decisive battle for syria. i think that implies that they think assad is going down and it is entirely possible when you have seen the security penetrated like this the collapse could come very quickly. to me, that immediately raises the prospect in a matter of hours, what happens to syria and its chemical weapons and biological weapons, and what happens if there are joint syrian iranian nuclear activity that remains. i think this is something that we need to be prepared to take action on them not to intervene militarily between assad, but to do something to make sure that those weapons of mass destruction and materials associated with them don t fall under the wrong hands. that may well mean considering special operations forces. megyn: before we get to that point, if assad falls and he falls, is not what we wanted? this is a man who goes around killing babies and children. according to the reports by the thousands. door to door, point-blank range while their parents watch and then th
action is taking place against iran directly. megyn: eating very brief information that jay carney says we stand with israel in today s briefing. but not much more than that. we will try to get more details for you on exactly what the white house is saying about this. again, this is from the prime minister of israel. this is an iranian terror attack that is spreading across the world. israel will react strongly to iran s chair. ambassador bolton, thank you, sir. ambassador bolton rejoin us in a moment. he is going to rejoin us in a moment, when we talk about the situation in syria. we would like to go to the campaign trail where we are waiting for governor romney to hold a town hall meeting in bowling green, ohio. ohio is a key battleground states up for grabs in november. mitt romney finishing up a rally yesterday in pennsylvania. he went after president obama s you did not build that comment about the role of government and business creation.
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weapons that the syrian regime has at its disposal. many fear that if the regime is backed into a corner anything is possible. megyn. megyn: thank you. we should tell our viewers that ambassador bolton and ralph peters will be here in a moment to talk about a serious situation. we have this bit of news for you first in washington democrats are taking new heat today for their threat to let the country go over what is being called the fiscal cliff. some democrats in the senate warning that is exactly what is going to happen if the g.o.p. does not vote to raise taxes on those who make around $200,000 or above. but it is not just republicans who are raising alarm bells, here is the fed chair ben bernanke. the cbo hassess matted that if the full range of tax increases and spending cuts were allowed to take effect a scenario widely referred to as the fiscal cliff, a shallow recession would occur early next
david lee miller is at the u.n. david lee. reporter: megyn, as the violence in syria continues to escalate with the bombing today in the capitol that killed the country s defense minister and the brother-in-law of the president, it appears that diplomatic efforts here at the united nation toss resolv to resolve this crisis could be deadlocked. a vote on a british sponsored resolution backed by the united states is supposed to be vote owned this afternoon. that has now been postponed at least until tomorrow morning. it called for sanctions against syria. russia said it would votto any resolution calling for sanctions. kofi annan met with the russian president yesterday. russia is moving forward calling for its own resolution to be voted on, a resolution that does not call for sanctions against syria. china has also threatened to veto the british resolution if and when it does come to a vote, and complicating matters the massive arsenal of chemical