clinton weak. vad, she's just not that into you. >> vladimir putin also has thoughts on hillary. when people push boupd dris too far, it's not because they are strong but because they are weak. >> francois hollande will host two dinners, the first one for president obama followed by one for vladimir putin. his girlfriend and mistress were like, you'll figure it out. >> the controversy is showing no sign of dying down in washington. >> damn straight it matter if he was a desert erer instead of a hero. >> a top member of mcdaniel's campaign, found locked in a county courthouse and all three had different explanations for being there. >> we have live footage from poland of president barack obama working out in the hotel gym.

just for the love of god, pick out a weight. my god. >> did the president break the law? and did he actually tell the world he was going to break the law months ago? when president obama agreed to release five detainees to secure the homecoming of bowe bergdahl he didn't give the required 30 days notice to congress. today in brussels, president obama said sergeant bergdahl's health problems were too urgent to wait the 30 days. >> we had a prisoner of war whose health had deteriorated. we were defendly concerned about and saw an opportunity and we

seize it. i make no apologies about that. >> there are both republicans and democrats reluctant to buy that argue. even being shown a proof of life video the administration says sounded the alarm about bergdahl's health. >> there's no indication that there were any health issues with sergeant bergdahl. i can say that very matter of factually. >> so if the health argument doesn't end up prevailing, did the president break the law? this is where things get tricky. when presidents sign bills into law, sometimes they issue written statements outlining opposing views. those are known as signing statements. presidents often use them to not to enforce certain provisions they think might be unconstitutional. president obama did just that when he signed into that 30-day notice requiring detainees. the executive branch must have

the flexibility among other things to act swiftly in con ductsing negotiations with foreign countries regarding the circumstances of detain ee transfers. does that change whether he has to comply with the law though? john harwood has been following this story for us. thank you so much for being here. have you spoken to any lawmakers who believe the assertion that bergdahl's health and welfare were in serious jeopardy? and does the validity of that claim actually change the legal obligations here? >> no, i haven't seen any republican or democrat who seems especially persuaded by the idea that his health was imminently in danger. i don't think a signing statement makes it -- gives the president license not to follow the law. ultimately that gets determined by a court. if the president is making an argument now that his constitutional imperatives trump the words of the raw under the

circumstances, and you know, maybe a court will ultimately figure that out. but it certainly looks as if -- and i think most lawmakers are assuming, as diane feinstein said he did break the law. >> that's my question. how much water that argument will hold. take a look at the extremes people are going to. lindsay graham spoke about this recently and talked too one nbc producer and had pretty striking words. >> it's going to be impossible for them to fly prisoners out of gitmo now without just a huge bash backlash. >> why can't they do it without warning you? >> there will be people on our side calling for his impeachment if he did that. >> the i word threatening the conversation, working it in there. what is the end result if it is determined this was a breaking of the law? >> i don't think under any circumstances releasing

detainees from guantanamo is going to be easy. if it were easy, the president would have already kroesed it. you have it a significant number of people at guantanamo, 78 and his administration certified as ready for transfer. but they haven't been transferred and the reason is be tremendous resistance to that. i think -- the president is not going to be impeached but i do think you're going to be resistance from republicans and democrats alike and that is a significant constraint on what the president can do. >> harry reid actually did come out and we were saying this view he may have broken the law is so prevalent. but reid said we all know the president had a very short time to make this decision and made a decision to bring him home and i'm glad he did. is that a lone defense or do you think that could pick up steam? >> i doubt it's going to pick up much steam. that is the democratic leader of the senate. the president -- the president's chief spokesman in effect in the senate and he was trying to give the president some operating

room, but i think it's a little bit morrell vant to look at what people like dianne feinstein are saying and that's where the president has deep trouble. >> the statements are harsh. thanks for keeping an eye on this for us. the use of presidential signing statements is nothing new, been a means for enforcing executive power for a long time, all the way back to president andrew jackson. ronald reagan was one of the pioneers of using it to overrule the legislative branch and president george w. bush sused in signing statements more than any president before. president obama wrote this in a q and a for the boston globe. i will not use signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law. is that what happened here? joining me to discuss mickey edwards, a member of the american bar association's task force on signing statements. also a vice president at the aspen institute. thank you for joining, sir. during 2006 in the bush

administration the ava claimed it opposes to our constitutional system of separation of powers the misuse of presidential sign gs statements. has there been a significant challenge? >> you just quoted harry reid and referred to harry reid as the president's chief spokesman, he's not supposed to be, he's supposed to be a member of legislative branch of government. the fact that a president declares that he doesn't agree with this and that he doesn't feel that he's bound by it, it's the law. the president doesn't have the authority to simply disregard the law because he doesn't agree with it, no matter what he signs. it's sort of richard nixon said if the president says to do it, then it's not illegal. that's nonsense and nonsense if he does it and nonsense if obama does it.

>> what is the weight of signing statements then? have they ever been tested in a court of law? how much persuasive evidence are they that there's an alternative argument here? >> the alternative argument is that the president may disagree with an item that's in the bill and he has the authority then under the constitution to veto the bill. and then the congress can decide whether to override it or not. that's his option. so the task force that i was on that you mentioned found unanimous -- this included people from right and left. it was a very -- across idealogical lines. we all agreed that it was illegal, unconstitutional for the president to rely on signing statements to disobey the law. then the entire american bar association voted to uphold that statement. there is no -- there may be an argument that the president has the authority as the chief executive and commander in chief to make decisions regarding transfer of p.o.w.s. he doesn't have the authority,

even by signing statements, to simply say i'm going to disregard the law. >> if there were a challenge to the validity of this signing statement, if he ultly rests his argument and people will say this doesn't have legal weight. how would such a challenge play out? would this end up in court? >> it could be. the courts are very reluctant to take up issues without granting standing saying that whoever files the charge, the case has standing to bring it. this would require actually some guts on the part of people like harry reid and the house too, people in both parties who say we don't work for the president. we took an oath to the constitution. we're in the legislative branch of government and not going to let presidents go around the wall because they happen to be in our party. >> how similar is different is the use of signing statements versus president bush's really relied heavily on them and used

them to sign patriot act and overruling the torture ban. is president obama's use of this technique similar? >> well, it is very similar. what george w. bush did was he did it more often than obama does and did it more often than any other president in history had done it. but it's still wrong. it's wrong whether you do it one time or 100 times. >> and what about the underlying argument within his signing statement. he said, quote in that signing statement at issue. the executive branch must have the authority to determine when and where to president guantanamo detainees based on the facts and circumstances of each case and our national security interest. >> absolutely, that's true, within the law. as long as it doesn't con tra veen federal law. the laws of the united states are made by the legislative branch of government under our constitution. i can understand the argument that the administration wants to make. i can understand the president saying because of health reasons we had to move quickly, whatever

argument he wants to make. what he can -- by the way they've gone both ways on this. the administration has first said that we had to move quickly because it was a time constraint then later said no, it was an oversight, we apologize. it doesn't make any difference. this the law. he could either have vetoed it or said, look, those of you in the house and senate, you don't have the authority to tell me that i'm not able to transfer detainees but i do have to obey the law requiring me to notify you. >> we'll see if that is echoed on the hill. mickey edwards, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> ahead on the program, oh, vad, putin says it's bad to listen to women, especially one woman he may have to listen to after 2016. stay with us. show 'em the curve. ♪ it's beautiful. it's more than that...

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vladimir putin may not have an invite to the g-7 and probably also not getting invited to the clintons for dinner any time soon. in a new interview putin says it's better not to argue with women but ms. clinton has never been too graceful in her statements. oh, snap. he is foresponding to hillary clinton xparing him to hitler. when people push boundaries too far, it's not because they are, but they are weak. maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman. isn't he charming? secretary clinton has got bigger fish to fry, about to embark on a televised campaign -- book tour, sorry, for her new book "hard choices. interviews dominated by women

with the exception of brett bear. let's ask joe klein. on putin's comments about hillary clinton never been too graceful in her statements, is that poking her in the eye or is that overlaying deeper concerns about her track record as a diplomat with respect to russia? >> i thought it was interesting he was talking about weak people pushing the boundary s, which is arguably what he's been doing in europe. >> literally pushing boundaries. >> yes. you know, i don't think anybody should compare anybody to hitler. the sell by date of that is passed. he's going to find her a tough, tough opponent if she runs and if she wins. >> these putin comments are not going to run him any favors with

women. why is he so popular in light of statements like this. >> that's a great question. he's a bully and bad guy and people gravitate to famous people -- >> russians especially. this is -- this may be the golden age of nationalism, which isn't such a good thing. and leaders who stoke nationalist ferver in they are countries are usually pretty popular. >> speaking of popularity back home, joe, you've been writing about hillary clinton's prospects and wroept about the myth of inevitability and new poll says she's way up leading potential gop candidates but that can be deceptive this early on, right? >> right. if you go back eight years, i could show you polls that look exactly right in terms of hillary clinton. >> and it almost back fired, right? >> i think it did back fire to a certain extent. you know, people have attend

enscy to say -- americans in particular and democrats in double particular, not so fast. wait a second. we want to hear you out and hear where you stand and hear where you stand on your husband's policies towards wall street in the '9 o's. >> she's going up against new waves of populist candidates and potentially the fondness the nation has for elizabeth warren. it's very different. how is she going to roll with that new wave of political sentiment. >> she's started to embrace the rhetoric. she spoke at the new america found aegs and sounded like elizabeth warren. i need to draw a distinction between 2008 and this year. there was a very big vacuum to her left in 2008 because of her support for the iraq war. and obama stepped in and filled that. a very unique candidate in a unique moment. there's no sign that hillary clinton has that problem right now. the left does not seem to be upset with her. you look at the national polling -- admittedly it's more

important state by state but even though you don't see a lot of democrats expressing concern about hillary clinton as president. >> she has i much firmer foundation after her years at the state department. she's a more known quantity to the public. >> it was hard to be more known than she was in 2008. >> but she was known in negative ways because shefls a divisive first lady and gained pop you layer lart as a senator. >> she was a really good senator. >> never reached the popularity she reached immediately after the state department. >> but because of the staff's feeling of inevitability, they didn't think out the campaign carefully enough. so obama was able to ambush them in a whole bunch of caucus states and keep his momentum going. >> one of other potential challenges she faces, we heard comments about her age, some people find that offensive. i think it may be out of line. one recent piece of evidence what this reaction to this "people" cover where the common

joke is she's holding a walker. my money is on it being a lawnmower actually -- >> people put out the whole picture it's a patio chair. >> it's a patio chair. how prevalent do you think that's going to be? >> she's going to be 69 years old around the time she would become president. it's legitimate to ask, is this a question for her. it was raised when ronald reagan was elected president about the same age. the difference though is that the republicans are trying to use it to undermine her before she steps into the race. even before anything happens, she has to reckon with it constantly. people at "people" had to step out and defend her. >> it is ood cropping. do you think they were enticing this? >> i don't know. someone who is approximately her age, i would say she's just

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ipod. a anyway, it's unclear how the video was obtained. he should have security, we would assume that would prevept this from happening and it's raised some important questions like how does the president's routine compare to this guy's? of course, that's congressman paul ryan, working hard to develop his separation of powers. well done, paul ryan. joe, what do you think of the president's form here? >> i think this is a crucial question. but it occurs to me that almost every time we see any president working out or exerting him or herself in any way, it's embarrassing. remember jimmy carter running a marathon and looking like he's about to die? then there was bill clinton's legs when he would jog. in fact, his advisers told him, do not do this in public. >> it's so unfair. they are so unforgiving. i'm sure you guys have perfect form but definitely would be a

disaster for me. >> i don't see what's so bad. he looks like he's comfortable in the gym, lifting weights. >> the big question to me -- he's got an amazing fitness routine, how the heck did that video get made? where is his xurtd? >> exactly. >> apparently, at least i heard this on the radio yesterday, that the security was there. and that the hotel that when he goes to hotels and goes to the gyms people have a right to take pictures of him. secret service -- >> he's there in a public area. you see people with faces blurs. >> other guests are cleared through security as well. there's no danger. >> in a way this very humanizing. >> humanizing is always -- >> you don't feel you like humanizing -- >> we're all but mere mortals and i work out less than him. i think he wins on this one. it's been a pleasure, i would

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what's the common thread between recent gun rampages from connecticut to california? very often it's a known history of mental illness. that may be next front in the war over gun control. senator dianne feinstein just yesterday proposed a new restriction on gun ownership for california, to quote, take action to prevent those who are mentally ill and have shown signs of potential violence from obtaining a firearm. it's a fresh concern in wake of the ucsb shooting, the perpetrator was in counseling

but still able to purchase three guns and 30 rounds of ammunition. and it was a concern in 2012 when a troubled isolated shooter killed 26 students and staff at sandy hook elementary. that was the catalyst for the bigger push for gun reform in decades. but all efforts of course collapsed in the senate. president obama at the time called it a shameful day for washington. one of the champions for that legislation was richard blumenthal, senator from connecticut when the shooting happened. more recently he's been calling for change after the recent shooting. in the fight to stop mass shootings, we need mental health resources. joining me now is senator richard blumenthal. >> thanks. >> this brings back painful memories of sandy hook and failure to pass legislation afterwards. why this inaction in congress still? >> the inaction in congress is the result of number one, the rules and need for 60 votes.

we had 55. number two, the staunch and unremitting opposition of the national rifle association, the nra and similar opponents have been absolutely sted fast in opposing any common sense measures. what i'm trying to do with the mental health initiative is seek some common ground. everybody agrees guns should not be in the hands of people who are dangerous to themselves or others. if we can provide resources, a kind of mental health first aid initiative so those sheriff deputies who went to visit this obviously deeply troubled young man would have been equipped with training or trained professionals themselves, other kinds of resources for the family like the parents who were obviously distraught. we can make inroads and bring together common ground and consensus. >> with gun control itself being such a divisive issue, do you think turning this into a conversation about mental health

instead is a politically savvy move? >> it may gain more traction because it brings together folks who may have some doubts about some of the other parts of a comprehensive approach. but that comprehensive approach still is necessary because once people are identified as dangerous, the guns have to be taken out of their hands and so the california system perhaps as my colleague dianne feinstein has suggested, needs to be strengthened. but the point is that common sense background checks, stopping illegal trafficking and straw purchases need to be part of a presencive plan. i think everyone can agree that mental health is the thread as you put it so well, that really draws together these two seemingly unrelated incidents, so horrific and painful and i was at sandy hook on the day that unimaginable, unspeakable

shooting occurred, very much the result of again a deeply troubled young man who had access to guns and wasn't helped earlier with mental health resources. >> as you advance these efforts to better identify and treat individuals with mental illness. how do you prevent the individuals from being stigma tiesed? >> that is a very important question changing the law in some ways is no less important than changing the culture. that's true in the military, where i propose that there be reviews or examinations for every soldier, every marine and airman and soldier every year because there should be no stigma in simply receiving diagnosis or treatment for a mental health issue. there or in society in general, we need to change the culture so as to eliminate that stigma and shame. bottom line, if somebody is going to use weapons to take lives and injure people, maim

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president obama is on the road and once again shouldering the weight of the world in turmoil. with three recent elections complicating his biggest challenges from ukraine and egypt and syria. today at the g-7, russia's tug of war over ukraine is front and center, up and including awkward dinner arrangements. he explained what it would take for vladimir putin to get back in the g-7 good graces. >> for president putin to recognize that poroshenko is the leader of ukraine and seize the flow of arms and work with ukraine to engage those in the east during this process of constitutional and economic reform, if mr. putin takes those

steps, then it is possible for us to begin to rebuild trust between russia and its neighbors and europe. should he fail to do so though, there will be additional consequences. >> until that trust happens, no sitting at the cool kids table. literally. as we speak president obama is sitting down for an early dinner with french president hollande. no doubt they are breaking baggette now and getting ignored and the the presidents are dining early because hollande is having a second dinner with putin later. it's not too dissimilar to having someone sent separate thanksgiving dinners with divorced parents. in other words, awkward. in tensions over ukraine and same in egypt and syria, awkward challenges on the table during

the dinner. jamie ruben, assistant secretary of state under president clinton. >> good to be with us. >> with obama and putin not sitting down together, is any progress being made on the ukraine issue? >> we'll see. it's hard to imagine we can make progress at the diplomatic table as long as the arms are flowing into ukraine and fighting going on on the ground. if vladimir putin gets the clear message from not only french president hollande but all of the leaders and all of the people he interacts with, this this zifgs to invade ukraine was a breaking point for russia's relationship with the world. if he wants at all to see his country get access to innovation, to technology, to finances, to grow with the rest of the world, that he's going to

have to reverse course. that's the message you want to see sent. if it's sent properly, it might change putin's mind. unfortunately putin may have decided that he doesn't care about any of that and just wants to rebuild however painfully this idea he has of a bigger russia. >> and when you talk about a breaking point with the world. isn't the fact that he's there in paris having dinner with hollande at odds with that? >> no, he's not part of the g-8. he was removed from that club, the cool kids table, as you call it. and in a way he was removed from that is more than just symbolic. in the 90s when russia joined the g-8, it was part of the effort of the world to say okay, you've gone through communism and we want you to be a free market democracy or moving in that direction and working with you on problems, not against you. leaving that group is an important symbol that russia has

reversed course from that long trend. and because he's in france, he's in france because of world war ii. and i think we all respect what russia did in world war ii and he's the president of russia. diplomacy doesn't mean you have to shun someone completely, but you have to decide when and where and how to interact with them. >> including not having dinner -- >> yes, no dinner. >> turning attention now elsisi, the white house released this statement, egypt's presidential electoral commission administered the election but we also share concerns raised by observation groups about the restrictive political environment in which this election took place which is an understatement given that they were mowing down protesters in the past few months. should we consider not sending

any more aid to this set of leadership in egypt? >> i don't think so. the reason is we have not given aid to egypt because of their democratic process, democratic leadership. we've been fwgiving aid to egyp decades because we believe a peace agreement between israel and egypt, which was the first one, which is the anchor of keeping the lid on violence in the middle east, is in our interest, in the interest of israel and in the interest of the world. that aid has been part and parcel of a sort of bargain with the egyptians that the wars that used to be fought between egypt and israel are a thing of the past. if we just cut it all off and say you're on your own. we'll have to deal with that consequence whether that piece will unravel. we can use aid as a lever, we don't have to do it exactly the way we've always done it. we can make changes and begin to use it as a lever. but to cut it off would be a big

mistake. >> there are very real strategic stakes here and we need to control territory that they have more access to. and you're right for israel's fate, the alliance with egypt is important but on the other hand we saw during the arab spring how bad it made the united states look, that we had essentially been backing bad guys through the historical period you described and with the violence against protesters there was some sentiment that maybe we should reconsider that level of aid. we did go ahead with it anyway. what do you think sisi's victory means for that conversation? >> you've raised the right issues and it's always going to be a challenge between our support for democracy, human rights and democratic values on the one hand and what people will regard as security and stability on the other. they are always in conflict. you know, if we care about what -- how we're seen in the world and we should, we need to pick our places to do things that are perhaps not in our

direct national interest but are in -- the right thing to do. and promote a global interest. the other subject you mentioned, syria, would be an exam. . if we want to effect the way the world sees us, we would be better off doing something about syria than cutting off aid to egypt. >> so let's talk about that. assad won 88.7% of the vote, clearly that's a transparent valid electoral process, especially with the stability in syria, having against two lawmaker opponents who didn't have a leg to stand on. secretary kerry had some strong feelings on this actually. let's listen to him. >> the elections are nonelections. the elections are a great big zero. they are meaningless. and they are meaningless because you can't have an election where millions of your people don't have an ability to vote and don't have an ability to contest the election and have no choice.

nothing has changed between the day before the election and the day after. nothing. the conflict is the same. the terror is the same. the killing is the same. the problem for the refugees is the same regrettably and we are trying to do something about that. >> is america ignoring the atrocities that keep happening under the leadership in syria? >> you know, secretary kerry said we're trying to do something about that. and i just don't think they are trying very hard. >> strong words but where's the action? >> i don't think they are trying very hard. the sentiment is correct and policy statements are correct. all the way along. but to implement those statements, to make them true, to affect the outcome on the ground is hard. you have to make decisions that are unpopular. you have to raise the question of whether the united states should be as president obama says, he should leave office with all wars ended and all ust

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