and then you have to consider other options with your allies as to whether or not, for example, you might consider ripping up air fields so that assad s air force cannot take off. that s an example of a limited action that ultimately can produce big benefits. so you think in order to tip the balance. you can t just simply send them a pea shooter against a blunder bust at the end of the day. time is not on our side, and our vital national security interests will not be pursued. you would like more? i think the president is headed in that direction. this is the first step. obviously, he s convinced the red line he himself subscribed has clearly passed, and there are vital security interests of the united states here that need to be pursued. not having a state that is totally in disarray in which terrorist entities can operate. you have already al qaeda. you have iranian revolutionary guard. you have hezbollah.
protesters and police returned to the streets of istanbul today. yet another day of demonstrations over a disputed park. police again are using water cannons and tear gas on protesters. police used such force yesterday to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied a government deadline to vacate that park. a bulldozer was then used to clear the area. to the crisis in syria now, where the u.s. government s decision to provide small arms to the rebels has caused heated debate. in a new interview this morning senate foreign relations committee chair robert menendez called for further intervention. we need to tip the scales, not simply to nudge them. and the president s moving in the right direction. you can t just simply send them, you know, a pea shooter against a blunder buss at the end of the day or else our vital national security interests is you know, time is not on our side and our vital national security
my father says it all starts at our dinner table, not the government s dinner table. megyn: there is a question about whether adam lanza many mother r would have had at least one of these guns if the assault weapons ban would have been in place. i don t know the answer to that. a report says two of the guns would have been band but the long begun, the ar-15 would have been. is the debate how many children we are willing to lose? look at john hinckley. he had basically a pea shooter. all the secret service at that time at that place with the president of the united states. he was still able to shoot four people and get 6 shots some of without a secret service agent doing anything at that point in time. are we going to negotiate how many lives? this seems to be where it s going here. how do you stop anybody from
efforts to save children. i m really looking forward to this piece tonight. thanks so much. a reminder to our viewers that your special runs tonight. it s cnn presents cruise to disaster. 8:00 eastern time. some exclusive new images and details. make sure you tune in. top of the hour now. i m ashleigh banfield. i m standing in for brooke baldwin. this is one of the hottest 4th of julys on record. it is steaming out there. extreme heat paralyzing much of the midwest and all the way up to the dakotas too. the heat index racing up into the 115s. the death toll from the heat and related storms now reaching 20. the virginias, in particular, having a terrible time. in some cases police are having to hand out ice. hundreds of thousands of people who have not had power since friday since a wave of violent storms hit pretty much at their wits end. lizzie has been following this story. there s a critical problem. west virginia hit the worst and they are talking about water now. wat
wasserman schultz the most vile and despicable person in the house. you have proven repeatedly that you are not a lady and, therefore, shall not be afforded due respect from me. jonathan alter is a political correspondent. we kind of have to joke and laugh about this, but the bottom line still seeing bickering. why at this point? this is kind of out-of-bounds behavior by congressman west. you know, debbie wasserman schultz shot him with, you know, a pea shooter, and he retaliated with an ak-47, so you don t i think anybody kind of looking at this nutrily, what she said is basically fair comment, and what he said was way over the top, so instead of normally, richard, when we analyze this, we go, oh, they are squabbling on both sides. right, exactly. they are both equally nasty. this is a crystal clear example of how in some cases, no, it s