Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100804:19:17:00
Summary execution, we're going to drop a bomb on him. >> in world war ii, we had u.s. citizens we kill, targeted on the battlefield. we're at war. and this guy is an enemy combatant. the president has the authority to make that determination. some groups like the aclu may not like it. but it's not unsturnl, it's not illegal. >> can the president say, i decided this guy is a terrorist. you might trust obama on that decision or you might not. >> that's exactly the point -- >> does he have the legal authority to say that guy, i think is a terrorist, i'm going to execute him. >> absolutely not. a ...