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Statement. >> i hate misconstruction. >> many people listened to what he said and understood it correctly. >> yeah. you know what i hate? the french. >> no! >> what is going on some. >> the french, they have the worst all-star team ever. they have got an amazing team. its like -- theyve got one of the best teams on the planet and they didnt win a match in euro 2008 and got pounded by mexico yesterday. dark, dark day for world soccer. >> espn commentator afterwards said when they played for their...

Florida this summer but he also upset a lot of florida, alabama, mississippi, and louisiana republican congressmen and senators who are shocked that hes apologizing to bp when their way of life is now under siege. >> look. this grows out of a mindset in the republican party which is to use this as a political opportunity to attack the president as incompetent and corrupt rather than look to try to solve the problem or to focus attention on the bill end of the piece which is bp. >> yeah. we saw t...

Anyone want to disagree with me, its fine. this guy reportedly has been given more money than any other member, campaign money from the oil and gas industry. >> you see, you cant just say that unfortunately. i wish it were that simple. >> its a mindset. >> right. its a mindset? >> barack obama got more money from bp than any other politician ever. >> i dont see him apologizing. >> let me finish. >> all right. >> barack obama is from chicago. hes not from texas. he doesnt have that mindset. it is...

>> triple the troops. >> so act on it. he immediately responded to the pentagon saying troop request and then, ultimately, decided to go ahead with the surge. >> okay. >> again, my question is what happens when it doesnt work? >> we got to go. there is no end game here. ten years after our troops went in there under george w. bush we still dont have an end game in afghanistan. do we, john heilemann? >> there is no end game. >> okay. >> there is an argument for getting in to get out. if that make...

On. they have hired a bunch of high priced lawyers and pr people, many of whom are democrats, to help bp try to get through this pr thing because they still hang in the balance. they may go out of business. >> who are the ones? >> jamie fisher who was in the official department in the clinton years was lawyer for the bp in the marathon meeting earlier in the week and hillary rosen who is a big democrat who is head of a pr firm in washington. >> fannie mae and now this. >> bad actors. >> i think ...

In the indiana house this fall. >> the chief white house correspondent for politico, is mr. mike allen with a look at the friday playbook. >> happy friday! >> mike, youre the man who knows everything. take us behind the scenes of this joe barton fiasco. he says what he says. they take a break at the hearing. what happens from there? >> yes, well the congressman dumber than a fifth grader got hauled into the principals office and happened to be house majority leader -- house minority leader john ...

Need a little more time. gee, we just need -- >> thats what we said six months ago. we said the generals were going to play the president and lets just tell the truth here. i know its a shocking thing to do but lets tell the truth. why are the troops still there when it makes no sense? because barack obama knows if he takes the troops out and things go badly, republicans will say barack obama lost afghanistan. that is the reason why americans are still fighting and dying in afghanistan. because ...

Uruguay. >> joe, could you run through the names for us again? >> no way! slovenia and the united states playing today. this would be a huge win for the united states. >> they need to win this. if they draw or if they lose, they are in the same position france is. this is the game. theyve got to win. >> all right. this is a great story from the world cup. spain losing to switzerland. a big shock. 1-0. youre looking apparently at the reason why spain loss. she is the sideline reporter for a spani...

which has spoiled -- >> barton is not even listening! he is flipping through a magazine! barton, what are you reading, any way? oh, its a distainful [ bleep ] digest and hes on the cover! >> good friday morning. june 18th. we have editor at large of eye time" magazine mark halpern and columnist from the new york city, john heilemann. >> together. >> coauthors of "game changing." finally have them together. for the first time since their central park concert, the simon and garfunkel of ...

Hearings but what everybody could talk about on table tv is how dumb this thing that joe barton said. >> what makes this so dangerous for republicans, mark, if the republicans win the majority this fall, joe barton will be running the energy committee on capitol hill. joe barton will be the man making the decisions on how to treat bp. joe barton will be making the decisions regarding the mix between energy and the environment. do you give the republican party 24 or 48 hours before they unceremon...