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Congress saying of their hearings, quote, rude, insulting, belittling, and bullying and all too often highly personal attacks on witnesses by members of congress violated nearly every norm of civil behavior. members postured and acted as judge, jury and executioner. gates said television cameras in a congressional hearing at the effect of a full moon on a werewolf. jenna? jenna: paints an image, doesn't it? wendell. thank you. >> for a look at the political fallout of the gates book and how it will affect the president's second term agenda. let's bring in the politics editor for "roll call" an...

White house with more on this. wendell, gates says politics continues to influence the president and his decision making after he took office. how so? how does he describe it? >> reporter: well it did, jenna, to be fair gates was critical of former president george w. bush as well, though he never felt mr. bush, never felt politics played a role in mr. bush's foreign policy decision-making. when he served in the two administrations gates says, was a factor in that. gates says he was, mr. obama's first defense secretary and he writes, quote, i joined a new, inexperienced president, determined t...

Or not. but for those who are worried that gates was critical of obama, i think that is actually quite a harsh criticism of president bush as well and unfair one. jenna: certainly one of congress. gates came out, blazing against congress too. certainly a lot more to the brook. i'm sure we'll talk about it a lot more. ambassador, thank you very much. >> thank you, jenna. jon: speaking of congress, the jockeying, the horse trading is underway in washington on a bill that would extend jobless benefits for the millions of long-term unemployed in this country. so how do we pay for it and how would ...

Killed in venezuela. >> reporter: that daughter, maya, witnessed her two parents gunned down. she herself was shot in the leg. she remains in good condition in a caracas hospital. jenna. jenna: what a horrible story. steve, thank you. jon: a massive search underway for a missing teen, the son of a "boston globe" columnist. how social media are playing a huge role in this hunt. plus much more on the scathing new tell-all from former defense secretary robert gates. why he blasts the president on leadership especially on the war in afghanistan. former ambassador john bolton weighs in next.

I worked for him in the last two years of his presidency, with the exception of the iraq surge, nearly all the big national security decisions had been made, he had made historical bed and would have to lie in it. by then gates said, vice president cheney was the administration's hawkish outlyer president bush, gates, secretary of state rice, gates said were in broad agreement though he also accuses mr. bush of compromising the mission in afghanistan with his decision to go to war in iraq. jenna? jenna: criticism of both administrations but that is not the only thing that, or the only people t...