justification for continued high levels of congressional appropriations so i think that's part of the problem as well but i do think the more immediate issue is the obama administration's sort of cleaving to an international coalition of forces who are aligned against iran and it's almost an unthinking poli

is not unique to the obama administration. obama has taken that to a new level. as far as the criminality of the obama administration certainly benghazi, fast and furious, all these things because to the level of executive power pushed by the obama administration and they head it off on low-level employees who never naturally exist as soon as anybody finds out about it. the obama administration runs very much like a mafia organization. bosses have to know what low-level forces are doing, ask people to rid of this meddlesome priest and a meddlesome priest is gone. >> host: dan is in new jersey. >> caller: raised under communism and came here and invariably joined americans for freedom, became -- in the 60s, berkeley during the student uprising. i am very familiar with the left because of my political activities and very familiar with the right and i have to point out to you that your problem is the same as the left, use the same way by inventing the other person, by attributing motives and ideas and everything to the other person to suit yourself. for example the

this may be a face saving moment for the obama administration because its arguments for a military action against syria have been falling apart both in the international community and in the u.s. congress congress jumped on this russian proposal because they're being bombarded every day by their constituents who demand that they vote no to strikes against syria within hours after syria confirmed its willingness to get rid of chemical weapons the senate delayed the fold on the strikes that was scheduled for later this week the president knowing that the house of representatives would most likely vote no on attacking syria was very vague about the prospects of the vote he said i don't anticipate that you you would see a succession of votes this week or. any time. you know in the immediate future and so i think there will be time during the course of the debates here in the united states for the international community the russians and the syrians to work with us to see is there a way to resolve this the obama administration's rhetoric has been confusing and has raised lots of questions that

today, i spoke to another one of assad's men, the deputy minister said he wasn't surprised by obama's administration and said obama and the administration are lost and don't know what they will do. he said he hopes the wise people in congress would do what the mps and house commons did and vote against military action. if it came, syria's army was ready, absolutely. >> bill, thanks so much from damascus. we'll check back with you later on. >>> meanwhile the weapons inspectors are briefing the u.n. and ban ki-moon is asking to hold off on military action. so far no call for military strike. so what is the timetable for any talks or votes, any action? >> reporter: we have been askingdale if there is a timetable. we have not been told what that is when u.n. inspectors will release their results. we're getting inklings. the u.n. spokesperson for the secretary general said the results taken from the alleged sites in syria where chemical weapons were used are being transported by plane transported to hague in the netherlands and given to laboratories tomorrow and presumably testing can begin. two syrian o

what's the big fear inside the obama administration about this rollout? what are they really worried about most? >> well, you know, the problem here for democrats, they have been telling themselves for years, you know, our problem politically is we're running against a law that has not even yet started. people don't like it. and so when they finally get it, they will understand how great it is. the big fear is that is not going to be the case. and that as you have benefit shock and price shock and you lose your doctor and combined with people -- layoffs at companies trying to avoid being hit by this law, reduced hours, that there is going to be a public revolt against this, which is going to be reflected in next year's midterm elections. >> right, but the history of entitlements, social security, medicare, medicaid, is that despite initial glitches, people come to love the free lunch. they love the subsidies and they warm to it. is that going to happen again this time? >> i don't think so. let me put it this way. who are you going to believe about obama c

information on capitol hill involving the obama administration and national security. why now? why would this videotape be afforded to us, be revealed publicly like this when so many members of congress have not seen it behind closed doors? >> fredricka, that's a very good question, and the timing is of clear significance here as the president and his team make the case. not sure why it would be revealed now, but i can build on what david kaye said a moment ago. in our reports over the past few weeks on the release of sarin gas and its effects and the effects of chemical weapons. i also interviewed a chemical expert from the proliferation of chemical studies. the images we're seeing here, and the use of sarin gas, she also reiterated that, because we talked about chemicals she has seen and others, and she told me, quote, if you don't have a gas mask on in an incident such as this, your body will begin to shut down. it's not just what you see on the videos with the twitching, and the convulsing, you will die within minutes. essentially your nerves shut down and you asphyxiate al

motive is is outside outside of syria and that saudi arabia and the fact that we that the obama administration is totally ignored any evidence and information presented to the un about the opposition's capability of launching chemical weapons to me is a major omission it's stark and all of this is being guided by the saudis who who carry admitted in testimony the other day that the saudis actually. offered to pay if the united states if we went in and basically undertook regime change and that's what this is all about supply and it's the saudis and iran because of its influence in the in in the united states has to play the role of a mercenary brian because i i read those words for the mercenaries once again brian go ahead jump it when we were saying that where were the red and so they faked up on it like like. michael michael is right in one sense because the saudis are driving it the israelis of course want this too there is a regional interest but the united states government doesn't have its policies its a great power it's the leading imperial power in the world in this region in particula

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the obama administration should abandon the military commission. no one bothers with the commissions any more not internationally or domestically. >> what about the responsibility of foreign countries. foreign governments as max fisher, could get retribution if you release prisoners in the custody of the governments they came from or into other countries, they might be in danger. >> i think that's recycling the dick cheney's 1% con tric doctrf there is any least bit plus ability we would error on the side of detaining people indefinitely and shattering their lives. there are consequences and choices and we see that every day given the reputation on the united states internationally. >> we'll stay with ramsey kassem, and kell' talk about the other guantanamo bay, that's what some people call the prison in afghanistan. ç] >> a temporary place to hold prisoners on the battlefield. there have been allegations of abuse almost since it's inception. of march 25th this year the u.s. military handed over control of the facility to the afghan government. 60

included john kerry it also includes hillary clinton they were demanding earlier that the obama administration escalate its intervention because the the agency of civil war which was the preferred option was not succeeding in overthrowing assad so here we have obama coming into their camp the camp of the intervention is the camp of the neo conservatives like kerry said yesterday we are the indispensable nation talking like the great empire that they want to be in order to create in americans fear of influence and in the thing that they couldn't do before they're going to do now they're going to carry out not a limited option a limited strike those are going to be big attacks because they want to take down assad they're only telling the american people no boots on the ground and it's going to be limited for one reason the american people are so opposed to this war that obama has to promise them don't worry all the bleeding will be done by syrians you keep going shopping don't don't don't come out into the streets i mean here we have the government saying it's so urgent we must bomb syria but te

the obama administration has really targeted young people. why this particular group?couple of reasons. young people are predominantly the ones that are uninsured. the other reason is to make sure that health care costs over the next coming costs don't skyrocket, you need an insurance poll of not just the sick and older people but you need younger people who don't go to the doctor or are not expected to get sick for them to be in the insurance pool as well. we expect when the exchanges that open october 1st, the people who have been waiting years and years for coverage they are going to be the first ones to sign up. the question will be will people in their 20s and young 30s, will they sign up for insurance or choose to go without? >> debra do you think what is going on on capitol hill keep people from enrolling. >> i think it will confuse them i think after 41 votes to repeal obamacare, there are a significant number of people who think one of those efforts must have worked. others believe that their choices will be somehow constrained; that this looks like an insuran

>> not encouragingly for the obama administration, as you said the obama administration hoped as just with the action in libya they would be acting in concert not only with european partners but with the arab league. the arab league you know last week i think it was met, and said, essentially, held assad, said assad should be held to account, was critical of assad stopped short of military action. this week starting yesterday they had an emergency meeting which they moved up from later in the week to reconsider the question. but what came out, the first readings looked like oh they're not really calling on the international community to do something. but when you look at the text and i spoke to people both in the egyptian government and in the arab league. they say the important thing about the today's announcement was, yes, we're calling on the united nations and the international community to take some sort of detrnt action or deterrent measures against the use of chemical weapons by the regime but the only legal basis for military action is under either the u.n. charter of self def

we will be discussing the negotiation with the obama administration now seems to be pursuing.ng with us. good night. by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is lking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simp saluting history... we're making it. neil: forget search and destroy. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto. it's a little bit surprising that with all this dithering, damascus may be doing some deceiving. reports that the apartheid is hiding his own chemical weapons. and the staff that he is willing to hand over may not be that bad after all. it's a lot harder to prove. >> it's been very hard to do, so what do we do? >> well, we

i don't think honestly the obama administration has done much on. i think a political candidate could win on that in 2016. >> people are beating up on president obama, but you may look at the last ticket. do you agree with people like mitt romney, that worse, you have a paul ryan who says as many as 60% of americans are takers, not makers. to get to that number you have to include every single person, every social security, every veteran, every disabled person, do you believe that 60% of americans are takers? do you agree with that? >> no. well, i don't think that's quite fair to paul ryan, because he was trying to explain something more an litically. when romney said the 40% thing, i thought he's probably lost the presidency. >> it was a mistake we will probably pay for for a while. >> but that part of the cold-hearted mean-spiritedness, you agree that that statement is -- >> well, i -- >> do you agree -- >> it's just foolish, silly. >> it's bad message. you can be tough-minded about improves them, targeting them, not having food stamps double with

economy is still in the custody of the obama administration.y did the wrong thing at the worst time. meaning the recession of this in the u.s. gigantic bureaucracies that are putting a lot of companie companies. they have a bunch of other reform. the problem also, too, is that the stigma is getting lost on food stamps. that is scary as well. >> david: john, i hope emac is right. people still prefer a job. i filled out a form from benefit department of the new york city government. i am a single guy making $10 an hour. what we start out. am i eligible for anything. i got a long list of what i'm eligible for in terms of welfare. i wonder whether we reach the point that makes more sense not to work and rely on government welfare. >> i don't think so. i'm an optimist. look at reagan years and the clinton years. americans love prosperity and they're happier when they are working and they have the opportunities. i think what the times show us is that government is expert at wrecking an economy. through spending increases, overtaxing us, overregulatin

the obama administration and the putin government appeared to have successfully moved this serious stalematea point that u.s. intervention may not occur if. the obama administration he is not making new demands, at least not in public, and is not issuing ultimatums beyond that divestment of chemical weapons. we take up all of these issues here tonight. also tonight, tell ben dazzling terrorists stormed the u.s. consulate in afghanistan setting out to car bombs and triggering a tense gun battle with u.s. and afghani secury forces. officials on the ground confirmed that at least two security guards were killed alon with at least seven terrorists while confirming that all u.s. troops word safe as foe area to secure the site. back home, widespread flooding in the state of colorado is already planning three lives. now it is forcing new rounds of evacuation's. a colorado national guard evacuate the entire town of lyons, a community of some 2,000 located just north of boulder as well as the eldorado springs to the south. residents there are without power tonight or running water and trapped by floo

classified documents reports that the obama administration spied on petrobraa, the oil producer and claims they focused often the computer network there and well as for a money transfer firm. president obama has publicly asserted intelligence gathering is focused on stopping terrorist threats and fighting international crime. james clapper, the u.s. national

all this comes as putin accuses the obama administration of lying. i'm brooke baldwin.>>> as congress gets ready to debate action in syria, i'll speak live with one congressman about the one reason he's still undecided. >>> plus, graphic new video of executions in syria raise the question, who really are the rebels the u.s. wants to support? >> and -- a celebrity's attempt to get americans interested in

-- waived by the obama administration.work, the work requirement has been dissiped. so anybody can get welfare now. you see welfare fraud as you say in over $800 million. you see disability fraud high. these are designed by policians to get a vote. it's deliberately making the person dependent on the government. therefore the politician is the person recipient. look what i did for you. of i made you money. vote for me. the system is bound to collapse because of that. you can't do that. even wants to be equal. we have to have equality here. equality is more important than freedom. de tocqueville once said americans are so enamored with equality they'd rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. that's true. >> there is $170 million in the government. help us break this down. you pick your open doctor and in most cases you don't need a second opinion. >> the real injustice isn't the recipients, and i believe the recipient of the programs have said you do not need to take the actions necessary to sustain your life. th

beyond that, it is not very clear what the obama administration is trying to achieve from an attack onargets held by the bashar al- assad. if the ultimate goal is to actually topple bashar al-assad, the administration has spent almost the last two years saying that if he goes, there is nothing to guarantee what happens after him. stateseat to the united and to its allies around syria would be greater chaos. we don't know if that is the real goal to actually help topple him. if the goal is to help the opposition on the ground militarily,roll back the military territorial gains that the regime has made, that will make the opposition exile did. to what extent will an attack enable them at the end of the day to roll back those gains or advance to topple assad, but we don't know. if the goal is to tell the international community that i said over two years ago that and i talkedo about red lines and if i don't to anything about it and i lose credibility -- that is not convincing a lot of people in the united states. what does success look like? guest: i don't think anyone really knows. mark

according to elsbeth reeve, this is the 21st journalist who has gone to work for the obama administration say, dana, you're right, given your performance on "hardball" earlier this week there's zero chance the administration ask you to join them. >> i have not had the phone ringing off the hook. >> i guess you were critical? >> i have occasionally been. >> no federal job for you. >>> but there is a long tradition of some people going from journalism into politics or public service as they would prefer to put it. clearly there has been a lot more of it in the obama administration. i think rick stengel was a pretty good editor during his seven years at the helm. but i was interviewing him once and said can't you find a good conservative columnist to go up against joe kline and he said he was still looking. so i wonder if it does -- whether it's something -- does it raise gez about what they did when they were on the msn side of the line. >> if you're going to make a switch, as some people do, but when you make a switch and then come back, i think it tarts to raise questions, particularly wh

we do expect to hear more about the obama administration's plans for syria.ou there live. you see there the live picture. nobody's there yet. still a lot of unanswered questions about potential diplomatic resolution to this crisis involving syria's chemical weapons and even if the suggestion is made thus far are doable. >> sometimes that briefing time will slip as it often does. so we'll be waiting for it. and bring it to you live as soon as it happens. russia's official news agency is reporting moscow has submitted a plan to the united states for putting syria's chemical weapons under international control. the president just said last night he is willing to explore this plan. >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger. these developments moving pretty fast really if we look back to yesterday. i want to look back at the president's statements on syria and how they have evolved and then we'll discuss. >> sure. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is we start seeing a who

included john kerry it also includes hillary clinton they were demanding earlier that the obama administration escalate its intervention because the the agency of civil war which was the preferred option was not succeeding in overthrowing assad so here we have obama coming into their camp the camp of the interventionist the camp of the neo conservatives like kerry said yesterday we are the indispensable nation talking like the great empire that they want to be in order to create in americans fear of influence and in the thing that they couldn't do before they're going to do now they're going to carry out not a limited option a limited strike those are going to be big attacks because they want to take down assad they're only telling the american people no boots on the ground and it's going to be limited for one reason the american people are so opposed to this war that obama has to promise them don't worry all the bleeding will be done by syrians you keep going shopping don't don't don't come out into the streets i mean here we have the government saying it's so urgent we must bomb syria but te

>> how will this impact the obama administration's plans? >> it's too early to say. the syrians once again hold all of the cars on this. if the syrians don't do what they are supposed to do, and reveal all of their stockpile of chemical weapons by next weekend, then obama is going to look like he has been played. on the other hand now that this report has come out, a lot of other countries are likely to fall behind the united states in favor of a potential attack on syria. so that is why the obama administration and the brits and the french, the three key allies on the security council are determined to keep up some kind of pressure on syria with the promise of use of force if they don't do what they have promised to do. >> john terrett thank you very much. >>> air and rescue efforts are back underway on the flood in colorado. authorities are trying to reach hundreds of stranded residents. and president obama looks to refocus on the economy with a warning to republicans in congress. that's just ahead. sachin asked the indian media not to put too much pleasure pressur

as the obama administration now decides to ask congress to authorize a military strike against the bashar al assad regime. hello. i'm greg. welcome to the news headquarters. >> i'm heather childers. we are waiting for the outcome of the briefing and the president's call to take military action. >> nobody wants to have a slippery slope. i'm not for boots on the ground. i'm not leading to the war. i think for us to stand by and be silent when the acts are being committed. >> we have live team coverage. leland vittert is standing by in the mid east bureau. first let's go to peter. what is the latest on the hill. they just wrapped up. >> they did, heather. lawmakers did just receive the first briefing since they found out yesterday that they are going to have a chance to vote on whether or not they should authorize the use of military force against the assad regime. since it is a holiday weekend, only 60 or 70 lawmakers showed up. it was mostly house members and senators. some wore suits. some were wearing jeans for presentations by officials from the white house and pentagon and the state de

. >> harris: the o'reilly factor starts just moments from now but first an update on the obama administration wants push for a military strike in syria. i'm harris faulkner. the president sat down today with the republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham part of white house efforts to reach out to lawmakers all this week. they started on this holiday and remember over the weekend president obama told the world the united states should take military action for sure to hold the syrian government accountable. that is after investigators concluded with high confidence that the regime of bashar al assad had launched a deadly chemical weapons attack on its own people. president obama then said he has decided that

the obama administration, struggling to build support for limited strikes against the assad regime puthe dvd together at the request of intelligence committee chair woman senator dianne feinstein. >>> had asked cia to prepare a dvd which would have specific instances of evidence, largely victims, and what we see means. it's horrendous. so we are having that dvd multiplied. we're going to get it out to every member of the senate and possibly members of the house. >> reporter: the senators were told there were multiple reasons the intelligence community believed the clips to be authentic. they were shot from multiple angles. the outdoor photos matched overhead imagery and corroborated by survivors. so far only members and staff of the senate and intelligence committee have seen this video. the house is expected to see the clips perhaps in a classified briefing monday led by secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel and national security advisor, dr. susan rice. while some in the video can be heard blaming the assad regime, it does not prove the assad regime carried

many scholars and many experts believe can expand into something much bigger than what the obama administration calls a limited two day strike against certain targets in syria ok i'm going to put the input from new york city. also said that the use of chemical weapons directly threatens america's closest ally in the region israel the main danger though may not be coming from the assad regime anonymous sources close to the syrian conflict told me that rebel forces of planning to launch a quote provocation attack using chemical weapons against israel. from tel aviv. nothing as of yet in the israeli press or any kind of official comments what we know is that r.t. sources are telling us that they have information that in the nearest future they will be an attack originating in the areas of syria where the rebels are present using certain chemical weapons against the territory of israel now there are two important points i want to make the first is that we are being told that these tax will originate in territory that has been controlled by the assad government so what this clearly means is that the