returned from syria where he met with some rebel forces. he describes the situation there as very grim for president assad s opponent. thanks to increased weapons, hezbollah fighters, thanks to extremists coming in from iraq, the russian pouring weapons in, iranians revolutionary guard that we are seeing unfortunately, a battlefield situation where bashar assad now has the upper hand and it s tragic. while we sit by and watch. harris: conner powell following the story now from our middle east news room. the concerns that syria s bloody conflict will ignite a regional war are increasing with more than a dozen people having been killed as hezbollah guerrillas clashed with rebels in eastern lebanon this weekend. violence between pro and anti-assad groups has been on the rise in lebanon burg this is the largest outbreak of
news? now you ve got the situation about okay, well, if he did lie, what did he lie about and what s the penalty for that? so which scandal would it take? we are an open transparent government and no matter what side of the dialogue, this is a bipartisan concern that our attorney general, our president are beyond reproach. i know from personal experience and this wouldn t be the first time that the white house was being used for political gain and we need an airing of this. my father represented john lennon in the 70s when the nixon administration was trying to use immigration to have him deported for political gain. democrat or republican, right or left, we need to make sure whether it s the irs, whether it s the attorney general s office, and even the president, that they act beyond reproach and that they are not only representative of a nation of laws, but they are tender in the way they execute justice. harris: all right. right down the middle you were with that answer. so my
the united states attorneys are appointed all over. the question is, does he need a private attorney? it takes a scandal these days to have somebody provide a resignation, but it also takes good judgment and to run a good ship, you need to have good counsel yourself. no doubt the attorney general has lawyers and should be more circum spent when he did she circumspect before congress. harris: wait a minute. i asked earlier today, well, if there is a problem with this attorney general having not told the truth, it s bigger than that. that might be a reason to get rid of him. and i said, what would it take to get rid of any attorney general? and you said it would take a scandal. so let s just roll the tape back a little bit. you had fast and furious, gun running operation that ended in the death of an american officer. a border patrol agent. you have had the situation go on on the hill about did he know? what did he know about the targeting of journalists with investigations which inc