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. >> i want to bring in ron, national correspondent and editorial director, and michael crowley, times deputy washington bureau chief. good morning, ron, let me start with you. i thought the hearing yesterday had so many fascinating moments to it. should be very different today, don't you think? >> yeah. that was probably the best moment you pulled out there. that was secretary clinton being forceful, showing some accountability, and backing the republicans back in the corner. i don't think senator kerry is going to be put in that position today. he oversees a panel he's going in front of. he's popular on that panel. they got their pound of flesh. republicans did yesterday. out of secretary clinton. i think today will be a yawner. >> michael, john kerry is expected to sail through, but some of the president's other nominees are controversial or i guess less of a sure thing. is this going to set the tone for the rest of the process or does one not necessarily have anything to do with the other? >> yeah, i actually think to the contrary, this is the -- this is sort of the exception to the rule you referred to. i

. >> joining me now is susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today" and ron fournier, national correspondent and editorial director for the "national journal." good morning. >> good morning. >> morning. >> so the president's children, doesn't matter, republican, democrat, are generally considered off-limits. ron, what do you make of this nra ad? >> they really blew it. this is an organization that has a lot of power and a lot of credibility and has a legitimate purpose in our society to protect the second amendment but why would you put out an ad like that that is false? the president is not opposed to security in the schools. he does not -- in fact, we have a lot of schools in this country that already have security. he just doesn't think that arming guards in schools is the only answer to cracking down on school shooting. it's just a cringe-worthy exploitive ad that undermines the nra, undermines the cause and frankly, if you are a second amendment supporter, a gun advocate, i would think you feel ill-served by your organization this morning. >> they're taking a lot of heat o

>> guest: ron was one of the great bureau chiefs in saigon during the vietnam war for nbc news. and, as a matter of fact, is married to a vietnamese woman. when i called him when i was doing the book, he had kept everything -- all the records, all the cable traffic, the telex traffic, all kinds of stuff. the one thing he said, which i think explains it, "we've got to get this right. we've got to get it right." i at one point had said to him, "you wrote a lot to new york and there was a lot of letter traffic, as well as private letter traffic, back-channel stuff." he said, "yes." i said, "do you still have any of that?" he said, "yes." i said, "is any of it about me?" and he said, "yes." i said, "do you think maybe i can have a peek at that?" he said, "yes," and laughed like mad and sent me a whole bunch of stuff. i think that shows a lot of faith. c-span: i moved off the sex too fast because there was something i wanted to ask. you went after ap's george macarthur. you said some strong things -- hard-drinking, uncontested womanizing champ of the orient. >> guest: but this is par

ddoritos or consolidate the department of defense and the census bureau into a single department of kicking ass and listing names. and allow ron paul to the original constitution. it would would make the world a better place and petitions that make air tight cases out of confusing issues like when the petition to legalize chris tall weed says marijuana cigarettes gangsta easy he cream so baked thethe 420 how can you argue against that. and you can always sign my petition to lower the thresh threshold back to 25,000. i'm done talking now. >> jennifer: all right brett you only have 99 the thousand 999 to go. someone is always in our war room. check us out on "the war room"." you can link up to our twitter our facebook page and check out our exclusive web an extra. thank you for joining us on "the war room." we hope you have a great night. and we'll see you back tomorrow night. >> cenk: welcome to the "young turks." we've got an exclusive tonight. michael hastings to rahm emanuel about campaign finance and rahm emanuel loses its. here's a taste: >> cenk: i think there was an assault there. we're going to talk to michael hastings

bureau of labor statistics skewed. >> all skewed. and all the data had a liberal bias. if they just skewed. properly, people would understand truth. >> i don't understand this. >> one minute, ronble was burst by the election. and so the reality that's rushing in on conservatives now is that most people don't want to voucherize medicare, most people don't want to cut school lunches. people like social security and you know what, darn it, people are okay with immigrants. >> guess what? they elected this president and then re-elected him. our thanks to joy reid, n nia-malika henderson and the great ron meier. next, get good grades, junior, or the family won't eat this month. the tennessee state senator who has ignited a firestorm. stay with us. [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop? campbell's has 24 new soups has ignited a firestorm. over a. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? no