back home we now have many kompb served tif people willing to give assad a pass because they don't trust president obama. ironically, it was ten years ago that many liberal people did not want to move against suddam because they didn't trust president bush. same mind-set, different ideology. if the u.s. fails to act against assad, the consequences would be a loss of respect from those who care about a just world. if we sit back and do nothing, we will sit up a free-fire zone where no weapons are off limits. biological would be next. mark my words. president obama is asking cross to affirm his decision to punish you a assad. in the end, america needs to do what is right. we should use our power to protect we can. great britain may not have the will to do that anymore but we americans should set a better example for the world. if we don't, if we don't, we will slowly lose the know bill tea that was gained by past sacrifice. unfortunately, in this world, justice can be imposed by one people only. us. to whom much is given, much is expected. and that's the memo. now nor the top story reaction, joining us, s

security council and those that have really been relentless in their support for president obama assad and their opposition that were called to sanctions against his government. president obama will have a difficult time out of the 20 nations here at this summit. only two of them, turkey and france which support any calls for military action against syria. so largely, any support for that move is going to be very difficult for the president in the day and half he has. >> sorry for interrupting you here. we have that a. p story about an attack on the superior minister's convoy. ly mention that in more details in a few moments. are we expecting president obama and vladimir pew did t pew vlady meet? >> we are looking at their body language after the june 8th summit. we have from putin's press secretary in he said "there will be many opportunities for president to meet the american president on the sidelines of this summit" perhaps in informal discussion but no guarantees. put putin said that we can't discussion syria can at this forum because it's not an economic issue and a good place wh

french will present more evidence of what they say is the use of chemical weapons by president obama assad. the russiaens don't seem included to believe them or the americans. >> translator: because we cannot accept the u.s. proof of chemical weapons used in syria. >> reporter: also here still arguing for negotiating settlement the u.n. secretary general. >> it's only a political solution which can bring peace and end this bloodshed right now. >> reporter: and so did dinner where syria was the main topic of discussion. president obama on his way in looked cheerful enough but nothing has happened at this summit so far which suggests it can can be a consensus of syria and time is running out. al jazeera, st. petersburg. >> and the turkey foreign conditions club in japan. the acting syrian ambassador to japan is holding a press conference on the possible military action against syria. let's listen in. >> we stand strongly beside our government and we achieve a lot of progress in order to get rid of this terrorist groups which are supported, unfortunately from the u.s. and its alliances especi

assad ordered the attack. even as -- u.s. president obama is confident that assad ordered the attack. >> i assure you nobody ends up being more war weary than me. frankly, part of the challenge that we end up with year is that a lot of -- end up with here is that a lot of people think something should be done but nobody wants to do it. that is not an unusual situation. >> president putin has warned obama bentz -- against taking one-sided action. >> i am talking to him here not as a colleague or as a u.s. president, but as a nobel peace prize laureate. things have not calmed down. p>> the conflict has put the un security council in a bind. there can be no resolution on syria if the u.s. and russia do not find a compromise. >> there will always be the same model of opposing views unless there are serious talks here there has to be a discussion of how to work together, instead of forcing russia to accept certain conditions. >> it would be easier to have such a discussion if relations between obama and putin thought -- thawed. but the standoff l

bomb damascus regardless of what capitol hill things now congress is as skeptical over obama's case against assad as even administration officials admit they lack undeniable proof to implicate the syrian government and the deadly use of chemical weapons u.s. senators are almost evenly split into those for and against intervention with half of the chamber still undecided while the law and more populated house has more lawmakers are firmly against or leaning towards turning down the war crime and she can has the latest from washington you may find some of the images in the report distressing. the upcoming vote in congress might not be as slam dunk as many thought it would be considering the support for military action in syria that congressional leaders have previously expressed members of congress admit that they are being bombarded by calls from their constituents ninety nine percent of whom demand that they vote no to the administration's plan to bomb syria now two hundred seventeen votes are needed to pass or to fail the administration's plan all representatives who are leading know right now a

assad government to hand over weapons. both have reached into their media arsenals as politicians and their proxies have pushed their particularly agendas. president's obama, putin and assad have blitzed the cameras more than a decade that was the sales job whether media outlets have looked beyond the spin to see the story at syria what it is, a country at war with its self with more than 100,000 dead, millions displaced and millions more in peril. our starting point this week is damascus with stops in washington, paris, moscow and london on a story heading for a resolution of some kind at the u.n. headquarters in new york city. syrian is a diplo -- syria is a diplomatic battle. >> the media strategies are cynical. >> we had a media machine swirling out of control. and then you had a generally pretty high level of ignorance in the media, themselves. >> binding commitments. >> the media battle is as crucial to the war efforts in all directions as the bombs and the bullets. >> no matter what the u.n. inspectors say about chemical weapons, no matter what the obama administration says about the need to attack, no matter what punditry is produced, and no matte

but also president obama said assad must step down. >> we have a huge military.military that's largely useless to negotiate a deal with most of the problems that we're dealing with. >> please please please. go ahead. >> please just let me ask you one question. everybody now says that there is chemical weapons inside. it will take a few months or one year just to finish the process. what happens if these chemical weapons are used by regime people or somebody from the terrorist groups to attack you guys? that is not possible? please because you don't want to interfere right now and impose a political solution to end the massacre. you might suffer. the american people will suffer. everybody in the world will suffer. only because you are living a dictator. >> >> we've got a minute left. >> this is fundamental. this is a war that's gone on for 2 1/2 years. the united states with the voice of the president of the united states said, assad must step down >> yes. >> is that out of the window now with this diplomatic initiative? is obama, assad, putin sort of inextricably

but also president obama said assad must step down. >> we're not, actually.e military. huge military that's largely useless to negotiate a deal with most of the problems that we're dealing with. >> please please please. >> go ahead, zaidune. >> go ahead. >> please just let me ask you one question. everybody now says that there is chemical weapons inside. it will take a few months or one year just to finish the process. what happens if these chemical weapons are used by regime people or somebody from the terrorist groups to attack you guys? that is not possible? please because you don't want to interfere right now and impose a political solution to end the mass keshgs massacre, not only the chemical weapons, you might suffer. the american people will suffer. everybody in the world will suffer. only because you are living a dictator. >> >> we've got a minute left. >> this is fundamental. this is a war that's gone on for 2 1/2 years. the united states with the voice of the president of the united states said, assad must step down. >> yes. >> is that out of the w

>> there was some discussion in the previous panel about who won, whether it's putin or obama or assad i think all of us, especially in the military community, believe that the losers are the syrian people. i was hoping that president obama -- he mentioned the word "genocide," because what's happening in syrian is genocide. one-third of the population is displaced whether internally or outside of the country. that's the equivalent of 120 million americans being displaced. 120,000 syrians have been killed. by the way, 99.5% of them were killed by conventional weapons, by ballistic missiles and cluster bombs and barrel bombs. we forget that. we forget the children. 10,000 children have been killed not because of chemical weapons but because of conventional weapons. the syrian regime is the first regime on eartha uses ballistic missiles against its people. we have destruction of cities and neighborhoods and the fabric of the city and society. this is what is very painful. syria has lost as a country, and the syrian people have lost. i was hoping that president obama addresses more of the

hours alone, russia has seized the peace keeper role from the nobel peace price winner president obama. assad has agreed to turn over chemical weapons. all this is going to happen if and only if president obama promises to reject the use of force. russia had called for u.n. circuit court council meeting to draft a peace resolution. that was supposed to be happening right now. but the russians have pulled that request. it's getting very confusing. let's look at how we got here starting with the president's evolution on syria. >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculus. that would change. >> the world is watching. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> after careful deliberation, i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. >> i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line. >> my credibility is not on the line. the international community's credibility is on the line. >

and no relief for president obama in syria either. assad opposition forces claiming more than a thousand civilians were killed in chemical gas attacks earlier today on the outskirts of damascus. the alleged attacks come exactly

assad. president clinton said in june mr. obama would look like a fool and lame if he didn't try to bring assad down, so we believe he supports the action. dick cheney issued no public statement, but in june he told chris wallace that the usa should have moved against assad a longtime ago. hof, cheney -- however, cheney doubts the strike now would accomplish much. his daughter, liz chain me, running for the senate in wyoming is dead set against attacking assad. hillary clinton supports president obama's plan. whatever it may be. mrs. clinton needs obama's support so she is likely to go along with whatever the president wants to do. senator marco rubio is unconvinced that military action would accomplish anything. nancy pelosi supports mr. obama in some about anything so on board. sara pay lynn opposes -- sarah palin is oppose just about everything and uh against the strike on syria. she said, quote, allah should sort it out. the -- rush limbaugh opposes military action saying that the obama administration is incapable of effective

terrific but wonderful result it also will show whether or not assad is serious about conforming to international norms if he does not and president obama can then go back to congress and say look assad didn't keep its word now it's time ok martin that's fair to him aren't clear enough fair enough but who is going to determine if assad is keeping his word ok who's going to do that well there are as you say there are international experts u.n. experts people like david kay and others who can examine the chemical weapons depots say that it's gone under the chemical weapons treaty the new one that syria signing they already signed the old one promising not to use them the one they violated but under the new weapons treaty the one hundred eighty nine nations assad has to lay out where his weapons are where they're located how we got them and how he's destroying them let's see if he keeps his word ok if he can do that or international law with other all players involved alexander it seems really amazing to me is the country that is reportedly most concerned about the use of chemical weapons is a country that uses chemical weapons on a regula

hours alone, russia has seized the peace keeper role from the nobel peace price winner president obama. assadurn over chemical weapons. all this is going to happen if and only if president obama promises to reject the use of force. russia had called for u.n. circuit court council meeting to draft a peace resolution. that was supposed to be happening right now. but the russians have pulled that request. it's getting very confusing. let's look at how we got here starting with the president's evolution on syria. >> a

assad. >> well, barack obama really took a passive role, backseat and basically said, assad, putin, figuret you're going to do analysis and see if it is agreeable. barack obama foreign-policy wise is a very weak president and it makes life really easy for people like putin and assad. instead of looking at a strong and potentially for reagan as president where they have to be concerned, they're like a bra, and say, he is not serious. we can barkin around, and that is exactly what putin did. he dictated what the foreign policy should be and what we should do and blamed us for american exceptional as some. that isebody only does what they're facing a weak president. lou: audacious. putin so confident that he is turning over some space to another than senator john mccain. it ought to be a fierce op-ed piece, don't you think? >> it absolutely will, and i could not agree more. i think we're in a terrible situation where it is hard for anyone to make the case that president obama has any credibility. putin and assad have been able to expertly exploit the weaknesses, and they just pick up on anyth

riveted by what they see unfolding on the world stage, a showdown between two men, barack obama and bashar al-assad. and obama blinked. at least that's the feeling here. assad was full of defiance and dire warnings. looking confident and impeccably attired, president assad told an interviewer from french newspaper "le figaro" that president obama cannot prove his charges that the syrian regime gassed its own people. "we defy the u.s. and france to show us one piece of evidence," he said. ever since that august 21st gas attack, the pictures of the victims, especially the children, have haunted the world conscience. today the rebels sought to exploit the strong emotions. kids at a protest holding signs, urging a military strike. "save the children of syria," one said. in the damascus interview, president assad issued a dark warning. "the middle east is a powder keg and the fire is getting closer," he said. no one knows what will happen. everyone will lose control once the keg blows up. chaos and extremism will spread. the risk of a regional war exists. assad and his supporters clearly feel strengthen

particularly because russia is one of assad's strongest allies. >> president obama wants the un security council resolution forcing assad to give up his chemical weapons and ultimately destroy them. for this, he is relying on russia that wants any question of u.s. military intervention to be shelved. >> all of this will only work if we hear that the american side and all those that support them will choose not to use force. it is difficult to force any country, be that syria or any other state, to engage in unilateral disarmament if military action is on the horizon. >> that is in contrast with the draft resolution announced by france on tuesday which allows for military action if damascus doesn't keep its promises within 15 days. it also blames the assad regime for the chemical attack on the 21st of august, a charge rejected by the syrian president and moscow. another stumbling block, france 's insistence that this your kitty counsel referred the two and a half year conflict in syria to the international criminal court. convincing russia and china to a stronger resolution may be difficu

he is also a member of president obama's assad clan itself is a sign of a crack.ue the opposition claims that alli ha bib is in fact at home. few people believe that statement from syrian state tv and it would, of course, not be the first time that that state run television station has had a baghdad bob moment. >> shepard: thanks very much. those reports of the defection of the defense minister are true, it would not be the only official to back away from the assad regime. far from it. in fact, secretary kerry revealed 60 to 100 officers and enlisted personnel have defected in just the last day or so. we cannot confirm that catherine herridge live from d.c. with more. catherine. >> kerry offering nothing more than the defectors but hint guilty new information from the german spy agency. >> some point in the appropriate settle, you will learn additional evidence, which came to us even today which further documents the acknowledgements of various friends of the assad regime that they know that this happened. >> the reported phone call from a top official with hezbol

beginning this weekend the obama administration is doing everything they can to get the public on the president's side in favor of an attack on the assad regime in syria. that's why the white house chief of staff is on all the sunday showing this morning. that's why president obama is giving six national network interviews tomorrow evening. that's why the very graphic videos originally only shown to members of congress behind closed doors as proof of chemical weapons use are now public. secretary of state john kerry is in france right now. he explained today why he thinks the world needs to see images of helpless children taking their last breaths. >> gas is indiscriminate. it goes wherever the wind takes it. and the death that comes with it is a death that many people decided was too horrendous to describe. those videos are from people that measure for themselves. >> congress comes back this week from summer recess. but members on both sides of the aisle have been saying their constituents that call in are overwhelmingly against military intervention in syria. and that sentiment is reflected in the latest "washington post" tally of su

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and that seems to have changed the calculus of both president putin and the obama assad regime. >> ben, thank you very much for being with us tonight. we have a heck of time getting anybody from the white house to talk to us on tv, so i'm particularly grateleful that you're here tonight. >> happy to be here, rachel. >>> i am gob smacked to report of the return of jesse helms to the american political realm tonight and it's not for a good reason. that story is coming up. owered . you raise her spirits. we tackled your shoulder pain. you make him rookie of the year. we took care of your cold symptoms. you take him on an adventure. tylenol® has been the number 1 doctor recommended brand of pain reliever for over 20 years. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> there are a couple of dangerous

assad's side. >> we know obama and putin canceled their official meeting surrounding the g-20. are there any other opportunities for them to cross paths? >> officially, no meeting between vladimir putin and barack obama has been planned, not according to the kremlin, who have published a list of putin's official meetings. he was hoping to get a chance to talk with his american colleague. there have been strange and provocative comments coming out from the kremlin on that question.

assad. nobody had heard from him in quite a while. probably one of the most helpful things for president obama to be a contrast to assad. >> beware dictators speak -- doesn't obama fit in that category? >> i won't go there. >> look, he's not afraid to go forward. like dana said, i thought he made a great choice to kind of make his case. but he also made it very clear, well spoken or not, that he is a man of means and resources, and he will be unafraid to use them. that everything's on the table. beware of that. that was definitely a direct threat to the united states so take it seriously. >> two things. one, never trust a man with a see-through mustache. number two, did you notice what his response was? he didn't say, we will respond with an unbelievably small attack. you talked about the difference between the two people. >> right. >> this is the issues. you've got kind of a widespread response. convoluted response from the obama administration. an unbelievably small attack. here you have a guy who says we will destroy you. >> bob, there's some reports that hezbollah and has ma'mas m on the side of the syrian regime. saying it might be on

obama right? are the three leaders, including bashar al assad willing to diffuse the crisis over the use of nerve in syria? obama, putin and al assad? >> there's a lot of self interest going on here. the president said they crossed a red line. he needs to deliver on his, his warning. putin doesn't want loose chemical weapons in that area of the world, because they could find their way into parts of russia. he has a vested interest in a stable syria with assad surviving. the only way assad survives is he gives up chemical weapons and he wins the war conventionally. so everybody's acting out of their own self interest here, which is why this has a chance of succeeding. >> russia being a close ally to syria. >> strategic victory for putin. look, obama's threat is off the table. putin's got a veto on the security council. congress won't authorize it in the united states. he's been stripped of his guns. wyatt earp lost his guns. what the russians do in the u.n. is this. they slow walk this and assad's going to tell the americans, if i'm giving up my chemical weapons, you've got to, a, get rid of this t

about the obama administration having to eat its own words in walk back about assigned because if you're going to have a negotiation you have to have all sides and you know what one side is assad well i think obama is lucky here and ana so is putin and a saw that this agreement can go forward when they all get to kind of save face putin really couldn't stop obama from bombing assad if you wanted to bomb or did it look like he had the votes in congress and of course assad i don't think wants to have his friends bombed so this is a solution that works for all of them and then we need to focus on. what are our other guest said which is the one thing he left out that's missing in the negotiation is including all the regional actors including iran in the discussion and look sander do you think that's going to happen because it's very interesting a lot of different noises now about iran coming out which i think is positive but we have to confirm them but do you think the americans are willing to sit at the same table with iran after all these years. well at the moment they're not and that i think is one of the fundamental problems at some point i expect they will similarly i think i

also concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that the assad regime is responsible for the use of these horrific weapons. i strongly agree with president obama that the united states must respond to this flagrant violation of international law with a limited military strike to deter the further use of chemical weapons and degrade the assad regime's ability to use them again. but the issue with you confront today is much bigger than the use of chemical weapons in syria. we are talking about the credibility of america as a global power. we're talking about sending a clear message to the dictators in tehran and pyongyang there's serious consequences for flouting the will of the international community, and that the u.s. backs its words with action. iran in particular is watching very carefully to see if the united states is willing to stand up for its vital interests in the region and the interest of our allies. they are a central player in the syrian civil war, providing weapons, money, advice and manpower to the assad regime and supporting the intervention of their terrorist proxy hell bow la. according to the iaea they're moving full-speed a

whether to bomb damascus regardless of what capitol hill things congress is skeptical over obama's case against assad as even administration officials admit they lead undeniable proof to implicate the syrian government in the deadly use of chemical weapons u.s. senators almost evenly split in two days for and against intervention with half of the chamber still undecided while the lower and more populated house has most lawmakers are firmly against or leaning towards turning down the war crime then it has the latest from washington and you may find some of the images in her report distressing. the upcoming vote in congress might not be as slam dunk as many thought it would be considering the support for military action in syria that congressional leaders have previously expressed members of congress admit that they are being bombarded by calls from their constituents ninety nine percent of whom demand that they vote no to the administration's plan to bomb syria now two hundred seventeen votes are needed to pass or to fail the administration's plan all representatives who are leaning no right now actua

communications battle between assad and obama and the west. e french paper that interviewed assad broke it down into two axes. two strategies when he communicates with the west. one is scaremongering and we saw that and in the -- in the interview with charlie rose. he said you can expect anything as syria could come from any source. scary rhetoric. a second strategy making reference that americans would understand, al qaeda. if the u.s. or france goes in, it will help al qaeda rebels. and they have struck you as in the past. making the connections for the american audience will relate to stop thirdly, the consistency of the message and that brings me to the point he gave in an interview to a newspaper just last week. prepare the g 20 summit, today he is speaking to u.s. television or cbs in the last 24 hours as obama is per parent to speak to congress. >> sending a message to the american people. but the message is show me the proof. he is saying there is no evidence. again today, he said john kerry is giving conviction not evidence. it is cert

assad's arsenal. and without a military strike, not such a horrible thing, as long as the principle remains firm and clear in people's minds that obama's assad pay a price here is part of what produced whatever outcome we get. again, that outcome is going to have to include some substantial fraction of syria's chemical weapons being destroyed and hopefully all of them. but it might be better than a military strike would have been. >> let's hope so. michael owe hannan, thank you. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, war and peace of mind. we'll take you to the white house with just hours to go until the president addresses the nation. hey linda! what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will pow

assad? why, she asks? so that all of our young men will be killed? her friend, maher, says they were so optimistic washington was going to help them go home. we are asking obama to strike assad, like he promised, she said. syrians opposed to the regime, made refugees by the regime, say there's now a pattern of the u.s. promising to help but failing to deliver. syrian rebels, we are told, they get weapons but few ever arrived. they were told president assad would be punished for using chemical weapons, but they are still waiting. 12-year-old ahmed from aleppo sells tea on the streets. he hasn't worn shoes in a month. he lost them when he escaped syria. we were running, running, running, he said, and then we got here. on a stoop, he told me his father worked in a restaurant. he went to the market to buy potatoes and a bomb fell. he was killed, he said. ahmed also waits to go home. but for many syrians, there was a harsh realization today. help from washington might not be coming. richard engel, nbc news, turkey. >>> this is luke russert in anaheim, california. for high school teacher hassan tweet and his syrian-american family, days are filled with anxiety, wor

assad has proven to be far mr. tenacious, wily and maddeningly successful than u.s. officials guessed during this high-stakes, 2 1/2-year-long showdown with barack obamae assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed and human dignity cannot be denied. >> assad will leave power. not a question of if, but when. >> we will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons against the syrian people or transfer to terrorists. the world is watching. we will hold you accountable. >> reporter: yet here assad still is taunting the american public in his interview this week with charlie rose of pbs. >> nobody expected it until september. you cannot expect, it is difficult for any one to tell you what is going to happen. it is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion. you have to expect everything. >> reporter: president obama tonight hardly mentioned his adversary. instead he tried to explain why he believes military action is necessary but then he hit the pause button again embracing a new russian proposal to bring assad's chemical weapons under international control. >> this initiative has potential to remove the threat of

assad. and interestedly today, president obama used both of those phrases upgrade and degrade when he was talkinghe actions that he is content plating taking against assad. so the indication is that in the senate, he will definitely have bipartisan support. the house might be a bit more difficult. >> randle, your take on the fact that the house leadership did not call the full membership back and, in fact, do not return from their summer recess until monday the 9th, what do you make that have? >> reporter: we know president obama's primary critic on his a whole host of issues are in the house of representatives, the republicans in the house of representatives have fought him tooth and nail on a range of issues throughout his term of office. speaker boehner initially suppressed concern if not reservations about any kind of military action in syria. today i suspect the president is opening that when speaker boehner comes out of the white house he will come out making a statement of unity in accord with the president, but whether boehner will be able to persuade his members, his noninterventionist m

process. >> alex, many are calling for president obama to save face with weakening support from congress on a military strike but this is also for assad >> absolutely. many in the region have seen this as essentially the russians giving president obama a lifeline or a ladder to climb down on. the international community has rushed to this russian proposal and assad has essentially now bought more time to avoid a u.s. strike. it's about as much of a win-win situation as assad could have. there won't be a strike. at least for now. he can continue to carry out the campaign evidence mentioning, fighting against the rebels which he has been doing the past two and a half years. president assad has been giving a lot of interviews recently to the american press, french press, international outlets not just denying he carried out the attack on the 21st but trying to affect public opinions. to make people realize he doesn't want a war. essentially when he spoke to the american people saying this is a terrible idea that the u.s. shouldn't get embroiled in another war in the middle east. for now he will be happy it looks like the strike will not

german intelligence shares obama's confidence the assad regime was behind last month's alleged chemical attack in syria as washington continues to build a military case for a military strike while in the u.k. . revelations that a british company with quantity life and fix for potential not gas a syria does not think government can't they think tough questions about how that was allowed to happen. gyptian president mohamed morsi will stand trial for inciting violence in the murder of protesters amid accusations from his supporters that the case is politically motivated. examine moscow president could tell you with us here on r t our top story a german intelligence agencies reportedly sided with the white house in blaming the assad regime for the alleged chemical attack in syria last month but like their u.s. counterparts germany's surveillance agents have failed to provide hard evidence details from peter all over in berlin. what we've seen in reported in is that the head of the german security services guard shindler held a meeting with top brass within the bundestag the main political