now, before being dick cheney defense secretary, dick cheney had been wyoming congressman dick cheney but hadn't lived in wyoming for years. he was running halliburton, the big oil field service company that he had turned into a giant defense contractor. and halliburton was headquartered in texas. and dick cheney and his family were living in texas. they were living in dallas. they'd been living there full time for years. and from his perch in dallas, where he lived, dick cheney took a long, hard look at all the possibilities he was given for who could be george w. bush's running mate. dick cheney after reviewing everybody decided the best man for the job was dick cheney. he picked himself. which is awkward in so many ways. but dick cheney don't care. he picked himself. that's what he's like. but that 12th amendment was going to be a problem, right? because george bush lived in texas, obviously. he was governor. and dick cheney also obviously lived in texas. he lived in dallas and ran halliburton from there that. means they're both texans. under the 12th amendment, when texas' elector

cheney's program and i know it's unpopular like dick cheney but dick cheney did a great thing there. are you a little goose earned about one sixty percent of the american public doesn't approve of the job the congressional republicans are doing bob dole recently said there were a lot of differences in the days i was in the senate every case we were able to work out the differences compromise is now a bad word. look what do you make of the beginning at a time where you get everybody hates congress but it's a paradox because why do ninety percent of congressmen and women get reelected because everybody hates congress like your own congress you like your own congressman but you hate congress and that's the everybody runs for congress by running against congress because you hate the face that you don't know what your local congressman is fighting against all these bad people it's a silly game it's probably a good thing at the end of the day for people to mistrust government because that's what makes us americans is that the government should fear the people the people should not fear the

cheney's program and i know it's unpopular like dick cheney but dick cheney did a great thing there. are you a little goose or earned about one sixty percent of the american public doesn't approve of the job the congressional republicans are doing bob dole recently said there were a lot of differences in the days i was in the senate every case we were able to work out the differences compromise is now a bad word. look what do you make of the beginning at a time larry get everybody hates congress but it's a paradox because why do ninety percent of congressmen and women get reelected because everybody hates congress like your own congress you like your own congressman but you hate congress and that's the everybody runs for congress by running against congress because you hate the face that you don't know what your local congressman is fighting against all these bad people it's a silly game it's probably a good thing at the end of the day for people to mistrust government because that's what makes us americans is that the government should fear the people the people should not fear the

monday to thursday at 6 eastern view today our wtf america series visits the great state of wyoming, dick cheney's home state where fracking, the hydraulic drilling practice that turns the earth into a planet-killing non-equity production of stomp was thought to be the blame for polluting the town of pavilion wyoming. thanks to fracking the town's drinking water came in several delicious flavors including methane-mint arsenic-orange, creamy copper and red velvet vanadium. but then the epa investigation abruptly stopped and was turned over to the state of wyoming whose research is funded by encana the same drilling company whose wells are accused of causing the contamination of

here, she's the daughter of dick cheney. ways goi what's going to be interesting, there's like 600,000 people inp with weyoming and the primary i going to be basically -- >> those who actually go to the polls. >> i mean, i get you. she doesn't want to wait. it's just i'm curious what her candidacy's going to be based on. the one vote people are looking at is senator enzi supported a tax on internet sales. that's sort of small pickings. national journal -- they had the slide show, most conservative senators, he was fourth, you know. >> why wasn't he first? >> because your boy tom coburn was first, okay, he's got a few people to compete with. it's not like there's much to work with here. i think the one place you might have a difference is foreign policy. you saw rand paul come out quickly and sort of take some jabs at her, mocking her for living in virginia. i think that's mostly concerns about the reintroduction of the bush/cheney foreign policy. >> we have that going on. we've got the nate silver predictions. and of course,

dick cheney, touche. although i also will say i never expected to use the phrase on behalf of dick cheney. to your question, greeted as a liberator. if the republican establishment is any indication as you suggested all morning, the answer would have to be no even though by the republican establishment we mean dick cheney's close friends. the most interesting thing here is that dick cheney is clearing the path for his daughter not so aub because he she is his daughter but he's got close friends. mike enzi as i understand it is a close friend of his. or i suppose i should amend, was a close friend of his. >> was a close friend. >> on the other hand, we know how he deals was close friends sometimes. >> shoot them in the face. >> you stole my punch line, sir, well done. bravo and touche again. >> let me play you a portion of elizabeth as a new campaign ad. take a listen to this. >> i am running for the united states be senate because i believe deeply in the values that have made our state and our nation grea

her daughter father is dick cheney, so this will be interesting to watch. how badly does liz cheney want to beat up a mainstream republican. it really raises the question of what will mike enzi do? how badly does he want to hit back against liz cheney because he has kept his powder dry up until now. >> michael: yes, chris congratulations, you also brought back the boxing reference, which we opened the block with, soy appreciate that. really great stuff. chris frates congressional reporter for the national journal. >>> we've had a few days to sink in, and guess what, it still sucks. the more we hear about the verdict the more outraged we become. and i think it's time to call him mcdonnell the disgrace. he's a crooked dog and his wife may be cruder. and i don't know if she suesed used a tuning fork or what we'll talk about that when we come back. if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think there is any chance we'll ever hear the president even say the wo

whatever you think, dick cheney came by this infamously. liz cheney is the knockoff version, a legacy case, a toxic example of what affirmative action for overprivileged white people looks like. she bought a house in wyoming last year, and the justification for her campaign is that she would very much like to be a u.s. senator, thank you very much. presumably, her dad will be helping her raise money with his fabulously wealthy and powerful friends. there's no real reason to care about this race. a race that will probably be decided by fewer people than simultaneously did the gangnam style horse dance with psy last fall. she'll be spending the next year playing to a conservative base that has gone increasingly interventionist. what's about to unfold in miami is a captivating test case as to whether the republican base could beat back the aristocracy. joining me now, co author of the book, the declaration of independence, how libertarian politics can fix what's wrong with america. well, liz cheney is what's wrong with america, and i'm hoping

what's dick cheney up to here? is this some effort to create a satellite of his own political career? what's he up to? >> well there are a couple things there. first of all the connection is a family connection that goes back to the mid-19th century. that's true. liz cheney chose to live in jackson hole wyoming which is a little bit like saying i'm going to go live in the hamptons and understand the heart beat of new york state. i mean, jackson hole is not exactly casper. it's not even laramie. so there's that. and i think the cheney family is busy trying to resurrect itself to reclaim its reputation. as indeed on a parallel track, george w. bush has been. these are people who are determined. these are fish constantly swimming upstream. it's in their nature. and the cheneys are trying to establish a new generation. and i think these days, people mix the prominence of politics with the prominence of the media. i think liz cheney's desire is to get back here to washington as a united states senator and she's willing

dick cheney may be evil, sure. he's so evil he chuckles when reading the book of job. he's so evil that charles manson carved hi dick cheney's name ons forehead and he'll remind us that george w. bush's greatest event in office was staying alive. he bankrupted the company but made the company halliburton that gave him $32 billion of your money, there is so much war mongering he opposed the healthcare to save you but government healthcare saved him, and you paid for it. he's a gift of comics even though comedians always compare him to darth vader, since fair since darth vader never avoided military service. that brings us to liz cheney. reporters asked senator enzi about his buddy's daughter, aren't you friends? he replied i thought we were friends. it's great to see someone like liz willing to divide the g.o.p. because she decided that someone else has her job. she exemplifies cronyism. and her gigs from fox news to the mitt romney campaign all came from her dad making phone calls. if it wasn't for overprivileged right wing children getting by on their daddy's name, it

you had him on the cover. >> dick cheney. >> dick cheney one time. >> in a speedo but that's the choice they made. >> cenk: let's stop here for a second and discuss. i'm curious what you all think. i actually think that they're right to be pissed. the people are right to be pissed, and i know cbsvs and walgreen's have already pulled it. was it unsolicited without anyone saying anything, i totally remembered the jimmy morrison cover and i thought man, that looks like jimmy morrison. and the title is called "the bomber" which almost sounds cool in some weird way. >> exactly, and i tried to make sure that during all that coverage that i didn't call him the boston bomber because it sounded like a baseball player. i didn't want to give that impression. with the newtown shooting, i never say the guys' name because i don't want to make these guys famous. charles mason became enormously famous and it feeds into it. i don't like this cover. i'm a first amendment guy. they got all the right in the world to make the cover but i'm not buying it. >> i'm confused. i'm utterly confused. if you strip a

told me this was being directed from the vice president's office that would be vice president dick cheney i don't know that for sure but that's what i was told from a very senior person so high level bush administration official i guess the next question is why why was it being done i mean the first thing that comes in i mind is blackmail. i don't know the answer to that either what do you think i mean based on your experience for us. well what what could the reason be to be wiretapping and spying on people like obama. the trance. i think you hit the word you know to me i don't know for sure but that would be a means of control if you were to look and be able to listen to everybody's conversation for years on end for a period of time you you could probably find out perhaps some salacious information that could be used to control that individual now you know. the intelligence community yeah i noticed that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester the intelligence budget well how is that possible. is there some kind of leverage that's being placed on our three branches

you took office if there's one thing we know about dick cheney it's that he's a war criminal so most likely any company he's managed doesn't have human rights in the rule of law and its top priorities so it's no surprise that it's former subsidiary defense contractor kellogg brown and root or k.b.r. has been mired and numerous scandals over the years most notably the case of former k.b.r. employee jamie lead jones who was drugged and gang raped by her colleagues in a lawsuit jamie lee accused k.b.r. of locking her in a shipping container after she reported the rape and later tampering with the evidence and beam enormous lobbying. course they are k.b.r. not only one not lawsuit but actually tried to make her pay for their legal fees i'm not kidding and that's not all beyond the no bid contracts and the covering up of rapists the company has set itself in the middle of several controversies in recent years like accepting tens of millions of dollars from the iranian government for oil services since two thousand and three despite all the talk from the bush administration about never dea

told me this was being directed from the vice president's office that would be vice president dick cheney i don't know that for sure but that's what i was told from a very senior person so high level bush administration official i guess the next question is why why was it being done i mean the first thing that comes and i mine is blackmail. i don't know the answer to that either what do you think i mean based on your experience for us. well what could the reason be to be wiretapping and spying on people like obama. the trance. i think you hit the word you know to me i don't know for sure but that would be a means of control if you were to look and be able to listen to everybody's conversation for years on end for a period of time you you could probably find out perhaps some salacious information that could be used to control that individual now you know. say it's the intelligence community yeah i noticed that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester the intelligence budget well how is that possible. is there some kind of leverage that's being placed on our three bran

told me this was being directed from the vice president's office that would be vice president dick cheney i don't know that for sure but that's what i was told from a very senior person so high level bush administration official i guess the next question is why why was it being done i mean the first thing that comes in i mind is a black male. i don't know the answer to that either what do you think i mean based on your experience for us well what could the reason be to be wiretapping and spying on people like obama. trance. i think you hit the word you know to me i don't know for sure but that would be a means of control if you were to look and be able to listen to everybody's conversation for years on end for a period of time you you could probably find out perhaps some salacious information that could be used to control that individual now you know. the intelligence community you know i notice that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester the intelligence budget well how is that possible. is there some kind of leverage that's being placed on our three branches of g

he took office and if there is one thing we know about dick cheney it's that he's a war criminal so most likely any company he's managed doesn't have human rights in the rule of law and its top priorities so it's no surprise that it's former subsidiary defense contractor kellogg brown and root or k.b.r. has been mired and numerous scandals over the years most notably the case of former k.b.r. employee jamie lead jones who was drugged and gang raped by her colleagues in a lawsuit jamie lee accused k.b.r. of locking her in a shipping container after she reported the rape and later tampering with the evidence and being an enormous lobbying force they are k.b.r. not only one not lawsuit but actually trying to make her pay for their legal fees i'm not kidding and that's not all the on the no bid contracts and the covering up of rapists the company has set itself in the middle of several controversies in recent years like accepting tens of millions of dollars from the iranian government for oil services since two thousand and three despite all the talk from the bush administration about n

told me this was being directed from the vice president's office that would be vice president dick cheney i don't know that for sure but that's what i was told from a very senior person so high level bush administration official i guess the next question is why why was it being done i mean the first thing that comes in i mind is a black male. i don't know the answer to that either what do you think i mean based on your experience for us well what what could the reason be to be wiretapping and spying on people like obama. the trance. i think you hit the word you know to me i don't know for sure but that would be a means of control if you were to look and be able to listen to everybody's conversation for years on end for a period of time you you could probably find out perhaps some salacious information that could be used to control that individual now you know. the intelligence community you know i noticed that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester the intelligence budget well how is that possible. is there some kind of leverage that's being placed on our three bra

he took office and if there's one thing we know about dick cheney it's that he's a war criminal so most likely any company he's managed doesn't have human rights in the rule of law and its top priorities so it's no surprise that it's former subsidiary defense contractor kellogg brown and root or k.b.r. has been mired in numerous scandals over the years most notably the case of former k.b.r. employee jamie leave jones who was drugged and gang raped by her colleagues in a lawsuit jamie lee accused k.b.r. of locking her in a shipping container after she reported the rape and later tampering with the evidence and being an enormous lobbying force they are k.b.r. not only one not lawsuit but actually trying to make her pay for their legal fees get in and that's not all beyond the no bid contracts in the covering up of rapists the company has set itself in the middle of several controversies in recent years like accepting tens of millions of dollars from the iranian government for oil services since two thousand and three despite all the talk from the bush administration about never dealing wi

told me this was being directed from the vice president's office that would be vice president dick cheney i don't know that for sure but that's what i was told from a very senior person so high level bush administration official i guess the next question is why why was it being done i mean the first thing that comes in i mind is blackmail. i don't know the answer to that either what do you think i mean based on your experience for us well what what could the reason be to be wiretapping and spying on people like obama. trance. i think you hit the word you know to me i don't know for sure but that would be a means of control if you were to look and be able to listen to everybody's conversation for years on end for a period of time you you could probably find out perhaps some salacious information that could be used to control that individual now you know. the intelligence community you know i noticed that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester the intelligence budget well how is that possible. is there some kind of leverage that's being placed on our three branches o

you took office and if there is one thing we know about dick cheney it's that he's a war criminal so most likely any company he. he's managed doesn't have human rights in the rule of law and its top priorities so it's no surprise that it's former subsidiary defense contractor kellogg brown and root or k.b.r. has been mired in a numerous scandals over the years most notably the case of former k.b.r. employee jamie lead jones who was drugged and gang raped by her colleagues in a lawsuit jamie lee accused k.b.r. of locking her in a shipping container after she reported the rape and later tampering with the evidence and being an enormous lobbying force they are k.b.r. not only one not lawsuit but actually trying to make her pay for their legal fees i'm not kidding and that's not all the on the no bid contracts and the covering up of rapists the company has set itself in the middle of several controversies in recent years like accepting tens of millions of dollars from the iranian government for oil services since two thousand and three despite all the talk from the bush administration ab

he took office if there's one thing we know about dick cheney it's that he's a war criminal so most likely any company he's managed doesn't have human rights in the rule of law and its top priorities so it's no surprise that it's former subsidiary defense contractor kellogg brown and root or k.b.r. has been mired in numerous scandals over the years most notably the case of former k.b.r. employee jamie leave jones who was drugged and gang raped by her colleagues in a lawsuit jamie lee accused k.b.r. of locking her in a shipping container after she reported the rape and later tampering with the evidence and being an enormous lobbying force they are k.b.r. not only one not lawsuit but actually tried to make her pay for their legal fees. and that's not all beyond the no bid contracts in the covering up of rapists the company has set itself in the middle of several controversies in recent years like accepting tens of millions of dollars from the iranian government for oil services since two thousand and three despite all the talk from the bush administration about never dealing with the

told me this was being directed from the vice president's office that would be vice president dick cheney i don't know that for sure but that's what i was told from a very senior person so high level bush administration official i guess the next question is why why was it being done i mean i think the first thing that comes and i mine is blackmail. i don't know the answer to that either what do you think i mean based on your experience for us. well what could the reason be to be wiretapping and spying on people like obama the trance. i think you hit the word you know to me i don't know for sure but that would be a means of control if you were to look and be able to listen to everybody's conversation for years on end for a period of time you you could probably find out perhaps some salacious information that could be used to control that individual now you know. the intelligence community yeah i noticed that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester the intelligence budget well how is that possible. is there some kind of leverage that's being placed on our three branch

bush called him a traitor i consider dick cheney a traitor because dick cheney what he did is he took a real life spy valerie plame wilson he exposed her to me that's a traitor sack exposing an operative he says the american way of life is non-negotiable is that. you know i'm going to defend him i'm just clichés like that don't matter to me what matters to me is snowden exposed frankly what i and many others already knew it was taking place so i'm glad we're having this discussion because i think it should be challenge and they surely challenge why did we have this discussion before why is this so new to this discussion we staffers did back when the usa patriot act was formed there was a little bit of discussion two thousand and six in two thousand and eight but it that time the republicans all supported president bush and it was we liberals who are fighting against this surveillance oh now you go down and you find that president obama is doing the exact same thing that president bush has done and now the republicans are complaining maybe now we'll have both sides complaining and act

bush called him a traitor i consider dick cheney a traitor because dick cheney what he did is he took a real life spy valerie plame wilson he exposed her to me that's a traitor sack exposing an operative he says the american way of life is non-negotiable is that. you know i'm going to defend him i'm just cliches like that don't matter to me what matters to me is exposed frankly what i and many others already knew it was taking place so i'm glad we're having this discussion because i think it should be challenging the surety challenge why did we have this discussion before why is this so new to this discussion we staffers did back when the usa patriot act was formed there was a little bit discussion two thousand and six in two thousand and eight but it time the republicans all supported president bush and it was we liberals who are fighting against this surveillance oh now you know you find that president obama is doing the exact same thing that president bush has done and now the republicans are complaining maybe now we'll have both sides complaining and actually protected under the f

bush called him a traitor i consider dick cheney a traitor because dick cheney what he did is he took a real life spy valerie plame wilson he exposed her to me that's a traitor sack exposing an operative he says the american way of life is non-negotiable is that. you know i'm going to defend him i'm just cliches like that don't matter to me what matters to me is exposed frankly what i and many others already knew it was taking place so i'm glad we're having this discussion because i think it should be challenging the surety challenge why did we have this discussion before why is this so new to this discussion we staffers did back when the usa patriot act was formed there was a little bit discussion two thousand and six in two thousand and eight but it time the republicans all supported president bush and it was we liberals who were fighting against this surveillance oh now you go down and you find that president obama is doing the exact same thing that president bush has done and now the republicans are complaining maybe now we'll have both sides complaining and actually protected und

bush called him a traitor i consider dick cheney a traitor because dick cheney what he did is he took a real life spy valerie plame wilson he exposed her to me. that's a traitor sack exposing an operative he says the american way of life is non-negotiable is that. you know i'm going to defend him i'm just clichés like that don't matter to me what matters to me is exposed frankly what i and many others already knew it was taking place so i'm glad we're having this discussion because i think it should be challenging the short each other why don't we have this discussion before why is this so new to this discussion we staffers did back when the usa patriot act was formed there was a little bit of discussion in two thousand and six and two thousand and eight but it time the republicans all supported president bush and it was we liberals who were fighting against this surveillance oh now you go down and you find that president obama is doing the exact same thing that president bush has done and now the republicans are complaining maybe now we'll have both sides complaining and actually pr

bush called him a traitor i consider dick cheney a traitor because dick cheney what he did is he took a real life spy valerie plame wilson he exposed her to me that's a traitor sack exposing an operative he says the american way of life is non-negotiable is that. you know i'm going to defend him i'm just cliches like that don't matter to me what matters to me is exposed frankly what i and many others already knew it was taking place so i'm glad we're having this discussion because i think it should be challenging the surety challenge why did we have this discussion before why is this so new to this discussion we staffers did back when the usa patriot act was formed there was a little bit discussion two thousand and six in two thousand and eight but it time the republicans all supported president bush and it was we liberals who are fighting against this surveillance oh now you can and then you find that president obama is doing the exact same thing that president bush has done and now the republicans are complaining maybe now we'll have both sides complaining and actually protected und

bush called him a traitor i consider dick cheney a traitor because dick cheney what he did is he took a real life spy valerie plame wilson he exposed her to me that's a traitor sack exposing an operative he says the american way of life is non-negotiable is that. you know i'm going to defend him i'm just cliches like that don't matter to me what matters to me is exposed frankly what i and many others already knew it was taking place so i'm glad we're having this discussion because i think it should be challenging the surety challenge why did we have this discussion before why is this so new to this discussion we staffers did back when the usa patriot act was formed there was a little bit of discussion in two thousand and six in two thousand and eight but it that time the republicans all supported president bush and it was we liberals who were fighting against this surveillance oh now you go down and you find that president obama is doing the exact same thing that president bush has done and now the republicans are complaining maybe now we'll have both sides complaining and actually pr

bush called him a traitor i consider dick cheney a traitor because dick cheney what he did is he took a real life spy valerie plame wilson he exposed her to me that's a traitor sack exposing an operative he says the american way of life is non-negotiable is that. you know i'm going to defend him i'm just cliches like that don't matter to me what matters to me is exposed frankly what i and many others already knew it was taking place so i'm glad we're having this discussion because i think it should be challenge and they should be challenged why don't we have this discussion before why is this so new to this discussion we staffers did back when the usa patriot act was formed there was a little bit of discussion in two thousand and six and two thousand and eight but it time the republicans all supported president bush and it was we liberals who were fighting against this surveillance oh now you go down and you find that president obama is doing the exact same thing that president bush has done and now the republicans are complaining maybe now we'll have both sides complaining and actual

you took office if there's one thing we know about dick cheney it's that he's a war criminal so most likely any company he's managed doesn't have human rights in the rule of law and its top priorities so it's no surprise that it's former subsidiary defense contractor kellogg brown and root or k.b.r. has been mired and numerous scandals over the years most notably the case of former k.b.r. employee jamie lead jones who was drugged and gang raped by her colleagues in a lawsuit jamie lee accused k.b.r. of locking her in a shipping container after she reported the rape and later tampering with the evidence and being enormous lobbying force they are k.b.r. not only one not lawsuit but actually trying to make her pay for their legal fees. and that's not all be on the no bid contracts in the covering up of rapists the company has set itself in the middle of several controversies in recent years like accepting tens of millions of dollars from the iranian government for oil services since two thousand and three spite all the talk from the bush administration about never dealing with the so-ca

cheney that the united states should bomb the russian army in the south of setia. really hold our georgian army there on the ground because no one really wants to wage a war with russia that's another example that's another example that us however that actually would never really i mean that well i don't know about that so i mean where is that written that we would never go to war we became we were extremely close in the cuban missile crisis we were extremely close in berlin on a number of occasions there were probably occasions but we haven't been told about and in my judgment we were close in georgia in two thousand and eight no fault of russia but how many times can we avoid. the dangers possibilities so my point is it's the duty of leadership american leadership and russian rebel leadership to create a relationship where these dangers don't appear and we haven't done that yet and i will say as american patriot the primary fault not the entire fault but the primary faults. is in washington until american policy toward russia changes things will not get better th

, the daughter of former vice president dick cheney is planning a run for wyoming senator. the problem is dad's friend, mike enzi doesn't want to lose his job. are we headed to a showdown. >> everything about this story upsets me. the fact that she just moved to wyoming last year. >> after her stint in new york. >> but her dad never lived in wyoming. he had just moved there. the fact that wyoming has more senators than congress people. everything about this story makes you not like the senate, and really have to relive what you--what we all should be embarrassed by the bush-cheney years. >> she'll never beat mike enzi in a primary. you don't challenge uncle mike, particularly when the man has never cast a vote you can disagree with. >> is her father giving her terrible advice, i'm sure she wouldn't have done this and made this i am i am petulant imii ami am petulant claim claim{^l"^^}. >> she's no hillary clinton. she's not the celebrity that hillary was to be able to topple an incumbent. >> john: but anyone who can go on fox news and say we were not attacked by terrorists

. >> reporter: liz cheney, daughter of dick cheney, kicked off a major bat he will with the gop in wyoming with a run in the senate and attempt to oust the senior senator. >> we can no longer afford simply to go along to get along. we can't continue business as usual in washington. >> reporter: she launched her campaign with a video after moving to wyoming where her family has deep roots from virginia to plan a run. the former fox news contributor spent life in the public eye and service as a government official and pundit. one of the most low key members of the senate, enzi could be tough to beat. he was sworn in by none other than former vice president dick cheney. he was reelected twice in wyoming with three-quarters of the vote. she says it is time for someone with more backbone to stand up to democrats. >> instead of cutting deals with the president's allies, we should be opposing them every step of the way. >> reporter: he announced re-election plans closer to election day. yesterday said i intend to run for re-election in 2014. when i announce formally, i will let everyone know that

. >>> out west the daughter of dick cheney is bumping up against the establish m. she's made no sket of her intention to run for a senate seat, but there's a problem. current senator says he has no plans to retire when he's up for reelection next year. >>> in critical condition for an undies closed condition. she felt ill over the weekend while on vacation. >>> surprising words from president george w. bush on same-sex marriage. it is a far cry from the man who once put his weight behind a constitutional amendment. >> it's very important for people not to be overly critical of someone else until you have examined your own heart. >> the former president speaking on immigration saying he was disappointed it wasn't passed under his watch but says it stands a real chance this time around. >>> michael mccall says the chamber will be approaching it with smaller doses. >> it's what the american people wa want. they don't want a comprehensive bill like with obama care passed in the middle of the night. they what they want is regular order pieces of legislation. >> this aft

i'm on dick cheney's side. >> stephanie: something you snuck in. snowden is no longer an active traitor. do we excuse traitors then? >> i don't believe he's a traitor at all. i'm saying if we're going to use -- no, i don't. i think the pursuit of snowden is a distraction. i think that the media has bought into the distraction because it is easier to talk about where will edward snowden end up than it is to grapple with this massive diversion into american's privacy. >> stephanie: a lot of the countries that -- that are either offering asylum or talking about it it is to stick it to the u.s. right? >> sure, sure. absolutely. just like the u.s. would stick it to the soviet union or to china back in the day. or any of the soviet satellite states. you know, i think that -- >> stephanie: if he's saying i'm trying to do this to help americans, how is talking to our allies or -- >> bradley manning has done things that should be -- >> stephanie: we're not talking about bradley manning. we're talking about snowden. >> we don't know what snowden -- >> stepha

cenk: when we come back, the sythe lord is gone, dick cheney is retired. here comes sythe lady and immediately gets into a catfight with fellow republicans. that's fun. we'll do that when we come back. cenk: we're back on "the young turks." liz cheney's back. well, she was actually never here. she was always on television, but she's never won a damn thing in her life. >> she is running for senate in wyoming, and she's actually going to battle against a republican senator there for the seat, and i guess we'll see how it plays out. she recently announced that she's running. >> hi, i'm liz cheney. over the last several years citizens across our great state have urged me to consider running for the senate in 2014. today, i am launching my candidacy for the united states senate. president obama has launched a war on our second amendment rights. he has launched a war on our religious freedom used the i.r.s. to launch a war an our freedom of speech and used the e.p.a. to launch a war on our farmers, ranchers and energy industry. >> she's not running against anoth

you may know them as dick cheneys former company that was awarded sweetheart deals in iraq, bribed nigerian officials, pled guilty to violating the libyan embargo in the '90s and was still doing business with iran as late as 2007. they've dodged justice so far, but we'll see if those shenanigans hold up in front of judge johnny. >> thanks, jason. so, i see that this case concerns the after math of the b.p. deep water horizon oil spill. what's the charge? >> cement used by halliburton contractors to seal the b.p. well against explosive gases was unstable. both companies knew this two months before the disaster. >> the evidence that was destroyed was part of several simulations conducted in this post incident examination. snop poor planning leading to major destruction followed by lying and cover-ups? it's hard to believe that this man ever had anything to do with halliburton. well, strap in, everyone. we're probably looking at a long court battle if halliburton tries to snake their way out of this. >> halliburton energy services has agreed to plead guilty to destruction of evidence. the just

. >> didn't dick cheney talk about the new normal? >> exactly but i don't think we really believe it yet as individuals. starting with 9/11 there was a breach moment of unity and then we wanted to heal so the divisions that started before that event are back with us. chris: kelly, we didn't talk about one institution that gets no good press anymore. congress. i was thinking has the congress reflected the american mentality on these things? >> i think one of the things that congress wrestles with because they are part of the government is this public mistrust of the government's ability to do the right thing, to get things done. whether it is the assessment of intelligence, whether it is going back to the era of katrina, how the government could serve people in congress. the sense of security. is it the right level or not? those who are elected around sure themselves because of all the polarization. there's the political fight of the moment and then the more genuine sense of wanting to get it right, to do a good job. chris: it seems to

. >>> liz cheney, the daughter of former vice president dick cheney, has thrown her hat into the wyoming senate race. >>> and the august issue of "rolling stone" magazine will feature boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev on the cover. not surprisingly, many say it makes him look like a rock star. >>> now for an early look at business headlines we turn to jackie deangelis. good morning. >> good morning. betty stocks snapped an eight-day win streak yesterday. markets will listen to ben bernanke who testifies before congress about the economy and monetary policy amid concerns that the fed may start to pull back on its stimulus programs. meantime, ford is offering free upgrades to hybrid owners to help them improve fuel economy. the offer applies to the 2012 ford c max fusion and lincoln nkz. drivers complain they're not getting 47 miles per gallon as advertised. >>> finally this morning google is talking to media companies to trying to license channels for an internet cable service. google is trying to beat out apple who is reportedly working with networks and cable companies o

plus, a shootout shaping up for the gop as former vice president's dick cheney's daughter, liz cheney, officially announces a bid to oust wyoming republican senator mike enzi. reaction from the man who will talk about the winner. a lot to get to today. including creators of drunk history. more on that. my first reads the morning. today, the senate judiciary committee holds the first congressional hearing on the voting rights act to review the impact of the supreme court's decision last month to strike down the coverage formula under the law. among the witnesses, georgia congressman john lewis who still has the pen president lyndon johnson used to sign the act into law. and has said the decision put a, quote, dagger in the heart of voting rights in this country. also, republican congressman jim sensenbrenner who chaired the committee when they last reauthorized the voting rights fact 2006. tuesday attorney general holder told the naacp convention in orlando that the u.s. has rare and historic opportunity to pass legislation strengthening modern voting protections. >> this was a deeply

a big deal, last name cheney, one of dick cheney's daughters and challenging a fellow republican and somebody who is a longtime family friend. mike enzi might not have national name recognition, but he's somebody who is well known in the state where she's running in wyoming. he was quoted, mike enzi, as telling some reporters, yesterday when the news broke, that i thought we were friends. when i caught up with him today after a health care committee meeting i asked him about that and a few other things. why do you think that she believes that you aren't doing a good enough job as a republican senator representing wyoming, that she would be better? >> i don't know. she's never been to any of my listening sessions. i do listening sessions all over wyoming i sit and listen to what constituents have to say. eem an old shoe salesman. i though there is a customer, i know who the customer is, i listen to the customer and i see how that fits with inventory i've got which is what we're doing with legislation. >> reporter: one of fascinating things about the decision by liz cheney to challenge

if you need further proof, here's chris christie channeling his inner dick cheney. >> the next attack that comes that kills thousands of americans as a result, people are going to be looking back an the people having this intellectual debate and wonder whether or not they put what our first job is, all of us, is to protect the lives of the people we serve. >> if this is the fight that awaits republican party in 2016, rand paul, for one, says bring it on. >> i didn't start this one and i don't plan on starting things by criticizing other republicans, but if they want to make me the target, they will get it back in spades. >> joining me now, matt welch, editor in chief of the libertarian magazine, "reason," one of the best chroniclers of these foreign policy fissures. i'm amazed it's gotten this raw this quickly between these two people. it is both shockingly out in the open and shockingly ideological. it really seems like there's a substantive battle happening about the direction of foreign policy in the republican party. >> republicans, the sort of establishment that's been interventi