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Civil liberties and you en a critic of george w. bush and of barack obama on this issue. your reaction to his defense of the program today? >> i thought was curious. im not too sure what questions he was answering. they are not the questions being posed. first of all that the notion that these programs are modest is rather laughable. what the government is creating are massive data banks that will effectively make transparent the communications and twists of citizens that nor the charged with an...

Probably a wise decision? >> i think so. i think its a very good strategy. initially law enforcement was probably thinking if they released these photographs, maybe somebody would recognize these two individuals. however, mark furman hit on an interesting point. he talked about video imaging and identification technology. that technology is used by the boston police department and every major police department. what we can basically do, we can take an image of an individual, which i think is wha...

Probably a wise decision? >> i think so. i think its a very good strategy. initially law enforcement was probably thinking if they released these photographs, maybe somebody would recognize these two individuals. however, mark furman hit on an interesting point. he talked about video imaging and identification technology. that technology is used by the boston police department and every major police department. what we can basically do, we can take an image of an individual, which i think is wha...

Background checks already do work. we already have rules and say mental health statistics need to come from the states to the data banks. the ones most p-- i think a lot of things where they could be improved, but none of this would have changed the outcome. the only thing that would have potentially changed the outcome is something that so many people dont want to hear and thats self-defense. that if someone will had a concealed carry and might have been armed they might have had a fighting cha...

cane is back, he has a column for theblaze.com. an all-boy panel this morning. >> youre used to that. >> you know what? i am getting kind of used to it a little bit. our starting point this morning is day two of john edwards criminal trial. its going to get under way in about 2 1/2 hours. and back on the stand, his former aide, andrew young. he is the key witness for the prosecution. the issue is did john edwards inappropriately use campaign funds to hide his mistress, rielle hunter? t...

out of puerto rico into -- as rick santorum heads into the next two primaries. somewhat the opposite for mitt romney trying to gain the upper hand. hes now in puerto rico, where santorum may have offended some spanish speaker, romney is courting them in their own language. jim a costa is in san juan. whats the latest from there, jim? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney is in puerto rico for a series of events. after rick santorums trip to this island, the trick is pretty simple. dont get l...

thats when everybody started freaking out. >> a passenger who shot this video. >> check out this video showing a tornado strike in kentucky. look at that roof. its blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. former u.n. secretary kofi annan is trying to prevent a full-blown civil war. hes meeting in damascus to halt government shell iing and attac that killed thousands of people. hes expected to press the pr...

When countries destroy the currency they need to capital controls and people controls. i think it is a real concern. and also, once you have these data banks, the data banks mean that everybody is going to be in the data bank. you say oh, no, the data barng is there for the illegals. everybody is in the data bank. if you care about your personal liberty you will be cautious when you feel comfortable. blame all the illegal immigrants for everything. what you need to do is tax their benefits. no f...

When countries destroy the currency they need to capital controls and people controls. i think it is a real concern. and also, once you have these data banks, the data banks mean that everybody is going to be in the data bank. you say oh, no, the data barng is there for the illegals. everybody is in the data bank. if you care about your personal liberty you will be cautious when you feel comfortable. blame all the illegal immigrants for everything. what you need to do is tax thei benefits. no fr...

Against us, keeping us in. question congressman, do you know a lot of americans who want to take their money and flee the united states of america? [ laughing ] >> there are some. all the candidates up here talk about repatriation of dollars. theyve already taken them overseas. we are talking about trying to bring in a trillion and a half dollars because they leave our country because we make it uncomfortable, too many regulations, too much taxation they cant start business, theyve lost confiden...