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The line. we're live with more. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, heather. >> talk about aid first. washington seems to be divided on sending foreign aid to egypt. it looks like the president wants to freeze the joint exercises, but not yet cut aid. some legislators they want an immediate freeze of aid, some say it's a mistake. what would be your analysis on the u.s. aid now going to egypt? >> well, i think that the policy on the u.s. aid has to be part of a policy on egypt. it's not separate. i mean, the problem in this city, in this town, in d.c., is that there's a confusion about what is...

It is an audit of the nsa and it finds thousands and thousands of violations. the president said it wasn't happening. take a listen. >> if you look at the reports, even the disci's closures mr. snowden has put forward, all of the stories that have been written, what you are not reading about is the guest -- is the government actually abusing these programs and listening in on people's phone calls or inappropriately reading people's e-mails. what you are hearing about is the prospect that these could be abused. >> was the president dishonest , misinformed or clueless? >> well, i don't think we ...

Area? >> just in washington. >> greg, this is clearly a sense to go back to the nixon days of a steament by the president that sin operative. >> for every violation there could be thousands of americans who were violated. >> we haven't seen the whole area. >> and it is only an audit by themselves and of themselves. >> and of one collection iewbt and there are a great many of them. >> why trust any agency to investigate itself? we are not allowed to say i audited myself. >> i am glad you brought up the irs. here is another promise made by the president. it was back in may. take a listen. >> i r...

Contempt and it is a lawless government. >> some are accusing the president of ignoring or disbanding congress and ruling by executive order. >> it is a semideath spot. >> a monarch key. >> this country was -- we are now becoming a country of men and not laws. we have a political class, a ruling class, if you will, with the president at the height of it. it started with george bush saying, you know, cheney said well supremecy of the president. it has taken every week where it is going, let me tell you what we have here. we have the utter contempt of the american people. they are lulled by lies...

And in san diego, a campaign to boot mayor bob filner out of office now underway. 16 women claim filner made inappropriate sexual advances in the workplace. growing questions over what's next for obama care. the president's signature law still facing a long list of troubles as it's start date approaches. and republicans are pushing forward with their efforts to repeal the whole thing. many have raised the threat of a government shutdown. and now a powerful republican senator says he has a better idea. peter ducey with that story in washington. peter. >> reporter: this morning we heard senato...