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So it's not necessary to do it now. and by doing it now, we do run the risk of iran walking away and -- >> you worry about giving the iranians an excuse to work. >> i do. i do. and i also worry our partners, key to the sanctions, will view us as the one driving an end to the negotiative process. >> all right. let's go to the nsa. you were a part of the intelligence committee folks, brought in, a bipartisan group, brought in. a little bit of a briefing. what did you learn? what should we expect to hear from the president on friday as far as these reforms? >> it was really the president's effort...

Congressional recess. a year ago in january, a d.c. circuit court of appeals ruled that the president had overstepped his authority under the constitution, and that the senate was not technically in recess when he acted. and that the nlrb appointments were invalid. let's go to pete williams who, of course, is live at the supreme court where we'll hear these arguments today. pete, the impact that this is going to have is either on obama appointees post -- starting in 2015, if republicans gain control of the senate, or for the next president. >> reporter: that's right. of course, this is a power...

Voted out in the house and senate? >> very difficult. very tall order for a very dysfunctional congress, which is why i think the president is going to need to go as far as he can through the executive process. a lot of these things can be done. the restructuring of the meta data program, in significant part by the executive acting on its own. >> so you guy as bystander by -- >> we shouldn't -- >> you shouldn't be, but probably. all right. thank you for your time. thank you for coming in. up next, securing sochi. the state department is now officially warning americans planning to attend the...

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-- blank check. it has been appropriated by the congress and it should be an incremental increase in the debt limit when the congress decides to spend money --. >>neil: republican or democratic president, you don't think that with be equally abused? in other words if you get the whole debt ceiling issue out of the equation you are not giving any president a license to spend and any congress is complicity in that spending? >>guest: well, they wrote the constitution here in philadelphia, article ii, only the congress can spend money. this complaint that the president is spending money, theology ...