He has with his contacts in damascus. and this regime is panicking. and they ve made it very clear that if any of these strikes look like regime change, if they hit, for instance, the fourth division, the president s brother s division, bashar al assad will act irrationally. and that could mean anything you could imagine, from attacking neighboring countries to using more gas. panicking. irrational. david lesch. again, that was my interview last friday when the rewregime appeared to be under that imminent threat of attack. the crux there being assad might act irrationally. as we mentioned, you ve met the man a couple of times. proper assessment, unstable? i wouldn t i wouldn t describe it like that. they weren t panicking. i can almost assure you of that. they re used to this. again, they re fairly certain that the united states was going to act in a very limited way. the united states was actually saying it was going to act in a
Actually move the party forward from within. you make a very good point. the capacity for house republicans to act irrationally in their own, not in their own interests is enormous. but this is an existential question for the party. and they have seen the ground move beneath their feet since the election and with the demographic changes. even jeb bush is probably thinking i should have written an e-book. so the good news here is there s this bipartisan group in the senate working in good faith. and actually like on their best behavior. and the white house is letting them do their work. but they ve been clear that we ll put forward our own plan. so you think the shame of going against what is actually a very goodwill effort on this might be enough to sway them? i think there are at the end of the day smart political operatives that look at numbers and demographics and say look, guys, we ve got to move on this or we ll be obsolete. rick, this is interesting to me. they asked fox
few moments, but first joe johns takes a look at how edwards went from rising politician to a guy who could face decades behind bars. reporter: john edwards, the politician, remember him? we have much work to do because the truth is we still live in a country where there are two different americas. reporter: but as it turned out, mr. two americas here had two very different faces himself, and one of them wasn t very pretty. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal, betrayal of the people closest to him, his late wife elizabeth, his supporters, staffers, contributors. granded, edwards was a promising politician at first, successful democratic senator from the south. telegenic guy, rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. smart but homegrown. talked such a good game he got picked up as john kerry s running mate in 2004. i have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of america. reporter: but it didn t work out, so next election cycle ed
Everybody through, scare fear over exchanges rather than focus on recovery. the economy now is frightening people, okay? yep. when people are frightened, they often act irrationally. how does this play out? because the stock market down 1850 points in less than three weeks. i think dobbs said $3 trillion private economy wiped out. right. what happens now. i think it s going to continue to drop. bill: the market. market and the economy. i think you are going to see more and more evidence of this administration s policies ratcheting through there is a rain of terror. healthy businesses will not hire new people because what s obama care going to do? manufacturers won t expand because they re going to regulate my carbon. rich consumers third of all consumer spending won t spend because my taxes are going to go up. small banks won t lend because
American economy and freeze everybody through, scare fear over exchanges rather than focus on recovery. the economy now is frightening people, okay? yep. when people are frightened, they often act irrationally. how does this play out? because the stock market down 1850 points in less than three weeks. i think dobbs said $3 trillion private economy wiped out. right. what happens now. i think it s going to continue to drop. bill: the market. market and the economy. i think you are going to see more and more evidence of this administration s policies ratcheting through there is a rain of terror. healthy businesses will not hire new people because what s obama care going to do? manufacturers won t expand because they re going to regulate my carbon. rich consumers third of all consumer spending won t spend because my taxes are going to go up. small banks won t lend because