costas described the russian president, vladimir putin, as basically a peacemaker, saying just in the past year putin brokeredded a deal to allow syria to avoid a u.s. military strike by giving up its chemical weapons, and he has repeatedly showcased his confidence to take on the west, particularly the united states. david webb joins us now, host of the david webb show, and he s a fox news contributor. richard fowler is the radio host of the richard fowler show. welcome, gentlemen. welcome to both of you. morning, martha. martha: this whole thing was accompanied by this very sort of almost propagandist-looking pro-putin video montage to talk about the russian leader, and, you know, obviously, you know, what most people know and understand from following the situation is that, you know, putin is the biggest backer of assad in syria. assad, you know, is said to have been, or you know, the overseer of 130,000 deaths in the recent
reason to shoot somebody, whereupon reefs according to the policeman said shut your mouth, don t say another word. he added some swears as well to his wife, martha. martha: horrible, horrible story. steve, thank you for the update on that. we ll keep an eye on it too. gregg: new security concerns after the white house announces it s easing restrictions on asylum seekers with ties to terror. plus, bob costas kicking off the olympics with what some are calling a very flattering portrait of russia s president, vladimir putin. is nbc telling the whole story? (knocking) hello? hey, i notice your car is not in the driveway. yeah. it s in the shop. it s going to cost me an arm and a leg.
the schoolyard and the guy who has no power over him. he ignores obama, he does what he needs to do in russia or in his best interests as he sees it for russia. let s look at the actions. russia simply doesn t care. look at their actions in the u.n. barack obama this isn t a political seesaw battle with them on diplomacy. the president s failed foreign policy wait a second, let s not martha: you know what? the politics of the olympics has often brought up some, you know, conflicts and difficult situations in beijing and also in berlin over the years, so we ll watch how this plays out. but bob costas weighing in once again. he did it on gun control and the redskins, and now he seems to be promoting, to some extent, vladimir putin. just don t call him for political analysis. martha: thanks, you guys. no, never that. martha: we ll call you guys, how would that be? thanks, martha. gregg: no jail time, that is the punishment for a 17-year-old
reporter: well, some argue the law unfairly blocked thousands of of refugees. democratic senator patrick leahy of vermont said deserving refugees are being barred from the united states for actions so minimal that no rational person would consider them supporters of terrorist activities. a homeland official explained to fox news tom, quote: r eporter: but some experts say the consequences of failure are potentially dire for public safety. gregg? gregg: mike emanuel live in washington, thank you. reporter: thank you. martha: heard about this one this morning? controversial commentary last night once again by bob costas as olympics kicks off on nbc.
unrest in that country, and there s a lot more to be said about, you know, human rights issues, the gay rights issues in russia. a lot of things that bob costas could have brought up here and did not. richard, let me start with you. usually i do like bob costas, but this time i absolutely, completely disagree with him. i think vladimir putin has been everything but a peacemaker. he s stood in the way of progress, and beyond that fact it s not only what putin does, it s what he justifies. the atrocities to lgbtq folks in the nation of russia are absurd, and we should all speak out against this. it s similar to what s happening in uganda, and i think because of that there s no peacemaker in vladimir putin in the same sentence at all. martha: yeah. david, what do you think about what costas had to say? it was clearly, basically, nbc who s going to broadcast 1500 hours or so, they re playing to the problems in russia. let s not put aside what putin