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Obama. this is a president as you pointed out of talking to our adversaries. strategic challengers in the world. when he came into office, he did something terrible. he basically screwed over our allies, poland and the czech republicans elg missile defense agreements with them. putin threatened to point nuclear missiles at them for doing it. what have we gotten for obamas reset? not only is russia not helping us on syria. theyre arming assad as he slaughters hundreds of thousands of people. no p...

Getting anywhere. >> when it comes to civil rights abuses, we seem to have no problem with chinas civil rights abuses and we profit on that. the united states has been hypocritical for ages regardless of who is in office for human rights abuses or support countries with human rights abuses. at the end of the day, the united states has numbers of powers and allies with syria. i believe that we, in backing the opposition, will prevail as we have in the past with other countries and governments. ma...

They protect us every day. often at great risk. but by stopping -- [ applause ] but by stopping the abuses of a few, we will add to the public confidence our police officers earn and deserve. >> heeding the presidents call for action, michigan congressman john conyers helped sponsor the end racial profiling act back in 2001. the act, though, never made it out of committee. for vote on the house floor. since 2001, congressman conyers has been reintroducing the same bill each and every year. and e...

7 of 10 traffic arrests in d.c., african-americans. 9 of 10 drug arrests in d.c., african-americans. and while there is a disparity between white to african-americans in drug arrests, the survey shows there is much less disparity in actual drug use between the two groups. this must be fixed. this is a problem that even former president george w. bush was concerned about in his first address to a joint congress. >> earlier today i asked john ashcroft, the attorney general, to develop specific rec...

Them. >> are you referring to my daughter? >> yes, she is a victim, subject to three counts of endangering a child. so by law, she is a victim. >> i heard the last words, but if i -- [ inaudible ] >> if i am supposed to have no contact with them -- >> astonishing. and the daughter he is talking about is the one that he says, if you asked her would say he is the greatest daddy in the world. >> but this was a young, young girl who was raised in captivity who likely witnessed multiple types of abus...

Were they in collusion to find out who was, who was teaming up on the other side politically? what does it mean? >> from the e-mails that we have seen now proven its clear that political appoint east of the white house used both the irs and the federal elections committee to harass a conservative organization who just wants to be involved in our democratic process. my guess is well have a very, we are conducting a very they arethorough and very deliberate investigation. my guess is we find even ...

At 1:00 this afternoon we will hear the verdict in the case of bradley manning. he arrived in court just about an hour ago. the army private is accused of the largest leak of classified information in u.s. history. nbc jim jim miklaszewski hat latest. >> he is accused of leaking classified documents to wiki leaks. his lures are arguing he did so as a whistle-blower because he wanted to reveal crimes and abuses by the u.s. military in conducting the war in iraq. he also admitted releasing the doc...

Reaction leak of classified information in the countrys history will learn hit fate today. less than an hour ago pfc bradley manning arrived outside in maryland and where the judge and army colonel will issue her verdict at 1:00 p.m. eastern today. joining me is chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. the most serious charge here is aiding the enemy. we know that manning had pleaded out it certain charges early on. >> as a matter of fact bradley manning in an earlier court appearance pret...

Track and catch terrorists to prevent a terrorist attack here and that there was no opening or potential for abuse. and now that i think that we, were hearing about this nsa program in a new context, the context being the abuses of power at the irs, targeting entire sections of society -- rick: right. >> -- conservatives, tea party, religious groups and also in the context of the abuses of power at the department of justice, targeting our own james rosen, listening in to the associated press, i ...

Now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. wasting taxpayer money, disregarding nepotism rules would put any employee in hot water. the water really starts to boil if allegations are leveled at the watchdog for department of homeland security. new york post reports charles edward, the top inspector general at dhs is currently under investigation for abuses like multiple taxpayer funded trips and employing his wife, who was then allowed to telework from india for five months. senators ron j...