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>> what was happening -- >> who was feeding the malarkey to cheney, or was he just buying stuff he wanted to believe was successful? >> look, he was seeing what he wanted to see. some of it said he all right, if were not getting it, go deeper. do more. and the desire to push it further and further and further in terms of these extraordinary extra legal techniques was significantly driven by the white house itself. and what youre having now is a very interesting dynamic which again joe and other ...

Get permission to share that information? thats the big problem. >> that is -- i mean i understand thats the problem but thats so baffling to me that that would even be an issue. hank, since you flew these 777s, anything unusual about the plane from a mechanical standpoint? i know there is air worthiness directive that came out about the plane recently. but does that -- i mean, was that the least bit concerning to you if you were the pilot that this is something that could bring that plane down?...

This. if that yield was so plentiful, why is the report coming from panetta going to say, were told, that it wasnt plentiful, they werent getting information from all this torture and waterboarding, et cetera. >> what was happening -- >> who was feeding the malarkey to cheney, or was he just buying stuff he wanted to believe was successful? >> look, he was seeing what he wanted to see. some of it said he all right, if were not getting it, go deeper. do more. and the desire to push it further and...

Those who have signed up for health care previously uninsured. hhs secretary kathleen sebelius is pointing to the latest gallup that showed the first of uninsured americans dropped to 15.9%. its not every day an obama person cites gallup. yesterday, sebelius was quizzed by republicans and said the administration would not push the october 31st deadline or the penalty if folks dont sign up. >> are you going to delay the mandate that individuals have to buy government-approved health care or pay a...

And also theres a real bipartisan consensus brewing, actually led by a former guest of yours, rick perry in texas, to do something about reforming sentencing guidelines in this country, and i think that makes some sense. a lot of these guidelines were born during the 1980s and early 1990s when crime was a huge national issue, and crime is down, and its not -- and the heat is off the issue a little bit, so it gives people some wiggle room. bill: so youre torn on this issue. 500 grams of cocaine, ...

Worth pointing out, this is designed to really stick it to young people. and the republicans could do a lot better job of messaging that to young people. saying you voted for this guy with idealism, and he didnt have your best interests at heart. >> the whole idea originally is to use some americans, upper middle class and middle class, and the young to transfer wealth to others, sicker, older, without saying so. thats the only way obama was able to promise obamacare would not cost the governmen...

If jeb bush and paul ryan dont run, christie is as strong as anybody. the story in the papers today, the hearing today, the investigative stuff is coming to a little bit of a head and subpoenas to samson are a big deal because he and the governor are closely aligned and based what is reported on the public record, he has a lot of explaining to do. maybe not illegality but a lot of explaining how the port authority has been used. >> its worth pointing out the subpoenas that were issued by the man...

He just said, im healthy. this is great. to your point, hes run before and republicans who have run before tend to do well. he is very, very much underestimated. is someone whos been in office for a long time with a big donor network, knows how hard it is to run for president and he wants to run again. >> at the same time he will labor under the shadow of his performance in 2012 from the maple syrup speech to his peculiar behavior on the trail. >> i bet you a buck if hes asked if he could elimin...

He did just a second ago a zero. this is how he feels about the united states of america. then he does a chop. that chop with his hand is very aggressive. its like a karate chop. we used to see with bill clinton, they did the thumb of power, america, i want you to listen. hes not using his little thumb. the thumb of power is a combination of pointing and chopping. putin is not taking the softer approach. hes taking, this is who america is, hes calling us lab rats, were doing experiments. were a ...

Then bring in international observers. i will tell you we just came out of what was supposed to be a budget briefing and as you know the president was making those remarks earlier at a budget event. it just shows you how much ukraine and the events are dominating everything right now. i had a chance to ask white house press secretary jay carney about vladimir putins claim that those are not russian troops in crimea and jay carney said that, quote, it is patently obvious that those are russian tr...