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Correspondent, john harwood. thanks for joining me, everyone. shayna, i want to go to you first. when we talk about this, is this similar to what was going on under the bush administration? is this an expansion? >> in 2006 "u.s.a. today" reported that there had been a similarly broad event to get phone records from a number of carriers, including verizon, at&t, bell south. but everyone assumed because the story folted on the story of the nsa warrantless wire-tapping program that they were doing ...

To nominate former bush official, james comey, to lead the fbi. this is not the first republican that hes put in a key position, dana. hes nominated other republicans in key positions. chuck hagel, robert gates as defense secretary, ray lahood as transportation secretary. he even named jon huntsman as ambassador to china. how can republicans claim the president doesnt work across the aisle when hes named all of these republican to key posts? >> its funny, there may be a republican in good standi...

Reauthorization. >> except for who happened to be in the white house which is part of the reason why senator reid, a drakt, not saying it was right. >> but freedom should be the bipartisan thing. >> im not disagreeing. im just pointing out the pure politics and the pure theater of this. so thats what a lot of this congress was. a lot of theater and a lot of bombast and was the least prukive since world war ii. >> and it did specify their agenda as far as blocking president obama from doing anyth...

We all know dick cheney does not apologize. he hasnt apologized for iraq, for warrantless wire tapping, for torture. in fact, when cheney shot his friend in the face, the friend apologized to him. but now, the former vice president is getting about as close to an apology as he could ever get. and walking back comments he made about sarah palin. the controversy erupted last week when cheney said putting palin on the 2008 republican ticket was a mistake. >> i like governor palin. ive met her, i kn...

For warrantless wire tapping, for torture. in fact, when cheney shot his friend in the face, the friend apologized to him. but now, the former vice president is getting about as close to an apology as he could ever get. and walking back comments he made about sarah palin. the controversy erupted last week when cheney said putting palin on the 2008 republican ticket was a mistake. >> i like governor palin. ive met her, i know her. shes an attractive candidate, but based on her background, she had...

Wholesome for our country, the democratic process, and for the attitude the public would have toward politics. again, its an opening that we havent had before, and theres a lot of good -- a lot of people working together in a nonpartisan way to get enough members of congress to sign on, so were excited about that. >> and channelling my liberal breath ren from across the country, im sure people on the left side of the spectrum in particular, but i think youre also right to note independents and c...