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What's interesting about the moment politically, democrats urge and encourage the president to expand executive authority again and again and again. and that even includes what would have shocked the sensibilities of many democrats before, like kill lists or drone strikes, arguing that americans could be killed without trial under suspicion of terrorism. vast expansion of presidential powers. they did not mang they would be handing that-to donald trump. they are handing it over to a person they're terrified of. >> and the house and senate, too. >> happy new year. >> thank you for breaking it d...

People are tracking my phone, what is going on. but if they could figure out there are five suspicious folks in the u.s. all calling some number in a compound outside of abadabad, i think there is potential information that is useful and thus far i thought they are saying that is what they are using it for. i noted the members of the intelligence committee have been not very critical. they foe about it and they were saying no, this was actually important. >> sean: seems like a broad net but i he don't want to get into a long lengthy debate to you. i played a tape earlier in the show. in 2007, ...

Coincides with the press report that included leaks about the cia counter terrorism efforts. at the time it was republican who is slammed the administration and they were demanding an investigation into the leaks. >> i think it goes without saying that all of us are upset about the fact that not only have leaks occurred, but there is a cascade of leaks out of the intelligence community over the last several weeks and months. it's our clear intention to put a stop to this. >> the cascade of leaks that senator was referring to included reports on the drone programs. the kill lists in yemen and p...

Circles right now that they're putting this speech together. may be coming in a matter of weeks. and i think the goal here is for the president to try to calm people down, to say, this is -- we can be transparent about this. this is just another tool we use to fight terrorism. it's a military tool, a new technology people don't understand. i think there's a feeling because people don't understand it that well, they're leaping to wild conclusions. the rand paul filibuster was a scenario of killing americans. there's a drone court where a judge is acting as a check-and-balance in decisions on wh...

I of my own volition say i'm not going to do it. let the guy do his thing. >> i don't envision that's the way the system would work. the people who are placed on these kill lists, are on there for at least days, if not weeks or months, before the drone operators decide that this is the moment where we have the right intelligence to act on taking them out. so why not present that evidence to an independent review body at the moment you believe you have enough evidence to say these people represent such a danger to the united states, they need to be killed. >> yesterday, they grilled john brenna...