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call at 866-55-press join us on twitter, at bpshow and on facebook facebook/billpressshow, in the rose garden yesterday president obama in the ultimate in your face appointment named susan rice to replace tom donilon as the next national security advisor in the white house and it is driving republicans crazy, but there's nothing they can do about it because that position does not require senate confirmation. all they can do is whine, and boy are they whining. they will soon regret that they blocked her as the next secretary of state by accusing her of lying about benghazi. now she has a position that's even closer to the president, and i would argue more powerful. in other news president obama,

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this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the

minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: it's the ultimate in your face appointment susan rice. the next national security advisor, hello, everybody, and good morning. this thursday morning, how about it? it is thursday june 6th so good to see you here today, thank you for joining us on the "full court press" this thursday morning. we have got lots and lots of

news today. i left the show yesterday thinking this is a pretty boring time of the year, and then boom boom, boom boom boom news all over the place even here in our neighborhood. lots to cover today on the "full court press." we have it covered from capitol hill washington, d.c., both ends of pennsylvania avenue all across the country, all across the globe, and you'll fine out about it, and have a chance to give us your point of view. we'd love to hear from you at 866-55-press. you make the show come alive with your phone calls, 866-557-7377, and on twitter at bpshow, and on facebook at facebook/billpressshow. join the team mere on the "full court press" this thursday morning. peter ogburn >> hey, hey, hey.

>> bill: running the show this morning. >> happy thursday. >> bill: dan henning is still enjoying his honeymoon. alicia cruz has the phones and siprion bolling has the video. >> dan gave us an email from his honey moon. >> bill: from detroit? >> no, he is moved on to chucky cheese. he played skiball, and he won 130 tickets. and so he was able to get some new jewelry for his new wife. >> bill: he should have let us plan his honey moon. >> i know. we have done such a better job. >> bill: i'm telling you. yesterday was the memorial

service up in manhattan for frank lautenberg who passed away on monday. he will lay in the state -- in the rotunda of the united states capitol today. one of the few senator -- i forget maybe just the second who has been awarded that -- not everybody gets that honor. frank lautenberg does. he came down yesterday back to washington on amtrak. he was a great, great supporter of amtrak. but mr. amtrak himself is the one who gave the eulogy yesterday. joe biden. vice president biden -- i call him joe. i know him well. but vice president biden has continued the tradition of being the morning in chief. joe biden gives a eulogy like

nobody else. and he and frank of course new jersey, delaware, and they were both regulars on amtrak. and he said yesterday that he had taken amtrak between washington and willington 8,000 times. and he talked about one time he was rushing to catch the train and the conductor said don't worry, joe we're holding it for frank lautenberg. and biden said never did they hold the train for him, but they were holding it for frank because they considered him their biggest supporter. and he talked yesterday -- joked about how he and frank used to talk about religion. >> by the way, josh i'm representing the pope. [ laughter ] >> and bonnie knows frankie has been calling me the only

catholic jew he knew. >> bill: hillary clinton former secretary of state who served with frank lautenberg in the senate also spoke talking about how he was a man of prince p&l. >> as frayed would say it's not where you sit that counts it's where you stand, and there was never any doubt where he stood. >> bill: on so many issues. john fugelsang will be joining us a little bit later. joe sir -- cirsioni will be here. and the decision by tsa, they have reversed themselves and will not allow pocket knives on plains. and president obama historic

announcement yesterday on susan rice. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> keep your hands off of my man. heather mcgill, the wife of senator mcgill posted that on facebook yesterday and wrote lines such as, quoting her, multiple times of being in office he has gotten emails from women inviting him to explore also sending pictures of thechlss. no more. shame on you. next time everyone else will know who you are. i will share your name and then we will unfriend you. the couple has six children, and she has sent a warning shot -- >> bill: has she ever thought

that the reason all of these women are on his facebook page is because he has been reaching out to them? >> maybe. a new report by northwestern university say that most parents use some form of electronic devices to entertain their children, this is on top of television. doctors weighed in on the study, and they agreed there is little harm in letting kids play on the ipad or phone, just don't let it get out of hand. >> bill: i have games on my ipad. >> that's right. and john boehner was shared by the hand of god. the if is l cliff battle that took place was in tense, so

intense, that even god herself intervened. john boehner was facing a cue from a group of rogue republicans who were angling for his ousting, but they now say they spent hours in prayer and god spoke to them and told them to spare john boehner. >> bill: as you know i have a degree in theology. and i have read the scripture in the original greek. and they were talking about the book of samuel and i went back and looked at the book of samuel, and god only spoke about one person who should be speaker of the house of representatives, and it was nancy pelosi. they just got the translation wrong. >> right. >> bill: in the rose garden yesterday it was a glorious day outside for one, and president obama assembled his entire team

all the major players were there. dennis mcdunna jay carney they were all there for the moment and the announcement that -- by the way nobody -- people kind of expected maybe at some point but nobody was waiting for it yesterday, it came as a big surprise, but they put this ceremony together, the president walked out of the oval office into the rose garden with tom donilon who has been the national security advisor for the last four and a half years and walked out with susan rice and samantha power who will be our next ambassador to the united nations. the first thing t president obama praised the work of tom donilon. >> obama: i think tom has been

one of the most effective advisors our country has ever had. i am extraordinaryily proud to announce susan rice as our new security advisor. >> bill: susan stepped up to accept. >> mr. president, thank you so much. i'm deeply hon in order and humbled to serve our country as your national security advisor. >> bill: and then samantha power, former journalist pulitzer prize winning author on a book about genocide, her family was in the front row, but the 8-month-old wasn't too

happy. he decided he would rather be anyplace but right there. [ laughter ] >> bill: in fact i have to tell you, the president -- when the president started speaking this 8-month-old started making noise. i thought there was a heckler. and i said oh my god michelle is going to level this heckeler. and then i realized it was an infant, and whoever -- i think it was a family member picked up the infant and carried him off, but at any rate samantha power who will or next ambassador to the united nationed. >> it would be the honor of a lifetime to fight for american values and interests at the united nations. >> bill: she came here as a nine year old in ireland, and she

said she worked in front of the mirror hours and hours and hours to lose her irish accent. and she said she -- they landed in pittsburgh. she thought she was at the largest airport in the world when sheing landed and she was wearing a t-shirt like the american flag because -- and she said that was the t-shirt she wore attempt special occasion in ireland, and wore it arriving in the united states, and she said i soon realized that in america you don't wear the flag you learn to live up to the flag. it was quite a moment but -- and i have to tell you. we talk about it a lot. i have attended many, many ceremonies at the white house, everything from welcoming nascar drivers to handing out and awarding people with the medal

of honor, on and on and i have never seen a celebration like yesterday. for a couple of reasons. number one because susan rice is a tremendous gifted person. she is one of the smartest toughest, and most effective people i have ever seen in action. she was president obama's chief foreign policy advisor when he ran for office in 2007 and 8. she has been an outstanding as visor to the united nations and i think she's be terrific as a national security advisor. that was one thing. the other thing was this was the ultimate up yours on the part of president obama to republicans in congress. it was the ultimate f you by president obama. unspoken, but everybody knew that's exactly what it was, because after benghazi republicans falsely accused her

of deliberately lying to the american people, trying to mislead the american people. susan rice on those sunday shows after benghazi. she went out and said here is what the intelligence officials and organizations tell us right now, that we know. this could change, but here is what they tell us they know right now, which turned out to be not so true. it was a terrorist attack and not just a spontaneous demonstration. they did not know that at the time. they accused her of deliberately lying. they blocked her from being secretary of state, and now susan rice ends up closer to the president and in a job that i would argue is more powerful than that of secretary of state. so this really backfired on the republicans. and boy were they pissed yesterday. oh, man, they were whining and

whining. rand paul put out a tweet that said i don't know that -- they would keep her in any job let alone reward her. john mccain said i think it's a terrible mistake. jennifer reubin said she was promoted for lying. all they can do -- all they could do was whine because this job does not require senate confirmation so there's no way to block her. that's why it was the ultimate in your face. i think it was a great move on the part of the president. and it's the president saying to the republicans, oh yeah, we'll get you in the end. what do you think about it? 866-55-press, 866-557-7377, and samantha power too, she will be great. good move yesterday. one we can all celebrate. let's talk about it when we come

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: indeed. twenty-six minutes after the hour. yes, president obama. this is the case to me of that old adage don't get mad, get even. so when they were piling on susan rice yeah, the white house defended her, but they didn't threaten to do something, they just said -- president obama just said you wait you wait.

you are going to block her from this job, you are going to pile on right now, you are going to practice the politics of personal destruction. there will come a time when i will get back at you. and he had that chance yesterday. 866-55-press. i think this also serves to put the benghazi thing to rest where from the beginning trying to make the case that the administration tried to lie to all of us. instead of doing what the nation did after 9/11 where we all got together and said these terrorists attacked us. let's go after them. in the case of benghazi republicans said these terrorists attacked us. let's go after president obama. let's go after susan rice.

let's go after hillary clinton. larry calling from connecticut what do you say, larry? >> caller: good morning, guys. i think president obama told republicans here benghazi this. >> bill: yeah, i know right. >> caller: and you know what it's nice to see susan rice she got the last laugh on this deal. >> bill: indeed she did, larry, it was -- it was a glorious moment for many reasons number one because she is an outstanding person and she will be great in that job. she has kind of trained all of her life for that job. that's the person every single morning the president starts his day with his national security advisor no matter who the president is, and that's the person that brings the president up to date on everything that is going on around the world. that's susan rice's job.

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♪ >> announcer: connect with the "bill press show" on twitter, follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bpshow. we're talking about the appointment of susan rice. republicans tried to blame benghazi on her, accused her of

lying, accused her of deception, when again, all she did was tell congress what intelligence agencies knew at the time and informed congress that the story -- or the report she was giving them could very well change as they learned more about the attack in benghazi. that turned out to be the case but the ultimate triumph yesterday was that susan rice who just hunkered down the president who hunkered down looking for another opportunity, which came from tom donilon stepped down. this unapologetic selection reflects a conclusion in the west wing that when it comes to choosing personnel, the president can never satisfy republicans who will find almost anybody objectionable.

yeah, what are they going to do? are they going to -- let's see -- maybe they'll sit on judicial appointments. they have been doing that for the last five years. your calls are welcome, susan rice president obama, 866-55-press, 866-557-7377. back to your calls on this in just a second, but i want to mention kind of a related story. listen to this peter. this friday, we all remember bobby bird from west virginia. >> yes. >> bill: and how well he served. this friday robert bird's will be surpassed by john dingle of michigan. as of this friday he will have served 57 years -- >> oh, man. >> bill: 5 months and 26 days of

house service. that is a total of 2,997 days in the house. his father was a member of congress. he went to the floor of the house for the first time when he was six years old. >> wow. >> bill: he got elected when he was 29. and he has been there ever since. amazing. amazing. and he is still a powerful member of the democratic leadership there in -- in the house. >> i mean that's an entire life. >> bill: i'll say. >> yeah. being around it. >> bill: right. imagine the -- the presidents that he has seen come and go. john dingel as of this friday. yep, it was fun to be in the rose garden yesterday to see this really historic transition of power from tom donilon to susan rice, and really see this

redemption of susan rice. chuck is calling from santa fe new mexico. hey, chuck, how are ya? >> caller: hi, how are you. calling about the good news with susan rice in there. and they say vengeance isn't any fun? >> bill: there's nothing like revenge, right? >> caller: i was wondering when it was coming. to have a president beaten down like he has been for the last five years, makes you wonder. and finally he got it in there, you know? and there will be other -- i hope there are other judicial appointments that republicans -- they are never happy no matter who he chooses. >> bill: and that's the point i was mentioning that peter baker makes in the "new york times" is the president has finally realized, he can get the most moderate person, right?

republicans couldn't possibly oppose this nominee, and yet they will. so i think the president finally decided he is just going to go for who he wants. >> caller: yeah i think we have seen him bashed enough, and he is thinking what is the difference? the hate machine against him has just gone on to long. it's tiresome. >> bill: exactly. chuck good to hear from you from santa fe. you talk about the hate machine, remember, i wrote about and book about it the obama hate machine, and we still have copies available of that. go to my website and order your own copy. tell me how you want it signed and i'll get it out to you. arthur good morning.

>> caller: good morning, i think susan will do a great job like she did before. and i can't think of a better way to slap them across the face. and it's about time that he did it. it has been coming for a long time. >> bill: it has indeed. you talk about her as national security advisor someone on "politico" summed up -- and i think this is important to remember. susan rice was awarded -- here -- here's what credentials she brings. okay? listen to this. she was awarded a truman scholarship while at stanford. she was a rhodes scholar. she got a masters and doctorate at harvard. she was a special assist important to the president for african affairs. she then served as assistant secretary of state for african affairs.

she was a senior fellow at the brookings institute. she was a foreign policy advisor for john kerry's presidential campaign, and then for president obama 2008 presidential campaign. has served as ambassador to the united nations. what more could you bring to the post, right? >> caller: that's quite a list there. i don't think obama himself has got that much stuff. >> bill: exactly. i don't think president obama himself brought any more -- in terms of foreign policy experience obviously than susan rice has, but again it's the unfairness of the attack -- i think what offended a lot of us is the unfairness of the attacks on -- on susan rice when -- if you read her transcript to those

different talk shows on that sunday where she clearly said look, we're not really sure exactly what hand yet, we're trying to find out but this is what the intelligence agencyies tell us at this time, and this is what i'm relating to you. and then you read the emails released from the white house, which show that everything that was said at that time was written by the cia. this is what the cia wanted out there. they were the ones that were running the show. so it was not "stephanie miller show" calling the shots. it was not hillary clinton calling the shots. it wasn't even the white house calling the shots. this was a very sensitive matter, and they were saying what the cia wanted them to say. and for that the republicans waged war on hillary clinton. waged war on susan rice. and i suggest that they will wage war on sam samantha power.

>> they will find a way. >> bill: i think she'll get conformed but they are going to find a way to try to block her as well. >> look at how they brought susan rice out publicly to answer for benghazi. and after she met with them, they still said we don't have enough answer. it was a no-win situation. >> bill: no it was the john mccain s, and lindsey graham, and darrell issas of this world which personal political destruction, which is all that do and i think they will live to regret it because now they have to deal with her. and when republicans say no more

war on women. i guess that's not really the case, though because they have -- they have certainly declared war on hillary clinton, and susan rice and samantha power. john fugelsang coming up. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv.

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>> bill: here we go fourteen minutes before the top of the hour. talking to john fugelsang here in just a moment but first this story caught my eye about identity theft out in the san francisco bay area. a man who used his own child's social security -- his own child's social security number in a scheme to illegally receive welfare benefits. they got him. he has been sentenced to four years in prison, you see a story like that and you realize identity theft is everywhere, and you should be protected against it, which i am. it even monitors your bank accounts, but lifelock services can't protect you or your bank account if you are not a member. visit lifelock.com or give them a call and mention press 10 and you are get 10% off your

membership. give them a call at 1-800-356-5967. the great thing about current tv you can find out what is going on in the morning and how things are starting to shape up and then tune in to "viewpoint" at 8:00 pm and find out how it all turned out or didn't with mr. john fugelsang. we give you the book ends here on current tv. good morning, john. >> good morning, mr. press. how are you? >> bill: i'm doing well. i was there in the rose garden yesterday afternoon. this was a great moment for president obama, don't you think to be able to name susan rice as his national security advisor. >> it was terrific. i was imagining the high fives in d.c. after all of the hissy

fits they got to watch all day long. >> bill: oh, yeah. >> john mccain of course once said that susan rice was unfit for high office. and of course john mccain knows all about which women are fit for high office. and lindsey graham was on his fainting couch all day. >> i declare. >> this is the way of the bubble. after 9/11 '01, the gop exploited terror attacks to iraq, and after 9/11 '12, the gop used terror attacks to attack barack.

>> bill: yeah, absolutely. well said, the thing -- what i love is that they are -- they -- you know they don't have anything -- all they can do is whine, i guess, because she doesn't need senate confirmation. >> indeed. >> bill: president obama saying up yours. i loved it. >> the point we made on the show last night is if people can't criticize susan rice's promotion to nsa, and yet they promoted condoleezza's rice to nsa. if you are going to be upset over four deaths in an embassy attack, then you have to think about how many deaths happened in embassies when condoleezza was in charge.

and she lied and helped attack a country that never tacked us. so it's a big [ inaudible ] to be playing the outrage game and saying susan rice is unfit for this job. >> bill: amen. you have been talking a lot, as have we of the shameful performance of the top ten rules in the united states on the question of sexual assault. it's hard to believe these guys are as clueless as they are, isn't it? >> no, it's actually very easy to believe. this is the whole problem with the whole military sexual assault and military trauma which is an actual disease that our vets are dealing with. they brought in 20 witnesses, two people who want to do something about it and 18 who want to keep it the way we have

been dealing with it. and more men are actually sexually assaulted every year than women in some cases, and this is just what gets reported. it's very depressing but not all together a surprise. >> bill: i'm waiting, i hope not in vain for the white house to say you send us that bill we'll sign it. and that's a little troubling for me. >> it is. for the republicans trying to get mileage out of the irs, and benghazi, the ap not so much, but they are doing nothing about this. if there is an area i could devote my time for that doesn't involve smearing the president,

and could help bring women to my party, this is the place. >> bill: right. and at least an issue where republicans could join democrats and say we have to do something about this. the silence is indeed deafening. i have to ask you about your neighbor chris christie. >> $24 million, that's almost as much as he spends on lipator in a year. and now he is doing all this just because he wants to be president that much. and that's what it is all about. what seems to make the most sense is under the rules, the governor of jersey has to have a special election between 70 and

76 days after announcing he is going to be having it but chris christie could have waited 18 days and then made the announcement and had this election on election day, instead he's trying to get the democratic vote out a month before election day, get all of those cory booker votes to the polls, and hopefully when the election rolls around all of the voters will stay home because they already voted this fall. it might be brilliant, because it might be a huge huge red voter turn out. >> bill: it could also backfire and i really hope it does on him. and i think we're seeing the real chris christie. we'll see the real john fugelsang again tonight at 8:00 on "viewpoint." thanks john. >> always a pleasure sir. >> bill: look for you then. okay. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪

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means to you at 866-55-press. take your comments on twitter at bpshow, and on facebook at facebook/billpressshow, it was a powerful ceremony in the rose garden yesterday yesterday, i was there as president obama named susan rice as his next national security advisor. republicans have piled all over susan rice and tried to blame her for benghazi and accusing her of lying to the american people. and republicans now are just fuming and whining, complaining about susan rice's contamination contamination -- nomination but there's nothing they can do about it because that job does not require senate confirmation. we have learned that president

obama is using fisa, and nsa, to get phone records of all verizon customers. why? let's find out on current tv. ♪ to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the

minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right?

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to the "full court press." coming to you live on your local progressive talk radio station. good people good station, good service, good luck to have one. and welcome also on to all of you watching on current tv. good to have you with us on the radio and on television to cover all of the news of the day here and there's a lot going on. we'll tell you right at the top of the hour about an order that the obama administration has received to get your phone records. whatever happened to the right of privacy in this country. i'm not sure it exists anymore. we'll tell you about a great event in the rose garden yesterday yesterday where president obama nominated susan rice and samantha power, and we'll you up to stay on the news

in our nation's capitol, what happened around the nation and the globe and take your calls at 866-55-press. peter ogburn running the show today. >> good morning, mr. press. >> bill: dan henning is finishing up his honeymoon. with alicia cruz -- no he is not finishing up his honey moon with alicia cruz. she is on the phones. and siprion bolling on video for us. we had -- in our neighborhood here on capitol hill, it was a scary evening last evening. i was joining michael shure on "the war room" at current tv, so down around the capitol there, across the street from the

capitol at the msnbc and current tv studios. left there and saw this big black smoke up in this area toward where my house is toward where this studio is, god knows, and it looked pretty bad. drove up this way, picked up carol in front of our house to find out what it was, and it was -- just a tragic loss -- one of the great institutions in this neighborhood of capitol hill of frager's hardware 90 years old. totally destroyed. the fire just ripped through there. >> yeah was here and heard the commotion and walked down there. it is so much more than the neighborhood hardware store. >> bill: yeah, it was the

classic old fashioned hardware store. this is not some ace hardware right or home depot, this is right in the heart of town and like half of block at any rate and there was a hardware store and an equipment rental store, and a paint store all part of frager's and a big outdoor area where we buy all of our plants and where you go to get your propane tanks filled. and if you went in that hardware store, it was -- isles were so narrow you couldn't move old fashioned hardware store -- you could get anything you wanted there. >> yeah. >> bill: it was really the heart

and soul of this neighborhood. and you would run into anybody. i saw john ashcroft there once. >> yeah. people were talking about it on twitter last night and somebody said if you live on capitol hill, you have something from frager's. >> bill: absolutely. >> there are several items around the studio that get us on the air that we got from frager's. >> bill: yeah. they get their stuff from -- whatever the -- the nurseries are on thursday morning. we were going to frager's this morning to get a couple of flats of bah gonias and stuff. i did tweet out yesterday some photos from the rose garden and

tweeted out some photos on the fire. that fire -- that was also the ultimate fire trap, and once it got started and there was so much combustible material inside of there that it just went so fast. but it's a real real tragedy. and a real loss to the neighborhood. i hope we're able to rebuild frager's hardware. we'll be talking to joe from the ploughshares fund about the susan rice appointment. and in about a half hour talking to a leader of the flight attendant's union about this big reversal by tsa. they are not going to allow pocketknives after all. and what is up with verizon giving the nsa all of our phone

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she is 84-year-olds old, and she now has $590 million from the power ball. the largest single payout of power ball in u.s. history. she revealed that she has a stranger let her cut in, in line. he was waiting for a power ball ticket. -- >> bill: and he came along and said you go first. and she got a quick pick, which is what i usually get. >> yep. >> bill: that just proves that's the way to go as far as i'm concerned. >> is that what it proves? >> bill: i would hope she would find that guy that let her cut in and give him a little piece of the action. >> yeah, and i would also say look out for those little old ladies. they are out to get you.

>> bill: she is 84? she is going to have to break into a fast run to spend all of that money in the time she has left. >> she got the lump sum in case you were wondering. by the way she lives in a small single-story house has no curve no gutter. it's across from a cow pasture. she has no plans to go back in that house. >> bill: god bless america. indeed. here is a scary story to start the day. this was reported by the guardian, not an american newspaper, but remember back in the bush years right after 9/11, we were appalled to find out that the bush administration had ordered nsa, without any appeal to the fisa court, which was

required by law, they ordered nsa to start snooping on telephone conversations of americans, not just american calls overseas but american phone calls period across the board and to see the records from all of the different phone companies, and we progressives and liberals and americans all were outraged by this this snooping on our privacy without any evidence at all that we were connected to any terrorist organization or would know how to reach one by phone if we wanted to. with all of that outrage -- of course, nothing happened. nobody in the bush administration was ever charged with breaking the law, even though they did, but all of the outrage over that sort of subsided, i think it's time for outrage again. because the guardian reported yesterday that the obama administration invoking the

patriot act -- it's too bad they didn't -- they haven't repealed the patriot act. we didn't realize they were exploiting it and taking advantage of it. but citing the patriot act, the obama administration has gone to this the fisa court, this is the only difference between them and the bush administration they went to the court and sought permission, which the court gave them on april 25th and the guardian has a copy of the court order, which tells verizon -- the court okayed this, an order from the federal government to verizon that on a monthly basis -- i'm sorry, on a daily basis -- get this on an on going daily basis, verizon

has to turn over to the government and is doing so, we have to assume, records of all phone calls of verizon customers within the united states and between the united states and other countries. now i'm an at&t customer but i used to be a verizon customer. >> yeah same here. >> bill: verizon has pretty good service, right? >> it is regarded as one of the best in terms of coverage. >> bill: probably second to at&t -- >> probably. >> bill: so millions and millions of people have verizon. >> oh yeah. >> bill: so big brother knows every call you are making. that's what this means. get this, so the information that they've -- that verizon has to turn over for every phone call, both numbers. your number and the person that you called. the location -- your location

and the location of the person you called how long the call is, and what time of day the call is placed. they say the contents of the call are not being provided. i don't believe that in a moment either. they probably got the transcript -- >> why wouldn't they? >> the aclu has come out against this yesterday, and said it is -- they have called it alarming and beyond orwellian. but here is what i want to know -- first of all, again, why are we still following this patriot act, which i think is a total violation of our rights. number 2 what does the obama administration possibly want of the phone call of everybody who is a verizon customer across the board? i mean this is what we feared

about the patriot act. not that they would use it to go after people for some reason they suspected of having connections to terrorism, but this brood brush seizure of what should remain private information? every single phone call. what can we do about it? 866-55-press, that's the toll-free number. give us a call on our verizon line. >> verizon customers go to the front of the line today. >> bill: it's our toll free number. >> our service is verizon. >> bill: it is? >> but please don't let that stop you from calling in. >> bill: yeah, at the risk of being nailed by the nsa, give us a call at 866-55-press. jesus. >> announcer: connect with the

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>> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go twenty-six minutes after the hour. tsa making a surprise announcement yesterday. you know that surprised us when they said they were going to allow small knives back on planes in your carry-on luggage well they have changed their mind thanks to the flight attendances. vitae shook who is the president of the international flight attendant's union, and also the

obama administration has succeeded in requesting that verizon turn over every single call that is made. joey from chicago. >> caller: this administration here -- i am so disappointed in this administration since he has been reelected. he is doing everything he can to give us democrats a bad name. i cannot stand this. bill, i don't know what this man is. this man is not a democrat. i'm not sure what he is but he cannot do this. >> bill: what do they need this information for, right? why are they doing it? >> bill: that man must be so paranoid, i have no idea bill. >> bill: i'm going to look at our verizon contract that's for sure. todd what do you say?

>> caller: bill isn't it possible that the obama administration just got a blanket warrant. they have individuals that they suspect, but they don't have evidence to support a warrant for those particular individuals. they stop everybody on the side of the road regardless of how you look, if you have breath that smells like alcohol your eyes are red, whatever. they stop everybody so they aren't targeting people. >> bill: but todd we're talking about millions and millions of americans who just happen to have a verizon contract, there's -- there's -- no. i -- that's like saying the police can search every house on the block without one search warrant. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."

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♪ >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: you got it. thirty-three minutes after the hour now here we go on the "full court press" this thursday morning, june 6th, coming to your live again from our nation's capitol. just a quick update before we move on on that story we have been talking about with the news as reported by the guardian that the obama administration invoking the patriot act won an order last april 25th from the fisa court to seize the records of every verizon customer on every single phone call.

and pete williams has reported this morning that he has been told by the obama administration there will be yet another investigation as to who leaked that information to the guardian, so here we go again. speaking about what the government is up to, last march 5th -- and we talked a lot about this on the program -- john pistol who is the head of the tsa, announced that they were going to relax some of the restrictions on what you can and can't take on a plane, and he said we are going to allow people -- reallow people to bring on small knives and some sporting equipment, like golf clubs and lacrosse sticks because i guess they felt these were not longer a threat. the flight attendants said wait a minute this is not such a

good idea. good morning. >> good morning. >> bill: so you raised tell about this and yesterday you won. tell us about it. >> that's right. thank you. it was not only not a good idea it was a horrible idea. so when this horrible policy idea came down the pike we got a very brief advance warning. we're talking less than 30 minutes before it went public. >> bill: oh, really? woe. >> yeah, so there were different leaders on a call with the tsa -- we were given a head's up, basically that this was going to be announced, and we immediately began a process of having a coalition, a coalition with our union and other unions that represent flight attend

ants. passengers overwhelmingly supported us. the officers joined us several pilot groups joined us, so it should tell something to the administrator that all of the constituents that are effected by this said this is a bad idea. >> bill: and yesterday the administrator announced, i changed my mind. >> capitulated and understood that it was a bad policy decision, and what he was able to say was that after engaging with stake holders, i'm going to reverse this policy decision. >> bill: maybe he should have checked with the stake holders ahead of time. >> that's exactly right. unfortunately that's indicative

of what often happens in washington, d.c. the knife lobby was very excited about bridging knives back on plains. they had been working to get a tsa-approved knife. >> bill: really? >> absolutely. and flight attendants were among the first people murdered on 9/11, and that was the trigger that ended up -- >> bill: sure. sure. >> and that began with small knives and box cutters, for us to think that this is what the administrator would do was a slap in the face and worse. and they talked about having a risk-based approach to security and we agree with that to focus on the most dangerous, and the highest risk, and to for example, understand our active duty military don't pose risk in

the security check point lane for example. however, something along the way went wrong in the assessment of the tsa's responsibility. and they became very very focused on only the aspect of an aircraft being used as a weapon of mass destruction and reinforced the cockpit door. which is great. however, what about the rest of us. >> bill: right. the flight attendants -- >> and all of the passengers as well. they say they can't use it as a weapon, so we're not concerned about passengers and crew members. and the tsa does a really good job of making sure that terrorists don't get on planes but there are people that get a little off kilter and if they

have a weapon any situation on an aircraft could escalate. we're thousands of feet in the air in a metal tube with no exit. we don't need to introduce that. >> bill: was it three-inch knives? six-inch knives. what does a small knife mean? >> 6 centimeters, less than 3 inches. >> bill: you could still do a lot of damage with that. >> absolutely. absolutely. and in a confined space and you have security experts saying this is a dumb idea and people will be injured and worse, and you have the law enforcement officers that are highly trained saying you cannot do this. flight attendants while we have some self-defense training, we look adequate self-defense security training if somebody were to come on board to cause

harm, so since we have been pressing for that kind of training since 9/11 we never got that however, they say okay. i'm going to let my buddies bring pocketknives on board. >> bill: are we -- it seems to me -- i fly a lot, right? are -- we are a lot safer than we were before 9/11 today, right? >> absolutely. >> bill: do you as a flight attendant feel safe on planes today? >> absolutely. absolutely. we have a great security and safety network. it's a web that keeps us all safe, and i do think the tsa is doing a really good job. and some really good initiatives like the precheck that makes those that travel a lot, like yourself, able to pass through more quickly if you agree to

give them more personal data but you voluntarily do that. >> bill: yeah. >> plus we're all trained. i think a lot of us are more vigilant. as a flight attendant i'm trained to be individualing lent but i think there's more of that today. >> bill: passengers are more vigilant too. >> yes but they aren't trained. we just had a case the other day on alaska airlines where a passenger had to be restrained. and we were thinking what if that guy would have had a knife. so unfortunately, some people still slip past the radar so to say. >> bill: i have to tell you that flying has changed so much in -- i mean in the last -- just the last few years. it used to be -- remember the days -- we were laughing the

other day of when you could smoke on a plane, with frank lautenberg passing away thank god for him for that. >> we will. i get goose bumps and thank you for mentioning him and his legacy for understanding for flight attendants that's my office, i have the best view in the world, but that's where i work, and the days when people could smoke on airplanes, just unbelievable. >> bill: right. those days are long gone. and you used to be given a meal -- you can still get it as long as you pay for it. but now it's the a la carte flying experience today. >> it is. and we work for private companies. so you want the companies to be successful, so our people can be employed, have sustainable

commune tease and jobs and all of that great stuff, so we want successful companies so there was a big change after 9/11 big change in what the traveling experience looked like but also an enormous change on what happened to our airlines, and there were massive layoffs, and the airlines were thrust into bankruptcy, and then they really stuck it to the workers, but how could the airlines recover, so they started charging to check your bags and purchase meals, and there was the argument of pay for what you want but it's definitely different. you don't have the big cart in the aisle with the big salad stirred up and served for you or

fondue so yes, thanks have really changed. >> bill: and you have i notice a lot of times taking credit cards and orders for meals -- how long -- well we have to take a break. we'll come back and talk more about the flying experience. but the big news is that the association of flight attendants and their sister and brother one a big victory with tsa. they are not going to allow small knives on planes which is a good move. veda shook is the president of the association of flight attendants, our guest in studio. join the conversation at 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show." live on your radio, and on current tv. ♪

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veda shook is the press -- international president of the association of flight attend attend attend attend -- attendants in studio with us. john mccain in the hearing on sexual assault in the military he said that he had met a woman who talked about her daughter wanting to go in the military, and he said i'm not sure knowing what i know about this widespread sexual abuse in the military, i could do so. not for that reason, but just for working standards, and benefits, and salary would you recommend someone male or female consider being a flight attendant today? >> yes i would recommend it. >> bill: a good job? >> it can be a good job depending on the carrier,

depending on whether or not you have a union that protects your wages and work standards. because it can be a wonderful job where you can see the world, and have a decent schedule and decent living and provide for a family, or it can be really rough where you have too long of days with too little benefits. it's a real microcosm of the broader aspect of what has happened in america for the working stiffs and the whole 99%, and 1%. and there has been a major shift. 9/11 triggers. and management allowed the carriers to use that to exploit the contracts, saw it as a great way to i'm going to use a

euphemism to reset the industry. so they went to bankruptcy and gutted the contracts. they had their pensioned gutted. they had their wages stripped. they had, you know, different changes in productivity so what has happened is you had a good job with good working standards, and you could have a secure retirement, and a lot of that has evaporated so you have seen productivity increased where we have the flat line or worse in wages. in many cases this work has been outsourced, and we're seeing that continued today at american airlines where that carrier has gone in with bankruptcy with $4 billion, and they will come

out of bankruptcy with even more money. and my mother is with the transport workers union represent heavy maintenance, and they have been able to keep that work in the united states. and a lot of that will go away to jobs that pay significantly less and some of that work will not be in the united states. >> bill: i remember the days of being from california, the old psa -- first of all they stewart stew -- stewardesses who dressed in short skirts and shorts. they were more sex opjekts. but now there are men and older

women and men. and getting more respect today? >> oh absolutely. through the work of our advocacy, originally they were not allowed to be married, pregnant, they had weight restrictions, height restrictions, age restrictions, and you were there to go find your husband -- >> bill: like playboy bunnies. >> so there is that whole sexual exploitation aspect but it was a different era, before deregulation. you think of pan american transworld air lines and this glamorous job, or in the case of psa, it was really a hometown airline. and now psa acquired by u.s.

airways, and us airways -- there are still psa flight attendants that will be part of us airways tomorrow. >> bill: well, thanks for all the hard work you are doing and congratulations on the victory. >> thank you bill. good to be here. >> bill: veda shook, you can reach them at afanet.org. >> yes. >> bill: we'll be right back. >> announcer: this the "bill press show." ♪ life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective.

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friend on facebook at facebook/billpressshow. what a powerful ceremony in the rose garden yesterday yesterday. it was very exciting to be part of it. president obama in the ultimate in your face appointment, naming susan rice to replace tom donilon as his national security advisor. and republicans can't do anything about it because this position does not require senate confirmation. they will probably some day regret that they boxed susan rice as secretary of state because now she has a position that is even closer to the president and arguably more important than that of secretary of state. and president obama is getting all of our phone records from verizon. what is that all about? we'll tell you on current tv.

is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right?

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this depreciation this morning. dan henning is off of his honeymoon. >> fantastic. >> alicia cruz on the phone, and siprion bolling on tv. >> dan put up pictures of his honeymoon honeymoon, they played 36 rounds of miniature golf. >> that's just what a bride wants. >> bill: sad news from new jersey the death of the great progressive senator frank lautenberg. he lie in state on the capitol rotunda today and be buried tomorrow at arlington national cemetery. he is the last member of the senate to have served in world

war ii. and vice president biden and former secretary of state hillary clinton, both of whom served with frank lautenberg in the senate were among those who gave eulogies tomorrow. >> by the way, josh, i'm representing the pope. [ laughter ] >> as bonnie knows frank used to call me the only catholic jew he knew. >> bill: people were saying yesterday that nobody gives a eulogy quite like joe biden. he has really got it. he talked about the two of them were these big amtrak fans. and they used it all the time. frank from new jersey, joe biden from delaware. and biden said he was rushing to hop on the train one day, and one of the conductors saw him coming and say, hey, joe, don't worry, slow down.

we're holding the train for frank. and biden said i rode the train 8,000 times and they never held the train for me. remember geraldene ferraro said you die, i fly. >> as frank would say, you know, it's not where you sit that counts, it's where you stand. and there was never any doubt where he stood. >> bill: yeah, he accomplished a great deal as the united states senator. we were just talking to the head of the flight attendants and he was the guy that said we should

not be smoking on airplanes, and that was his legislation. and think of that legacy we should all be grateful for. >> i remember smoking flights. >> bill: incurred. -- indeed. all right. here are the big headlines of the day. >> are your children getting too much time on the ipad? a new report says that 37% of all parents use some form of electronic tablet or smartphone to entertain their children. that is on top of television watching and beyond that 54% of the people asked about it admitted that they are worried that it will affect their children's physical activity levels. some of the doctors weighed in and said there is nothing wrong with letting a children use an ipad, or iphone as long as you use it in moderation. let them get some running

outside, soccer, baseball things like that, and then let them play for a little while. >> bill: do you plead guilty margaret? >> yeah, we get a lot of exercise in my house tee, but the ipad is like i'm not watching tv, i'm watching the ipad. >> john boehner was spared by the hand of god. the fiscal cliff battle that took place in the moments between the end of last year and beginning of this year was intense, so intense that even god herself intervened. john boehner was facing a cue from a group of rogue republicans who were angling for his oyster they said they spent hours in prayer and god spoke to them and god told them to spare

john boehner. hallelujah. >> bill: i hate to be radical here, but i really date of birth think god gives a damn who speaker of the house is unless it's nancy pelosi. >> there you go. and all you need is a dollar and a dream, an 84-year-old from florida now has $580 million in the bank from the power ball. how did she do it? she revealed yesterday that a stranger who was waiting in line to get a ticket moved aside and let her cut him in line and then she got the winning ticket. you have got to look out for those sweet old ladies. they will get you every time. she lives in single story shack no curve, no gutter across the street from a cow pasture. she has no plans to return to

that house. >> bill: god love her. i don't care if somebody is 92 they are not getting in line ahead of me. god love her. i hope she enjoys it. margaret, none of us knew getting up yesterday morning it was going to be such a big day, but, you know, i guess all of us thought that susan rice would get another job, right? but this is a pretty bold move on the president's part wasn't it? >> it was. and i -- but i think the timing is really what surprised everybody. for months it had been like openly discussed that tom donilon was going to be transitioning out, that susan rice was most likely be the person to replace donilon. and as the months went by it became increasingly clear that

it would be rice. but it came so close to president obama's meeting with the new chinese president coming up over the weekend and his upcoming trips to germany and africa, and the idea is very much for the white house to say, look, everyone knows it's going to be her anyway, let's get her in there. >> bill: and it's kind of a case of don't get mad, get even in terms of congressional republicans too. >> susan rice wanted to be secretary of state. once it became obvious to her last year that that wasn't going to happen, i think she and probably the president saw the sort of back upalternative as not that bad of an idea since under the obama administration this decision making about foreign policy is very much centralized inside the white house. as hillary clinton saw, her

portfolio did not include some of the biggest abilities to cut deals on some of the biggest foreign policy issues. you don't get into the business of secretary of state to log miles. and for kerry and hagel these are very real questions. how much will they just be carrying out the policy that susan rice and the president are directing. >> bill: yeah. dennis mcduna, jean specialing, jay carney was there, chuck hagel was not and john kerry was not. >> and what a roll out. these extensive sill lil

lil -- soliloquies of why they got into this business in the first place. and when donilon took over you didn't see this kind of rollout either. this is president obama making a statement that these people have his confidence. these are the women who shaped his positions during the campaign in 2007 and 2008. >> bill: tell us about samantha power. first time i had actually seen and heard her yesterday, and i was pretty impressed. >> she is in her early 40s, a pulitzer winner -- >> bill: she wrote a book on genocide. >> and a kind of man fausto on how when the u.s. does nothing it is tantamount to doing

something bad. but how will she translate that now in the fifth year of the obama administration, and she is confirmed, does that temper the sam power that was the president's advisor all of those years back. and when you are an un ambassador you deal with two levels, like what do we do in syria? and then there's the non-security stuff. and a lot of the expects have said even if you can't get russia and china on board, there are things that the u.s. can steer the un in to doing. and that might be where she will be very active. >> bill: republicans are frustrated obviously because they can't do anything about susan rice. do you think they are try to

take out their anger on susan rice on samantha power? >> that's an interesting question. the fact that sam power has been pro-intervention and folks like senator mccain would like the obama administration to be more intervening intervening, but senator mccain doesn't speak for his entire party as you know. but yesterday partly because of frank lautenberg's funeral, we didn't see the full rollout of what is the response going to be? and i think we'll see more of that in the days to come if this evolving nsa controversy doesn't trip everything up for a while. >> bill: that is where we're going to go next. how did you know? to this nsa, in case you are

just joining us. reported by the guardian that the obama administration has requested and received the okay of the fisa court to receive the records of all verizon customers. we'll talk about that when we come back. 866-55-press is the toll-free number. we'll be back on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv.

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by the guardian, on an ongoing daily basis of all records. first question is it verizon only, do you think? >> no i don't think so but we don't know. the white house is not directly confirming the, you know accuracy of the report although de facto nobody is shooting it down in the administration this morning in saying -- is defending the white house's right to use the fisa's courts to obtain records for anti-terror purposes. >> bill: maybe this is a bill deal -- but the only difference i see between what the bush administration was doing post 9/11 and the obama administration is doing now is the obama administration went to

the fisa court. >> that is why. but the eff group, and aclu the civil liberty groups that have been monitoring this are not affecting like this is a revelation. they have leaved all along that the obama administration was continuing to use the powers they have to obtain records. but this is the first time we have actually seen an unredacted order. and basically it's everybody. if you have a verizon phone account in the u.s. the nsa has obtained somewhere -- i don't know if they are looking at yours, but logs of all of the calls you have made. these are not the content of the calls themselves. >> bill: they say. >> well, yes. it doesn't cover like what cow said and who said what to you,

but this is a very brood net. so even if they are only looking for terror activity, they are going through everyone's records to look for it. >> bill: everybody. if i -- i think we can assume every phone call in the united states on any carrier is being monitored by the federal government. >> and we don't know about internet data or internet transactions, but broodly the assumption is the same. >> bill: is there any right of privacy left in this country anymore? >> no, not that much. >> bill: well, there you go. >> no there is because largely these orders are classified. >> bill: thank you for coming in this morning. >> my pleasure. >> bill: scary stuff. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪

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heros, winners of the medal of honor, i have never experienced a spirit of celebration like i did yesterday in the rose garden yesterday when president obama named susan rice as his next national security advisor. it was significant on several fronts, right? >> yeah, absolutely. it's a welcome back. it's vindication, you got beaten up badly by the senate. they rejected you as secretary of state. well, you are back. you are national security advisor, so in your face. number two it is family. this is susan rice. she has been a close advisor to the president for years. she was one of the first national security officials to join up with his security team. i worked under here on the national security team for the 2007/2008 campaign.

and third it is a symbol of women once again rising to prominent positions in the national security with both susan rice, and samantha power who will be the new un ambassador. >> bill: and hillary clinton, right? in terms of president obama's national security team dominated by women. >> yeah, hilary is out, and now it's kerry, and there was a little bit of complaint about lack of women. well, here they are. >> bill: what was it like working with susan rice? >> a pleasure. she is sharp. tough, absolutely but fair and provocative. she is not a status quo figure. she is not a process the paper kind of person. let's push it so in particular i was working with her on the nuclear policy team, and we

crafted under her guidance probably the most far-reaching ambitious visionary plan. reduce the number, save money, make america more secure a comprehensive plan crafted under her leadership. she gets this stuff. >> bill: so that is a priority for her? >> it is. she hasn't been dealing with it at the un, so mainly it has been non-proliferation treaty type things. but it looks like obama is determined to make his mark in this area and others. this is a we're not messing around pick. >> bill: and this is a sort of in your face kind of pick too, as you said which i loved about

it. joe has a piece in "huffington post" this morning on susan rice and her position on nuclear weapons, and how strong she is on that issue. samantha power, did you have -- have you gotten to know her? >> i have never worked with her. but she has an international reputation as a scholar, won a pulitzer prize on her book. these are people in favor of using military force for humanitarian reasons. of course it comes up she will be going to syria, neither one of them have been in favor of sending troops to syria. they want to get more involved but they are not stupid. >> bill: joe cirincione head of the ploughshares fund in studio with us, your calls welcome at 866-55-press. you made this transition to

syria there which is where i wanted to go next because there was some disturbing news. i was under the impression that the rebels were getting stronger and better organized and getting more help from allies around the world, and yet reading this morning that the assad regime has been able to retake a key city. what does this mean and is this a turning point? >> it could be. this is a major setback for the rebels who have held the strategically important city on the lebanese/syrian border. like many areas it goes back a mellen mellen mellenia in importance. the rebels have held it and captured the major military air base there, and with the help of

hezbollah, which has entered this war on the regime side -- >> bill: because syria has been a major supporter of hezbollah -- >> exactly. they may even link up with the sunnis in lebanon, it's what we have been talking about, the regionalization of this conflict. it's now spilled over decisively into lebanon. this could be a major setback. fighting was fierce. 50 shells a minute slam going the city. iranian-supplied iranian-supplied drones. airplanes, rockets, and now tanks have moved into the city. they have been cut off in some of their retreats.

>> bill: talk about liberal intervention. i'm not suggesting sending troops in, but are we really going to see the united states and the west basically stand by while russia and iran and hezbollah come to the aid of president assad, and we just let the rebels collapse? >> well washington blocked a resolution that was condemning the violence of [ inaudible ], has been blocking many resolutions on syria. the eu ended its arms embargo on the syrian rebels so you may see more arms going to the rebels. the u.s. is still leery of doing things like no fly zones. it's believed we have been stepping up our covert supply of

arms to the rebels. but what happens if you pump arms in, and start to get into this conflict, how do you get out of it? >> bill: yeah, but it looks like -- one possible outcome here is that assad survives. >> it's possible. and i haven't said that for the last year -- >> bill: right. >> and really it's these last few days that it looks like he could actually crush the rebellion. sorry about that. >> bill: we always turn our phones off. >> yes, we do. >> bill: i'm usually the one that makes that mistake. >> i was going to say. >> bill: let's talk about what is happening in turkey. >> yes. >> bill: the prime minister it looks to me like this is not

necessarily troubles with an international significance, so much as the people of turkey are fed up with their prime minister. he has been there too long maybe. >> turkey has been largely immune from the arab spring. >> bill: right. >> well, here it comes. massive demonstrations throughout turkey. i don't know where. he has been a very popular prime minister over the last 11 years, primarily because there has been a huge economic expansion in the last several years. turkey is the first country with a major middle class. ataturk is a secularist he is telling women to put their head

covers back on and so a small demonstration over a park -- over a park in turkey that the administration wanted to pave over for a shopping mall has blown up into this huge protest. there's a wonderful story about the woman in red, if you want to take a look at what this is somebody, google turkey women in red, and there's a series of photos of a young woman being sprayed with tear gas by a maxed masked policeman. it that's that kind of brutality that has outraged the public and lead to mass demonstrations out there turkey. >> bill: is this going to topple the prime minister? >> topple unlikely? set him back almost certainly. but it is still going on. we're in the middle of it. we may not be anywhere near the

end. >> bill: and do we know if there are any other outside forces or is this all inside turkey. >> this is all inside turkey. it is not being ginned up by terrorist forces no it's a, we demand dignity protest. >> bill: we're talking syria, turkey, and susan rice president an in your face appointment for congressional republicans. a great appointment. your calls welcome at 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪

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>> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: on the national security and foreign policy front, joe cirincione nobody better on these issues and he is good enough to come into studio with us on a regular basis. when he's not traveling around the world. who had more miles? you or hillary clinton? >> i think she had a few hundred thousand on me. >> bill: yeah, but you give her a good run for her money. joe cirincione from ploughshares.org. john kerry looks like he is trying to beat her record. >> he is off to a fast start, and he is engaged. this guy is moving.

i was in israel -- >> bill: i was just going to ask you -- >> -- i went to the embassy there, and very pleased that the secretary has visited so often, and that he's coming back again. but it's a lot of work. they are a little worn-out by the guy, but he is making the case that now is the time for israel to deal seriously with the palestinians. they don't want to deal with them when there's a conflict but then when everything is quiet, they say why should we deal with them now? and kerry is trying to press the case. >> bill: did you get any sense on either side that they are ready for serious talks? >> the israelis are not ready for serious talks. they are really hoping that all of this will go away. abbas is more engaged. and kerry is trying to make it

so attractive that the israelis can't refuse. >> bill: but on the palestinian side there is still a split. >> yeah this is why it takes so many trips. he is proving to be a very dynamic and -- and committed secretary of state. off to a very strong start. >> bill: the president goes to moresville north carolina then san jose, and that out for an unusual summit to meet with the president of china. >> yes this is the first time they have met in this capacity. and it looks like there is a little bit of a warming trend with the u.s. on china on some very sticky issues like copyright issues, but also the

cyber war, the hacker attacks and there might be some agreement and cooperation from the united states and china try to quell that, and with china you have areas of mutual concern like north korea. china has been very helpful in walking back north korea. a couple of months ago we spent almost 30 days over this manufactured north korean crisis. the chinese pressure is apparent apparently bringing the north back to the bargaining table with south korea. they will talk again about that joint manufacturing zone. so you have got a lot at steak with the u.s. and china, and this could be an extremely important summit. >> bill: it looked like there was going to be a problem with north korea, and then dennis rodman went over. [ laughter ] >> and calmed it right down. the guy just wants to play a

little ball. >> bill: yeah. we have to talk about what is perhaps the most significant event of the week and that is queen elizabeth 60 years on the thrown. that is remarkable. right? >> remarkable. if there is a longer reigning monarch, i'm not aware of it. >> bill: i don't know how long queen victoria -- >> does john dingel count? >> dingel sets the record for the longest serving member of congress. >> bill: but only 57 years. [ laughter ] >> that's right. when he came in queen elizabeth was already on the thrown. >> bill: that shows you how long she has been there, but it is remarking that this royal family survives. >> yeah. >> bill: it's sort of her staying presence that has kept them all together. >> yeah.

>> bill: because it's such a dysfunctional family except for her. >> it is a huge but much loved institution in britain. >> bill: we have had 13 american presidents since she was crowned as the queen. >> long live the queen. billion indeed. joe cirincione always great to see you, from turkey to syria, to susan rice, to china, to the queen of england. we have it covered. >> i'll see you in a couple of weeks. the president is going to be in berlin on june 19th. we'll talk about that. >> bill: all right. and i'll be back with our parting shot for the day. >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv. this is the "bill press show." ♪ iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern.

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>> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. on this thursday june 6th, my parting shot for today. well in the last five years i have been to a lot of events at the white house but no bigger celebration than yesterday's event. i was there in the rose garden yesterday when president obama thanked tom donilon for his service, and welcomed susan rice to take his place. it was a wonderful event because susan rice is one of the smartest, toughest, most effective people on the planet. she did a great job as our un advisor to the united nations,

second reason this was such a celebration, is because her appointment is driving republicans crazy, and there is nothing they can do about it but whine. for president obama it was the perfect in your face, up yours app pointment. republicans like john mccain and lindsey graham are going to regret some day that they blocked susan rice from becoming secretary of state, because now she has a job that is even closer to the president and more powerful than the job of secretary of state. with her at the white house and samantha power at the united nations, president obama could not have a better national security team. senator blanch lincoln joining us tomorrow and we'll be sampling summer beers. see you tomorrow. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪

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