♪ ♪ ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found was blind but now i see ♪ president obama delivers a major address refining the country's battle against terrorism, outlining a plan to narrow the focus of the fight and significantly shifting away from some post 9/11 practices. a major change for the boy scouts of america as the group ends a long-standing ban on openly gay members. we're going to take you live to texas where that decision was made and also get the latest on the court action that could come quickly from opponents of this new policy. it is time for a friday roundup on 2016, never too early. a lot of republicans making news from iowa. they went to new hampshire, even

the jersey shore. we will get you caught up on all those moves that matter. good morning to you from washington. it is friday may 24th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm peter alexander in for chuck todd. we hope you have a good and safe holiday weekend. we're going to begin with the president's speech on counter-terrorism. the policy speech, he said we need to redefine what's been known for a decade on the global war on terror. >> our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. but this war, like all wars, must end. >> while the president revealed more narrow guidelines for deadly drone strikes, he also defended targeted strikes as legal and effective, to use his language, arguing that congress already puts a check on his hour as president. >> america does not take strikes to punish individuals. we act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent

threat to the american people. conventional air power or missiles are far less precise than drones and are likely to cause more civilian casualties and more local outrage. not only did congress authorize the use of force, it is briefed on every strike that america takes. >> the president renewed his first term pledge to shut down the prison at guantanamo bay cuba announcing end of ban to transfer detainees back to yemen. 56 have been cleared for transfer but remain in limbo and called for some to be moved to the u.s., prisons here, tried in civilian courts. republican senators remain dissatisfied. >> what would i have the united states of america do, lead, l-e-a-d. four a letter word. the president does not lead. >> i support the concepts the president talks about in many ways, but if he doesn't change his policies the middle east is

going to blow up and we're going to hit again here at home. >> underscoring passionate feelings. the president was briefly interrupted, briefly left speechless, we counted 30 seconds before he said a word, by a human rights activist. >> you are commander in chief. you can close guantanamo today. >> can you take the drones out of the hands of the cia? i love my country. i love the rule of law. >> these are tough issues. and the suggestion that we can gloss over them is wrong. >> the president insisting that woman's voice needs to be heard. his speech leaves unanswered questions. no suggestion of ending the campaign, suggested more control will be shifted to the pentagon. he did not address how he's going to handle prisoners at guantanamo bay that his administration concluded they are too dangerous to release but

still insufficient evidence to bring them to trial. those questions remain. while the president said it was time for the war on terror to wind down, he did not give any indication of when it could be over. nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski joining us now. i want to ask you right off the bat. what could tanningably change from operations are moved from the cia to the pentagon? does it mean necessarily more transparency for the program? the pentagon is secretly caring out a drone campaign in yemen, for example. >> this is a work in progress. many military and dod officials said while the speech was long on rhetoric, they don't have the details quite yet. you get a sense everybody is ready for a shift of sorts on strategy. many welcomed idea they will become more directly involved in the drone program. but again, the details of that have to be worked out. in terms of transparency, you

know, covert activities, which many drone strikes are under the cia, also under u.s. military, aren't publicly acknowledged or publicly revealed unless they are leaked somehow anyway. so in terms of transparency, i don't think we're going to see very much. the president, i think, was pretty up front in saying, look, if the war on terror is not over, there is still a threat from terrorist groups, including a growing number of al qaeda off shoots, which quite frankly have u.s. intel and counter-terrorism officials somewhat alarmed, most importantly in northern africa. so the war on terror is far from over. and it will, in fact, take prolonged covert activity according to many of those officials to confront that threat? >> this was obviously a significant speech, the first of its kind in four years.

the president gave a speech at the national archives where he outlined his desire to close guantanamo, saying as president, this was his language, i refuse to allow this problem to fester. but when republicans in congress objected, the administration hardly resisted. are there any signs this time around will be different? >> the president does have the authority to -- and so does defense secretary hagel under the president's direction to release detainees who are considered no longer to be a threat or release them to a government which agrees to take them and hold them and incarcerate them on their own. but those guarantees have not yet been reached yet with yemen, for example, some 88 detainees are yemenis who could be released but they don't have that agreement yet. quite frankly we're told they are asking for tens of millions of dollars for those

transactions to take place. nobody wants guantanamo bay closed and these prisoners removed than the u.s. military who has to care for them, spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year. but it will be up to congress and the president to reach some kind of agreement eventually to do that. >> mik, thanks very much. have a good and safe holiday weekend. we want to get to what it means in terms of the administration's terrorism policy. i'm joined by a former white house counter-terrorism official. nice to see you. appreciate your help walking me through some of this speech. the president, one of the most significant things he voted in the speech, there's a willingness to reexamine the legal justification for umf, basically the war on terror. what is the significance? why is that so important? >> it's about taking this fight against al qaeda. i hope the president continues to stop to use the term, war on terror. this is about al qaeda, the

affiliates. >> he says -- >> looking at a umf and trying to change that is one part of that. broad sweeping powers put in place after 9/11. the threat evolved. that's one of the central points. the legal authorities necessary to confront this evolving threat can change. >> you talk about an evolving threat. in some ways it's returned to pre9/11. you talk to administration officials and they will tell you increasingly the threat looks like it did before 9/11. is that a fair assessment? >> the president made that specific point. what he's trying to say, al qaeda as an organization is no longer capable of these mass casual spectacular events we saw on 9/11. but there are cells, splinter groups, part of the network that can still create serious damage and death. so that's what the threat is. that's where we need to focus our efforts. >> one of the most significant points wasn't made overtly by the president we know as the shifting of drone responsibilities from the cia to the pentagon. what that ultimately will do, it seems, the president is going to

give more of the old responsibilities it used to have to the cia, which is spying and intelligence gathering. for an agency that's been in the business of killing, frankly, for the last 12 years, how difficult will that transition be? >> that trans is will take time. the drone program has been incredibly successful, cia has done a fantastic job destroying al qaeda's leadership through the drone program. now because of the threat's evolution, the pentagon should take control. the cia needs to get back to the job. >> cia has a whole generation of folks who really didn't do spying and intelligence gathering they used to. >> you think of all the analysts, operatives hired post 9/11. they have only known one world, an intelligence community at war with al qaeda. john brennan who knows this better than anybody else, because he came from the cia, is going to slowly and surely twist and move it back to its core competencies. >> it doesn't hurt the president has his guy running the cia. >> without a doubt. >> nice to see you. appreciate it. turning to our weekly daily

roundup, 1264 days to the election. someone else did the math. we'll trust them on it. you wouldn't know from comings and goings in early primary states. republican scott walker introduced himself at a fundraiser in polk county. time for the party to look to the governors and midwest for their leaders. >> we've laid a positive foundation to move wisconsin forward and people want to continue down that path. we need to do that nationally as well. our schools, we can hire and fire based on merit, we can pay based on performance. that means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms and we can afford to keep them there. >> walker downplayed his presidential ambitions in interviews but he did manage to mention maybe half a dozen times during his 40-minute speech that he lived in plainfield, a tiny town in northeast iowa when he was a child. another stop, rand paul,

delivered his own prescription for gop at a fundraiser in concord, new hampshire. >> we need to have black people, brown people, white pele, people with tattoos, without tattoos, with long hair, with short hair, with beards, without beards. we need to look more like america. >> the tattoo vote could be decisive. rand paul found himself in the middle of a feud with arizona senator john mccain and another 2016 hopeful texas center ted cruz who took on mccain tuesday explaining why he objects to sending the senate budget to conference with the house. >> the senior senator from arizona urged this body to trust the republicans. let me be clear, i don't trust the republicans. and i don't trust the democrats. >> finally, a guy who is familiar with taking heat from his party, governor chris

christie. he will welcome the president back to his state tuesday for a tour of the jersey shore, which, of course, has reopened after hurricane sandy. that happened today. this morning on "today," matt lauer asked christy if another appearance of that political odd couple could actually hurt him within his own party. >> do you ever worry that another visit and more images of you two walking along the boardwalk will cook your personal political goose? >> no. i think what people in my state want more than anything else is for me to do my job. the fact of the matter is, he's the president of the united states. he wants to come here and see the people of new jersey. i'm the governor. i'll be here to welcome him. >> should be a big weekend on the show. deputy political editor is here for more on this morning's first read. give usa sense, governor scott walker, rand paul delivering different visions for the gop. what is -- what other competing visions to try to bring about this gop comeback. >> scott walker has really

become something of a hero among conservatives and in the conservative base. remember, he survived that recall vote after his controversial measures on collective bargaining rights and union rights. rand paul, on the other hand, comes from a very different point of view, obviously, with his libertarian views. you have two folks really going in there and saying, rand paul saying we need to widen the tent, include more people. you have scott walker saying the problem is what democrats are trying to push is dependence on government. we as conservatives have a different message. more of a traditional, similar to the notes we heard in 2012 from scott walker. >> another name less focused on 2016 than an election sooner than that, which is anthony weiner in the city of new york. yesterday was day one of his sort of mayoral comeback as it were. i want to play a sound bite. this is his first interview. >> any other shoes to drop on this that maybe you want to get

out yourself before somebody else does? >> well, i can -- it is what it is. people may decide they want to come forward and say here is another e-mail that i got or another photo i got, but i'm certainly not going to do that. >> that was obviously referring to whether or not there were tweets or pictures he should be concerned about. the "new york post" will have field days focusing on this. how viable is the campaign. >> everybody likes to talk about the aggressive new york tabloids. the fact of the matter is, the show he was on, the host was brian lair, wnyc. that's public radio, that's not exactly public fodder he's getting questions on that. most of the time politicians that want to get past the scandal hold one big interview, get past it and move on. you can't do that in new york because the media spotlight is so glaring. it's going to be difficult to move past the issue. >> in case you missed it at home, here is what we heard from andrew congresswoman okay, the governor of new york, he said,

among other things, we'll put it on the screen for you. if we vote on this guy, shame on us. if anthony weiner wants to run for mayor, he can run for mayor. if he runs, he runs. if we elect him, shame on us. another graphic, weiner for mayor, a picture of the gorgeous bridge. >> you wouldn't if you know anything about the new york city skyline, because it was pittsburgh. >> this isn't the kind of stuff you expect from -- >> on the last point, i think it's very difficult for him when you're having trouble fielding a topnotch set of staffers, you know, you put this together healther skelter. this is what happens oftentimes. the other thing, andrew cuomo wound up walking back when he said, i don't know where the joke was in that. the shame on us doesn't sound like a punch line. >> humor hasn't been getting through at least recently with cuomo. not that there's anything wrong with pittsburgh. we're all good with pittsburgh.

up next democratic congressman will join us live. we'll talk about the irs mess as another senior irs official faces disciplinary action. the historic vote, boy scouts of america ending its 22 year ban on admitting gay scouts. the controversy is far from over. first a look ahead at today's politics planner. you see the president 10:22 he begins his commencement address at the naval academy this morning. as your memorial day getaway gets under way this morning, we focus on the 35 million americans expected to travel at least 50 miles this weekend. if that's you, i trust you're packing the trunk. you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc.

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we're back this morning. you're watching "the daily rundown." lois lerner has been put on administrative leave. she, of course, is the irs official who pleaded the fifth when comforted about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. according to iowa senator the move was made after lerner refused to resign. nonetheless, a replacement has been named. lerner who oversaw irs's tax exempt position, was the first to acknowledge that criteria used to pick out tea party groups for extra scrutiny. she told house committee she had done nothing wrong and refused to answer questions prompting her call to step down. the top democrat on the budget committee, thanks for joining us on the studio. >> good to be with you. >> this paid administrative

leave she's on now, what happens? >> it's important to get her out of the way here so we can start fresh leadership. it's good they are moving forward and we have to continue the investigation and get to the bottom of this issue, which was clearly unacceptable but also look at the larger issues involved here, which is the irs saw a doubling of these applications for this particular tax status after citizens united and they really shouldn't be in the business, in my view, of trying to figure out if most of what you're doing is political activity and social welfare. >> 501 c 4, that's complicated. you're the budget guy on this, does this require tax reform? is this something that could be changed as a result of this? >> you could look at this issue through tax reform. you may be able to do this through regulatory changes. for example, i think people have learned that originally this tax status was supposed to go to groups that do exclusively social welfare work and are not involved in political campaigns.

i don't know how exclusively somehow morphed into that being the primary purpose. i don't think any dictionary will tell you that's not the same meaning. >> we'll shift topic in the same way the president shifting definitions on the war on terror. he argued yesterday he wants to propose a more restrictive set of guidelines in terms of the way we pursue this. no longer the boundless global war on terror. yesterday we heard from senator chambliss who questioned, put up on the screen, rather than continuing successful counter-ticcounter counter-terrorism activities we are changing course with no clear operational benefit. will the president's position improve security? >> i think it will. i think it's a total misinterpretation of what the president said yesterday. we've made incredible progress on the war in central al qaeda, the war in afghanistan. the legal authority in place to conduct that war needs to be revised. we need to look at it, update it

for newer threats but make sure we also don't have open ended authority for presidents to do whatever they want without greater oversight and transparency. >> we're going to try to get through a bunch of topics. the last probably the issue of immigration. looks like the debate will be picked up post memorial holiday, of course. the question is do you think the bill the house ends up voting on will be the one coming out of the senate or bipartisan bill specifically from the house, you think, that can sufficiently be manufactured to accomplish what you're looking for. >> sure. i hope, peter, it's either the senate bill or something close to it. if the house was put together for something -- >> is that likely? >> there aren't a majority of republicans in the house who support a bill like the senate bill. so if we can put something together in the house like the senate bill and still get it out with the majority vote, let the housework its will, that would be the way to go. we cannot allow the momentum from the immigration reform bill in the senate to slow down. >> beautiful beaches across your

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>> when the boy scouts of america are going to put the interest of activist over the security of our young boys, that's a program we can no longer trust. >> a lot of opinions on that one. the boy scouts of america has ended its longtime ban on admitting gay scouts. it is a big change, of course, for an organization thought to preserve the ban for decades. it also ends a wrenching problem this organization first began months ago. craig melvin is live in dallas, texas. craig, good to visit with you. this has been a long time coming. it passed with 60% of the vote of the national council. why now? what had to happen for this to happen now? >> you know, pete, back in january, national scout leaders, they revealed this was something they were considering. at that point, the national scout leadership thought it might be a good idea to let local troops and local pacts decide whether they wanted to

lift the ban on gay boy scouts. that decision to allow it to go locally, that created a firestorm of controversy. there were petitions, there were protests as well. so then the leadership decided, you know what, we're going to kentucky these focus groups, some internal polling as well. when they did that, especially when it came to the polling, they found that shifts inside -- they found that inside the boy scouts there had been a shift similar to what we've seen nationally in terms of changing attitudes with regards to homosexuality. that led to the vote yesterday in grapevine, texas, just outside of dallas. 1400 national delegates. 61% of them voted to lift that ban. at the same time, though, they decided to keep the ban in place that restricts openly gay individuals from being leaders inside the boy scout organization. >> sorry to interrupt you. that's my question, i guess. is there any suggestion that could change in terms of the leaders in the future?

>> no. no. the boy scouts said yesterday that for now at least, for the time being, this issue is over. they are looking forward to moving on. but as you indicated, pete, this is one of the most popular youth organizations in this country. some 2.6 million boy scouts. but again, a lot of folks are saying this is another sign of the changing attitudes with regards to homosexuality. there are folks who say this doesn't go far enough. a number of groups have said they are not going to stop until the boy scouts allow same sex scout leadership -- excuse me, gay scout leadership. >> craig melvin in dallas. thank you, bud. coming up next, road to recovery. we're going to take you live to oklahoma where residents are beginning that effort to clean up from the disaster. meanwhile a vastly different scene at the jersey shore. the recovery process there from hurricane sandy well under way.

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information we'll update you on that. a memorial service will be held sunday in moore, oklahoma, to remember the 24 people who were killed in this week's tornado. between now and then at least half a dozen funerals are going to be held. four of them are for victims under 10 years old. nbc's ron mott is live for us today in moore, oklahoma. ron, this is going to be a really somber weekend in a community that just witnessed one of its worst weeks in years. >> yes, memorial day weekend and sadly remembering a lot of folks who lsu their lives on monday. as you mentioned, 24 is the official death toll here in this moore tornado on monday. while it's only day four, the clean up probably feels like day 44 for a lot of these folks. a lot of this debris you see behind me has not been touched in a lot of places across town. it just takes a while for that type of stuff to start getting moved out and people start to develop a sense of confidence that we are actually recovering. as you mentioned, there's

funerals planned today and throughout the weekend. we had a cleanup crew over at the cemetery, town cemetery cleaning up on wednesday trying to get that facility ready for those burials. on sunday you mentioned memorial service. expecting a huge crowd to come in and remember those 24 victims and also to remember the two people who died on sunday in a separate tornado that hit in the shawnee, oklahoma, area. the president is also expected to visit this weekend on sunday. tomorrow really in between all of the somber reflection of the folks lost here is really a day of celebration for a lot of the families. three of the high schools here in town will be holding their graduation ceremonies all together at the same facility in three separate ceremonies. the big concern is how to get everyone there because a lot of folks lost transportation on monday. >> ron, one quick question, that will be nice to have those graduation ceremonies. one quick question, now that the dust settled and we have a better sense, the number of homes destroyed, we heard it was 13,000. now some are saying closer to

1100. can you help settle that? where does the number stand? >> yeah. it's a bit of a head scratcher. that number was so high. there's a town of 50,000. if 13,000 structures or homes were damaged or destroyed, it would almost be the entire town. officials say what probably happened is they took a satellite picture of the before scene and then after and overlaid them. somebody came up with a figure of 12 to 13,000 struck yours. the actual number is closer to 1100 to 1200, which is obviously a much better scene than 12,000. >> still terribly damaging but at least it's a smaller figure. ron, have a good weekend. appreciate it, bud. the irs official in charge of the tax exempt division appears to be out after partisan calls for her resignation. could criminal charges be next. joining me republican congressman john micah, chairman of the house oversight committee.

appreciate your time. you said lois lerner will be held accountable despite invoking her fifth amendment right. you said she lied to congress, there may be criminal referrals down the line. do you believe lois lerner broke the law? >> i believe she either lied to or misled congress. the attorney general who looked at this matter, conducted an audit, said there may be criminal referrals. i think the most important thing is investigate this fully and hold those accountable. if they broke the law, whether it's lois lerner or anyone else in the irs, they, again, be held accountable. >> congressman, you said lerner has a history of unfairly targeting groups while she worked for fec. can you expand on that? >> we know specifically when she worked there she targeted some conservative groups. again, their publications, all

you have to do is google it. you can see she went after christian coalition and others. she's been engaged in the targeting, we know, and saw what was going on, failed to stop it, and i believe misled congress on a number of occasions as to what was going on and whether it had really been stopped. in fact, at one point after warnings and inquiries from members of congress, they actually ratcheted up some of the harassment. >> congressman, i want to ask you quickly about another topic, which is the president's speech on counter-terrorism yesterday. this is something he said and i want to get your sense. take a listen. >> yet as our fight enters a new phase, america's legitimate claim of self-defense cannot be the end of the discussion. to say a military tactic is

legal or even effective is not to say it is wise or moral in every instance. >> so congressman, i want to get your sense on that. if a military tactic like targeted drone strikes fit the criteria of legal self-defense, do you think morality should enter this discussion? >> well, morality is a question, but you see that the radical elements have two goals, one to take out the united states and our way of life, and also the wanton slaughter of americans and westerners. we saw that in boston. we saw it on the streets of london yesterday. the president doesn't seem to get the message that all wars must come to an end, but he obviously fails to understand that the other side hasn't gotten that message. i think we should be using more drones, putting fewer of our

troops at risk. >> congressman, i only have one more second. you dropped your support for a select committee on the attacks in benghazi. you said you feel good about the progress in that investigation. what questions are still outstanding for you? >> well, i want no further delays on benghazi, and i think we're doing a very good job. we need to find out again who stopped the military from going forward. again, who did the messaging that misled congress and the american people on what was taking place. there's a whole host of questions and people who need to be held accountable. our committee is doing a good job. we had all five committees report together and now we're taking the lead, and we will continue. >> congressman mica we appreciate your time. have a good and safe holiday weekend. >> thank you. >> we want to show you live pictures of the u.s. naval

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issue just as soon as we get it. back here at home new jersey governor chris christie cut a ceremonial ribbon this morning to officially reopen the jersey shore. >> guys, count me down for five. five -- >> four, three, two, one! >> that's one hell of a set of scissors. seven months after the area was devastated by hurricane sandy, the ribbon was a record five miles long stretching through several of the communities hit by the storm of the "today" show family there to be part of it as well. the long eserving majority leader in u.s. history? the answer, montana democrat mike mansfield, elected 1961 and served for a record breaking 16 years until 1977. perry bacon, did you know that?

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with immigration you can only fear the future if you don't know the past. if you know how the country was built on immigration, you'll developing right now, live pictures here from the u.s. naval academy commencement. how do you find a balance between national security and a free and open press.

>> a free press is lot essential for our democracy, that's who we are. and i'm troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill investigative journalists. journalists should not be afraid to do their jobs. >> politico senior washington correspondent who covers politics for "the washington post." i want to talk specifically about this department of justice activities in terms of pursuing reporters as it were to try to stuff national security leaks. the president whas asked holder to do a 45-day investigation of

this. how do the headlines affect the way we cover these types of stories. >> i don't think it affects it at all. the thing that this might affect -- i don't think this is going to affect how anyone does business as far as reported iin think this is our jobs. >> do you think this is focus focused -- >> every week that goes on, there's another probe that's going on. i don't cover national security but it's a little unnerving to think that they could be going after you and trying to get your sources to not talk to you. >> ultimately it does affect america because they need to trust their government and have a sense that they're not trying

to shoot it down. >> it does change, you know, richard nixon went down because of investigate if reporting so this is an important reign itch it's not registering in the polls right now. >> just because it's friday, we're going to have a little fun and talk anthony weiner. -- >> i don't know that this topic would go away anyway. so who knows what the "new york post" is going to do. there might be more of these and it might be helpful. >> governor cuomo said shame on us if we vote for this boy. will it will taken seriously? >> i was in the capitol the other day talking to new york

members about him. if he wants to run, he's on board. but nobody's backing him. washington in pennsylvania, very short memories, if he gets elected, everybody will be his best friend. >> we know american voters are very forgiving. anthony weiner is a good politician. >> there's not a huge great number of candidates in that race. he enters right now. >> and lost a trial balloon for things he wants to do later. >> hey, shameless plugs quickly. go down the line. >> anna's birthday is a tomorrow, happy birthday. >> i want to say congratulations to jonathan martin who just got

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barack obama will be giving the speech at the commencement ceremony and we may get more insight office the president pledged to limit drone strikes and the closing of guantanamo bay prison. >> the day the core of al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan is on the path to defeat. their remaining operatives spend more time thinking about their own safety than plotting against us. they did not direct the attacks in benghazi . >> the president is declaring victory too soon. >> what i would have the united states do? lead, l-e-a-d.

>> the president left a lot of questions as to where the county actually goes. >> the speech was a mix of defensiveness and contrition over the choice he is has made. all of which he had argued -- perhaps morally conflicted. what struck you as the tone of this speech? >> i have maybe said the same thing in a slightly different way on the one hand, there's barack obama, a constitutional law professor, somebody who basically approaches this from a liberal point of view. ive he was in the senate, talking about his own policies undeniably i think would be very critical. there's also barack obama as president and like all