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Wave the wand. there are laws. we have to notice congress, con, et cetera, et cetera, except in this case that doesn't seem to apply. so what do you tell people why not just get rid of the prisoners and close gitmo. >> these are very difficult constitutional questions and will be different in different circumstances, and in this particular circumstance you hat time and negotiations taking place at the most senior levels of our government with the qataris. >> it's the law. that's my point. it's the law. so -- but the bush administration asserted similar broad -- president bush came out against ...

Of barack obama and the announcement today was why. the first president ever to curb cash bop emissions in the country, announcing new proposed epa regulations that cut emissions from coal plants by 30% by the year 2030, giving states flexibility how to hit the target. that tarring is lower than the republican version of cap and trade proposed back in 2008. so this is ambitious by the standard of total inaction but not by the standards of what we need for the problem and yet still republicans and coal-state democrats went bonkers. >> this is an end-run around congress. >> what we are seeing he...

Presidents before president obama took the position that they would not require to enforce unconstitutional statutes from george washington to george bush. >> don't sign the law. >> that's not a realistic answer for presidents in this modern era dealing with omnibus bulls and legislations -- >> you think -- >> often times spanning thousands of pains and hundreds of servings and presidents for long periods of time have taken the position that signing statements can be useful tools in interpreting the laws. >> we should note, i should play this from bronco barack obama in 2008. >> congress' job ...

Guantanamo bay in exchange for beryl dahl, a move they claim is illegal because wait done without the approval of congress. qatar helped negotiate the deal. the release of the prisoner is is not the target of criticism. critics called bergdahl a desserter who was captured because he abandoned his post and held to account for the death of six soldiers who were killed trying to rescue him. not long after he was captured, he was called a liar and suggested the taliban would do the u.s. a favor by killing him. >> if he walked away from his post and his buddies in wartime, i don't care how are how ...

Times. >> okay, politicians are going to say what they think they have to but a few important things to bear in mind on this war on coal. amazing new polling oshows this step is broadly supported he americans in red states and blue by anything numbers. should the federal government require states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. the majority of americans say, yes, and are willing to pay an extra $20 a month on their energy bill if that it is what it takes. second, this idea that president obama is six-culp venting congress -- circumventing only is false. congress passed the -- it's not opti...