thoughts on this other story that we were looking at today, peter. the white house counterterrorism chief john brennan did an interview with the associated press about the state of terrorism right now. this is how he describes al-qaida. on the steady slide, on the ropes, taking shots to the body and head. what do you think of that character ryization? he s talking about al-qaida in pakistan which included osama bin laden, zarqaw, there is a lot going beyond pakistan. i m very concerned about what is going on in africa and the arabian peninsula and yemen, very dangerous. a number of plots have been hatched there. al shaeuz shaab, a lot of plots in africa, especially east africa.
vial, despicable member of the house and he went onto say that she with us no lady. he sent the angry email after the dnc chair took a shot at him on the house floor because he supported a tea party plan on budget cuts. here is shannon bream who is live in washington. hi, shannon. reporter: well you know there is plenty of acrimony in washington these days. when it comes to finding a solution to our debt crisis. shortly after congressman alan west a republican from florida took to the floor in support of the cut, cap and balance matter, florida democrat debbie wasserman schultz went to the floor to respond apparently referring to west although not by name. president obama has vowed to veto this bill, which ends the medicare guarantee and incredulous lee the gentleman from florida who represents thousands of medicare beneficiaries as do i is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for medicare beneficiaries, unbelievable from a member from south florida. reporter: republ
reporter: well you know there is plenty of acrimonyn washington these days. when it comes to finding a solution to our debt crisis. shortly after congressman alan west a republican from florida took to the floor in support of the cut, cap and balance matter, florida democrat debbie wasserman schultz went to the floor to respond apparently referring to west although not by name. president obama has vowed to veto this bill, which ends the medicare guarantee and incredulous lee the gentleman from florida who represents thousands of medicare beneficiaries as do i is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for medicare beneficiaries, unbelievable from a member from south florida. reporter: republicans are taking issue with that character ryization of the bill. by the way west fired back via email after that exchange on the floor. he copied a number of republican and democratic house leaders saying quote, if you have something to say to me stop being a coward and say it to my
americans is quote a tragedy, most americans know the real tragedy is what the men and women of the gulf coast are going through right now. members from both parties should repudiate his comments. clearly the white house wants to position joe barton and any other republican it can in the camp of apologizing on behalf of bp. the white house knows it has a tactical, difficult position, it knows it has a political fight on its hand and with joe barton s comments it s responding in kind. jane: we interviewed congressman burgess which is a colleague from the state of texas and he said he won t agree with that character ryization of characterization of it. he says he wants everybody to be paid and he wants them paid soon. joe barton says, what i m really trying to say is bp like
terrorist for a longtime. there are a lot of moving parts to this investigation. the fact that this investigation was conducted as quickly as it was, and sure there were stumbling blocks. at the end of the day the important thing is we had an excellent result and pretty good processes. these processes will continue to be reviewed, i m sure that there will be megyn: pretty good may not be enough. pretty good and improving. megyn: i want to take issue with your character ryization. the 9/11 commission came out and said we need to track down on knowing not only who is flying into this country but out of this country. they were critical of president bush and critical of president obama for not doing more along the lines of what the 9/11 commission recommended. it s not as steve pointed out a partisan dispute, it s a dispute about our national security and how to tighten it. steve, i ll give you the last word. the question is looking forward, how are we going to review this? robert gi