assistant democratic leader, senator dick durbin, in a moment. but i want to begin with our roundtable. joining me here, mike murphy. democratic mayor of atlanta kasim reed. michael isikoff, who of course broke the drone story this week. ag katty kay. former speechwriter for president bush and columnist for the washington post michael gerson. here you are. i wanted everybody to weigh in on this moment. the president and how he approaches his the legislative end of his second term and his state of the union address. i thought the washington post summed it up will writing about it this week capturing the moment. this time it s not about george w. bush s impact or an upcoming election or recovering from major setbacks. obama is trying to advance his most ambitious legislative agenda since his first year in office, on the heels of a re-election victory. the country just doubled down on obama s agenda, which isn t something the president could have said even at his peak of popularity
so bill o reilly and his staff must not be following the news cycle, because on monday, nbc news obtained this justice department memo. it lays out the legal case for using drones to kill americans overseas suspected of terrorism. well, the night before o reilly s bogus claim, this was the lead story on nbc nightly news. on our broadcast tonight, an nbc news exclusive. the president s drone war. tonight the government document that lays out the case for killing americans who are suspected of terrorism overseas. emphasis exclusive there, bill. you didn t have it there first. the drone story was also covered here on msnbc and originally broken monday night on the rachel maddow show. see, o reilly knew he was wrong. last night he came up with some lame excuse. i put forth that over at nbc news and other media places. they were hysterical over waterboarding.
sure. you know, everybody jumping up and down, nbc news, i thought they were going to melt down over there. you heard anything on nbc about the drones? not yet. you haven t heard anything over there about this. neither have i. neither has my staff. we haven t heard anything. but we heard a lot about waterboarding, but nothing about drone strike. so bill o reilly and his staff must not be following the news cycle, because on monday, nbc news obtained this justice department memo. it lays out the legal case for using drones to kill americans overseas suspected of terrorism. well, the night before o reilly s bogus claim, this was the lead story on nbc nightly news. on our broadcast tonight, an nbc news exclusive. the president s drone war. tonight the government document that lays out the case for killing americans who are suspected of terrorism overseas. emphasis exclusive there, bill. you didn t have it there first. the drone story was also covered here on msnbc and orig
ammo street clothes, walking through the mountains, 275 pounds, he would have started sweat be, he would have got hypothermia. had he stayed outside, he would have died. if police say he is not in any of the cabins up there, and they know that for sure, he either had a switch car up there, or somehow he stole or hijacked a car and left that mountain area. and whatever he did, ed, he is probably one of the more dangerous fugitives that law enforcement has looked for in a long time. he knows weapons. he knows police and military tactics. he has guns. he has proven the ability to shoot and kill. and he says he doesn t care if he dies. that s a terrible deadly combination. clint van zandt, thanks for your insight tonight. i appreciate it so much. the drone story exposed the mayor of cable news in a big way. i ll tear into that story next. big bill clinton turns on the charm down in virginia. this could be a big key for hillary in 2016. he s got the plan.
means this network, msnbc. remember the outcry about water boarding? sure. you know, everybody jumping up and down, nbc news, i thought they were going to melt down over there. you heard anything on nbc about the drones? not yet. you haven t heard anything over there about this. neither have i. neither has my staff. we haven t heard anything. but we heard a lot about waterboarding, but nothing about drone strikes. so bill o reilly and his staff must not be following the news cycle, because on monday, nbc news obtained this justice department memo. it lays out the legal case for using drones to kill americans overseas suspected of terrorism. well, the night before o reilly s bogus claim, this was the lead story on nbc nightly news. on our broadcast tonight, an nbc news exclusive. the president s drone war. tonight the government document that lays out the case for killing americans who are suspected of terrorism overseas. emphasis exclusive there, bill. you didn t have