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Trumps assertions. >> the holdouts are skeptics and point to one individual that played a significant role. >> everywhere we went today conservatives mentioned what about the guy who refused orders to deploy to afghanistan contending that president obama was not legally the commander in chief and didnt have authority to send him there. hes an army colonel. he was court-martialed and jailed for that conservatives say the obama team let him rot in jail saying they released this a long time ago he ...

Bring that leadership. and he criticized the land for lacking specifics and now from the fm business network at the white house now, where are the details of the presidents plan? >>reporter: good question because the president only put out a nine-page fax sheet on the plan yesterday so it is hard to compare his plan to the 73-page plan put out by congressman ryan and the 65-page plan put out by the presidents own deficit commission. >> i thought a disappointing aspect was the notion he could put...

What we are witnessing in the pro wrestling theater of american politics today. >> the president thinks that tough choices need to be made, except for when it comes to his pet programs. he said the america i believe in cannot be cut back. he wants tax reform but he has create sod many of these tax credits, whether it is for ges windmills or for another companys solar panels that hes not going to -- he wants tax reform but expand the tax credits. he wants an adult conversation but his own pet pro...

Vegas. i was busy. so you dont think about being type cast when youre working. and now im really happy with her. >> also, when we talk about the other work you have done. you worked with other leading men. elvis presley, desi arrest necessities, tom grant, tom jones. you chose not to date any of these guys. you were a very good hollywood young lady, correct? >> i was married. >> yes, well, that puts a bullet through the dating train, doesnt it? >> well. >> did you shy away from the relationships...

Depend on lease. the administration often blocks exploration of leases by refusing to issue permits for drilling. that is where it stand now, jon. jon: i know there have been some projected declines in oil production and some say this is an attempt on the part of the administration to shift the blame so that the administration doesnt take the heat for that. >> reporter: well there is some evidence of that. the argument that democrats made today was first made by the president last week when he w...

Say that president obama grew up in kenya, he meant to say he grew up in indonesia, its a lot to swallow. first of all, both assertions are wrong. he went to the best prep school in hawaii. the brits were in kenya, and the mao mao revolution, that also occurred in kenya. he joined the long list of discredited republicans spreading the story that president obamas presidency is illegitimate. thats our top story. speaking of evading the truth. bob woodward just described donald rumsfelds memoir t...

Everyone talking on the other side. we are talking about a man who has murdered many americans, something that is important to make sure his regime is gone. >>shepard: there were assertions by some in the opinion world that the president of the united states had not come out using qaddafis name in forceful terms because of crazy mixed up weird conspiracy thing. the truth was, as we were reporting here, president was waiting for the americans to get out so qadaffi could not do an iranian revoluti...

The chemical weapons was disabled. so, there was promise made initially. there have been ongoing delays stretching out the program. >>shepard: the assertions that he stopped sponsoring terrorism as a state and that he was coming around to the will of the international community, in the face of the open secret that he had ordered the bombing of pan am flight, there was nothing to it, was there? and everyone knew it? >>guest: well, i think there was a willingness on the western governments part to...

Different kind of person. hes well educated. and he has said that he doesnt want to be an heir. >> he said all of the right things, became a darling of the west, speaks english very well. and so forth. but when it comes to influence in libyan society, you have to play to the elements, know the tribal relationships, you have to be able to manipulate the relationships the way his father did so well for four decades. unfortunately, his time outside the country has cost him a little bit of that infl...

Assertions grew stronger and stronger. daniel kertser is the former ambassador to egypt. you have seen firsthand the inner workings of the egyptian government. we have the opposition mohamed elbaradei tweeting its almost over and the demonstrators celebrating. how did this happen and what do you think was happening behind the scenes? >> good morning. randi, first of all, i have it on authoritative terms on egypt that mubarak is in sharm el sheikh which means he is not in minute-to-minute day-to-...