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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:38:00

going before the senate intelligence committee this afternoon. this comes hours after the white house directed the department of justice to allow select members of congress to see the classified documents which outline the administration's legal justifications for drone strikes against u.s. citizens. ultimately, it's part of the president's nif tiinitiative to his white house more transparent as he previously promised jon stewart he would do. >> one of the things we have to do is put a legal architecture in place and we need congressional help to do that to make sure that not only am i reined in but any president is reined in in terms of some of the decisions. >> we don't mind you knowing about the [ bleep ] we do once we don't do it anymore. we're happy to share irrelevant information with the public. we told you we were going to be transparent. he just didn't tell you it was going to be about the last guy's secrets. >> chris hayes has been covering the drone story for longer than

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:19:00

>> i don't think that i'm dancing around it. i didn't dispute it. >> not necessarily disputing -- >> what i can't do -- >> civilians have been killed, right? >> i don't disagree with that. >> the memo that's been released gives credence to the administration to justify the use of drones in targeted strike killings. let's get on record, have you seen this memo, and if not, when do you want to see it? as i understand it the president told senator wyden it will be made available. >> it will be made available. i haven't reviewed it. i'm looking forward to doing so because there are some very profoundly important issues as to what process is involved in decisions made by the president of the united states or those accountable to him as to how american lethal force is used potentially against terrorists. they may be civilians. they're not in uniform. to protect this country against the enormously urgent threat

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:20:00

from abroad posed by terrorists, and obviously we're dealing with the use of drones in pakistan, yemen, around the world, where we can identify very specific targets, support the use of drones with evidence that they are involved in terrorist activities, threatening the united states. there will be, i hope, a set of standards in that memo for decisions made by the president. obviously, those decisions are made without a court and without a prosecutor. the president in effect acts as judge and jury, and i'll want to see how that process is implemented theoretically and practically. >> are you a supporter of using drone strikes to do military action? >> drones certainly have an appropriate and very significant role in some circumstances. but there need to be standards, a process that involves proper

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:45:00

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:32:00

politically and the number of mi jorts that we have, at the end of the day we want to see a picture that portrays what america the beautiful looks like, and so far there's some missing slots in that picture. >> sir, we're going to let you go. you're headed off to virginia but we thank you for making time for us and coming in. it's great to see you. new york congressman charlie rangel. thanks again. just to pass this along "time" is calling him the republican savior? have you seen the cover? victoria defrancesco soto will join me next on that. and the drone debate. where is the outrage and the outrage from you, the american public? and is the u.s. setting a dangerous example around the globe? msnbc's chris hayes is going to join me after this break on that topic. we're back in a moment. she was a picky eater. well now i'm her dietitian and last year, she wasn't eating so well. so i recommended boost complete nutritional drink to help her get the nutrition she was missing. and now she drinks it every day.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:10:00

fitness. >> if she wants to get on a plane and come here to new jersey and ask me if she wants to examine me and review my medical history, i'll have a conversation with her about that. until that time, she should shut up. >> admiral, i want to ask you, the temperament of chris christie as a politician to be thrown onto a world stage. do you think he's got that under control? >> you know, i have seen governor christie and i don't know him, speak up very well and forcefully for his constituents like in hurricane sandy. in this case, that white house staffer is a retired navy admiral, and i think she spoke up in support of him. i think that kind of response was, quite frankly, and some of his responses would make me feel uncomfortable as a citizen, but that doesn't preclude him from being a very viable presidential candidate, but in a sense i think to some degree that as this goes forward, whether it's senator rubio or the governor, americans love more of an even temper approach to issues. get upset about hurricane sand,

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:18:00

that he would not filibuster it. so i think the chances are very high he will be confirmed. >> one thing that's been pointed to me is general dempsey will acknowledge that the u.s. military diverted a drone to benghazi within minutes of learning of the attack on the consulate building in benghazi. it took an hour to get on the scene, some type of drone that would give surveillance to the situation there. the other big topic when it comes to drones being used for military strikes and john brennan will be pressed on that this afternoon for his hearings to become the next cia director. now this memo has been released. i don't believe that you have seen it yet, but this white page memo talking about how the administration feels they are legally emboldened to be able to do this. it was released after some pressing necessapres pressing in the press briefing. >> why are you dancing around the question of whether or not we kill civilians? why can't the government admit civilians --

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:21:00

review at the very highest levels by the president of the united states or individuals, officials designated by him, and that's why this memo is important, because it sets the ground rules, and the implementation process for those rules that give americans the assurance that we are acting with the ethics and morality that america has come to expect of the united states, and we expect of ourselves. >> senator, we're going to let you get back into the hearing that's taking place right now with leon panetta and general dempsey. thanks for stepping out for us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> absolutely. so it could be a record-breaking blockbuster or just a great white tease. coming up niext, we bring you te latest on that. a massive winter storm on the northeast. also on deck, judd jab. ashley judd firing back at the pre-emptive strike on her potential candidacy for congress. why are conservatives to afraid

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:54:00

or at least she got proof that conservatives are ready to pounce on her. >> and it just clicked, tennessee is home. >> kentucky. >> someone who knows what's good for us. >> obama care has done so much for us right here in tennessee. >> someone who shares our values. >> i -- delightfully radical. >> judd's publicist said that ashley thanks senator mcconnell, karl rove, and their negative allies for all the attention. she considers her future political plans. although, a decision has not been made yet. joining me now is james carol, washington reporter for the louisville courier journal and more on this clearly conservatives see ashley judd as a legitimate threat to mitch mcconnell. what do you hear about the likelihood she could throw her hat in the ring?

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130207:16:57:00

surveyed said they would vote for mcconnell. 34% would say they would definitely not vote for mcconnell, and 44% were saying they're waiting to see who is going to run against him. >> james carol, washington reporter for the louisville courier journal. thank you. i appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. i'll see you back here tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern time. don't go anywhere, though. "now with alex wagner" is coming up. we could be good prom dates. >> i have been saying we should be prom dates, and i didn't even know you then. >> if there's a valentine's wonk blog thing you could take me. >> i am prepared to take you, thomas. >> have a good show. s. >> after more than 12 years of covert operations the u.s. drone program is coming out of the shadows. is a bit of trnz pirn si behind this or soothing the way for john brennan? the aclu and pulitzer prize winning journalist dave wood joins us to discuss skresy and

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