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Easier job because people want to laugh at the president and i think theyre more skeptical of the comic. >> theyre certainly all there to see the president of the united states. >> they want him to win. >> the comedian in chief noting to the jonas brothers and his own daughters affinity for them, he said two words for you, predator drone. alicia, if you can give us a sense, how do you think the president did tonight? he had most folks laughing for much of 20 minutes. >> i think if the president ...

Court of appeals judge who clerked for blackmun and has disscented against bans on partial-birth abortion in illinois and wisconsin so any number of nominees could revive heated and familiar debate. >> it will be a liberal and the impact on the court? >> hard to say but probably not radical. the ideological affinity between justice stevens and president obama makes a major shift unlikely. but like justices before he was a surprise to the president would nominated him. a clerk for stevens recalls...

You get the sense that hes also behind the scenes trying to give some advice to the obama administration and make sure that a replacement is in the same sort of ideological makeup as justice stevens? >> well, i think given the ideological makeup of the president, we can pretty much predict what the next justices predilections would be. i think that justice stevens has said that he is quite comfortable with the idea of president obama selecting his replacement. i think the fact that both of them ...

About an issue thats been very hot this week and thats americas relationship with israel it appeared that the president, somewhat from my perspective anyway id like to get yours, seems to have snubbed the prime minister of israel when he visited and seems to be unhappy about the israelis building in jerusalem. your perspective? >> well, my perspective on that, governor, is this, that we first of all, i think everybody needs to understand that i dont care whether you have a republican administrat...

You about an issue that is hot this week, americas relationship with israel. it appears that the president somewhat, from my perspective anyway and id like to get yours, seems to have snubbed the prime minister of israel when he came and visited and seems to be unhappy about the israelis building in jerusalem. your perspective? >> my perspective, governor, is this. first, everybody needs to understand that i dont care if you have republican or democratic administration in power. we will always b...

Supreme court decided. furthermore, the journalists all went back to florida and count theed votes 12 different ways and it all came out the same way. >> it didnt come out the same way. >> reporter: ironically, that case brought them closer personally. >> something happens in the sense that you get so deeply involved in a case that about the only person that really appreciates whats going on is the lawyer on the other side whos just as deep into the weeds as you are. they can appreciate all the ...

Republic. i think it is going to result in greater government power, less individual freedom, greater deficits, obviously we are enlarging government with money borrowed from china. while it is bad for america and the constitution, sadly, i think it does help the campaign. because, its not just what was passed, its how it was passed. its not just that a vote occurred in the house of representatives. its the fact that what was voted on according to the opinion polls is powerfully opposed by the p...

Prosecution. >> it is an honor to be on the show with two former governors who may very well be running for president. right now, im kind of running for my life. governor ventura talks about being a victim being spied by the government. having my telephone conversations secretly recorded by the government and me asking that all the tapes being heard and the government preventing the tapes from being heard, i have a certain affinity for governor ventura. im very much interested in the political s...

It builds in the sense of affinity and builds in a sense of identity, and, the ability to reach out to far flung corners o all over the world with shared viewers and we have to push back -- >> to the last point of getting your arms around it. how do you think we are doing? >> we havent really stepped up on the internet. we are doing a good job, domestically and we are resting, a number of these people, and the fbi deserves credit. but, we havent pierced the narrative. we need a counter narrative...

Else, in fact. while he may have an affinity for technology, twitter has been blocked in china since last year. but his message continues. well, two georgia elementary school students are in big trouble for what they did to their teachers coffee. plus, just four shuttle flights left. is nasa putting together a plan "b"? what is happening with our missions in space? we know why were here.