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Parties are not going to go at it with each other over the senate. >> that's the way american politics are now. there is a governing party, there is an opposition party and the filibuster always raises the question, is our system built for the way politics are sorted out? >> i think the escalated use of the filibuster made it obsolete. it has been an arms race. democrats pioneered judicial filibusters in the bush years when they tried to filibuster a bunch of d.c. circuit nominees too. they eventually backed off. it has gotten to a point where one of the reasons i think 52 democrats decided to...

Here's the four points the president is going to make. we'll go over them one to you, one to you, one to you, one to you. the president will play llay ou he thinks intervention in syria is in our best interest but it's going to be the same old stuff. >> right, the same old tired line. >> he's assuming most americans haven't heard it because of labor day and football and all that. >> i think that's underestimating the american people. you just laid out poll numbers that show him sliding in terms of approval. the american people see him as a weak and indecisive leader. if he starts by saying the...

Will eventually lead to a death penalty and that's, in fact, what he wants, their duty is to be there to advise him on the law and to make sure that the proceedings are fair to him, and that's exactly what they're going to have to do whether or not they feel comfortable is not the issue. gregg: if hasan, doug, wants to self-destruct, he has a right to represent himself even badly, and, you know, those lawyers are just supposed to sit there on their hands until they ask questions. >> well, you guys are making an even better point which is this is different than if you're representing a client. ...

Just on winning the triple crown. it's sort of traditional the way they ran the horse. >> the family that owns the horse he was quoted as saying, take your time, let the horse bring you to the race. i was surprised. one trainer specifically there at the kentucky derby that had five entrants. 26% of the field. >> he had a good shot. very confusing. you would think if you have five different horses, what do you tell which one. it turned out none of them did very well. >> heather: good for orb. moving on, fourth time in five seasons, best basketball player in the world, lebron james, do you agree...

This can't be a slam dunk case because he allegedly admitted to the bombings, admitted to helping in the killing of officer sean collier of m.i.t. all these things. if he admitted them, that can't be admitted in court? >> no, no, no. it's a separate thing. let's move the admissions aside for just a minute and look at the bulk of other evidence available to prosecutors in this case. the video evidence. eyewitness testimony. i don't think there's a legal expert who doesn't think, double negative, that this would be an extremely strong case for prosecutors to bring whether there is admissible tes...