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Its never done. and we have to keep doing. we have to keep our eyes on the prize and keep working. >> so one of the most annoying moments recently in politics for me was that code pink shout-out of first lady obama. and it was irritating to me because of what it was strategically, but it was right in that it was, it felt like the kind of squishing out of the sides of a recognition that marriage is only one item on a broad agenda, and that even as were starting to get to some kind of consensus on...

All decide. i have one choice there." and the protester was identified as ellen sturts of a gay rights organization called get eequal. this is unusual, isnt it, wolf? you usually dont have hecklers at private functions, rather intimate. clearly the first lady responded differently than her husband. how is this playing? >> the president when he was interrupted at that event a couple weeks ago by someone from code pink, he sort of engaged the heckler at the time and had a little conversation. and ...

Country better and our policies more in lean with the rule of law. >> i dont think i will disagree with you. i would think some americans at least say there is a time and a place. >> exactly. i have been waiting for over five years when the president said he was going to close guantonomo. the time for words is over. its time for action. he is the commander-in-chief. he can do this on his own. >> all right. medea benjamin with code pink. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me in. >>...

Hospitality, we were working first into jackies home. do you know what he said to me? he said to me, pardon the mess. >> oh. >> reporter: a tornado had hit his home. you got to be kidding. that was one example of how hospitable these people are offering us water. theyve lost their homes. its incredible. >> i like how he is looking at it, though, he sees love coming in. he doesnt see the other side. he sees love. i think thats great. good for him. brooke, thanks for sharing his story. we apprecia...

Today at the presidents big deal foreign policy national security civil liberties speech, an activist who has been a thorn in the side of two white houses now, medea benjamin from code pink, wheeled into existence that rarest of things in presidential speech, an unscripted moment. >> so today, once again -- >> there are 102 people on a hunger strike. these desperate people. >> im about to address it, maam, but you have to let me speak. im about to address it. >> you are commander in chief. >> le...

President obama has vowed to close the guantanamo bay prison camp, not getting the reaction he hoped for. protesters repeatedly interrupted the speech. >> the pressure to close the detention facility at guantanamo bay didnt let up, even when president obama delivering his highly anticipated speech on national security. >> you are commander in chief! you can close fwaun tan month today! >> heckler medea benjamin, cofounder of code pink, interrupted the president repeatedly. >> once again, today -...

Would say. good job, code pink. >> it was businessmen, and so today, so today, once again. >> there are 102. >> i am about to address it, maam, i am about to address. it >> you are the commander in chief. you are going to close it it. >> he loved it and he agrees with everything she said and makes him look conservative. >> one more time for one more thing. >> i was trying to make a point. overreach. this is coming up a lot when the media said you know, the tea party better not over reach in the ...

He is a woman. so when code pink came out, he was like these are my sisters. >> are you terrible. >> i have to give them a voice. i dont want to shut my sisters down. >> you are terrible. here is my theory and i disagree with you on that. >> you dont think he is his mother? >> i dont know. maybe he is a metro sexual. i like to think of myself as a metro sexual. i had three sisters. >> didnt say growing up with women makes you a woman. i said barack obama is a mirror of his mothers -- >> oh polit...

Right now to the airport. when he gets there, well head live to essex as well. in other news, president obama stepping before the cameras to outline his approach to the war on terror, his handling of guantanamo bay and the administrations use of drones, but in a twist, criticism of the presidents policies came long before his speech ended in the presence of a code pink heckler. dan lothian has more. >> reporter: the pressure to close the detention facility at guantanamo bay didnt let up. even ...

>> dan lothian joins me now from the white house and im just wondering, how did this heckler get into the speech in the first place? wasnt it invite only? >> reporter: it was and its based on the full reports that we received. she had some sort of credential similar to what the reporters covering the event would have. how she was able to get the credential on the list unknown at this time, carol. >> i will ask their e her that question, thank you. joining seems to me the woman who made headlines...