0 syrian state tv blamed the attack on israel, said that israel was working in alliance with the opposition, an opposition it calls terrorists. steve? nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. right now i m joined by political analyst joan walsh, the author of a book and editor for salon.com. professor of middle eastern history and a member of the day-after project, a coalition of syrian opposition groups planning for a post-war transition. andrew tabler, author of in the lion s den. senior fellow with the washington institute for near east model. and senior fellow at the progress think tank the century foundation. so we re all just sort of digesting the latest overnight. you hear that report from richard engel there, fireballs, ash raining down on damascus. i know we ve had israeli air strikes earlier this year, i think back in february, but now we re talking about damascus. we re talking about something that to me seems like at least it feels like wow, are we entering
0 speak building and again insisting that the u.s. government has been in close contact with israel, as well. mike rogers says given what he described as the administration s sort of slow calculus in this situation, he said we now face the best worst situation, the best of the worst case situations right now. so what will the u.s. do going forward? the president has insisted he s trying to be prudent and deliberative about his decision making process. but interestingly, today the new york times noted that red line that has drawn the u.s. to this moment was an unscripted moment, that the president went further when he made that statement. so what does the administration do, what does the u.s. do going forward among the potential options right now obviously the effort to try to mobilize the international community with the arab league, with leaders in that region already helping out in their efforts with rebel groups, one of concerns is the radical islamist within that community and th
sister. elizabeth prann has more from washington. in a special election tuesday, south carolinaians will decide if they want to reverse what has been a republican seat since the 1980s. democratic candidate elizabeth colbert bush taking to the stage last week with former republican governor mark sanford, the two vying for the first congressional district seat. monday s debate covering fiscal responsibility, health care and immigration, among other topics. it also got personal. everybody had a furlough in the state. everybody was losing their jobs and we were pulling our belts in. when we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the taxpayers, it doesn t mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. [ applause ] i couldn t hear what she said. [ laughter ] repeat it. i didn t hear it. according to a public policy polling, colbert bush is up nine
not familiar with it. in addition to it being exceptionally well gerrymandered, it s last district that mitt romney won by about 18 points, if i remember correctly, back in 2012. what are the chances that elizabeth colbert bush pulls this thing out, ed? remain very, very, you know, realistic, the polling here suggests that this is still a very tight race. i think just late last week had them tied only six or seven percent of voters undecide. part of the reason is because of sanford s personal behavior. there s been concerns about the fact that his former wife is accusing him of having signingly trespassed onto their property against the agreement that they had as part of their divorce. telling today at the state party convention down the street, governor nikki haley noted there was a special election on tuesday. she didn t outright endorse sanford or say he was going to
perhaps what she did not say as well. good to see you, casey, thank you. more now on the nra convention and the gun debate in america, let s go to the war room, democratic strategist, chris kofinis, worked on john edwards presidential campaigns, joe watkins, former aide to president george h. w. bush. if it s saturday, it s chris and joe, always good to have you. good to be with you, craig. joe, nra executive vice president, wayne lapierre, firing up the crowd yesterday at the start of that convention. take a look, take a listen. but let me make this perfectly clear, we will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law-abiding american gun owners. how do republicans feel about wayne lapierre as their messenger, joe watkins? i think wayne lapierre knows he is speaking to the faithful, to the members of the nra. they have got 4 1/2 to 5 million