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>> thats a difficult call given our policy. once you start making the clear line unclear, i dont know. >> what is interesting, though and i read about it in the paper yesterday, it really is the truth, john heilemann, this is a program that is very disturbing to a lot of people. and yet ive always said im on the losing side of the equation. you look at public policy support for the drone program, you look at the support on krill for the drone program, that program is going no where. its getting ...

Leak it and it becomes an issue. what secretary clinton would like to do is get it out there and answer any questions publicly and let the public be the judge and not the committee. >> elise labott thanks so much. i appreciate it. who should be conducting the drone strikes that aim to take out terrorists on foreign soil? the president is expected to make a new push to shift control from the cia to the pentagon just days after midadmitting that two western hostages were accidentally killed in a...

Casual tees. in that case here it turns out not to be correct. and thats why the president asked for a review. a. >> but is it a failure in intelligence. >> i said the protocols were followed and it was accurate with respect to whether or not this was an al qaeda facility. but in fact there were hostages being held there. now, it is difficult to know that obviously. i spent a lot of time for example, working on the hundred for bin laden. it took us years over the course of two administrations to...

Killed accidently. and then on friday he went to the national defense center got a standing ovation, hugged by director clapper, but i thought it was striking again when he said we all bleed when we lose an american life and i think it this shows how for any president these are the toughest decisions that they make having said that, i think often he shows it he wears though emotions on his sleeve more than others have. but the real question is are there going to be changes. there are two investi...

Door. >> the lobby or even were thinking of being in the open space right here. >> reporter: medical and military officials tell us they have no real idea you how many have died or how big of a disaster this could turn out to be. >> so the relief and rescue efforts are right now desperately on the way. im surehurure they are still dealing with after shocks. still ahead, well have a live report from baltimore of aafter protests turned violent. plus an nbc news interview with yemens foreign minist...

Or coal reegs. i colleagues. a shutdown happens. >> im afraid. still ahead on "morning joe," the latest in the did devastating nepal earthquakes and after shocks as the death toll continues to soar. plus just how conflicted is president obama over the united states drone program? >> not at all. >> chris jansing is standing by for us at the white house. after the midterm elections, my advisers asked mr. president, do you have a bucket list? and i said well, i have something that rhymes with...

The death of american whose stand warren wineshine. giovanni lo porto. >> we conduct counter tear im efforts in the region because its the home of al qaedas leadership. general jack keane is with us. >> what actually happened is in 2013 due to criticism of the drone program back there largely it was in the presidents own party he made changes to the program. he established when it came to the target itself you had to have quote near certainty no civilians were involved. and number two the second...

Follow through on a number of his verbal threats. reaching out to george bushs spokesperson the former presidents spokesperson for him says they are not commenting on this as it was a closed door off-the-record meeting. >> sometimes things dont always stay off the record. rich thank you very much. the u.s. drone program in the crosshairs after the deaths of an american and an italian hostage in pakistan. we are learning the obama administration apparently relaxed the rules for drone strikes al...

The target was a direct threat to the united states and it had to be an imminent threat. that is what drives the drone program to date. however, what this story is about is that he made an exception to those rules for pakistan because that is where the al qaeda is present. the near certainly in terms of the target for civilians stays in the program for pakistan. however, he did not apply the restriction that it had to be a direct threat to the united states. a pattern of behavior that indicates ...

Pretty of the oversight mechanism. >> so can you explain who exactly in congress is thwarting the presidents plan to move the drone program from the cia to the defense department? >> the easy thing is just to say the senate intelligence committee, whether its senator byrd now or senator feinstein before. they came up with this program it was built under their supervision. and really what happened is there is very senior very powerful people at the c chltia who have pushed hard for this ram. if y...