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Specific version of this in "the washington post" article, which ill read to you. it says, nsa director keith b. alexander has claimed, quote, we dont hold data on u.s. citizens. in the article government officials defended that claim with assertions that the agencys internal definition of data doesnt cover meta data like the not millions or billions but the trillions of american call records that the nsa is now known to have collected and stored since 2006. thats one tangible, you know, recorde...

>> the states democratic senator claire mccaskill called the stunt shameful and unacceptable. republican lieutenant governor peter kinder tweeted on sunday the missouri state fair celebrates missouri and our people. i condemn the actions disrespectful to potus the other night. we are better than this. and today democratic missouri governor jay nixon called the incident "inappropriate and offensive" and said that he will have the office of administration review the state fairs contracts. accordin...

>> the states democratic senator claire mccaskill called the stunt shameful and unacceptable. republican lieutenant governor peter kinder tweeted on sunday the missouri state fair celebrates missouri and our people. i condemn the actions disrespectful to potus the other night. we are better than this. and today democratic missouri governor jay nixon called the incident "inappropriate and offensive" and said that he will have the office of administration review the state fairs contracts. accordin...

Anxiety and angst out there in some of these town halls that members of congress in particular are going to be holding back in their home districts. and i think theres a lot of activity among the activists class on a lot of these issues, particularly the ones that perry mentioned on immigration and on obama care. those are two issues where you have activists really stirring up voters over this august recess. so this is not just about golf this august. >> yeah. >> i think when congress reconvenes...

Hes talking about. yes, right now hes out there in the money-making circuit, theres no question about it, beyond what hes doing at harvard. hes also on a couple of boards, working with citibank, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. there will be frustration. should obama be making the pick based on the frustration from the left or be doing it based on whos best for the job, which might be summers. >> perry, who has the inside track, yellen or summers. >> summers has the inside track. he worked in th...

He should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. >> perry, this morning, snowdens father urged his son to demand a public trial instead of coming home. >> at this point, what i would like is for this to be vetted in open court for the american people to have all of the facts. what ive seen is much political theater. >> ron snowden there. perry, what are the chances that the federal government would allow a public trial of edward snowden? >> im not sure. i think if he came back to the su...

Not the ones that we pass. if youre looking at passing bills and like perry said showing up at the bill signing is a metric of success, that is the wrong metric. they dont see passing legislation as what they were sent here to do. and that frustrates, in some ways, a leadership that might want some compromise on some issues. but they dont answer to the constituents that those tea party members answer to when they are back home. i think youre dealing with a totally different metric. someone i tal...

Raised. do you think he sees those as distractions from what he wants the american public to focus on, or was that his whole goal of going on leno? >> no, they look really carefully at media appearances in terms of who theyre reaching. hes had a little bit of a dip in poll approval with overall americans. jay lenos show, one hes done a lot, its a way to talk to middle america, the people who dont watch msnbc or fox for that matter. hes trying to reach that group of the public where hes dipping i...

Rambling dialogue opposite an empty chair? saying he, quote, walked out of the room and threw up. also background on this infamous moment. >> the third agency of government i would do away with the education, the -- commerce, and lets see -- i cant, the third one, i cant, sorry. oops. >> perrys adviser at the time said, quote, its like people describe earthquakes. the first shame and people go, o.s., its an earthquake. but real bad earthquakes keep going. he just couldnt get out of it. perry him...

You. in asking a very fair question to mr. cantor. we know there are a lot of town halls, packets, everybody is ready to go. but are they prepared it hear that kind of frustration from their own people? >> you know, i dont know. because remember, a lot of folks, particularly the ones in the house, they come from districts. particularly the freshman. they come from districts with voters who sent them to washington to stop things. repeal obama care. stop spending. cut the spending. do the sequeste...