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Break strom thurmond's record for the longest filibuster ever, he would have needed to speak until 5 past noon today. back to you in new york. >>steve: then democrat senator strom thurmond was filibustering back in 1957. he was railing against the civil rights act. he was then a democrat. you know what? rand paul -- i was watching twitter last night and i was looking at all sorts of social media. so many people across the country felt what he was doing was a real public service because he was saying essentially, hey, did you know this administration said they can kill americans on american soi...

Sitting in a restaurant and we know he is as vile as bin laden and for some reason we can't get a direct shot at him, we can shoot him out of the sky, i want my president to have the ability to do that. >>steve: if he's in a washington restaurant, what sort of imminent threat does he pose? >>brian: he has operatives in order. he's got plans on the move. he doesn't actually do the crime. he perpetrates the crime. >>steve: we need rules on how it will be done in the future. >>gretchen: let's pan it out a little bit more. how do you legislate that? how do you say if they're in a coffee shop and t...

Uniforms. what the president is doing is selectively cutting to impose maximum pain. he's putting down the pain to impose political leverage. >>steve: by the way, we did have a u.s. congressman on here yesterday saying essentially the same thing. this president, the first in a very long time, if ever, actually inflicting pain on his own people for political gain. >> i'll go further. it is quite clearly deliberate. the house just passed a bill which would extend these budget cuts, but also give the president the authority, the flexibility to impose the cuts where there is the least pain. he say...

Could he talk? >> steve: they have to stand of the the others don't talk. they have to ask him questions. >> gretchen: there is the milky way. >> brian: here is the other thing. a democrat sided with him. >> steve: yeah. >> brian: at least a little side of bipartisanship on something besides dinner. >> gretchen: don't hold your breath. >> steve: i think in all, two democrats actually stood and asked him questions and we'll have a report live from washington on that in a minute. first, off to north korea. >> gretchen: your headlines. north korea threatening the united states hours before the u....

House and c.i.a. press officers were responsible for removing al-qaeda references in those very important talking points. >> brian: the state department about to honor anti-semite and 9-11 supporter. michelle obama and john kerry will present women of courage awards. among them, a woman known for vicious tweets about the u.s., yeah, that's us, and the jewish people. she referenced hitler. moments after a deadly attack on israeli tourists last july, she tweeted, quote, an explosion on a bus carrying israelis in the airport in bulgaria on the black sea. today is a very sweet day with a lot of ve...