." >> wolf, we're trying to make sense out of the obama doctrine before president obama goes to westpoint to confuse us all again. >> actually, you can sum up the obama doctrine with these words, no more dumb wars. the debate's going to start right now. >> tonight on "crossfire," a new deadline for u.s. troops to come home. >> we will bring america's longest war to a responsible end. >> is president obama making america stronger or weaker on the world stage? on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," a contributing editor for atlantic media and bill crystal, editor of "the weekly standard." is the president keeping us safe or putting us at risk? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire," i'm s.e. cupp. >> i'm van jones. we have guests with very different views of president obama's record of keeping us out of war. now, big news this afternoon. president obama has announced a firm deadline to get our troops home from afghanistan. now, remember, at one point we had over 100,000 americans over there in harm's way. by the end of 2016, thanks to this president,

obama care is a job killer.ell, it turns out that the only thing that's dead is that talking point. that's next. >> republicans have spent four years saying anything to attack president obama's health care law. but remember their favorite line. they called it a job killer. >> in my opinion, obama care is the biggest job killer we have in america today. >> it's also a job kill per. >> putting a chilling effect on job creation. >> it's become such a job killer in our economy. >> obama care is the biggest job killner this country. >> obama care is crushing our economy. it's killing jobs. >> the number one job killer in the united states, do you know what tos? obama care. >> so now that the affordable care act is in full swing, it must be killing jobs, left and right. except that's not what we're seeing. the economy gachbed 288,000 last month, putting it at the lowest level since october 2008. 50 months of private sector job growth. 50 months. and guess what? when that trand started? guess when? march of 2010, the m

the obama administration has ended up being transparently lawless. madam president, today i have discussed only five examples of the administration's lawlessness in implementing obamacare. i will save for another day the significant legal concerns surrounding this administration's abuse of handling of high-risk pools, its actions involving the small business exchange, its sweetheart deals granting unauthorized exemptions for labor unions and many other similarly problematic actions, but even in the five examples i have mentioned today, the overriding point is clear. the tenure of president obama has amounted to an unmistakable pattern of executive abuse. time and again, his administration has flouted its constitutional responsibilities, exceeded its legitimate authority, ignored the act of law and sought to escape any accountability for its executive overreach. madam president, such executive branch abuse cannot stand. whether republican or democrat, each of us has a sworn obligation to defend the constitution, and each of us has the responsibility t

his name is barack obama. know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too. w

president obama has presided over almost two million deportations -- more than any other president in history. >> where's your family? pheonix? >> your family doesn't even know you're here? >> with reform stalled in congress, deportations have become the defining aspect of obama's immigration policy -- and a flashpoint for immigrant communities. >> fault lines traveled to new orleans to examine the impact of deportations on the city's immigrant community. obama has assured critics that immigration customs and enforcement, ice, is using discretion in its deportation efforts. >> "we're focusing our limited resources and people on violent offenders and people convicted of crimes. and as a result, we've increased the removal of criminals by 70 percent." >> we heard that ice has been operating a new program in new orleans called cari. it stands for criminal alien removal initiative. cari, ice says, is focused on immigrants who, quote, "pose a serious threat to the community." >> it's a small terrifying effect. they'll go into a grocery store and take 3 people >> jacinta gonzalez has been p

and the other thing is president obama. not only is obama care unpopular in the state of kentucky, but the president himself has a 32% approval rating. so they're going to try and tie democrats, of course -- it's going to go on around the country to the president. it's not only obama care, it's the president himself. that's what mitch mcconnell is starting to do with ads today. she's just going to have to be tough and fight back. kentucky is a republican state, but there's a changing demographic in the state that gives her a bit of a shock. as you can tell from this primary, mcconnell is tough and doesn't make a lot of political mistakes. >> she's also released ads already. they're running neck and neck. it will be fascinating. let's go back to the tea party. tea party groups are putting their spin on last night. this is a state from freedom works ceo. quote, when the establishment runs on our issues, it's clear there's a larger cultural shift happening. constitutional libertarians are setting the agenda in the republican p

so i decided to change our diet. >> in the first year of the obama presidency first lady michelle obamaisted the help of some local elementary school students in planting an organic kitchen garden on the white house grounds, ultimately hosting a lunch for those students featuring veggies from the garden. pretty innocuous, right? wrong. less than a week after the first lady and her elementary school helpers broke ground on the garden a letter arrived to the white house addressed to mrs. obama reading in part and i quote "congratulations on recognizing the importance of agriculture in america," exclamation point. "as you go about planning and planting the white house garden we respectfully encourage to you recognize the role conventional agriculture plays in the u.s. in feeding the ever-increasing population. contributing to the u.s. economy, providing a safe and economical food supply. america's farmers understand crop protection technologies are supported by sound scientific research and innovation. signed sincerely, mid-america crop life association," a pesticide industry trade group m

his numbers are lower than obama's numbers. he wants to make the race about obama.to make the race about mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is closer to kentucky than obama is. so may be a wash a bit. >> got to hope that people, in the voting booth vote about the future. not holding on to something they didn't thing is going to last much longer. we will see. thank you. great panel. going to stay with us. thank you for staying with us, nia, steve, david. great panel. coming up next. what's tonight's results mean for control of the u.s. senate? that's of course the back drop to everything this year. is president obama going to find himself without a congress. nothing. just war with both houses of congress. or hold his battle position. hold his strength position in the senate. that's what the fights are about. you are watching the place for politics. memorial day weekend? looks like fun. but what about this? if you're looking to buy a car, now is the time and truecar is the way. just go to truecar.com to lock in guaranteed savings... without negotiation. thank you! happy memor

chance chancellor angela merkel or president obama? >> president obama in this crisis in europe is pushing, but he has a powerful restraining force in angela merkel who not only speaks for germany, the fourth largest economy in the world, the dominant economy in europe. but she is a powerful restraining force, but however, germany is something of a giant switzerland. it is not a big military power. it is not interventionist. it is antisanctions. it does not want a conflict over ukraine or crimea. she has been a tremendous restraining force and the only way she is going to be brought around to support real serious sanctions on russia is if vladimir putin makes a grave mistake and sends his army across that border, in which case, barack obama will be calling the shots. >> eleanor. >> in the press conference that merkel and president obama had on friday, the president went through all the sectors of the economy where they would be calling for sanctions. he left out oil and gas. and when chancellor merkelout t of the 28 european union coun

his numbers are lower than obama's numbers. he wants to make the race about obama. wants to make the race about mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is closer to kentucky than obama is. so may be a wash a bit. >> got to hope that people, in the voting booth vote about the future. not holding on to something they didn't thing is going to last much longer. we will see. thank you. great panel. going to stay with us. thank you for staying with us, nia, steve, david. great panel. coming up next. what's tonight's results mean for control of the u.s. senate? that's of course the back drop to everything this year. is president obama going to find himself without a congress. nothing. just war with both houses of congress. or hold his battle position. hold his strength position in the senate. that's what the fights are about. you are watching the place for politics. sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching

president obama and angela merkel will be speaking from the white house shortly. we'll be right back. >>> you are looking at our live continuous coverage of the anticipated press conference between angela merkel and president obama at the white house. the two meeting this morning for about four hours discussing a wide variety of issues, including the nsa listening in on her cell phone conversations, and the ongoing crisis in ukraine, and russia calling for an emergency meeting of the un security council that set to take place in about five minutes in new york. the number of missing in nigeria is rising. the government now saying 276 girls are missing. kidnapped from their school last month, and that is much higher than first reported. officials still don't know where the girls are. >> reporter: there has been a lot of misinformation and confusion since this attack took place on the school on april 15th. initialally, let's remember the military said 129 girls had been on abducted but within hours they were contradicted by family and some of the schoolteachers who s

these are the people obama democrats need to turn out. so he's not only failing democrats at the kitchen table, but he's failing you guys at the polls. how frustrated are you guys? >> well, first of all, i'm not frustrated. the president has put forward an agenda. it's the tea party that's stopped the agenda. >> the american people disagree with the agenda. >> let me stop you there. i want you to talk about democrats. democrats are complaining that president obama has not adequately conditioned the environment to run on an economic platform that works. >> i'm with democrats all the time and i haven't heard that complaint. i think the president has put forward a plan. this is a midterm election and we've all worked on it or covered them. these come down to candidates and races in states. >> and turnout. >> every race is going to be different. every candidate is going to treat that race different. >> what it is is about turnout, excitement of the base. so if our tea party base, if the conservative movement is excited to turn out in november

. >> where was president obama that day and that night? >> people have been trying too get an answer for this for 20 months. where was the president the night of the attacks? >> they leased a photo after the killing of bin laden, but we don't have any photots from the other night, september 11, 2012. >> where is president obama? why isn't there is a photo? yes, there is a photo. here it is. president obama in the white house on the night of september 11. it's been available for more than a year. just one of the many republican questions about benghazi that have already been answered. but to the gop, this isn't about getting abcs. it's about politics. joining me now is crystal ball and washington post dana millbank. his latest article is about the gop congressman trey gauti in scharch of this bep gas zi show trial. haven't we seen this before. >> i think this is a case the republican leadership realizes to continue down this path of politicizing a tragedy is a dangerous game and not ultimately a political winner for them. it makes people fe

i don't think president obama is shy about throwing people under the bus. in the case of eric shinseki, if you talk to the veterans, there is a large dose of regret around. nobody thinks that shinseki is a bad person who is out to hurt veterans. to the contrary, they think he's a decorated military hero, a general and someone who cared deeply about the veterans and indicated he was lied to. that's the level of accountability. i think you'll see more heads roll down the line and possibly criminal investigations about people who were lying to get bonuses from the government. >> i do agree with you, juan, that i think general shinseki was committed. i think he probably didn't want to go, he wanted to finish the mission. if anybody should have been fired, it should have been holder or sebelius. the president doesn't do so. while he's loyal to his staff, what about being loyal to the voters that selected him and veterans dying because they are getting shotty care? >> well, i think it's a very tough decision out there because a lot of it has to do with the politi

yes, president obama.in a long line of presidents who has really sort of participated in this modern-decor respondents' dinner that's televised and the elaborate speech. it's also important to note that up until a number of years ago, the comedian went before the president. all of a sudden president obama decided you know what? i'm going to start this thing off and now, of course, the comedian comes on. he's got huge shoes to fill. this is what bill clinton -- this is a bit that i'm sure any president can relate to. >> just imagine if today's press corps covered yesterday's wars. here are a few headlines. paul revere's warning: too little, too late. lincoln speaks at gettysburg: fails to articulate exit strategy. >> how would you compare president clinton's style to president obama's style? >> well, president clinton was known for being pretty thin-skinned. and he and his jokes went after the press, after his critics. president obama also goes after his critics, but it's interesting, there have been a numb

they predate obama. you can say that this administration hasn't responded quickly enough, if you want, but you can say that it has anything to do with obamacare. it's just factually impossible. but i think people are assuming that a low information voter out there is just going to accept this little tidbit thrown out there and not bother to check it out. >> i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you, congresswoman jan schakowsky and dana milbank. thank you both again for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, why is this anti-obama conspiracy theory riddled film maker faced in jail tonight? reveals what a gop scandal mongering is. >>> and it used to be off-limits, but the right have made a habit of attacking first lady michelle obama. now they're going after a healthy school lunch program. stay with us. cut! [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll so

obama. and a mother in des moines called what she witnessed in the school cafeteria just sad. >> folks on both note the first lady is not an elected official. the reaction seems to reflect a real concern at the white house about the level of opposition. >>> a 15-year-old girl injured in north dakota's tornado remain in intensive care tonight. this is what it looked like. several trailers were damaged or destroyed and eight other people were treated for lesser injuries. >>> president obama announces his target troop levels for post war afghanistan, but there could be complications. we'll get reaction from the panel when we come back. ey can t of a single candle. look after them with centrum silver. multivitamins for your eyes, heart and brain. centrum silver. for the most amazing parts of you. >> it's time to turn the page on more than a decade on which so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. when i took office, we had nearly 180,000 troops in harm's way

at this point we agree strongly with candidate obama and the first administration obama. there have been plenty of studies and g.a.o. reports dating back to 2008 alleging gaming the system as you said and there was a transition team memo from president bush to president obama allege there was gaming going on and we have to stop studying and actually take action. >> how do you explain the fact that with all the studies, and as you say, a lot of it has been described by candidate obama in the past, why the failure to act now? >> it is a washington bureaucracy and it is easier to talk than to take action. i also think that there is a little bit of cynicism hoping that the story, the public attention on this, will go away soon. >> dr. moxness you were a psychiatrist at the v.a. facility in west virginia and you say the vets would often come in, you would see them, they would have serious problems and you would say i need you back in a week to 10 days and it would take them months to get back. how dangerous is that situation? >> dangerous because they were, you start a patient

there are places where they send president obama and places perhaps where they send michelle obama before, and she is more pop ular than he is, and i would not be surprised if arguably you see her on the campaign trail, and if she is willing to do it more than you would see president obama and the requests for her are more of them for her than him, and there are places that president obama thinks that he can help to increase the african-american turnout in particular georgia in that senate race, and there are selective places that they may use him, but right now the approval ratings are not good in i of the red state senate races. >> nbc news director and msnbc political correspondent. thank you, chuck todd. >> thank you, chris. >>> and who is spending what in the battle of the midterms. >>> but first, to oklahoma where a year ago today, a tornado flattened an entire xcommunity, and what are they doing to rebuild? when it comes to good nutrition...i'm no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got

did this happen at michelle obama?t the lights were really dark in the audience where we were. so she was waving back at me and she saw it was me, and wished she hadn't. >> the unintentional overshot handshake when you are trying to make it and it turns into a wrist shake? >> can i point out, these are horrifying problems that we have in the west? i would like to offer a similar list of awkward moments beset by countries inhabited by radical islamists, for example, getting executed for being gay, getting killed for being christian, being murdered for sex outside of marriage and being beheaded for having a head. >> okay. >> those are the most awkward moments in radical islam. >> brought to you -- >> buzz feed has edited those out. greg, let's stay with you. hugging someone of a vastly different height with uncertain arm placement. >> that has happened to me all my life. i've learned to accept it. i've enjoyed the smell of a belt buckle. >> what about this, bob, the denied vastly different hug that turns into a weird sid

obama for it syndrome.ckness whereby if president obama or the first lady is for something, then republicans are against it. and boy has the gop caught a nasty bout of it. michael tamaski writes about it in today's "daily beast." he asks, "is it really cost that's driving the house gop to fight michelle obama on school lunches?" nope, the answer is, in part, plain old hatred of her husband. but this isn't the first time the gop has caught this affliction. sometimes they oppose policies they used to support simply because the president is behind them now. >> every state has different demographics. every state has different problems. it's good to allow them to work out their own problems rather than a one-size fits all program. >> you do not believe in the concept of the minimum wage? >> you would abolish the minimum wage? >> correct. >> how many stimulus bills do we have to pass before these bridges get fixed? i would suggest, mr. president, you think about ways to actually help the people of kentucky and oh

barack obama, obama wins in 2008. 2012 obama actually is the first president in history -- though he was the first democrat, i believe, since lbj to get over 50% of the vote. but in 2012 he was elected with, first president, first president to do this, elected with less popular votes and electoral college votes in his re-election. reagan won 49 out of 50 states. >> his re-election, obama won 26. bare majority. and if you look at a map of counties, right, under reagan it was a sea of red. under obama it was still a sea of red. if you look, if you look at counties. and speaking, speaking of obama, there was a poll done in 2013 after the 2013, after the second inaugural which asked americans if ronald reagan were to run today against barack obama, who would you vote for? they said reagan by 58% over obama. and that's right after obama's reelection. in 2013. here's really fascinating. how was obama elected principally? the youth vote, right? the youth vote. that same poll they asked people ages 18-34 who would you vote for, reagan or obama, they picked reagan. they picked reagan. up like

president barack obama today. >> obama outlined his vision for u.s. foreign-policy in a sweeping speech at the u.s. military academy. speaking to both a global television audience and graduating cadets at west point, obama said the u.s. should ink beyond using the military to solve u.s. problems. he said counterterrorism measures will remain in focus and that cooperation with international partners is the way forward. >> this beach came one day after putting forward a plan to end america's longest war, the country's 12-year deployment in a canna stand. -- in afghanistan. >> this year's graduates from the elite that point military academy will be the first in over a decade not to serve in iraq or afghanistan. that was a key message in president obama's address to the class of 2014. he used the speech to lash out at critics who accuse him of weakening america's image. >> here's my bottom line -- america must always lead on the world stage. if we don't, no one else will. >> but the president also warned against the u.s. entering wars lightly. he said the

president obama. it turned out it was clear quickly those were not spontaneous busts of window breaking. the round of window breaking at democratic offices had been called for by an alabama militia guy march 2010. in april the same guy headlined an open carry rally at a national park not far from washington d.c. he said we were coming to a fundamental break as a nation where people were going to start dying. >> they put themselves into a state of war with the people who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience. we are done backing up! done! not one more inch. this is a quintessentially southern thing, oh, hell no. where i come from, you know somebody is going to get beat, stabbed or shot. the guy who takes the beaten, the knife blade or the bullet undoubtedly deserves it. oh, hell no. for you can push americans only so far. >> that's the break your windows guy. the break your windows guy did succeed in getting people to throw bricks through the windows at democrat party offices when obamacare

president obama, he seems to think we should bring the u.s. military in to fight global warming and we also get a reaction by west point grad and vietnam vet john mumford on fox and friends. >> globalest to combat climate change. a creeping crisis that will help shape your time in uniform as we are called on. >> did your jaw just go what? when he said that? >> mine and everyone i knew said that. the military's job is to fight and win wars. the military is not an organization of social policy. >> dana, whdo you think? should the military be enlisted to fight global warming? >> there is an office charged with looking long term and risks going ahead 50 to 75 years. and there is a consensus among some of the former -- the retired security folks who get probably paid a lot of money on the consulting side but maybe they agree with bob. they think it's at least worth planning for and trying to address. my point is capitalism is the best system for addressing climate change. >> bob, i agree with you, that global warming is happening. i also agree it's

this is president obama's issue now. he and nancy pelosi can't keep blaming the fact that there have been wars that created all of these veterans, wars that they didn't start. i neen mean, we've heard that twice now, once from nancy pelosi and once from the president yesterday. this president has to take ownership and action. >> is it an election year issue? >> yes, because it's also part -- first of all, it's the most painful scandal but it's part of a narrative now about incompetence. and ineptitude on the part of the administration. when a scandal breaks and something has gone wrong with the irs or benghazi, what they say is we didn't know it was happening. we read about it in the news. that's not minding the store and absolutely a campaign narrative. >> it's an administration that wants to run national health care, american energy, the education system and a long list of other things that i've never been the province of the federal government and can't run a clinic. >>> next up, the president's curious delay in namin

it has, he is at 80%, i obama is at 43. >> stephen: maybe obama should invade saskatchewan, something like that. >> i don't think that is wise but i don't do domestic politics. but that's to the going to last because in the long run this some that putin set up in autocratic reg seem i think will run its course and if the economy begins to tank his support will also fall. >> stephen: is there any mechanism inside russia to stop him or does very complete power. >> he has complete-- not total power. there is a lot of rich people that don't want to lose their money because of the adventures in ukraine but that's part of the robb f russia were more democratic, if there were a congress f there were opposition parties, if there were a show like yours in russia that would be criticism-- criticizing president putin that would make it more costly for him. right now he doesn't have those kind of controls on his power. >> stephen: if there was a show like mine in russia i would let someone else start my car. your excellency. (cheers and applause) ambassador michael mcfaul. we'll be right back. (v

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and president obama has often rebuffed them. and the entire washington beltway conventional wisdom that you should just drop toxic baggage, belter than carrying it. but this is starting to look different. the facts pile up in this story, it looks like the most important goal may be getting rid of the baggage in the leadership in the va or at least getting very serious, very quickly about reform. joining me, howard dean, former vermont governor and dnc chairman. former congressman, patrick murphy, first iraq war veteran elected to congress. governor dean, from a management perspective, having run the party in a state, what do you think is most important here? >> first, let's look at shinseki's record. only one telling the truth when secretary of defense and the vice president were lying through their teeth about the war in iraq. shinseki told congress how many troops would be needed and got fired for it. a guy with integrity. from a management perspective. they have 24 hours to fix this or he has to go. i don't think he has gun a

she is barack obama's candidate. they know it. they will issue the same verdict. they cannot afford to empower the people that have been waging a war on jobs for the last 5.5 years. [applause] tonight, i ask every voter to help us win this race. put kentucky first. the people who hand-picked my opponent are not on your side. they don't care a whit about kentucky. let me tell you what i am talking about. the obama administration said we could not raise the water level down at lake cumberland because it might disrupt the natural habitat of a minnow. they wanted to keep the water low, throw people out of their jobs, and destroy one of the most popular tourist spots to help a two inch fish. this is the only time anybody has tried to save a fish from too much water. [laughter] [applause] i fought back and we won. [applause] i will keep fighting this and every other attempt by the obama crowd to tell kentuckians how to live their lives. send me back to washington and kentucky will always have a champion in the capital. [applause] if the american people give republicans

charles: president obama. referenceing the virgie arthur v.a. -- scandal yesterday. calls to move veteran affairs healthcare, are gaining steam after house speaker john boehner said he supported the idea this week, v.a. has yet to confirm three of its official will attend a meeting in front of house committee. joining me now, chairman of house veterans affairs committee congressman jeff miller. thank you for your time. i have to tell you, in a nation that faces feels like a new scandal every week, this v.a. scandal is moving to the top of the list quickly, what do you hope to achieve tomorrow? >> charles this thing cuts both ways, both democrat and republican, all americans are outraged with what they have seen happen in the department of veterans affairs, tomorrow night we just got confirmation. >> that 3 witnesses we invited will attend, they tried to get several excuseed. we're going to listen to why a list that we think was the secret list in phoenix was destroyed. dr. lynch briefed our staff on a potential solution to what v.a. was saying, they say it not a secr

what does it take to be fired by president obama?e with reaction is juan williams and colonel alan west. what does it take? does president obama not have the stomach to sign the pink slip? what is it? >> i'm amused by that litany you just read. i think it is extreme. i don't think it's accurate, but i think you're on to a point about accountability. i think everybody has to be held accountable, but loyalty is all a factor. i think president obama is shy about throwing people under the bus. in the case of eric shinseki, there's a large dose of regret all around. nobody thinks he was out to hurt veterans. they think he's a decorated military hero, a general, someone who cared deeply about the veterans and today indicated he was lied to. i think you're going to see more heads roll down the line and possibly criminal investigations about people who were lying to get bonuses from the government. >> i do think general shinseki was committed. i think he wanted to finish the mission. colonel west, what do you think about this? if anyone shou

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president obama said if we don't lead, nobody else will. but then much of his talk was about collective action, multilateral action. what is america's role here? >> well that's all good and as chris said, we do have a problem with the american people. i don't think it's as serious as it was when we had hundreds of thousands in iraq without a known mission. we do need to work with allies. bill clinton did that. if we are looking for amiddle ground i'd take bill clinton, not barack obama. does it against iran, coas kosovo, bosnia, they did require america moiblgzin mobilizing people in the u.n. to pass resolutions. >> well can ambassador is right about the clinton administration but the important thing to remember is that all those actions were taken by clinton before iraq and before afghanistan and before the exhaustion that people feel about these wars now. >> americans are really talking strongly about the president and how he's projecting weakness not strength. senator bob cork he, the ranking republican saying, is it because they see a p

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the left rallies to save president obama. the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the v.a. scandal is taking a big toll on the president. even americans who support him are vastly disappointed that our american military people are apparently still not getting first class treatment by the v.a. this troubling situation comes on the heels of benghazi, the irs, fast and furious and obamacare. the left has deflected all of those. however, it is hard to defend the v.a. debacle. hard, but not >> there has been a little bit of a rush to justice. what happened in phoenix? well, the truth is we don't know. but we are going to find out. >> it was nickel and diamond under the bush administration, so i think the president faces the important task of speaking to what is going to happen now, to showing what has been improved. >> i think that they have done a pretty remarkable job if you consider all the folks coming back from iraq, afghanistan, doing right by the vietnam vets, the injuries are coming back with are pretty intense,

obama. >> i think that is two reasons.eople look back on a time when the area was economically stronger because coal for a variety of policy and nonpolicy reasons was a stronger industry. i think also people look at the facts, the policies that discouraged the use of coal will reduce coal employment in kentucky if it is on the deline already. it is not surprising that it is an issue where democrats are vulnerable. >> we will get a big epa ruling before election day about coal plant regulations and alison lundergan grimes will have to go out there and presumably she's going to beat up on the president on that. >> look, there's a reason why mitch mcconnell in his speech tonight tried to pretend he was running against harry reid and not alison lundergan grimes. it is hard for him to win on kentucky issues when he's debating his actual opponent. i think that's what we will see all the way through to election day. she's kentucky through and through. it's why people are so excited about her. i think we got to see a really great

and she was not involved in the botched roll out of obama care.he has a good reputation with both parties and the majority of democrats coming together with republicans to confirm her. and if she continues to oversea a program that will improve, she will have ownership of that in months to come. it is just a few days worth of the early problems she was not connected to and this is not a vote if you confirm her, it is not a vote in favor of obama care, but trusting her to improve it. >> best comment came from senator mccain. why would you want this job? you are taking over the captain of the titanic. >> the phrase is innocent until proven incompetent. she is supposed to be a impressive lady. but it is a terriible. job. i agree with a b. it is not a central war in the point on obama care or huge event. i think republicans in the senate were wise to reject calls in the house to put's hold on her nomination and a lot of the talk in washington and numbers and all that is less and less relevant of how obama care plays out in people's lives. and that is

most are unhappy with obama's foreign policy.same time, the pew poll, they have been tracking for 50 years. more significant percentage of americans, more at any point since too much abroad. in a way the president is really, in a a situation. heave confronts a set of foreign policy challenges. define them as migraine, or root canal on igss on the other. or american fixes. we have a big speech coming up late tire day at west point. where obama will articulate the new foreign policy, where do you think it is all heading? >> he will have to find a way to articulate. not leading from behind. not advocating. smart policies. multilateral policies to protect american frz. presidential rhetoric unless rooted in reality. and in context. really becomes pretty empty. >> aaron david miller. a lot of interesting things. one thing about the speech, obama is giving at west point in a few hours. book ending foreign policy here. ,000 then president bush outlined the new american strategy for the war on terror, defined this country up until this p

i fear we have at long last to understand what the obama doctrine stands for. mr. obama has established the doctrine of passivety, and lost purpose, he has become the message. time for a few of your comments. we have a book to offer those authors of those e-mails, and tweets and posts it is a great thriller, borosilicate -- border war. high first fiction. a respond to whether benghazi committee will be more economy fifteffectivewithout democrats. eric ford writes: >> chuck in el paso wrote about harry reid blaming koch brothers for global warming. they only go the 3 pinnochios for that by the way. he said lou, i believe that crime at changclimb at change -s result of all hot air comes off the senator reid's mouth, nothing more. that is it for us, here tomorrow, retired four-star general jock keen, michael -- jack keane, michael goodwin among our guests, thank you for joining us, good night from new york. i ys say be thman with the plan but with less ergy, moodiness, i had to do something. i saw mdoctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talke