is exceptional. you know who else is exsemsal? exceptional? >> that is pretty exceptional. buck, putin saying we are not exceptional. is that uncool of him? >> it is very uncool. more than that. this is not just spiking the football in the end zone. it is spiking the football and signing it and handing it to the wife of the guy you are playing against and mooning the crowd. this is as brazen as you can get. this is the worst diplomatic beating since drago took out apolo creed. >> the russians have not changed much. >> if you think you are exceptional in russia they will let you believe that until they beat you in the face. putin has a point i suppose. >> you said in the green room not only when you agree with putin, but when it comes to america you could, quote, take it or leave it. >> did i say that? i must have been high. >> maybe that that was the baby talking. >> he is right because no one feels russia is exceptional except for the bond villains they provided. i think it is funny that at the end of the speech he said -- he wrote "we must not forget that god created us e

i have lived in this exceptional country for 40 years.f this exceptionalism. tell me, where else in the world can a guy with a very foreign accent, someone who was clearly born and raised someplace else go on tv and tell people what's going on in their country? try that in germany, china, japan, or france. america is exceptional because it has a rule book, the constitution, designed around the principles of liberty and freedom and america has stuck to those rules, above all, america is exceptional because it allows individuals the freedom to make what they can of themselves. i've lived in england, australia, east africa, hong kong. step ashore in america and you can see the freedom, the inclusion of people like me. in 2011 a pew poll asked europeans and americans will individual freedom versus state guarantees that nobody's in need. 58% of americans wanted individual freedom. 60% of europeans went with welfare security. the same poll asked if success in life is determined by outside forces beyond the individual's control. in germany, two-

it's what makes us exceptional. putin says it's extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional whatever the motivation there are big countries, small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic situations. their policies differ, too. we're all different and when we ask for lord's blessings, we must not forget god created us equal. tough piece here. what do you make of it? >> well, putin is playing games. he's playing to the congress, to the american people in a way he's in the driver's seat but, you know, it also a product this president obama and president putin have bad chemistry and i think putin is playing a dangerous game. here is a guy that lately has gone after gay people. he's muffled the press. he's jailed the opposition. his old kgb self-is coming forth but the united states and russia need to work together to rid ourselves of these chemical weapons and i believe we are in a way in a driver's seat by keeping the military strike option on the table, and we should go furthe

you're not exceptional. stop medaling. now the president ignored questions about it from reporters at white house today. jay carney said this. >> both in his statements and actions we've seen from president putin and his foreign minister, it's clear he has invested credibility in transferring assad's chemical weapons to international control and ultimately destroying them. this is significant. russia is assad's patron and protector. the world will note whether russia can follow through on commitments it's made. >> all right. dana perino, my question is two part. first, i want you to give the honest answer. you're always answer. let's pretend you're in the white house and open up the north korea thymes. you see this editorial. one, tell everybody what you would think honestly and two, how would you advise the president in the white house now? >> let me go backwards. what jay carney was saying basically the national security advisor and council have said this is the best thing we can do. don't take the bait. don't just -- ma

. >> you're exceptional.xceptional member. >> to the extent we're comparing ourselves in the a way that they've conducted themselves around the world it's pretty ease why i to make the case we're exceptional. ultimately this is about putin beating his chest about essentially sending a message to his own people. >> shirt off or shirt on? >> shirt on. >> would you dispute that putin's driving the agenda on the syria crisis? >> we need him. we've always said from the very beginning that you couldn't get anything done in syria without russia. at some level he has the cards. >> he has the cards. but doesn't this all in a way legitimize assad here? because suddenly after saying we don't need assad anymore. we'd like him gone. now he's there and we in a way through the russians of course, not directly but we now have to have him there. >> assad is there not because of assad's strength. assad is there because there are enormous proxy interests that are dedicated to the idea that he stays in power. the russians are no

it is funny except for it's not.een any effort to reform the system and end this christmas in september attitude? >> people have been talking about this for more than 30 years saying it doesn't make sense. it never goes anywhere and people say this is how it works. studies like this which show the spending goes up and down and up and down. and then here you get to the end of the year. look at that. massive number up there. that's what keeps happening year after year no matter how much they say we ought to fix it. >> that's a nauseating chart. do these agencies even try to defend what they're doing? >> well, look, most agencies can come up with an explanation. they can say it is the way it work out. and some things are easy to defend. for example, very popular to go out and buy computers and printers and things like that. they say we always need them. they're basic tools. what drives the critics crazy is when they see money being spent on thing like promoting vineyards or as you mentioned, buying clarinets for the mil

because it's an exceptional country.he principles, the morals, the everything that america stands for? because so many countries in the world simply do not. and why do we believe that there is a world order? because for many, many decades, america has policed a world order that we actually want to live in now, i know there have been problems since iraq and with the iraq war. but we want to live in a world that is safe for democracy. we want to live in a world that is safe for human rights. we want to live in a world where journalists and others can speak freely and not get imprisoned. >> the point putin makes -- i don't want to take him that seriously but there is a serious point here. when american exceptionalism means we get to do things we wouldn't let anybody else do, like torture prisoners, then you've gotten an american exceptionalism defeating itself. >> you are right about that. you are absolutely right about that. that is why this is such an incredible moment. i know we're talking about syria, but you're right.

thinking you are exceptional. thinking are you exceptional is not extremely dangerous. it's exceptionally dangerous. folks, i was on the fence before this but now it's clear we've got to bomb syria. i mean massive air strikes and just o to stick it to putin i say we use lesbian pilots flying the enola gay. we'll beack. back.  >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is an intelligence analyst whose work at both the cia and the fbi, that means both of his shoes are phones. s please welcome philip mudd. (cheers and applause) thank you for coming on. all right, philip mudd, 25 years in the intelligence world. deputy director of the cia's counterterrorist center from 2003 to 2005 then became the fbi senior intelligence advisor. and you have a book entitled take down, inside the hunt for al qaeda. >> right. >> stephen: do we really take down al qaeda or should it be called spread out inside the scattering of al qaeda. >> i think if you looked at the adversary we face 12 years ago it bear those resemblance to what we see today. the problem is we don't face

for part of the planning commissions preview i'd like except them to use the highest level of sxrut imply for the variance of a court yard which is completely over exaggerated and not relative to was it needs to do in an identified unit design >> yeah. i'd agree with commissioner more and more this building is extremely aggressive and it's oversized interest it doesn't step down to the alley we talked about the alley have variances we talked about the lot windows and it is horrify it sticks out to me it's not at all respectful i recognize the height is what the height is but there's a way this can be skunld. i think it's a extreme aggressive >> i'm also supportive of a continuous. the units here i'm not sure the height is appropriate but even if it is it looks worse because it takes no includes from the holiday in its one of the worst looking building it's a cookie cutter urge building. it should fit in about the rest of the buildings and take some clues from the neighborhood. donates the one thanking thing and the other thing is the parking lot. we heard they've got a hardship they

i do agree the united states is an exceptional nation. president putin asks this exceptional nation idea has taken us into war against iraq, war in afghanistan ten years, war in libya. now we are moving toward war in syria. what good has it done for human rights and for the united states of america. putin is making a case here that a lot of american critics of the administration -- conservative and liberal -- have been making. >> it rubs the u.s.'s nose in iraq and afghanistan. it says something to the fkt of why does the government want to repeat recent mistakes referring to iraq and afghanistan. what do you make of the idea that president putin is trying to run the united states and private diplomacy. trying to speak with our secretary of state and at the same time he goes out to speak to the american people by this op-ed . >> well, the russians have their own oh interests. what putin is doing is reaching out to the anti-war community and the united states. the anti-interventionist community on syria which as we know recently is probabl

it's what makes us exceptional, unquote.is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. there are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions, and those still finding their way to democracy. their policies differ, too. we are all different, but when we ask for the lord's blessings, we must not forget that god created us equal, unquote. >>> question, why did president putin seize on the stated u.s. value of exceptionalism, pat buchanan? >> in the reaction to putin's op ed piece, he put this down the smoke stack. he keyed off of what obama said on exceptionalism and he countered it with an argument which people all over the world believe. they are sick of hearing americans talk about we are the indispensable nation, as madeline albright said, we see further than ours, we're the sheriff of the world, we see first. he's not only appealing to the world. he's appealing to that half of the united states to whom president obama himself

although i ask that the policy that the sheriff's department has and they have an exception for serious convicted violent offenders, sex offenders and weapon possessors is in the best interest of san francisco. as a young guy i voted for the sainchtary city and supported it wholeheartedly and one of the first chiefs in california to endorse the trust act that was vetoed. when asked to endorse the second trust act again i was one of the first police police chiefs in san francisco to do so but the curve out i believe is in the best interest of san francisco is also in that trust act. again this is not to say that every convicted violent offender or sex offender or weapon possessor is detained. this leaves the discretion to the sheriff and that was the policy. it was applauded as being courageous and hang on to the people that are a serious danger to san francisco and i think to remove all discretion -- your parents teach you never say never and always say always and i think that is the smart thing to do to leave it in the sheriff's department and it's policy and we don't require status wh

so there's an exception to that. there's also an exception to historic buildings where you have historic fireplaces, you are allowed to maintain them and you are also allowed to repair but you can't actually replace wood-burning appliances. what a wood-burning oven has to do to meet the specific requirements of the building code, how to meet the requirements. it has to meet the specific requirements of how you build it. it has to have a hearth of a certain distance, clearance of combustibles, it has to be made of the right materials. it has to have its own chimney, its own chimney. fireplaces, wood-burning have chimneys. >> and the maintenance on those is much more than these would be. you have to clean those out once a month. >> the code requires that you exhaust 3 different products of cooking. one is heat, one is steam, and one is grease and vapors. heat and steam only need a so-called type 2 hood, it doesn't have to be welded all the way up, but type 1 for grease-laden vapors is welded all the way. this is sheldo

i also want to explain why it's named this and why there can't be exceptions. these are different from civil warrants. they're administrative requests. they're not reviewed by a judge, no review. a low ranking ice officer with no official authority whatsoever can sign and issue an ice detainer. another problem with the detainers there is no legal standard. they're not based on reasonable suspicion and no prowbl cause is needed to issue the detainer. that's the problem. they have no process in law. when they are issued and the person is held a second longer than the criminal matters allows them to be held it's a due process violation under the constitution and protects people regardless of the immigration status. that's why sheriffs across the country have been sued for these detainers. the sheriff in l.a. lee baca is being sued and another sheriff was sued and responding to detainers and inappropriately and holding them extra time beyond the 43 hours and these are lawtds that could happen because there is no legal basis for holding someone. they're not criminal

it's what makes us exceptional.o encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. [ bleep ] you. >> it's safe to say not a lot of people in this country liked the putin op-ed. we'll update the latest on syria. also the situation in colorado

he gave the exception. but those paying the bills to give them a one-year reprieve of the individual mandate of obamacare. >> and these little darlings that we send to washington d.c. and the administration official after a year to the laws that they write for everybody watching and listening also a 2.0 something we should know the outcome on the bitter amendment and the republican response sent to the senate here within the hour in we will leave you up-to-date. >> i think it is a clear-cut message to the american people from here on out there will be members that say i need the exemption or the subsidy what is good to pass is not good enough for me the president tries to put off for one year but it is not good for the body so that is a lesson they will learn over the next few months. >> ted cruz in the other republicans who have seized the moral high ground? in the right place morally in other rice said of history it will be interesting to see how this unwinds. always good to talk with you david. we will b

josh except that it excludes -- except that it excludes fewer people and unpopular people. >> we have a culture of using religious phrasing even if we are not necessarily religious. people sometimes say thank god, or heaven sakes. how do you address how language has permitted our culture? is anything that you and the people who are working to do the same work that you're doing, is anything you you are doing to tackle this. >> there is nothing wrong with it. you are missing the key point which is that we have nothing against people, individuals, groups, people who want not the government to doing what they in terms of religion. if they want to worship god, they have every right. what we are against is them using the government of all of us to do this. when government speaks in terms of religion, if government says there is no god, and that would be just as wrong. government should stay out of this business. >> what other battles are you and other atheists organizations fighting at this point to separate church and state? i just want to get an idea of what other types of initiatives tha

it's what makes us exceptional.o encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. [ bleep ] you. >> it's safe to say not a lot of people in this country liked the putin op-ed. we'll update the latest on syria. also the situation in colorado getting wetter and worse. we'll take you there live to look at what's happened and what is to come. and twitter makes news with a tweet of its own. it's going public. we'll take a look at what it's learned from the facebook ipo debacle. that's right, i used the word debacle on a friday. this is "way too early". by the way did you pick up friday the 13th? i just picked it up. yeah. it's friday the 13th. i hope it's a good one for you. also this morning, if you missed the pay the the yot patriots/je two highlights that last 30 seconds. and you won't believe how much money anne hathaway wants for her closet. we'll have that for you in the kee cooler. but another american consulate coming under attack. two suicide bombs exploded in we were afghanistan. the state department says the

and we do claim exceptional as. never doubt that. but we do not claim perfectionism.rned how far we are from it. and we faced just enough challenges to keep us humble. mr. obama, i sure hope that you remind mr. putin next time you see him of all of that. running circles around president obama when it comes to syria. so says senator rand paul. find out what else he says when he joins us right here next. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc investments works with you to understand yours and helps plan for your retirement. talk to a pnc investments financial advisor today. ♪ lou: a massive fire burning out of control at new jersey seaside heights boardwalk. an area recently repaired after being washed out by last year's superstorm sandy. this video coming in the fire started at a small ice cream stand and spread to 19 other buildings evacuations have been ordered up to 6 blocks to the north. lou: three days of heavy rain causing massive mudslides in colorado, 10 inches of rain fell over central parts of colorado, more flooding expected through the weekend

and we do claim exceptional as. never doubt that. but we do not claim perfectionism.ed how far we are from it. and we faced just enough challenges to keep us humble. mr. obama, i sure hope that you remind mr. putin next time you see him of all of that. running circles around president obama when it comes to syria. so says senator rand paul. find out what else he says when he joins us right here next. ♪ at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. (announcer) scottrade knows our and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local scottrade office is there to help. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. voted "best investment serces c

it is what makes us exceptional. it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. john king, it is five years after lehman's collapsed. guantanamo bay is still open and president obama is making a case to launch missile into syria. is putin somehow more in touch with the feelings of democrats who made this president a two termer? >> democrats are angry at putin although some share. george h.w. bush left a note saying you better focus on domestic issues. a man defined himself as anti-war. now contemplating military strikes in the middle east. he was struggling in the presidency before this. he is in the second term. the economy is recovering, but not as robust as he would like. the american people are split on his leadership. the country is divide. you have the irs controversy. you have the nsa controversy. the president was in a political box anyway. then comes this. >> a war weary population. nick, the polls show the public favors focusing on a domestic general yagendpeter jenningagen.

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as exceptional, whatever the motivation, wrote putin.nly veiled diplospeak. >> unlike russia, the united states stands up for human rights in our own country and around the world and we believe that our global security is advanced when children cannot be gassed to death by a dictator. >> reporter: putin blamed gassing syrians on rebel forces, not bashar al assad's government, as obama officials insist. >> only in russia and in putin's parallel alternate universe could you believe that. >> but wait a minute. putin is the guy the u.s. is now banking on to negotiate a way out of unpopular military action against syria. as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, do you feel comfortable with the fact that we are living in his parallel alternate universe? >> when i say his parallel alternate universe, look, this is a guy who grew from the kgb to be the head of it. and he is still, from my perspective, still very dominated in his mind by kgb and the desires for a greater russia. >> reporter: among democratic leaders, some shoulder s

it makes us exceptional. that's what president obama said. then president putin said that remark by our president is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. >> i disagree with president putin here. i don't think president obama said we are exceptional because of our policies. i think he said he feels our beliefs, our concern about international norms about human rights, the record we have makes us exceptional. i do agree the united states is an exceptional nation. president putin makes a point. he asks this exceptional nation idea has taken us into war against iraq, war in afghanistan ten years, war in libya. now we are moving toward war in syria. what good has it done for human rights and what good has it done for the united states of america. putin is making a case here that a lot of american critics of the administration -- conservative as well as liberal -- have been making. >> putin rubs the u.s.'s nose in iraq and afghanistan. it says something to the effect of why does the gove

except for several rm-1 zone lots california street at the end of the block, the block is zoned rh-2 and is comprised of a mix of modest size single-family houses and some two unit and two multi-family buildings. the subject building is in the middle of a group of several single-family houses with similar front and side setbacks creating a pattern of spacing and design on the block base. the subject property and the adjacent property to the south each contain garage structures in their rear yards accessible through a shared driveway. since the commission packets went out last week, the department received two e-mails and one phone call from neighbors in support of the project. and i'll pass copies of the e-mails for the commission's review. >> okay. first d-r requestor. oh, i'm sorry. >> the d-r requestors are the immediate adjacent property owners to the south and north. [speaker not understood] is a resident of 137 17th avenue. the property to the south. and [speaker not understood] is the owner of 129 17th avenue, the property to the north. ms. seto's concerns include the followin

for part of the planning commissions preview i'd like except them to use the highest level of sxrut imply for the variance of a court yard which is completely over exaggerated and not relative to was it needs to do in an identified unit design >> yeah. i'd agree with commissioner more and more this building is extremely aggressive and it's oversized interest it doesn't step down to the alley we talked about the

america is exceptional. we have this founding reality that was ugly.t had slavery in it but we had a founding dream about equality. as a country, year after year, decade after decade, we've been closing the gap between that reality and that dream. no country in the world can say that. and i just think it is sad that we even have to defend that we are a special place. we are a special place. >> i think one of the great things i worry about in our schools and our whole system of education. we've dropped away from reminding people that george washington, thomas jefferson, all these guys who wrote the declaration of independence wrork the constitution and led the early country. they had a vision, a dream. that dr. king remaineded us of when he came 50 years ago to this city. if write a russian leader with a history of czars and serfs and i was in a problem with lock up a girl band. you look at some of the stuff. lectured by pat pat on exceptionalism is an honor that i'm happy to bear on behalf of the united states. >> fair enough. we would lake to hear you