to the resignations of former congressman anthony weiner and former agricultural commissioner sherry sherrod. andrew breitbart was 43 years old. >> bob, at some point i'm going to have to ask you to chair because i have to go back to the floor. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, it's going to be later. >> this hearing will come to order. thank you all. i apologize for being a moment late. i was over on the floor and a little delayed there. i'll have to go back there at some point in time. senator casey will chair at the point at which i will have to do that. we appreciate everybody coming here to discuss the on going situation in syria. as we all know, syria sits in the heart of the middle east straddling its ethnic and sectarian fault lines. all of the region's important powers have a direct interest in what happens in syria as do nonstate actors like hezbollah, hamas and others. al qaeda through its affiliate in iraq appears to be trying to take advantage of the unrest, chaos if you want to call it that, which is no surprise. already as many as 9,000 civilians have died. many tens of thousands mor

remind a lot of people, breitbart is accused of using and kind of distorting a video to represent sherri sherrod be a racist and that is at the heart of this defamation suit so we'll see how it plays out. avery and richard, always good to see you. thanks so much. we have to cut it short this time. instead of seeing you later in this hour, because of all the storms. we look forward to seeing you next week. thanks so much, have a great weekend. >> be safe. >> bye bye. >> thank you. >>> in fact we've got new images that are coming out of the storms that swept through maybe 15 states since yesterday. it has been an extraordinary system that has unfolded. we'll be sharing some of those images with you and more eyewitness accounts after this. >>> checking today's top stories, rescue crews are searching for survivors after tornados ripped across the south and midwest. more than 30 people were killed. most of the fatalities were in kentucky and indiana. national guard troops have been deployed to wiped-out communities to provide aid and security. tornado watches are posted at this hour in south carolina

sherrod. >> it has been called being raised right. >> the only other one i know is sherry shepherd from "thew." >> she said she had to look into it more because she hasn't been researching it more. >> i hope she can read my crayon. >> it wasn't caw lig graw fee. you also said you wanted to kill some reindeer, bill. >> no, i said if you were lining and clearly you weren't that that is going to be an ad about the war on christmas. >> where would you find the reindeer in america? >> in any of your various reindeer outlets. >> you really need to get out more. >> would you go to sam's club. >> if one person does not celebrate the war on christmas it has to be sames club. they are all-american and their prices can't be beat. that's where i get most of the cheap weed. >> did you notice in one of the adds -- ads we ran obama was on the television and they flashed to only din gnaw joked real fast. that was a hilarious remix. >> he would never be caught dead. >> what? >> she a flashy president. >> obama? >> so you think he is a members only? >> yes. >> give me something else i can say yes or no to. th