let's bring in mike rogers, the former chair of the house intelligence committee. this seems like an awful situation. let's not forget in the last several month, about 5,000 people have been killed thousands have been injured, whole towns have been destroyed and leveled. as bad as it's been there is a potential it could get a whole lot worse. >> oh absolutely. -- aren't able to at least hold ground under assaults from what the vush hands would call little green men dotted across there who have little russian forces in track suits. if there isn't a push back or a defensible position putin is going to continue what she's doing. we have to remember. germany is not our only ally in the region. the poles who have been allies since the fall of the soviet union have been eagerly supporting getting arms to the ukrainians so they can defend themselves. the baltics also are very encouraging to try to help the ukrainians fight for themselves. >> what do you say, though to mike rogers who chancellor merkel and other opponents supplying what's called defensive lethal aid to the

there has to be hope for the family. >> mike rogers, what do you think?ere is not much hope but i also agree you have to have -- save a little bit. maybe they didn't go as far as to kill the woman but odds at this point are against her. >> i suspect you're right. evan what are your sources tell you? >> the assessment is she most likely was killed some time ago and they concocted this story just for their own propaganda. >> tom? >> one aspect of that is just like the jordanian pilot, you never saw him when all the negotiations were being talked about with the japanese hostages he was never shown. you find out later he's been dead for a month. i think in this case if she was killed previously and they might have done it and filmed it in a horrific manner now they can't even use it because they said she died in the building air strike. >> mike rogers there was a $6 million ransom isis was asking five million euro for this young woman. do you remember off the top of your head when the last proof of life that she was still alive happened to have been delivered

and later we get remarks from mike rogers on cyber security. this afternoon, the senate field to move back -- failed to move forward. it could be an impact -- [indiscernible] tsa officers as airports and border control agent and officials of the coast guard would be wired to work or to work -- would be required to report to work stop and tsa roughly 1500 or 10% of employees would be for a load. -- furloughed. more on homeland security issues. this is 20 minutes. >> all right, gentle people's. this year we have one of the largest classes of veteran governors and some of us got in by the skin of our teeth. we have a dozen new colleagues who are relatively new to politics. i think the experiences and perspectives of these governors will be of great benefit, not just to the individual states, but to the whole country. we look forward to working with this administration. our commitment to an ongoing and lasting partnership with our federal peers at all levels is continuous. i think that partnership depends on having people that understand the benefi

then, nsa director mike rogers. then, some speakers from the conservative political action conference being held here in washington. >> the c-span cities tour takes american tv -- "american history tv" and booktv on the road. we partnered with comcast to visit galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal, ships were built -- with the opening of the canal, ships had a shorter trip to india. ships needed to find a way of opening that -- making their own living. they started carrying higher value cargo, or oil, coal cotton, etc.. so, the ship found its niche carrying cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. galveston is really unique. she sailed and arrived here and galveston probably about 100 yards from where we are standing right now. in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas. she came, again a second time in 1886. it was important for galveston historical foundation to find a connection. the fact that she had a sailing vessel was all the more important. if my watch all of our events from g

i want to take this to chairman rogers here. mike the president said last week that we don't want an endless war. and he tried to bake that into this authorization for use of military force. does he have a point? >> well, first of all, this is a monumental failure of leadership. if you would have approached congress before met with members, i know this sounds crazy, met with members of both parties, you could have had a product that he asked for that would have passed in a week on capitol hill. >> why didn't that happen? >> this is i think, the hallmark of this presidency. he refuses to believe he needs to engage members of congress of either party, and on something as serious as this. i mean if you recall i was calling last year for an aumf back in august and september because if you're going to ask these men and women to go and serve in this pretty tough neighborhood have you to give them all the full faith and confidence of the united states and american people. he didn't do it then. he keeps putting it off. he keeps talking about

. >> guest: mam, during the house intelligence subcommittee i looked at mike rogers in the eye and said if we would have not been delayed, which we were three times we would have saved the ambassador's life, and i'll go and say that again, which i've said multiple times. why he came out with the report he did, i don't know what to tell you on that. you have to ask him. what we said in the book is what happened on the ground and that is the truth. as far as book-selling i do have my own business on the side. i don't need the book-selling money. we didn't do this to sell a book. we did it to tell the truth. we also deployed for a year after that waiting for the administration or somebody to come forward and tell the truth which they didn't and we made a decision as a team to come forward and tell the truth. so you have your opinion, and you're entitled to and it i respect that. but the book is the truth. bottom line. >> guest: a mon na, had we stayed working, we would be able to make more money working than what we could selling this book. we did it to honor the four guys that died becaus

breedlove had no amount of fire power defensive or otherwise the general told alabama representative mike rogers could turn battle in favor of ukrainian forces. >> i'm not sure they could stop a russian advance even if we supply aid. >> lethal aid? >> lethal aid that's correct. >> it was a message nato's top commander hammered for pentagon reporters, could provoke the russian president and not providing weapons could embolden him. >> is there a red line that exists that if russia crosses it, nato would step in and help ukraine? have no. >> but at another house hearing secretary of state john kerry hinted that the red line for more sanctions and possibly more weapons would be if russian back separatists took the strategic city of mariupol which would bring the forces a land bridge to crimea. >> so the measurement now is are we on a downward track to actually seeing an implementation or is there now a mariupol or some other effort that may be taking place that would immediately merit a much more significant response? >> kerry session russia's creeping land-grabbing is ended. >> general breedlove s

according to nsa chief mike rogers terrorists are changing their tactics because of intelligence leaks made by former security contractor edward snowden. >> and isis militants have showcased their brutality in a new propaganda video. rogers tell us our jim sciutto, snowden's leaks are making it more difficult to prevent attacks. >> i think it has had a material impact on our ability to tell what terrorist groups around the world are doing. >> reporter: do you have new blind spots that you didn't have prior to the revelation? >> have i lost capability that we had prior to the revelations? yes. >> reporter: how much did that concern you? >> it concerns me a lot. >> six nationals are now banned from leaving to go to syria for jihad. the french interior minister says they're going after 40 more people after a new law. the travel ban lasts about six months but it can be renewed. about 400 french citizens are believed to be fighting with militant groups in iraq and syria. >>> british prime minister david cameron will go before parliament in a few hours to answer questions about the country's

congressman mike rogers mcmorris rodgers is married to brian rogers and the proud mother of three childrenngress woman, let me begin with you this morning. there are a lot of ways to think about education improvement. i would love to have you talked for a moment about why school choice. >> a resonates with me because -- both as a policy maker someone who has the honor of representing the people of eastern washington here on capitol hill, but also as a mom. i have three children. one that has down syndrome. special needs. when i think about education and the impact that has on our lives, and the importance of having an equal opportunity education for everyone in this country, i do not think there is any other more important issue that we face as a country. we see about the next generation, how we make sure that every student, every person, reaches their full potential. it will happen is we have more opportunities, more education more choices. i've lived in myself. first of all, in my own life, i was the first in my family to graduate from college. i was also someone who was on the wrong tra

no amount of firepower defensive or otherwise the general told alabama representative mike rogers to turn the tide of battle in favor of ukrainian forces. >> i'm not sure that they could stop a russian advance in eastern ukraine even if we supply aid. >> lethal aid? >> lethal aid that's correct. what we're talking about changing the call clues of the calculous of the decisions mr. putin has to make and the cost to him in his internal environment rather than external environment. >> you're talking body bags. >> that's right. i think we should talk about raising the cost for russia in many dimensions, yesterday. >> it was a message that nato commander hammered again in a briefing later today for pentagon reporters arguing that providing more weapons to ukraine could provoke the russian president and not providing weapons could embolden him. >> we do not know what mr. putin's reaction is to a change in any of the instruments of power. we have to understand the risk calculous of what we're doing and find a way to change his decision calculous in eastern ukraine. >> is there a red line th

[applause] [applause] >> a cyber security compass tomorrow with director mike rogers. watch it live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> monday night on the communicators, we spoke with industry executives at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. senior vice president at ericsson and cisco senior vice president talk about their companies and the technology on which the internet and cloud operate. >> we talk about something we call the neck of society -- network society, a society where everything can benefit from having a connection will have one. we put our vision forward in 2009 in barcelona, in the trade show going on there. more than 50 billion connected devices in 2020, which is gone very well in the world. that i think holds in many people's minds, that normal industry is not limited to smartphone devices that we carry around personally. it is also a great technology to connect some any other things and build a better society. >> the internet started with this thing that people needed to get to somewhere or somehow, through dial-up connections. we brought the int

here's what admiral mike rogers had to say. >> i would say that it has had a material impact on our ability to generate insights as to what counter terrorism -- what terrorist groups around the world are doing. >> reporter: do you have new blind spots that you didn't have prior to the revelation? >> have i lost capability that we had prior to the revelations, yes. >> reporter: how much does that concern you? >> it concerns me a lot. >> lost capability. really, an alarming assessment from him. when you ask him what do you do about that lost capability of course he hints they make efforts to close those holes. this is an agency that's constantly changing as the threat has changed. you have to imagine that they are exploring new capabilities. but this is an agency this is a man who doesn't mince words, doesn't use words lightly. it's a concerning effect of the revelations from edward snowden. >> what else is of top concern right now for u.s. intelligence? >> cyber. cyberattacks, no question. he's the head of the nsa, also the head of the u.s. military cybercommand. he says his concern is about

joining me tonight on this issue is mike rogers of rawstory.com. good to have you with us tonight. we're going back to the 1950s or 60s here. first of all what is your reaction to this and what authority does moore have as you see it? >> you hit the nail on the head. these guys want to drag us back to the 1960s. what moore did was basically tell the judges in his state that they had to not issue licenses for same sex couples, but the governor has said he will not prosecute any judges who go ahead and issue marriage licenses. people in the state are getting married. that's really is what the most important thing is. hundreds of couples are able to walk down the aisle and nothing horrible is happening all over the state. >> what happens if the judge does deny licenses? >> there is one case where a judge refused to open the office. those who don't want to do it are avoiding it at this point. as i said he wouldn't even open this morning to issue those licenses. >> at least eight of the states 67 counties are still blocking same-sex marriage licenses so what is next in this fight? >> we

team 6 and mike rogers, former house intelligence committee chairman. man, thanks for joining me this morning on "state of the union." mike, start with you. the situation in copenhagen is obviously unfolding. from what we understand, one man responsible for two shooting attacks yesterday. your thoughts? >> well, they'll do the forensics to find out if they were tied to any isis recruiter. or any aspirational encouragement. unfortunately, with what you see with isis they are looking for that aspirational encouragement everywhere. denmark, united states, canada. australia. you're seeing them take action. one place they can get credibility, is any blasphemous talk about the prophet mohammed, that's just currency for them to encourage these folks who might be on the edge of radicalization to bring them over because then it is more mobile if you will, in the eyes of those folks. >> and i want to go back to that interview that we just had with leon panetta, congressman zinke. you just got to congress. you're a retired navy s.e.a.l. one of the things that leon

first, mike rogers discusses the impact of the edward snowden leaks. then, a look at how the syrian government is employing cyber attacks. later, john colin on the cyber threats posed by other countries. federal reserve chair janet yellen deserves the monetary policy report to congress thursday morning. we will have her testimony starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span three. secretary of state john kerry testifies tuesday the for the senate foreign relations committee. he will be questioned on the state department's 2016 budget request and challenges abroad including isis russia, and iran. that is live at 2:30 eastern on c-span three. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv in american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about history and literary life read we partner with comcast or a visit to galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, bailing ships were really a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east, to india to all of those markets. sailing sh

. >> former congressman mike rogers and farah, thank you for injure insight. >>> what cease-fire? the violence raging in ukraine and the report of prisoners of war taken by the pro-russian separatists, neither side apparently willing to back down at all. nick paton walsh is on the front lines. he's next. financial noise financial noise across america people, like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins, are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently than pills and comes in a pen. victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. and the needle is thin. victoza is not for weight loss but it may help you lose some weight. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 dia

gafford and combat veteran from hawaii on both armed services and foreign affairs committee and mike rogers cnn national security commentator and former chair of the house intelligence committee. thanks to you both. i actually want to start with the u.s. aide worker whose fate is unknown and dine foley, the mother of one of the men beheaded. said this kayla, along with our son and others were held for nearly two years and there were several opportunities when captors reached out, returning hostages brought sensitive information and yet nothing was done to save our young americans. knowing what you know i'll start with you, congresswoman, do you think that's true? >> understandably distraught feeling of a mother who lost her son. first of all, it's unimaginable to try to put ourselves in her position or the position of the parents of each of these people who have either been beheaded or slaughtered by these radical islamic extremists terrorists. i think it's important for us as a country, as leaders of this nation to not allow ourselves to be terrorized by these radical extremists not allow

director mike rogers and assistant attorney general john carlin spoke to a sishe security conference monday. they also featured syrian cybersecurity specialist and a look at consumer issues. the new america foundation hosted the conference. it's about an hour. >> thanks so much, everybody. thank you, admiral. appreciate the privilege, pleasure torques have the time to grill you in front of so many people. we have the thank you, benefit today of some news which i know you love to talk about. story on the front page of the "new york times" about iran and iran finding out in advance about -- discovering a u.s. effort to continue to attack its system. and then responding with its own retaliation beginning in august of 2012, including the attacks on u.s. banks. first question i would ask is how much of a -- how much alarm to you that iran was able to discover this? >> my first comment, i honestly have not read what we are talking about. i'm not in a good position. >> let me summarize for you. it's an n.s.a. document. assuming its true, you can also say you have no knowledge of it. but the

let's bring in our national security commentator mike rogers, the former republican congressman served as chairman of the intelligence committee, also joined by jane harman the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, now president and ceo of the wilson center here in washington. these u.s.-led coalition air strikes against isis it certainly hasn't curbed their terror appetite at least any indication i've seen. have you? >> no. and if you listen to the president's words, they're crafted pretty carefully about stopping their advance. and so what that means is that we haven't degraded their capabilities both inside syria and iraq. >> why are they going after christians right now? >> for the very reason we're talking about it right now. this is huge pr value for them. and it invokes fear. and the one thing they want is they want the western civilized nations to have that feeling of fear and hopelessness. that's why they're taking christians, having very public -- i fear for the lives of the christian that's they have. i have a feeling it will be very public and brutal. >> the

this is admiral mike rogers the head of the nsa. he was at the ronald reagan building here in washington giving remarks. they opened it up for a q and a, and alex stamos the chief security exchange officer for yahoo skood whether yahoo and the other companies should build in back doors for any government that asks them including the russians and the chinese. here's a snip et of that exchange. take a listen. >> my name is alex stamos. it sounds like you agree with the director that we should be building defects into the encryption in our products so that the u.s. government can decrypt. >> that would be your characterization. >> i think -- i think -- i think bruce snyder and ed felton and all of the best public cryptographers in the world would agree that you can't build back doors. it's like drilling a hole in a windshield. >> i have a lot of world class cryptographers in the -- >> this goes back to whether or not the u.s. companies should be required to allow access to the fbi and intelligence agencies like the nsa into their produ

let's get more with our intelligence and security analyst robert baer philip mudd mike rogers and ourly the u.s. and britain are refusing to confirm it is there something we need to know why official confirmation can't be made known and why they are not releasing a pith picture of this guy? >> two things. one, they probably have a higher degree of certainty. they may not be certain this is exactly him. number two, they are just not ready, i think in their investigation, to allow that to happen for the simple reason they have methods and sources of how they may have obtained anyone's identity and who jihadi john might be and they don't want to disclose that. >> you think it's intelligence related issue as opposed to a legal issue in london? they have laws about identifying suspects who are under investigation. >> i think it's more of the latter. i think they are worried about protecting the chain of how they got their, how they determined it who they are talking to why they are talking to certain individuals. therefore, they are not going to want to do this. i believe by the way -- i h

this conversation, cnn national security correspondent jim sciutto will be configuring admiral mike rogers. please join me in welcoming them. [applause] >> [background sounds] >> thanks so much, everybody. thank you, admiral. appreciate the privilege privilege. in front of so many people. we have the benefit today of some news which i know you love to talk about. a story on the front page of "the new york times" about iran, and iran finding out in advance about are just discovering a u.s. effort to continue to attack its system and respond with its own retaliation begin in august 2012 including attacks on u.s. banks. the first question i would ask, how much of alarm you did iran was able to discover the? >> i iosa have not read what you're talking about. >> it's an nsa document. let me summarize for you because it's an nsa document. assuming it's true, you can also say you have no knowledge of it but the document saying, written by your predecessor, was saying that iran discovered a program by the u.s. followed the stuxnet virus a couple usually to infiltrate computer networks. and it in p

director mike rogers on cybersecurity. on the next "washington journal," north carolina congressman walter jones discusses a new authorization for military force debated in two house committees this week. then texas representative sheila jackson-lee looks at immigration issues and the current gridlock over homeland security spending. after that, blake ellis and melanie hicken of cnn money talk about state and local government debt collection practices. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern and you can join the conversation with your calls and components facebook and twitter. federal reserve chair janet yellen disfers the bank's monetary policy report to congress tuesday morning. we'll have her testimony starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span3. >> this sunday on "q&a," baltimore police commissioner on the challenges of policing the city. >> it was very clear to me that i still had an issue with public trust and people believing things that were said and regardless of the fact that i stand in

. >> in about half an hour remarks from nsa director mike rogers at a cybersecurity conference. he'll be joined by assistant attorney general john carlin and national security analyst peter bergin at this event hosted by the new america foundation. see it live starting at nine a.m. eastern here on c-span2. and on c-span3 the president's task force on 2 isst century -- 21st century policing holds its second public meeting here in washington. the task force was established by executive order following the controversial ferguson, missouri, police shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown and seeks to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve. see it live at nine a.m. eastern. the senate returns to session today from its presidents day recess with the house set to gavel in on tuesday. for an update on what's ahead in even chamber we spoke with a capitol hill reporter. >> host: congress comes back from its presidents day recess and we're joined by elise foley with huffington post. she covers congress and politics. your article in huffington post

we have mike rogers cnn national security commentator.irs committee. we have cnn military analyst and executive dean at the university of phoenix major general james spider marks. gentlemen, thank you very much. mike let plea come to you first. make a little bit more news here. you know king abdullah. you understand the capabilities of his military. we're talking about airstrikes but we know the need is about boots on the ground. may there be news there as well? >> well, again, i don't know exactly what their plan is and probably we shouldn't talk about it if we did, but i can guarantee you that if those strikes are going to be effective, they're going to have to have special capabilities folks on the ground in places around syria. they have a very capable intelligence service. the jordanian intelligence service has certainly focused a lot of resources in the isis problem in syria and you can bet your bottom dollar if those strikes will be effective, that there are folks guiding those aircraft to the right targets. >> right. that's all --

importantly there's respect issue for roger being commissioner and your take, i side with roger gladle. >> mikel you something. number one when i asked the question at news conference he said he would speak. he decided to turn me down and was not going to speak. but here's the other part of this. i guess things are different in rehoboth i guess you don't care about reality. he is employee. but any other employee for any other corporation who beat up his girlfriend being glount about this now, knocked her cold in elevator and that's what ray rice did and they tried to cover it up. would you like that in your company? would you like that in the corporate world that they have? it's pretty simple. roger guidele will needs to be more up front he's not up front that was cover-up and who knows how many cover-up what's we need more domestic violence, great, mike, stay in rehoboth when you come here pass through for a cup of coffee. you have a problem with me shoot a video and send to us with #fox29weekend 29 weekend and a video and send to us with #fox29weekend 29 weekend and i'll talk to you next fay

roger that, sir. we're about 30 seconds out. ♪ ♪ rorke: one mike out from the south entrance.ng, men shouting in spanish) (men shouting in spanish) (tires screeching) ♪ ♪ jefe! on the roof! (automatic gunfire) (tires screeching) (speaking spanish) we got to go. now. (automatic gunfire) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sir! leave two men here! (shouts in spanish) (device beeps) weimy! weimy! i need you to lock this down! frag out! on me. (gunfire fades in distance) ♪ ♪ you guys got the gate! call! you're going to the front door! go! (door creaks) ♪ ♪ call! ♪ ♪ (speaks foreign language) ♪ ♪ (heavy gunfire) ajay! ♪ ♪ (gunfire stops) ♪ ♪ bomb...! (rumbling whoosh) (labored breathing) ♪ ♪ damn it, sir. how you gonna explain that one to my family? get back there so i don't have to, huh? ♪ ♪ clear! (grenade clattering, echoing) grenade...! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lt! (automatic gunfire) chief, i got him. ♪ ♪ keep going. i'll cover you. (shouts in spanish) ♪ ♪ (gun clicks empty) (shouting) (magazine clicking) (heart beating faintly) (magazine clatters to floor) ♪ ♪ (gunfire continues) chief. (heart beating faintly) d

roger that, sir. we're about 30 seconds out. ♪ ♪ rorke: one mike out from the south entrance.ng, men shouting in spanish) (men shouting in spanish) (tires screeching) ♪ ♪ jefe! on the roof! (automatic gunfire) (tires screeching) (speaking spanish) we got to go. now. (automatic gunfire) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sir! leave two men here! (shouts in spanish) (device beeps) weimy! weimy! i need you to lock this down! frag out! on me. (gunfire fades in distance) ♪ ♪ you guys got the gate! call! you're going to the front door! go! (door creaks) ♪ ♪ call! ♪ ♪ (speaks foreign language) ♪ ♪ (heavy gunfire) ajay! ♪ ♪ (gunfire stops) ♪ ♪ bomb...! (rumbling whoosh) (labored breathing) ♪ ♪ damn it, sir. how you gonna explain that one to my family? get back there so i don't have to, huh? ♪ ♪ clear! (grenade clattering, echoing) grenade...! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lt! (automatic gunfire) chief, i got him. ♪ ♪ keep going. i'll cover you. (shouts pain snish) ♪ ♪ (gun clicks empty) (shouting) (magazine clicking) (heart beating faintly) (magazine clatters to floor) ♪ ♪ (gunfire continues) chief. (heart beating faintly) d

mike, and bill, dr. gary joyner, mark, bill shoots, roger valerie, mark, and miss hank braden -- i thank my colleagues fore been at it for almost four years, and we have one more year to go. in working, we have had one part-time assistant that came out of jady's office. julie has been our right hand in helping with us. working with the park service we decided to put three legacies of the landscape that we hope to accomplish in this next year perhaps a little beyond, here on the battlefield itself. the first is working on an exhibit and a plaque naming the actual americans who were killed in action or who died of their wounds in this battle. we have been getting the help from the louisiana department of veterans affairs in that regard. it is a tough job to do that research and put it together but we think it can be done. we intend to put one or more battle flags on the ramparts behind you, that were there on the day of the battle, flying the famous 15 star flag that we fly once a year here, the big one, but every day so the soldiers behind those battlements knew where those lines were. it will add color, h

roger goodell said of sabol he transformed how america watched football in all sports. mike, andrea, when you think about it, we've lost two legends this week between sabol and dean smith. >> sad week in the world of sports. two giants. >> indeed. >> the world of golf charlie seifert and billy casper. it's been a cough week for sports. >>> weather time now, yellow alert day. you can see the bottom of the screen, plenty of delays. >> that's on the eastern shore. queen anne's county when you cross where the outlets are. it's all about icy conditions. we had freezing rain, a little sleet, a little snow mixed in. it wasn't a lot but it doesn't take a lot of ice to cause slick spots. we have black ice. if you have younger drivers in the house driving to high school, you've got to warn them. they've got to be even more cautious than usual and your driveway and sidewalks is what may get you. the day planner shows a lot of cloudiness today. a little bit of a mix early south and east of town. temperatures climbing into the upper 30s and low 40s but winds are going to be a factor. we

mike what's he trying to get at? what's he trying to avoid? >> roger cohen has a good piece on this in the "new york times" op-ed page and it deals with the fact that vagueness undermines what's going on in the middle east. >> why search warrantis he being vague? i'm not saying this as a republican. i'm not saying this as conservative. why won't he call this who it is? by the way, arabs in the middle east call this radical islam. >> i understand that. >> why won't the president? >> i don't know why. i strongly suspect that there must be some sort of a strain of psychological counseling coming from the cia, the state department having do to do with the language employed in reacting to all of these things. but i don't know. i don't know. the poll numbers -- >> i have a theory. it wouldn't be the cia. i think, listen the public will support a war they believe you can win. i don't think the president thinks that he can defeat an ideology. i think that's why he refuses to call it -- and, you know among the politically correct of which i know about half of o