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Any president in almost 60 years. >> $6 trillion in new debt since he became president. im not scug a political question. to me this is more of a morale issue. you cant steal from your kids and grandkids. >> and the people before world war ii is when it really started deteriorating and always felt we needed to pay our debts down. again you will see lots of quotes in the book about what our founding fathers and some of their predecessors thought about sending debt to the next generation. that, in...

Any president in almost 60 years. >> $6 trillion in new debt since he became president. im not scug a political question. to me this is more of a morale issue. you cant steal from your kids and grandkids. >> and the people before world war ii is when it really started deteriorating and always felt we needed to pay our debts down. again you will see lots of quotes in the book about what our founding fathers and some of their predecessors thought about sending debt to the next generation. that, in...

In the immediate aftermath of that terrible terrorist attack in new york and washington. and instead, we can move to measures that are more limited, more restricted. perhaps more subjected to judicial review. >> and finally, mark, on the subject of these leak investigations. hes going to say he believes in press freedoms, that they need to go after leakers, but not reporters who are doing their jobs. yet at the same time this administration has more than any of its predecessors in recent years, ...

The pentagon. in the state department. so you know the interactions, the daily interactions between the news media and the administration on national security issues. how can the president today say that he believes in press freedoms. when this administration has been more aggressive than any of its recent predecessors in going after not just the leakers, but the reporters? >> andrea its a very fine line, i worry about the you know, the impact of this on the american narrative in terms of the un...

What was done to the ap. >> look, i think, again, he doesnt owe an apology to the ap, necessarily, but i think the ap what it stands for is this administrations aggressive prosecution of leaks. more, i mean, its a statistic we have heard a lot lately, which is that his administration is prosecuting leak investigations at the rate double all of his predecessors combined. it bears repeating because it is an amazing statistic that that is the stance that president obama would take. >> journalists t...

Term. if you look at his national security team right now, especially the secretary of state and the secretary of defense, they are much more dovish when it comes to the use of american force than their predecessors, kerry and hagel, who not coincidentally are both vietnam veterans, combat veterans, are much more reluctant than panetta or gates were at the pentagon or secretary of state hillary clinton. its not a surprise to me. what would surprise me is that if president obama ever sent boots o...

Sometimes, you need to jump in and sometimes, you need to stand back. >> what do you make of it? is when youre watching this and whether is it all in response? >> i see the politics of it. now, look at how hillary clinton handle ed benghazi, which up unl recently, she did a great job of preserving herself, not putting her hands in it and getting involved in the public eye. >> shes still sort of distant from it. up until recently, she managed to really stay clear of it. the president in my view d...

Backlash against the deadly attack in benghazi ahead. >> he gave a green light to all these massacre and its a sha shameful chapter in america history. >> and then theres syria and the question of how the united states is going to get involved without getting involved. >> were really puzzled. and here weve spent weeks trying to figure out what do you call this. >> and if youre tech savvy, this former presidential candidate is asking for your help. why? well tell you in just a few moments. first,...

Superstorm sandy. they said no. the last time they played together publicly was a concert in london in 2007. sunday, president obama gave graduates at ohio state university a message many analysts described as pro big government. tonight, our correspondent, on what that tells us on the presidents philosophy and how different it is from some of his predecess predecessors. >> reporter: the government was skeptical. i am not a friend of energetic government, said thomas jefferson, it is always op...

Battle group in bhusan this weekend, but a very muted reaction to that weve heard the north koreans today say well if you fire anything into our waters, well react with merciless retaliation. but by their standards, its been pretty restrained. so clearly, they do appear to have stepped back. just ahead of this important summit, andrea. >> and the summit of course is with president park, who is the daughter of a former president. she is the first woman president. and shes being referred to here p...