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Congress saying of their hearings, quote, rude, insulting, belittling, and bullying and all too often highly personal attacks on witnesses by members of congress violated nearly every norm of civil behavior. members postured and acted as judge, jury and executioner. gates said television cameras in a congressional hearing at the effect of a full moon on a werewolf. jenna? jenna: paints an image, doesnt it? wendell. thank you. >> for a look at the political fallout of the gates book and how it wi...

White house with more on this. wendell, gates says politics continues to influence the president and his decision making after he took office. how so? how does he describe it? >> reporter: well it did, jenna, to be fair gates was critical of former president george w. bush as well, though he never felt mr. bush, never felt politics played a role in mr. bushs foreign policy decision-making. when he served in the two administrations gates says, was a factor in that. gates says he was, mr. obamas f...

Or not. but for those who are worried that gates was critical of obama, i think that is actually quite a harsh criticism of president bush as well and unfair one. jenna: certainly one of congress. gates came out, blazing against congress too. certainly a lot more to the brook. im sure well talk about it a lot more. ambassador, thank you very much. >> thank you, jenna. jon: speaking of congress, the jockeying, the horse trading is underway in washington on a bill that would extend jobless benefit...

Killed in venezuela. >> reporter: that daughter, maya, witnessed her two parents gunned down. she herself was shot in the leg. she remains in good condition in a caracas hospital. jenna. jenna: what a horrible story. steve, thank you. jon: a massive search underway for a missing teen, the son of a "boston globe" columnist. how social media are playing a huge role in this hunt. plus much more on the scathing new tell-all from former defense secretary robert gates. why he blasts the president on...

I worked for him in the last two years of his presidency, with the exception of the iraq surge, nearly all the big national security decisions had been made, he had made historical bed and would have to lie in it. by then gates said, vice president cheney was the administrations hawkish outlyer president bush, gates, secretary of state rice, gates said were in broad agreement though he also accuses mr. bush of compromising the mission in afghanistan with his decision to go to war in iraq. jenna?...

Chief slams president obama in a scathing new memoir. new reaction is pouring in now. good morning to you, im jon scott. jenna: certainly grabbing a lot of headlines today. jon: sure is. jenna: welcome to "happening now." im jenna lee. robert gates of course served as defense secretary under president bush and stayed on for the better part of president obamas first term. now he is out with a brand new tell-all with tough criticism of the president and the presidents leadership. secretary gates a...

Their duties as they have so well these past 12 years. jenna: as you mentioned, ambassador, the administration obviously has come out and disagrees with the way that this is being portrayed. robert gates touched on a bigger point. i would just like to finish with this. because he wasnt just speak about president obama but about what weve seen in recent history and here is what he has to say. in recent decades presidents confronted with tough problems abroad have too often try quick to reach for ...