on the panel today, on the committee said that issa had cher were picked. he used the word cherry picked evidence. he says there is other evidence that issa had. is he making public? is this congressman elijah cummings. glums nothing to prevent him from putting it on the table to look at. issa technically has control of a lot of the messaging out of this committee and a lot of what becomes public. you mean elijah cummings? nothing has stopped him from talking. if he has the documents i m sure he would put them out. there that s what democrats are, chicago. they are charging it s election year stunt. this san issue that really charges us republicans. if the republicans are wrong on, this i think that the democrats ought to come charging throughout with the right documents and not just that, you know, let s have it, right? yeah. and as alex said, this is something that s not going away any time soon. this is understood by both parties to be radioactive issue that, you know,
president obama s legacy even more so than the affordable care act? no, the affordable care act would certainly be a bigger issue than this, particularly. but i do know, he wants to have this initiative continue after he s president. so if you can imagine an obama foundation, a lot of lines along what bill clinton s done. one thing they want to talk about is helping men of color achieve more. data shows that men of color tend to graduate from college less. and are unemployed even more. particularly, even female people of color. this san issue they re going to work on going forward. beth, how do you think my brother s keeper will help define the president s legacy? well, he is the first black president. and that presentation to me is a sign he wants to own being the first black president. it seemed like the first term he would deflect that term. he would say i m the president of all united states of america.
received in d.c.? this has always been a part san issue, even during the 2012 presidential election when it came up at the final debates between mitt romney and president obama. and it s continued to play out as such. i would argue before this article though came out, it was dying as a big political issue. daryl issa and others used investigative powers in the house of representatives to bloody up the administration on this but were able to quickly go on to other issues like the botched healthcare.gov rollout. it seemed to be the republican focus more than benghazi, although that was certainly a point the republicans wanted to make during the months of may and june and july. there wasn t a lot of pressure on the white house so it doesn t alleviate pressure or solve problems because it s not really a problem for them? it s not a problem. they are dealing with other things and republicans first brought up the benghazi as a last minute effort to stop the
should there be an independent review in addition to the attorney general reviewing his policies? i would say, as you know, this san issue that the president is personally concerned about and thinks that you know, reporters should have the right and the protection of doing their job without fear of being prosecuted just for doing their job and part of your job is to prod in areas that, you know, the government may not prefer to have information made public. we obviously have a serious concern about national security los angeles and continue to prosecute them but the president is concerned about what this means for reporters being able to do their job. i think that having the review is happen within the department of justice probably gives you the best chances for actually having whatever the recommendations come out of the review implemented. i mean, these are these are processes and policies implemented by the department of justice and to have them
powerful, powerful moment in this debate. it had impact on getting to the vote we saw today, we had a bipartisan vote. we ve had a bipartisan deal coming together. i think the president feels stronger that the newtown families and their great courage played an important role in making that happen. he wanted to thank them for that and wanted them to see the results they re producing because it has been such an extraordinary thing to watch them do. the vote to begin debate, the vote to sort of open the debate process on the gun bill got 16 republicans, 68 total votes, are you surprised it got that many? and number two, ha does it mean if anything for this broader and longer debate that we expect to come over the next days and weeks. well, i have to say we weren t surprised by that. because we know this san issue, especially the question of background checks that has 90% support in the public and we know that people really respond when they think about this as parents. that s been one