hurricane sandy, the continuing tropical [bleep] storm that is rocking the obama administration. yesterday press secretary jay carney, like an intrepid weather channel anchor, stood and let the wind and rain pummel him for our entertainment purposes. >> on the i.r.s., did the president believe that they're being truthful? does he think that the leadership there needs to change? >> part of it is fact. it's not an if anymore. it's fact. >> that's your opinion, all right. >> there have been twice as many prosecutions as all previous administrations combined. >> is there a siege mentality back on the west wing right now. >> absolutely not. jon: siege mentality. why would you say that? is it the vat of boiling oil in the moat? is that why you say that. the vat of boiling oil. i don't know. who knows. you know what? fair is fair. it is a good week for conservatives. angry rhetoric, a level of upset about the president for once seems somewhat appropriate. >> it cuts to this administration's core credibility. it cuts to its trust. >> it's absolutely appalling. this is disturbing. just sh

the views of anyone in the obama administration. between those two pillars, and tried to navigate a path. i would like to take a moment and explain to you an argument warfare ino conduct this strange way. the united states has been involved in a global armed conflict with al qaeda and its affiliate organizations now for approximately 15 years. it was engaged in that global armed conflict before the u.s. government agreed that it was in it. -- al qaeda knew. but al qaeda was able to forcefully expressed to the u.s. that it was in such a conflict in august of 1998. here we are 15 years later and we are talking about whether that conflict can be conducted with remotely piloted vehicles in many countries around the world. let me offer two different paradigms' for how to think about this problem. in these paradigms' i will try to make this very clear and maybe too clear. you need to do three things. first, you need to define what is the doorway through which i must ensure that allows me to kill these people? what is the doorway? second,

that we just heard because yes it's true that obama the obama administration wants regime change in syria but i think just about everyone else does as well the folks in syria people in other other governments in the west and elsewhere in the middle east as well and i think that a neoconservative at least what i think of a neo conservative i think about folks that say you know to hack with what other people think we're going to go out and do what we want but i think in this case obama reflects public opinion in the united states and elsewhere around the world as well drones though absolutely is a very different story and i definitely concur on that point george you want to jump in here in regime change in syria a lot of people want to but for a lot of different reasons and not good reasons are honorable reasons go ahead yeah . there were without question and. you know many people may want to regime change i don't think the considerations of london and paris really matter very much i think the issue. should be up to the syrians to decide whether they want regime change or not and it's by no

you see, what you've done to the obama administration. their complaints had some legitimacy. although mr. doocy i can go without knowing what your o-face is. ( applause ) you know, it's been a very tough week for the white house. you know, it wasn't just the intensity of the criticism. it wasn't just the intensity of the criticism of the white house that seemed appropriate but at times the content of the criticism. >> now they're saying that the senior leadership at the i.r.s., i didn't know anything about it on the heels of hillary clinton saying i didn't know anything about those extra requests for security in benghazi libya. who knows something about anything that matters? is there anybody who is minding the shop? >> jon: that's what i was saying yesterday. you know, meg and kelly, we've had our differences. maybe it's time we do a show together. call it fox and frenemy. beauty and the bris. what? i'm sorry. i'm being told this is going to be called regis and kelly. all right. it has gotten so bad for the administration, some on the right were almost offering more sympathe

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torture program is being kept out of the public's hands critics say that that's because the obama administration is trying to protect its bruised reputation so when will these secrets come to light that's ahead the bradley manning case has entered a new a level of secrecy a military judge has ordered a closed hearing to decide how much of the trial will remain secret in order to protect national security a look at this unprecedented move ahead. it's tuesday may seventh five pm in washington d.c. i make a lopez and you are watching our t.v. now before we get to today's top stories let me explain about the ribbon that i am wearing today along with all of my other colleagues this week marks the anniversary of nazi germany surrendering to the soviet union officially marking the end of world war two in europe so that is why we wear it to commemorate the enormous sacrifices humanity made to overcome oppression to mind ourselves about the millions of people and how they stared at genocide in the face and to celebrate the fact that nations around the world came together to triumph over tyranny now let's

the entire obama administration at times, seems to be hunk erring downberring down behind a stonewall. it has been now to wall off the irs, frustrating for democrats as well as republican congressmen. here is democrat steven lynch of massachusets. >> if this committee is prevented by obstruct or refusal to answer, the questions that we need to get to the bottom of this, you will leave us no alternative but to ask for the appointment of a special prosecutor, there will be hell to pay if that is the route we choose to go down. lou: weekly stanc standard. prior to joining the irs, learner of head of the enforcement officer at the federal elect commission, the christian coalition accuses the fec in late '90s of conducting an uncalled for investigation, into issues advocacy, that cost the coalition hundreds of thousands to defend the case was dropped. now we know why president obama has scheduled what his administration is styling as a major national security -- tomorrow, obama administration acknowledging for first time today, that 4 american citizens have been killed in drone strikes sin

the obama administration has trouble on three fronts as you may know. the irs illegally investigating conservatives. the assassination of libyan ambassador christopher stephens still not defined after eight months. and the justice department secretly obtaining the phone records of some journalists. today, the president met with the turkish prime minister who looked a little confused and then answered questions about the three controversies. we begin with the irs deal. >> i'm outraged by this in part because, look, i'm a public figure. if a future administration is starting to use the tax laws to favor one party over another or one political view over another, obviously we are all vulnerable. >> bill: okay. mr. obama fired the irs acting director last night and replaced him today with another bureaucrat. but there is deep suspicion in some circles that the liberal obama administration created an atmosphere where far left zealots in the irs were basically unsupervised. they could do what they want. that's a hard charge to prove but, there is no question t

gregg: triple trouble now for the obama administration. in moments bill o'reilly will be here to give us his take on the three, count them three scandals now threatening the white house's credibility. martha: and o.j. simpson headed back to court for his fight for freedom. why the disis graed former football star believes he deserves a new trial in the robbery case that sent him back to prison or sent him to prison ultimately in 2008. [ male announcer ] from red lobster's chefs to your table our seafood dinner for two for just 25 dollars! first get salad and cheddar bay biscuits. then choose from a variety of seafood entrées. plus choose either an appezer or a dessert to share. offer ends soon at red lobster! where we sea food differently. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming. grungy phones... oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims... wow! that really works! ...

democrats as well as republicans are criticizing the conduct of the obama administration. senate judiciary committee chairman, a democrat, saying, quote, i'm very troubled by the allegations and want to hear the government's explanation. the top democrat in congress, senate majority leader, senator harry reid breaking with the obama administration an offering this harsh assessment of what many see as a clear violation of the first amendment. >> i have trouble defending what the justice department did in going after, looking at the ap. you know, i really believe in the first amendment. it's one of the great things we have as a country, and i don't know who did it or why it was donings but it's unexcusable. there's no way to justify it. lou: president obama's public calendar cleared today after attending three fund raisers last night. breaking news this evening as fox obtained the treasury inspect general's report on the division of tax exempt government entities. the inspector general late today contradicted districter warner who said fraid that the irs had fixed the proble

that we just heard because yes it's true that obama the obama administration wants regime change in syria but i think just about everyone else does as well for folks in syria people in other other governments in the west and elsewhere in the middle east as well and i think that a neoconservative at least what i think of a neo conservative i think about folks that say you know to hack with what other people think we're going to go out and do what we want but i think in this case obama reflects public opinion in the united states and elsewhere around the world as well drones though absolutely is a very different story and i definitely concur on that point george you want to jump in here in regime change in syria a lot of people want to but for a lot of different reasons not good reasons are honorable reasons go ahead yeah. there were without question and. you know many people may want to regime change i don't think the considerations of london and paris really matter very much i think the issue. should be up to the syrians to decide whether they want regime change or not and it's by no mean

that we just heard because yes it's true that obama the obama administration wants regime change in syria but i think just about everyone else does as well the folks in syria people in other other governments in the west and elsewhere in the middle east as well and i think that a neoconservative at least what i think of a neo conservative i think about folks that say to heck with what other people think we're going to go ahead and do what we want but i think in this case obama reflects public opinion in the united states and elsewhere around the world as well drones though absolutely is a very different story and i definitely concur on that point george you want to jump in here in regime change in syria a lot of people want to but for a lot of different reasons and not good reasons are honorable reasons go ahead yeah . though there were without question and. you know many people may want to regime change i don't think the considerations of london and paris really matter very much i think the issue. should be up to the syrians to decide whether they want regime change or not and it's by no

but can in the obama administration. this kind of politics that is polarized is dividing our country further, and we need to have a coherent view of exactly what is happening, and the way you do that is to see it clearly without regard to partisan affiliation. lou: and the curious blessing that sometimes comes up like a burden. agassi a few problems with the bush administration as well as this one. thank you so much. dennis descent to -- dennis kucinich, we appreciated. take a moment to get in touch with us. e-mail me. loudobbs@foxbusiness.com. tweet me. how about that. up next, house lawmakers investigating whether the attorney general live and growth we will take a look at the evidence. tell us what you think. "dobbs law" on the case. arthur idolater joins us. i am sure he will agree. we're coming right back. ♪ tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nightsyield top and lunesta eszopiclone can help you get there, like it has for so ny people before. do notake lunesta if you are allergic to any

the obama administration. remarkable arrogance. >> yes. but i do feel we could put maybe a bit more hyper into that hyperbo hyperbole. how about today's tea party presser? don't forget the arrogance. >> an arrogance in view of government, the machinery of government as a tool for partisan ends. >> this is runaway government at its worst. >> someone needs to be held responsible. someone needs to be imprisoned. someone needs to be prosecuted. >> thank you, senator, and that goes all the way to the white house. >> that's right. miss bachmann's got the hang of it. now, they also brought along some real american tea partyers to offer their suggestions for how this whole thing should go. >> let's abolish the irs and institute something like a fair tax which will make things much sempimpler and remove this prob and let's repeal obama care. thank you. >> thank you. it's very simple. see? let's get right to our panel. here in new york with me is msnbc contributor joy reid. managing editor of the grios.com. joy, she's g

statistic distressing thing action though, about the obama administration is he's great, president obama is great at talking the talk, but really he hasn't been so good at walking the walk, both on civil liberties and things like closing guantanamo. he's used the threat of, you know, sort of a hyper-partisan republican congress to say this is why he needs to do what he needs to do, but we're learning he has all sorts of exec tif powers he's asserting because he can and spinning off things that the bush administration did that i think are disconcerting. i think as journalists, we have to fight back to say the executive is taking too much power. >> to say that president obama is in a bind and was pushed by partisanship into adopting the approach to the war against terrorism that he has done is slightly letting him off the hook. he is the one that's aggressively stepped up -- is still outsourcing terror suspects to third parties who may or may not be treating them in line with the way -- i mean, his approach to the war on terrorism -- this is a white house that does not want american boots

but can in the obama administration. this kind of politics that is polarized is dividing our country further, and we need to have a coherent view of exactly what i happening, and the way you do that i to see it clearly without regard to partisan affiliation. lou: and the curious blessin that sometimes comes up like a burden agassi a few probls with the sh administration as wl as this one. thank you so much. dennis descent to -- dennis kucinich, we appreciated. take a moment to get in touch with us. e-maile. loudobbs@foxbusiness.com. eet me. how about that. up next, house lawmakers inveigating whether the attorney generive and gwth we will take a look at the evidence. tell us what you think. "dobbs law" on the case. arthur idolater joins us. i am sure he will agree. we're coming right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] we gave the new e-class some of the most advanced driver systems ever made. stereoscopic vision... distronic plus braking... lane keeping and steering assist. eleven enhanced systems in all. ♪ twelve, counting

had they been and had the obama administration been deft, they might have worked this out. they violated the provision requiring the notice. >> it's also pretty clear that the white house, well -- the ap was going to blow the cover on this story that the white house was getting ready to announce and that may be the source of all this. >> that's exactly right. to follow up on what jim was saying, there was an agreement between the white house and ap to hold this story action the story being the foiling of an al-qaeda plot for five days and then monday came and they had another quick meeting with administration officials and the ap said it was going to go ahead and publish anyway, even though the administration was going to announce this plot the next day. so the administration goes ahead, the c.i.a. goes ahead and says, well, they violated security here and we're going to investigate it using that as a pretext when they were going to release the information the very next day themselves. >> so if the white house had gotten to make this announcement the way they wanted to, jud

there appears to be a break in the obama administration is more than seven month-long effort to limit the public knowledge on what happened in the terrorist attack on our consulate in benghazi. an attack that resulted in the murders of u.s. ambassador christopher stephens, foreign service officer john smith, cia operatives glendora the entire ron woods. at least four state department and cia career employees have sought counsel from private attorneys to represent them in the face of white house threats to prevent them from divulging classified and permission to congress about the events in benghazi. the prospective whistle-blowers' appeared to have considerable knowledge of what did and di not happen during the nearly eight hours see on our consulate and the cia and acts. apparently the obama administration is concerned their views don't support the so-called official account of events. former justice department official and republican counsel to the house intelligence committee says the state department threats are a violation of law. representing the state department employees. she

the obama administration has really taken the executive branch powers of intimidating the free press one of the key issues here and i think this is very important is that the case of fox news producer was actually a coconspirator in this this has never been asserted before as far as we know in the united states wiki leaks us on j. and bradley manning or outliers that there is a limit to disclosing government information but the reality is that the government often leaks information and if it leaks classified information and of course it doesn't prosecuted itself this is the nature of investigative reporting that the obama administration is going after obama ran in two thousand and eight and to a certain degree in two thousand and twelve on a play at form that he would make government more transparent but instead he is making government more opaque i mean while that's the u.s. government's apparent war on whistle that has got this place some media outlets are taking steps to shield their sources and new york has launched a system that allows people to anonymously have it leaked docume

through successive administrations, the bush and obama administrations have been unable to persuade our allies that after the initial phases of the afghan war that the united states remains in an armed conflict with al qaeda that allows us therefore to use lethal force against members of al qaeda around the world. this is where what i am talking about fits together with what philip is talking about. from the rest of the world's perspective, it is not the law of war versus the u.s. constitutional law. other countries apply a paradigm of human rights law. we do not think we are in a war, and therefore to the extent that the united states may use force lawfully under international law, one has to apply human rights law paradigm, meaning that one can only target someone who poses an absolutely .mminent threat under a human rights law paradigm, other countries would it can be shown someone in pakistan is willing to launch an attack in pakistan is unwilling to do anything about it, the united states has the right to self- defense. but where we can kill members of al qaeda know my bro where th

and new questions over the obama administration's handling of the benghazi attack. we first start this morning with benghazi. you know, after hearings last week, lawmakers are speaking out, focusing on a string of emails that seem to suggest there were a lot more changes in the initial official story than first thought. good morning and welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. >> jamie: hi, everybody. happy mothers day. press secretary jay carney took some serious heat this week -- a lot of people did on the issue, from white house reporters. this was on friday. >> eric: absolutely. but now a growing number of lawmakers are calling on house speaker john boehner to create a select committee to investigate the benghazi attack. steve centanni is live in washington with the latest on that. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, eric. plenty of friction on the sunday talk shows, on the revelation of emails that show revisions in the controversial talking points about what happened. republicans claim a coverup as the obama administration labore

the obama administration has confirmed the u.s. illegally -- al-a man in yemen yemen.in they also confirmed the death of son. -- his but the administration said those strikes were accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. today, we are going to look at the new book "dirty wars" written by jeremy scahill, former democracy now producer and now writes with the correspondence as well. and italled "dirty wars" is based on u.s. operations in somalia, yemen, and afghanistan. the majors -- the major focus is the u.s. assassination of these two who were killed in a u.s. aug strike -- drone strike week apart. i had the opportunity to interview jeremy scahill about his book when we were here in new york. i asked him to start with who i anwar al-awlaki is. >> two of

ambassador chris stevens in been ghazi and it's plunged the obama administration into the ground the investigations sadly and tragically it seems that they would like to see history repeat itself. a syrian and israeli army's have exchanged fire in the disputed golan heights on the next vitality front line attacks have become more frequent in recent months with israel launching airstrikes near damascus was artie's for us there explains there's at least one community in israel that's ready to defend president that. we're ready to die defending our people strong words from a chef preparing young men to go and fight in syria except his recruits are not rebel fighters or soldiers in damascus there is really droogs a minority islamic offshoot we need to go help to find the community in syria and president assad. we have relatives there are people are there and they were attacking them in the name of islam. the tipping point came afterwards targeted use village of near the israeli syrian border and killed seven people by the hundreds israeli jews volunteers started signing up short of i wou

the obama administration in turmoil. the scandal claims its first victim. >> today, secretary lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the irs. >> this on the same day the white house released nearly 100 pages of benghazi e-mails. donald rumsfeld says they're still trying to pass the buck. he's with me live on the grill tonight. >>> plus, horrifying revelations of abuse and tlor terror. amanda berry, gina dejesus, michelle knig michelle knight hid in the van in the garage when he had visitors. beaten with hand weights. ariel castro's common law wife abused the same way. gina and michelle have spoken by phone. and after all these years in captivity, one of the girls has discovered what an iphone is. >>> also tonight, law and disorder. jodi arias fighting for her life. >> the last thing that mr. alexander felt was this knife, this woman, and this blade coming towards him. >> the jury finds she was extremely cruel. that means she is eligible for the death penalty. the

the obama administration? caller: no. those people do their job day in and day out. nobody changes how they do it. host: what do you think about how this was dealt with? caller: well, they did not do what they were supposed to do. they are supposed to share their information. the only thing about sharing of information is a bad person in another organization can give information about them that they should not be able to give. there should be restrictions on how much information they do share with each other. host: what do you think about other agencies like the fbi, and you mentioned homeland security in particular? caller: all of them are that way. they need to share, but they need to investigate each other. so they cannot share everything, because if they do, everybody is aware of what they are doing. host: this on twitter -- dwight is on the phone from it wisconsin, republican. what is your town? mwood.: burna i'm really interested to know what happened to the saudi national that was in a hospital and 30 w

the entire obama administration at times, seems to be hunk erring downberring down behind a stonewall. it has been now to wall off the irs, frustrating for democrats as well as republican congressme here is democrat steven lynch of massachuse. >>f this committee is prevented by obstruct or refusal to answer, the questions that we need to get to the bottom of this,ou will leave us no alternative but to ask for the appointment of a special prosecutor, there will be hell to pay if that is the route we choose to go down. lou: weekly stanc standard. prior to joining the irs, learner of head of the enforcement officer at the federal elect commiion, the christian clition accuses the fec in late '90s of conducting an uncalled for investigation, into issues advocacy, that cost the coalition hundreds of thousands to defend the case was dropped. now w know why president obama has scheduled what his administration is styling as a major national security -- tomorrow, obama administration acknowledging for first time today, that 4 american citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009. atto

that we just heard because yes it's true that obama the obama administration wants regime change in syria but i think just about everyone else does as well the folks in syria people in other other governments in the west and elsewhere in the middle east as well and i think that a neo conservative view at least when i think of a neo conservative i think about folks that say you know to hack with what other people think we're going to go ahead and do what we want but i think in this case obama reflects public opinion in the united states and elsewhere around the world as well drones though absolutely is a very different story and i definitely concur on that point george you want to jump in here in regime change in syria a lot of people want to but for a lot of different reasons and not good reasons are honorable reasons go ahead yeah . though there were without question and. you know many people may want to regime change i don't think the considerations of london and paris really matter very much i think the issue. should be up to the syrians to decide whether they want regime change or not

anything that would keep the scandals drags out, which is why obama administration circumstance poses a look at a special prosecutor. with me next, robert a. what i remember most about robert, no show from you, no hey, look at me. you deliberately held back, when it came to looking at whitewater for example, you said there was no there, there. right? >> right, because it comes with the credibility of a full investigation to be able to say, we have looked at it carefully, it takes courage to say, but we're not going to go forward, no charges will be brought. >> but you did leave out something that also had come to your attention that others seized on after. >> you right, sure. neil: you didn't think that was jermaine that is the affair part of it that president clinton. >> that was the more complicated question whether which was a crimit was a crimecommitted. neil: but let me step back. senator john mccain was saying, we need at least a special panel to investigate benghazi, call everyone back, hill clinton as well and reexamine, requestion. that is one step sh shy of a special prosecu

in other words, the obama administration will henceforth be disallowed from buying any more ammunition than the bush administration did. how terrifying would it be if the first black president bought more bullets than the previous white president? we have to stop that from happening, america. today, the other republican senator from oklahoma, senator tom coburn, withdrew at the last minute his proposed legislation that is also based on the conspiracy theory that the obama administration is buying up all the ammo. senator coburn's legislation would have created a federal registry for federally owned guns and ammunition. it's a federal registry, but only for the guns and ammo owned by the federal government. when senator coburn started getting asked why exactly he wants to start tracking guns and ammo, senator coburn withdrew the legislation today showing it was, quote, a show of goodwill. every time there is a big event in the country now, even if it's a seemingly political event, the political reaction on the right, you can see it at work, goes very quick to the question of whether it

the obama administration in turmoil. the scandal claims its first victim. >> today, secretary lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the irs. >> this on the same day the white house released nearly 100 pages of benghazi e-mails. donald rumsfeld says they're still trying to pass the buck. he's on the grill with me tonight live. >>> plus, horrifying revelations of abuse and terror. amanda berry, gina dejesus, michelle knight hidden in the van in the garage when he had visitors. beaten with hand weights. ariel castro's common law wife abused the same way. gina and michelle have spoken by phone. and after all these years in captivity, one of the girls has discovered what an iphone is. >>> also tonight, law and disorder. on the docket, jodi arias fighting for her life. >> the last thing that mr. alexander felt was this knife, this woman, and this blade coming towards him. >> the jury finds she was extremely cruel. that means she is eligible for the death penalty. the

by january of two thousand and eleven the obama administration. announced it would start issuing permits for new drilling operations in the gulf of mexico why you may wonder big oil is paying the federal government or percentage of walty that comes out of each barrel that comes out of the ground it's an enormous amount of money. behind the i.r.s. the collection of offshore oil field revenues and royalties is the second largest generator of money for the united states government. the first new permit issued by the obama administration was for a well in the gulf of mexico operated in partnership with b.p. . just these plans are cool less. in charge of being responsible for the. assumed was searching for the. pass me a valve the impossible i'll tell you there is the new soprano for nasa is a person still and this stuff. is rich to. them. very. wealthy british style builds and sometimes i just find. markets finance scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline news you need t

triple trouble for the obama administration today. first of all on the benghazi front, republicans aren't satisfied with 11 hearings so far. they demand more hearings on benghazi. they won't let up until hillary clinton says okay, i won't run for president in 2016. more serious news that the i.r.s. has been targeting conservative political organizations to make sure cheating on the tax code. president obama very, very upset. it looks like the i.r.s. has only been going after conservative organizations. we don't want that from an institution that is supposed to be politically neutral. and finally news that the justice department has been seizing phone records of reporters at associated press. we'll get into that right here at the top of the hour. all of that and more here on current tv. support the drug war you must be high. cenk uygur: i think the number young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things

because the bush administration and now the obama administration, through the n so successful in terrorizing the american public about the so- called threat of terrorism, most people don't care about foreigners being killed. much of the terrorism propaganda is fueled by racism. of the 366 u.s. drone attacks that have killed 3581 people in pakistan since 2002, 316 were launched by the obama administration. less than two percent of those killed were high-profile taliban militants. most of them were civilians. since then 11, there have been no official figures on how many people have been killed by drone strikes and other kinds of targeted killing, because of the extreme secrecy. lindsey graham's figure is 4700 people killed by drone strikes. only four of whom were u.s. citizens. for a long time, independent media and antiwar activists criticize the drone more. the bureau of investigative journalism documents million casualties. generals like mcchrystal, former diplomats, foreign policy at -- experts are talking about blowback from drones. the in advisability, the political fallout. the leak of

the obama administration has formally acknowledged u.s. drone strikes killed four americans in yemen and pakistan. in a letter to congress, attorney general eric holder confirm the u.s. deliberately killed a militant cleric anwar al awlaki in yemen in 2011. he also acknowledged the deaths of his 16-year-old son, abdulrahman, and his elder aid samir khan in yemen as well as the death of jude kenan mohammed in pakistan. upholder suggested those strikes or accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. mohammed's killing had previously been unknown and of wednesday he was still on the fbi's most wanted list. holders letter was revealed on the eve of today's major counterterrorism address from president obama. the president is expected to announce a policy limiting targeted killing outside of four sons in places such as pakistan, yemen, and somalia and also expected to endorse using the same standards for attacking foreign suspects now used for targeting american citizens. the move could in the so-called signature strikes that tr

justice department admits it's played on the associated press news agency but obama's administration insists it remain as dedicated to protecting freedom of speech. the e.u. braces to raise billions of dollars to reconstruct war torn mali there are concerns the country is still too in secure and the insurgency too strong for a building to begin. to calm a conspiracy the detention of a cia spy in most schools falls victim to media mockery thanks to the wigs dull glasses and all school with the band found on the american agent. international news and comment live from moscow this is all she with me thanks for joining us the u.s. justice department has defended its spying on associated press saying it was necessary to find leads that could endanger american people these phone records of about one hundred journalists including their private numbers were seized sparking outrage in the media worldwide the white house has distanced itself from the probe saying if we knew nothing about it all she is is of all reports sound scandal. it's being called an unprecedented government intrusion the

>> the "new york times" is sorted of the obama administration's megaphone. when they wanted to leak out what is coming next to put their political spin on things, n national security affairs, that is preferred vehicle. these leaks either represent a concerted effort to say the remark was off the cuff or we've got a more significant phenomenon. you have the president's own subordinates leaking against him. it's bad news. if it is an accurate reflection of what the president did, it's appalling. most presidents learn that matter of days or weeks after taking the oath as what they say is scrutinized is carefully around the world and what the defense policy drops to zero. here is barack obama almost four years in his presidency, not just making an off the cuff remark but one that essentially committed the credibility of his administration and the united states. he didn't follow through on it. i just appalled by it. >> eric: ambassador bolton, we'll see what happens as they consider what they are going to do. thank you very much for joining us. thank you, eric. >

that we just heard because yes it's true that obama the obama administration wants regime change in syria but i think just about everyone else does as well for folks in syria people in other other governments in the west and elsewhere in the middle east as well and i think that a neoconservative at least what i think of a neo conservative i think about folks that say you know to hack with what other people think we're going to go out and do what we want but i think in this case obama reflects public opinion in the united states and elsewhere around the world as well drones though absolutely is a very different story and i definitely concur on that point george you want to jump in here in regime change in syria a lot of people want to but for a lot of different reasons and not good reasons are honorable reasons go ahead yeah . there were without question and. you know many people may want to regime change i don't think the considerations of london and paris really matter very much i think the issue. should be up to the syrians to decide whether they want regime change or not and it's by no

phones that still leaves the obama administration right in the face obama has defended those subpoenas a phone records while holder tries to shield himself from the scandal more of the drama unfolding here in d.c. even after the u.s. invasion of iraq the country still faces continuous violence of the country is plagued with insurgent bombings that are taking their toll on infrastructure a look at the results of the war from inside iraq just ahead. a group of russian developers have created a new social network but what's so special about it all how about communicating with other people even if you don't speak the same language more on the network that weakens the language barrier later in the show. it's friday may seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching our t.v. . starting up this hour the latest surrounding the department of justice's investigation in the source of alleged national security leaks be of the associated press now yesterday president obama defended the actions alluding to the possibility the information was revealed with an a.p. story

that we just heard because yes it's true that obama the obama administration wants regime change in syria but i think just about everyone else does as well the folks in syria people in other other governments in the west and elsewhere in the middle east as well and i think that a neoconservative at least what i think of a neo conservative i think about folks that say you know to hack with what other people think we're going to go ahead and do what we want but i think in this case obama reflects public opinion in the united states and elsewhere around the world as well drones though absolutely is a very different story and i definitely concur on that point george you want to jump in a regime change in syria a lot of people want to but for a lot of different reasons and not good reasons are honorable reasons go ahead yeah . though there were without question and. you know many people may want to regime change i don't think the considerations of london and paris really matter very much i think the issue. should be up to the syrians to decide whether they want regime change or not and it's by

phones still leaves the obama administration red in the face obama has defended the subpoenas of phone records while holder tries to shield himself from the scandal more of the drama unfolding here in d.c. even after the u.s. invasion of iraq the country still faces contente with violence the country is plagued with insurgent bombings that are taking their toll on infrastructure a look at the results of the war from iraq just ahead. and a group of russian developers have created a new social network but what's so special about it how about communicating with other people even if you don't speak the same language more in the network that weakens the language barrier later in the show. with friday may seventeenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching our t.v. starting up this hour the latest surrounding the department of justice's investigation into the source of alleged national security leaks b. of the associated press well yesterday president obama defended the z.o.g. actions alluding to the possibility information revealed within the a.p. story regarding th

through successive administrations, the bush and obama administrations have been unable to persuade our allies that after the initial phases of the afghan war that the united states remains in an armed conflict with al qaeda that allows us therefore to use lethal force against members of al qaeda around the world. talkingwhere what i am about fits together with what philip is talking about. from the rest of the world's perspective, it is not the law of war versus the u.s. constitutional law. other countries apply a paradigm of human rights law. we do not think we are in a war, and therefore to the extent that the united states may use force lawfully under international law, one has to apply human rights law paradigm, meaning that one can only target someone who poses an absolutely imminent threat. lawr a human rights paradigm, other countries would say, yes, if it can be shown that someone in pakistan is willing to launch an attack in pakistan is unwilling to do anything about it, the united states has the right to self- defense. but where we can kill members of al qaeda no matter where

obama's administration plays the game of congress. certain people can go into the padded room and look at this document, but not this one and it cannot ever tell anyone what it said. that is the congressional oversight. they double down on this all- powerful executive branch perspective. that is why we see this stuff expanded. >> jeremy scahill, author of the new bestseller, "dirty wars: the war is a battlefield." his film of the same title is coming out in june around the country. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] a shout out to ethics communite who are here today. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> we turn now to the growing concern over the justice department's secret efforts to attain a says it press phone records. some analysts are drawing comparisons between the obama administration's actions in the probe and those of the nixon administration when it attempted to block the

the obama administration has trouble on three fronts as you may know. the irs illegally investigating conservatives. the assassination of libyan ambassador christopher stevens. still not defined after eight months. and the justice department secretly obtaining the phone records of some journalists. today the president met with the turkish prime minister who looked a little confuse asked then answered questions about the three controversies. we begin with the irs deal. >> i'm outraged by this in part, i'm a public figure. if a future administration is starting to use the tax laws to favor one party over another or one political view over another, obviously we're all vulnerable. >> okay, mr. obama fired the irs director last night and replaced him today with another bu bureaucrat. but there is suspicion the the obama administration created an on the moo atmosphere where they could do what they want. that's a hard charge to prove but there is no question that mr. obama's administration is ideological. thus suspicions run deep. today mr. obama pledged a big

in other words, the obama administration will henceforth be disallowed from buying anymore ammunition than the bush administration did. how terrifying would it be if the first black president bought more bullets than the previous white president? we have to stop that from happening, america. today, the other republican senator from oklahoma, senator tom coburn, withdrew at the last minute his proposed legislation that the administration is buying up all the ammo. senator coburn's legislation would have created a federal registry for federally owned guns and ammunition. it's a federal registry, but only for the guns and ammo owned by the federal government. when senator coburn started getting asked why exactly he wants to start tracking guns and ammo, senator coburn withdrew the legislation today showing it was, quote, a show of goodwill. even if it's a seemingly political event, the political reaction on the right, you can see it at work, goes very quickly to the question of whether it could possibly be an obama administration conspiracy. it comes with the territory these days. it's b