congressman and aaron shockey is the youngest mob of congress and the first to be born in the 80s. he represents the 18th district of illinois which includes peoria and the he s been ceoen by the party leadership to serve as a deputy republican whip and received a waiver to serve on three committees in the house instead of the usual two. welcome to the program. a lot to get to all of you. david brooks, the national security fight. you heard vice president biden taking on his predecessor. this is now a fully engaged argument about whether the obama administration is sufficiently serious when it s taking on the war on terror. he said of cheney, he s either misinformed or misinformed. on the big picture he s right. the obama administration takes it seriously. they have the daily intelligence briefs. they take thut early seriously. so cheney s large charge is completely bogus. as for specifics there s a couple of things he s right about. the ksm trial is a mess which
democratic leadership council harold ford of tennessee, and republican congressman aaron schock of illinois. first, the vice president of the united states, we spoke to him late last night from vancouver. mr. vice president, welcome back to meet the press. good to be back with you. there is mixed emotions as the games have begun, pride and excitement after the opening ceremonies but also the tragic death of that luger from georgia, give me your impressions of the mood and of the games so far. exactly how you described it. i met with the president of georgia and it was obvious, it was really had hit home with him and his team. but the way, the reception that the georgian team got when they walked into the arena was heartening and i think that people are basically dedicating the games to the young man and moving on. but it s an exciting atmosphere notwithstanding the opening tragedy. let me turn to some of the issues that you and of course the rest of the administ