james buchanan -- the slave a crisis appeared. narrowly survived one of the most elaborate assassination plot ever conceived. 1857, poise and all the bulls containing sugar at the national hotel in washington d.c.. some drink coffee, coffee drinkers used sugar so the southern diner would be scared into tea drinking including buchanan. the future president barely survived the illnesses that followed. intimidated by the attempted assassinations, buchanan became more than ever the tools of the slave power. there is little evidence for to deny explosive charges. you can make the case harrison adds dr. phil wanted to help the ailing president but no more than conjecture supports that anyone deliberately killed him. the coroner's debunked the believe the exact retailer had been poisoned when his body was exhumed in 1991 and buchanan was not even president on february 23rd, 1857. the dysentery broke out at the hotel when buchanan stayed there a month earlier and again when he returned for his inauguration. to date the outbreak we usually

intimidated by the attempted assassination buchanan became more than ever the tool of the slave power. there is little evidence for the explosive charges. you could make a case that his doctors did more to hurt and help, but no more than conjecture supports the idea that anyone deliberately killed and. corners to bunt the belief that zachary taylor had been poisoned on his body was exhumed, and buchanan was not even present in washington on fed your 23rd, 1857, the dysentery did break out at the hotel when buchanan stayed there a month earlier and again when he returned for his inauguration. the outbreaks usually attributed to a sewage backup the contaminated the ins food and water, several stories circulated by me poisoners with the suspects ranging from the chinese call to abandon homicidal abolitionists. conveniently the dead included a seven congressman. but the country was at war with the self. when a new edition appeared to years later under the title history of the plots and crimes of the great conspiracy to overthrow liberty in america, the nation was still reeling from the as

value of exceptionalism, pat buchanan? >> in the reaction to putin's op ed piece, he put this down the smoke stack. he keyed off of what obama said on exceptionalism and he countered it with an argument which people all over the world believe. they are sick of hearing americans talk about we are the indispensable nation, as madeline albright said, we see further than ours, we're the sheriff of the world, we see first. he's not only appealing to the world. he's appealing to that half of the united states to whom president obama himself was appealing. i think he hit home. >> i think there was a little superpower envy there, as leader of a former superpower, now sees a moment for him to get back on the world stage, appropriately so, i might add. i welcome his involvement in an attempt to find a solution in syria. and in taking a poke at u.s. exceptionalism, i think, you know, he wants to make the point that the, it's not only the u.s. that can make things happen on the world stage, but when there's a humanitarian problem, bas

pat buchanan? >> yes, it certainly was. with this fellow, rouhani, tough, intelligence, iranian diplomat, a hardliner, but someone who has been given the franchise to negotiate with the americans to get rid of the sanctions on iran because those are really hurting badly. i believe that this fellow rouhani is basically committed to do that and get that accomplished. he knows what the americans are going to demand and what they're going to want. there's a real possibility we could have a deal with this fellow. frankly the opposition to this, him and obama comes from israel, comes from the war party in the united states, the mechanics, washington post, wall street journal, and all of those who don't want the talk between united states and iran. >> what about that? >> lindsay graham has called for authorizing war on iran right now. >> what does it have to do with him and mccann? >> he wants to attack the nuclear facilities and the wholedefensement of iran. >> he campaigned on reengaging with the west. apparently they got the me

when president-elect james buchanan prepared to make some appointments of which the sake of christ is true, he narrowly survived one of the most elaborate assassination plot ever conceived. on february 23rd of 1857, they poisoned all the bowls containing lump sugar at the national hotel in washington d.c. southerners explain trade coffee. coffee drinkers eat sugar for the southern diners to be spared in the teacher could northern diners would be wiped out. the future president barely survived the elements that followed. intimidated by the attempted assassination, buchanan became more than ever that two of the slave power. there is little evidence for explosive charges. he could make a case that harrison doctors didn't help the ailing president but nomar can conjecture support the idea anyone deliberately killed them. corners debunk the belief that he'd been poisoned in his body was exhumed in 1991 and buchanan was not even present in washington on february 23rd 1857 dysentery did break out when he came. not earlier and again when he returned for his inauguration. today outbreaks are a

buchanan, it's always great to have you. when you look at this, and what continues today, the difference between liberal and conservative, what would later to agree proved to be the case. fighting for tax cuts against the will of many in his own party. what do you make of that? >> by then i was writing editorials and i endorsed kennedy's tax cuts and i recall him saying that these tax cuts will increase our revenue. the others say, are they crazy? kennedy was right. by today's standards, he is a conservative democrat. >> when you think about what he is pushing for, as you and i know, it came to fruition after he was killed. but it did lead to the very boom that he promised. but it was over the role of what is a traditional liberal, what is a traditional conservative. but they were much closer, it seemed, back in those days than they are today. what happened? >> i think what happened is the events of the 1960s, a great social, cultural, moral revolution where the left-wing of the democratic party, because in part of the democ

. >> is that buchanan? >> i think it is that way. >> they are just suggesting the idea tha is really far off on the fringe, even fringier than what ted cruz is doing. i mean ted cruz, he called it a filibuster, it really wasn't. it was against the bill that he eventually voted for after taunting the house into passing this bill that would defund obama care and then announced it was going nowhere in the senate, which is true. and then they got mad at him and then he decided he would have to stand on the senate floor and prove his manhood or whatever it was. >> okay. now, more cruz on obama care. >> when you have a law, and it is killing jobs. when you have a law that is hammering small businesses. when you have a law that is forcing people into part-time work and into working 29 hours a week. when you have a law that is causing skyrocketing insurance premiums. when you have a law that is causing more and more people to lose their heal insurance. and you have a train wreck. >> question, was cruz right? >> wel

buchanan, democratic strategist -- hannah. there is no good outcome for us. what's your take? >> that's exactly right. the american people don't want to go to this war. there is novi tall american interest there. that's why barack obama has drawn to an inside straight here with this deal. not the deal but this offer uh to deal with the weapons of mass destruction. the chemical weapons. it's like a forward fumble. kerry fumbled into the end zone and obama fell on it. now -- >> vladimir putin picked it up. he's running for the end zone. it's embarrassing. >> vladimir putin is headed straight for the nobel peace prize. >> looks like it. >> never thought i'd hear those words. mark, when john kerry ran for president people like pat buchanan and i were making fun of his "i voted for the $87 billion before i voted against it." now john kerry is saying the words that he pledged the syrian attack would be unbelievably small. huh? help me out with that. >> sure. >> who telegraphs that? >> americans are tired of war. it's been ten years and over a trillion dollars of taxpayer dollars spe

jessica buchanan who was held captive by gunmen in somalia for 91 days. you were threatened to be sold to al shabaab. >> absolutely. that was the worst outcome from the ordeal is if they did sell us to al shabaab or if they captured us from the group holding us there would be very little chance of survival. and i mean, on day 93, when the navy seals came in to rescue me i had no way to know that somebody was coming in to save me. and my first thought was this is al shabaab and they are coming to get me. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> the guys who held me wanted money. they were asking for a large ransom. it was nothing but money to them. but for al shabaab, my opinion is it's not about money but more about a statement. >> there are still hostages at this mall on day two going into day three -- >> day four now. >> what is the difference between day four and day 90, 91 in. >> day four you are still trying to figure out what's going on? who's got you? this is where i was in my day four. you're still trying to learn who is in control, who do they answer to. am

in japan town when my daughter and i go to hallow la lessons we see the great sculptures in buchanan no one mall. my daughter had a chance to learn from a member of the family as well speaker i wanted to say that our arts education master plan that they examined is about irregularities equality in the school district. i'm proud that the school board introduced me to the family but thank you so much. i also wanted to say today that i wanted to say goodbye for to a great advocate for transit and street safety mark carcinoma well, who is entering a new venture in his life moving to southern california. but he's leaving a tremendous legacy in san francisco as he begins a new chapter of his advocacy in los angeles. the best process come

i know there's some tall buildings on buchanan. >> certainly the search ring is small and specific. unfortunately, we don't have a lot of room to move the misrepresent to aid the coverage gap in this area. i know we've had a lot of correspondence and we've tried to as best we can make it as small as we can and blend in as well as we can without moving it because the search ring - we would have to kill it and it wouldn't serve the needs of that area >> i'm familiar my dentist office is close by. and in that two or three block area it's a fairly small ring >> thank you >> thank you. >> commissioner moore. >> i'd like to read you like the discussion as i do almost every time about the aesthetics to be part of this. while the west facing antenna off union street is not as much as a concern to me. the corn location is partially because this neighborhood didn't have underground utilities it makes it for more impacting rather than an additional antenna in an r f transparent vent. the vent is right literally next to the corn. i used to live across golf street and i appreciated the solidness

in japan town when my daughter and i go to hallow la lessons we see the great sculptures in buchanan no one mall. my daughter had a chance to learn from a member of the family as well speaker i wanted to say that our arts education master plan that they examined is about irregularities equality in the school district. i'm proud that the school board introduced me to the family but thank you so much. i also wanted to say today that i wanted to say goodbye for to a great advocate for transit and street safety mark carcinoma well, who is entering a new venture in his life moving to southern california. but he's leaving a tremendous legacy in san francisco as he begins a new chapter of his advocacy in los angeles. the best process come from the ground up when residents can advocate for street safety they want to see. as the resident of district one i think he lives in supervisor reed's district but he's already been on the looking for seniors or bicyclists as well and he would always tweet whatever accidents he saw out his

in japan town when my daughter and i go to hallow la lessons we see the great sculptures in buchanan no one mall. my daughter had a chance to learn from a member of the family as well speaker i wanted to say that our arts education master plan that they examined is about irregularities equality in the school district. i'm proud that the school board introduced me to the family but thank you so much. i also wanted to say today that i wanted to say goodbye for to a great advocate for transit and street safety mark carcinoma well, who is entering a new venture in his life moving to southern california. but he's leaving a tremendous legacy in san francisco as he begins a new chapter of his advocacy in los angeles. the best process come from the ground up when residents can advocate for street safety they want to see. as the resident of district one i think he lives in supervisor reed's district

in japan town when my daughter and i go to hallow la lessons we see the great sculptures in buchanan no one mall. my daughter had a chance to learn from a member of the family as well speaker i wanted to say that our arts education master plan that they examined is about irregularities equality in the school district. i'm proud that the school board introduced me to the family but thank you so much. i also wanted to say today that i wanted to say goodbye for to a great advocate for transit and street safety mark carcinoma well, who is entering a new venture in his life moving to southern california. but he's leaving a tremendous legacy in san francisco as he begins a new chapter of his advocacy in los angeles. the best process come from the ground up when residents can advocate for street safety they want to see. as the resident of district one i think he lives in supervisor reed's district but he's already been on the looking for seniors or bicyclists as well and he would always tweet whatever accidents he saw out his window. i got a lot of

indeed like buchanan you could cross the street in between before the expressway it was eliminated. on the other does the pedestrian crows were prohibited. the crossing prohibition sign on the corner there. and those crossing had to be prohib prohibited because their unsafe. and so as a nod to pedestrians - of course, pedestrian overpasses are now are pretty well ill-conceived but as the supervisor noted it's more common for people to dash across the street rather than use inconvenient overpasses. so it's notes surprisingly with this narrow sidewalk and a big ditch that buildings along the frontage road they init's folks to walk along gary. it's a far stretch from shopping an gary. those buildings were products of the same area at the time. but the design of gary over the years has given the motivation for the buildings to transform themselves for more development. jane center was built for japanese businesses and when this proved to be a less productive use - here's an image looking east from fillmore street. the pedestrian crossings are not so difficult but crossing on the break-i

in japan town when my daughter and i go to hallow la lessons we see the great sculptures in buchanan no one mall. my daughter had a chance to learn from a member of the family as well speaker i wanted to say that our arts education master plan that they examined is about irregularities equality in the school district. i'm proud that the school board introduced me to the family but thank you so much. i also wanted to say today that i wanted to say goodbye for to a great advocate for transit and street safety mark carcinoma well, who is entering a new venture in his life moving to southern california. but he's leaving a tremendous legacy in san francisco as he begins a new chapter of his advocacy in los angeles. the best process come from the ground up when residents can advocate for street safety they want to see. as the resident of district one i think he lives in supervisor reed's district but he's already been on the looking for seniors or bicyclists as well and he would always tweet whatever accidents he saw out his window. i got a lot of them. especially on masonic and i want to

[applause] >> this is leeann buchanan. this is the fabulous co-chair. she is not afraid to take on the tough issue. not many people are willing to jump in an issue that we know is controversial. those are the issues that the aba is more powerful to bring a voice and on. leeann is upfront. i congratulate you. go for it. >> thank you. welcome, everybody, to the western regional hearing of the aba national task force on standard ground laws. as you heard, my name is leeann buchanan and i am cochair of the task force. first of all, i would like to thank all of you present here today. your presence demonstrates that you are committed to addressing and participating in the dialogue of a very important issue. indeed it was just last month that president barack obama and attorney general eric holder called for more attention and scrutiny and analysis and assessment to be paid to the stand your ground laws in many states across the united states. until recently, little to no attention has been paid to stand your ground laws. these laws are self-defense laws, whi

what does pat buchanan think? pat's here. your thoughts? >> i think the president is on the precipice either of having a tremendous success if this thing is funded and obamacare goes forward or 's on the precipice of losing his legacy. look, the obamacare -- >> should it matter? when i hear legacy, that's all about me. >> that's what i think his reaction is here. what he feels and believes is, look, there is no deal for these republicans to try. they are a lousy bunch. they are after me, cutting and criticism. i'm not trying to deal with it anymore. we are in a fight. this fight is vitally important to the republican party. if obamacare is alive and extended, it dies as of september 30. if it is extended you will have a civil war of this issue for the house of representative s, republican house has the capacity to kill obamacare. they've got to vote to fund obamacare for it to survive. >> i'm confused which often happens to me. are you saying how is the house going to defund it? >> what i would do, they sent over the continuing resolution f

this is at a motorcross in buchanan, myrrh agaichigan. fast, a lot of turns in these races. you need to rock around the turns. kind of where you lean into the turn there. you've got the air. cool perspective, right? watch about here. he is about to go for a tumble. watch what happens hwhen he goe down and gets slammed by another guy on another dirt bike coming by. watch it again. his face. right off the front of that bike. >> you aren't lying about it making you feel like you -- you fe your neck. youe >> he probably didn't feel a thing. >> all of this and he suffered but a mild concussion and a sprained wrist. a sprained wrist because if you watch again in slow motion, his hand gets run over. >> maybe it would have broken. >> yeah. >> you can't let yourself get in a rut in life or in racing. >>> turning a virtual world into a reality. h is sort of an i'm lags of a video game. >> how one guy brought the dangerous game to life. >>> and a little boy gets a bow and arrow but he's convinced that he got a -- >> cool! >>> time the best of rtm, it will you know about a bonus video o

this is at a motorcross in buchanan, myrrh agaichigan. fast, a lot of turns in these races. you need to rock around the turns. kind of where you lean into the turn there. you've got the air. cool perspective, right? watch about here. he is about to go for a tumble. watch what happens hwhen he goe down and gets slammed by another guy on another dirt bike coming by. watch it again. his face. right off the front of that bike. >> you aren't lying about it making you feel like you -- you fe your neck. youe >> he probably didn't feel a thing. >> all of this and he suffered but a mild concussion and a sprained wrist. a sprained wrist because if you watch again in slow motion, his hand gets run over. >> maybe it would have broken. >> yeah. >> you can't let yourself get in a rut in life or in racing. >>> turning a virtual world into a reality. h is sort of an i'm lags of a video game. >> how one guy brought the dangerous game to life. >>> and a little boy gets a bow and arrow but he's convinced that he got a -- >> cool! at farmers we make you smarter about insurance, because what you

. >> reporter: buck buchanan teaches the cub program. he says the sport of shooting skips a generation. >> when the kids come in, i say 20% of them have never shot a firearm before. and their parents have no firearms background. >> reporter: now, he has plenty of young students. >> got it. >> take these young people who are untrained shooters and teach them how to shoot and handle firearms safety. >> reporter: according to the u.s. government's recent report, the number of young hunters ages 6 to 15, started to slip. bottoming out in 1995. in 2000, the numbers began a modest climb, finally hitting more than 2 million in 2010. >> and steady pressure on the trigger. >> right in the middle. >> reporter: that's not a dramatic increase. but the period of growth coincides with something else, the amount of money organizations like the nra foundation began to give through grants. according to its tax filings, the nra foundation gave over $10.5 million in grants in 2002. ten years later that figure more than doubled. >> these grants are a lifesa

along eastbound and westbound direction along 80 you will find construction crews eastbound between buchanan and willow avenue all lanes are blocked that will last until 5:00. westbound direction from highway 4 to 580 all lanes are shut down and that will last until 5:00. we will then see the cones being picked up. here is a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza and everything is flowing smoothly from emeryville to san francisco. >> 4:31. breaking news from kenya: gun expire and explosions have been heard where terrorists are hold hostages in an upscale shopping poll. you can see the smoke billowing into the air and this were reports that a massive security operation is underway. the plumes of smoke have been filling the skies with military helicopters circling overhead with up to 20 explosions as the siege enters the third day. the fate of a dozen hostages is not cleared held by al-qaeda linked terrorists. somalia's rebel group is claiming responsibility for the attack that began on saturday when a dozen gunmen began firing in the mall. 69 people have been killed and 175 others have been inj

emily buchanan, bbc news. well, very harrowing stories emerging of the people who survived and the relatives who didn't. and what went on in that dreadful faculty where people went about their business doing the shopping and suddenly the vience was visited upon them. let's hear from a man who was in the center. he was shot, but survived. >> we were at the coffee house on the top floor, where the top parking is, and that is where we were having a meeting. we did hear gunshots. at first we ignored, thinking it could be a robbery, because that is something, and happening. -- something common happening. but he carried on for a while and there were loud explosions see thes and we went to stairs what was happening ande saw people were running in all directions, people were falling down, nobody doing anything about it. the shots were just being fired randomly anywhere. we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. when i saw somebody running up, i first made eye contact and i saw a guy with a huge gun and he ha

along eastbound and westbound direction along 80 you will find construction crews eastbound between buchanan and willow

. >> the victim is identified as 39-year-old james "sonny" buchanan. he also ran a small landscaping business. that is what he was doing here today when he lost his life. >> it started out early in the morning. sonny buchanan was mowing a lawn, suddenly a loud boom and he fell to the ground. and someone who saw it thought that maybe the lawnmower had backfired. >> authorities and residents wonder who would be bold enough to murder an innocent man in broad daylight. >> at 23 years old, john allen muhammad, then named john williams, meets mildred green. >> my impression of john was for the first time i met a man, because he said what he meant and he meant what he said. he was charming. he was a strong man. i knew i needed to be with him. we got married march 10th, 1988. i was feeling really good about my life with him. i knew that we would be together forever. i just knew that it would be a till death do us part. >> on the surface, john seems like the perfect husband. their family begins to grow. >> we promised each other, because neither one of us grew

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> so, all right, so this is leigh-anne buchanan, all right? the fabulous co-chair of this committee, and she has been a leader of leaders, right? and not afraid to take on this tough issue. not many people -- jack middleton has, but not many people are willing to jump in an issue that we know is controversial. but those are the issues that the aba is more powerful to bring a voice on these issues, and leigh-anne has been right in front. so i congratulate you. go for it. >> thank you, laurel. thank you. come, everybody, to the westen regional hearing of the aba national task force on stand your ground laws. as you heard, i'm the co-chair of the task force. first of all, i would like to thank all of you who are present here today because your presence demonstrates that you're committed to addressing and participating in the dialogue of a very important issues. indeed, it was just last month that president barack obama and attorney general eric holder called for more attention and scrutiny and analysis and assessment to be paid to the stand your

[applause] >> this is leeann p cannon. -- leeann buchanan. she is not afraid to take on the stuff issue. to many people are willing jump in an issue that we know is controversial. those are the issues that the aba is more powerful to bring a voice and on. leeann is upfront. i congratulate you. go for it. >> thank you. to the, everybody, western regional hearing of the aba national task force on standard ground laws. as you heard, my name is leeann buchanan and i am cochair of the task force. tost of all, i would like thank all of you present here today. your presence demonstrates that you are committed to addressing and participating in the dialogue of a very important issue. it was just last month the president barack obama and attorney general eric holder more attention and scrutiny and analysis and assessment to be paid to the standard ground laws in many states across the united states. until recently, little to no attention has been paid to stand your ground laws. are self-defense laws, which expand the parameters of self-defense and pro

buchanan, for inviting me in, hosting this meeting. at policy link. it's a national nonprofit research and advocacy organization that's focused on advancing social and economic equity. we're headquarters in oakland, california and we're a national entity. in our work, we're specifically focused on working on behalf of people and people of color. this issue hoff stand your ground laws touches at the core of what we're about. i'm going to frame my remarks in two specific areas and talk a little bit about how we got here and what's happening within the advocacy landscape. i'm not an attorney. many of the issues we touch on are legal issues or are related to legal institutions. but what we really do is focus on policy advocacy. in that vein, i want to share what is happening and how the stand your ground laws have essentially been proliferated across the country. ms. patterson mentioned the nra earlier. and, you know, at a high level, i think, you know, she characterized it rightly. but there are so much more behind the nr a's involvement with stand your

jessica buchanan who was held captive by gunmen in somalia for 91 days. you were threatened to be sold to al shabaab. >> absolutely. that was the worst outcome from the ordeal is if they did sell us to al shabaab or if they captured us from the group holding us there would be very little chance of survival. and i mean, on day 93, when the navy seals came in to rescue me i had no way to know that somebody was coming in to save me. and my first thought was this is al shabaab and they are coming to get me. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> the guys who held me wanted money. they were asking for a large ransom. it was nothing but money to them. but for al shabaab, my opinion is it's not about money but more about a statement. >> there are still hostages at this mall on day two going into day three -- >> day four now. >> what is the difference between day four and day 90, 91 in. >> day four you are still trying to figure out what's going on? who's got you? this is where i was in my day four. you're still trying to learn who is in control, who do they answer to. am

neil: to a guy named pat who disagrees with bud, pat buchanan's beef is not the mission but the person leading that mission. you think there is another agenda. >> let ple let me agree with my, colleague, he wants a robust attack that does damage and brings down the outside regime, we could do that. unquestion abily if you went in, all out, but the consequence of that would be syria, which is all broken up, where dominant forces were muslim brotherhood and al qaeda, what would follow that is the massacre of the christians. then the united states would have a hellish problem on its hand, before this occurred no one, in this country or almost no one behides mcdans cain and - mccain and his colleagues wanted to enter us into a syrian civil war we don't want al qaeda in power, what this is, behind the scenes, this syrian war is the dress rehearsal for the war on iran. it is the backdoor to the war on iran. the people you see champions robust attacks and bringing down assad, and going -- are the same ones who want to go to war with iraq, do not want to negotiate with the new regime, we're ap

neil: to a guy named pat who disagrees with bud, pat buchanan's beef is not the mission but the person leading that mission. you think there is another agenda. >> let ple let me agree with my, colleague, he wants a robust attack that does damage and brings down the outside regime, we could do that. unquestion abily if you went in, all out, but the consequence of that would be syria, which is all broken up, where dominant forces were muslim brotherhood and al qaeda, what would follow that is the massacre of the christians. then the united states would have a hellish problem on its hand, before this occurred no one,n this country or almost no one behides mcdansain and hi- mccain and his colleagues wanted to enter us into a syria civil war we don't want al qaeda in power, what this is, behind the scenes, this syrian war is the dress rehearsal for the war on iran. it is the backdoor to the war on iran. the people you see champions robust attacks and bringing down assad, and going -- are the same ones who want to go to war with iraq, do not want to negotiate with the new regime, we're appal

now with reaction to that powerful video and much more, author of "suicide of a super power "s pat buchanan. kirsten powers. the president won't negotiate with republicans but if you are vladimir putin and threaten to shoot down missiles to defend syria and arm iran with shields they will suck up and kiss your feet. >> i don't think anybody is bowing at feet or kissing feet. the fact that the president will talk to these other people and can't work with the republicans actually rereflects more badly on oh the republicans than on the president. they are the ones who are completely impossible. you are one of the people leading them down a crazy path of trying to defund -- >> crazy little path. >> yes. defunding obamacare doesn't have the support of the majority of the country contrary to what republicans are saying. a tiny fraction of people want to defund it. >> sometimes -- >> it hasn't launched and it is a nonstarter and should be. >> if you read the cbo report it will lead us into bankruptcy. sometimes life is not seen through the little bit call prism of whether or not people will be re

former senior adviser to president reagan pat buchanan joins us. >> good to see you. >> the president feels there is extortion over the debt ceiling. >> my response is harvard law professor ought to read the constitution of the united states. the power of the purse is given to congress. the power to tax, the power over debts. what congress is doing is trying to use their power to take down a piece of legislation that was badly drafted which is going to damage the country uh and which the american people do not want. i admire congress for standing up and using the tools and weapons the founding fathers gave out in order to do something good for the country. >> they are trying to use what they have. the president may be cornered on that. they may be using their power to get him to do something. >> political leverage. you have done a little bit of law, greta. it has a connotation of criminality. that's why the word got attention. >> he's using i it loosely. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think he's accusing them of a crime. he's using it politically. >> i agree with you. the congress ha

this is like pat buchanan's moment. >> i want to go back to this. let me just talk sheer politics for a minute. you know how to write it and think about it. it's not all ideology. i don't get this guy ted cruz. but rand paul is a libertarian. and it's sort of like projection large, libertarian based on isolationalists. why are we getting involved in there? i'll live my own life here. >> on the republican side you've got two things going on. you've got the legitimate, genuine disagreement going on from rand paul. but it's a small section. i don't think it's growing at all. i think the neocons are very much in charge of this party. but the problem is it's overlapping. >> why are we hearing 80% of the house republicans want to vote against this thing? >> because if the president said i'm for peanut butter and jelly, they would vote against it. it doesn't matter. they were interested in attacking syria when obama wasn't. now that he's interested in attacking, they're not. if it were a republican president recommending this same course of action -- >> th