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Figured out how to put the constraints on. at least on drones they have had four years to think about it. >> harold? >> according to "the new york times" the drone policy will talk about a continuing and eminent threat. based on what we know publicly and and the analysis has has been given so far, do you think they veered far outside of that policy prescription they are going to lay out today over the last three or four years when you talk about the use of drones? or will they be able to make the case -- i've been -- i've been -- i've defended their use of drones, publicly stated but i'm curio...

Americans with drones. jim? >> everybody is making a big deal out of the fact that the president is likely to announce in his speech as we understand it that a large part of the covert drawn program that is conducted for years by the cia will now be shifted over to the pentagon and it's being hailed as a move that will increase transparency in terms of what the u.s. is doing and in that drone program. but i can tell you, you know, for years the u.s. military has been conducting air strikes. they have launched missiles off of ships into yemen. and there was one scene where both that was reveale...

First and then david sanger. your book, mark, gives a thorough account of how america now pursues its enemies with killer drones and special operations troops. give us a sense of the effectiveness of this strategy as we look toward some change in policy here. >> well, the strategy has -- no question killed off the senior layer of al qaeda and al qaeda has existed on 9/11, 2001, is a shadow of its. i think a lot of the criticism of this policy has come from the loring of the bar for drone use and using the drones against people who are not associated with al qaeda. using drones in yemen and som...

Filibuster forcing a clarification on killer drones or at least attempting to. welcome to brand-new hour of "happening now," i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. thanks for joining us today. on the surface it appears the president is changing course trying to win over the opposition by doing something very different from what he's done up to now like sharing outside with paul ryan and dinner with republican senators the night before. "politico" saying republicans are forcing the president's hand, quote, obama is doing things he's never done, like dine out this week with a dozen republican senato...

Outside and socially engineer other people's countries. what we have to do is protect ourselves here at home. >> juan: amany at protecting ourselves by killing terrorists and doing it strategically, surgically as opposed to launching a full scale war. but you don't seem to agree. >> that's just not true. we're creating more enemies than we're killing. we're violating international law and our own constitution, including americans overseas with absolutely no judicial process. that is shameful. >> juan: let's have an argument, but i don't see how you call the president a war criminal. thanks ver...