at all earlier i asked john glitter he's a researcher for antiwar dot com and a writer at the american conservative how would all of these issues the patriot act has continued to be renewed pretty much without making a blip on the radar in the past here's what he had to say once the government grabs a new power they are very good at holding on to it now. justice department rational investigations have shown that provisions of the patriot act have allowed literally thousands of abuses and missteps and inappropriate spying on innocent americans and this is consistent throughout history back in two thousand and five actually. it was shown that m.s.l. rules which are national security letters basically administrative subpoenas. were used to obtain one over one million personal documents of people or from medical histories to you know cell phone records and the like. and the justice department found that the investigation. those things weren't even to do with terrorism most of the time so you know it's unclear what benefit this the these provisions even have all that all that's clear is that they make a

but his weekly wednesday morning meetings bring together the best minds of the conservative movement takes place off the record at the americans for tax reform conference room right here in washington d.c. he serves on the board of directors of the n.r.a. national rifle association of america the american conservative union the nixon center and go proud he is a contributor to the american spectator magazine president of the american society of competitiveness and has altered two books rock the house and more recently leave us alone. getting the government's hands off our money our guns our lives he has earned one of the highest titles an american can possibly achieve right erion huffington dubbed him quote the dark wizard of the right's anti-tax cult however he is better known still is the man who said i don't want to abolish government i simply want to reduce it to the size where i can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub going out was the man himself mr grover norquist grover thank you so much for being on the show you know what when i went to your your once there breakfast you had someone fill in for you yo

the heart and soul conservatism there you just got reagan spanked republicans. join me now is conservative commentator and political analyst jack hunter a frequent columnist on the american conservative and the charleston city paper in south carolina a key primary state he recently released a report a report to knowledge of his article entitled who's a republican and which makes his own assertions about ron paul's conservative credentials on foreign policy and social issues jack thank you so much for being with us tonight good to be with yet i understand what's happening here i see it i can i can watch it unfold and i think i understand what's happening but i don't know how it got this way why it is why have we come to this point. well you know mr maliki and his tea which he attacks wrong as you know he's running for the democratic nomination for perhaps the libertarian party nomination that he had to be reminded republican debate and your feelings of influence and respect for ok were given for mileage easy standard republicans here are two guys who supported every bit of bush's big government medicare and b. entitled expansion they couldn't possibly l.b.j. of course no

the safe act was supported by advocates from left and right, from the aclu to the american conservative union. progressive democrats and very conservative republicans came together across the partisan divide understanding americans can be both safe and free. we wanted to retain the expanded powers of the patriot act but place some reasonable limit to protect constitutional rights. when he joined the senate in 2005, senator barack obama became a cosponsor of our safe act. here's what he said -- and i quote -- as a senator -- "we don't have to settle for a patriot act that sacrifices our liberties or our safety. we can have one that secures both." i agree with then-senator obama. in 2006, the first time congress reauthorized the patriot act, some reforms from the safe act were included in the bill and i supported it. however, many key protections from the safe act were not included, so there aretill significant problems. the f.b.i. is still permitted to obtain a john doe roving wiretap that does not identify the person or the phone that will be wiretapped. in other words, the f.b.i. can o

i did this when i was with the american conservative union and throughout my life and so has you and yone of your listeners. but when i put on my national rifle association hat, and that is the one the people now see, i have to act and always will act in the best interest of the association because that is my job, even though they do not pay me. host: you just began this in may. have a legislative priorities changed under your leadership? guest: no, our political and legislative priorities remain the same. some of it is proactive. we met a lot of progress at the state level and we have a lot of opportunities for increasing the number of states with concealing carry laws, making sure that gun owners are not harassed and hunters' rights are increased and the like. and we always do that. but the nra, when most people look at the nra, and when most of your viewers think about that, they think of only that advocacy role. we are much more than that. i do not know what the percentages, but was suspect that 80% of our budget goes to -- non-advocacy types of roles. we do honor education, do we

i did this when i was with the american conservative union and throughout my life and so has you and everyone of your listeners. but when i put on my national rifle association hat, and that is the one the people now see, i have to act and always will act in the best interesof the association because that is my job, even though they do not pay me. host: you just began this in may. have a legislative priorities changed under your leadership? guest: no, our political and legislative priorities remain the same. some of it iproactive. we met a lot of progress at the state level and we have lot of oppounities for increasing the number of states with concealing carry laws, making sure that gun owners are not harassed and hunters' rights are increased and the like. and we always do that. but the nra, when mosteople look at the nra, and when most of your viewers think about that, they think of only that advocacy role. we are much more than that. i do not know what the percentages, but was suspect that 80% of our budget goes to -- non-advocacy types of roles. we do honor education, do we an in

i think about the american conservative society log or some of my colleagues in the senate here who say that we're not moving fast enough on president obama's nominees, and i want to point out to them that that's yect -- intellectually dishonest. they may be ignore about some of the statistics that involve the nominees we have approved so far versus what has been done in other administrations, but i want to show that it's an outright flat lie that we're not processing nominees fast enough. given the pace of activity in our committee and on the floor, there's just no credibility to the arguments that we're not moving fast enough. last week, it was stated that the senate is well hyped on president obama's nominations. so i would provide perspective perspective -- well behind on president obama's nominations. so i would provide perspective on that assertion. for comparable time periods, we have processed and confirmed a greater percentage of president obama's nominees. when we get done with the vote that we're going to take in about 30 minutes, we will have confirmed 33% of president obama

act.advoca the safe act was supported by applicants from lefts and right from the aclu to the american conservative. union. t for conservativehe republicans d democrats came together across the partisan divide, understanding americans can be both safe and free. we wanted to retain expandedprec powers of the patriot act in place reasonable limits to protect the constitutional rights. when he joined the senate in 2005, senator barack obama became a co-sponsor where safe act. here's what he said in a quoteel as ae senator. we don't have to settle for a hv pitcher that the sacrifices our liberties or our safety. we can have one that secures both. i agree with them senator obamas in 2006, the first time congress reauthorize the patriot act some reforms in a safe bet for included in the bill bill and i supported it. however many key protections from the safe act were not p included so there are still significant problems.n the fbi still permitted toy t obtain a john doe roving wiretae that does not identify the person or the phone that will bt wiretapped. in other words the fbi can obtain a wiretap witho

of separation well that's exactly where the school voucher movement came from a one point american history of the twentieth century a lot of religious conservative americans said that you know we want tax are going to religious schools we want our kids in christian schools for example but you know there's this thing called the constitution standing in the way so what they did is they designed about your scheme which is basically you get a bundle of taxpayer money and then you can take that algeria to any school you want in schools compete in the theory is that schools are supposed to get better from this which is why the free market here in the libertarians are going to develop their schemes so have you know i mean they've been doing this for at least twenty years you know in various cities and states and experiments and there's one even here in d.c. have any of these demonstrated that schools actually get better as a result about your programs well here's the funny thing is that it seems like the free market actually failed in this circumstance this see is that it's not the appropriate way to improve public education the longest running dr sche

parties and i was just excited that we had killed osama bin laden i think that's for the majority of americans and conservatives or republicans who don't like president. much they're all happy and excited the presence of the well i'm with you there i don't think there's anybody out there that isn't excited that osama bin ladin is dead but jeremy we go back to using for a minute i wonder if at the end of the day you have to say that osama bin ladin though one in the sense that he got exactly what he wanted he got america involved in the prolonging wars at the same time and now it's changed to who we are as a country what we allow our country to do what we allow our government to do in terms of torture in terms of putting american citizens on assassination less indefinitely detaining people throwing it due process out the window in terms of all of us accepting that hey the government illegally spied on us but now we think that that's the only way to stay safe. well yeah i mean someone on twitter started an account called osama and hell and he said i've taken your civil liberties with me so i mean i think you coul

this looks to the world for a little while so i can keep ripping off the american people to fund your government accorded the conservative dependable estimate defensible estimate that does not take into account associated costs incidental costs or hidden costs from the washington report on middle east affairs the total u.s. direct aid to israel comes to over one hundred fourteen billion dollars they are inclusive estimate for the cost of government using israel as another excuse to make massive welfare program for the military industrial complex is over three trillion dollars i also want to acknowledge all the college students from across the country were here today. was. no one as a greater stake in the outcome of the bents folding today that you were a generation and it's inspiring to see you devote your time and energy to help shape that future now watch while i systematically destroy that future with debt despite the school times we've increased foreign military financing to record levels really broken the rules don't say tough fiscal times. so we're poor and americans out of work prices soaring people here at home h

the manufacturers are doing now to conserve water. this is a siphon flush with a larger water surface area, much more conventional american type of toilet. it has been used around the world for many years as a water- conserving light of flushing. it has a small water surface area and is a wash down type of toilet. some americans are not happy that they might have to clean the sides of the ball more. then, we have the high end totally automated toilet as you were already noticing. when you walk up to it, it will sense that you are there and it will open up. it has another green feature, which washes you. it saves you on toilet paper. a roll of toilet paper can take as much as 28 gallons to be manufactured, so if you conserve on toilet paper by using water to wash yourself, you are saving the waste material of the toilet paper. >> does that count toward the flesh? >> it does not. >> how much water does it take? >> it takes just a few ounces. tens of how long the user leaves it on. it has a remote control that allows you to be able to control the spray features. it has a rear-cleaning, cleaning, stopped cleaning. it has a heated sea. it ha

the safe act was supported by advocates from left and right, from the aclu to the american conservative union. progressive democrats and very conservative republicans came together across the partisan divide understanding americans can be both safe and free. we wanted to retain the expanded powers of the patriot act but place some reasonable limit to protect constitutional rights. when he joined the senate in 2005, senator barack obama became a cosponsor of our safe act. here's what he said -- and i quote -- as a senator -- "we don't have to settle for a patriot act that sacrifices our liberties or our safety. we can have one that secures both." i agree with then-senator obama. in 2006, the first time congress reauthorized the patriot act, some reforms from the safe act were included in the bill and i supported it. however, many key protections from the safe act were not included, so there are still significant problems. the f.b.i. is still permitted to obtain a john doe roving wiretap that does not identify the person or the phone that will be wiretapped. in other words, the f.b.i. can

of special interest money. ( applause ) >> woodruff: outside interest groups, including the conservative american crossroads, spent more than $2 million on the race. in a statement, the group's c.e.o. steven law said, "what is clear is that this election is a wake-up call for anyone who thinks that 2012 will be just like 2010." house budget committee chairman paul ryan authored the republican medicare plan. today, he warned against politicizing the issue, at a washington event hosted by the peter g. peterson foundation. >> whenever you put out a reform and what they do with medicare is they shamelessly demagogue it, call it medi-scare, trying to scare seniors. the irony of this is our plan actually preserves the benefit for current seniors, but trying to scare seniors in turning these things into political weapons. what that ends up doing is inflicting political paralysis and that means nothing gets down. and that means we go farther down the path of debt. >> woodruff: at the same event, former president bill clinton cautioned democrats to make sure they take away the right lesson from the outcom

the constitution and this was taboo for a lot of conservatives. there's also some -- >> a lot of other things set them off, head of the liberal judicial society, opposed alito. >> the americanonstitutional society and very outspoken against the confirmations of alito and roberts to some extent as well. so there's some allegation of tit-for-tat going on. >> let's turn to why he was nominated in the first place. >> rhode scholar, one of the leading constitutional scholars. people go to him, national media consult him all the time on this stuff and he's generally perceived to be a brilliant legal mind. a lot of conservatives said he was eminently qualified, just didn't happen to be conservatives in the senate. >> he also, my understanding has the highest rating of the american bar association. >> the american bar association said he was eminently qualified for this job. it was a coveted rating. >> what is interesting is the almost mirror image politics of a similar appellate court battle just a couple years ago, the miguel estrada battle, bush nominated a guy graduated magna cum laude, too conservative for the democrats, they fill busted and killed his nomination, both cases y

author of national review online the agenda and co-author of the book grand new party how conservatives can win the working class and save the american dream and from los angeles ten capital he's a columnist with reason magazine and reason dot com here is part of our conversation there was a sense that it's mitt romney is not going to be there for example mike huckabee might not be inclined to be there there are a lot of people are still whether or not they intend to run for president at all including indiana governor mitch daniels so there are still a lot of uncertainty in the air so that said tim did this debate matter. yes the idea that this debate didn't matter and that somehow this. somebody is in position to unilaterally declare this the b. team is to use tim poland favorite word the proposed. this was obviously an interesting debate and it mattered for the first time and you know there are some of us who will not forget this that the first time we ever heard drug legalization openly discussed by two different candidates the first time we heard anything the warfare state discussed by two different candidates the first time we h

author of national review online the agenda and co-author of the book grand new party how conservatives can win the working class and save the american dream also in los angeles i'm joined by tim cavanagh columnist for reason magazine and reason dot com gentlemen thank you so much for being with us you know this is supposed to be the first major debate the first time top republican contenders would square off on stage before a national audience but lots of big names missing what why do you think that was right on. well i think that it's so early and there was a sense that if mitt romney is not going to be there then for example mike huckabee might not be inclined to be there there are a lot of people were still weighing whether or not they intend to run for president at all including indiana governor mitch daniels so there are still a lot of uncertainty in the air so that they can get this debate matter yet the idea that this debate didn't matter and that somehow this. somebody is in position to unilaterally declare this the b. team is to use to favorite word preposterous and this was obviously an interesting debate and a matter for

wind farms kill a lot of birds according to the american bird conservancy. they can interfere with radar systems. many of them who live near them say they are very noisy. i ask the question, if wind has all these drawbacks, is it mature technology and receives subsidies greater than any other form of energy per unit of actual energy produced, why are we subsidizing it with billions of dollars and not including it in this debate? why are we talking about big oil and not talking about big wind? i believe there are appropriate uses of temporary incentives and subsidies to help jump-start innovation and the development of new technology such as jump-starting electric cars or natural gas fleets of trucks or loan guarantees for nuclear power plants. as long as these are short term. i believe research and development is an appropriate role for the federal government, whether it's in recycling used nuclear fuel or finding alternative bowel fuels making crops we don't eat. i believe it's entirely appropriate for there to be research for offshore wind farms, which we d

the 2012 elections. their attack ads hope to counter conservative money machines american crossroads. >> most americans wouldcs that aren't filled with secret cash and big campaign checks, but we have to be realistic. any candidate running for the presidency is going to use the laws they have, not the laws as we wish they were. >> the white house is saying tonight it can't control outside groups. and that the president still believes disclosure in campaign contributions is vitally important. >>> mariah carey and husband, nick cannon, celebrated their fourth anniversary with another milestone. today they became the proud parents of twins. they gave birth to a baby girl and boy this morning at a los angeles hospital. a spokeswoman says no names have been decided for the newborns. she says while she was calm, her husband was so nervous he went to the wrong department at the hospital. they are planning to renew their wedding vows sometime tomorrow. >>> meantime, buckingham palace released the official photos of the marriage. the royal newly we said took a morning stroll around buckingham palace before leaving lo

i emphasize the communist country 90 miles from american shores was intolerable. not just the conservatives like barry goldwater, or richard nixon, but really to everybody. so fidel castro was interrogated on the subject of communism everywhere he went on his visits. the vice president nixon, by congressional subcommittee, by scores of journalist, everyone asked him the same question. are you a communist? he answered the same every time. he was not a communist. never had been. never would be. when castro finally left new york on april 25th, the police were relieved to see him go. most new yorkers were happy he'd come to visit. editorial in the "new york times" summed up the general attitude. quote, he made it clear neither he or anyone of importance in the government so far as he knew was a communist. by the same token, seems obvious that the americans feel better about castro than they did before. that changed. that changed very fast. in the book i go into detail regarding what happened after castro turned to cuba after his american visit. how things went sour so quickly. for the sake of t

the extreme right is aptly named. >> reporter: their attack ads, already playing online, hope to counter conservative money machine american crossroads, a group affiliated with republican strategist karl rove. crossroads' goal is to raise $120 million for the 2012 election. >> why are democrats shutting down state capitals? >> reporter: in response to the democrat's move, american crossroads called it "brazen hypocrisy," and "how cynical this president can be when it comes to perpetuating it's own power." it was a controversial supreme court decision last year that opened the door to unlimited and anonymous contributions. >> most americans would like politics not filled with secret cash and the constant chase for big campaign checks but we have to be realistic. any candidate running for the presidency is going to use the laws that they have not the laws as they wish they were. >> reporter: the white house is defending itself, saying it can't control outside groups and that the president still believes disclosure in campaign contributions is vitally important. whit johnson, cbs news, the white house. >> mitchell: and now to

hard way" the following about these moments -- "i was to learn something about the american people that too many conservatives don't appreciate. they want their leaders to have principled disagreements, but they want these disagreements to be settled in constructive ways. that is not, of course, what our own activists were telling us. they were all gung ho for a brutal fight over spending and taxes. we mistook their enthusiasm for the views of the american public." given what you've learned, would you tell members of your party don't go to the mat on the debt ceiling, increase the debt ceiling and fight about the budget separately? >> no, i would tell them that i think speaker john boehner has come up with a good formula. it's not on/off, it's not yes/no. it is mr. president, how many spending cuts are you willing to accept? we'll give you the same as you'll give us in spending cuts. so, if you only want $500 billion over the next five years in spending cuts, fine, here's a $500 billion increase in the debt ceiling. and by the way, you'll be back by the end of the year for another debt ceiling, but i think th

the borders are more security -- secure than ever. that is a bounce -- a bunch of bull. it is not republican, democrat, liberal, conservative. it is the day-to-day life of every american. >> absolutely. if we did not get a handle on it, it will affect every citizen in our country. >> always at the front of my brain is what my handed off to my kids, what message do they have to clean up after we leave -- mask do not have to clean up after we leave? >> ladies and gentlemen, with us today is one of the good guys trying to do something about the border. he has been threatened by the cartels and undermined by government bureaucrats, yet day in and day out, he continues to put his life at risk to keep our country safe. please join me in thanking a real american hero, arizona paul.ff c [applause] >> sheriff, we are honored you are here with us today, then we look forward to hearing you tonight at the celebration of american values. at our southern border, government has failed and endangered us, just as government has failed and in danger to us from violent crime everywhere. they do not care. they care about sensational events that captured national attention and drive their

then what he did in his first ten days into office was the start of the civilian conservation corps and hired one hundred thousand americans and put them to work you know digging digging holes and put trees it up and it seems like if we really believe in work first and if there are jobs in the private sector that we should be seriously considering the government as the employer of last resort why is there so much resistance to the great question i mean exactly in the thirty's f.d.r. created about four million jobs and we have a program but we eliminated just recently but it was part of obama's stimulus package and it actually created almost half a million jobs and in less than two years now thirty five states use this money it was called the emergency fund for welfare and they used about one point three billion for generate almost half a million jobs a quarter of a million jobs so that was very impressive that's that's what he spent in iraq afghanistan and weak i know it was subsidized jobs and they actually created more jobs than they thought they could so it's a good example of how you can create jobs using public money

i emphasized this, point out that the kindness country, 90 miles from american shores was simply intolerable. not just conservatives like barry goldwater, richard nixon, but really to everybody. so, fidel castro was interrogated on the subject of communism everywhere he went on his visit. by vice president nixon, by congressional subcommittee, by scores of journalists. everyone asking the same question. are you a communist? and he answered the same every time. no, he was not economies, never have been, never would be. when castro finally left new york on april 25, the please were relieved to see him go. but most of new yorkers were happy to come to visit. and avatar and "the new york times" summed up the general attitude towards castro as he left, quote, he made it quite clear that neither he nor anyone of importance in his government so far as he knew was a communist. by the same token it seemed obvious that americans f

you know, president obama has been knocked by the conservatives for not understanding american exceptionalism. well, let's play a little sound bite about american exceptionalism that we picked out from last night. here it is. cheney isn't the only member of the bush administration chiming in. this is how rumi put it. all of this was made possible by the relentless, sustained pressure on al qaeda that the bush administration initiated after 9/11 and that the obama administration has wisely chosen to continue. really. now we've got to give bush all kinds of credit. bush had his time to do it. this is not about george w. bush. this is about president obama because he is the one undoubtedly that has had to make the decision as to whether we're going to bomb, whether we're going to work with the pakistanis, whether we're going to do a clandestine operation or whether we're going to send in the s.e.a.l.s. that was president obama's call. you know what? the way the political climate is in this country it's a damn good thing this whole thing worked. because if this hadn't worked, can you imagine what

from the school board, those who have been painting for years, some conservative errors from the getty. to have them tell us about the works of their school was important. it represents african-americants to during the 20's and 30's used an incredible body of work. it is one of the most incredible works of art in the city, bar none. it is a huge mural of incredible works. >> the san francisco civic arts collection has been in existence since the turn of the century. it consists of everything from monument to golden gate park to market street, other works in the collection, from the wpa era, the quite tower, the works from the george washington high school. we have the contemporary education, where they depict some of the vocational arts that were taught at george washington high school. what is interesting is the artist's and corp. of some of the -- incorporation of some of the architectural elements. they used the speaker from the p a system as part of the design. on the opposite side of the library, we have a large fresco which depicts the academic subjects that were taught at the time. it serves as a foil to the other fresco in the library, we have academic subjects on one side, v

the debt ceiling. >> that's not what we're hearing from a whole lot of other conservatives. you lay the argument out very well. gloria is a cnn senior political analyst. 60% of americans say they oppose raising the debt ceiling. just 37% would be in favor of raising it. that would seem to bolster the republican argument that they want severe cuts in extreme for their vote to raise that credit limit. let's say the debt ceiling is not raised and the u.s. does, as will postulates possibly default on some of its payments. are the consequences as dire as secretary geithner warns? will the republicans blame republicans or democrats who wouldn't give them the cuts? what's going to happen? >> the public will blame everyone. i think first of all, the congress and that means democrats, republicans, and also the president of the united states, needs to go out as the secretary of the treasury has and explain what the consequences are. it's clear from looking at that poll, that people may be saying, debt ceiling, we don't want to pay more money not sure -- >> you're right about that. >> part of the burden of leadership is explain iing is explaining these things. when you look back

president's administration is not going to lie to the american people about techniques that were used. but, is it the moral high ground and are conservatives right about water boarding? matthew alexander, that's your first question tonight. thanks for joining us. are they correct about water boarding? >> no, they are not correct. what a lot of people are forgetting is what professional interrogators have been saying all along, when you use techniques like water boarding, you get the bare minimum about of information out of a detainee. that minimum about of information is going to lack the details you need to execute a mission to take out a target. the type of information you need to take out a target isn't a nickname of a courier. it's who is that courier, how do we find him? and how do we know when he's meeting with the target. in this case, bin laden. it took seven years to go from water boarding of to how we found him. someone very similar to ka hid, he provided the name and how we would know when he would meet with him and allowed us to go from cooperation to the death in about six weeks. >> tell us about this breaking report in the ne