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Really appreciate it. >> michael hastings new book is called "the operators" and it is really good and it has a lot of "f" words in it. right after this show, on the last word, lawrence's guest is fred armadsen with lawrence and with my friend envy. we'll be right back.

Best books i have read in more than the past year. congratulations on it. thanks so much. >> thanks. really appreciate it. >> michael hastings new book is called "the operators" and it is really good and it has a lot of "f" words in it. right after this show, on the last word, lawrence's guest is fred armadsen with lawrence and with my friend envy. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents: the cold truth. i have a cold. and i took nyquil but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] sorry, buddy. truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it ...

phone etiquette, the man was an older gentleman but tells the "new york times" he had just gotten the iphone the day before the concert and he didn't know how it worked, didn't know it had an alarm, didn't know how to turn it off. according to "the times" he apologized to the conductor face to face. apology accepted. the lesson learned. at least turn the ringer off. now this. here we go. top of the hour two. welcome back. couple of stories we're watching for you. president obama wants to shrink the government. joran van der sloot learns his fate. and cnn sits down with oprah winfre...

so let's get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. that's not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didn't consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. that's a lot of paperwork. that's a lot of reports to prepare. that's not adding value. it's not making us safer. >> well, con...