we wrought in john stanton from the buzzfeed we can talk about anything, our washington bureau chief,n good to have you with us. peter ogburn back in studio. >> now that we have gotten rid of the polite company we can act like animals. >> the state of the union, we barely covered it the president put forth such a broad agenda. peter has maybe the biggest story of the day. >> nobody does it better than us apparently >> bill: in washington. >> in washington, d.c. ashley madison for the second year in a row unleashed their least faithful cities in america. number 1, right here in washington, d.c. more cheaters, more extra-marital affairs in washington, d.c. than anywhere on the planet? >> for those who don't know? >> must be per capita. >> for those who don't know ashley madison is an e-mail for married people to log on, find other married people who you can have an afford with and nobody is going to tell. what they do is they look at when are all of their registered users are. last year, the site said washington had a registered 38,000, more than anywhere else. that was in 2011. >> not

mallika henderson, political reporter at "the washington post" and john stanton, washington bureau chiefou. citing panetta is not the man that the audience thought they'd be hearing from. does washington's ability portray any weakness to the international community? >> i don't know if it's so much weakness as more of an inability to sort of get our old house in order which could hurt our hand going forward on afghanistan and dealing with pakistan and, you know, a lot of areas where we're trying to sort of enforce certain notions about how governments should be operating and we really can't get our own government together to take care of the basic functions like having a new secretary of defense in place. you know, that does weaken us a little bit with the partners in europe. we are able to sort of do these kind of things. >> and mallika, now that the house has been out on recess for a week it does seem that the dust has settled and that hagel will be confirmed. so what was plan of the extreme opposition to his nomination? did they accomplish anything? >> they accomplished dragging this o

stanton, nbc news, los angeles. >>> it was a day of heated question for the man president obama wants to head the cia. john brennan was pressed hard on the use of drones and enhanced interrogation techniques by members of the senate intelligence committee. government memos leaked earlier this week showed drones had been cleared for use against u.s. citizens suspected of working as u.s. terrorists. nbc's tracie potts is live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. in his hearing, brennan strongly defended the use of drones but he distanced himself from questionable interrogation tactics used on terror suspects. >> truth, the full truth and nothing but the truth. >> reporter: it looks like john brennan is gaining the support of several lawmakers, on drone attacks and even americans. at least three killed so far. >> any american who did that should know well that they in fact are part of an enemy against us and that the united states will do everything possible to destroy that enemy to save american lives. >> reporter: drones are used against imminent threats, he said, not as payback. but some are

stanton, nbc news, los angeles. >>> it was a day of heated questioning for the man president obama wants to head the dcia. john brennan was increased hard on the use of drones and enha e enhanced interrogation techniques. government memos show drones have been cleared for use against u.s. citizens suspected as working against terrorists. tracie potts is live in washington with the details. >> reporter: good morning. brennan defended and strongly defended the use of drones but he distanced himself from how the bush administration questioned terror suspects. it looks like john brennan is gaining the support of several lawmakers after defending u.s. drone attacks on terror suspects, even americans. at least three have been killed so far. >> i think any american who did that should know well that they, in fact, are part of an enemy against us and that united states will do everything possible to destroy that enemy to save american lives. >> reporter: drones are used against imminent threats, he said, not as payback. but some are still concerned if it's legal and ask, what if the cia takes out the wrong person? >>

stanton of phoenix. mr. mayor, good morning. >> good morning to you, chris. >> house speaker john boehner has asked yesterday about whether undocumented young people who are commonly known as dreamers should be given a path to citizenship. let me play for you what he said. >> i want to do everything i can to foster this continuing conversation in a bipartisan fashion to deal with what is a very difficult issue in our country, but, you know, it's certainly worthy of consideration. >> we saw eric cantor on tuesday saying addressing undocumented youth would be, quote, a good place to start. are these the kinds of little signs out there that the tide might be turning? >> well, of course the tide is turning. we're at a knew -- unique while where things seem to be coming together at the right time. if it does occur it will help news arizona, in my city of phoenix a great deal. >> what do you see from your perspective? what are the key components to immigration reform? what has to be includeded? wroo we know it has to be done in a bipartisan way, but a city like mine where i have soon to be a majority latino city and i think that's a strateg