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The democrat believe the same thing, which when you're fighting terror, the executive has all the power. because when something goes bad on your watch, it's really bad. >> but the obama people have some incentive to put some limits on it. let me give you a statistic that will illustrate that. we heard john brennan's comment that it's rarely we do this. the total number of americans killed by drone strikes under obama is three. that is exactly the same number of high value detainees who were waterboarded under president bush. as we all know, waterboarding is, and michael will know this as well ...

And he is not going to take a tool that saves american lives off the table, but he is open to having this conversation. he said it immediately and responded to michael pretty -- >> but here's the bottom line, executives, a republican and a democrat, believe the same thing, which is when you're fighting terror, the executives should have all the power, because you know what, if something goes bad on your watch, it's really bad. >> exactly, but the obama people do have an incentive for trying to do something about this, to put some limits on it. let me give you a statistic to illustrate that. we...

Iraq, by bringing our troops home from afghanistan, by fighting terror, modernizing the military and aggressively pursuing diplomacy to make a world with more friends and fewer adversaries. and he's got a heck of a secretary of state. [ cheers and applause ] >> but, far more important, most important of all to me, he has shown a consistent, unbreakable commitment to take care of the men and women in uniform when they come home. for all of these reasons, he was endorsed by a self-described,

we begin this hour with tensions ratcheting up between israel and iran. a bomb went off just as israeli tourists boarded a bus in the bulgarian resort city. six people are confirmed dead. some 30 others are wounded. president obama's strongly condemning the attack calling it in his word barbaric. cnn's elise labott is joining us live with the very latest. bulgarians are of course investigating. i'm sure the israelis are as well. first of all, what are the bulgarians saying? >> reporter: well, wolf, forensic investigators on the scene. it's all very preliminary at this point, but they...

But for president obama potically and substantively, he must keep the relationship going. he must have a line in with nouri al-maliki no matter what. >> bret: the president did mention sacrifice of troop, and the blood and treasure that u.s. spent on iraq. your thought on the statement and day? >> i thought the statement was moving. that is the great irony for me. he said we had shared about sacrifices. blood and treasure of u.s. fighting terror. implied we had success and saying history will judge whether it's right to get in, in the first place, the appropriate thing to say as president. he ...