of him. that beats both his son, george w. bush and president obama. but falls below his successor, bill clinton. on this birthday, however, it was all politics aside. maybe his landing out with not poetry in motion, but the 90-year-old president clearly enjoyed some down to earth fun. that landing looks terrifying to me. i can t believe he was able to do this. we heard he had issues with his health. how is he doing? it is incredible he did this. well, it is incredible because he is not in good health. comparatively it s better than a year and a half ago. he spent seven weeks in the hospital. he has parkinson s disease. he gets around in the wheelchair all the time now. he has trouble speaking. a lot of different reasons that a lot of many different people would have said don t do this. but he wanted to. he said he was going to. he followed it through. and erin, he came out of that landing fully intact there, well, good for him. that s a difficult feat. it s incredible. all right
echoed by former general stanley mcchrystal in an interview yesterday said the same thing, we have to bring these guys home. and then when they get home, if there s a question about desertion, then you go through an investigation, a legal process then. so joe, the president is showing some public passion today. the white house is also engaged in a sort of behind-closed-doors lobbying campaign. last night sending officials up to capitol hill to talk to senators. to show them the video of bergdahl that they saw in december which they say caused them to be so concerned about his health. senators, though, many of them don t seem convinced. reporter: right. this was a video that was apparently recorded right around the time of the death of south african president nelson mandela. in that video, senators said bergdahl appeared gaunt. he had trouble speaking, and there was some indication for american officials that he was sick. however, people who were watching the video told us last nigh
liberal group or left wing group that was treated the same way. right? finding a, liberal group wouldn t count here, though. the problem here is the conspiracy. the fact that out of four different irs offices, we posted the letters that are basically each the same, the questionnaires. not just cincinnati, dc, the headquarters of the irs. you ve got also two in california. if they showed that and liberals showed that, they could make a case. but if they she one or it groups that may have had trouble, well sometimes groups have trouble. the irs is allowed to investigate people. and investigate you if you put something that s flagged. one or two, that s not widespread. that s not a conspiracy. different case. neil: sounds like you re on this case. jordan, a pleasure. thank you. thank you. neil: this just in, google stock is closing in on 1,000 bucks, even if its co-founder is having trouble speaking. it makes you wonder what happens when all the washington guys
money, not spending the money. when people win the lottery, they say how am i going to spend it? you fantasize how you spend it. spending money makes your money get less. you want to grow your money. you can buy companies, you can do big investments. you can make it last. you must be awesome at parties. yes. such a buzz killer. i d like to see more dancing. 39 minutes after the hour, everyone. three months ago on the second anniversary of gabby giffords being shot, the former congresswoman and her husband mark kelly started americans for responsible solutions. the group s goal is to curb gun violence and act as a political counterweight to the nra. dana bash spent time with giffords and kelly at their home in arizona and she has this exclusive look at their political efforts and her personal battle to recover. dana joins us live from washington this morning. good morning. good morning, christine and john. beganby giffords still has a lot of trouble speaking. you ll see that
she is obviously a fascinating woman and still has a lot of trouble speaking, but former congresswoman has made considerable progress, especially in the last three months, and, carol, those around her tell us they think it s because she is reengaged in public policy and politics. the sandy hook shooting in december spurred gabby giffords and husband mark kelly to take a stand. sandy brook sandy hook. reporter: the brain damage from giffords own gunshot wound makes it difficult for her to find words. sandy brook. sandy hook. sandy brook. sandy hook elementary. it s something we just can t you know, 20 first graders. died. in their classrooms. awful. the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and a limit on high-capacity