who doesn't want to be a patriot? >> host: who are the patriots? >> guest: patriots are those who love america even with her faults, want to see her improve but stand beside her. i'm always asked, you know, who's a patriot, and it's easier to give an explanation of who isn't. someone says i love my wife. well, you're not wearing a wedding ring. last two or three times i heard you, you were running her down in public. every time i see you on television, you criticize her, but you still love your wife? oh, yeah. she's getting beat up out in the parking lot. well, she probably deserves it. that's who's not a patriot. >> host: in your most recent book you write: whether through its products, its democratic processes or its self-confidence, america remains the world's sole exceptional nation which is to say it alone has a self-written narrative that explains why the u.s. should -- not just could -- influence others. why is america exceptional? >> guest: we get into this in the introduction, dave doherty and i. there are four factors that we argue make a

the "the patriot's history reader," and "a patriot's history of the modern world," basically the first half of a two two-part series on that one. again, very quickly, why the use of "a patriot's history"? >> guest: the term was, first of all, to identify with the reader that this is not going to be a volume that bashes america. it's going to present an optimistic, pro-american approach to history. it doesn't mean we don't include warts. we have plenty of warts many there. but it's not going to be my country always wrong, i think was the line that mike allen wrote in "patriot's history." it's not my country right or wrong, but it's certainly not my country always wrong which is where, for example, zinn goes. >> host: patriot's history.com is your web site. >> guest: all one word. and you can see the film at www.rockin'thewall.com. >> host: and which film is that? >> guest: that's rockin' in wall, and you can see -- i started a little film company since we did that, and you can see all of our film trailers at rockin' the wall studios.com. >> host: so a couple different web sites. an hour

>> jon: just to taunt you my partner was date ago guy who was a patriots' fan. my only response was dump the jerk. they constantly are needling me besides the fact that the patriots lost the super bowl and they had to come back from the super bowl trying to everyone on set putting posters on my dressing room door and giants' banners everywhere and pictures of eli manning >> jon: i have that in my room too but it's different. i have a bed spread of him. it makes me feel comfortable. you've had your run though. boston has had, you know, you're dealing in our city we don't want to talk sports all of them. the rangers we have one championship in 90 years. the knicks had a couple in the '70s. i'm a mets fan >> (scratterred applause n) jon: that is the appropriate level of enthusiasm. >> if it's any consolation when the mets last won it was against my red sox in that very famous bill buckner play. we shouldn't talk sports. i have to say this bill buckner thing. let me clear this up. bill buckner when he missed that ball the game was already tied. it had slipped away.

and the most recent, patriot's history of the modern world from america's exceptional -- in the patriot history reader. you write about this become that we hope this book provides anyone interested in our history a collection of some of the central documents placed into context that will aid them in understanding the time, place, and above all, the is in so cal setting. does this book include the typical documents, the constitution, the declaration of independence, et cetera? >> guest: no. and we deliberately left those out. we figured that most people, most home schoolers are always going to have that. we wanted to include representative documents that aren't always found. obama's speech. >> host: why was that included? >> guest: because i think it was quite revealing about how barack obama sees the world, how he sees america's role in the world and how he sees is lamb. -- islam. there were a number of other documents that were quite representative of the time. a mellon book on taxation, for example, is incredibly appropriate because andrew mellon came in, in 1920 -- never heard of the

the patriot act come out six weeks after 9/11. it strengthened the tools we had to being them more along the lines of today's technology. we saw that with the f.i.s.a amendments act that came out in 2008 where we try to get electronic surveillance statutes for national security operations to bring up to the times with e-mail and modern communication. that is the issue we face today. we have a 1980's statute. does that work with today's reality? it is outdated. should congress take a meat cleaver or scalpel to it? and how much of change we make to make sure we are protecting the stored e-mail communications, which is the critical piece of the statute. that is the question of whether the statute allows the government to get stored e- mails that are over 180 days old and get them with something short of a search warrant. they can get a court order showing the information is relevant or use a subpoena without a court's involvement. they can use a court order or a subpoena. that does not work under the fourth amendment. we could have t

patriots that we know.hele bachmann inspired this mother of two to stand on principle and run for elective office. a stateindy is representative in minnesota. another organized a grass roots tea party coalition in the unlikely, deep blue state of washington. talkingt door-to-door, about taxes and other items, and they flip them to a fiscally responsible majority, is. -- and they flipped them. the torch of liberty, the constitution in our country, will they perish or last? if we stand and speak for our principles, if we show americans our vision for the future, if we fight for freedom, our country will last. [applause] glasses with a powerful elite? the face ofnk in opposition? or will you stand boldly on principle? patriots, stand with us and fight for freedom, fight for our constitution, fight with us for the rights endowed by our creator, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, fight for a better future, like ronald reagan did, like. paul, michele bachmann, scott walker. tea party patriots around thi

they more normally describe themselves as patriot organizations or christian patriot organizations.now, essentially what holds these groups together, what kind of makes them a movement, is that they all subscribe to a conspiracy theory which goes more or less as follows. they believe believe that the federal government has a secret plan to impose marshal law on this country very likely with the aid of foreign troops, perhaps u.n. blue helmets, that the government will then come in and take all guns away from all american citizens. those who resist will be thrown into concentration camps that either are now being built or have already been built by fema, the federal emergency management agency, and ultimately the united states will be forced into some kind of one-world socialistic government, what's often called the new world order. that's what ties these groups together. our listings of these groups are based strictly on ideology. it's not a matter of criminality or violence. >> so that's a good point. because michael, i want to ask you, 1,007 active hate groups in the unite in 2012

they more normally describe themselves as patriot organizations or christian patriot organi yoow, essentiallyher, what kind of makes them a movement, is that they all subscribe to a conspiracy theory which goes more or less as follows. they believe that the federal government has a secret plan and those that resist will be thrown into concentration camps that have been built or are already built by fema. >> right. >> that's really what ties these groups together and our listings of these groups are based strictly on ideology. it's not a matter of criminality or violence or an assessment along those lines. >> mike, i want to ask you, according to the southern poverty law center, the majority of the groups are california, texas, 62, georgia, 53, new jersey, 51. mark says this is ideology, not necessarily violence. you don't agree with that? >> i get crazy things on my radio show that mark is talking about. we do conspiracy day. now, some of these people have very strange ideas and to say that this is a rising tide of danger, talking about some of the groups that he cites, it's really problemati

as toare great lessons how citizens can organize to call on the patriotic heritage of the country to tackle our most intractable problems, and we need to do that again. tavis: i am glad you have said that. what other movements for justice and freedom and rights in this country have learned from the civil rights era? i have always seen the civil- rights era as the litmus test, my words, not yours, i have seen that as the high-water mark that other movements have taken their cues from, he it women, be it gays and lesbians, -- be it women, be it gays and lesbians, be it animal rights activists. >> it is the gateway to freedom. when the black movement showed the way, it inspired other movements about equal citizenship and what it really means, what dr. king meant by equal souls and equal votes. people have learned, first of all, that you do not wait for leadership. it is about citizenship. , the most inspirational thing about the black movement is that the -- the most important -- inspirational thing about the black movement is that they found a way to move the country forward by marchin

the patriot act does not allow the us government to break into a place without a warrant.the area where the patriot act and some of what richard nixon did overlaps is a question of wordless wiretapping, and there, this is a period when it was legal to wiretap for national security purposes without a warrant. but it had to be for national security purposes. and the debate over richard nixon's wiretapping was did he do this for national security reasons or for political reasons, because the people he was wiretapping were journalists and also people who used to be on his staff. but the warrant was wiretapping of the patriot air -- there is a reminder that era when not just richard nixon but other presidents would wiretap without work and by the way, as result of the nixon's wiretaps, some call them kissinger white house but anyway the national security wiretaps in the nixon era, congress and president ford and president carter signed bills which gave us more privacy. and it's the patriot act that undermines some of the privacy that was a post-watergate phenomenon. so for a lo

he's a patriot. in fact, can i say this on television? peter appears as the first smuggler in this book going from bolivia to peru, smuggling toilet paper. don't ask, read the book. [laughter] this comes up again and again in american history. we've got the story of the oklahoma land rush. it's not a national border quite, so it's not in peter's book. but the oklahoma land rush, 1889, they line up thousands of people on the oklahoma border, and at noon sharp on april 22nd, cannons sound, and the military steps aside, and the settlers go rushing in to grab the land and discover that the best land is already staked out and taken. by whom? by people who cheated. by people who bribed the government agents or were government agents themselves. and how does oklahoma remember this? it calls itself the sooner state. for the people who snuck in, the scalliwags who snuck in sooner than everybody else. we celebrate the cheats. what a easygoing nation to cheer its rapscallions. there's another story. very vivid. it becomes more striking as the andrea

, happy patriots we know.gresswoman michele bachmann inspires -- [cheers and applause] this mother of two to stand on principle and run for elected office. today cindy is a state representative in minnesota. [applause] wayne hertzog organized a coalition in the unlikely deep blue state of washington. they went door to door talking about taxes and government spending, and they flipped their state senate to a fiscally-responsible majority caucus. [cheers and applause] willing the torch of liberty, the constitution in our country perish or endure? if we stand and speak for our principles, if we show americans our vision for the future, if we fight for freedom, our country will endure. [cheers and applause] will you clink glasses with the powerful elite? >> no! >> will you link in the face of opposition -- blink in the face of opposition? >> no! >> or will you stand up and fight boldly on principle? >> yes! [cheers and applause] >> patriots, stand with us and fight for freedom! [cheers and applause] fight for our

trained to ride dogs. >> if this is what you are trying to stop, i'm in. >> surely the tea party patriots is really important. like paul revere before me, i would ride to warn america no matter how long it takes. it was time to exercise my constitutional rights as an american. >> ride theman tease. >> first i had to endure the jack booted echo prop and good yanch you can reach out and touch them with an open hand be very gentle. >> sort of like strip club rules. give them extra money and you get to go in the back. i know the drill. my moment had arrived. as i looked upon the majestic beasts, one question came to mind: why would anyone want to ride a manatee? why not hose down a couch and ride that? if that is what it takes to keep the u.n. from seizing everyone's private property then [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight an actress stars on both "mad men" and nbc's "community." >> sad news they closed the ski slopes, a dozen scouts got buried in an avalanche. sad. i say we cut our losses and head home. >> why? we're here. we could hang out at the convention. i woul

right now we're flying as part of the patriots jet team. flying ran aero l-39 albatross, a czech-built plane. look how close these guys are flying these cool black and red jets it looks like you could reach out and grab the wing of the other plane. here they are, getting ready to get into their aerobatics, watch that. a nice deep swooping turn over the city and out across the bay. >> wow. >> can you pick out some of the key landmarks. >> alcatraz, i love that, that's so cool. >> the patriots jet team is a civilian aerobatic formation team and their ground crew -- all volunteers, 25 of them. >> they're getting close to the city, too. >> you can tell that's traffic. >> that's crazy to see it from up here as they're flying over it. >> pretty impressive demonstration put on by former pilots, military pilots, civilian pilots and owned by a guy named randy howard, he's a former united airlines pilot. >> runners to your mark -- get set -- what do you think the guy is going to do when we say "go"? >> run a 50-meter dash. >> i think he's going to do

and we would move patriot missiles down to do that.in terms of what else is happening in an individual nation by nation basis, there is a great deal of discussion of everything you mentioned, no-fly zones, arms embargoes, etc. it is moving individually, but it has not yet come into nato as an overall nato type of approach. it is focused, planning, being prepared. but the movement at the moment is in the individual national way. >> does that include some countries that are thinking about the possibility of going after at least some of serious air defense? >> yes. >> thank you. >> senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i want to get some clarification. i am disturbed about the answers that you just gave. i know that general jacoby, that would've been better asked. however, you are responsible for the homeland. when we talk about the capability of iran, we talk about both western europe and the eastern united states. if you are saying that the ground-based interceptor in poland, along with a radar and the czech republic, i think we all a

. >>> anyway, also remember when the word patriot meant something good?ow so-called patriots tend to be racist who want to overthrow the government. and a new study says the hate groups have reached an all-time high. by the way, we're going to look at what obama's presidency has done to create this right wing hatred towards the government. >>> and cutting indiscriminately was fine for republicans. but no money for white house tours? cut the whole bunch but not white house tours. the faux outrage is coming up in the sideshow. >>> let me finish tonight with the hatred of obama. if it's not ethnic and racial, what is it? this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> this guy is interesting. >>> this guy is interesting. republican senator rand paul of kentucky spent the whole i did filibustering. senator paul took to the floor objecting to the drone policy and vowed to speak until i can no longer speak. and some time around midday, he made this ill-advised reference i think to adolph hitler. why do they do this? >> out of that chaos, hitler was elected. dem

and we would move patriot missiles down to do that.in terms of what else is happening in an individual nation by nation basis, there is a great deal of discussion of everything you mentioned, no-fly zones, arms embargoes, etc. it is moving individually, but it has not yet come into nato as an overall nato type of approach. it is focused, planning, being prepared. but the movement at the moment is in the individual national way. >> does that include some countries that are thinking about the possibility of going after at least some of serious air defense? >> yes. >> thank you. >> senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i want to get some clarification. i am disturbed about the answers that you just gave. i know that general jacoby, that would've been better asked. however, you are responsible for the homeland. when we talk about the capability of iran, we talk about both western europe and the eastern united states. if you are saying that the ground-based interceptor in poland, along with a radar and the czech republic, i think we all a

. >>> anyway, also remember when the word patriot meant something good?ow so-called patriots tend to be racist who want to overthrow the government. and a new study says the hate groups have reached an all-time high. by the way, we're going to look at what obama's presidency has done to create this right wing hatred towards the government. >>> and cutting indiscriminately was fine for republicans. but no money for white house tours? cut the whole bunch but not white house tours. the faux outrage is coming up in the sideshow. >>> let me finish tonight with the hatred of obama. if it's not ethnic and racial, what is it? this is "hardball," the place for politics. tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, >>> this guy is interesting. eds. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ with olay, here's how. new regenerist eye and lash duo. the cream smooths the look of lids... softens the look of lines. the serum instantly thickens the look of lashes. see wow! e

, surprised a 17-year-old quirl when they walked into the patriots room to give her a jersey.jured last season and she made a video for him. >>> prospect of the minnesota twins got an english lesson by sing ago long to the journey hit "don't stop believing" in a florida classroom. ♪ don't stop believing ♪ ♪ street lights people ♪ >> i hope performances on the field are better. >> fans visiting iron pigs this reason will have a new reason to unite the urinals. the aaa minor league team of the philadelphia fillies has installed video con soles and whether the man aims to the right or left controls the plays on the screen. some are calling it the extreme games. can't make this stuff up. >>> in chicago, mr. t not known for hockey skills, took a shot that went right through the middle slot on a board in front of the goal adapting his famous catch phrase mr. t said i'm getting the puck. >>> and president obama honored the 2012 champions of the hockey league in major league soccer. the los angeles kings presented the 44th president with a jersey bearing that number and the l.a. galax

there's much more to come, probably. >> the patriot act had a sunset clause four years.extended another four years. that was extended another eight year, so we're still into the period of time where the fbi agents have this authority. but parts of it have been declared unconstitutional by six different federal judges, and the federal government still use it. if the custodian of the record -- in this computer provider -- doesn't squawk or complain, just complies with it, the person whose records are sought doesn't even know the records are sought. so they're not in a position to complain about it or challenge it before a judge. it this rare custodian of records who says, i think these records are private. i think there's something wrong with this statute and i shouldn't just hand them over to you've. it's the rare custodian of records that will challenge them. this challenge in california had the result where the judge said, can't do this knee. people have the right to know when their record are being seized and the right to talk about it in public show. statute is uncons

the southern poverty law center says they found more than 1,360 patriot groups, an 813% rise since 2008. on the last word, senior fellow mark potawk told lawrence o o'donnell it has been getting worse. >> what happened after that count was completed, as gun control began after the slaughter in newtown, the whole movement, the groups out there have gone from red heat to white heat. so we are at a very scary moment. it is very much reminiscent to me of the months leading up to the oklahoma city bombing. >>> some top presidential candidates have skipped the iowa straw poll in recent years and those who win often do not do well in the state's caucuses. now iowa republican senator chuck grassley is saying it may be time to stop having the straw poll. >>> the state legislature in arkansas has overriden a see to you of a bill that passed that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of president. governor mike bebe said he vetoed the bill because he thinks it's unconstitutional and it conflicts with the decision in roe v. wade. >>> in a few day there's will be no more people in the peoples

way with misleading information is as patriotic as you can get.cts of treason how can she go against her government. i say the fundamental right in terms of our democracy is the right to dissent and challenge our government. that's what democracy is all about. often times people forget that, and that's what it was like during that period. people called, sent hate mail, they are very, very nasty, you know. i say wow, you know, do they know what democracy really is and do they know how serious it is to commit our young men and women? hopefully the country has learned a lesson and hopefully we will be more careful and do our work to insure that we move towards global peace and security rather than creating wars all the time. >> representative barbara lee thank you so much for your time and service to the country on behalf of the citizen who was on your side 10 years ago. >> thank you very much, john. >> also joining us to discuss the iraq war 10 years later is senior fellow mr. eric bowl lard and director are americans organizing against the war. i'm

. >> watch the performance of patriotic -- reveal the words of celebrated celebrity. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>e b-52 memory the site of a wreckage aj of b-52 shot down by the vietnam war. >> cbs is idiotic and stupid. to put something like that on tv. it had to go through somebody through the branch of cbs and they can't do better than that. go to a memories where americans died. take that show and shove it! >> greta: nice to see i bob? >> how are you. >> you are leading the charge on this one. >>> have you heard from anyone associated with the program? >> i have not. we tried to get to them for three days and they said no comment. as far as i know they have not issued an apology. the thing about it we've had thousands and thousands of contacts from people around the country. i have personally and the show has. i talked today, by the way, to the commander of the american legion. he was very grateful. sent a letter to cbs asking them to apologize. said he was going to ask his members not to watch the show again and watch the five and i'll ask them him to watch greta. >> i saw a copy from the na

what the people do to show their support for what i call a patriot because we have very few patriots left and you're doing a good job. thanks paul thanks for the call there is a bradley manning support group i'm sorry i don't have the website memorized off the top my head but it should be fairly easy to find with duck duck go to google one of the search machines on the web. and beyond that i think we're to the point now he's already pled guilty i don't think i would say the. call your member of congress but. bradley manning or kurt tells me is the support network so check that out mike in south michigan a mike thanks for watching thanks for calling. we wash your program the other night and there are thousands of vets in michigan not only the rest of the country that are interested in this color in. workers who are working on. sites to help problems with the causes of diseases and she said that there was. a system for ridding people of type two diabetics and i'm just trying to find out how we as veterans can get ahold of this because there's many type two diabetics from agent orange t

considering how our founding fathers said that dissent is the highest form of patriotism and i really disagree with the trajectory this country is on i know from history that arrogant empires always fall and i'm trying my hardest to wake people up to reality so we can stop that from happening here moving on to louis david who says i share all the shows i just don't post them on the white house page right after i posted a second about drones facebook suspended me for fifteen days sorry i've not been posting i'm in the penalty box. oh man i'm sorry are penalized for posting on the fan page of the white house but keep doing it sure these segments everywhere and moving on interestingly every time i make a mention of women's rights or inequality i get trolled by a bunch of dude who claim picture doesn't exist and that men are actually subject to sexism in today's reality well to prove my point mr and nick they all true xeon on youtube. i would have guessed that aberdeen phrases feminist dogma but it was still disappointing to actually see it no feminism is not about equal rights for women

really, patriots, you couldn't afford to pay your best receiver $6 million a year in the nfl?yton manning, smiling as he slept last night, now has the best trio of receivers in the nfl. good luck to all the nfl secondaries trying to match up and stop welker, eric decker and demaryius thomas. >>> and finally, with opening day now less than three weeks away, new indians manager terry franco franco francona just here on "morning joe" recently, assembled his team for a lecture on baseball fundamentals. what's he doing? this isn't cutoffs, bunting. oh, no, he didn't. oh, terry. cleveland indians haven't laughed for a long time and they're also last on the harlem shake. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," president obama proposes a grand bargain while throwing an if into the conversation. the crew will weigh in. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler where conan o'brien gives his take on the cardinals' choice for a new pope. it's offensive. "way too early" is coming right back. ears people have saved money with...ohhh... ...with geico... ohhh

not part of the religious right and not a patriot or liberal, if you were a liberal, you weren't a patriot. he said i fought in the second war. i'm a patriot. i should have that represented for me. so he started people for the american way. i saw there was a way in which you could use your celebrity, fame, success or whatever and put it to some good. that's really the experience. it was my parents introducing me to the area and seeing how you could actively do something with your success. so that's got -- those are the things that pushed me forward. >> is your father politically aligned with you or do you find yourself -- >> we're very politically aligned. i would say i'm probably conservative then my father. nargee is probably -- my father is probably more of a liberal. what i have discovered is that from activism and having a position on something to trying to get something done on an area, you cannot hold on because -- to -- strict positions bah find the perfect is the enemy of the good. you can't move anything forward. >> compromise. >> you have to find ways. so you try to hold on to y

as a pioneer, patriot, wife, and mom.he is an outdoor enthusiast and wraps it all together with an undeniable charm and confidence. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming sarah palin. [applause] >> as all of you know i am not remotely: of to be sarah palin. enough tootely cool be sarah palin. but i could not resist this moment to come out and say a word about my friend governor sarah palin. wants us toam media shut up. the mainstream media once conservatives to accept defeat. -- wants conservatives to us defeat.t and they are absolutely convinced that women cannot be conservatives. and if they are they especially cannot shoot really big guns and hunt grizzly bears. whyme tell you that is sarah palin drives the mainstream media bat-crap crazy. it shakes up their entire world view and she can pick winners. sarah palin jumped in early and supported rand paul. marco rubio. tim scott.ed pat to me.ed supported niki haley. this last election cycle there were three republicans who won the new seats. she supported all t

patriots got a field goal, went on to win that game. then, went on to win super bowl starting their new england dynasty. new rule is if a quarterback loses control of a ball. it's a fumble like we knew it was. today raiders tweeted adios, tuck rule. it took 11 years to overturn what is one of the most absurd rules ever created the day of the tuck rule. we knew it's absurd. >> i'm getting mad just watching. >> you can let it go now. >> i'm trying. >> thank you. >> well, still ahead here tonight a clash over coffee. the citywide fight that has been launch bid a mobile vendor who wants a space near established competitor autos police risking their lives in the name of traffic safety. how easy it's been for them. >> you have tax questions we have tax answers. here is a number to dial. 7 on your side call in is now. >> thank you, later tonight video a couple guys put together that attach cameras you ca8tgñxtes0p0p >>> a food fight is back tonight the board is hearing objections to a truck that wants to narc front of a restaurant. abc 7 news

the patriot act does not allow government to break into place without a warrant.the area for the patriot act and some of what richard nixon did overlaps and is a question of wiretapping. this is a time when it was legal wiretap for national security purposes without a warrant. but it had to be for national security purposes. the debate over which are nixon's wiretapping is did he do this for national security reasons or for political reasons. because the people he were wiretapping were journalists and also people who used to be on the staff. so part of this is a reminder of that era when others could wiretap without warning. as a result -- national security wiretaps of this era, congress and president ford and president carter signed bills, which gave us more privacy. the patriot act undermines some of the privacy that was a post-watergate phenomenon. what looked like we were going back to this time that we didn't really like. >> one of the things i was trying to talk about in this book was not a focus on watergate. that territory is owned by so many reporters and