Weigh, it would work out pretty well. No, i dont think we should do that. No. [laughter] no, not by the pound. I only said that because there are so many sad people in the audience. Seder. Is your passover [laughter] im coming back. At your passover seder, are you the wise son, the bad son, or the son who is unable to inquire . I am the son who didnt make it home. If you know the seder, you know they put out a cup of wine for elijah. There is a seat for elijah and he never shows up. Im elijah. [laughter] elijah is meant to lead people to the messiah, so yeah, im out looking. [laughter] hes not at the target. [laughter] donald trump will be at this day as soon. No may 27, if you want to come down. What would you say to him . I would say to donald trump, oh, god. I did the thing on donald trump about three years ago on the daily show. I seriouslyof a cant remember what it was, but it was nice. It wasnt it was mean, it was funny. Thats what i would aboutu, is next having him here. I got a
And served 19992005. After his tenure at the nsa, general hayden went on to serve as the countrys first Principle Deputy director of national intelligence, the highestranking Intelligence Officer in the armed forces. May 2000 six, president george w. Bush appointed him director of the cia, and he served there until 2009. He is a frequent commentator at many major news outlets, as well as having been a foreignpolicy adviser to mitt romneys 2012 president ial campaign. He is currently a principal of the chertoff group, a distinguished visiting professor at george mason university. Barton gelman is a twotime Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and lead reporter on disclosuresens nsa at the Washington Post. He has actually met snowden several times. In person wants. Spent 20 one years on the staff of the Washington Post and has won numerous awards, which i will mention only a few. His first pulitzer was awarded in 2002 for reporting on the september 11 attacks. The second pullets are was awa
They flew in from berlin, not knowing if they would be detained were subpoenaed after the u. S. Government described journalists working on the nsa story as snowden and compasses. They flew in for the george polk awards. We will play their acceptance speeches and a News Conference that followed. Then we will be joined by matthieu aikens who won a george polk award as well for his Rolling Stone piece, the ateam killings. The torture and action additional killings i wrote about in the story is routine among the Afghan Security forces we have trained. Were leaving behind a gangster state. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Three people have been killed in shootings at two jewish facilities in kansas. A former member of the ku klux klan is accused of opening fire inside a Jewish Community center and an assistedliving home in the town of overland park. The suspect reportedly yelled ler upon his arrest. The pol
The Digital World this morning as we grapple with the future of privacy in america. Plus, as Chris Christie raises money in florida this weekend, hes also trying to get his president ial ambitions back on track. This morning new allegations of strong arming by his administration from a new jersey mayor. Is the bridge scandal widening or is this politically motivated pilon . Well talk about it. Joining me here Andrea Mitchell niamalika henderson from the Washington Post, harold ford and newt gingrich. To all of you, isnt it significant that after all the hue and cry, after all these revelations by snowden, the president has in effect ended this debate by saying, these programs are going to stick around. I need them to keep the country safe, newt gingrich. Well, thats a very significant speech in the sense that heres a guy whose bias will be for civil libertarians but after five years of daily briefings in if the white house as said, you, you know, the world is really dangerous and we ne
Raises money in florida hes trying to get his president ial ambitions for 2016 back on track. This morning new allegations of strong arming by his administration from a new jersey mayor as the bridge scandal widening or is this pile on . Well talk about it. First to the round table joining me here, Andrea Mitchell and mallika and Newt Gingrich, to all of you, isnt it significant that after all the cry, after all these revelations by snowden, the president has in effect ended the debate by saying, these programs are going to stick around, i need them to keep the country safe, Newt Gingrich . Its a significant speech in the sense his bias would be for civil lib ter yins but daily briefings in the white house he said the world is really dangerous and we really need the tools to be safe. I think its very hard to imagine fundamental changes in the program against president obamas wishes. Yeah, i mean thats the question, reformers, are they going to say well challenge the programs and still