is that possible with dick cheney?ppose it is, but there are a large segment of the american public who what i would call are authoritarian conservatives. these people, about 25% of the american people, like dick cheney. and so he will have a big audience for this book. but that's it. the rest of the people aren't going to buy into this. >> except those -- unless he reveals that he threw himself on a ticking atomic bomb as it was about to be dropped on -- and he blew up underneath him and he was already. john dean, author of "worst than watergate" and "conservatives without conscious," thanks, john. >> thank you. >>> and if you think cheney feels liberated to talk the way he wants about george bush, wait until you hear the secretary of state's remarks about the president in nigeria. >>> and we will show you the video obtained exclusively by nbc news of the helicopter plane crash over new york on saturday. >>> and when rachel joins you, she and bernie sanders will reveal who these astroturfers at the town halls actually

someone who attended a recent cheney gathering described cheney's disappoint with bush and said -- tom defrank is the washington bureau chief of "the new york daily news" and pat buchanan is an msnbc analyst. tom defrank, what do we make of this? is dick cheney ready to violate his blood oath of science? >> i think he is up to a point. i guess i think he's going to show a little leg. he's certainly going to deal with the differences between himself and president bush, especially in the second term, but i suspect that cheney is not going to be particularly personal about his view of president bush. i was in contact this afternoon with somebody who is very familiar with both the book and cheney's view, and i'm told that "the washington post" story in this view distorts both cheney's view of president bush and what he intends to do in the book. we'll just have to see. >> pat buchanan, you're a veteran of the nixon white house where a lot of books came in the aftermath of that administration with a lot of backstabbing in those books. does this surprise you, that cheney might join that crow

dick cheney's disappointment with george w. bush and bush's break with him has fueled cheney's willingness to write about it. all about it. new details from one of the informal gatherings, former vice president has been holding to discuss his upcoming memoir according to "the washington post," gelman who will join us in a moment. in the second term he felt bush was moving away from him and in the recent gathering. bush was shackled by the criticism he took. and it may soon be directed at bush. quoting again from the article. cheney has said without explanation that the statute of limitations has expired on many of his secrets. when the president made decisions i didn't agree with, i didn't go out and undercut him. let's bring in national reporter and author of angler of the cheney vice presidency, in paperback later this month, barton gellman. is there far more to it than that. >> sure. cheney's not so much about keeping score or taking credit. hay is a guy that cares about outcomes. let's assume the universe in which cheney ap

. >>> plus, cheney unleashed.mer vice president is working on his memoirs and "the washington post" says he plans to criticize former president bush for going soft and rejecting his advice in the second term. is this cheney's revenge for bush's refusal to pardon his buddy scooter libby? >>> plus, what exactly was hillary clinton implying when she told nigerians that the 2000 presidential election in this country came down to one state run by the brother of one of the candidates? that's in "the politics fix." >>> and would you believe mayor brad pitt? what the hollywood star said about running for mayor of new orleans in the "hardball sideshow." >>> but we begin with the raging debate over health care that is taking place across the country. joining me now is congresswoman niki tsongas, a democrat of massachusetts, and congressman brian bilbray, a republican from california. ni ki tsongas, you heard chuck grassley, who has been negotiating with democrats in the senate, not refute when given the chance this notion o

cheney hinted he might not cooperate. if the prosecutor asks to speak to you, will you speak to him? >> it will depend on the circumstances, and what i think their activities are really involved in. >> mr. cheney says his overwhelming view of the program, which included simulated drownings and unauthorized mock executions is that it prevented more executions on the scale of 9/11. mr. holder will decide to interrogate bin laden through some of mr. cheney's harshest comments> >> it moves in the direction of going back to looking at these the old way, as law enforcement problems, that this isn't a strategic threat to the united states. >> diane feinstein, chair of the senate intelligence committee, told cbs news that although she was or fied by the c.i.a. internal report, said "i wish the attorney general" saying it might get in the way of committee's work, and feinstein said that persistent leaks about the program were not presenting the whole story. bret. bret: catherine herridge live in washington. thank you. the commande

cheney 100% right. one section of the june 2005 report hails abu zubaydah's early in his detention of khalid shaikh mohammed as the mastermind of september 11th. the issue here is the guy who interrogate interrogated zubaydah said that information was given up before zubaydah was enhancingly interrogated. and even after these documents were released yesterday, documents which did not provide proof of mr. cheney's claims of tortured necessity, mr. cheney still took a victory lap, although he's doing so with a very different word choice this time around. quote, the documents released monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al qaeda. did you catch that? the individuals subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information. that's a lot different from what mr. cheney was arguing before, that enhanced techniques were the reason that we got this information. >> i saw that information as vice

. >>> candid cheney. former vice president dick cheney reportedly talking with associates about his problems with president bush. >>> three days and 40 years. celebrating the woodstock anniversary. peace, love and lives that were changed forever. >>> and then, remembering a guitar legend who revolutionized >>> and then, remembering a guitar legend who revolutionized rock and roll. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. after days of raucous, in your face town hall meetings about health care reform, the white house today said enough, and launched its own e-mail chain letter campaign to counter the critics. and try to get the upper hand in the intense national debate. supporters of reform say opponents are using misinformation, trying to kill reform for political purposes. jake tapper is at the white house again tonight. jake? >> reporter: good evening, charlie. the last few weeks have been dominated by opponents of president obama's health care reform push, white house officials insist it's not t

it was dick cheney unleashed. it was quite substantive. i think to answer your question, we have to look back at the last time dick cheney weighed in this wholeheartedly on national- security issues. remember we had those dueling speeches by barack obama and dick cheney on the same day? most people that assessed those first round -- that first round of a standoff came away with the feeling that dick cheney had won round one. we will have to see whether he wins round two. by him bringing up these issues, i think it has a lot of people thinking whether the obama administration is continuing to take this nation of its war footing, whether it is by appointing a prosecutor or whether it is by pointing this new interagency task force out of the white house to be in charge of interrogating high- value detainee's. i think people are starting to think that is thinking -- taking us off of the war footing. bill: what he said numerous times is that president obama gave his word that he would not go here or even dare predict what changed in washington

cheney's claim? tonight tom foreman is keeping them honest. >> reporter: the former vice president has said all along if top secret papers were made public, they would also make his case, that what he calls enhanced interrogation and others call torture was necessary to make captured terrorists talk. >> the intelligence officers who questioned the terrorists can be proud of their work, proud of the results. because they prevented the violent death of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of people. >> reporter: but keeping them honest, the newly released papers are not so black and white. in page after page, they do say that much information used to disrupt al qaeda came from detainees, such as khalid shaikh mohammed and abu zubaydah, both of whom were repeatedly subjected to the controversial techniques. both of those men revealled potential targets but their information held to the arrest of others and disrupted attack plans, including some aimed at high-rise apartment and more passenger jets.

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cheney says, put this country's security at risk. let's listen: >> this is a political move, not a law enforcement move. >> absolutely. i think the fact. >> chris: the justice department has already reviewed these intelligence reports, five years ago. and now, they are dragging it back up again and holder is going to go back and review it again, supposedly, to try to find some evidence of wrongdoing. by a cia person them. and you know, a review is never going to be final any more. we could have somebody, some future administration, come along, ten years from now, 15 years from now, and go back, and rehash. all of these decisions by an earlier administration. >> joining me is this host of fox news sunday, chris wallace, chris, great to see you, good morning. >> chris: thank you, jamie. >> jamie: chris, that was the key question in my mind as well. law enforcement issue or political maneuver, because the just department came out with the very well-known memo which detailed approved interrogation techniques which were followed and we ha

cheney. the documents released this monday clearly suggested the techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al qaeda that. careful construction can't be an accident, can it? he wants it to mean more but even he is admitting it means nothing. you might as well say the individuals who were detained provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al qaeda. what is the legal meaning of that -- of that ridiculous statement? >> well, it sounds like a philadelphia lawyer. there's no question about it. but i think that the problem, of course, is that this is part of the whole torture works campaign. the idea to convince americans that the question is whether we got something out of what we are prohibited from doing under international treaties. it's immoral. but putting that aside, all of the facts contradict the suggestion that he leaves, that is experts, including people who interrogated these detainees said that torture was not useful and was not necessary. we paid a great pric

the headline here, the dick cheney interrogations' probe -- dick cheney says that the interrogations'robe is a political act. here are some comments on his comments. >> dick cheney has shown through the years, and frankly, a disrespect for the constitution, for sharing information with congress, lack of respect for the law, and i'm not surprised he is upset about this. the obama administration -- the president himself has been unbelievably bending in the direction of trying to be careful about what happens to national security, protecting security interest, being very sensitive about the cia's program gives and needs, and i think there's a little bit of tension between the white house itself and the lawyers and the justice department as to their obligation and how they see a law. in a sense that is good and proper. it shows that we have an attorney general who is not pursuing a political agenda, but doing what he believes the law requires. host: a couple more calls here. another caller from texas, on the republican line. caller: i'm not believing what i'm hearing. i cannot believe tha

is dick cheney going rogue? the former vice president already blasted the current commander in chief. >> he's make something choice that's in my mind will, in fact, raise the risk to the american people for another attack. >> now cheney confidantes say he is taking aim at george w. bush in his memoirs, the statute of limitations over. is he disrespecting the presidency? and is that crossing the line? >>> plus, should rick pitino keep his job? the louisville basketball coach caught in a sex scandal. >> i made a very difficult decision to tell the truth to the federal authorities, the local authorities, to university officials and most important the people that love me the most, my family and friends. >> but is a mentor to students to be held to a higher standard? >>> and an all-star tribute to a guitar god, steve miller and richy sambora remember les paul, the father of the electric guitar. >>> plus, the video you got to see, an incredible rescue caught on tape. how a boat load of rowers tried to break a world re

i think cheney was proven wrong by this. an embarrassment to vice president cheney.a will be totally hands off on this. let it go on the justice department which has the special prosecutor, and that's the way that the white house has to approach it. >> ron christie, why the quick reaction from those in congress like peter king suggests that the president sides with the terrorists on this. whose side are they on? are we beyond the age of full disclosure? i mean, is -- is that where we are? where the conservatives are, that he with have to protect all of these documents that may reveal exactly what happened? what's your position on that ron? >> i think what we saw with attorney general eric holder's decision, that's more in line with what the terrorist would like to see as opposed to law-abiding american people. let's not get too far away from 9/11. this is not a law

now, you'll hear from former vice president dick cheney. barack obama's leading critic when it comes to the war on terror. onfriday, we traveled to cheney's vacation home just outside jackson hole, wyoming. he told us he feels liberated now that he's left office. and as you'll see, cheney was surprisingly candid, not only about this president, but also about ars he disagreed with president bush. mr. vice president, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> it's good to be back, chris. >> this is your first interview since attorney general holder named a prosecutor to investigate possible cia abuses of terror detainees. what do you think of that decision? >> i think it's a terrible decision. president obama made the announcement some weeks ago that this would not happen. his administration would not go back and look at or try to prosecute cia personnel. and the effort now is based upon the inspector general's report that was sent to the justice department five years ago, was completely reviewed by the justice department in years past. they made

how vocal do you think dick cheney is going to be in defending karl rove?he must have known what the heck was going on, it was an attack on the judiciary, but it seems to me there will be a lot more come ing fromthese two gentlemen. >> i think that's right. if the vice president talks about this, he'll frame he answers in terms of the office, and the presidency and the release of these e-mails. but those e-mails are juicy. it's becoming a campaign issue. just tonight the new jersey governor, jon corzine is calling on his opponent to answer questions about the rove e-mail. if karl rove is becoming an issue? a bunch of states, that's quite a surprise to administration that we thought was sort of history, but karl has a book coming out, too. they all do, so he doesn't mind being on the griddle a little bit for that reason, too. >>> the president's going to go on the road tomorrow, a town hall meeting in montana, max bachus's backyard. if there was ever a time to call out a colleague and not giving the president what he wants, it would be max backus. what's the

. >> chris: former vice president dick cheney speaks out about the justice department decision to investigate possible cia abuses. the new administration's first 7 months. >> what do you think of barack obama. >> and his relationship with former president bush. >> chris: did you feel he went soft in the second term. >> dick cheney as you have never seen him before. exclusively, on "fox news sunda sunday". then, we'll bring you the latest on the explosive story we reported last week. is the obama administration pushing a death book on our veterans, and ted kennedy's life and career. we'll hear from our sunday panel, salmon, lies son, bill kristol and juan williams, all on "fox news sunday." >> chris: hello again from fox news in washington. the obama justice department made big news this week, launching a review that could lead to the prosecution of cia officers and we'll hear from former vice president dick cheney, barack obama's leading critic when it comes to the war on terror, and friday we visited his vacation home outside jackson hole, wyoming and he told us he feels liberated now that h

the one that cheney requested was dated june 1st. there is, i'm told by an intelligence source, more information in the june 1st one. we don't know whether that happened by accident or whether it was a withholding of information taking place here, but to the broader point, to president obama's point, i think the president was simply misrepresenting what is in the reports not only in the cheney documents but in the inspector general report itself, which was supposed to be for the left. the big kahuna, described that way, which will vindicate the last on this issue, and it did precisely the opposite. i think you can daw direct behinds from the enhanced interrogation techniques used to the information they provided, and forgive me, indulge me for reading one of these about alma sheri, the plotter of the u.s.s. cole attack, following the use of eit's, these techniques, he provided information about his most current pational planning as opposed to the historical information he provided before the use of the eit's, so it doesn't get more c

cheney and bush. the not so wonder years. >>> i fell in love with one woman i should not have fell in love with. we all get that. everybody's been trying to move on. >> don't cry for him, argentina, and south carolina. >> marc: mark opening up. >>> plus, can he open his mouth again to avoid jail? >>> good afternoon, i'm tamron hall life in new york. the big picture right now, the white house down plays criticism from a key republican. senator grassley, the ranking member on the finance committee and one of the only three republicans working with democrats on the reform bill. now, he's bringing up the false claim that the president's plan are create so-called death panels. >> in the house bill, there's counseling for end of life and from that standpoint, you have every right to see her. we should not have a government program that determines you're going to pull the plug on grandma. >> and robert gibbs responded just a short time ago. >> we'll hope to quell the misconceptions that are apparently held b

cheney says it saved lives.hether american lives were saved -- >> the kinds of information being given up were about the various pulse they had on the drawing board to attack the united states. most of these plots were not serious. >> for one of the water boarded suspects, the cia inspector general's report says it is not possible to say definitively that the water board something the reason for the increased production. one former agent who was present for at least one water boarding told us that it produced results. >> they worked very well and we were able to corroborate the informati information. >> the source we spoke with was familiar with what the program said. time was of the essence. there was fear of a pending attack. the source said they had to get the information from him quickly and that is why they used enhanced interrogation. we now know in hindsight there were no firm plans in place. >>> with the release of the files, the justice department asked to examine whether certain interrogations were ill

sugge cheney denies that. and the bush administration had guidelines that gave c.i.a. ability to use water boarding and other tactics that some consider torture but the attorney general report said some v interrogators went beyond that. dick cheney called the interrogations good policy that worked well. it's a claim some democrats dispute. >> it got some to information but there is a great discrepancy and error out there in what people say it did produce. we need to straighten it out. >> senator feinstein said she read the unredacted report and is horrified but thinks the attorney general should have waited until the senate intelligence committee completed its review of interrogation practices. >> shannon: thank you. we'll check back with you soon on this. we have also learned the c.i.a. director leon panetta will offer financial support to agents involved in the investigation into alleged interrogation abuses of overseas detainees. could the investigation do more harm than good? we're joined by republican con

former vice president dick cheney says that a -- proves his points that those tactics work. cheney requested two cia documents to be released earlier this year to back up his claim that the harsh techniques used on terror suspects saved midweste american lives. in a statement, the former vice president said, quote, the activities of the cia in arres carrying out the policies of the bush administration were directly responsible for defeating all efforts by al qaeda to launch further attacks on the united states. our cpeople involved deserve gratitude, they do not deserve to be the targets of political vefgtss or prosecutions. >> if the country gets a chance to see what our country was spared, they will -- instead of idly debating which political opponents to prosecute and punish, our attention will return to where it belongs on the continues threat of terrorist violence and on stopping the men who are planning it. >> of course that is that was then and this is now. the justice department now launching a criminal investigation into past interrogation tactics, cheney says it's

according to his biographer, cheney says, "now we're talking about after i left office. i have strong feelings about what happened, and i don't have any reason not to forthrightly express those views." >>> the scottish government says there's no final decision, but it's reported this morning that the former libyan secret service agent convicted in the lockerbie bombing will p releases. james matthews of britain's sky news reports. >> reporter: another day in jail. for the lockerbie bomber, it could be wup of his last. those inside the scottish government deciding his fate have concluded he should be sent home. it's news welcomed by british relatives of lockerbie victims but derided by those across the atlantic. >> i've been waiting a number of years to find he's guilty as charged. i find the humanity of the situation to keep him in prison for this long when he's known to be dying and desperate to get back to his family has been inhumane. if scotland repatriates him now, that would be to scotland's credit. >> i would feel absolutely horrible. i think it's something that s

dick cheney lashes out at the administration's investigation of c.i.a. interrogators, and a look at the order that some u.s. troops in afghanistan are refusing to follow. all that, plus the fox all-stars an and friday lightning round. "special report" starts right now. welcome to washington. i'm shannon bream in tonight for bret baier. memorials for the late senator kennedy continue. president obama will speak at tomorrow's fiewn al mass and major garrett reports that kennedy's death has left a void that could hamper the president's healthcare reform efforts. >> as the public morning continued, president obama worked on his eulogy on martha's vineyard conferring with his top advisor, david axelrod. the president has immersed himself in his vacation, setting aside the healthcare debate for a bike ride along the beach, a fried shim p lunch and a look from the white house. if he was looking for a deal maker, clout and timing, kennedy's death may have left mr. obama adrift. >> he was the only person who could go to the republicans an cut the deal and come ba

that's what former vice president dick cheney says about the obama administration's investigation of the cia. he also says his relationship with president bush wasn't always chummy. >>> late-term takeover. an abortion doctor targeted by protesters is promising to pick up where his murdered colleague left off. he tells us why live. >>> lost at sea. for a week searchers even gave up and the coast guard as well when suddenly a sight for sore eyes. three weary fishermen saved by sheer luck. you'll hear their incredible odyssey tonight. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm don lemon. our top story, thousands of people fleeing their homes ahead of wildfires raging in southern california. especially hard hit los angeles county prompting governor arnold schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency. for the latest we turn to cnn's kara finnstrom live in la canada flintridge, california. >> reporter: you can see this fire is continuing to burn in the hillsides behind me. we are expecting a news briefing any minute now with the latest numbers from this fire, but at last report more than 35,000 acr

ultimately they want cheney's head. they would love to have nothing more than cheney and rumsfeld haldane and interrogated. i think this is bad politics and bad policy. you know, going from declaring a war on terror cannot it work on the cia, obama loses one. i think every president deserves a vacation. but they deserve a vacation, but this is not the week to take it. he has lost patrol of the message on the cia. he lost control of the deficit. he has us control the healthcare debate, and the story, right now, is there going to lose this one. >> you think the president wants responsibility for this? every time he is asked about it he says he know this is eric holder's decision. >> we noted at the people who wrote the memos that said this is okay. this'll be like private and england. we're going to get the people at the bottom who thought they were doing the right thing to mac jane is exactly right. as a great president who is man enough to take response but for things, eric truman said the book starts he -- buck stops h

cheney says that the techniques saved lives. but when we asked peter bergen whether american lives were saved -- >> the kinds of information that was being given up by khalid sheikh mohammed after being interrogated were about various plots they had on the drawing board to attack the united states a second time. but most of these plots were not serious. >> reporter: for one of the waterboarded suspects, abu zubaydah, the cia's inspector general report says, it's not possible to save definitively that the waterboard is the reason for abu zubaydah's increased production. one former cia agent who was present for at least one waterboarding of zubaydah said it produced results. >> it did. with abu zubaydah, it worked very well, and we were able to cooperate the information he provided after the waterboarding and it turned out to be accurate. >> reporter: but the documents indicate abu zubaydah also gave up substantial information before being waterboarded, and an fbi interrogate has debated that the rough stuff was unnecessary. sayin

from dick cheney.ve you been. >> no we have heard and will hear more. >>> thousands of fire fighters are pouring into southern california to battle the massive fires out of control. >> many schools have classes canceled. officials are worried about the flames spreading to the mount wilson observe tory . their then there is the tragic loss of life. we have more from our station kabc. >> the tragic news came late this evening. >> two of our fire fighters were in a vehicle, and went over the side. both of them suffered fatality life ending injuries. >> it's believed the two fire fighters were killed south of acton near mount gleason where one hundred inmate ground crews were evacuated during a intense fire fight this afternoon. now they're getting a handle on the blaze that has tripled in size. >> we understand there are ation al structures -- >> one of the biggest concerns the antennas on mount wilson. the flames are slowly approaching the media to youers and could over run the mountain top. threufrpblts

dick cheney's -- former vice president dick cheney's interview.atherine herridge, you were listening along. robert gibbs said that the president -- former vice president did not have his facts right, and he also said that he had not been a great predictor of foreign affairs. >> there were three main headlines to me. first and foremost was the claim by the white house press secretary that the former vice president had his facts wrong on a number of issues. particularly, when it comes to the enhanced integration program carried out by the cia. secondly, he talked about the hank. this is a group that is being set up at the fbi that mildew with the interrogation of high- value detainees in the future. -- the hague. what we know in background is the higg would decide who would be the best agency to interrogate the detainees. the former vice president said that he felt this was taking us back to the same type of posture we had prior to 9/11 that led to such disasters have results. such a significant claim by the vice-president. i also found it interesti

now, dick cheney says politics drove the decision to investigation those techniques. >> i think it's an outrageous political act that will do great damage long-term to our capacity to be able to have people take on difficult jobs, make difficult decisions without having to worry about what the next administration's going to say about it. >> deke dick cheney has shown through the years, frankly, a disrespect for the constitution, for sharing of information with congress, respect for the law, and i'm not surprised that he is upset about this. >> reporter: cheney's daughter said the bush administration found no reason to prosecute cia officials. >> we are now opening clearly what is a political investigation at a moment when we need the cia focused on keeping the nation safe. >> reporter: the former vice president also accused president obama of caving in to left wing democrats and hiding behind attorney general holder. >> he's up on vacation at martha's vineyard and his attorney general is going back and doing something that the president said some months ago they wouldn't do. >> repor

cheney's interviewed over the weekend. but the position of the attorney general is that he will do nothing that will jeopardize national security, and that he has looked at the intermission before hand. even though the president said he wants to move forward, he feels it is his responsibility to uphold the law. i will point out that thesone prosecutor has already been prosecuted. so you have to ask yourself, what has changed in the last five years? the politics have not changed, so it is the politics. -- the policies have not changed, so it is the politics. patti ann: -- heather: now to los angeles where they are waking up to him as a wild fire. it doubled in size overnight and is blamed for the death of two fires. the station fired is threatening 12,000 homes, also forcing the evacuation of nearby residents. adam housley is with us. we were saddened to hear the news of the two firefighters. what happened? >> things are not looking very good right now, i hate to say. you just mentioned the station fire. two firefighters we

what bothers me with cheney jumping in is, again, to have this issue so politicized. i mean, somehow, there's got to be coming out of this a common ground. maybe moving all of this away from the cia into a new justice department nfc format will finally change this, so it's less of a political football. >> but, again, from some of the redactions, the blacked out sections, it seems that at least from some information that i've had and i'm assure that you have as well, that some of the information was obtained by electronic eavesdropping, by signals intelligence. it wasn't all from this kind of -- >> but what comes through in this document is that you're playing many different sources of information back against the -- >> and testing it and -- >> you get something, run it by the person, some other detainee tells you something and a lot just sort of falls out that way. but we'll never know the details. >> we have to leave it there. david ignatius, pete williams, and savannah guthrie in new york, thank you so much. >>> today, president obama nominated ben bernanke for anot

>>> former vice president dick cheney is reportedly getting ready to write a tell-all book, and he's not mincing words abhis boss, president george w. bush. >>> she contracted the h1n1 virus while pregnant, then gave birth while in a coma. now a young washington woman has died as a result of the virus. >> every organ in her body had enough. >> we'll meet her grieving husband. >>> and coaching legend rick pitino caught in a sex scandal apologizes to his family and his school. >> i let them down with my indiscretion six years ago. and i'm sorry for that. >> could it cost him his job? early this thursday morning, august 13th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm harry smith along with dave price, julie chen, and maggie rodriguez. good morning. >> hey, buddy. >> there's so much anger, this vitriol we see day after day in these town meetings across the country. some of what is being said is very interesting and very provocative. we're going to try and determine this morning whether or not some of these bold statements are, in fact, true or not. >> not everyone knows exactl

cheney points out this is going backward. the white house indicated this was the attorney general's decision, but there cheney says the president is the one who bears ultimate responsibility here, eric. >> attorney general eric holder said they have to look into this. slamming what happened in the past and the vice president has strong words about this. melani wilkes thank you for giving us the latest this morning. if you'd like to see the whole interview with the former vice president, watch it on fox news channel. sunday sund be repeated at 6:00, seven hours from now on fnc with chris wallace and check your local listing for the local fox station where you live. >> jamie: we have been following the wildfires that have been raging in the last 24 hours. they have increased so much, not only because of the hot temperatures but because of the winds. take a look at the live pictures now that i want to tell you about. you can see how close the fires are now to neighborhoods. that's right. homes. already three people have been bur

cheney said the decision to prosecute interrogators was political. and shows "why so many americans have doubts about this administration's ability to be responsible for our nation's security." fighting words. >> his statements in these days are kind of pathetic. i think he should know that the obama administration is doing everything to keep america secure. >> reporter: who is right? the new documents reveal 30 of the detainees a third of those held in the cia secret prisons were subjected to the questionable practices. cheney says the tactics saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks. his proof -- in part, this memo, describing how 9/11 mastermind, khalid mohammed was waterboarded, admitted to a series of plots. late in 2001 to crash a hijacked airliner into the tallest building on the u.s. west coast. another in early 2002 to send the al qaeda, padilla, operative to set off bombs in an unspecified major u.s. city. and never before disclosed plan in 2003 to employ a network of pakistanis to target gas stations, railroad tracks and the brooklyn br

for cheney, -- bowing to public criticism. host: when is the vice- president's book expected to come out? we're told that president bush's book will be out next fall. guest: cheney will be -- his book is scheduled for the following spring. host: we're talking with barton gellman, a reporter for "the washington post." "some old associates see cheney's new-found openness as a breach of principle. robert barnett, who negotiated cheney past book contract, passed word that the member would be packed with news, that the statute of limitations has expired on many of his secrets." what secrets do you think he is going to reveal? guest: i think fundamentally he is talking about the nature of the internal deliberations. he has always said that you cannot get candid advice as the president because everybody is worried that the competition will be talked about later. that seems to be what he plans to do. the thing about dick cheney is that he is so focused most of all on the here and now, that the country is turning away from his views an

dick cheney using some strong language. listen to this. >> i guess the other thing that offends the hell out of me frankly, chris, is we had a track record now of eight years of defending the nation against any further mass casualty attacks from al qaeda. the approach of the obama administration should be to come to those who were involved in that policy and say "how did you do it? what were the keys to keeping this country safe over that period of time?" shepard: well the justice department says whether the tactics worked, it's their job to decide whether they were legal. and the white house is firing back at dick cheney today. listen to this. >> i'm not entirely sure that dick cheney's predictions on foreign policy have born a whole lot of fruit over the last eight years in a way that have been either positive or, best of my recollection, very correct. >> well, still, there is at least one top democrat who says the interrogation investigation may not be a good idea. catherine herridge is live in washington. and on this on

cheney. despite what you may have read elsewhere, he did not attempt in any way to intimidate me or influence what we were finding, concluding and recommending. helgerson said it was unusual to verse the vice president on the status of a report but this was clearly sense sensitive and it was important that the executive branch had the same information that was also being briefed to a small group in congress. i asked mr. helgerson if his investigation was blocked at any time and he replied "no, i did not feel there was any obstruction put up by the agency." not surprisingly those directly involved in the events we were looking at were apprehensive throughout and there were those who limited their cooperation to answering direct questions. there were some including at the heart of the program who privately expressed relief that we were rigorously reviewing everything. tonight, there are questions about why a rebuttal to the ig report was disputed and some of the facts and findings were not decl

. >> former vice president dick cheney is apparently sharing candid opinions about his long-time bosspresident george w. bush. >> china is working on his memoirs. since he left office, he has not kept quiet. >> david wright reports from washington. >> reporter: since that cold january day when he said good-bye to the trappings of power, the former vice president has not exactly left the public stage. on cable news and in speeches -- >> i was and remain a strong proponent of our enhanced interrogation program. >> reporter: he has more than any other member of the bush administration vigorously defended his legacy. "the washington post" quotes several sources close to cheney saying the former vice president has been surprisingly candid about his disappointment with the last few years of the bush administration. the implication was that bush had gone soft on him, one confidante told the post. >> the thing he regrets the most is that george bush walked away from him, george bush softened. >> reporter: cheney enjoyed unprecedented power and influence during bush's first term but the boss u