and the last couple of years have proved it. i mean, the defining foreign policy crises and challenges for the obama administration involved the middle east, in earia and iran and europe. and a replay of the cold war with russia. none of it has anything at least on paper to do with asia. and in fact, when you look towards the remaining years under this administration, iran remains a huge question. syria remains a huge question. and neither of those countries is of course in asia. peter baker and anne guerin, thank you for your time and thoughts. thanks very much. coming up the national fathers day council just named new jersey governor chris christie father of the year. this guy is their choice. i do not respond to yell-out questions. in fact i have a finely honed skill to ignore things that are being yelled at me. this has nothing to do with me being governor. and has everything to do with me
the guy is moving east of kiev. if you don t stop them in eastern ukraine, it very possible they may decide to go in moldova or elsewhere. if you essentially allow russia to start rejoining borders in eastern europe, what does that mean for china and japan? he could reneed to reassure our allies. we are are not going to allow a bigger nation to push around a smaller nation. i m pivots can you make before you end upright where you started? president obama is in the middle of his week-long trip where he ll make stops in china and the philippines. but the piv set once again overshadowed with the crisis in ukraine. back in 2011 this was the grand plan for orienting u.s. foreign policy. after a decade in which we fought two wars that caught us dearly in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential. asia pacific region. the united states say pacific power and we are here to stay. turning our attention to the asia pacific regio
provide them with the dignity and the new syria which they are fighting for. thank you. and as i said, i ll be happy to answer questions tomorrow. thanks. next week s conference in syria. anne guerin is with me now. the syrian opposition has yet to agree to go to that conference. you heard kerry get around to it there, 2/3 of the way in. this was a plea from him to the moderate u.s. backed opposition, please show up at our party. this is something that would be hugely, hugely embarrassing. it would be a big problem not only for the united states, but for other nations sponsoring this and backing the moderates. if the people who by u.s. lights should benefit from it see the
0 thank you very much. we re also following breaking news in california, where a fast-moving wildfire is threatening hundreds of homes in the los angeles area. sources tell nbc news three people are being questioned in connection with this fire. schools are closed and police are reportedly now going door to door, telling people near the edge of the fire to leave their homes. the flames have already burned more than 125 acres above a neighborhood near angeles national forest. mike, what can you tell us regarding these individuals who are being questioned? the press conference is under way right now. they haven t yet released any details about these three individuals. frankly, there s a little confusion right now over whether they ve just been detained or whether they ve been arrested. three people are being detained. that much is confirmed with. we may know over the next few minutes whether they ll be arrested. the fire itself shows the kind of neighborhoods that are being threatene
0 by the undersecretary or the deputy secretary or somebody else. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. it s back to normal i guess for chris christie with a big twist though. governor christie resumed his public schedule this morning but bridgegate isn t going away. right now the new jersey assembly is holding a special session focused on the september lane closures. and we could be hearing more about those subpoenas in this hour. joining me now for our daily fix, chris cillizza, nbc senior political editor mark murray, associated press white house correspondent julie pace and on the phone kelley o donnell in new jersey joining us as well. kelly, first to you, what did chris christie do today with the christie since he stepped on the national stage, he s always been in the positive territory. andrea, a lot of people are paying attention, 71% are paying a lot or some attention and how this goes on will have a really big impact on his perception and going forward to 2016. chr