sumlin, thanks for being with us what are you hearing from the president this morning? well, christi, very strong words from president obama saying the united states strongly condemns the bash baschic murder of luke sop mers at the hands of al qaeda terrorists during a rescue operation conducted by u.s. forces in partnership with the yemeni government. on behalf of the american people, i offer my deepest condolences to luke s family and his loved ones. this was a direct call made by president obama himself yesterday, he said on three things based on the intelligence and the fact that luke somers in his had own words was in, quote, imminent danger. the white house is receiving criticism that they delayed, maybe hesitated on that decision. that led to ultimate outcome. and the president, he pushed back on that this morning. he said he used every tool at
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day. especially in africa. and the u.s. doesn t consider those a threat to our national security. mike: what to do. what to do. why don t we do like they did in the u.k. put it to a vote. wouldn t that be one way for him to get out of this tough situation? put it to a vote in congress? alisyn: you would think. come back and maybe say yes, maybe say no. look, that s what the people want. alisyn: then he wouldn t have to go it alone that would give him cover. first of all it s constitutional. the president is supposed to put any sort of military action to a vote unless there is, quote: imminent danger. so he must bring it before congress. somehow he is, i guess, by just talking to congress in a teleconference thinks that he can circumvent that somehow. congress members don t feel the same way. we had congressman louie gohmert on to talked about congressional approval. if the prime minister of he can glanced has listened to the will of the parliament, why shouldn t the u.s. pres
still, one former f.a.a. official says the fact that the first lady s plane was guided too close to a c-17 cargo jet suggests that air traffic controllers have become the, quote, spoiled child at the f.a.a. i wonder if it s this culture of entitlement that has allowed them to kind of come to where maybe they don t have to be as good as they should be. the simple incident with the first lady, i mean that s air traffic control 101. that should never have happened. the white house says the first lady was in no, quote, imminent danger. shep? shepard: molly henneberg live in d.c. thanks. japan s government today officially sealed off that evacuation zone around the country s badly damaged nuclear plant. 12-mile area completely off limits. some 80,000 people ran from their homes leaving an awful lot of stuff behind after last month s powerful earthquake and tsunami. they kept wandering back and forth in there can t do that anymore. this is video from inside the zone last week. some res