we don't care about the coutry. we get along on a personal basis. we are looking for comn ground and common vision for the future. >> debate over. neil: to david axelrod mentions percolating scandals? it appears out of control. there are some that rting. the irs an w certainly one of -hose. there other issu are other issues that have been brought to the force of the nsa monitoring. the rious data excag exchange. beinalso raise questions and are not necessarily wrongdoing. we have to separate those and look into them. clearly the president's ability to mane the government of the united states and therust that americans have for the government has been averted by the kinds of revelations that have come ard about the irs. >> these privacy trade-offs are retively modest were his words. this is not big brother. what you think of that? >> well, congress will take a look. the prident saying that no one is reading e-mails or listing in on phone calls. that is the ase, then it will pretty much be attacked. people will say, that is a violation of principles a