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About as well. it says the government's authority to use lethal force against its own citizens should be limited to circumstances that are imminent. that seems to call into what you're saying mr. johnson about that power being -- with the president. what is the alternative i guess is the question here? >> no, i think their statement hits it on the head, that would be my tact as president of the united states. if i were to make that decision, that would be very, very transparent that we are setting a precedent here by putting out a death sentence on a u.s. citizen, but here is why, and here is ...

>> the likely republican opponent? >> he's going to be the republican nominee in the fall. but he was out at the primary. so i had a clear shot at the nomination and a clear shot being nominated in an off year with the party out of power being in the dominant position. as a matter of principle, i put my political career on the line, which i said on the senate floor, by voting for the stimulus to save this country from sliding into a 1929 depression. now, that was the breaking point. they had always called me a rino, republican in name only, and the republican party had moved so far to the righ...

That's what had us encouraged in the beginning and now with the power being restored we're even more encouraged. so here at home, the president made his first statement about the nuclear situation in japan and he wanted to emphasize that america is not at risk. >> i want to be very clear we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the united states whether it's the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. >> look, you know how worried i've been all week about what's happening in japan and i told the people you've got to go. don't list en to the government when ...