they upload their wicked shots to youtube. their latest effort, the netherlands, a tower 96 meters in the air. the equivalent of over three full-court shots away. counted. to be absolutely transparent, though there are multiple angles of the shot not look legit, #click3 has yet to authenticate the voracity of this video. it remains the 11 man banana hammock backyard jam. the second awesomest thing on the internet today takes us back to the senate hearings on the situation in syria. a most serious matter requiring careful consideration from the world s greatest deliberative body. the hearings, however, were kind of long testing the concentration skills of the most veteran members. behold the proof. that s the steady hand of john mccain playing poker on his phone. the senate s resident republican hawk was caught by intrepid washington post photographer. mccain defending his actions in tweet, of course. scandal, caught playing iphone game at three hour senate hearing. worst of all i lo
showing public support. in other words, as the idea of military action against syria has become less abstract, the public seems to be less supportive. it is also notable that today in a press conference in new york, the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon essentially said a u.s. strike under these circumstances without u.n. approval would be illegal. the use of force is lawful only when an exercise of self-defense in accordance with article 51 of the united nations charter and/or when the security council approves such action. all of this as president obama is set to depart within the hour en route to stockholm before the g-20 summit. joining me now is senator jim rich, republican from idaho, a member of senate foreign relations committee. he considers himself extremely reluctant to authorize a strike on ssyria. senator, anything you heard
destruction, of any variety, that should forget about using them. on the anti-interventionist side, many members of congressional progressive caucus including the liberal congressman from florida, alan grayson, who launched a position against attacking syria and opposes any military strike there. lining up alongside grayson, junior republican senator from the state of kentucky. i think it s a mistake to get involved in the syrian civil war, and what i would ask john kerry is, you know, he s famous for saying, you know, how can you ask a man to be a last one to die for a mistake? i would ask john kerry, how can you ask a man to be the first one to die for a mistake? paul s own views on this don t come as much of a surprise. what we will also see in this vote is the ongoing brawl inside the republican coalition over that party s foreign policy direction. and when watching the news today, each new position for or against the resolution from both democrats and republicans often came
opposes any military strike there. lining up alongside grayson, junior republican senator from the state of kentucky. i think it s a mistake to get involved in the syrian civil war, and what i would ask john kerry is, you know, he s famous for saying, you know, how can you ask a man to be a last one to die for a mistake? i would ask john kerry, how can you ask a man to be the first one to die for a mistake? paul s own views on this don t come as much of a surprise. what we will also see in this vote is the ongoing brawl inside the republican coalition over that party s foreign policy direction. and when watching the news today, each new position for or against the resolution from both democrats and republicans often came as a genuine surprise. citizens looking to their political leaders for direction are likely to find themselves profoundly contorted. joining me now is tommy vieator, former national security focus span in the obama administration, co-founder of fenway strategies. h
vladimir putin in their long and very tense history. the summit is expected to be dominated by the potential u.s. military strike on syria. pulten has dismissed the chemical attack on syrian civilians as work of the rebels telling reporters o saturday, i am sure that it is a provocation of those who want to involve other countries in syrian conflict who want to get support from powerful participants of international activities, first of all the usa. he continued saying as for the position of our american colleagues, the evidence should be presented. if the evidence is not presented, there is no evidence. yesterday in a nod to the upcoming congressional vote authorizing u.s. military strikes in russia, putin proposed sending a delegation of russian lawmakers to lobby congress against military intervention in syria. president obama for his part is firing back at putin.