senator, good to see you. thanks for coming in. we appreciate it. this is obviously a good sign if true that 21 out of 23 syrian chemical weapons facilities have been destroyed or rendered inoperable but how can we be sure that that s it, that these are the only facilities? well, that s exactly the question i asked of the state department today, because public reports indicated that we believed there were 45 sites or so in syria, so while this is certainly much welcome that the 21 sites and the machinery to produce chemical weapons have been destroyed, we need access to all of the sites as well as ultimately a conclusion as to how do we get rid of the chemicals that exist, and how do they get destroyed. so good news to some extent, but still a lot more work to be done in access to all the sites we ourselves through our intelligence determined exist and which we need access to. what about the chemical
take a look at the other side of this from civil liberties and privacy and investigate, how did snowden break this system? how did he compromise our security? also how did he devalue the intelligence the american taxpayers have spent billions to develop for our security? chris: switching subjects the state department today, is re-opening 18 of the 19 diplomatic posts that it closed across the middle east and north africa last week of the in may at the natural defense university the president talked how he started to lay the groundwork for ending this war on terror. does the threat from al-qaeda and the fairly strong response from the president, show he was premature to talk about that? guest: of course. i thought it was odd. this war, like all wars must come to an end.
to her about only in a general sense would she be responsible for it. right. well, i covered mitt romney s campaign right after that secret service scandal. and the changes that were made immediately in the wake of that were very obvious. there were many, many new rules about socializing that the secret service detail that was attached to mitt romney was basically forced to follow after that scandal broke. so, no, it s not something necessarily that the principles are aware of. they know somebody is standing outside of their door most of the day. but beyond that, there s no real reason why they should know. as far as what nbc news knows, we ve seen the draft report that anne mentioned earlier and we re sort of very carefully trying to ferret out who it is that s talking. are we going to read in the paper tomorrow about anyone else in hillary s world, her counsel or anyone else over there at state department being involved in any interference here in these investigations? probably
reason why they should know. as far as what nbc news knows, we ve seen the draft report that ann mentioned earlier and we re sort of very carefully trying to ferret out who it is that s talking. are we going to read in the paper tomorrow about anyone else in hillary s world, her counsel or anyone else over there at state department being involved in any interference here in these investigations? probably not. the main development from the senior state department today was an on-the-record denial from patrick kennedy both hillary clinton s undersecretary for management, the guy who basically runs the floor and now john kerry s undersecretary for management that there was any interference, any improper diversion of these cases basically anything at all. and that is also what the state
is also slamming the move. jonathan hunt is live at the u.n. this afternoon. jonathan, the united states, guess, is responding in action and deed. it is. significantly strengthinging it military presence in the region. a second u.s. naval destroyer now joining the uss john mccain in what officials will only describe as the we were pacific, but they admit that both of these destroyers or what is called a missile defense mission. a clear reference to threats from north korea. those threats condemned, as you heard by white house officials, and also condemned at the state department today. listen. what we have as of today is a stated intention to violate their international obligations further. that s not going to take them any closer to ending their isolation, to feeding their people or in any way improving