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Term. >> listen to the now ousted acting commissioner of the irs testifying today. ill play a little clip. >> i think that what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their work load selection. the listing described in the report while intolerable was a mistake. and not an act of partisanship. >> is that argument going to work? >> god bless him for standing up for his friends and colleagues at the irs but that was the ultimate bureaucratic answ...

Separation of powers last week the supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections. [applause] >> i dont think american elections should be than bank rolled by americas most powerful interests. or worse by foreign entities. they should be decided by the american people. and id urge democrats and republicans to pass a bill that helps correct some of these problems. jon: w...

Debate has changed. >> and the background checks specifically -- see, i would argue that is not even a form of gun control. >> it is not. >> it does not restrict any law abiding citizens this justice selis a scalia wrote that in the heller decision. im disappointed with the way it turned out. >> do we have another vote? do you think there could be another vote? you were rushed. you were rushed. i think there was a false deadline put in place. do you think we have a chance before the end of the y...

To have a certain view, then theyre talked about is being slaved on a plantation. john lewis, an african-american civil rights activist who is a democratic politician, is he anybodys slave? honestly? did you push back against those characterizations? >> i agree with you there. mary, i agree with you there. john lewis is not anybodys slave. he is a great man. hes a hero. but what dr. carson was talking about was the hell that black conservatives and by the way, woman conservatives, latino conserv...

States senate. >> well, first -- >> name one. >> i dont know. >> well, why would you say it? >> i didnt have in mind a specific person -- >> do you agree its a provocative statement, that i cant think of a more provocative thing to say about the relationship between the united states and israel and the senate or the congress than what you said. name one dumb thing weve been goaded into doing because of the pressure from the israeli or jewish lobby. >> the freshman republican ted cruz of texas wa...

States senator. this pressure makes us do dumb things at times. you said the jewish lobby should not have been used and some other term. name one person in your opinion who is intimidated by the israel lobby in the united states senate. >> well, first. >> name one. >> i dont know. >> why would you say it? >> i didnt have in mind a specific person. >> do you agree that is a provocative statement that i cant think of a more provocative thing to say about the relationship between the united states ...

States senator. this pressure makes us do dumb things at times. you said the jewish lobby should not have been used and some other term. name one person in your opinion who is intimidated by the israel lobby in the united states senate. >> well, first. >> name one. >> i dont know. >> why would you say it? >> i didnt have in mind a specific person. >> do you agree that is a provocative statement that i cant think of a more provocative thing to say about the relationship between the united states ...

Slaughter. i would suggest the characterizations -- do you think its right that israel was committed a, quote, sickening slaughter as you said on the floor of the senate? >> i think, again, i would want to read all of it what i said -- >> whats he doing? perhaps with an eye the 2016 the right wingers didnt spare hillary clinton either. senator rand paul said she should have been fired for benghazi. >> im glad youre accepting responsibility. i think that ultimately with your leaving you accept th...

Very energetic in his criticism of israel. very moderate and soft in his characterizations of iran. that is a consistent pattern in his career. he now is in a position of saying dont worry about all of that. i didnt really mean it. so the defense of chuck hagel after this hearing has to be something like chuck hagel for secretary of defense, he is not a man of conviction. >> bret: charles? >> his problem isnt the paper trail. the problem is a demonstrated, incredibly remarkable lack of confidenc...

General norman schwarzkopf, an original who stood tall for his country and the army he loved. most importantly president george h.w. bush issued a statement from his hospital bed -- we mourn the loss of a true american patriot. more than that he was a good and a decent man and a dear friend. joining me by telephone is retired general barry mccaffery, now a msnbc news analyst. you were widely believed to be his favorite general. so tell us about the man that you knew, and for all of us gen-xers a...