there are a number of opposition groups in sirria. congressman peter king of new york says there is a clear danger in sending u.s. arms to syria. >> my concern is that my arming the rebels, we could be strengthening al qaeda. whatever arming we do, assad is obviously evil and everyone's interested that he go. if we are going to arm the rebels, we have to make sure that the arms are not going to end up in the possession of al qaeda supporters. >> reporter: king says arming the rebels could be counter productive. we could be replacing a tential dictator, with an ideological movement aimed at our destruction. >> we heard things,s for instance, that there was no military option, there was no ability to get military personnel there. i think you are going to hear testimony that says we did have some military options. we could have gotten some people there and they were told to stand down. >> they made a review that there was no breach of duty. they made a determination that the -- the crittedical element here was that -- the host country fo

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government nmy view, is as they see what seemed, at least, the sort of a shia government falling in sirria was, i think, maliki, was concerned that that would be a precedent in iraq and that that has made him more intransigent in terms of making a political settlement of the issues. >> suarez: ambassador crocker you have called this recent situation reminiscent of the days in 2006 that led to virtual civil war in iraq. is iraq sliding towards civil war today? >> i don't think iraq is at that point, but i do think the caution has to be sounded. the violence in hawija, when predominantly shia security forces attacked a sunni protest encampment, and killed 20 people, is a very dangerous sign. and i think it should be the signal for iraqis of all sects and ethnicities to take a very deep breath, to recognize that they could slide back into chronic sectarian violence, that they and we worked so hard to put an end to. the tensions are not new, as feisal knows. but what is important is that they be resolved and worked through in a context o negotiation, of peaceful endeavor. and i think the prime

and the uk to work together on sirria there's no trust, when the c.i.a. calling and says slam-dunk on nukes, well obviously that's not true. thank you very much, martin b h bash bashir, thank you very much. >> after the co-author of its controversial immigration study resigns. but, was the dissertation on immigration simply a blunder by heritage or a symptom of wink and nod zenophobia, we'll discuss, just ahead. [ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by... my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. doctors trust citracal. with one extraordinary purpose... to get "man of steel" advanced screening tickets. [ movie announcer voice ] at walmart. see "man of steel" at your local theater before anyone else. get in line 8 a.m. may 18th at walmart. rated pg-13. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't cha

i spoke with somebody who has relatives in sirria the issue is you've got the good guys, the guys fighting the alawite government and they're not able to get their hands on arms. at this point, desperate situations make desperate allies. there may be taking arms and buying arms from people we may not consider the most savory. so it becomes muddled, who's allied with who. the confusion is making it difficult for the white house to make a decision. you do have the iran component. where syria is sort of the only friend iran has. so this is a proxy. it's so complicated. i think from a political point of view, you even heard peter king, some of the typical hawks on the republican side very reluctant to commit american forces. >> well i think boots on the ground is the one thing everybody says they don't want. but-d but i do wonder, bill keller, one of the people in the "new york times" who said we should go to war in iraq. writes today in "the new york times," i admire president obama's california congratulation in foreign policy. but in syria, i fear prudence has become fatalism and our cautio

. >>> arms race in sirria secretary of state kerry warns russia today, that sending missiles to assad's regime threatens the entire region. >> we ask them again not to upset the balance within the region, with respect to israel and the weaponry that is being provided assad whether it's an old contract or not. it has a profoundly negative impact on the balance of interests and the stability of the region. >> bringing home the bacon -- more women are the family's top earner. what's behind the dramatic shift. >>> k-n-a-i-d-e-l. knaidel. >> you are the champion. >> and spellcheck, we have a winner. but he is not heading to disney world. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington, president obama is drawing a line against the republican house fix to prevent student financial aid from doubling. it boils down to a fight between fixed rates and floating rates so who's right? joining me now for our daily fix, chris cillizza, msnbc contributor and nbc's david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." david let's talk about this. this is an argument over capping the rates, letting the rate

we don't know how she became to be inside sirria.p to dubai which appears to have ended slightly more quickly t. real mystery here is how she ended up to be there. a whole variety of reason, carol, to how many foreigners have ended up on the syrian battlefields. >> the government is somehow now using her? >> reporter: that tends to be what the syrian state tv does when it comes across instances like this, seizing upon this one example as a suggestion they're really not fighting a repressed and unhappy syrian population, they're instead fighting an array of outsider extremist was have come into syria to ferment problems. there are a variety of reasons why we see foreigners coming in. there has been recently a british doctor killed who went in simply to deliver medical aid. we woo seen libyans come in, wanting to help their revolution. we have seen al qaeda-linked extremist, some from a front described by the united states, a terror organization. a different panoply of people who have gone to ii assist them. the government says they ar