0 >> eric: happy fathers day to everyone. >> i'll be back here from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and fox friends first at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. shannon bream is up next. >> osama bin laden may be dead, but we have al qaeda and a lot of al qaeda wanna-bes. >> shannon: formir vice-president dick cheney defends the national security agency and says the surveillance program he helped create after 9/11 los angeles saved lives and stopped terrorist attacks. as the u.s. looks at the regional power positioning themselves. we will looking to at a senate select committee member. texas grfer rick peritries to tempt new york companies to move to the lone-star state with the promise of less government regulation. he is live and takes your twitter questions. i'm shannon bream. hezbollah, iran and russia, stronger than are ever. i think our goal should be to balance the military power and provide small arms won't do it. so we need to create a no-fly zone to neutralize the assad air power. >> reporter: the pentagon saysy they will leave planes and patriot missiles in nearby jordan and the white house says help for the syrian rebels will increase. but the chief of staff says it will increase very cautiously. >> we have to be very discerning about what is in our interests and what the outcome -- what outcome is best for us and the prices we are willing to pay to get to that place. we have rushed to war in this region in the past. we are want going to do it here. >> reporter: the egyptian president morsi says he's cutting off diplomatic tie wses syria, as promise that russia has not made. russia has been a reliable of syria throughout the civil war. >> shannon: he doubts that snowden could have accessed president obama personal accounts and insists that he recognizes the obligation to keep people safe and also to protect the u.s. constitution. another fan of the constitution, texas governor rick perry says government regulations are crushing entrepreneurs. so he wants new yorkers and others to know that his state is open for business. >> texas, land of opportunity. home of creative renegades. >> where dreams become reality. >> tex as is calling. your opportunity awaits. >> shannon: new york is just one of the latest areas in the perry cross hairs with a $1 million tv ad campaign. others were not so happy when they were targeted. governor perry is live on america's news headquarters. great to see you. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> shannon: let me ask you, you say you are open for business. a lot of state, people say they are crushed under taxes. you say you are take taking off all the jocks created in america were in texas. that's a model that will not only work in the state of texas, it will work in any state. we compete against each other. that's what thanksgiving about. this is the 50 laboratories of innovation, competing for the jobs to keep america at the front of the race, if you will for innovation, et cetera. so we believe in competition. so just like the miami heat is coming into san antonio tonight to try to take a victory, i am going to be in new york and connecticut over the next few days, trying to explain to people why they should come to texas to expand and relocate, et cetera. >> shannon: speaking of connecticut, a few people say to me, they know the governor is going to be in connecticut. any chance he is going to try to woo the gun manufacturers from connecticut to texas? >> we are looking at across the board -- pharmaceutical, financial, obviously the weapons industry. it is not a particularly us. you know, whether it was oakec city, the world trade center, there have been some very clear indications from washington, d.c. through the years that even though it wasn't a natural disaster, this is a man-made disaster, fema comes in and does their part. the more troubling part for me that was we had our local official, state officials working with fema and there was never any indication of a problem from the standpoint of this being clearly a disaster that deserved federal response. and the president stood in waco, texas, as a memorial for those who were lost in the explosion. he made the commitment he said, we are going on stand with you. we are going to make sure that you have the support that you need. i am going to take the president at his word. hopefully, when he finds out that fema -- for whatever reason, decided not to send that request forward, that he will interscpreen do the right thing. >> shannon: something that will not surprise you-- the most popular question across the board. michael mays asked, are you going to run for thees about in 2016? >> we have work to do back in texas. that's a long time until 2016. i am greatly appreciative of his interest. special session is within a couple of days of being finished in texas. i will make a decision about whether i am going to run for re-election in 2016 -- it will -- it will still be out in front of us and we will make an appropriate decision at the appropriate time. >> shannon: i wanted to ask but the new law -- the merry christmas law, dealing with religious freedom in texas. >> it's fascinating that you valid to pass a piece of legislation to give comfort and frankly to protect people from doing what we have done for -- decades in the state of texas, which is to say, happy chanukah or merry christmas -- to protect religious freedom. why we had to do that is, really kind of reflective of where the political correctness has gone in the country. our legislator felt it was important to protect the young children who wanted to have a christmas tree, who wanted to be ornaments on and a nativity scene, whatever it might be. that is now allowed in the state of texas. >> shannon: governor perry, safe travels as you head further north and keep in touch. thanks. are we headed for war? soon after the u.s. announced it is sending lethal aid to syrian rebels, iran is pledging 4,000 troops to help president assad. how does that change the world stage? and former vice-presidential candidate, sarah palin weighs in on the syrian conflict, making it clear that she and the former runningmate don't see eye to eye on this one. >> both sides are screaming over an arbitrary red line, i say until we have someone who know what is they are doing, let allah sort it out. 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