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The senate breaking filibusters to fill key cabinet posts. jay johnson was overwhelmingly confirm as homeland security secretary. hes considered a key architect of president obamas anti-terrorism policies including stepped up drone usage in terrorist hot spots. three former penn state administrators will be in court for a pretrial hearing today. they are accused of covering up the jerry sandusky child sex scandal. the defendants each face multiple charges including perjury and failing to repor...

Instructive. presidential candidate who couldnt remember three cabinet posts recommending people self-deport and telling critically ill people to just die. where else could you hear things like that. im going to miss is very much if they do that, but it is going to hurt them. democrats wouldnt even think about telling their candidates a thing like that. and goldie, politico had a scathing assessment of whats really wrong with the republican party. the sense that theyre alienating every group the...

The president get together, it becomes very violent. weve seen more than 100 people killed in the last week in terms of clashes and that is why many are afraid without an effective government this situation can continue to worsen. david? >> amen month ha dean on the ground for us in cairo. thanks very much. let me turn to the former egyptian ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, welcome to "meet the press." there are reports you would become the foreign minister in a new government th...

Continue to worsen. david? >> ayman mohyeldin on the ground for us in cairo. thanks very much. let me turn to the former egyptian ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, welcome to "meet the press." there are reports you would become the foreign minister in a new government that would be formed on this interim basis. but my question to you this morning, sir, is who is going to be in charge of egypt and how does anyone govern egypt at this particular moment? >> let me start by saying tha...

Created by the senate, job of national security adviser was created by president eisenhower. he decided he would like to have someone working close to him, up to speed on everything the secretary of state and secretary of defense are working on, and instantly available to advise on national security matters. jobs like secretary of state, secretary of defense, secretary of treasury, and all of the cabinet posts were actually created by legislation passed by congress, and in that legislation congr...

Frankly the search for the truth should be a bipartisan pursuit. so its the manner in which they handle and conduct these hearings that will demonstrate that theyre on truth-finding mission. that should i think bring both sides together. because i think they obviously need to know exactly what transpired in each of these events. so that they can address the issues, remedy, take action against those, who perpetrated these acts and also to restore the confidence of the american people in the way i...

Threatening to put a hold on brennens nomination as leverage. >> john and i are hell-bent on making sure the american people understand this debacle called benghazi. >> ive had questions for weeks now. i have some questions about torture. >> im not going to vote on a new croix director until i find out what the croix did in benghazi. >> yesterday they released a list of what they regard as unanswered questioned about benghazi. including democrats who believe the senate has not given congress eno...

Gun safety, cabinet posts, the debt ceiling. and its looking like theyre finding success. is this a preview of a winning second obama presidential term?? malika henderson is a political reporter for the "washington post," and glen thrush for politico and co-author of the ebook "end of the line." i nice youd. i missed you. ive seen you on other shows, ive seen some sighting, but thank you for coming back. lets take a look at him now in his first press, the last one of the old year, the president ...

First four years we had as diverse, if not more diverse, a white house and cabinet than any in history. i intent to continue that. i would suggest that everybody just wait until they have seen all my appointments, whos in the white house staff and whos in my cabinet before they rush to judgment. the president has already nominated four people to cabinet posts. all of them are men. collectiont proves durable can be softer than ever. we can get for less and spread that softness even further. tur...

Were back. remember make my remember make my day? that is the thought of the president and his administration right now. gun safety, cabinet posts, the debt ceiling. its looking like theyre finding success. is this is a preview of a winning second obama presidential term? nia-malika henderson and glen thrush. nia, ive missed you. ive seen you on other shows. ive seen some sightings. but thank you for coming back. i find from the producers you have theories about the president. in his first press...