carl bernstein and carl sullivan back at the table in new york. dan?or carl you just say, dan. >> we have my dad on. dad, i'd like to start with you and i'd love to hear from fred, especially as it pertains to the atlantic council. but, first of all, john kerry and chuck hagel along with the nnc, what do they bring to the table, if nominated, if the nomination goes through as a foreign policy team? >> i think they bring together a remarkably cohesive and strategically minded team. it's really quite impressive. they have been in this game for years. they know the issues. they have served the country and hagel, particularly, has served the country extraordinarily brave fashion. i think it's a strong team that will help the president, especially if the president is to be preoccupied with domestic issues. i think this team is cohesive, experienced, strategic. and in a sense, it has a slightly different emphasize than the proceeding team. i thought secretary clinton was terrific and involved very much in the long-term global issues, human rights, gender iss

helped give rise to a new kind of journalist investigative reporter people and bob woodward and carl bernstein it's reminded us of the importance of leakers and whistleblowers like daniel ellsberg and mark felt a deep throat people that were vital in bringing dark truths to light. and perhaps the most important lesson of all is that the president of the united states is not above the law and my oh my how much of that changed today aside from the serious lack of investigative journalism done by the same media industry that exposed watergate if you look at the bush and obama presidency these you'll see that there is zero accountability for their lawlessness it's amazing to think that nixon was brought down because of the instance of wiretapping look at the state of our government today's world less wiretapping is rampant and now instead of once a war is being applauded they're being imprisoned what happened how did we strayed so part or most importantly how do we go back. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for langley you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

helped give rise to a new kind of journalist the investigative reporter people of bob woodward and carl bernstein to remind us of the importance of leakers and whistleblowers like daniel ellsberg and mark felt a deep throat people that were vital and bringing dark truths to light. and perhaps the most important lesson of all is that the president of the united states is not above the law and my oh my how much of that changed today aside from the serious lack of investigative journalism done by the same media and history that exposed watergate if you look at the bush and obama president sees you'll see that there is zero accountability for their lawlessness it's amazing to think that nixon was brought down because of run instance of wiretapping look at the state of oregon today more or less wiretapping is rampant and now instead of whistleblowers being applauded they're being imprisoned what happened how did we strayed so par in most. importantly how do we go back. to speak old language such. as programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the t.v. reporting from the world's hot spots the

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carl bernstein, what did you learn today. >> the conventional wisdom in washington, particularly as it surrounds the hagual question, is even more appalling than even i could imagine. wow, it's awful. >> he'll be confirmed. that's what i learned today. >>> if it's way too early -- come on, are you serious? >> we'll see. we'll see. >> we'll see is not a bad answer. >> be confirmed. >> it require senators. >> move it over here. if it's way too early it's time for "morning joe." "daily rundown" with chuck todd. have a good day, everyone. >>> going on offense for defense. come on, it was predictable, right? president obama makes it clear that his team is ready for a fight over confirming chuck hagel as defense secretary. can the former republican senator satisfy enough democrats on capitol hill to get the votes he need? >>> enhanced interrogation. john brennan the president's pick to run the cia could face a lot of questions over his role in shaping counterterror policies during the bush administration and, frankly, with the drone wars of the obama years. >>> and then politics loses one of

okay, say good-bye to -- it could be carl bernstein. and then we'd be talking about, right? on. >> right. >> well, all right. anyway. carl and mark are leaving. carl larry, and mark but austan and -- all right, i got it. it isn't that easy, really. >> really it is. >> it is pretty easy? >> yeah. >> i make it harder. >> while you were having this conversation, i'm following some tweets, and in davos right now, he's watching a debate that's taking place between eric cantor and joe stiglis. and i think they're having the same discussion that we've been having. >> wait a minute. >> eric cantor. are debating about whether they can continue to spend, how you set things up, what austerity measures are -- >> i'm worried. >> this is a conversation we've been having here. >> but we might not get to the end of the show. >> when they come together doesn't the universe end or something? >> explosion -- >> only if they -- >> yeah, but i mean love/hate is a fine line. those guys like to get a room or something. who knows. coming up, it's flu season and you probably -- you probably used a kl