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Violating the civil liberties of americans. we are going to need programs like this in order to be identify people before they can attack us to identify cells and break them up before they can conduct attacks, even with the existence of these programs these homegrown violent extremists have been able to carry out attacks. imagine without them. i know this, if god forbid theres an attack tomorrow morning on another major u.s. city, the first question everyone is going to have is why didnt we know...

Isolationists as much as i would love to be this does not remain within the middle east it keeps spilling over and continues to destabilize the region potentially the world. >> chairman of the senate homeland security committee senator ron johnson thank you for being on as well this morning. still ahead on "morning joe," people in new hampshire are now taking a second look at chris christie and thats according to his biggest fan, the "new york times." plus more on the breaking political news thi...

Tonight because you are not seen the lockstep republican party of old. you are seeing these different factions. you are seeing the born again. you are seeing the establishment. you are seen interventionists, isolationists in another country they might be three separate parties. >> well said. my phrase was lord of the flies. a bunch of kids i got stuck on an island trying to make up their own government. its kind of frightening. last thought? >> no. i was just going to say what is interesting to ...

>> i forgot he was in the race. >> thats not -- >> very militarily oriented. then you have trump whos playing the domestic side about it about not taking the syrian refugees. you know whats happening in the republican party? we have two polar opposites. we have the hard neocon and the noninterventionists, isolationists. we need a happy medium between them. >> can an outsider get you there? >> oh, yeah. nixon and reagan, their foreign policy was the right balance of being strong militarily. >> a ...

>> thats not -- >> very militarily oriented. then you have trump whos playing the domestic side about it about not taking the syrian refugees. you know whats happening in the republican party? we have two polar opposites. we have the hard neocon and the noninterventionists, isolationists. we need a happy medium between them. >> can an outsider get you there? >> oh, yeah. nixon and reagan, their foreign policy was the right balance of being strong militarily. >> a guy like senator rand paul? >> n...

Libertarian party. theres not that much advocating. a large chunk of republicans who were the isolationists for a very long time, none of thats represented in the new republican party, the one thats sort of shaped by this big money were talking about. >> where do you see the rhetoric on this going? i mean, this is going to be a huge battle. its going to figure prominently. right now it seems like essentially a unifying theme for all the republican candidates and something they think they have th...

And thats a huge gulf in the republican side, theres not much money advocating for policies that, again, a large chunk historically republicans that were the isolationists for a long time. none of that is remitted in the new republican party, the one thats sort of shaped by this big money were talking about. >> where do you see the rhetoric on this going? i mean, this is going to be a huge battle. its going to figure prominently, and right now, it seems like essentially, a unifying theme for all...

Foreign policy? >> i think its easy now to distance yourself from iraq and to abandon it. we dont need to re-elect george w. bush. you would do that if you were a partisan republican. its a drag to do that. part of this is opportunism. its hard to say if this is a right or left position at this point. but look, i think that the hopeful thing is that republicans learn in the lesson and i do not think the lesson is to become dovish. i do not think the lesson is to retreat inward and become isolati...

And theres a chance for him to bring the isolationists to pro-peace, pro-dope progressive, independents and the republican primary to vote for him by emphasizing his libertarian principalseiples and outlook. senator john mccain is running for reelection, seeking his sixth term in office as a senator. he says it was an easy decision because theres still a lot of work to be done. >> there are threats to us that thanks to this failed presidency and the incredibly hands-off, leading from behind fo...

>> i think he will is the answer. >> the white house press secretary just said he would not. >> hes just talking about that bill. >> well see if they decide to change. it is different. he used to say that he would veto, now hes saying he wouldnt sichblt to me thats like voting the president. which is something that president obama did a lot. take a starntdnd, if youre going to veto it make a distinction. >> its interesting to me to watch out democrats all of a sudden become economic isolationist...