and the missiles that were intercepted are not dumb scuds. they re smarter fattah three missiles that have range from southern lebanon to hit tel-aviv. this is a big, escalated problem. i wish we had acted sooner. i would just say boots on the ground now is not the question. the question now is imposing a no fly zone, using aircraft and using naval gunfire. as senator leahy said the israeli strikes over the last 48 hours have indicated those russian air defense systems are not as robust as they re sometimes reported to be. we can stop bashar al assad from killing his own people. we can stop some of the worst violence in syria if we use aircraft i want to move on. i want to bring mayor giuliani in here. i want to widen this out a little bit. i think there s the broader topic we re broaching here about national security, about our own personal freedoms in america coming out of the bost boon bomg is in part ongoing concern about terrorism. graphic this week in the wall street journ
this is now a real full blown civil war. and the missiles that were intercepted are not dumb scuds. they re smarter fattah three missiles that have range from southern lebanon to hit tel-aviv. this is a big, escalated problem. i wish we had acted sooner. i would just say boots on the ground now is not the question. the question now is imposing a no fly zone, using aircraft and using naval gunfire. as senator leahy said the israeli strikes over the last 48 hours have indicated those russian air defense systems are not as robust as they re sometimes reported to be. we can stop bashar al assad from killing his own people. we can stop some of the worst violence in syria if we use aircraft i want to move on. i want to bring mayor giuliani in here. i want to widen this out a little bit. i think there s the broader topic we re broaching here about national security, about our own personal freedoms in america coming out of the boston bombing is in part ongoing concern about terrorism. gr
they have not been going well. they are discussing a long-term arrangement to put in a mechanism that prevent hamas from shooting at our population and paralyzing half the country. also stopping iran from smuggling long-range missiles into gaza. it is supposed to hit tel aviv and jerusalem as well speak to talk about a cease-fire negotiation and share with us what you can. on a very surface level, we all understand these fire means everyone stops firing rockets at each other. you mentioned other problems that are important to israel. and the survival of your stay. what is imperative to the cease-fire negotiation to get israel to agree? it is imperative, first of all, that the firing stopped. the prime minister visited gaza and we declared a unilateral
you have tel aviv only 37 miles from the gaza strip and jerusalem 43 miles away from the gaza strip. we now have rockets that have hit tel aviv and jerusalem. so if you push this down, you still have a direct hit shot into jerusalem. the question becomes, why would they fire these new rockets? these new rockets towards jerusalem, when there are hundreds of thousands of palestinians living in and around the area. the holiest site for islam is in the old city of jerusalem. right now, this situation appears to mirror what happened in 2006 in the days before the israeli troops moved in from northern israel. a very ominous sign. megyn: trace, thank you. it is an honor to have you here,
have hit tel aviv it appears they landed in the sea. there is debate about that. but the fact they aimed at it and they can reach it in terms of distance it is a game changer . it certainly appears to be. standing by for breaking news. thank you. president obama today toured parts of new york that are still suffering after sandy damaged it. some folks have power outages and gas shortages. 17 days after the event. the president toured the hardest hit area along with new york s governor. both senators and senators and the new york mayor and michael bloomburg. it is the second trip to the region since the storm. he said it won t be his last. i was speaking on behalf of the country when i said we are gonna be here until the rebuilding is complete. i am going to come back today, but i will be coming back in the future to make sure we have followed through on that commitment. the us frustrations are