involved with this. we like to send a message, you don t get us, we can still do our job. i think they look at this. you know what. you didn t consider it important to me with your intelligence agencies to sit down and plan what you are going to do. i think they look at it in disbelief. the other thing, the president basically has cancelled half of his presidential daily beliefs and instead elected to receive the information in written form. greta: why? here is why. here is what the spokesman for national security in response to mark theissen. unlike your former boss, referring to george bush, he has delivered his residence in the morning and not briefed to him. all he needs is a piece of paper. he different need to have the people in the room to have read the piece of paper, get the people and say i got a couple questions. i would like to explore this more. no follow-up and no curiosity.
megyn: joining me now is simon rosenberg. he is also former campaign adviser to former president clinton. and mark theissen, former advisor to president george w. bush. she was one of the highlights last night. she a personal story and the story of substance. she got to it in an interesting way, talking about where do we stand in the world right now. what about america s standing? were your thoughts? well, absolutely. americans believe in american leadership. and she made the point, and i will disagree with her slightly, but she said that barack obama is leading from behind. i would say he s not leaving at all. take a look at the history of his record. negotiations and sanctions are feeling in iran. more progress going to nuclear weapons in the last 3.5 years than they did since iranian revolution. syria, they are massacring tens of thousands of civilians, men,
characterized as a litmus test for the presidential election. mitt romney right after the verdict came in released a statement, praising the governor and saying tonight s results will echo beyond the borders of wisconsin. now, we re waiting to hear from the governor, governor walker will be speaking any moment. we ll bring it to you live. as you can see, a lot of people getting ready in the badger state for him to make his appearance. john king is with me now. john avlon, reihan salam, gloria borger. let me ask you something, john avlon, the whole litmus test for the election. and mark theissen talked about how the vote would go. 56% for walker, 43%, barrett. that means there s significant number of independents in wisconsin who support scott walker and barack obama. what does that mean for november? this is going to have far-reaching implications and it will probably be overstated over the next 72 hours or so. but here s one thing that s clear. debbie wasserman schultz wis
watch. we therefore wish to work on a new deal. i therefore would like us to commit to the united states in the weeks and months to come. martha: wanting to work on a new deal. the president doing his part to pull our troops out of syria. listen carefully here. we are knocking the hill out of isis. let the other people take care of it now. we ll see what happens, but we are going to be coming home relatively soon. martha: note the new phrase there, relatively soon. what does that mean? general jack kelly, mark theissen will join us. it s hard to imagine anything
are at stake here and the american people are fed up for what is now blatantly disrespectful behavior. dallas cowboys owner jerry jones said yesterday that players that protect the national anthem will not play. and steven ross, miami dolphins owner, it s incumbent on players to stand and salute the flag of the united states. finally. it s about time these owners did something. as mark theissen pointed out, the game operational manual said that all players must be on the sidelines, face the flag it, hold their helmets and refrain from talking or face discipline. you cannot do this in the end zone. you can t twerk. you can t be offensive to the other team. you can t gloat. a lot of rules restricting freedom of speech.