Times know about the drones, i guess. [laughter] i think we can say that. No, i think, i think journalists have done their work in developing a lot of information about what our National Security apparatus thinks, how its motivated and how its acting. I think thats true. But what we, but we have not had a fundamental policy discussion in the country that we need to have. And i think and i think we can define that along many different lines. But for me the key issue is, um, if we look at whats going on in pakistan, for instance, you know, we have the cia engaged on a traditional, in a traditional theater of war in what historically have been viewed as military tactics over a sustained period of many years involving hundreds of strikes with clear military objectives. And is that a correct use of an Intelligence Service . I think thats a very fundamental question, and weve got the same issue with respect to yeaman, i think yemen, i think, potentially other places. So this is the cia growi
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Since 2000, each time theres been a change in administration, weve asked historians and professional observers of the presidency to participate in cspans historian survey of president ial leadership. This, morning were joined our team of president ial advisers who oversaw our Fourth Survey for a deep dive into those results. Were joined from texas by professor Doug Brinkley of braise university. From michigan, by historian and author Richard Norton smith. Via zoom by historian and author amity shlaes. And from here in washington, d. C. , professor Edna Greene Medford of Howard University. Good morning to all of, you thanks for joining us this morning. Doug brinkley to start with you this morning, start by explaining the criteria that we use here. How do we kim may pair the man, theyre all men at this point, who have held the office of presidency over 230 years . How we decided to make that comparison . Well, cspan has but together a group, all of us that are on the air today are advise
Storm this morning. Wait until you see how it ends up. Fox friends begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Its the 8th of september. We begin with a fox news alert. In a few hours top members of the Obama Administration finally a, a proposed strike on syria. Oneonone interviews with networks planned before a National Address on tuesday. Is it too little too late. Peter doocy is live in washington to tell us the latest. Peter. Days the real start of the nfl season. But before any of the games begin, the white house is going to be kicking off a major Public Relations public sending their chief of staff Dennis Mcdonagh to every sunday show to make the case against the assad regime. Something weve heard a lot of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say is the majority of their constituent phone calls and emails are strongly opposed to entering another conflict in the middle east. So the white house is doing to change their minds today and hope they can convince those members of the publ