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chambliss of georgia, a supporter of the governments dragnet, and a prominent skeptic, colorado democrat mark udall. then, our "roundtable" on the broader questions raised by the leaks. is snowden a hero or a traitor? how much political damage has been done? and is this the dawn of a new age of big brother? and good sunday morning. as the president prepares to depart this evening for the g-8 summit in northern ireland, global issues are certainly taking center stage. overnight in ira...

supporter of the governments dragnet, and a prominent skeptic, colorado democrat mark udall. then, our "roundtable" on the broader questions raised by the leaks. is snowden a hero or a traitor? how much political damage has been done? and is this the dawn of a new age of big brother? and good sunday morning. as the president prepares to depart this evening for the g-8 summit in northern ireland, global issues are certainly taking center stage. overnight in iran, celebrations in the s...

depart this evening for the g-8 summit in northern ireland, global issues are certainly taking center stage. overnight in iran, celebrations in the streets after moderate hassan rohani was elected president. well be talking about that. quite a different scene in turkey. riot police used tear gas and clubs to clear antigovernment protesters from a square there. and news out of jordan this morning where king abdullah warns the kingdom is ready to fight any threat to its security from t...

>> as we say good-bye, andrea mitchells father 98 today. sid mitchell, was of new row chel, now west lebanon new hampshire, his passions are baseball, politics and his wife cecil, married 72 years. >> oh, my gosh. >> and daughter andrea is the other passion. >> happy birthday, sid. >> happy birthday, sid. congratulations on politico romo. we cant wait. >> bunga bunga, mike. well be there. >> were going to bring in retired colonel jack jacobss and exclusive first look at new issue of "time" magaz...

people. i do not have a hidden agenda. and i submit to you this, if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community you are looking at him. you take a look. yes, take a look. good morning. thursday, july 12th. mitt romney, staring at the naacp convention. with us former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst, steve rattner. the executive editor of bloomberg news, al hunt and rounding out our michael bloomberg hour morning, columnist for ...

when i saw that part of the speech and i heard that part of the speech, i gasped. and said, oh, no he didnt. i cant believe he actually -- he actually went there. im still a little stunned by that. >> well, not stunned to say it if he believes it. im not stunned to say it. im glad, though, al hunt, he went there. didnt mccain or somebody blow off the naacp years ago? >> bush. >> was it bush? >> its hard to refute what jonathan says about some of the substance. dont forget this was some...

If there is a surrogate that can be helpful in driving votes, he is the guy. he has a style that people like. in iowa tonight for mitt romney, as democrats point out, who wont be there? mitt romney. so this is in some ways keeping with what romney has done throughout this race which is kind of playing eye waffle he is on television there. he will participate in the debates but also hold back enough that he can say, well, i cant play all that aggressively if he loses to newt and therefore loses h...

now granted, its for a beauty contest. its a nonbinding caucus in february. but still, heres what i would say, andrea. the answer is can his organization catch up to where he stands in the polls? the answer to that almost certainly is no its very hard to build these things on the fly. were now less than a month, amazingly, 27 days from iowa. i just dont think you can build something that can take a year or more to build. that said, im not sure organization matters as much as people lik...

in ohio. >> in fact missed a filing deadline in missouri. now granted, its for a beauty contest. its a nonbinding caucus in february. but still, heres what i would say, andrea. the answer is can his organization catch up to where he stands in the polls? the answer to that almost certainly is no its very hard to build these things on the fly. were now less than a month, amazingly, 27 days from iowa. i just dont think you can build something that can take a year or more to build. that sa...

record. after months of violence in syria, a huge escalation today as the state department excuses the government of encouraging a mob attack against the u.s. embassy in the maas cus. well be talking exclusively with foreman british prime minister tony blair. good day im andrea mitchell live in washington. the presidents veto threat puts it ail one the line. no short-term deal to stave off default. battle lines are drawn. kelly odonnell joins us from the capitol. lets talk about the pr...