senator lee had come and you know, they re young and full of energy. they were all of a sudden debating back and forth the white paper and my eyes were bleary by then and i was energized by their support and others on the floor. greta: senator, nice to talk to you. thank you. greta: here is a poll question he just for you at home. what do you think about attorney general holder s letter today to senator rand paul? was it genuine and responsive or was it snarky? go to gretawire.com and vote in the new poll. the outcry of one of the sequester acts, the white house tours, from lawmakers in washington to school children across the country, there is outrage over the white house s decision to suspend public tours. now, a group of iowa 6th graders making a plea on facebook hoping to save their school trip. the white house is our house, please let us visit. greta: curt snyder is a pastor at st. paul s luthren
0 but i might. in eric holder s response, the attorney general s response to me, they maintain they re not going to do this, just trust us. it s not really about them, though. it s about the law. so when we asked the president, can you kill americans on american soil with your drone strikes, which is part of the military, it it should be an easy answer. it s a pretty direct question, it s a question i ve been asking all morning, it s a question i ve been asking for a month and a half. and tonight, senator rand paul is declaring victory, now, we spoke with him a short time ago. senator, nice to see you, sir. good to be with you. well, today the attorney general of the united states wrote you a letter and says in part it s come to my attention that you ve now asked an additional question he, does the president have the authority to weaponize drone noncombat kill an american on american soil. should should be summerly killed. and we have the kill of writes rights our soldiers ar
0 to the president, are you going to obey the constitution, and i think it s a blow for freedom that we got the president to admit, yes, i don t have this power. this is a power i do not have. it s a little sad that it came to this, that we had to get use pressure to get him to admit this. i think it s still a big victory for the people who says, you know what, in america you do get a trial. the main reason for asking this question was we have drone strikes overseas where people are being killed who are not actively engaged in combat. now, they may be bad people, but they re not actively engaged in combat. i don t think in america, if you re in a cafe, if you re e-mailing somebody, even if you re conspiring, that you should should should be summerly killed. and we have the kill of writes rights our soldiers are fighting for. and therefore, you can be named an enemy combatant and walked off to prison somewhere. greta: what do you think one of your colleagues in the republican party,