i want to talk first, i think dianne feinstein made some news this morning. i want to talk to you first about this thing with harry reid. a book does not make clear where he actually said this, where he made this statement that because he has light skin, barack obama has a good chance of being elected and because he doesn't have a negro accent. who did he say that to? >> we confirmed this morning that he said that to one of the authors. what he was trying to do, he was talking to one of the authors, you know, for this book. what he was trying to do was to explain his early support for barack obama, how no one knew he had come out early for barack obama. so he actually said this during an interview for this book. now that, of course, got his advisors totally off guard. this leaked out late friday night about midnight. he spent all day yesterday, it was confirmed this morning, he made 35 different phone calls mainly to african-americans leaders trying to apologize and get himself out of this mess. >> schieffer: he did apologize to the president. that was accept

this is from senator dianne feinstein, she said this in a statement. i spoke with yemeni's spokesman yesterday, the ambassador -- the embassy who said that things are very dire in his country right now, and there is a lot of debate in terms of where abdulmutallab should go. what is the best approach? >> i think the problem with yemen is not simply the government doesn't have much control over its own country, it doesn't have much control over its own prison system there have been two prison breaks by people in the "uss kohl" attack. is this the right time? as a general principle, i think it is important that people be returned but yemen is a place which is -- that's the reason there are so many yemenis in the jail. saudi arabia is a much more prosperous country with a much more ability to control the returnees from guantanamo. yemen doesn't fit that bill. >> i think part of the problem is that we also are dealing with people who have never been given a trial. we know that many of the people in guantanamo bay were not terrorists. at one time we were off

. >> you've already heard from the top democrat, dianne feinstein of california, saying that there ought to be a halt to those yemenis being returned. i think there's real questions about the yemeni government in terms of what kind of partner it is to the united states. there have been some operations that have been more or less joint operations with u.s. intelligence and the like helping the yemeni government but i think this is a real question for those in the counterterror game. can they handle those prisoners back or are we just adding to the level of danger there. >> david gregory, thank you. >>> it's time for a quick check of the other headlines. we're going to say good morning to ron mott. >> good morning, everyone. the faa is increasing oversight of american airlines after three mishaps during landings. jet liners' wing tips touched the ground in two landings. and then there was the plane that overshot the runway in jamaica and broke into pieces. officials are investigating to see if there might be a larger issue. >>> elin woods is reportedly back from a ski trip to france. elin

lawmakers in washington originally supported holding the trial in new york, including senator dianne feinstein, who chairs the senate intelligence committee. >> and i happen to believe that new york city is able to handle this in a very professional and definitively legal manner. >> warner: but the attempt to blow up an airliner over detroit on christmas day raised new fears. and senator feinstein told nbc news yesterday: the administration also faces increasing pressure to try all terror suspects before military commissions instead. republican congressman peter king of new york has introduced a bill to bar use of justice department funds for trying guantanamo detainees in federal courts. king's fellow republican, mike pence of indiana, said today some democrats may join republicans at least in blocking funding for holding the 9/11- related trials in new york city. >> this is a terrible idea to return the mastermind of 9/11 to the scene of the worst terrorist attack in american history. not only financial cost, but the emotional cost. and frankly, it compromises the security of that city by ma

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times" that pointed out barbara boxer and dianne feinstein each voted with their party over 95% of the be tossed out of office, so the american people ought to be the ones to stand up and insists that any elected official does his or her duty. it will not happen otherwise. when they know you're going to kick them out of office if you do not, that will do it. >> thank you. >> i am from suffolk university in boston. >> there is nobody left in boston. they are all here. >> do you feel health care bills like the one working through congress that mandate citizens to buy health care from a private company our constitutional -- our constitutional? >> i got some criticism from people who wanted health care reform for saying that. ?ndi do think -- i am not a constitutional scholar, but i think there's a constitutional question. somebody said to me, you are required to buy car insurance. no, you are not. you are required to buy car insurance if you have a car and you drive. that is part of it, but to require to mandate that people go out and purchase a product -- i do not know whether it is cons

what did you learn from dianne feinstein about all this? caller: the standard is now too tough to get someone on the no- fly list. in hindsight, it is clear that he should not have been allowed to get on the plane. the president also talked about that, and we will be seeing some changes there. host: how much is it going to cost, over all in the effort that we put forward for all lan security? caller: this is clearly making terrorism and somewhat higher priority for the ministration. that will come at the expense of some other areas. maybe not the economy, but when it comes to issues like education or immigration. you might find somewhat less focus on that as the administration focuses more on terrorism. host: we are talking to susan page, washington bureau chief. why do you think something like this could still happen? caller: because terrorists are smart and organized. the chairman of the 9/11 commission said we are looking at what happened on christmas day for what went wrong. al qaeda is looking at id and asking what went wrong from thei

times" that pointed out that barbara boxer and dianne feinstein, i just use them as examples, because it was for the "l.a. times," each voted with their party over 95% of the time. i said anybody who votes with their party 95% of the time ought to be tossed out of office. and so the american people really have to be the ones to stand up and insist, you know, that any elected official does his or her duty, it won't happen otherwise, when you know they're going to kick them out of office when you don't. that will do it. >> thank you. >> my name is ed, and i'm from suffolk university in boston. >> there's nobody left in boston. they're all here. >> do you feel that health care bills suchals the one that's working through congress or romney-kerry in massachusetts, that mandate citizens to buy health care from a private company are constitutional? >> i've got some criticism from some people who wanted national health care reform for saying this. i do think -- i'm not a constitutional scholar, but i think there is certainly a constitutional question. the mandate -- somebody said to me, well