lindsay graham supported the strike before the deal was made and joins me now. it is great to have you back. appreciate you being here today. (applause) >> thank you, for a baptist proacher, you are very witty. >> you might have made all of the baptist mad thinking they are not funny as they are. >> i am one, and i know we are not funny. >> and i want to ask you, you are supportive of the action going into syria and then, it just got really, really out of hand. and now today there is an agreement. do you trust the agreement and the parties that are putting it together? >> absolutely not. it is a blind alley and a box canyon for america. putin led us down a road where there is no good out come. without the threat of force the agreement means nothing. i wanted to strike assad and punish him and change the tide of battle. mike, what happens if assad said no, you can't go there? without a chapter seven resolution which the russians are threatening to veto and allows the use of force it means nothing. this is a debacle. >> and where did this whole thing unravel? >> i

one of the most outspoken law makers is senators lindsay ÑiÑ!% graham. he and septemberorfá mccain released a joint statement and called the framework worked out meaningless. you will see senator graham's first television interview. he argues stopping theÑi syria weapon's crisis is a small part of the bigger picture. he said the focus should be on iran. here is a portion of that. >> the mixed message and the debacle called syria can't be repeated when it comes to iran. here's cq i am going to do. i will get a bipartisan çó cocarcsalition put together and put a use of force and allowing our country to use military force to stop iran nuclear program to make sure all of the debacle called syria does not mean we are confused about iran. >> you can watch that entire interview on huckabee. >> october 1st, here it comes. top labor leaders are attempting to iron what they see a serious hurdle in the health care law. insurance exchanges are set to kick in on the first of next month and thatñr has union representatives anxious to resolve differences with the

lindsay graham supported the strike before the deal was made and joins me now. it is great to have you back. appreciate you being here today. (applause) >> thank you, for a baptist proacher, you are verywitty. >> you might have made all of the baptist mad thinking they are not funny as they are. >> i am one, and i know we are not funny. >> and i want to ask you, you are supportive of the action going into syria and then, it just got really, really out of hand. and now today there is an agreement. do you trust the agreement and the parties that are putting it together? >> absolutely not. it is a blind alley and a box canyon for america. putin led us down a road where there is no good out come. without the threat of force the agreement means nothing. i wanted to strike assad and punish him and change the tide of battle. mike, what happens if assad said no, you can't go there? without a chapter seven resolution which the russians are threatening to veto and allows the use of force it means nothing. this is a debacle. >> and where did this whole thing unravel? >> i

got to give lindsay graham credit for that one there. at least he said his point without raising the sounds of like a 19th century southern bell. >> i really worry about what's going to happen in iran. now the ayatollahs in iran would be dancing and the on reason they're not dancing is because they just done believe in dancing. (laughter) >> jon: and i say to you, good sir, you can't trust a gentleman who doesn't enjoy taking to the floor. (laughter) we'we'stately quadril. >> jon: welcome back. everybody knows new pope francis is a humbler, gentler man, refusing to use the popemobile when commuting, yeah, that's right. bottom line is this new pope is superchillin tote low key. unlike the last pope captain flashy pants with his las vegas style music. ♪ . >> jon: that is kind of cool. i'm not the only one digging this new pope. >> in the six months he's been pope, crowds have quadrupled drawn by his warm and welcoming style and a new openness. >> jon: it's pope mania. and his first album hasn't even dropped yet. (laughter) the point is t

got to give lindsay graham credit for that one there. at least he said his point without raising the sounds of like a 19th century southern bell. >> i really worry about what's going to happen in iran. now the ayatollahs in iran would be dancing and the on reason they're not dancing is because they just done believe in dancing. (laughter) >> jon: and i say to you, good sir, you can't trust a gentleman who doesn't enjoy taking to the floor. (laughter) for a stately quadril. ll be 'll be >> jon: welcome back. everybody knows new pope francis is a humbler, gentler man, refusing to use the popemobile when commuting, yeah, that's right. bottom line is this new pope is superchillin tote low key. unlike the last pope captain flashy pants with his las vegas style music. ♪ . >> jon: that is kind of cool. i'm not the only one digging this new pope. >> in the six months he's been pope, crowds have quadrupled drawn by his warm and welcoming style and a new openness. >> jon: it's pope mania. and his first album hasn't even dropped yet. (laughter) t

got to give lindsay graham credit for that one there. at least he said his point without raising the sounds of like a 19th century southern bell. >> i really worry about what's going to happen in iran. now the ayatollahs in iran would be dancing and the on reason they're not dancing is because they just done believe in dancing. (laughter) >> jon: and i say to you, good sir, you can't trust a gentleman who doesn't enjoy taking to the floor. (laughter) for a stately quadril. 'll bwe'll b >> jon: welcome back. everybody knows new pope francis is a humbler, gentler man, refusing to use the popemobile when commuting, yeah, that's right. bottom line is this new pope is superchillin tote low key. unlike the last pope captain flashy pants with his las vegas style music. ♪ . >> jon: that is kind of cool. i'm not the only one digging this new pope. >> in the six months he's been pope, crowds have quadrupled drawn by his warm and welcoming style and a new openness. >> jon: it's pope mania. and his first album hasn't even dropped yet. (laughter) t

john mccain and lindsay graham are calling the agreement meaningless. in a statement the two said the deal would give syria's president time to delay and deceive while the country's civil war just continued. they said it requires a willful suspension of disbelief to see this agreement as anything other than the start of a diplomatic blind alley. and the obama administration is being led in to it by assad and putin. al jazerra has more on the reactions in washington to the syria chemical weapons agreement. >> reporter: president obama called secretary of state john kerry in geneva to congratulate him on the diplomatic breakthrough after the president received a briefing from his national security advice or susan rice. the president also issued a written statement in which he welcomed these developments, but also warned if diplomacy fails the united states remains prepared to act. those words reinforced by his statement from the pent -- by a statement from the pentagon saying the u.s. force posture in the region remains unchanged at this point in time. th

today he invited senators john mccain and lindsay graham of south carolina. the republicans have led the cry for more action. john mc.kane described the meeting as productive. >> both senator graham and i are in agreement that now a resolution is going to be before the congress of the united states. we want to work to make that resolution something that majority of the members of both houses can support. a rejection of that, a vote against that resolution by congress i think would be catastrophic. because it would undermine the credibility of the united states of america and the president of the united states. none of us want that. >> also the white house senator graham expressed his optimism for administration efforts to stem up aid to opposition forces in syria. >> we understand where the president is at on that issue but it is my hope that even a limited military strike can degrade the assad ability to use chemical weapons. but there seems to be emerging a pretty solid plan to upgrade the opposition, to get the regional players more involved. saudi arabia,

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that's something the president of the united states told me and lindsay graham to our face and i wish he would have said it last night. >> rose: as we continue looking at syria john derrickson stays with us, we're joined with david sanger of the "new york times" and julianna goldman of bloomberg and peter baker of the "new york times." >> we forgot about syria preaugust 21st and this has distracted everyone so much this person's fear was if there was some kind of solution then everybody would say okay syria's done, we're moving on, we don't want to spend anymore fuss over there and the issue of bashar al-assad being there and the ongoing 100,000 already killed, that goes on untouched. >> rose: we conclude this evening with tony czuczka and alan crawford wrote angela merkel, a chancellorship forged in crises. >> it feels like normallism, finally, after the trauma of war and then the push for years. it's essentially assuming it's the rightful position, like the biggest economy, based on the economy. >> rose: economy based on export. >> yes, very much on exports that we need things that

yesterday the president supported lindsay graham and john mccain. >> a vote against that resolution by congress could be catastrophic because it would under mine the credibility of the united states of america and the president. none of us want that. >> the obama administration said the military action is necessary to keep them from conducting for chemical weapon attacks on the people. >> i think we should take limited military action. >> we took a big loss in the last war with iraq. i think we should just be out of it. >> the russian news agency says putin hopes to send lawmakers to the united states to discuss the crisis with members of congress. >>> a couple that has a connection to the bridge that started with a about thible of olive oil. >>> what the swimmer did that no one has done before. >> we have a new accident in antioch involving a motorcycle. we'll have more on this and a check of the first morning commute for the new bay bridge that.'s after the break. ,,,,,, uhhh, it is a little awkward being on the market again... but uh, i...oh...i actually tried the online thing... wh

. >> i think lindsay graham is on the case saying that the russians have played us like a fiddle. >> we're on the top of the world and we're not. it is despicable. >> now, have we handed the power back over to the shirtless, putin. >> jon: two things, one, was that guy in a cow suit? [laughter] >> jon: i don't really understand financial news. and number two, oh, putin gets the credit. if we caught charlie man son, who gives a (bleep) who gets the credit. to advance its ultimate objective of creating deliberately misinformed, and anger and discontent is the motto on which it contains his existence. [laughter] [cheering] [applause] >> jon: i blacked out for a second. was i saying something? but for some reason, even cnn's chris cuomo seemed disappointed with the turn of events. >> a russian proposal to have syria hand over its chemical weapons could change the entire debate, but should it? >> jon: should it? the political reality just shifted 100%. but on the other hand, we built this graphic. ♪ [laughter] >> jon: look, isn't that the problem now? news networks aren't invested in ri

graham as well, two key republicans are going to be at the white house this afternoon to talk about this. the white house really making an all-out push this week to try to get key members of congress onboard with authorizing military action. the president decided over the weekend, he didn't want to go it alone and get the congressional approval first, that has brought some heat to president obama, both here and aboard for first announcing the red line and then announcing convincing evidence and we heard more of that from secretary of state kerry over the weekend and finally, he wanted to get congressional approval. apparently, it was the british vote that convinced president obama that he would be better off showing a united front as kerry put it over the weekend with the representatives of the american people onboard. veronica. >>> and syria is reportedly taking precautions against possible military action and germany is joining a list of nations opting out. chancellor angela merkel and her challengers in the upcoming election saying they won't report. >>> we're live in buy route w

including senior senators john mccain and lindsay graham, although they said it could boost support for an intervention. >> congress should proceed with its plans to consider and vote on the authorization for use of force that is now before the senate, and today's developments should make members of congress more willing to vote yes. democratic senate majority leader harry reid said he was delaying the vote to address russia's offer, but they remain on the offensive trying to win over undecided lawmaker. >> i believe america must set the example for the rest of the world. if america must once again lead, as we have before and we will again, to set an example for the rest of the world, so be it. >> democrats control the 100 seat senate, but it's unclear if obama has enough support in the chamber to garner the 60 votes, the measure is expected to need. >> which is now notorious and ill considered red line comment, president obama has forced us to debate a military attack in yet another middle eastern country. >> if the motion gets senate approval nest week, it would pass onto the lower ho

obama welcomed republicans en ton john mccain to the white house and they were joined by lindsay graham. obama will ask lawmakers if are their appraisal before he orders any attack. mccain and other lawmakers said they won't support military action if they are not part of a strategy to remove the president from power. >> a rejection of that before the resolution by congress i think would be catastrophic because it would under mine the credibility of the united states of america and the president of the united states. >> my hope that even a limited military strike can degrade assad's ability, about but there seems to be a solid plan to upgrade the opposition. >> many lawmakers are skeptical about a limited strike. they say obama and those around him fail failed to explain had they intend to do afterwards. secretary of state john kerry and secretary of defense chuck hagel will try to provide clarity and testify later in at this time day before the senate foreign relations committee. the head of nato said he is convinced the troops used chemical weapons and still the alliance will not join

>> lindsay graham has alled for authorizing war on iran right now -- >> what's that got to do with mccain? >> he and mccain are like one. he wants to attack not simply the nuclear facilities but the whole defense establishment. >> he campaigned on a promise that he would reengage with the west. he won, a surprising upset. and they got the message because he has running room. and the sanctions are crippling. the value of the money -- >> against iran. >> against iran are crippling. and they want a nuclear deal. he said we can get a nuclear deal in three months. that's a little ambitious probably. but if they're willing to put a cap on the uranium that they enrich, if they let in inspector, this is doable. and in mid-october, they'll meet with the europeans, john kerry will probably be there. they have already put the measures out. they are inviting proposals back. we will see soon whether this is serious. and you know, sure looks serious to me. >> and they use the nuclear energy for civilian purpose, cardiac equipment. and they want to sell their oil and generate their own electricity -- >>

lindsay graham came out to the driveway afterwards and called the president's policy a debacle. not recently but for two years he said that as the slaughter's been going on, the president hasn't stepped it up. and there was a very loud message from both mccain and graham, while they had positive things to say and they said, look, they're getting closer to supporting this mission and closer to urging their colleagues to support it. they said they're not there yet, and it's time for the president to really step up. take a listen. >> we urge the president to up his game and inform the american people. what does it mean if assad wins and the opposition loses? what does it mean if assad with the backing of the iranians and russians win after we say assad's got to go? the russians and the iranians are all in. i finally see an effort by this administration to counter. >> it's a very tough sell whenever you commit american forces even to limited military involvement. and, frankly, there is a credibility gap because of the last two years where nothing has happened while people have been

john mccain and perhaps senator lindsay graham as well, two key republicans are going to be at the white house this afternoon to talk about this. the white house really making an all-out push this week to try to get key members of congress onboard with authorizing military action. the president decided over the weekend he didn't want to go it alone he wanted to wait as 780% in our nbc news poll and get the congressional approval first, that has brought some heat to president obama, both here and aboard, for first announcing the red line and then saying there was convincing evidence and we heard more of that from secretary of state kerry over the weekend and finally, saying that he wanted to g ed ted to w congressional approval. apparently it was the british vote that convinced president obama that he would better off showing a united front, as kerry put it over the weekend, with representatives of the american people onboard. >> tracie, we appreciate it. >>> syria is reportedly taking precautions against the possible military action and germany is joining a list of nations opts out. chan

president obama has won tentative support in two key republican senators: john mccain and lindsay graham. the u.n. says that more than two million refugees have fled the violence in syria. >> basketball ham of famer rodman is headed back to north korea saying he wants to see his old friend "kim" again, kim jong-un. he made a highly criticized crist in february to promote basketball. that is a sport that kim loves. in beijing the visit is "friendly gesture." >> and across the new span, you got the feeling of openness. >> quite open when you are used to the feeling of the lower deck. wide open. and gorgeous. >> how is the traffic, leyla gulen? >> not much. it is quite quiet across the bay area. i don't know if folks are taking an extra day off for the holiday or what is the story but we will take it. it is quiet. headed over to highway 4 from antioch and to pittsburg, there is a buildup at 60 miles per hour westbound. just volume building. headed away from highway 4 down 680 at walnut creek, we are top speeds and clear conditions and highway 24 and into the town them we have two boards ope

senators john mccain and lindsay graham said the president will not get their vote because the attack the administration is seeking approval will not change the battlefield's momentum. others detebgtd political weakness in the president noting the white house did not seek approval two years ago before launching crews missiles in libya. by learning the democratic and republican help now to take against syria the president is taking a huge political risk. they acknowledge a feed in congress would under line there president's credibility and that of his top officials including secretary of state john kerry. it can also turn president obama in to an early laying duck by signaling to both parties that his ability to move his agenda forward is gone even on what he calls a moral imperative. a win will give the obama administration momentum heading in to nor votes in raising the debt ceiling. the president urged law makers to put politics aside. >> i ask you, members of congress, to consider that some things are more important than partisan and differences that what is scheduled than month. >

. >> senators john mccain and lindsay graham to hear an appeal directly from president obama. they say his plan doesn't do far enough, and they want him to topple the assayed government. the president says that's not his plan. what he wants to do launch cruise missles at syrian targets sending a warning message. after the meeting the senator seemed to indicate they might vote for authorization. if the president agrees to give more lethal support to the opposition. >> i think it is encouraging, but we have to have concrete plans. we have to have concrete details and we have to be assured that this is a dramatic difference from the last two years of a policy of neglect which has led to the deaths of 100,000 people. >> to members of the congress, the bigger question seemed to be should the u.s. do anything at all. >> one issue the evidence. they absolutely do not know anything from inside the regime. why did he invite in the chemical weapon inspectors? this doesn't hold together. >> another question, the impact. >> clearly he is someone who was functioning or i believe he is func

john mccain and lindsay graham both met with the president this afternoon. they wanted a broader plan from the president they walked away encouraged but still a long way to go. >>> further crack downs by egypt's government against the muslim brotherhood, invoking as a nongovernmental organization. the brotherhood was registered as an ngo. >>> attack on u.s. military base near the pakistan border. the attacked happened this morning, afghan and u.s. forces exchanged gun fire with the attackers with nato helicopters joining the fight. a district official says no members of the afghan security forces or receivables were killed or wounded. >>> and stay with us here at al jazeera and aljazeera.com for the very latest on the stories we are following. the next newshour in an hour's time. i'm tony harris in new york. inside story is next on al jazeera. >> a growing number of companies say the nation's new health care law will force them to cut benefits and jobs. we'll examine the facts on the ground and what the changes made for you. from washington, this is inside s

yesterday, senators mccain and lindsay graham issues a statement in which they strongly criticized the agreement reached yesterday, calling it an active provock tiff weakness that would encouraging iran to develop weapons. well, just a new minutes ago, the u.s. secretary of state was speaking in israel after meetings with prime minister he spoke out very strongly saying that the threat of foris still very much on the table, that there is an understanding on the part of the u.s., that it was the threat of military action that got diplomacy to this point in time, and that the u.s. is not going to let it up now. >> and joining us now to discuss secretary kerry's trip to israel, is max bloomen that will. he is a contributor to all al jazeera american.com. what did you make of secretary state's comments this morning. >> i think it's interesting but secretary kerry was meeting with benjamin, he was speaking with benjamin the prime minister of israel. he was in israel. and he is not speaking about the negotiations this 20 year they are raid which no one here where i'm situated right now is ev

. >> republican senators john mccain and lindsay graham have already responded. they call the resolution more hope than reality, arguing it won't change anything on the ground in syria. >> also a lockdown. it has been lifted. that base was locked down for an hour after reports of an unknown man with a gun. police searched that area around the base in southeast d.c. they didn't find anyone. >> the news 4 team has learned that the navy was recently seeking security up grades at the security yard. it canceled the plans after the shooting that killed 12 workers. scott mcfarlane received a copy of a navvy contract dated september 13. the upgrades included a panic alert system for building 197, the site of the shootings. others are orders in part due to the renovations of building 197. a building official calls the other measure part of routine changes. >> tonight, a family is speaking out about the dangers of synthetic marijuana. >> they say drugs like karcz-2, put their son in a downward spiral, leading to his death. soon, those drugs will be banned worldwide. >> mor

>> lindsay graham has called for authorizing war on iran right now. >> what does it have to do with him and mccann? >> he wants to attack the nuclear facilities and the wholedefensement of iran. >> he campaigned on reengaging with the west. apparently they got the message because he does have running room and the sanctions are crippling. the value of their money has been sanctioned against iran, they are crippling. yes, they want out from under them so they want a nuclear deal. he said we could get a nuclear deal in three months. that's a little ambitious probably, but if they're willing to put a cap on the uranium that they enrich. this is doable. in mid-october, their diplomats are going to meet with katherine ashton, the europeans, john kerry will probably be there. they have already put these confidence building measures out. they're inviting proposals back. we're going to see pretty soon whether this is serious or not. and it sure looks serious to me. >> they can use the energy for civilian purposes and cardiac equipment and they want to sell their oil and they want to generate the

graham. yesterday have indicated that they would likely sign on to the action that president obama wants to take against syria's president assad for the use of those chemical weapons. mccain had all along encouraged the president to take some action, even before the use of the chemical weapons. he also said that he did not think a one-shot strike would be sufficient or effective. and so he was encouraging the president to take action that would not only respond to the use of chemical weapons, but also would degrade assad's military ability and would upgrade the ability of the rebels who are fighting assad. and interestedly today, president obama used both of those phrases upgrade and degrade when he was talking about the 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 b

why is it so many republicans, including john mccain, lindsay graham and others, not only want the president to go ahead and launch strike against targets inside syria but want to go further than what the president says he wants to do. these are members of your own party. why is there this serious split between those -- shall we say more libertarian isolationist types like you and your son, senator rand paul and people like john mccain and lindsay graham? >> i think people are waking up. there's been a tea party movement, grass roots movement. the young people in the congress on our side of this, look at bipartisan support we got for trying to reign in nsa, that was democrats and republicans. and the leadership of both levels, they want the nsa and spying going on. this is not going to happen on this vote. leadership will get together and get some sort of authority passed for the president to make him feel better. how many people does he have to feel better because he drew a line in the sand or had this red line? what was the purpose of that. nobody knows why we're going in there or sure who

graham. many are hesitant, including condress gres woman jo laufgren. >> serious prop snigs congress. and we need to do what we're doing before we do it. >> one group disrupted the hearing. >> if the united states of america doesn't do this, senator, is it more or less likely that assad good i it -- does it again. do you want to answer that question? >> i don't think it's no. i think it's unknown. >> senator, it's not unknown. >> a revised resolution was submitted to the senate barring the use of u.s. ground forces for combat operations in syria. >> oracle team usa will start final twoz races behind the opponent after being penalized today. a jury found team oracle made illegal modifications to catamarans use in previous races and fined $250,000 star wing sail trimmer banned for the series and three others face suspensions. the team lost two points, each race is worth one point, putting the team behind by two before the series begins. >> this is indeed the harshest penalty being metered nout

senator lindsay graham reacts. >> the woods family deserve answers. >> does the wood's family expect answers soon? >> plus. >> if god is good why is there suffering. >> why was the trailer blocked from facebook and youtube? . >> ladies and gentlemen, governor

. >>> president obama invited senators mccabe and lindsay graham to discuss a possible military strike on syria and hoping the republican senators will be allies in this bid to win over a skeptical congress. >> if they were to reject consequences would be cat strof wrik. >> saying syria used sarin gas in dead lay tacks against its people. in an interview with french mass scene say being everyone will lose control, say kayeos will spread, risk of a regional war exists. syria's ally, russia is standing firmly against a strike. >> trying could convince congress to vote against use of force but nato secretary general called for a strong response so we cannot see a nato role. >> you don't need nato command ask control system to conduct the operation. >> democratic leaders head to the white house and defense secretary haigel and secretary of state kerry will testify before senate foreign relations committee. >> coming up res dmuz nevada as storms soak that region. >> caught on video. the very moment when a car hit by a landslide. you won't believe what happens after this,. >> looking south w

senator lindsay graham reacts. >> the woods family deserve answers. >> does the wood's family expect answers soon? >> plus. >> if god is good why is there suffering. >> why was the trailer blocked from facebook and youtube? . >> ladies and gentlemen, governor

. >> yesterday it was senators lindsay graham and john mccann visiting the white house. >> hey they're hoping to get behind the policy. >> we need to know what the consequences are going to be in the region (what we're trying to work through is what will happen. i'm very concerned. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid is expected to bring it up for debate when they return from their recess next week. >> it's going to take a lot of war time. >> reporter: there will be a series of hearings on capitol hill. >> some in congress say they want to limit the amount of power the president has to take action in syria. the white house is willing to work with congressional leaders. folks here around the bay area have mixed reaction. >> i think we should take limited military action. >> we took a big loss in the last war in iraq so i think it's just, you know, we should just stay out of it. >> the russian news agency says putin hopes to send a delegation of lawmakers to the us to discuss this with congress. >>> the fire is still burning on the western edge of yosemite is 70% contained. it