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In congress that this vote to authorize could fail? >> i think there is a real chance that it could fail. its a fascinating moment. the president in a sense is completely reversing direction here, and he says he has the aauthority to do cyber surveillance and now he is stopping and saying i need congresss support. i think its a positive step. its a hugely divided country about when you spoke about earlier, about the war on terror, about americas role in the world. we are haunted by iraq, and i c...

Is going to do is launch some sort of military strike against syria, because now the second time his red line has been undeniably crossed, i think he has a real credibility problem in his own mind if he doesnt do something. that doesnt mean he has the slightest idea what the strategic effect of the use of military force is going to be. i think that red line quotation one year ago, a few months before the 2012 election was one of those rhetorical flourishes the president likes. he never thinks th...

Is going to do is launch some sort of military strike against syria, because now the second time his red line has been undeniably crossed, i think he has a real credibility problem in his own mind if he doesnt do something. that doesnt mean he has the slightest idea what the strategic effect of the use of military force is going to be. i think that red line quotation one year ago, a few months before the 2012 election was one of those rhetorical flourishes the president likes. he never thinks th...

Advocate here. what is so wrong with that? if a certain amount of privacy lost means we are kept safe at home, why is that such a bad thing? >> well, because its the kind of thing that can grow ex exputentially. number two widespread view that our intelligence people have not been as candid as they should be. basically in this situation all they should say is there is a threat. perhaps maybe now is the time to go as far as they can in describing the nature of the threat. a long way towards resol...

That, if in fact the gun was in a hidden holster, a holster that could not be seen and was in his back or even his side, for him to have been able to go to his back or his side to unleash his holster, get the gun and be able to discharge the gun, isnt that a whole lot to do if youre being pummelled and your head being smashed into the concrete? >> yeah. common sense dictates that this doesnt make sense, the story from george zimmerman. and one of the great things about our jury system, that six ...

Of that. do you agree -- do you agree the united states has a bad reputation? >> the united states government has had a credibility problem for many years. this is not new. a lot of people, scholars and analysts have attributed it to the administration of george w. bush with the democracy and the approach after 9/11 that was chosen with a great deal of fanfare and rhetoric. there was an effort to push through democracy without, you know, without being committed to it. its been the critique. its ...

Are going to be very important but, man, the curve balls. >> yeah. and you have got to remember these lawyers build their cases on depositions and interviews and statements that are made before the trial. so when the statements dont match up with the testimony, their there tends to be a credibility problem. as you reported rachel jeantel has been caught lying not once. she said she was 16 years old when she was in fact 18 years old. she lied about during an interview with the martin family attor...

Abbottabad, plug it into a database and have a call log right in front of them to see who terrorists are talking to. the president also says that programs like that have stopped dozens of terrorist plots. >> weve saved lives. we know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information not just from the united states, but in some cases threats here in germany. >> reporter: and that statistic, about 50 terror attacks being stopped by surveillance programs, but also used -- wa...

Theyll throw it at the wall and see what sticks. the facts are not the main issue here so much as kind of proving that this is a president who is illegitimate. >> the gops lead attack dog here on the irs controversy is darrell issa, hes been crying wolf for a long time now. listen to this. >> is he has been one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times. >> president and his cronies are picking -- apparently the public were misled. talking points were changed. its hard to have confidence in ...

Principle stands and sometimes have you to take a short-term political hit to move the country forward. >> speaking of honesty and trustworthiness, we just got fox news polls in moments ago which well bring you shortly. wow. this is not good news for the white house. gentlemen, thank you both so much. we recently brought you the powerful story of the phoenix police officers who went beyond the call of duty for a 5-year-old girl. look at this picture. who lost her police officer dad to a hit-an...