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Pressing but it wont be this proxy for the immigration reform fight on capitol hill. >> jeh johnson involved in the controversial drone policy and today the united nations called on the united states to reveal the number of civilian casualties it believes have been caused by the drone strikes targeting islamic militants in various countries. might johnsons nomination force the administration to shed for light on the drone program? >> well, look, its certainly something that will come up at his c...

You believe that you dont have to resign yourself to whats wrong, but you can do something. we can do something to make it right. >> republican steve lonegan chipped away at bookers lead, but the democrat prevailed by some ten points. staying in the senate, there was at least one bipartisan moment amid the late night drama. caroline kennedy was unanimously confirmed as the next ambassador to japan. the 55-year-old major campaign supporter of barack obama will become the first woman to hold tha...

Against the tea party and in favor of compromise and you didnt see that as much. there are moderate republicans like king of new york. they did so not in a way in a way that they were able to mobilize other folks. going forward for this next debate over the budget and the next debate over government operations and the leadership has more control over the tea party caucus. >> mark murray, our senior political editor and i appreciate your perspective. >> well check the news feed this morning for y...

Results are certified and booker can officially join the senate. new jersey governor chris christie expects the process to be completed by early november. >> big changes could soon be becoming to the nsa. the director of the spy agency and top deputy are expected to leave in the coming year and giving president obama a chance to appoint his own replacements. keith alexander has led the agency since 2005 and longest tenure ever for an nsa director. folks say the decision to leave was long planne...

So, you know, its part of a campaign where you know, if you capture or kill one person, it hardly means these groups are out of business. on the other hand, its not just wak a mole if you capture or kill dozens of leaders in an organization. it tends to really grind it down and thats whats happened with al qaeda in pakistan, where even osama bin laden was keenly aware that the drone program has decimated his top leadership. >> peter, stand by. im being told that we have cnn military analyst, lie...

The people who are already confused and reluctant to get involved in syria, hes telling them what they want to hear, over the heads of their own president, who spoke 24 hours before that. and putin makes an allusion to the speak, saying, i studied it carefully and its a bunch of, you know. >> right. kenneth, as someone who works for human rights watch, and youve been critical of the bush administrations torture record on the drone program. youve been critical of human rights violations across th...

Hear. the people who are already confused and reluctant to get involved in syria, hes telling them what they want to hear, over the heads of their own president, who spoke 24 hours before that. and putin makes an allusion to the speak, saying, i studied it carefully and its a bunch of, you know. >> right. kenneth, as someone who works for human rights watch, and youve been critical of the bush administrations torture record on the drone program. youve been critical of human rights violations acr...

Been pretty isolationist and has not wanted to get involved in such things. and a country thats pretty war weary over the last ten years and the last two wars, hes telling them what they want to hear. the people who are already confused and reluctant to get involved in syria, hes telling them what they want to hear, over the heads of their own preside president, who spoke 24 hours before that. and putin makes an allusion to the speak, saying, i studied it carefully and its a bunch of, you know. ...

Might and testosterone. not to mention, the sexist nature of those comments that i guess no woman not having that level of testosterone could ever be an adequate commander in chief. >> absolutely. john? >> yeah. i agree with everything that krystal just said, its mind-boggling the number of people trying to portray the president as weak. the president who went after, got and killed osama bin laden. the president, whose own party is criticizing him, and angry with him over drone strikes. the dron...

Try to solve their problems for them. so you think thats the root of it. >> i do. bill, i think its on the left and right. people on the left, and they had all this hope in barack obama. right? and he is on the verge of perhaps putting larry summers in as fed chairman. if you are a committed leftist, right? and you you are a community organizer, you really had a lot of hope in this guy obama and you look at the drone program or the nsa or the summers appointment or a lot of these other things th...