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They should have it there for people who truly need it. i don't have a problem with that. no one has a problem with that. the problem is the abuse that takes mace that's not being controlled because many of these governmental agencies, they want more and more people on the government dole because that's another way of buying votes. >> greta: all right, staggering numbers, for instance, texas has the most numberically, a big state, a food stamp program with 15.5% of the population. the district of columbia with a much smaller population has 23% of washington d.c. residents on food stamps. you t...

The charge coming at a critical time in talks to the u.s. military presence in afghanistan after 2014. former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us sir. >> good evening. >> greta: how troubling is it that karzai is essentially accusing us of being in kahoots with the taliban. >> that's ridiculous to say that we're cooperating with the taliban to conduct in afghanistan. and i hope that secretary hagel put that directly to karzai in the talks. to the extent he's complaining about us talking to the taliban in part because he requested it some time back. i think the notion of trying to cut a deal w...

It was to take effect. mayor bloomberg insisting the 16 ounce limit would fight obesity. but restaurants and movie gaers saying it's bad for business. joining us former prosecutor jim hammer and in washington, bernie grimm and ted williams. what do you think, is the judge right or wrong? >> i think the judge is somewhat wrong. >> greta: somewhat, somewhat or all the way? >> well, somewhat. you know, i'm a michael bloomberg fan. i think when you have a city, you're the mayor and you have 57% of the adults obese you've got an obesity problem, 47% with children and residents dying as a result of ...

Drinking and grown-ups and then they're obese and they're overweight and getting cancer and diabetic. come on, he has to do something. mr. mayor, continue to fight this fight. >> you're right about that, but there's a point about liberty, isn't there, in america, which is to say if you're going to do that why not make illegal double buttering your popcorn and-- >> smoking cigarettes and-- >> no, no, i don't, but we tax them. but there's a sense of liberty, make our own choices and we have to pay for the consequences and that's part of what america is, is choice. >> right, but you know, tax gun...

Milk shakes, lattes, long island iced tea and put on the butter and popcorn, and i'm with the judge, nice try try, it didn't fly. >> greta: and we went on twitter to see who was tweeting and discovered a tweet wii governor sarah palin and thought i'd read that tweet. >> please. >> greta: she says victory for liberty loving soda drinkers to politician was too much time on their hands, government stay out of my refrigerator. >> i don't know, stay out of my big gulp. the law doesn't affect seven levine levins and-- >> well intended, but he didn't have the authority. >> it's not a dumb law. when y...