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tom daschle calls the bush economy atrorks but has no democratic alternative. unable to challenge the president's war or his tax cuts, are the democrats afraid to fight for anything? we were debating invasion of iraq back then. the panel on that first show, david brooks, then of the whitley standard and the new republics, michelle cotto. i asked about the advice george w. bush was getting from some of his father's old team. why do the bushies, older bushies tend to be anti-war and maybe more pro arab, is that it? >> etc. not that. they came from an east coast foreign policy establishment that believed in the chess game. the more southern southwestern, more conservative, more religiously influenced conservative republicans, believe in morality. and democracy. >> why -- and assert american power. but they don't want to dot cleanup job afterward. -- do the cleanup job afterward. >> that's not true. >> it's true. they talked about nation building and don't want to do that and spread resources. >> that was the old bush in the election and it's clear he's becoming a

deadly spores some of those notable people that receive letters with anthrax in them or senators tom daschle patrick leahy and russ feingold some of those outspoken opponents to the impending patriot act several media outlets also received anthrax letters including the sun new york post and the seas tom brokaw now the letters that were sent out appeared to be from muslim terrorists saying phrases like death to america death to israel all law is great however soon after the attacks occurred the government acknowledged that al qaeda was no longer a suspect because the anthrax was in fact a highly weaponized military grade that could have only come from two bio defense facilities in the u.s. doug when you tell or fort dietrich in maryland but of course that didn't stop the bush administration from continuing to peddle the propaganda that it was perpetrated by muslim terrorists think for a second about what it was that shifted our focus away from al qaeda and on to iraq remember this. a teaspoon of dry anthrax a little bit about this amount this is just about the amount of a teaspoon less than a

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tomorrow on the show, valerie jarrett, beau biden, senator barbara boxer, former seminar tom daschleron hall has a look what's next on "news natio nation". >> president obama will arrive in charlotte in the next hour. the latest on the breaking news regarding the change ren knew for the president's big speech and we perhaps will have our first video of the president touching down coming up. what are they saying, the democrats about the weather and why one senior visor is furious over the rumors that the venue was changed because of empty seats. plus both sides are agreeing, she delivered. plus, what the president said to his wife right after her speech. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or ac

finally, i want to mention former senator tom daschle, who was the administration's nominee to be secretary of h.h.s. for a brief period of time in 2009. though mr. daschle withdrew his nomination before the committee held a hearing on his nominati nomination, it was widely reported, including in "the new york times" and "the los angeles times," that he failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes in the three years prior to his nomination. in mentioning secretaries geithner and is he we'll yus and mr. daschle -- geithner and sebelius and mr. daschle, i'm not suggesting anything beyond the reported facts of their circumstances or that their tax errors were intentional. i just wanted to remind the majority leader of these situations where it is not necessary to speculate on whether or not taxes were owed. while i appreciate the leader's newfound attention to the finance committee's vetting process, i want to assure everyone has a clear understanding of how this vetting process of the senate finance committee works. i'd be happy to discuss the committee's procedure with any interested colleague.

tom daschle former -- if republicans want to deal, they'll find a willing voice in the white house, but this is a president that wants to deal with a small group of familiar faces whether he's playing golf or he's making policy. it's going to challenge him with a lot of his pals gone. and it's going to be fascinating to watch how rereacts if he gets that chance. >>> all of you can watch the debate in denver right here on msnbc. >>> the critical civil rights case is on the agenda as the supreme court is getting ready to convene tomorrow. it's all right here on weekends with alex witt. ♪ keys, keys, keys, keys, keys. ♪ well, he's not very handsome ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male announcer ] the volkswagen jetta. available with advanced keyless technology. control everything from your pocket, purse, or wherever. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ that dirty, old egg-suckin' dog ♪ firm challenge the needer for such heavy measures [ female announcer ] think a thick cream is the only way to firm skin? with olay. regenerist micro-sculpting serum

tom daschle bob dole, george mitchell trent lott were people who knew how to forge compromises to solveol. eric cantor is not. >> he's been between barack obama and the tea party constituency in his house. that's a very difficult place to be. real question is will he be in that same place in 2013? we'll have to see. >> bill: again assuming -- my scenario and president obama is re-elected, which i think he will be, doesn't that send a message to the republicans in the house, you may have tried this my way or the highway approach but the american people are not happy with it. they want you to get some things done. no? >> i think there is a growing understanding within both parties that people are -- voters really do want more bipartisanship on the hill. there was an article in the times by jennifer and jonathan that was all about how more republicans are campaigning this year on a platform of bipartisanship. and seeing that they have reached out to the other party and tried to cooperate and so i think we're seeing more of that this election cycle. >> bill: that gets to your point about no