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im not saying youre wrong, but im saying when it comes to cheap ideology, chucking out statements that $50 million is cheap. >> i didnt throw it out, you pried it out of me, you begged me for an answer. >> we loved that so much, we decided to have number two. take a look another this latest rant of president obama which i call the abcs of "snl." >> this whole thing with obama saying the rich dont pay their taxes [ bleep ] and i voted for the guy and im a democrat. what else? >> no hold...

Question when weve been listening to the top administration people from the president on down recently weve been hearing that yemen is the belly of the beast, if you will, in terms of what were facing as a threat. what do you -- what comes to you when you hear this report in terms of the politics, the ambitions of al qaeda as it still survives in these splinter groups? >> well, unfortunately, i think its one of the great untold foreign policy issues going on at the moment. its not an issue in th...

Attack the american homeland. since osama bin laden was pretty much removed from any kind of operational leadership. and we know from his final letters and his communications that he was aspirational. he did want to attack president obama. he did want to attack the then-leader of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general david petraeus, then following that, of course, the head of the cia. but at the time, he no longer had the operation ability with al qaeda. main al qaeda. the central organization. >>...

president obama on the number one issue facing the country today? that and much more ahead. first our top of the hour look at what you need to know right now. first that breaking news i just mentioned. cnn confirms that jonathan silver, the head of the energy departments controversial loan guarantee program is resigning tonight. dan, what do we know about the particular official and why is he leaving? >> reporter: well, that official who headed up that controversial program which com...

Following up on the excellent work done by leon panetta. >> it is the cia, but youve also got to have leadership there. and what the presidents got, especially in john brennan, is someone who has the authority and the focus to follow through. there has been a concerted effort under john brennan in the white house to demolish these leaders as they emerge, to use unprecedented numbers of drone attacks. and its been successful. you can see that in the intelligence they picked up around bin laden. t...

Go after the core leadership of al qaeda and these splinter groups which have proved so effective. >> not exactly, to use the wondrously ingenious phrase of sarah palin, palling around with terrorists, is it? >> not exactly. >> hes killing them. >> im sure youre still going to have people say these things, but for reasonable voters in the middle, the swing independent voters, moderate voters theyve got to pull back into the fold in this election, theyre going to hear that stuff. newt gingrich ...

He said he would do, which is to go after the leadership of al qaeda and these splinter groups, which have proved so effective. >> not exactly, to use the wondrously ingenious phrase of sarah palin, palling around with terrorists, is it? >> not exactly. >> hes killing them. >> im sure youll have people say these things, but for reasonable voters in the middle, swing independent voters, moderate voters, theyve got to pull back into the fold in this election. theyre going to hear that stuff. newt ...

You can see that in the intelligence they picked up around bin laden. these people were trying to keep low cover, not being -- not coming out into the open. it hampered them operationally and ultimately led to their demise. not just where we saw around the al qaeda leadership itself, but also these splinter groups. and so, you know, if you look at what the president said he would do in trying to get elected, this fits that. and people can say whether they, you know, like his policy on israel or ...

He said he would do, which is to go after the leadership of al qaeda and these splinter groups, which have proved so effective. >> not exactly, to use the wondrously ingenious phrase of sarah palin, palling around with terrorists, is it it? >> not exactly. >> hes killing them. >> im sure youll have people say these things, but for reasonable voters in the middle, swing independent voters, theyve got to pull back into the fold in this election. theyre going to hear that stuff. newt gingrich is no...

Apologizes for america around the world. these kind of moments bring home how focused he has been on what he said he would do, which is to go after the coalition of al qaeda and these splinter groups, which have proved so effective. >> not exactly, to use the wondrously ingenious phrase of sarah palin, palling around with terrorists, is it it? >> not exactly. >> hes killing them. >> im sure youll have people say these things, but for reasonable voters in the middle, swing independent voters, the...