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that's a quote. they view it as part of their territory. that's why it's a big deal. will ripley is there. tell us about what you're learning. >> so i'll start with the response because that's the new information we're getting from the chinese side. they have actually put out a map showing a number of different military exercises that are going to be happening at various locations that encircle the island of taiwan. some of these locations are very close to the shore line of taiwan. so we don't know exactly details yet about what these military exercises are going to entail, but theo...

Any spending on any veterans program. what i'm trying to do is change a government accountable methodology that is designed to allow our democratic colleagues to go on an unrelated $400 billion spending spree that has nothing to do with veterans and that won't be in the veteran space. >> it sounds like an accounting issue. how does that explanation sit with you? >> really well. now i understand. no. first of all, senator toomey's been against this the whole time, so the objection that he is raising about this so-called budgetary gimmick was in the bill on june 16th when it passed 84-14. this d...

For the country. we did a lot of calling, as you know. >> but this is veterans day. >> i probably in retrospect, i should have. i did last year and i will virtually every year. we had come in very late at night. i had just left literally the american cemetery in paris and i really probably assumed that was fine. i was extremely busy because of affairs of state. doing other things. >> kevin, how would that explanation sit with vets? >> i think it's amazing that the congressman put the words maturity and white house in regards to this white house in the same sentence. on the veterans thing, you ...

I guess looking at phone numbers and durations of calls. they are not looking at people's names, and they're not looking at content. >> president obama defending his administration's dragnet, sweeping surveillance programs targeting the phone records of millions of americans and intercepting data from the nation's largest internet companies. how will the president's explanation sit with americans? rick klein joins us. he says no one is listening. love to believe him, but they told senator widen they didn't have it. and other problems where they're slippery with the story. >> americans have lea...

I guess looking at phone numbers and durations of calls. they are not looking at people's names, and they're not looking at content. >> president obama defending his administration's dragnet, sweeping surveillance programs targeting the phone records of millions of americans and intercepting data from the nation's largest internet companies. how will the president's explanation sit with americans? rick klein joins us. he says no one is listening. love to believe him, but they told senator widen they didn't have it. and other problems where they're slippery with the story. >> americans have lea...