in depth with john mccain. i sat down with senator mccain a while ago in the armed services committee hearing room. he was very candid. he disagrees strongly with what justice scalia said about super pacs. about michele bachmann and what he thinks about romney s record at bain. senator, thank you for finally allowing me to interview you. you finally cracked. finally gave in, there you go. looking forward to it. so have i, very much. let s start with we re three months away from the election. you ve been exactly where mitt romney is right now. what is your advice? what is the real strategy at this stage of the battle plan that you think he needs to be most aware of? i think it s very obvious, piers, and that s jobs and the economy. most people don t care when mitt romney left bain capital and went to run the olympics and save them or exactly where his tax returns are. so i think the focus obviously is what most americans are caring about now. we do have a very stumbling
she s not doing exactly what she s doing. as we ve reported, bachmann and the others have asked the inspectors general of five security agencies to look into what bachmann calls the possible deep penetration of the u.s. government by muslim extremists. perhaps the most shocking of all, they re implying this woman, in particular, huma abedin, may somehow be working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood and they re questioning how she got a security clearance. after our report last night, we really thought this story might be over. we thought it might be over yesterday. miss bachmann received at extraordinary public scolding from john mccain on the senate floor. she was also condemned by other members of her own party. even her former campaign manager said she ought to be ashamed. it turns out congresswoman bachmann is not backing down. instead, it seems today, she s actually doubling down. what she isn t doing, neither she, nor her four colleagues, is coming on this program to b
senator john thune is here in 60 seconds. first the headlines. israel pointing a finger at iran for a bus bombing that killed at least seven israeli tour efforts in bulgaria. dozens more are injured. the attacks against the bus filled mostly with teenagers happening earlier today near the airport. the israeli prime minister calling it an attack and calling for revenge. the white house vying to find out who is responsible. and nine men tied to a prostitution scandal in columbia will not face charges. it happened last april just before a visit by president obama. the associated press reports the 7 army soldiers and two marines will receive administrative punishments as well. they were in columbia supporting secret service agents and some lost their jobs because of the scandal. now back to greta. thanks for watching. you ve heard the warnings, we could be headed over the
middle east today. iran has denied accusations by benjamin netanyahu that he is b hezbollah was behind the bombing on tuesday. and in syria, at least 250 people were killed today. the most in one day since the violence began as rebels have taken over the first border since the conflict began. there are conflicting reports as to the location of assad a day after a surprise bombing killed the former defense minister and ass assad s brother-in-law. a sanction failed on vetoes by china and russia. jay carney said those who vetoed the measure on are on wrong side of history. for more, we go to a professor at the london school of exhibition and a middle east expert. good day, sir. hello, jonathan. hi. let s start with the bus
hezbollah, iran s leading terrorist proxy. this attack was part of a global campaign of terror carried out by iran and hezbollah. israel s defense minister who just returned from the golan heights, says he will hold iran and its proxies responsible not only for the bus bombing, but also should hezbollah get its hands on syria s missiles or chemical weapons. ehud barak reached out to defend panetta about a possible israeli strike on syria s chemical weapon stockpiles. the u.s., we re told, expressed concerns to the israelis, such a move could embolden assad s regime. those discussions are ongoing. shep: jennifer griffin in washington, thank you. god s plan. george zimmerman now says he d like to apologize to the parents of the teen-ager he shot and killed. now trayvon martin s parents are responding absolutely not. the central florida neighborhood watchman sat down for his first interview with sean hannity. zimmerman said he s not race,