army to overthrow a government in nicaragua. even though it was illegal to do that, because the president controls foreign policy, therefore it was legal for the president to do. that he wants to remind people, look, they did this. and only a few people went to jail and most of them got pardoned. and the only reason people went to jail is you had these politicians who politicized the work of good professionals and he is trying to say that s the exact same thing. the president can torture if he wants to. let me go back to some other response of cheney when you talk about the president. he was asked if it was true that president bush wasn t fully briefed on the program. i want to play his response. did he know details? i think he knew certainly the techniques that we did discuss the techniques. there is nothing, no effort on our part to keep him from that. he was just with the surveillance program.
administration policy. and it is kind of easy to think about it as a rogue agency. these were some bad apples that went off in the heat of the post september 11 moments. did some things they were embarrassed about instead of the reality which is that the american administration authorized this as official policy. thank you for your time tonight. coming up, is six years enough jail time for someone linked to the bernie madoff ponzi scheme? plus, the royal couple glammed it up. here in new york and left behind a ridiculous royal dress controversy. but first, bachmann says farewell to congress.
lawyers can be unscrupulous? where did you get that idea? coming up, the million-dollar bet on elizabeth warren for president. is she reshaping the political debate in washington? also, the nfl made a big move to fix this domestic abuse problem. did they get it right? and the ridiculous attacks on kate middleton and this dress. they re still after me. get to the terminal across town. are all the green lights you? no. it s called grid iq. the 4:51 is leaving at 4:51. they cut the power. it ll fix itself. power s back on. quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. thrillingly predictable.
it s finally here. the moment we ve dreaded, the moment we home would never come. it s a privilege for me now, mr. speaker, also, to be in this well, to deliver my last speech on this floor. minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann s farewell address to congress. we ve had some great times these past eight years. there s so much we ll miss, starting with her always astute diagnosis of death care. this egregious system that will be ultimately known as death care, must be defeated. it will be very unpleasant if the death panels go into effect. let s repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior
out through roof tops? so she is not running for president. moveon.org who is behind the drive to bring hillary clinton out. i just revealed the dirty little secret. the lefties think, progressives think that hillary clinton is beholden to wall street and big business which is not necessarily the case. that being said, elizabeth warren has always been a thorn in the side of wall street. what do you do? you threaten to run the person who is a thorn in the side of wall street. she is electrified she is the one who electrified them. the of the bill would gut dodd frank. i think the rank and file and certainly the grassroots movement on the left support elizabeth warren and i think rightfully so, want her to at least seriously consider running because it is important to have