appreciate it. >> thank you. >> schieffer: now on this very busy morning we go to republican senator lindsey graham. he is in clemson, south carolina. let me just start at the top here and talk a little bit about this situation in new york, senator graham. as a republican what do you think about this tweet that george pataki put out he called out democrats eric holder and the new york mayor. said some of the blood was on their hands. do you agree with that? >> i blame the shooter and nobody else. >> >> schieffer: any more to add to that? >> no. >> schieffer: do you think it's connected to the other cases? >> i think that the mayor of new york undercut his cops and torch is trying to walk a fine line. what happened in missouri i understood why the cop had to defend himself when you see the video in new york, that that man really have to die. but tone they're setting around the rhetoric regarding the cops incites crazy people. i blame the shooter. >> schieffer: let's talk a little about this cuban surprise we got from president obama to resume relations with cuba. you were very much against that. som

i don't think he can. >> schieffer: lindsey graham has been one of those, you heard what lindsey, senatorng, i think we ought to put more people down there. >> if you look at that, what senator graham said to you that is what you're going to see on the hill and going in to 2016 democrats are going to get behind the president wanting to send potentially 60 -- pretty serious terrorists. >> schieffer: what do you do with them if you close them down? >> release about half of them. >> contaminated evidence or difficulties in presenting that evidence in security or classified perspective. there is as president said routinely a real conundrum. where do you put them, do you hold them forever, what way is that consistent with american judicial values. >> where you couldn't make progress on the dozens who have already been cleared for transfer. that's what you saw this weekend with the four afghans who did go back to afghanistan. and diplomats are working on seriously trying to resettle them, find country who will take those who have been cleared of charges or bring them back to the country where t

lindsey graham was particularly hawkish.ce of this torture report really impact these potential 2016 nominees? >> i think the biggest impact would be on jeb bush, were he to run, and there are indications he's going to run, will he have to be answering for his brother's record in the same way that hillary clinton will be answering for some of barack obama's. >> and, lynn -- go ahead. >> i just think the other ones are going to be very, very careful, as we've seen kind of dancing around the point. >> lynn, i still feel like there is this split within republican ranks, neoconservatives, lindsey graham, john mccain, and this neoisolationist, ungd say it's led by rand paul, that want to pull back from this heavy national focus. does that debate wind up coming back in 2016 or have we moved on to other issues, at least inside the republican party? >> you can't move on. as jonathan noted, if jeb bush does get in, because you relitigate in an even more important way because it's jeb bush, the bush era. what this does mean, this mean

host: lindsey graham from last night.he senate back in at noon eastern time today you can watch it live on c-span2. votes. see up to 40 once the time expires, it could be as late as midnight or 1:00 in the morning. gabriel from california. independent. i am an american citizen. i'm very grateful that we have had the show presented this evening. thatt to thank the essence had got a good message to the world. i don't want to take up too much time here. i want to say maybe we can look into state prisons in california , maybe florida, federal prisons. there are some in his people in all kinds of prisons. i've don't know they will get to the world prison in england. something be probably that i'm confused on. nonetheless, i wanted to say thank you for hearing my voice, america. usa. host: david on the line for michigan. democratic caller in michigan. what do you think about the lack of agreement on this spending bill? i'm curious about the republican party being against annexed a burden on the american public through taxes, bu

now with sony, lindsey graham and them talking about putting it on the list of terror. did lindsey graham read the language president bush has put howaw with congress about -- what is a terrorist state, and how do you just put terrorists in north korea when the language, the laws, show that it is supposed to be physical, not this new internet violations. and then about sending alms -- ands over to north korea, how many lives do we lose for big corporations now that we have to protect them? you brought up the issue of military suicides. it is a topic we will be talking about an hour latter part of the show today. dreazen with us. he will be taking up that topic for one hour this morning and also taking your calls on that, if you want to listen in on that topic. some news to note, a prosecutor is on tap for the number two spot at the justice department. this from the "washington post orkut the obama administration plans to nominate the u.s. attorney from georgia to become the second-highest rating official in the justice department. a longtime prosecutor, sally its, and u

said, that is helpful to read in the case of iraq, the tragedy is after years of mismanagement, lindsey graham and i and joe lieberman were the severest and harshest critics of the bush ministry should -- administration, called for the firing of donald rumsfeld. said we were going to fail. the surge succeeded. if you look at the number of attacks, the ability of al qaeda and others to respond, the country was under control. it was under control. if we had left the force behind to stabilize and keep the situation stable, we would have won that. i have been campaigning for president -- not president, for arson tutorial -- four senatorial candidates. there was an event. there was a man who said he was in the marine corps, in the second battle of falluja. it was the bloodiest battle of the conflict. we lost it is 6, 400 wounded. three of my platoon mates were killed. he said, now the black flag is about isis, flying over. what do i tell their mothers? i don't have a good answer. this is not a technical or scholastic issue. it's about american blood and treasure spent and succeeded thanks to one of

lindsey graham said that he is now looking at a closer look at a presidential campaign.uote, i think i do have something to offer the country. i'm not there yet. stay tune. he has been a liter leader in defense, reform and he's known for his blunt style. >> our leadership that are produced, boehner and mcconnell better come up with an agenda that is good for the country. if they don't, they'll be devolved in the rank and file. >> here is mccain after being asked in an interview about former governor jeb bush. >> he is a very excellent governor of florida, and i think he is an excellent individual. i think he would not surprise you to know that if lindsey graham decides to run, i'm all in for him. >> and business carly fi observation rina is close to throwing her hand in the ring. she ran and lost in the so 2010 race for the california senate race, but the republican has started to hire staff for presidential campaign. and friend say an announcement from her will come in january. >>> from looking forward to looking back. one of the 2012 presidential candidates michele bac

i think he would not surprise you to know that if lindsey graham decides to run, i'm all in for him. >> and in other presidential campaign, business woman carly fiorina is close to throwing her hat in the ring. the former ceo of hulet pack carhewlett-packard has begun hiring staff for presidential campaign, an announcement from her will come in january. from looking forward to looking back, one of the 2012 republican presidential candidates minnesota's michelle bachman is leaving congress. the lawmaker just gave an exit interview. they said that tea party is main stream because it's for lower taxes, balancing the budget and following the rule of law. >> any normal human being wants those three principles. >> ers that. michele bachmann is now the deaf declared arbitor of normal. she also called for congressional witch-hunt. >> i wish the american media would take a great look at the views of the people in congress and find out are they pro america? >> or are they anti-america? members of congress, and remember when she compared being gay to slavery? >> if you're involved in the gay an

[laughter] senator lindsey graham was like a member of my family. we have traveled the world together many times, learning a lot you know plans to write a book, but if i did, lindsey graham anecdotes would feel a chapter. senator feinstein -- would fill a chapter. senator feinstein -- i will miss her leadership, wisdom, friendship, and late afternoon glasses of california wine. rebels productive time in the senate has been spent with my dear friend senator mark warner. several represent the best of everything of the united states senate. ofspent literally hundreds hours together debating ideas and trying to solve major problems. we came very close. and we came very close. lessons that i will carry with me forever. as the senate goes forward under new leadership, i have two comments. first, the senate should return to regular order. senator mcconnell has indicated that will be the case and it should be. that will change by the current majority changed the institution of the senate a negative way. the rule is changed back to require 60 votes on all is

lindsey graham tried to insinuate the obama administration is responsible for this because they're not doing as good a job defending against cyber attacks as bush has done. is there any evidence for that? that somehow the nsa during the obama administration and the cia during the obama administration have relaxed about this and they were better than this? >> i don't think there's any kind of evidence. i don't think that's a fair point to make. i think north korean problem has been a ongoing problem the last 20 years. spans from the clinton years to bush years to obama years. this is not a fair criticism, i would say. >> what do you suppose the reaction is tonight among the north korean regime? is this a victory for them at this point? >> yeah, unfortunately i think they're pretty happy. their objective was to get this movie pulled anticipate they were successful in doing that. they demonstrated a cyber capability that was more sophisticated than previous attacks they used in south korea against businesses and against media companies. admittedly, it's pretty obvious, they had a soft tar

senators lindsey graham and john mccain taking to the senate floor to respond to the controversial ciaort. you are going to hear from them both next. ♪ you don't need to think about the energy that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil and powering the world responsibly is our job. because boiling an egg... isn't as simple as just boiling an egg. life takes energy. energy lives here. >>> john mccain prisoner of war himself tortured senate intelligence committee report. senator mccain said the use of torture compromises that which distinguishes us from our enemies. senator mccain is not the only one who took to the senate floor. >> co-erive technique did not produce the vital, otherwise unavailable intelligence the cia has claimed. >> i know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence. >> the people involved believe they were trying to defend the country and what they were doing was necessary. >> it's about the constitution. the bill of rights, our rule of law. >> and sometimes good people make mistakes. >> histor

senator lindsey graham is sending a warning about iran. ays iran is watching very closely how president obama deals with cuba and the north korean hacking of sony. senator graham joins us now thanks for being with us. what do you mean. >> how handle nuclear ambitions i believe ayatollah wants a nuclear bomb. sometime next year i fear there will be announcement that there is a deal between the obama administration and the iranians over their nuclear program. and i don't think the iranians believe that we would use military force to stop their program. we just gave the farm away in cuba. we drew a red line in syria and nothing happened. we withdrew our troops in iraq when the military commanders said you need troops. i think this whole episode of foreign policy is convincing the iranians that america wants a deal way too badly. >> why do you think the president has such a hard time that he seems like such a reluctant foreign policy and national security leader? >> i think he doesn't take good sound military advice and that poll you showed is

. >> that was republican senator lindsey graham reacting to the cia report.onel jack jacobs. good day to you. >> same to you. >> let's start with lindsey graham making the point saying, hey, we're in different battles against terrible people who observe no rules. that's not the point. the point is our rules and whether we lived up to them. what from a military perspective did you take from today's report? >> let me establish my experience in this region. i've been in charge of, i've had under my control prisoners in combat. and i can tell you, you get far more from these guys if you give them cigarettes and medical care than beating them up. if you beat them up, they'll tell you exactly what you want to hear to stop what you're doing. the quality of information you get by giving people a hard time is very, very low. having said all that, i think it's the height. hypocrisy to release a report for a wide variety of reasons that says that it's a bad thing to waterboard people. on the other hand, we're in the process of sending drones to blow people up. some of t

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john mccain who is a republican as well as lindsey graham were really supporting her. but again, there was a tremendous amount of pushback from the cia. even as she was speaking we had a statement from the cia director saying in fact he very directly disputes many of the findings that diane feinstein has presented, namely this program did in fact produce results. he said he did ward off attacks, save lives, and it is the basis of the anti-terrorism campaign today. and the committee didn't conduct interviews with those actually involved with the program. she says this was not necessary, because they looked at real time documents, emails, chats that were taking place, and it was from there that she believes that we can get the complete picture of what actually took place versus perhaps interviews and recollections that can be up to ten years old. >> kimberly standing by for a second, we're going to listen in to john mccain speaking right now. >> -- from officials in two administration and from some of our colleagues. the truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. it some

senator lindsey graham. >> they attacked who we are. and when the president calls this an ago of vandalism, that just really bothers me greatly. it is an act of terrorism. >> an administration official said some measures will be loud. others more subtle. but caution it's not their intention to just run up the es you can la tory path because that's not in anyone' interest. >> thank you very much, julianna. >> a florida state quarterback jammus winston has been cleared of sexual assault charges by a university panel. he was accused in 2012, prosecutesers declined to charge him criminally for lack of evidence. today's decision means will also not face any discipline from the school. >> last minute shoppers were out in force today. did they make it a record weekend for retailers? and muhammad ali hospitalized. the latest on his condition when the "cbs evening news" conditions-- continues. >> retailers are counting on big sales this weekend, with just three shopping days left before christmas, but with more shoppers than ever waiting until t

. >>> senator lindsey graham is one of many lawmakers voicing concern about the sony cyber attack. he says while he appreciates president obama standing up to north korea about that attack, he says he got it wrong. graham had this message for the president. >> so far so good mr. president. you did the right thing, urging sony to release the movie. you did the right thing condemning north korea, but it is not cyber vandalism, mr. president. this is cyber terrorism and your response should be consistent with a terrorist attack on america today. it is not vandalism. >> the senator also laid some of the blame on china for the sony pictures hack. >>> sony is expanding now. its digital distribution that have movie the interview, that was at the center of the controversy. it is now available on itunes, costing $14.99 to purchase, $5.99 to rent. it has been purchased or rented more than 2 million times, making it the studio's highest selling online movie of all time. the controversial movie raked in $2.8 million at 331 theaters independently and has been shown since christmas day and $15 m

senator lindsey graham. >> when the president calls this an act of vandalism, that bothers me greatly. it is an act of terrorism. >> an administration official cautioned against a response that would escalate tensions. >>> a holiday storm could cause travel headaches for millions of americans this week. the system developing tuesday in the southeast will bring mostly rain, but as it moves along the east coast could flood roadways and disrupt air travel. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has the holiday forecast. >> well, over the weekend we were tracking an atmospheric river of moisture that was just dumping rain across the pacific northwest and a lot of that energy has a lot to do with the weather across the country this week. so starting off for monday, some areas of light rain and snowfall across the midwest, maybe some travel disruption because of that. but the real show starts to get going as we head into tuesday. gulf of mexico open for business. a lot of moisture across the northeast. strong storms are starting to develop and start to work their way farther ea

we have good colleagues in bob corker, lindsey graham, mitch mcconnell trying to develop as much as possiblelicy that drives budgets. we are now in a budget driven situation. that is not good for the security of the united states of america. if we can articulate a convincing policy to our colleagues on the side of the aisle -- i work very closely with jack reed. he's a great guy. he went to the wrong school. the armed services committee has kind of been in ireland thanks to carl levin -- been an island. i don't see bitter partisanship within the committee. i certainly see it when we get o the floor. we get a significant resistance not just among democrats but there is still the isolationist wing of our party. 'm very happy to report that the internationalist a weighing of the republican party gained some significant victories in the last election. that was not the case with the isolationist wing. can i say i thank you for having me today. these are most interesting times. bob, thank you for all you do. i recommend reading bob's latest book. i got a lot out of it. we need to have this debate

i saw lindsey graham last night, i watched until they adjourned and lindsey graham got down on the senatecruz shut down the government. now she's doing. she's part of the problem. and i got people on my side who are part of the problem and they're both doing the same thing. i wonder how much -- i talked to them when they don't want them named -- but a lot of republicans view ted cruz as a problem in their party and they love the idea of being able to look at democrats and say, see, you guys, too. we got one, you got another. how much of that is what's motivating this. >> obvious similarities here in that they're both senators who are loved by their base and trying to get the house to do something they want to do. there are important differences, too, keep in mind. ted cruz was trying to add provisions to spending bills that changed the law. elizabeth warren is trying to remove a provision that would change current law. but the bigger difference between these two, and this is really important, is that elizabeth warren picks her spots on the issues that she has been fighting for and that sh

because of amnesties, from rush limbaugh, and i'm in the well of the senate with john cowle, and lindsey graham, not two knower to yourself liberal, and also ted kent, dianne feinstein, and harry reid. the six of us are working the vote and we lost. one of the most mind boggling things i've ever seen. so it's harder now, i think, but my attitude is, why would you whatnot to come-all you whatnot to do is raise money and get re-elected? why wouldn't you want to make a difference? when i hear some of the criticisms about -- i point out to some of the -- look, when clinton was president and tom and i were in leadership, we got welfare reform, which president clinton signed. we did a balanced budget, we did tax reform, measured telephone communications reform, safe drinking water, importantability of insurance, raise military pavement what among those is not a good thing? what among those is not conservative, from some of my conservative friends. i tell some of them, look, just to doing in is not a conservative position. it's to change the direction of the country. you have to get an action, whether

if lindsey graham decides to run i'll vote for him. >> if he runs he'll have a tougher time than his and his brother did although they didn't have cakewalks. >> there are still 691 days until election day 201 but it is like christmas. the election day and campaigns keep getting quicker and quicker. >> let's keep talking about 2016. which other candidates do you want to see jump in the race? who would you vote for? weigh in on our facebook page after the show, #keeptalking. >> siblings and political strategists having a heated moment during an argument that was live on c-span's washington journal when their mother called in telling them, boys, knock it off. >> i'm going to join in raleigh, north carolina. >> hey, somebody from down south. >> you're right i'm from down south. >> oh god, it's mom. >> and i'm your mother. i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. and i'm hoping you'll have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. >> i love her. the family was promoting their new documentary wood hous

. >> thank you, kimberly, up next, senator lindsey graham, he is sending a new warning about iran.enator graham, he goes "on the record" next. and we are following breaking news here tonight. you are looking live at protesters marching through new york city. that's despite the mayor's plea to stop the protest. a live update right here on the record. ♪ make the best entertainment part of your holidays. catch all the hottest handpicked titles on the winter watchlist, only with xfinity from comcast. >>> new information about the irs scandal. turns out irs official targeting of conservatives months before the 2012 presidential election. the former irs deputy commissioner ultimately decided gimsz dropping the bomb. the "wall street journal" jason reilly and the "the washington post" philip bump. thank you for being with me here tonight. i can't get enough of this irs story. it makes me angry but i want to know more. your thoughts? >> that's one of the reasons that this story keeps going. very enticing issue. everyone hates the irs. >> it effects everybody exactly. >> this particular rel

lindsey graham is an interesting subject. largely for foreign policy, and largely -- rand paul of course is a quasi-nation, guess you'd say. lindsay graham is a neoconservative foreign-policy hawk. he is genuinely concerned. i think his party is going in the paul direction. he wants to be a counterweight to that. i do not necessarily see him as a first tier candidate. but, you know, i've been wrong about these things many times. host: brandon from north carolina on our lines for democrats this morning. caller: happy new year to both of you. my question is, in 2016, in 2012, president obama he was willing to get the hispanic and african-american vote and the women's vote, so do you think the same thing could happen in 2015 with democrats? guest: i take it he means because the candidate will presumably not the african-american, will there be that intensity of support. not quite, but i think pretty close. if the candidate is hillary clinton, the clintons have a long record of support for and from the black community, civil rights

lindsey graham has been talking about 2016 lately.p or hurt the gop field if he decides to go for it? >> i've talked to people on the ground here. i think that's a lot of talk and rhetoric from senator graham. he wants to do things in the senate. he knows the senate. he's good at moving people to his side. getting things accomplished things like immigration. as was said he's correct. what is interesting should the dynasty people arise here and you get a bush and clin to be with the question becomes is it going to be a debate over the clinton years versus the bush years as president? that's going to be an interesting dynamic and it how it plays into the two. jeb bush and hillary clinton running. if you look at jeb bush he's running away with the poll numbers. i don't think he's going to win iowa. i don't think he'll win new hampshire. he would have to make his stance somewhere like south carolina just like his brother did against mccain just like it helped george h.w. bush. south carolina has been good to the bushes. it remains to be s

>> reporter: senator lindsey graham suggested china's possible involvement and pushed for aggressiveagainst north korea. >> put them back on the state-sponsored terrorism list and attack their infrastructure. i can't imagine anything happening this massive happening in north korea without china being involved. >> a fbi official tells cnn unless new information arises, north korea acted alone on the cyber attack. >>> and we have breaking news on a fire in a crowded shopping center in pakistan. it happened in lahore. at least 13 people are confirmed dead. others are still being treated. and firefighters are still searching the buildings. the fire was touched off by a short circuit that quickly engulfed this three-story center. >>> we also have confirmation in the search for airasia 8501, they have now spotted debris in the water. a number of pieces of what appears to be the plane have been found in the search zone. we will have much more details on that at the top of the hour, and of course now we have a live report with our andrew stevens who is on the scene. this is the major breakth

you can see that from statements from some of the senators, lindsey graham, senator john mccain admits that he's highly qualified, and he has dealt with him before. but mccain hinted what he's going to be giving a rough going over is president obama's foreign policy. it looks like the confirmation hearing will be a forum for the republicans to attack the obama administration foreign policy. >> thank you. one of ashton carter's biggest challenges will be the fight against isil. during a white house meeting the president said that the u.s. and it's allies are making slow but steady progress. but isis and curbedish fighters are locked in a stalemate. >> suicide bombs and street fighting have reduced large parts of this town to republic. most civilians are long gone. many of them would have trouble finding their homes if they came back. but despite the destruction, these kurdish fighters are dodging isil fighters along the front lines, that have remained largely unchanged. >> reporter: it's true, we haven't made a major advance in kobane. our fighters maybe progress every day. but it's slo

senator lindsey graham believes it's terrorism. what is it. >> i think it was cyber vandalism.t think it was an act aimed at our military. aimed at our government functions. so it wasn't aimed at the state it was aimed at a major american corporation and our culture and apparently the north korean leader thinks that he can take this action independently without any consequence. so i think it was sort of a punk move. it wasn't intended to start a war. it's not, you know, senator mccain said that the president needs to understand that this is a new era and that kind of cyber attack does amount to warfare. i would disagree. >> would you say jason it was terrorism? >> well, the president doesn't call it terrorism. >> senator graham did. >> but one of the responses to it is apparently, considering putting them back on the terror list. so, whatever it is, whatever you want to it call it, it warrants that sort of serious response. i think that is one of the things we can do and should do. i think the bush administration was wrong to remove north korea from that list when it did in res

two leading republican foreign policy voices in the senate, john mccain and lindsey graham, saying thisorning president obama is wrong about the sony hack attack. mccain calling it an act of war. graham, an act of terrorism. north korea's state run news agency has vowed to retaliate if president obama reinstates pyongyang on america's list of terror sponsoring n ining natio. the north korean newscaster warning they'll target those responsible not the innocent audiences in cinemas. sony says they still intend to distribute the comedy by a means yet to be determined. however, sony's ceo told cnn's fareed za kara nkaria not a sin studeweudio has offered to assi. senator marco rubio said north korea is not even a government but a criminal syndicate that controls territory. >> you have a person running that country that's mentally unstable, but also someone fully capable of overstichestimating own strength and creates a real catastrophe, not just vis-a-vis south korea but also japan and the united states. >> in an interview on cnn, president obama defended his criticism of sony for withdrawi

an example of where things begin to break was south carolina republican lindsey graham, a big mccaindy. he says basically the obama administration has gone way too far, that democrats releasing this is provocative, the obama administration has gone the other way granting miranda rights and lawyers to foreign terrorists. republicans for the most part are against it. >> so are you saying that mccain is alone? he is the only republican senator supporting this torture report? >> well, he also defended its release, saying transparency is important to the american people. >> i said that, too, but he's defending the body of the conclusions. >> well, he is. >> no one else on the gop side? >> they have remained largely silent. another example one might have thought could have been more critical, maine moderate republican susan collins. she, too, has come out and said she has big objections to it, as mr. yoo pointed out, principally because she said the report is flawed because of lack of cia officials and documents. >> i invited senator mccain and senator feinstein on the factor tomorrow and

republican critics like senator lindsey graham blasted the findings at the time as garbage, the report full of crap. as he put it. and survivors of the attack are taking issue with the intel committee's chairman, outgoing congressman mike rogers and his handling of the process and the report. chris perronto, a member of the cia annex security team that responded to the attack telling fox news, quote -- then why would the report say otherwise, or our words be disregarded, he asked, chairman rogers is not answering the questions, he's retiring at the end of this year, he'll host a radio show syndicated by cumulus media. we're coming right back. >>> a new grand jury decision and protesters have a new slogan. >> i can't breathe! i can't breathe! >> tonight we take a look what >> tonight we take a look what civil rights activists d how could switchgrass in argentina, >> tonight we take a look what civil rights activists d change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, glo

lindsey graham of south carolina responded, quote, i haven't seen harry reid smile this much in years. and i didn't particularly like it. so, congress might have been entirely over by now. they would have at least been wrapping up a lot faster, had senator ted football not gotten his brilliant idea this weekend to do whatever it is he thought he was doing with all of the confidence in the world. but as it stands, the spending bill passed, as is. they passed the same one the house passed the night before. the government is not going to shut down. and because of ted cruz, democrats are going to get 20 or 25 more obama nominees through. and this one, president obama's nominee to be surgeon general of the united states. he was approved by a vote of the full senate earlier tonight. thank you, ted cruz. his nomination had been stalled for more than a year because the nra decided to wage war on his candidacy. he had never been an activist on gun issues or particularly involved on either side of the gun rights, gun reform debate. but the nra decided they were going to make an example of him.

. >>> lindsey graham wants guantanamo bay shutdown but he says it needs to be done responsibly. they say terrorist suspects should not be released. graham says they should be sent to u.s. prisons. he admits a lot of people want the detention camp open. >> i don't think there's any appetite in congress to close guantanamo bay. i think most want it over. after the rise of isil and isis throughout the mid-east, most throughout the world are more worried about terrorists leaving guantanamo bay rather than it just being opened. >> more than 100 prisoners have been released from there. >>> we'll hear from the players of the redskins about what next year has in store as they pack up for the off season. >> there were not enough buffalo wings to temper that pain, i have to tell you. >>> showers south of richmond -- south of dc. this will slide to our south. we'll talk about the prospects of a sprinkle or flurry and the forecast for the winter classic. we'll be right back. stay tuned. from thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo

i am encouraging people to get a detailed understanding area >> let me quote lindsey graham. i forget exactly what he said, maybe you remember. >> i do not believe it is accurate given the role mike morel has played. why didn't the reports say that? crap is a technical term meaning it is accurate, full of facts. there was talk about morale's r ole in the case. if other condemnation was some witnesses did not get interviewed and that was true. ofre were even department defense or state which was beyond the jurisdiction of my committee to investigate. a lot of people thought it was going to be the big mother load of investigation. it was narrowly tailored. get into the other questions but it still leaves questions open. lindsay is a good friend of mine. maybe i differently ripped him that either a graph of wine or coffee in the morning to sit down and read the report would really be worth the time. nobody comes out in great shape candidly. -- examines every body as i said or damnation to everyone. and multi-sourced corroborative. i encourage people to read before they make comm

group.n that senator lindsey graham was in that group. there were a few members of that class who became known as bomb throwers. tom coburn was a bomb thrower and he would object for the sake of objecting to anything going on. it didn't matter which side of the aisle that was coming from but they told you he matured into a class act which he always was but a second, he matured into a legislator second to none and tom did not hesitate to bill thatany spending came from either party if tom that was noted provided for in the constitution and was something the united states taxpayer should not be paying for. guarded nobody who has the pocketbook of the taxpayers of the united states like tom coburn. remarkable that those of us who were elected with tom, have had the opportunity to see him over the last 20 years take that mostubjects veterans said, you know, in the end, we are going to prevail. well, guess what? they never did. he mayurn, even though have lost a vote from time to time, but in the end, tom coburn prevailed. a tough guy also. he

republican senator lindsey graham tweeted this.my power to block the use of funds to open an embassy in cuba, normalizing relations with cuba is a bad idea at a bad time. joined by nbc news senior editor mark murray. senator rubio said it would be, quote, interesting to see how you'll get an ambassador nominated and an embassy funded in havana. how tough is this road going to be? >> well, having an ambassador that is a power the united states senate has confirming ambassadors to serve posts, with republicans in control of the senate going into next year, it would be pretty difficult. the funds are a different story. white house press secretary josh earnest said yesterday they believe they already have the money to be able to establish some type of embassy in havana and in cuba, of course it would be a wrangling over that. it seems clear on powers republicans have and not clear on others. >> today's report says we are not sure yesterday's announcement turns out to be a big political player in the long term. that said, cuban american

. >> senator lindsey graham the republican of south carolina called it an act of terrorism and president obama seemed implic implicitly to agree with that when he is says he's considering -- north korea's state run news agency has vowed to retaliate if president obama takes any other measures to punish the her mitt kingdom. the country's million man army will target those responsible, not the innocent audiences in cine cinemas. the studio still intends to distribute the incendiary dark comedy at the heart of this controversy by a means yet to be determined. not a single video on demand distributor or e commerce site has offered to persist presumably out of fear of reprisals from the north korean government. north korea is not even a government, but rather as he put it a criminal -- >> ends up miscalculating and creates a real catastrophe. >> the "new york post" is reporting tonight that sony may release the interview on the corporation's own screening service crackle. >> and the president actually said something rather curious after this whole thing with sony, that actually the u.s. is n

i don't think so because lindsey graham is still stoking it. be right back. make your , we recommend using lysol disinfectant spray every day. lysol is approved to kill 80 germs, including hard to kill viruses that can live on surfaces for over 4 weeks. it works on hard and soft surfaces to help stop the spread of bacteria. so help keep your family healthy with lysol. >> back with the republicans' startling new report on benghazi. it debunks their own conspiracy theories about the obama administration. "hardball" coming back in a moment. >> we're back with our round table. howard, christin rarks and jonathan drowned out on another report of the fatal 2012, the year of 2012 benghazi attacks. the report found no wrong doing by the obama administration. no deliberate distortion of intelligence information. and no order to stand down from a military rescue. even though this latest report echoes similar findings from several other congressional investigations, debunking right-wing conspiracy theories, the gop shows no signs of accepting these result

as you indicated you have top republicans like lindsey graham saying he has great credentials, ash carter is likely to be confirmed. instead, what they're raising questions about will he have the stature to push back against the white house. senator john mccain who will be overseeing his confirmation hearings saying he will likely have limited influence over the tight circle around the president who apparently control the entire strategic decision-making process. we should note retired general jack keane told fox news earlier today that he thinks carter trained as a nuclear physicist is brilliant, a very intelligent person who has the stature to stand tall. gener general keene also noted over the past few years the president has downgraded the secretary of defense and that will be a challenge for carter. >> mentioning a leaner military he will be dealing with. have a great weekend. >>> new jersey governor chris christie weighing in on the eric garner chokehold case by staying out of it. as his neighbors to the north erupt in protest over the staten island man's death, here is what he had

senator lindsey graham is like a member of my family. we have traveled the world together many times, learning a lot. i have no plans to write a book but if i did, lindsey graham anecdotes would fill a chapter. senator feinstein has been a great chairman and partner on the intelligence committee. i will miss her leadership, her wisdom, her friendship and those late afternoon glasses of california wine. my most productive time in the senate has been spent with my dear friend, senator mark warn warner. our work with the gang of six, which included senators durbin, conrad, coburn, crapo and then later senators johanns and bennett, represent the very best of everything about the united states senate. we spent literally hundreds of hours together debating ideas and trying to solve major problems and we came very close. senator warner's insight, his wanting to solve problems, his political inspiration are lessons that i will carry with me forever. as the senate now goes forward under new leadership, i have two comments. first, the senate shoul

senator lindsey graham is like a member of my family. we have traveled the world together many times, learning a lot. i have no plans to write a book but if i did, lindsey graham anecdotes would fill a chapter. senator feinstein has been a great chairman and partner on the intelligence committee. i will miss her leadership, her wisdom, her friendship and those late afternoon glasses of california wine. my most productive time in the senate has been spent with my dear friend, senator mark warn warner. our work with the gang of six, which included senators durbin, conrad, coburn, crapo and then later senators johanns and bennett, represent the very best of everything about the united states senate. we spent literally hundreds of hours together debating ideas and trying to solve major problems and we came very close. senator warner's insight, his wanting to solve problems, his political inspiration are lessons that i will carry with me forever. as the senate now goes forward under new leadership, i have two comments. first, the senate shoul

asked what he thought about what senator cruz did this weekend, republican senator lindsey graham said, i haven't seen harry reid smile this much in years and i didn't particularly like it. congress might have been entirely over by now. it would have at least been wrapping up a lot faster had senator ted football not got be his brilliant idea this weekend to do whatever it is he thought he was doing with all the confidence in the world. but as it stands, the spending bill passed as is. they passed the same one the house passed the night before. the government is not going to shut down. and because of ted cruz, democrats are going to get 20 or 25 more obama nominees through before they give up control of the united states senate. the most high-profile of the nominees they are going to and have gotten through is this man, dr. vivek murthy. he was approved by a vote of the full senate tonight, thank you, ted cruz. dr. murthya's nomination had been stalled for more than a year because the nra decided to wage war on his candidacy. dr. murthy had never been an activist on gun issues or parti

we fell below a standard that we have set in international treaties and that the president and lindsey graham and john mccain have all agreed is wrong. it's difficult to see isis grabbing the moral high ground on this and complaining about water boarding and sleep deprivation when they've been beheading people. >> so are you saying that you don't expect any, that there actually isn't a risk to american life that should be considered in this release? >> it's certainly a very volatile region and i would certainly say there's no risk whatsoever. it's always good to be cautious and put people on alert. but what i think what we're talking about here is the reaction that occurs is because of slights and insults to the religion, not to the same reactions we had to abu ghraib or haditha or what i would expect with this report. >> so if one of the principles is protection of life of cia agents, cia assets so we don't ever name the agents in order to protect their lives, what congressman rogers is saying, there are other lives at stake in this information and do we have an obligation to protect those l

senator lindsey graham says that the senate will vote on legislation in the upcoming session, legislation that you helped draft that would impose additional sanctions on iran if it were to violate an interim nuclear agreement or walk away from the talks that are now in progress. tell me about that and what your ideas in regard to this are. >> on january 6th the new republican senate takes office. majority leader mcconnell has said the first vote coming from the republican senate will be to approve the keystone pipeline. he has also said the second big vote will be on iran sanctions so i would expect that coming up. so in that case lindsey is right, we're going to follow up. the good thing about those votes, they will be really bipartisan votes in the case of iran. i have 17 democrats with me including bob menendez and chuck schumer, to their credit, is with us. we have a shot at even getting to a veto-proof majority in the senate. >> so you do think it will be veto-proof? >> that's what we'll be working on. good bipartisan vote. >> senator, we look forward to that. thank you very much for

lindsey graham has his doubts about north korea telling cnn this weekend saying if the reclusive dickorship was involved he can't imagine china didn't play a role. >> we can't talk about north korea without talking about china. need to have a heart to heart with china. >> that's it for me. i'll be back at 5:00 eastern on "the situation room". for our viewers in north america and around the world, "newsroom" starts right now. >>> hello, thanks so much for being here. developing right now, in just a few hours search crews will be back on the hunt for airasia flight 8501. the search area is growing from seven zones to 11. now it's been almost 44 hours since the airbus a320 bound for signature important vanished from radar with no may day call and very few clues what may have happened in the last few minutes. >> the weather conditions were not good but further than that we don't want to speculate on anything more. obviously there were storm clouds and the pilot had made a request to change

lindsey graham said i will do all that i can to block the use of funts to open an embassy in cuba. even senator robert menendez is not wild about president obama's plan. he said trading mr. gross for three convicted criminals sets an extremely dangerous press denting. and joining us -- john, what did we get out of this? >> we got a chance, an opportunity to turn the page. >> for what, though? >> he's talked about this going back to 2007-2008. he'd wanted to say let's get rid of the old policy and start a new policy. that wasn't possible as long as alan gross was held captive. releasing him gives you the chance for the new page but there are limits to what he can do. senator graham is going to try to hold up funding. the idea of full normalization, a lot of lift has to happen and that's where the give and take has to happen with the castro regime. you wouldn't see that at all without these first steps. >> susan, i'm all for making friends with everybody and i think it's important everybody be friends, but the fact is that this regime, they're monsters. i mean we're not talking about