here's former new york governor, george pataki on msnbc.listen. >> this is another case where this administration, we're responding after something is attempted. we saw it with the christmas day airplane bomber. we saw it in times square. we were lucky in both cases. and then we saw it in fort hood where we were not so lucky and 13 of our great young heroes put their lives on the line to defend us, were murdered. i think this administration just has got to change its approach. >> that's what happens to an office-holder when he runs out of staff and has to think up this stuff on his own. we have joining us now, a man who needs no staff to help him, doctor, governor, a medical doctor and a cnbc contributor. dr. dean, it seems to me that the republicans are so desperate. we saw an example of michael brown saying the president was slowing down his efforts in the gulf of mexico so he could attack the coal industry. that is a bank shot even i can't follow. >> well, you know, first of all, the question is why is michael brown giving his track reco

number to dial is 1-877-ed-msnbc. our question tonight is, do you feel safer under the obama administration's watch? press 1 for yes, press 2 for no. and i'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is vermont senator, patrick leahy, chairman of the senate judiciary committee. senator, good to have you with us tonight. it's been too long. how have you been? >> i've been very well, ed, and it's good to be with you. >> good to be with you, my friend. all right. we read miranda rights, we didn't torture, and we're getting information. this is kind of a textbook case on how it's supposed to work, isn't it? >> listen, i spent eight years in law enforcement, and this has been perfect all the way through. you had ray kelly, commissioner of police in new york city, his people did a textbook fashion. bob mueller from the fbi. eric holder from the justice department. they all worked together. and they got the person. they got the person, apparently, from what we have read, they've gotten cooperation. the pres

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. >>> welcome back to msnbc news. i'm peter alexander. just five minutes away from a hearing on terrorists and guns. this is at the senate homeland security committee. that is a live picture right now. expected to be heard from, commissioner kelly as well as mayor bloomberg. they will be among those testifying. this hearing was, in fact, scheduled before saturday's failed bomb attack in times square. you can bet that bombing effort will play front and center in the questioning we hear when that starts in the next few minutes. we'll try to get there live. >>> if you are in the northeast or south, you're feeling warm and pretty happy. beautiful temperatures in the forecast today. look at that gorgeous new york 81, washington 82, atlanta, 85 degrees. midwest it's pretty much a different story. a storm system moving through the great lakes could produce heavy rain across the northern plains and upper mississippi valley. >>> moving onto the morning rush right now, president obama closes in on a supreme court nominee to fill that seat vacated b

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now, notice how quiet it is when the msnbc reporter is reporting. and then watch what happens with fox. again, we vanity changed this in any way. >> does make a couple of problems go away. >> press briefing by roberts gibbs, an emergence of this side of the party is not necessarily a good thing, and john boehner said -- >> the past few minutes that it involved more than just congratulations --, it's a special race, update new york, republicans have held it -- >> it may be the kind of thought that you don't want to look too closely at, but -- >> you be the judge. then you mentioned the situation in the gulf of mexico. there's talk now this oil spill could end up being bigger than that huge disaster they had up in alaska. really? bigger than sarah palin? that is unbelievable. and wolf blitzer is here. hello, wolf. the name of sarah palin touching a helicopter, wolf blitzer, doesn't it seem like that? wolf, the answer is stay off queb slit jeopardy." the big rumor is sarah palin may ran for president in 2012. as you know, she wants a former beauty quee

there are the same ratings as msnbc.e way, i have totally had my perceptions of washington and attended. i used to think this was a town where only the sons of the famous people got jobs because of what their parents did. come on. george w. bush, mitt romney, chris dodd, they all pretended to like that joke. there is not much that can voluntarily get me to listen to joe scarborough, much less what msnbc, but you do. you deserve a lot of credit for what you do every day. is also good to be here with senator mccaskill. her political rise may be stunted by something i just discovered. let me read a bit of her biography. "she is a fourth generation missouri and, was born and raised in lebanon and columbia." lebanon and colombia. clerics where's that both of those places are in the -- claire swears that both of those places are in the missouri, but i tell you, the brothers are going to go crazy over that. -- speaking birthers -- the birthers are going to go crazy over that. i am actually the fourth ranking republican leader i

. >> welcome to the show, and the chief washington correspondent with msnbc and howard fineman. if we didn't know change was it, this week's primary trove it home. the voters have had it with washington and the establishment of both parties. they're looking for ways to cut losses this november, and figuring that barack obama who swept in two years ago on the push for change can run against washington from the white house. they may take a page from bill clinton. clinton recaptured the change after newt gingrich ran against washington. here's the playbook. join the party of change and blame washington. >> half of the time up there, everybody is worried about what does the polls say, making calculations based on what is good for the next election instead of the nation. >> talk up job growth as clinton talked about his imprfinghe economy. third, wait for the other side to overplay its hand as gingrich did. and change is in the air, kentucky and pennsylvania and everywhere, arkansas. how does he get on the front of that fight? >> a few things. stop saying the word "i" all of the time

msnbc live coverage continues right after this with andrea mitchell. >>> continuing here on msnbc, i'met's review the charges briefly as we wrap up here. he is going to be charged according to eric holder, the attorney general, with an act of terrorism, transcending national borders, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. so we can talk about how this bomb didn't work and it was just -- it is referred to as a weapon of mass destruction. use of a destructive device during the commission of another crime and explosive charges. those are the charges. he is cooperating. he was interrogated under the exclusion to the miranda rules as we've just been discussing. and there is intensive look at the eight months -- estimated eight months he spent in pakistan. recent trips to and from pakistan and the fact that pakistani suspects may, indeed, have visited him here. >> i think the case against him in a federal court is going to be very, very strong. the potential of prosecution and conviction is going to be extremely high. particularly if he has admitted to all these actions himself. the

. >> host: a couple of e-mails regarding msnbc. has been on msnbc resulted in tone down reddick or something else? >> guest: no, i will tell you, people tell you, you have mellowed in the sense. i don't know that you have, i mean,. >> host: have you been told is that you have mellowed? >> guest: i have been told that ever since -- they don't say the columns have been though but they say when you make your appearances. i think there's something to the. the old appearances were on crossfire which is like pushing you in the ring for a three round fight every night. and you've got 90 minutes going after someone and you have to get your point across and you have to interrupt him. and now you don't do that as much except the mclaughlin group can get somewhat that way. but i do think i have somewhat mellow. you get your ideas out. i think the ideas we had, i think have been proven correct and i think innovation was the right way to go. control the borders for heavens sake. don't send all the manufacturing jobs abroad. i think have all bee

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joining me is our guest, now an msnbc terrorism analyst. thanks for coming on with us.talk about the fact we hear shahzad is talking. that doesn't mean he's telling the truth. >> absolutely not. and they're going to put him under polygraphs and all types of our systems to test whether he is lying or not. the nypd and fbi detectives are pretty good at that. i'm sure he is still lying at this point. >> how could it be possible he was trained at a camp and is acting alone? in itself doesn't the training mean he is working with someone? >> absolutely. he has already admitted to being in training and obviously it wasn't very good as indicated by the bomb with all of the errors he conducted. right now there is no evidence, no sign of any other complicity. i'm sure they're going to focus on that as they want to round up any cell he might have been associated with. >> let's talk more about this image we have about what is a terrorist in this country. i want to play what retired general michael hayden had to say to savannah guthrie on the daily rundown this morning. >> for the n

i was at those and i have been to some since then, but, recent years, though i am with msnbc, i sort done my duty over there and now it has become a celebrity event. i don't really have a problem with the idea that the people get too chummy with the president of the u.s. look, theat is night conservatie answer your and the president mentioned last night, we passed health care and it could have been the democratic caucus and a huge roar went up, in nixon's days, 5 8 -- 85 to 90% of the journalist, voted for mcgovern and 8 % of white folks in d.c., and washington is obama's town and, in journalism, it is his community but i don't have a problem with them going there and i will say this: the president of the u.s., is a natural comedian. he has a wonderful sense of timing, a wry sense of humor and enjoys needling people and his speech, last year, actually, i thought it was terrific last night but i'll tell you, last year, when he did his first one, they asked me to do msnbc and i haven't interested in going to the dinner but i'll go to mmsnbc and do commentary and i was up there in the l

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i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast here on msnbc.ew developments and details in the botched terror attack on new york eegs times square. here's the latest. a little more than an hour ago court officials said 30-year-old suspect faisal shahzad will not make his first appearance in new york federal court today. perhaps the reason for the delay, authorities say shahzad has been cooperating and admits to the attempted terror attack. he claims he acted alone. but shahzad says he did receive training on how to make bombs during a recent visit to his native pakistan. right now the senate's homeland security committee is holding a hearing on ways to prevent terrorists from using guns to carry out attacks in the united states. >>> investigators have been praised for their quick work in apprehending terror suspect faisal shahzad. we're learning today he almost got away. take a look at the time line here. shahzad was identified by the fbi on monday and was placed under surveillance. but he managed to give investigators the slip. exactly when an

. >> he told msnbc that the government should get its woodhill offer of bp, that to criticize bp -- in this bp get iits boot heall offer of bp, that to criticize them is an american. >> when you say the day after the election that you would not vote for the civil rights act, that is a problem. libertarians think that the government cannot do anything but protect the country with the military and police, and maybe some food safety. >> the problem that rand paul is going to face is that fateful, practicing libertarians basically believe that the food and drug administration ought to get out of business, and whether or not toys come in from china with a lead paint on them is a matter that the market can best addressed rather than some intrusive government. that will be a problem for him and republicans. >> ron paul is another problem for the tea party and the republican party. they have to decide about his views on a number of issues, including the civil rights act. >> the senate votes to clean up including the civil rights act. >> the senate votes to clean up wall announcer: the shortest

you can get hold of me on my e-mail, contessa@msnbc.ok and twitter and check it all the time. >>> the mayor of nashville's reassuring residents today the music city will make it back. some of the city's best loved attractions including the grand ole opry and opryland theme park have suffered serious damage from the water. the cumberland river still receding through downtown. at least 29 people have died in three states from the storm. nbc's ron mott is reporting from nashville. he'll bring us a live report later on throughout the afternoon here, keeping our eye on the breaking developments out of nashville. >>> breaking news now on some sea turtles coming out of the -- the news is coming from the federal fishery. they're investigating whether aggressive shrimpers are actually causing the deaths of these endangered sea turtles. we know they've been washing up on the beach with no signs of oil. we're getting that from the associated press. and they've talked to these fishery officials. investigators are going to look at whether the shrimp

. >> he told msnbc that he thinks the president ought to get his boot heel off of the bp got that to criticize them this way is unamerican. >> this the problem with his views, when they are exposed this way. when you say the first day after the election that he would not repeal -- that he would not support the civil rights act, and you are in trouble. the libertarian view is that the government should not do anything, they should just protect the country with the military and police, basically, and maybe some of food safety things, maybe. but they don't want the boot heel of government on a lot of things. >> "i added quickly state that i will not support any efforts to repeal the civil -- unequivocal state that i will not support any efforts to repeal the civil rights act." that is a relief, colby. >> i would have to stay at the counter if he had his way. we know what he said to npr, when he said to rachel maddow -- what he said to rachel maddow. if he had his way, colby king, who was 11 years old at the time, the drug store on 35th pennsylvania avenue, would still have to do what he

it came into focus in interviews this week, including one on msnbc. >> do you think that a private business has a right to say we don't serve black people? >> i'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form. what about freedom of speech? should we limit speech from people we find abhorrent? should we limit racists from speaking? >> paul issued a written statement yesterday saying, i believe we should work to end all racism in american society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. paul will speak about the controversy for the first time later in a "good morning america" exclusive. >>> well, another attempt at stopping the oil spill in the gulf will hopefully be under way by sunday. environmentalists and plenty of others say it can't come soon enough because there's new evidence that more oil is polluting the water than first thought. matt gutman reports. >> reporter: a month into the spill, rig owner b.p. complied with congressional demands to post live footage of the ruptured well. >> these videos stand as a scalding, blistering indictment of b.p.'s inattention to the

one is the morning show on msnbc, there's a running joke about how dr.ezinski influenced the war, and hunter thompson and how the stories are out there he would report the reality and blend in all of his fantasy in the process, and quite the genius at it. >> guest: yes, he was. -- brzezinski -- in my book, the book on world war ii, churchill, hit her, -- hitler ad the unnecessary war, i'm very critical of the president of second slovakia for in effect creating a phony crisis. and when it wasn't true, and hitler, who went berserk over it, and that's one of the reasons hitler decided to wipe them off the map, over the feeling he had been humiliated. and annika brzezinski is a great niece, and i didn't know how well that would be received. she is very gracious about the book. i talked to joe scarborough about the book. he thought it was compelling thesis. what was the other question? >> host: hunter s. thompson. >> guest: dr. hunter thompson. >> host: a friend of yours? >> guest: yes, he was. yes, he was. first time i met hunter, the first date i had with s

fox news alone brings in more revenue through cnn become msnbc or the evening news broadcast of abc, cbs and nbc of reliable smokestacks of "culture smog." time, "newsweek", "new york times" and "the washington post" are likewise financially fragile. and in the new media we see a model how conservatives can overcome their proclivity for pulling each other back and after the hangover we point* to the amiable give and take on air that rush limbaugh, sean hannity have with each other for a model for the conservatives road to recovery. with this shift it would be ever more difficult for reform conservatives and the davidians to exploit the "culture smog" to make names for themselves. david from has almost completely slipped from side to give public attention again i will predict he will jump from the memorial bridge. david brooks already has. [laughter] we call his suicidal interview with the new republican this summer attempting to ingratiate himself to obama he told "the new republic" interviewer that "i don't want to sound like i am bragging, but usually when i talk to senators, while

msnbc had a different take. president pitches no-hitter.[laughter] and then cnn went a different way all together. >> how can you get a volcano in iceland. when you think of volcano, you think of hawaii. you don't think of iceland. you think it's too cold to have a volcano there. >> i guess that's why they are the most trusted name in news. [laughter] >> look, i have a reputation for giving cable a hard time, so let's pick on politico for a while. you know, people attack politico for putting a new focus on trivial issues, political fodder, gossip sheet. that's not fair. politico's been doing this for centuries now. check out the headlines. our researchers found these. japan serneders, where's the bounce? then there's this one, lincoln saves union, but can he save house majority? there is a little portion there. he has lost the southern white vote. [laughter] >> an analysis there. and my favorite, july 3, 1776, senior whig official, talks break down, independence dead. some so this is nothing new. even though the mainstream press gives me a

msnbc had a different take. president pitches no-hitter. [laughter] and then cnn went a different way all together. >> how can you get a volcano in iceland. when you think of volcano, you think of hawaii. you don't think of iceland. you think it's too cold to have a volcano there. >> i guess that's why they are the most trusted name in news. [laughter] >> look, i have a reputation for giving cable a hard time, so let's pick on politico for a while. you know, people attack politico for putting a new focus on trivial issues, political fodder, gossip sheet. that's not fair. politico's been doing this for centuries now. check out the headlines. our researchers found these. japan serneders, where's the bounce? then there's this one, lincoln saves union, but can he save house majority? there is a little portion there. he has lost the southern white vote. [laughter] >> an analysis there. and my favorite, july 3, 1776, senior whig official, talks break down, independence dead. some so this is nothing new. even though the mainstream press gives me a

>> reporter: tamron, just as you were having that conversation at msnbc headquarters, they finished their search here. just wrapped up literally within the last few minutes here. it's about eight or nine houses down on the left hand side of this street in bridgeport, connecticut. you heard earlier today where the commissioner of new york police department ray kelly referred to jack bauer of the show "24" and said it was roughly 53 hours and 20 minutes for them to complete finding their suspect in this case. well, it was about the 54th hour that they showed up at this house and raided it. it happened in the early morning hours of this day. the fbi, local police, members of the joint terrorism task force going inside. we had a chance to peer in from a distance, were able to see a lot of these evidence gatherers during the course of the day looking for whatever they could. potential evidence to link back this home to that 1993 nissan pathfinder. nbc news has learned from at least one law enforcement source that it has been, in their words, quote, very, very fruitful. saying even more detaile

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"the washington post," bob woodward, chief foreign affairs correspondent for nbc news and host of msnbc's" none other than andrea mitchell, editorial page editor for "the wall street journal," paul gigot and "new york times" columnist tom friedman. welcome back to the program, all of you. welcome, i should say, to our new surroundings if you haven't been here before. tom friedman, the curious case of dr. rand paul. a political force this week, a force for the tea party, and someone who is outspoken in his views who, by the ends of the week, had republicans quite nervous, as you heard senator cornyn say, the issue with these novice candidates, they go out there and make mistakes. is he a weakened candidate? >> sure feels like it to me. i think, you know, when you come out against the 1964 civil rights act, that's not a growth position. now maybe in his state or maybe in the tea party, but i don't think that's something you're going to build a national campaign around. so, yeah, it really gets to the fact of i think he tried to press all the senators on this, really, david. you want to cut

know, mainstream news programs like, you know, the morning shows on sundays, you know, the evening msnbc and fox cable lineup, you know, traditional newspapers which more people are reading them online, they all work together -- i don't think -- you can't really compartmentalize. i do think generally -- you know, this is one of my concerns about washington as i think that, you know, the sunday round tables fox and msnbc -- listen, fox's average prime time number i think is 3 million maybe on a good night. think about that. that's only 3 million people out of 140 million people voted in that election much less 350 million people. so the punditry, whether some of that is online pundit tree, some of it traditional media punditry. as if the rest of the nation is viewing and consuming. the truth is most people who aren't terribly active in politics never watch any of that. and never watch any of that. so i think sometimes -- it's like you're in a fun house. where in washington that's kind of considered -- whatever the kind of argument on cable is that's reality. that's where we got to respond

he appeared this week on "the rachel maddow show" on msnbc where he was asked a pointed question. >>any discrimination of any form. what about freedom of speech? should we limit speech from people we find abhorrent? should we limit racists from speaking? >> rand issued a statement saying, i believe we should work to end all racism in american society, and staunchly defend inherent rights of every person. and we will hear more from paul coming up later this morning. he's a guest today on "good morning america." >>> the next step in trying to stop the oil flow in the gulf could come as early as sunday. bp will attempt to clog a ruptured pipe, a move that's never been attempted under water. and there's new evidence that more oil is polluting the water than first thought. matt gutman reports. >> reporter: a month into the spill, rig owner bp complied with congressional demands to post live footage of the ruptured well. these videos stand as a scalding, blistering indictment of bp's inattention to the scope and size of the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of the united st

msnbc gets a much different crowd, younger, more fun. rahm emmanuel made an appearance.hen at the capital filed party, the big eye-turner was kim kardashian. the party is even younger, a little easier to get into. i would say the a-list power was less, but the party power was more. host: how much information was put out of the party regarding the situation in new york city? when did you become aware that there was a situation taking away from some of the attention of the president and from mayor bloomberg? guest: toward the end. the hotel had a very bad cell phone and blackberry access in the main ballroom. toward the end be so many people from the mayor's office and from the white house heading to the exits to get better cell phone reception. that was interesting. towards the end the use of people having to put away the cocktail glass and get back to their day job when news of the situation host: broke patrick gavin of politico, thanks for being on the program and telling us about last night's correspondents dinner. we will take a short break, and when we return we'll t

this part of, i will turn to an outside expert, a guy named jim cramer whom some of you may know from msnbc when the justice department a couple years back approved the whirlpool maytag merger that gave whirlpool 75% control over our washers and dryers and berries other things in our houses, this is what jim cramer said, if there was ever any doubt in your mind that we have a government of, by and for the corporations, if you thought for a second that we were not right back in the gilded age, if you had the least ounce of faith and our regulars to do the right thing, you should give that up right now. and then he went on it goes, on tv i play a guy who's just out to help you make money. but when you're not trying to get rich, feel free to get mad. so how did this happen? there's the simplest answer, simplest answer is that we were taught to see ourselves differently. for 200 years in this country, we saw ourselves as citizens for most. and what you citizens are you? citizens value liberty foremost in a generation ago, however, we were relabeled were we allowed ourselves to be re- labeled co

notice how quiet it is when the msnbc reporters are reporting and watch what happens with fox. >> doescouple of problems go away. >> secretary robert gibbs. emergens of this side of the party isn't a good thing. >> in the past few minutes, it made more than just congratulations. >> republicans have held it -- >> maybe the kind of sausage making you don't want to look at. [laughter] >> you be the judge. you mentioned the situation in the gulf of mexico. there's talk now that this oil slick could end up being bigger than that huge disaster they had up in alaska. really? bigger than sarah palin? that is unbelievable. [laughter] >> and wolf blitzer is here. hello, wolf. doesn't that sound like the name of sarah palin's hunting helicopter? stay off of "celebrity jeopardy iy." sarah palin may run for president in 2012. she is a former beauty queen. if she wins it would make history, because it's the first time that a beauty queen could bring about world peace. they all talked about it, but she could make it happen. do you see her campaign last month, beauty and the deceased. isn't that what

i have to tell you, i think as a republican i'm supposed to love fox news and hate msnbc. now, i'm going to it will you, i do hate msnbc, but something just happened on fox news that compelled me to come to the floor. they've run this diagram and it really is a, i think, blassfemming my friend from ohio. and indicating that there are nine republicans supporting a bill thawill bail out unions. mr. latourette: that's nonsense and i don't know who the pin head is atox news that decided to put that story together. but the trueacts othis piece of legislation are as follows. this bill will save the taxpayers by saying to those corporations that have union pension plans, if you find yourselves in a bind, rather than thrusting that upon the taxpayer, it spreads out over five years the ability to bring those pension plans up to speed. that's good government, it's a good bill. it's a good tiberi bill and i don't know what they're doing at fox news but they should stop smoking it and get back to reporting the facts. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mi

they come from rachel maddow and msnbc. i've been trashed up and down.nd they're saying things that are untrue. and when they say i'm for repealing the civil rights act, it's absolutely false. never been my position. and something i think is just politics. >> i haven't said that. i'm reading from "the bowling green daily news." >> i've answered you. >> i want to move on. got it. fox business network, january 2nd, 2010. you talk about government regulations and what you think should happen with government regulations. take a look. >> get rid of regulations. get the epa out of our coal business down here. get osha out of our small businesses. we need to restrain government to let small businesses and business men and women create jobs. >> i want to see how far you push that believe. the front page of "the usa today," epa tells b.p. to use less toxic chemicals. do you believe the epa should tell companies they cannot use chemicals to enforce safety regulations on the rig out there? >> no. what i was referring to with the epa, is i find it particularly galli

if you can turn on msnbc for five hours in the evening and not hear in mention of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. this oil spill is dominating everything as if these wars are over. and the the flotilla headed toward the gaza -- nobody is talking about that. host: on the front page of politico this morning -- host: we have this twitter message. back to the phones. sheila in ohio on the line for republicans. your priorities, a stimulus or debt reduction? caller: debt reduction. it starts with getting out of the united nations and charging them $10 million for the place to have their building. host: how would getting the united nations out of the united states bring down the debt? caller: it does not have to be out of the united states. how much do we spend on our thing in the united nations? that is, what, $25 million or something like that for our registration to be in the united nations. we should get out of the united nations. host: allen on the line for independents, calling from las vegas. caller: more stimulus is ridiculous. we need to reduce the deficit spending we are doing rig

we'll hear from survivors and family msnbc of victims. this is about two hours, 25 minutes. good morning. the committee will come to order. we welcome everyone, particularly the distinguished witnesses that are before us. to discuss the legal liability issues surrounding the gulf coast oil disaster. the jurisdictional basis for this hearing in judiciary is that the liability issues under the federal law fall to the jurisdiction of this committee. fall to the jurisdiction of this committee. particularly the death on the high seas act and the limitation of liability act, in particular. we all know that the oil spill in the gulf coast is one of monumental proportions, the worst spill in u.s. history. and these considerations that are particularly within the jurisdiction of this committee. the current state of the law is inadequate to deal with the disasters of this size. the legal landscape, the victims of the gulf coast disasterre naviga navigating exceedingly complex, outdated and inconsistent. the remedy available under the death on the high seas act for the families of thos

editorial writer for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst jonathan capehart is here.where's joe? >> i was going to ask you that. >>