and i really think that if this case sets that kind of precedent, we re actually looking at something much like the delegitimization of traditional marriage. jamie: all right. well, william becker jr., as this case is considered by the ninth circuit, please come back and talk to us. thank you very much. bill: eleven minutes away, jon scott rolls your way. how you doing, jon? jon: good morning to you. obamacare is getting renewed attention today. the front page of the wall street journal reads: insurers get faulty data from health marketplaces, just the latest hiccup in the rollout of those health care exchanges. we will have reaction and analysis. plus, the president takes aim at the media including bloggers and talking heads. there s a new terror warning for americans, and this, does documenting everything you do take some of the joy out of it? an interesting new study coming
finally, before and after. a stark reminder of the ravages of war. but first, here s my take. the obama administration s warning about a possible al qaeda plot against american interests in the middle east has triggered a volley of attacks back home. for those who always suspected president obama was somehow soft in fighting the war on terror, this was vindication. the weekly standard, fox news, the wall street journal editorialists all piled on saying that the president had claimed al qaeda had been decimated al qaeda is on the run and we got bin laden. but this terror warning proved him wrong. now, in part the administration has only itself to blame. the state department issued a global travel alert for the entire month of august and explained that the attack could come anywhere. congressmen who were briefed by administration officials explained while al qaeda targets were in the arab world and in africa, there could also be attacks in europe or north america. now, if it is a
got bin laden. but this terror warning proved him wrong. now, in part the administration has only itself to blame. the state department issued a global travel alert for the entire month of august and explained that the attack could come anywhere. congressmen who were briefed by administration officials explained while al qaeda targets were in the arab world and in africa, there could also be attacks in europe or north america. now, if it is a global travel alert, then it isn t really a travel, but rather an existence alert. the public announcement had all the hallmarks of the old color-coded alerts of the bush era. threatening enough to make people anxious and vague enough to give them little to do about it. but what about al qaeda? well, al qaeda central, the organization centered in afghanistan and pakistan, is in fact battered and broke. but the idea of al qaeda remains vibrant in some other places.
eminent attack on the united states. i know it s a tough line to walk. when push comes to shove, when you fall back on one thing, you fall back on the constitution. he also mentioned in the speech that the nsa is not listening to phone conversations and not reading e mails. they told us they re reading the e-mails. when certain buzz words triggers a look, they read the e-mail. any final thoughts on this? on the press conference? just on this. i was going to say, let s do the chronology. it was three weeks ago he started with the phony scandal business. last week he was talking two weeks ago issues then last week he was talking a little bit about okay, well, the white house came out, we ve got this terror warning. we have used the nsa program and then leaked a whole bunch of the secret stuff that they shouldn t have leaked. like al-zarqawi arrest, talking to this guy. they obviously put that out to show okay, a lot of you people
in doing so he wound up foregoing as chuck points out this is not electorally among younger voters but what we ll think of when we think of the obama presidency and the white house has goals as progressives have ideas about the affordable care act but certainly the debate over the nsa and surveillance state is going to be a huge part of this i think. right. you re going to hear the president having to defend a lot of things today. he s going to have to be defending the programs that edward snowden leaked, the broad expansion of surveillance. he s going to have to explain the reaction to the terror warning that shut down dozens of embassies and consulates and