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Instruction method, rather, that comes up from time-to-time in "inspire" magazine that is used and promoted by al-qaida to use and how to make a bomb. so that information is also an important part of this investigation. >> what about the suspects level of cooperation? theres been a lot of talk from a lot of different people about how he may have stopped giving investigators information once he was mir an diezed. is that accurate? is that true? >> well, sources are telling me that the investigato...

Lead and move the country forward. if you cant score on the left, and you cant score on the right -- does it mean that in the end you are just playing against yourself? joining me today, new york city deputy mayor, howard wolfson, national political reporter at the "washington post" mia malika henderson. political editor and white house correspondent at the the "huffington post," msnbc contributor, sam stein, and the editor in chief of buzz feed, ben smith. gentlemen and lady thank you for joini...

I apologize to them for saying that because i respect them both. i respect what they stand for and what they believe in. >> neil: how do you feel about senator mccain? >> i appreciate his graciousness in saying that. on the substance, if it makes us whacko birds to stand for liberty and stand for the constitution, then that is badge of honor i wear proudly. more substantively, i pointed out yesterday was the 40th anniversary of john mccains being released from prisoner of war camp in vietnam. i ...

Symbolism. >> and for a jesuit, ignacious, his own founder -- >> emblematic of itself. >> yes. >> we have been talking about the catholic church, are there symbols of potential change? pope benedict creating this opportunity, doing something so new. the conclave having unusually robust general congregations before it. where big issues came up. the idea that this is on the fifth ballot and thats unusual. and now you get a pope who is from south america. when is last pope from south america? >> ne...

Here as perry has noted. >> nothing? you dont think anything has changed substantively? >> well, not yet. we dont have anything on the table thats -- thats suggesting theres some grand deal possible. its going to have to happen eventually. its the only way out of this whole mess. maybe we have a little more leeway now. there seems to have been some good faith gestures but we still dont have anything on the table and taking some senators to dinner, taking paul ryan over to the white house for lun...

I absolutely agree with you. this has brought focus to it. so all of that is true substantively. im in the both end camp. i dont want to be overly sanguine about what this means for american politician. a lot of this is just opportunistic opposition. opportunistic opposition can have incredible salli you tore implications. and lets not forget who controls the political establishment in both parties which is still absolutely 1,000% to the status quo. let me just say, the thing you need to know br...

Life. you know what? this happens all the time. i remember the guy by the name of robert bourke, another example, reagan wanted him. you know, you do raise a point, and things are very hot and very political. do you think jihad is a legitimate tenet of islam? >> you know, im not a religious expert, but i --. >> sean: well, brennan does. jihad means holy war. jihad among radical islamists means holy war against israel and the west and a calafate. and everybody becomes a muslim. >> i think its a s...

You know what? this happens all the time. i remember the guy by the name of robert bourke, another example, reagan wanted him. you know, you do raise a point, and things are very hot and very political. do you think jihad is a legitimate tenet of islam? >> you know, im not a religious expert, but i --. >> sean: well, brennan does. jihad means holy war. jihad among radical islamists means holy war against israel and the west and a calafate. and everybody becomes a muslim. >> i think its a securit...

Theres some sort of -- the sense that paul ryan would go and have lunch with the president. ben, what do you think of the strategy? are you bullish or bearish? >> its something that obama has a very -- suggested he could do, and he has proven a strong leader and has been good pulling that caucus together. it would be a big change if they splintered on, this and i think, in fact, all the pressure right now is from their right. >> i dont see any of the incentives having shifted. lets be clear. the...

>> the austerity cocktail. they won substantively. they have won substantively, and theyve continued to win substantively because the conversation is rooted not in job creation. the conversation is rooted in deficit reduction, and so if you are a true believer on this front, right, the strategy from the republican perspective has really been working, and i dont see any incentives to change it. >> as matt miller said in the washington post yesterday, this is a party in disarray. whoa, what happen...