i do agree with lindsey graham in this respect. i don't -- the victims of 9/11 and you went to how many of their funerals in the families, they did not have funerals, many of them never even got any of the remains of their loved ones back ever. second baseman' like why does this guy get a funeral? >> it was just a service and they wanted to com comply with islamic law. >> theyd that to clean his body and wrap it in linn linen and n islamic service and i'm thinking it didn't happen for the familys. >> there is a disproportion to it but ifth is the jaits military it is -- this is the united states military, it is not some terrorist group. and you want to show the way you handle people and getting rid of him quickly really helps. i was worryd that we maybe captured him alive and would have to go through two or three years of trial and what does that mean in terms of retaliation and opportunity for problems and issues. >> is it predicated on a belief, though, that it would buy goodwil in the muslim world. >> i think it is predicated on

and republican lindsey graham. senators, welcome back. >> thank you. >> chris: before we get to the budget, you have seen our report and i'm sure read about it, the report that nato airstrike overnight did not kill muammar gaddafi. but killed his youngest son and three of his young grandchildren. not confirmed by nato. senator graham, perhaps as a member of the senate armed services committee you can confirm or not something in that regard. any case, someone who called on president obama to take out gaddafi, your reaction? >> this is a good move by nato to go after the source of the problem. if you want to protect the libyan people, go after his inner circle. do two things, support the rebels, give them better air cover. get american aircraft back in the game to diminish gaddafi's military and also put pressure in tripoli. in my view, wherever gaddafi goes, he is the command leader. he t way to get to this to end is go after the people around him and support network. it support what nato is doing. it'd like to have

for lindsey graham to come out and say we have to be sure. we've had high ranking members of the united states military who witnessed on film him being killed. we have the navy s.e.a.l.s who have said they brought back the information, brought back the evidence. there is no doubt. there is no question. let's not raise this into more of a debate than it deserves to be. he's dead. it's over and done with. >> congressman schiff, what do you think the chances are that we're going to have to see these photos down the road to put away any other story that might crop up later on? >> well, i agree with the director of the cia. i think that's very possible, maybe even likely down the road. as i mentioned if they do release further videos of bin laden, it's only going to resurrect this. the sooner we can nip this conspiracy theory in the bud, i think the better. ultimately, it's hard to imagine these photos aren't going to be leaked. and i'd rather frankly that it was done purposefully rather than being leaked. and done on our own terms rather than res

senator lindsey graham said today on fox news sunday he believes he's a legitimate legal target because he is the head of the military. >> i think again that's a very difficult disputed question, but i think the key point is here is we've got to keep our -- point here is we've got to keep our involvement strictly limited. we don't want to to be a five to eight year war like we've seen -- want it to be a five to eight year war like we've seen in afghanistan. what gadhafi is doing to his people, hiring money that he stole from the libyan people to kill his own people. we've got to keep our mind on that and keep our involvement limited to protecting the rebels, but not getting involved in a full scale water in libya which would give those -- war in libya which would give those in the muslim world who already distrust the united states further reason to be unhappy. >> if you would stand by, we understand neil living stone, a terrorism expert is joining us by phone. can you hear us? it's will and maureen. >> yes, i can. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >> obviously question, the death of

lindsey graham, yes, too, even though i disagreed with him. sarah palin, talking balloon head here, peter king, getting back on the strange side you can wants to release it going along with the president not releasing it. here are the guy, call these the grownups don't want to release it joan, we are in the grownup list, ready? >> finally. >> john mccain, mike roger, harry reid, robert gates, hillary clinton, steny hoyer and here is a real grownup, dianne feinstein it, john kerry and scott brown, who probably will get re-elected because he keeps doing normal things like this. supporting the president, boehner and rubio. gene, for the defense? >> well, i don't know what to say. you're having associated me with sarah palin. >> you did it. >> but let me make another serious point that i don't think ms. palin made, which is that those photos, like it or not, are an historic document. this is an historic moment. this is a man who not for better or worse, for worse, has had more influence over events in this young century than any human being i can

my first day on the jew dish yay committee, i got on the committee with lindsey graham. we become the new members. and the water -- the impeachment is in bull bloom. the bless is there and everybody is consuming this is going to be fire works in the committee. henry, by tradition, introduces the new members. he does a little introduction of me and lindsay. john conyers said mr. chairman, will you yield. all of the congressmans behind me are whispering, here it goes. he's going to go nuts. he's going to scream it's a farce. they are putting them on to impeach the president. i'm thinking conyers is going to kill us. conyers said i joined with my colleague the chairman in welcoming congressman jim rogan to this committee. congressman rogan, a former judge, a fine man, a great statesman. he's going on and on about what a wonderful edition of the committee. all of the republicans are starting to do this. looking at me. you know, what's this all about? they are looking at me suspiciously. he goes on. i want to welcome him. then he looked at lindsey graham, and he said, mr. cha

lindsey graham is was right about using this to look the other way. on this if if they did that to help us pursue the network more vigorously. we need their help and i think we can demand it now. >> bret: check in quickly as we look at the video from pakistan of the final compound. one last time before i hand it off to the top of the hour with jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer? >> we learned that the raid was launched by about 40 u.s. navy seals from a base in afghanistan. not pakistan as some pakistanis officials have been putting out. we underand this from an official there n. there there is a picture of bin laden just released. it is a bloody picture and not something that anybody would want to look at. it was about 40 navy seals half of whom landed on the ground. 24 got out of the helicopters and land on the ground. i'm told from a senior u.s. intelligence source that they actually asked him to surrender. they didn't give him much time and he was shot. we understand it was chinook and blackhawk helicopters involved in the operation. we do

senator lindsey graham today said you cannot trust them and you cannot abandon them. you go agree with that? >> i don't think it's a question of trust. i think it's a question of the interests we share and the cooperations we have forged. it's a complicated relationship, there's no question, and we do have our differences and i think it's important to note there are many people in pakistan and there are many people in the pakistan government. so it is -- i think you have to be careful about tarring everyone either in the country or the government because they have provided extremely useful assistance over the years, and we look forward to cooperating with pakistan going into the future, and it's vital because as we have said, lopping the head off the snake is important, but the body, while battered and bruised because of the alaskas that have been taken, is still there and we need to bury that body. we have to keep the fight up against al qaeda. >> in previous dealing with pakistan it seems you guys have had to deal with them in sort of three separate camps. if presid

joining us now is republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina.tor graham, thanks very much for coming in. it didn't look like there was a -- great rapport there between the president of the united states and the prime minister of israel today when they sat in the oval office. what was your assessment? >> that's why they pay you the big bucks. it was pretty bad. put yourself in the prime minister of israel's shoes. you are coming to meet -- speak to the congress. president bam, i think, has this mindset if i publicly scold israel or i -- push them on cash settlements and borders, i somehow get -- credibility. it doesn't work. it makes our relationship with israel more difficult. and it was overall a good speech. but why in the world you would insist on '67 borders under these conditions i don't know. >> he also had a caveat. important caveat. >> land swap. >> with mutually agreed swaps. >> here's the problem. when you talk about settlements, everybody in the region will highlight israel's problem of settlements. when you talk about borders and not

others i take more seriously like lindsey graham, a senator from south carolina, of course, and he tweeted out -- the whole purpose of sending our soldiers into the compound, rather than an aerial bombardment, was to obtain indisputable truth of bin laden's death. that was actually a statement, not a tweet. the problem with the pictures from abu ghraib, for example, wasn't the pictures themselves that caused a lot 6 trouble, but it was because of what we did in the pictures. in this case we killed a guy who killed nearly 3,000 americans. if it offends you to see him with a bullet in his head, you should have tried to talk him out of 9/11 a little earlier. joining mess is congressman adam schiff. she serves on the intelligence committee. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> first, saxby chambliss, among others, have said this will obviously come out at some point. should we release the pictures now? >> i think the white house may very well have to revisit this if al qaeda, for example, airs a stored video of bin laden it will only give further fuel to the idea that among conspiracy theo

senator lindsey graham spent eight days there in 2008. >>> president obama is getting a bipartisan praiseden's compound. he got a standing ovation at the white house last night. former vice president dick cheney said it was a job well done, and took credit for developing the intelligence network that made it happen. rush limbaugh congratulated the president but later mocked him. and then there was this -- >> and we thank our president, we thank president bush for having made the right calls to set up this victory. >> sarah palin apparently couldn't quite come out with the current president's name while she was talking about the mission in colorado yesterday. at least someone remembered. take a look here. >> good news, osama bin laden is dead. the bad news there is no bad news. osama bin laden is dead. that's got news. >> that's right, bin laden is dead. just like the republicans chances in 2012. >> looks like president obama has a new campaign slogan, yes, i did! you can see he was giddy. >> may god bless the united states of america. >> watch what he does here. you can see he's just -- y

. >> lindsey graham had a not so veiled shot at donald trump today. >> he was talking about trump. >> he was talking about trump, there was little doubt in my mind when i talked to him on the phone yesterday that's who he had in mind, even though he didn't use trump's name. i think michael makes a fair point. but it is may of 2011. so there's a long way to go here. a lot of republicans i talk to say, yes, this has been something of a silly season. but this is a long primary. it will clarify itself. the process will work itself out. we will get a serious mainstream candidate. >> ok. >> if the economy does not recover, that person will be formidable come the fall of 2012. >> the problem is we're watching the nfl replacement season right now. look who is going to be in the debate this week on another network. it is the replacement season. look at these guys. tim pawlenty is for real. buddy roemer, party switcher. don't do too well in these kind of things. michael, this is the replacement season. this is sort of how jack warden and what's his name and gene -- gene hackman coaching this te

obviously you've got lindsey graham disagreeing with john mccain, his old friend. it's not an easy call here. one side is about the spear theorists. how do you prove death? if they're showing these photos to the members of congress, they should show the photos to journalists, too. >> richard wolffe, author of "revival," and also of msnbc. thanks for joining us tonight. >> you bet, lawrence. >> coming up, president obama's trip to ground zero tomorrow. why did president bush decline the invitation to attend? >>> and later the torture debate. senator john mccain says today waterboarding did not play a role in capturing bin laden. [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. but i wasn't

. >> senator lindsey graham said on fox news sunday today gadhafi is a legitimate military target because he's the commanding control source. do you buy that? >> i think that part goes a little bit too far under the circumstance because part of what's happening is the alliance is trying to manage a diverse coalition trying to maintain international support and a broad range of countries contributing. they are in a bit of a bind when the nato secretary general and others say it's hard to imagine civilians being safe with gadhafi at helm. it does lead to certain conclusions. that's where the tension is within the alliance now. >> this attack happened in a civilian neighborhood. now again nato is saying it was fair game because this was a military compound. is it fair game to target sites in civilian neighborhoods where civilians may be killed? >> well, this is the importance of the precision guided munitions the alliance is using. they were able to attack a target that was identified as a military site in a heavily dominated civilian area without causing damage to surrounding homes, surroun

lindsey graham is somebody, senator from south carolina i interviewed this week as part of the week'she challenges on the foreign affairs scene for the president. he "deserved a bump from the bin laden operation, but i think he will be judged not just on the economy. if iran has a nuclear weapon by 2012, that's not going to bode well for the president. if gadhafi is still in power in october 2012, that doesn't bode well for the president. if afghanistan is going backward, not forward, that doesn't bode well for the president. so, at the end of the day, foreign policy is still very much in play." specifically, how much of an issue is afghanistan in the campaign? >> i think it is going to be probably a little bit less of an issue in the campaign than i would have said two weeks ago. i think there's not that much -- there was never any appetite among the democrats for staying in afghanistan much beyond 2014, and i don't think republicans are going to make that huge an issue of it, either. i think pakistan, though, is going to end up -- could surprise us and take over the afghanistan in t

. >> senator lindsey graham today said you cannot trust them and you cannot abandon them. >> i don't think it's a question of trust. i think it's a question of the interests we share and the cooperation we forged. there are different many a complicated relationship. there is no question. we do have our differences. it's important to notes there are many people in pakistan and many people in the pakistan government. so you have to be careful about tarring everyone. either the country or the government. because they have provided extremely useful assistance over the years and we look forward to cooperating with pakistan going into the future. its many vital. as we have said, lopping the head off the snake is important. the body while battered and bruised is still there and we need to bury that body. we need to keep thefight against al qaeda and pakistan is an important partner in that effort. >> in previous dealings with pakistan, it seems you have had to deal with them in three separate cams. the president called president zadari. were other people informed at the same levels? >> we h

called into question by many well-intentioned observers, including my respected colleague, senator lindsey graham, who like myself voted in favor of justices sotomayor and kagan. professor liu seems better fitted for a life in politics rather than the bench. we don't know if mr. liu could conduct himself in a different manner if he were to be given a seat at one of the highest judicial positions in our country. the list is long and time is short, mr. president, but i would summarize my concerns through two observations. the first involves professor liu's public comments regarding supreme court justice alito, which i know will be repeated by others. mr. liu's view was that -- quote -- judge alito's record in visions in america where police shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a purse, or a black men may be sentenced to death by an all-white jury for killing a white man. i humbly believe this is not the america we aspire to be. end quote. obviously, i share the view of many others that whether one agrees or disagrees with justice alito's view of the constitution, this is

senator lindsey graham said you cannot trust them and you cannot abandon them.e with that assessment? >> it is not a question of trust. it is a question of the interests that we share and the cooperation that we have forged. there are -- it is a complicated relationship. there is no question. we do have our differences. and i think that it is important to note that there are many people in pakistan and many people in the pakistan government, so it is a, i think that you have to be careful about tarring everyone either in the country or the government, because they have provided extremely useful assistance over the years, and we look forward to cooperating with pakistan going into the future, and it is vital, because as we have said, lopping the head off of the snake is important, but the body while battered and bruised because of the actions that have been taken over the years is still there and we need to bury the body and keep the fight up against al qaeda and pakistan is important partner in that effort. >> in previous dealings with pakistan, it seems that yo

questions that they have, about your ability to do this job, and i stated before you think the lindsey graham standard that i think you are more than qualified to do this job based on your background and standard that he expressed during the kagan and sotomayor hearings, about someone's qualities and academic qualifications and their understanding of the law and their willingness to follow the law. i just wanted to go back into what you said with senator cornyn was just talking about, which is the difference that your work as a scholar, and i think i mentioned before that i'm a graduate of the university of chicago law school, and have seen judge easterbrook and judge posner as professors and have often thought of some the things that they said in class or views that they expressed in scholarly journals were not necessarily what guided them as a judge when it actually had to apply the law. and could you talk a little bit again about your view of a judge differing from the role of an advocate or scholar? >> certainly. thank you, senator klobuchar. i first want to just express that i appreciate

chiss wallace welcomes michelle bachman, kent conrad, and republican senator lindsey graham, a membere armed services committee. at 3:30, cnn's state of the union. candy crawley talks with john verasso of wyoming. also democratic congresswoman jane harmon then it is "face the nation." host bob seifert talks with john mccain. also alabama governor robert bentley. the five network tv talk shows brought to you as a public service by c-span. it begins at noon eastern time with "meet the press." 1:00 "this week." 2:00 "fox news sunday." at 4:00, "face the nation" from cbs. listen to them all on 90.1 f.m. in the washington, d.c. area. downloadedable as an iphone app or go online to c-span.org. >> i try to tell a story with visuals rather than words. >> carol guzy has won the award more than any other journalist. >> i think the great thing about being a photographer is that we get to experience the human condition on so many different levels. >> she'll talk more about her craft tonight on c-span's "q & a." it is one of our many signature programs at c-span.org/podcast. >> president obama has

one as a member of this committee but also along with senator lindsey graham as co-chair of the guard caucus. we've called on you for help. you've always been there. secretary mchugh, i want to ask you about the medium extended air defense system, or mads. they need another $80 billion from 2002 to 2013. i understand it will not be purchased even after it's developed that somehow we are in international agreement to obligate spending. we're having to peso many cuts both in the civilian life and social safety net but also in the military. why don't we just cut out money for meads? do need to renegotiate what those international agreements? >> that would be ideal if we were successful in getting our international part nerts to renegotiate. this -- partners to renegotiate. this was a litany of bad choices. the reality is based on the negotiated agreement of 2004 that i wasn't are a part of so i can't speak to the motivations, any one of the three partners -- and as you know, senator, our two other partners are italy and germany who unilaterally withdraw are said to pay the set closeout c

this was a bridge too far for lindsey graham. i yield. mr. grassley: mr. president? i'd like to inquire how much time we have on our side. the presiding officer: 3 minutes and 45 seconds. mr. grassley: okay. my objections to this nominee can be summarized with five areas of concern: his controversial writings and speeches, an activist judicial philosophy, his lack of judicial temperament, his troublesome testimony, and a lack of candor before the committee. mr. grassley: i would hope that the president would withdraw the nominee and send up a consensus nominee. we on this side have demonstrated over and over again our cooperation in moving forward on consensus nominatio nominations. the president needs to nominate a mainstream individual who understands the proper role a judge. nominees who would bring a personal agenda and political ideology to the courtroom will have great difficulty in being confirmed. i have troubles with a statement that's been made that the court of appeals is where law is made and we need the finest minds in the world for that. first, intellec

and tim conradt may be the thorn in the president's side and lindsey graham maybe talking about bullyingbachmann on friday night. an interesting show. >> we want to talk to that canadian, michelle bachmann. >> ask to see the certificate. chris wallace, always great to see you. >> thanks, guys. >> hollywood royalty, and bruce and demi moore's daughter busted. >> and some kids need a lighter load. will it make our children hazy and prepared for the future? we debate next. losing weight clicked for me when i had everything i needed to lose weight right in my hands. sophomore year, started weight watchers online, the weight started coming off. ahh! oh my gosh! [ laughs ] we're college kids, we go out all the time. having my food tracker on my phone, i can figure out what i'm having at the restaurant. i lost 73 pounds with weight watchers online. i don't think i've ever smiled this much in my whole life. it kind of hurts my cheeks. [ female announcer ] hurry, join for free today. weight watchers online. finally, losing weight clicks. >> welcome back to "fox & friends." a couple of quick headl

this was a bridge too much for lindsey graham. i yield. >> mr. president? >> senator from iowa? >> i want to inquire how much time is on our side? >> three minutes and 45 # seconds. >> okay. my objections can be summarized with five areas of concern. his controversial writings and speeches and philosophy, lack of judicial temperament, troublesome testimony, and a lack of candor before the committee. i would hope that the president would draw the nominee and send up a consensus nominee. we, on this side, demonstrated over and over again our cooperation in moving forward on consensus nominations. the president needs to nominate a mainstream individual who understands the proper role of a judge. nominees who would bring a personal agenda and political ideology to the courtroom will have great difficulty in being confirmed. i have trouble with a statement that's been made that the court of appeals is where law is made and we need the plainness minds in the world for that. first, intellect is an important element that we ought to consider in any confirmation process. this nominee has

this was a bridge too far for lindsey graham. i yield. mr. grassley: mr. president? i'd like to inquire how much time we have on our side. the presiding officer: 3 minutes and 45 seconds. mr. grassley: okay. my objections to this nominee can be summarized with five areas of concern: his controversial writings and speeches, an activist judicial philosophy, his lack of judicial temperament, his troublesome testimony, and a lack of candor before the committee. mr. grassley: i would hope that the president would withdraw the nominee and send up a consensus nominee. we on this side have demonstrated over and over again our cooperation in moving forward on consensus nominatio nominations. the president needs to nominate a mainstream individual who understands the proper role a judge. nominees who would bring a personal agenda and political ideology to the courtroom will have great difficulty in being confirmed. i have troubles with a statement that's been made that the court of appeals is where law is made and we need the finest minds in the world for that. first, intellec

called into question by many well-intentioned observers, including my respected colleague, senator lindsey graham, who like myself voted in favor of justices sotomayor and kagan. professor liu seems better fitted for a life in politics rather than the bench. we don't know if mr. liu could conduct himself in a different manner if he were to be given a seat at one of the highest judicial positions in our country. the list is long and time is short, mr. president, but i would summarize my concerns through two observations. the first involves professor liu's public comments regarding supreme court justice alito, which i know will be repeated by others. mr. liu's view was that -- quote -- judge alito's record in visions in america where police shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a purse, or a black men may be sentenced to death by an all-white jury for killing a white man. i humbly believe this is not the america we aspire to be. end quote. obviously, i share the view of many others that whether one agrees or disagrees with justice alito's view of the constitution, this is