so the house passed the defense bill this afternoon, the senate is expected to vote on it this week and the president is no longer threatening to veto it. it s the big open question here is, did those changes resolve the big constitutional concerns the white house and all these other people had? is that why the veto threat was rescinded or is the white house signaling they ll be okay with letting these concerns slide. how problematic is the bill the president is going to sign? joining us, the director of the aclu, jameel jaffer. nice to see you. thank you. did the changes to the bill substantively effect your concerns about effect on civil liberties? no, i think it was an awful bill before and it is an awful bill now. it is a bill that would make permanent as make permanent in american law a fixture of worldwide detention without trial. it is a bill that further
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, herman cain, the gop frontrunner fighting back against allegations of sexual harassment. i absolutely reject. they simply didn t happen. they simply did not happen. four women have now accused the gop candidate of inappropriate behavior and we now know the identity of two. just hours ago, we learned more about another accuser, her name is karen kraushaar, director of communications at the treasury department and according to a friend, she called cain a quote/unquote monster. this is the woman whose lawyer told the nation on friday that his client did not want to identify herself and did not want to divulge any details about the alleged encounter. but obviously, she is saying now that she would do so, perhaps with other people in a press conference. niger ennis is an unofficial adviser to herman cain s campaign. appreciate you taking the time to come out and talk about this tonight. i just want to ask you this, have you at the campaign
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, herman cain, the gop frontrunner fighting back against allegations of sexual harassment. i absolutely reject. they simply didn t happen. they simply did not happen. four women have now accused the gop candidate of inappropriate behavior and we now know the identity of two. just hours ago, we learned more about another accuser, her name is karen kraushaar, director of communications at the treasury department and according to a friend, she called cain a quote/unquote monster. this is the woman whose lawyer told the nation on friday that his client did not want to identify herself and did not want to divulge any details about the alleged encounter. but obviously, she is saying now that she would do so, perhaps with other people in a press conference. niger ennis is an unofficial adviser to herman cain s campaign. appreciate you taking the time to come out and talk about this tonight. i just want to ask you this, have you at the campaign
a critic of the policy, broadly speaking, did say, in his full comments that he thinks in the end the president s policy worked, but he thinks he should have arrived at the decision sooner, moved it along to maybe prevent more civilian deaths on the ground in libya and to make sure with a more forceful u.s. directly role, make sure you secure stockpile of weapons that qaddafi had that is a big open question. trace: the chief white house correspondent on the north lawn. many who criticize president obama for leading from behind in libya are now praising the death of muammar qaddafi. of course the killing follows u.s. attacks that have killed osama bin laden and the radical clerk al-awlaki but political experts say the president s military successes may not necessarily lead to votes in the next presidential election because americans are more concerned with the economy. with us is the assistant managing editor of the wall
this hard out of the gate. do you think he angered just about every gop member out there on meet the press can he get any of the support back? it s going to be real tough. paul ryan accepted the apology, but his comment is, with friends like that, who needs the left? you ll hear that even though when gingrich says, pay no attention to what i said. mean what i say now. newt gingrich is smag in the middle of the fund-raiser quarter. we ll see how it goes for him. so there are people, though, showing up for the events in iowa. sure. he s had pretty big turnout there. any word that the campaign is planning an exit? no. the campaign is going full steam ahead. pushing back very hard and pointing to these crowds you mentioned. but he is a very famous fox news personality and former politician. people show up. whether that translates into support and whether the money will be there in july is a big open question. i m curious who wins as a result of those that are out on