governor rick scott is on to something when he says that this might cause more hindrances and problems than it s actually going to solve. and i think majority of americans actually do support the idea with some kind of security on campus. perhaps a security guard, somebody who is trained in that way specifically who isn t worried about teaching day to day and looking after kids in those other ways. we don t necessarily have a problem with security guards in shopping malls, out in the street. it s not thought necessarily to be a scary thing. so i think maybe that s a better pathway for these governors and for the president to try to assess. but you can see the problems that could come into play if you started encouraging teachers to arm themselves. teachers should first and foremost be looking after the education and the safety of their students. and they shouldn t necessarily have to be worried about where the gun is in their drawer at any given moment of the day. it would seem more re
goodness. the rain isn t as consistent in houston. the problem here is debris or power lines or power poles. there is a lot of stuff that has come down and that is hinders side roads. they brought in heavy earth-moving equipment, used to clear the path for the emergency crews. sides streets, very difficult, and there is still a lot of standing water. debris, power lines, power poles, the biggest hindrances in and around this area. all right. martin savage, thank you so much. head north now towards the houston area to a houston suburb, in fact, where helicopters are in the air conducting rescues. and in sugarland, palo sandoval what is happening right there? reporter: fred, we showed pictures of a coast guard helicopter hovering over one of houston s bayous in southwest houston. a few minutes ago we watched a recognizable basket often used for rescues was lifted, hoisted
about getting this done he needs to take off the hindrances from the pentagon and let them do their jobs. do you agree with former defense secretary chuck hagel eases cessment that in addition to that, to add that on to what you re recommending, this administration should shift its focus from president bashar assad to isis? has there been priorities misplaced, if you will? yeah. and i think it s time for the people in washington to have that discussion. you know, right now our objective is to not only defeat isis but to remove bashar al-assad. i don t think you can do both simultaneously. we re going to have to determine what our priority is and given the russian and french involvedment in isis but russia s involvement supporting bashar al-assad, i m not sure toppling assad right now is going to work for united states. so perhaps it s time to step back, say we need to defeat isis first and then we can handle the political situation in syria
not right now. you know, the strategy is the goal is to degrade and ultimately defeat isis. what we re doing right now just isn t working. we put a lot of air assets into this campaign, yet it s not having any effect. i mean, the effect it is having is minimal to say the least. the russians and the french have come in there and in a few days have eclipsed what the united states has done over the period of a year. that s because of these restrictive rules of engagement the u.s.-led coalition pilots are operating under. if the president is serious about getting this done, he needs to take off the hindrances from the pentagon and let them do their jobs. do you agree with former defense secretary chuck hagel s assessment, in addition to that, to add that on to what you re recommending, that this administration should shift its focus from president assad to isis? have there been priorities
once, but three times. the possibility of a strike against the country was raised between 2010 and 2012, but each time political or military hindrances got in the way. for more on this story, let s go to jerusalem. explain how this information came to light. this started in interviews that the former defense minister was having with his biographers. these interviews got out and got to our affiliate and were aired yesterday. they have gotten quite a bit of buzz. as you mentioned, the focus is on 2010 to 02012. in each of those years, these recordings come out and say that for different reasons strikes were essentially called on. so one year at a time.