." >> wolf, we're trying to make sense out of the obama doctrine before president obama goes to westpoint to confuse us all again. >> actually, you can sum up the obama doctrine with these words, no more dumb wars. the debate's going to start right now. >> tonight on "crossfire," a new deadline for u.s. troops to come home. >> we will bring america's longest war to a responsible end. >> is president obama making america stronger or weaker on the world stage? on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," a contributing editor for atlantic media and bill crystal, editor of "the weekly standard." is the president keeping us safe or putting us at risk? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire," i'm s.e. cupp. >> i'm van jones. we have guests with very different views of president obama's record of keeping us out of war. now, big news this afternoon. president obama has announced a firm deadline to get our troops home from afghanistan. now, remember, at one point we had over 100,000 americans over there in harm's way. by the end of 2016, thanks to this president,

his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too.

obama care is a job killer. well, it turns out that the only thing that's dead is that talking point. that's next. >> republicans have spent four years saying anything to attack president obama's health care law. but remember their favorite line. they called it a job killer. >> in my opinion, obama care is the biggest job killer we have in america today. >> it's also a job kill per. >> putting a chilling effect on job creation. >> it's become such a job killer in our economy. >> obama care is the biggest job killner this country. >> obama care is crushing our economy. it's killing jobs. >> the number one job killer in the united states, do you know what tos? obama care. >> so now that the affordable care act is in full swing, it must be killing jobs, left and right. except that's not what we're seeing. the economy gachbed 288,000 last month, putting it at the lowest level since october 2008. 50 months of private sector job growth. 50 months. and guess what? when that trand started? guess when? march of 2010, the

the obama administration has ended up being transparently lawless. madam president, today i have discussed only five examples of the administration's lawlessness in implementing obamacare. i will save for another day the significant legal concerns surrounding this administration's abuse of handling of high-risk pools, its actions involving the small business exchange, its sweetheart deals granting unauthorized exemptions for labor unions and many other similarly problematic actions, but even in the five examples i have mentioned today, the overriding point is clear. the tenure of president obama has amounted to an unmistakable pattern of executive abuse. time and again, his administration has flouted its constitutional responsibilities, exceeded its legitimate authority, ignored the act of law and sought to escape any accountability for its executive overreach. madam president, such executive branch abuse cannot stand. whether republican or democrat, each of us has a sworn obligation to defend the constitution, and each of us has the responsibility t

president obama has presided over almost two million deportations -- more than any other president in history. >> where's your family? pheonix? >> your family doesn't even know you're here? >> with reform stalled in congress, deportations have become the defining aspect of obama's immigration policy -- and a flashpoint for immigrant communities. >> fault lines traveled to new orleans to examine the impact of deportations on the city's immigrant community. obama has assured critics that immigration customs and enforcement, ice, is using discretion in its deportation efforts. >> "we're focusing our limited resources and people on violent offenders and people convicted of crimes. and as a result, we've increased the removal of criminals by 70 percent." >> we heard that ice has been operating a new program in new orleans called cari. it stands for criminal alien removal initiative. cari, ice says, is focused on immigrants who, quote, "pose a serious threat to the community." >> it's a small terrifying effect. they'll go into a grocery store and take 3 people >> jacinta gonzalez has been p

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charles: president obama. referenceing the virgie arthur v.a. -- scandal yesterday. calls to move veteran affairs healthcare, are gaining steam after house speaker john boehner said he supported the idea this week, v.a. has yet to confirm three of its official will attend a meeting in front of house committee. joining me now, chairman of house veterans affairs committee congressman jeff miller. thank you for your time. i have to tell you, in a nation that faces feels like a new scandal every week, this v.a. scandal is moving to the top of the list quickly, what do you hope to achieve tomorrow? >> charles this thing cuts both ways, both democrat and republican, all americans are outraged with what they have seen happen in the department of veterans affairs, tomorrow night we just got confirmation. >> that 3 witnesses we invited will attend, they tried to get several excuseed. we're going to listen to why a list that we think was the secret list in phoenix was destroyed. dr. lynch briefed our staff on a potential solution to what v.a. was saying, they say it not a secr

president obama said if we don't lead, nobody else will. but then much of his talk was about collective action, multilateral action. what is america's role here? >> well that's all good and as chris said, we do have a problem with the american people. i don't think it's as serious as it was when we had hundreds of thousands in iraq without a known mission. we do need to work with allies. bill clinton did that. if we are looking for amiddle ground i'd take bill clinton, not barack obama. does it against iran, coas kosovo, bosnia, they did require america moiblgzin mobilizing people in the u.n. to pass resolutions. >> well can ambassador is right about the clinton administration but the important thing to remember is that all those actions were taken by clinton before iraq and before afghanistan and before the exhaustion that people feel about these wars now. >> americans are really talking strongly about the president and how he's projecting weakness not strength. senator bob cork he, the ranking republican saying, is it because they see a p

president obama, he seems to think we should bring the u.s. military in to fight global warming and we also get a reaction by west point grad and vietnam vet john mumford on fox and friends. >> globalest to combat climate change. a creeping crisis that will help shape your time in uniform as we are called on. >> did your jaw just go what? when he said that? >> mine and everyone i knew said that. the military's job is to fight and win wars. the military is not an organization of social policy. >> dana, whdo you think? should the military be enlisted to fight global warming? >> there is an office charged with looking long term and risks going ahead 50 to 75 years. and there is a consensus among some of the former -- the retired security folks who get probably paid a lot of money on the consulting side but maybe they agree with bob. they think it's at least worth planning for and trying to address. my point is capitalism is the best system for addressing climate change. >> bob, i agree with you, that global warming is happening. i also agree it's

obama. >> i think that is two reasons. people look back on a time when the area was economically stronger because coal for a variety of policy and nonpolicy reasons was a stronger industry. i think also people look at the facts, the policies that discouraged the use of coal will reduce coal employment in kentucky if it is on the deline already. it is not surprising that it is an issue where democrats are vulnerable. >> we will get a big epa ruling before election day about coal plant regulations and alison lundergan grimes will have to go out there and presumably she's going to beat up on the president on that. >> look, there's a reason why mitch mcconnell in his speech tonight tried to pretend he was running against harry reid and not alison lundergan grimes. it is hard for him to win on kentucky issues when he's debating his actual opponent. i think that's what we will see all the way through to election day. she's kentucky through and through. it's why people are so excited about her. i think we got to see a really grea

and the other thing is president obama. not only is obama care unpopular in the state of kentucky, but the president himself has a 32% approval rating. so they're going to try and tie democrats, of course -- it's going to go on around the country to the president. it's not only obama care, it's the president himself. that's what mitch mcconnell is starting to do with ads today. she's just going to have to be tough and fight back. kentucky is a republican state, but there's a changing demographic in the state that gives her a bit of a shock. as you can tell from this primary, mcconnell is tough and doesn't make a lot of political mistakes. >> she's also released ads already. they're running neck and neck. it will be fascinating. let's go back to the tea party. tea party groups are putting their spin on last night. this is a state from freedom works ceo. quote, when the establishment runs on our issues, it's clear there's a larger cultural shift happening. constitutional libertarians are setting the agenda in the republican p

plus, president obama's try to defend young men takes a big step, and will first lady michelle obama run for office? president obama makes a prediction on that and more on the kelly and michael show. stay with us. (meow mix jingle) right on cue. it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, it's the only one cats ask for by name. >>> well, first lady michelle obama run for office some day? president obama's making predictions in his latest interview. >> but we want to know, do you think she should run for office some day? yes or no. you can vote on our facebook page or on twitter. so vote now and be sure to leave a comment. we'll have your answers and president obama's own comments about that later in the show. got to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricia

his numbers are lower than obama's numbers. he wants to make the race about obama. she wants to make the race about mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is closer to kentucky than obama is. so may be a wash a bit. >> got to hope that people, in the voting booth vote about the future. not holding on to something they didn't thing is going to last much longer. we will see. thank you. great panel. going to stay with us. thank you for staying with us, nia, steve, david. great panel. coming up next. what's tonight's results mean for control of the u.s. senate? that's of course the back drop to everything this year. is president obama going to find himself without a congress. nothing. just war with both houses of congress. or hold his battle position. hold his strength position in the senate. that's what the fights are about. you are watching the place for politics. memorial day weekend? looks like fun. but what about this? if you're looking to buy a car, now is the time and truecar is the way. just go to truecar.com to lock in guaranteed savings... without negotiation. thank you!

his numbers are lower than obama's numbers. he wants to make the race about obama. she wants to make the race about mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is closer to kentucky than obama is. so may be a wash a bit. >> got to hope that people, in the voting booth vote about the future. not holding on to something they didn't thing is going to last much longer. we will see. thank you. great panel. going to stay with us. thank you for staying with us, nia, steve, david. great panel. coming up next. what's tonight's results mean for control of the u.s. senate? that's of course the back drop to everything this year. is president obama going to find himself without a congress. nothing. just war with both houses of congress. or hold his battle position. hold his strength position in the senate. that's what the fights are about. you are watching the place for politics. sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marc

president obama and angela merkel will be speaking from the white house shortly. we'll be right back. >>> you are looking at our live continuous coverage of the anticipated press conference between angela merkel and president obama at the white house. the two meeting this morning for about four hours discussing a wide variety of issues, including the nsa listening in on her cell phone conversations, and the ongoing crisis in ukraine, and russia calling for an emergency meeting of the un security council that set to take place in about five minutes in new york. the number of missing in nigeria is rising. the government now saying 276 girls are missing. kidnapped from their school last month, and that is much higher than first reported. officials still don't know where the girls are. >> reporter: there has been a lot of misinformation and confusion since this attack took place on the school on april 15th. initialally, let's remember the military said 129 girls had been on abducted but within hours they were contradicted by family and some of the schoolteachers who s

chance chancellor angela merkel or president obama? >> president obama in this crisis in europe is pushing, but he has a powerful restraining force in angela merkel who not only speaks for germany, the fourth largest economy in the world, the dominant economy in europe. but she is a powerful restraining force, but however, germany is something of a giant switzerland. it is not a big military power. it is not interventionist. it is antisanctions. it does not want a conflict over ukraine or crimea. she has been a tremendous restraining force and the only way she is going to be brought around to support real serious sanctions on russia is if vladimir putin makes a grave mistake and sends his army across that border, in which case, barack obama will be calling the shots. >> eleanor. >> in the press conference that merkel and president obama had on friday, the president went through all the sectors of the economy where they would be calling for sanctions. he left out oil and gas. and when chancellor merkelout t of the 28 european union coun

so i decided to change our diet. >> in the first year of the obama presidency first lady michelle obama enlisted the help of some local elementary school students in planting an organic kitchen garden on the white house grounds, ultimately hosting a lunch for those students featuring veggies from the garden. pretty innocuous, right? wrong. less than a week after the first lady and her elementary school helpers broke ground on the garden a letter arrived to the white house addressed to mrs. obama reading in part and i quote "congratulations on recognizing the importance of agriculture in america," exclamation point. "as you go about planning and planting the white house garden we respectfully encourage to you recognize the role conventional agriculture plays in the u.s. in feeding the ever-increasing population. contributing to the u.s. economy, providing a safe and economical food supply. america's farmers understand crop protection technologies are supported by sound scientific research and innovation. signed sincerely, mid-america crop life association," a pesticide industry trade gro

. >> where was president obama that day and that night? >> people have been trying too get an answer for this for 20 months. where was the president the night of the attacks? >> they leased a photo after the killing of bin laden, but we don't have any photots from the other night, september 11, 2012. >> where is president obama? why isn't there is a photo? yes, there is a photo. here it is. president obama in the white house on the night of september 11. it's been available for more than a year. just one of the many republican questions about benghazi that have already been answered. but to the gop, this isn't about getting abcs. it's about politics. joining me now is crystal ball and washington post dana millbank. his latest article is about the gop congressman trey gauti in scharch of this bep gas zi show trial. haven't we seen this before. >> i think this is a case the republican leadership realizes to continue down this path of politicizing a tragedy is a dangerous game and not ultimately a political winner for them. it makes people fe

they predate obama. you can say that this administration hasn't responded quickly enough, if you want, but you can say that it has anything to do with obamacare. it's just factually impossible. but i think people are assuming that a low information voter out there is just going to accept this little tidbit thrown out there and not bother to check it out. >> i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you, congresswoman jan schakowsky and dana milbank. thank you both again for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, why is this anti-obama conspiracy theory riddled film maker faced in jail tonight? reveals what a gop scandal mongering is. >>> and it used to be off-limits, but the right have made a habit of attacking first lady michelle obama. now they're going after a healthy school lunch program. stay with us. cut! [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll so

. >>> high noon for president obama. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this unfinished disaster, this ticking grenade, if you will, at the veterans administration. timing is everything in politics and shows how a leader makes decisions, shows decisiveness, confidence, sure-footedness. the longer president obama holds this grenade in his hand, the more dangerous this situation becomes. i'm talking politics here. when a leader confronts a crisis, he needs to act, needs to be seen acting. what action has president obama taken here to deal with the manifest disaster at the va? the disaster of four-month waiting times covered up by claims of one-month waiting times. is the commander in chief going to stop this? is he going to reduce these waiting lines to what you get from a private practice doctor? is he going to cut those months down to weeks or even down to days? is he? does that look like what he's doing? or does it look like he's trying to figure out a wa

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and she was not involved in the botched roll out of obama care. she has a good reputation with both parties and the majority of democrats coming together with republicans to confirm her. and if she continues to oversea a program that will improve, she will have ownership of that in months to come. it is just a few days worth of the early problems she was not connected to and this is not a vote if you confirm her, it is not a vote in favor of obama care, but trusting her to improve it. >> best comment came from senator mccain. why would you want this job? you are taking over the captain of the titanic. >> the phrase is innocent until proven incompetent. she is supposed to be a impressive lady. but it is a terriible. job. i agree with a b. it is not a central war in the point on obama care or huge event. i think republicans in the senate were wise to reject calls in the house to put's hold on her nomination and a lot of the talk in washington and numbers and all that is less and less relevant of how obama care plays out in people's lives. and that i

this is president obama's issue now. he and nancy pelosi can't keep blaming the fact that there have been wars that created all of these veterans, wars that they didn't start. i neen mean, we've heard that twice now, once from nancy pelosi and once from the president yesterday. this president has to take ownership and action. >> is it an election year issue? >> yes, because it's also part -- first of all, it's the most painful scandal but it's part of a narrative now about incompetence. and ineptitude on the part of the administration. when a scandal breaks and something has gone wrong with the irs or benghazi, what they say is we didn't know it was happening. we read about it in the news. that's not minding the store and absolutely a campaign narrative. >> it's an administration that wants to run national health care, american energy, the education system and a long list of other things that i've never been the province of the federal government and can't run a clinic. >>> next up, the president's curious delay in namin

president barack obama today. >> obama outlined his vision for u.s. foreign-policy in a sweeping speech at the u.s. military academy. speaking to both a global television audience and graduating cadets at west point, obama said the u.s. should ink beyond using the military to solve u.s. problems. he said counterterrorism measures will remain in focus and that cooperation with international partners is the way forward. >> this beach came one day after putting forward a plan to end america's longest war, the country's 12-year deployment in a canna stand. -- in afghanistan. >> this year's graduates from the elite that point military academy will be the first in over a decade not to serve in iraq or afghanistan. that was a key message in president obama's address to the class of 2014. he used the speech to lash out at critics who accuse him of weakening america's image. >> here's my bottom line -- america must always lead on the world stage. if we don't, no one else will. >> but the president also warned against the u.s. entering wars lightly. he said the

these are the people obama democrats need to turn out. so he's not only failing democrats at the kitchen table, but he's failing you guys at the polls. how frustrated are you guys? >> well, first of all, i'm not frustrated. the president has put forward an agenda. it's the tea party that's stopped the agenda. >> the american people disagree with the agenda. >> let me stop you there. i want you to talk about democrats. democrats are complaining that president obama has not adequately conditioned the environment to run on an economic platform that works. >> i'm with democrats all the time and i haven't heard that complaint. i think the president has put forward a plan. this is a midterm election and we've all worked on it or covered them. these come down to candidates and races in states. >> and turnout. >> every race is going to be different. every candidate is going to treat that race different. >> what it is is about turnout, excitement of the base. so if our tea party base, if the conservative movement is excited to turn out in november

did you see when carney went to say good-bye to president obama, he went for the handshake and obama went to the hug and then he started kissing the shoulder. it was one of the most awkward thing i have ever seen two men do. okay. >> it is a little awkward. >> we did a little segment on that "the five." i think it was smart timing to do this on the same day as shinseki left. i think it sucked a little air out of there. >> i've seen you kiss bill o'reilly on a regular basis? >> you have. >> not his shoulder. >> congratulations to jay and josh and it will be fun to watch you and see what you do next. next for us, we now know what hillary clinton wrote in the benghazi chapter in her new book. i made this public plea last night. i have been wrestling with a guy who put up a youtube video about a frog on a sprinkler, if you are watching guy with a frog on a sprinkler, please respond. mr. frog sprinkler guy responded and i'm going to show >>> a lot of people have questioned hillary clinton's legacy as secretary of state, but president obama isn't one of them. >> she couldn't have been more

do you believe the obama white house revealed the name of the cia station in pakistan? cast your vote at loudobbs.com because we are coming right back. >> republicans and democrats don't agree on much. but apparently more and more they agree that eric shinseki must go. fox news military analyst joins us next. i ys say be thman with the plan but with less ergy, moodiness, i had to do something. i saw mdoctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the onlynderarm low t treaent that can restore t vels to normal in about two weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especlly those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoidt where axirons applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or incased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctorbout all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects could include increased sk of prostate cancer, worsening prostate symptoms,

impeach obama! impeach obama! impeach obama! >> calling the president a dictator, saying he's destroying the constitution, even calling for impeachment. where have we heard this before? >> he has rewritten the constitution for himself as a part of his effort to fundamentally transform the united states of america. >> one of the most disturbing aspects of the obama presidency is the willingness of the president to disregard the law, ignore the will you. a president you should the constitutional system doesn't have the ability to pick and choose which laws to follow, and that's the same pattern you see in dictatorial society. >> if we were to impeach the president tomorrow, you could probably get the house in the house of representatives to do it. >> these are elected officials, swearing the president by accusing -- swearing and smearing him really by accusing him of being a dictator. of ignoring the constitution, and talking about impeachment. only a few hundred far right extremists showed up at that rally today, but their ugly r

they don't like obama care, and so we've had 50 votes on that. they do like to talk about benghazi, and we've had four investigations on that. i don't think it makes sense really for democrats to participate. i think it's just a tremendous red herring and a waste of taxpayer resources, so i hope the speaker will reconsider, but it looks like he has bowed again to those from the farthest right from his conference. >> when you say it doesn't make sense for democrats to participate, you should the democrats should not appoint anyone to the special committee and let it simply be republicans holding this investigation? >> that's what i recommend. i don't know what our leadership will ultimately decide, but i don't think it makes sense for us to give this select committee any more credibility than it deserves, and, frankly, i don't think it deserves very much. we've tread down this path so many times, and in terms of this rhodes memo, if you look at this four-page memo, there's only two sentences that pertain to ben ghazi, which track exactly what the

obama. and a mother in des moines called what she witnessed in the school cafeteria just sad. >> folks on both note the first lady is not an elected official. the reaction seems to reflect a real concern at the white house about the level of opposition. >>> a 15-year-old girl injured in north dakota's tornado remain in intensive care tonight. this is what it looked like. several trailers were damaged or destroyed and eight other people were treated for lesser injuries. >>> president obama announces his target troop levels for post war afghanistan, but there could be complications. we'll get reaction from the panel when we come back. ey can t of a single candle. look after them with centrum silver. multivitamins for your eyes, heart and brain. centrum silver. for the most amazing parts of you. >> it's time to turn the page on more than a decade on which so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. when i took office, we had nearly 180,000 troops in harm's way

and president obama has often rebuffed them. and the entire washington beltway conventional wisdom that you should just drop toxic baggage, belter than carrying it. but this is starting to look different. the facts pile up in this story, it looks like the most important goal may be getting rid of the baggage in the leadership in the va or at least getting very serious, very quickly about reform. joining me, howard dean, former vermont governor and dnc chairman. former congressman, patrick murphy, first iraq war veteran elected to congress. governor dean, from a management perspective, having run the party in a state, what do you think is most important here? >> first, let's look at shinseki's record. only one telling the truth when secretary of defense and the vice president were lying through their teeth about the war in iraq. shinseki told congress how many troops would be needed and got fired for it. a guy with integrity. from a management perspective. they have 24 hours to fix this or he has to go. i don't think he has gun a

at this point we agree strongly with candidate obama and the first administration obama. there have been plenty of studies and g.a.o. reports dating back to 2008 alleging gaming the system as you said and there was a transition team memo from president bush to president obama allege there was gaming going on and we have to stop studying and actually take action. >> how do you explain the fact that with all the studies, and as you say, a lot of it has been described by candidate obama in the past, why the failure to act now? >> it is a washington bureaucracy and it is easier to talk than to take action. i also think that there is a little bit of cynicism hoping that the story, the public attention on this, will go away soon. >> dr. moxness you were a psychiatrist at the v.a. facility in west virginia and you say the vets would often come in, you would see them, they would have serious problems and you would say i need you back in a week to 10 days and it would take them months to get back. how dangerous is that situation? >> dangerous because they were, you start a patient

president obama. it turned out it was clear quickly those were not spontaneous busts of window breaking. the round of window breaking at democratic offices had been called for by an alabama militia guy march 2010. in april the same guy headlined an open carry rally at a national park not far from washington d.c. he said we were coming to a fundamental break as a nation where people were going to start dying. >> they put themselves into a state of war with the people who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience. we are done backing up! done! not one more inch. this is a quintessentially southern thing, oh, hell no. where i come from, you know somebody is going to get beat, stabbed or shot. the guy who takes the beaten, the knife blade or the bullet undoubtedly deserves it. oh, hell no. for you can push americans only so far. >> that's the break your windows guy. the break your windows guy did succeed in getting people to throw bricks through the windows at democrat party offices when obamacare

i michelle obama. on mother's day weekend, i want to honor all of the mothers out there and wish you a happy mother's day. you about anak to issue of great significance to me as first lady, and as the mother of two young daughters. like millions of people across the globe, my husband and i are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigerian girls from their school or majority in the middle of the night. this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education. attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls. i want you to know that barack has directed our government to do everything possible to support the nigerian government's efforts to find these girls and bring them home. in these girls, barack and i see our own daughters. ,e see their hopes and dreams and we can only imagine the english their parents are feeling right now. many of them may have been hesitant to send their daughters to school, fearing that harm

i don't think president obama is shy about throwing people under the bus. in the case of eric shinseki, if you talk to the veterans, there is a large dose of regret around. nobody thinks that shinseki is a bad person who is out to hurt veterans. to the contrary, they think he's a decorated military hero, a general and someone who cared deeply about the veterans and indicated he was lied to. that's the level of accountability. i think you'll see more heads roll down the line and possibly criminal investigations about people who were lying to get bonuses from the government. >> i do agree with you, juan, that i think general shinseki was committed. i think he probably didn't want to go, he wanted to finish the mission. if anybody should have been fired, it should have been holder or sebelius. the president doesn't do so. while he's loyal to his staff, what about being loyal to the voters that selected him and veterans dying because they are getting shotty care? >> well, i think it's a very tough decision out there because a lot of it has to do with the politi

the left rallies to save president obama. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the v.a. scandal is taking a big toll on the president. even americans who support him are vastly disappointed that our american military people are apparently still not getting first class treatment by the v.a. this troubling situation comes on the heels of benghazi, the irs, fast and furious and obamacare. the left has deflected all of those. however, it is hard to defend the v.a. debacle. hard, but not >> there has been a little bit of a rush to justice. what happened in phoenix? well, the truth is we don't know. but we are going to find out. >> it was nickel and diamond under the bush administration, so i think the president faces the important task of speaking to what is going to happen now, to showing what has been improved. >> i think that they have done a pretty remarkable job if you consider all the folks coming back from iraq, afghanistan, doing right by the vietnam vets, the injuries are coming back with are pretty

it has, he is at 80%, i obama is at 43. >> stephen: maybe obama should invade saskatchewan, something like that. >> i don't think that is wise but i don't do domestic politics. but that's to the going to last because in the long run this some that putin set up in autocratic reg seem i think will run its course and if the economy begins to tank his support will also fall. >> stephen: is there any mechanism inside russia to stop him or does very complete power. >> he has complete-- not total power. there is a lot of rich people that don't want to lose their money because of the adventures in ukraine but that's part of the robb f russia were more democratic, if there were a congress f there were opposition parties, if there were a show like yours in russia that would be criticism-- criticizing president putin that would make it more costly for him. right now he doesn't have those kind of controls on his power. >> stephen: if there was a show like mine in russia i would let someone else start my car. your excellency. (cheers and applause) ambassador michael mcfaul. we'll be right back. (v

obama. >> why are you afraid? >> he's a socialist. [ shouting ] >> a good news suggestion up here. here's what i suggest. turn the television off when he comes on. >> that was six-term republican congressman bob inglis from south carolina. for saying that, he had to go. aside from telling his constituents to turn off glenn beck, inglis was a climate change realist and often said so out loud and invited tea party ire when he voted for the t.a.r.p. wall street bailout. so for those and other crimes, he got utterly destroyed by the tea party favorite in south carolina's republican primary runoff. he lost by an almost unimaginable margin of 42 points. one of the biggest drubbings ever for any incumbent member of congress. he got blown out of the water by this guy. his name is trey goudy, now a second term congressman from south carolina. today he just became one of the most important people in the republican party because he just got handed the newly formed select committee to investigate the st

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she is barack obama's candidate. they know it. they will issue the same verdict. they cannot afford to empower the people that have been waging a war on jobs for the last 5.5 years. [applause] tonight, i ask every voter to help us win this race. put kentucky first. the people who hand-picked my opponent are not on your side. they don't care a whit about kentucky. let me tell you what i am talking about. the obama administration said we could not raise the water level down at lake cumberland because it might disrupt the natural habitat of a minnow. they wanted to keep the water low, throw people out of their jobs, and destroy one of the most popular tourist spots to help a two inch fish. this is the only time anybody has tried to save a fish from too much water. [laughter] [applause] i fought back and we won. [applause] i will keep fighting this and every other attempt by the obama crowd to tell kentuckians how to live their lives. send me back to washington and kentucky will always have a champion in the capital. [applause] if the american people give republicans

in the administration obama and hillary became pretty close. he actually asked her to stay on as secretary of state after her four years were over. the two families are very close politically, and in terms of looking at her issue views, this is a good thing and a bad thing for her. hillary and barack obama have very, very similar views on pretty much every issue, which is good for hillary for the democratic primary if there is one, i guess, and then bad for her in a general election. >> what does she do specifically on the economy when we've had this six-year roer going on six years now that basically everybody agrees has been too weak? how does she make a case that she's going to do something different from the president without seeming to be sort of running against the president? >> my suspicion is you'll hear a lot about the 1990s. less specifically about what she'll do because her economic plan will be similar to what we're doing now because her advisors will be similar to barack obama's. that said, she will talk a lot about in the 1990s wi

why are they turning to president obama. >> i want to thank walmart. >> so why is president obama at walmart? "on the record" starts right now. >>> breaking news today about the house select committee and the benghazi committee in addition to trey gowdy, who are they? joining us, john, alexander, and byron. can you describe -- is there a way to describe all six? do they fit into a category or a box? >> not completely. i think boehner wanted to pick a mix of people who have been involved in the benghazi investigation and some members have been deep into it for quite a while now and some other ones who are bringing fresh eyes to it. trey gowdy has been very involved in it. and martha roby has looked into the military aspect. others have experienced investigators but haven't been big on gaubenghazi. boehner did not want to go over a ground that's been gone over before. he wanted fresh eyes. >> is it a smart group or a smart collection or any duds that should have been put on? >> it seems like they are aware of these charges from democrats and it's going to be a political ploy or a witch

going all the way back to when president obama was candidate obama, mr. obama campaigned on the issue of care for veterans. he attacked the bush administration for problems at walter reed. he's taken credit for making things better at the va. he called this issue quote the cause of my presidency, which led to this question at his recent white house news conference. >> you said this was a cause of your pres kidency, you ran on ts issue. why was it allowed to get to this stage where you had 40 veterans waiting? why did it get to that. >> that question, not only looms large for the white house but for democrats who are facing tough reelection fights come this fall. chris is our digital politics editor, he comes to us from pittsburgh today, chris, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> the president does not believe this should be a political football and yet, he himself made care for veterans a political issue time and time again in his own past. will it be used as such going forward? >> look, there is a little bit of this administration has talked about do

obama is approval of the key swing group is 33 or 35%. you cannot hope to win the of midterm election or hold your own as the incumbent party with one out of three independence because the turnout is low or with your base the opposition will'' in greater numbers. i see a better than 70 percent chance that the republicans win the senate. ashley: isn't theirs to lose? >> yes. but the caveat that there has been fear that the opposition would drive the base. if they make mistakes with one candidate in one state can make of headline with the war on women or blacks or hispanics failure of immigration reform, that could hurt them to the extent that the democratic base comes out more than normal. ashley: talk about the split with the tea party on the far right. will that hurt? >> i think it is exaggerated. there is no membership or signing up. i think what we see is the establishment in washington has lost the confidence of much of the grass roots and they have become more like what the tea party wanted on constitutional grounds so it may lose el