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I pretty much feel like i lived in that vehicle year round. we drive about 80,000 miles a year. last week, been tough emotionally and physically. that tornado missed my house by a few miles. i knew a teacher in the path in the elementary school there and the last text i sent to her was drop south. i didnt realize it was so early that school was still in session. she texted me back and said im going to stay with my kids. i didnt hear from her for four or five hours. thank thankfully, i got a text...

What ground truth is. >> you know why that cant happen? because this president is radical. it goes against the grain of everything that he believes in who he is. disagree? >> i never took any courses in psychiatry. >> okay. k. t., we will go to you. >> you have been on the national scene for two generations. you have met everybody. you have met all the senior american leadership for almost 50 years and you have met the foreign leadership for the same amount of time. who strikes you in either in ...

And his new book rumsfelds rules is now out in bookstores. we will start with michelle. >> thank you for being here. what is one less son or rummy rule, as you sean likes to call it, that you think this administration ought to apply immediately? >> good question. >> it is a good question. i think that the crisis -- they are in a crisis. thats for sure. and how do you manage a crisis? i think what you do is you -- i learned it when i was a navy pilot. when you are lost, the rule is you climb to g...

What ground truth is. >> you know why that cant happen? because this president is radical. it goes against the grain of everything that he believes in who he is. disagree? >> i never took any courses in psychiatry. >> okay. k. t., we will go to you. >> you have been on the national scene for two generations. you have met everybody. you have met all the senior american leadership for almost 50 years and you have met the foreign leadership for the same amount of time. who strikes you in either in ...

Rumsfeld. and his new book rumsfelds rules is now out in bookstores. we will start with michelle. >> thank you for being here. what is one less son or rummy rule, as you sean likes to call it, that you think this administration ought to apply immediately? >> good question. >> it is a good question. i think that the crisis -- they are in a crisis. thats for sure. and how do you manage a crisis? i think what you do is you -- i learned it when i was a navy pilot. when you are lost, the rule is you ...

They know yet. clearly the president and in the case of benghazi, the secretary of state. thats the way life works. but what bothers me about it is that two things really concern me, one, you think of a manager, a leader. when something like that happens, you call people in, you sit them down and you let them know that you intend to find ground truth fast. and he seems not to have done that. the other thing thats worrisome is, as they say, truth leaves on horseback and returns on foot. whats hap...

Travis alexander. arias shot, slashed and stabbed alexander at least 25 times. talk of scandals continues to dominate washington, but does the country really care? straight to the war room. democratic strategist chris, worked on john edwards presidential campaigns and republican strategist matt, shlap, priolitical director for george w. bush. >> great to be with you. >> former secretary of defense talked about benghazi saying the president simply cant lead. >> you think of a manager, a leader....

You write this from the book, "if you foul up, tell the boss and correct it fast, mistakes can usually be corrected if the organizations leaders are made aware of them and they are caught up early enough and faced honestly. bad news doesnt get better with time. if you have fouled something up, its best to tell the boss first." >> thats true. >> accountability, whether its irs or questions about benghazi, who is accountable? how do you assess that in these cases? >> in these cases i dont think th...

Is being eroded, because of the different messages coming out. you know, it important that you avoid the early reports, because theyre often wrong, and you have to get people in, find ground truth and then communicate that as fast as you can. to the extent information goes out that proves not to be accurate, presidents and leaders lead by persuasion. and for persuasion to work purely by command, you have to be trusted, and to the ex-stent trust is eroded, as it is when stories get changes and so...

Where are we in the hunt for looki looking for those who killed americans? and where are we in improving security at our embassies and consulates. i think its unnecessary to issue this subpoena, its a petty gesture but its a continuation of the practice of that committee. >> lets listen to former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld. he was on "meet the press" this morning. he was discussing the presidents handling of benghazi. >> you think of a manager, a leader. when something like that happen...