vali nasr will be joining us. author vali nasr will be joining us. but first tonight, if i may, he's baaacd. >> president george w. bush steps back into the spotlight for the first time in a long time to dedicate his presidential library. >> jon: ha-ha- stay cool, johnny, boy. stay cool. ( laughter ) because it's the opening ser mope of the bush library. it's been four and a half years since we've seen president bush. i imagine like most expresident he's devoting himself to public service. 88-year-old jimmy carter literally pulling the last remaining guinea worms out of poor children's feet with his hands. look, what's-- what's president bush been up to? >> >> i paint two or three hours a day. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheers ). >> jon: sometimes it'st seems only a gallon of paint, drown out the screams of those i've wronged. ( laughter ) plus, sometimes they let you use your fingers. ( laughter ) >> i could lay out 20 of the paintings, and you might like one. >> yeah. >> and somebody else would like another. >> but are you getting better is the qu

vali nasr, welcome, we recommend your book.s conversation to day that president talks about game changers and red lines once again in syria and rhetori rhett continues. what is going on here? >> well preside laid down a red line if syria uses chemical weapon then u.s. will get involved in the conflict, syria -- there severed tha there is ea has done so, if america does not do anything, it is about our credibility. our willingness to enforce our red line, we're not doing so that would impact our standing. lou: our standing is already i guess, suspect, given all developments. we have watched the obama drama, if you will with north korea recede from headlines with boston bombing, we have now watching a president recede from his red line deck l declarationa number of months iran remains a in middle east, where is this leading us? >> message outside to everyone th wireless engaged with the world, we don't want to lead on critical issues globally there is north korea and syria, have you crises that really require american leadership.

vali, thanks very much. has drawn, that they used chemical weapons against their own people. here's what the president said today. listen to this. >> we've got to do everything we can to investigate, and establish with some certainty what exactly has happened in syria, what is happening in syria. we will use all the assets and resources that we have at our disposal. we'll work with the neighboring countries to establish a clear baseline of facts. and we've also called on the united nations to investigate. >> so what do you make of this, vali? >> the president is very deliberate in thinking about whether or not he's going to punish the assad regime for using chemical weapons. there's a lot on the line. if it's proved the chemical weapons were used, the united states would have to act militarily to punish the regime. if it doesn't do that, its credibility is at stake. it's important what the president didn't say. he did not show a road map as to how the united states would get involved diplomatically, in terms

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