President say today what would you have liked to have heard the president say . My biggest concern with the Edward Snowden thing, which he notissed i saying it was it right disclosures and wanted to acknowledge that Edward Snowden tried internally to blow the whistle and remind his peers about weaknesses administratives structure. That is one of the main reasons that he did what he did. He needed an outside perspective. To be honest i do not think our has done structure this very well. Theyd need to acknowledge they should talk to us the whole time. We appreciate the time. We are going to indiana in a moment. If you missed the speech this afternoon, we will have it for you at 8 00 eastern in its entirety. Though ahead. About i had a comment the last caller was talking about snowden, and the president dismissed that kind of. I feel we should be doing something about snowden rather than just let him take asylum in russia. There is not much we can do about it. A stretch of been our relati
Us on facebook or twitter. Finally, send an email. We get to your calls, here is some of the news from overnight. Tom coburn will not serve out the rest of his term. On thursday night that he will not serve the rest to steperm and intends down because of deepening health problems. In his statement, he acknowledged that he is battling a recurrent cancer and will continue to fight for his priorities are in the remainder of his time in office. Both carolyn and i have been touched by the encouragement we have been received, he said. As a citizen, he is convinced that he can best serve his children and grandchildren as shifting his focus elsewhere. He notified aides earlier in the day. Earlier in denied the evening. The decision to resign marks a shift in his plans from an interview earlier this month. He said he had believed he was healthy enough to serve out his term, but acknowledged that circumstances could change. The decision will be made in conjunction with family as to how to best i
The secretary of state john kerry is lobbying to get turkish leaders to joint the fight against i. S. Something that theyve been reluctant to do bubbl publicly so far. They may have 31,000 fighters. Al jazeera looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many fighters. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed. Rising to permanence across syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. The group known as the Islamic State is growing. Initially their numbers were estimated and 10,000 but now they say 30,000 men could be fighting under their banner. There appears to be little agreement or clarity how the i. S. Group has grown so quickly. Experts say that the failed Foreign Policy failure is to blame. Its really a failure for much of the west and how theyve been fighting terrorism in the last 13 years and looking at the force on force. You do have to address those root causes, the disenfranchis disenfranchisement of the sunnies in iraq as why then
Should have access to my do you think that he supports what croatias believes that they are a defacto Law Enforcement organization . You know, i do not want to put words in the ministers mouth, but the end result is that the status quo continues. I can only infer that the administrator agrees with that. To the extent that this committee in the staff can be of assistance to address this impact. Thank you for the work did you do. I yield back, mr. Chairman. Think you, mr. Chairman. Congress and the American People established all of these agencies. Existed not appear at a desk and one day of responsibility. Congress created these agencies and as the overseer responsibilities. The office of Inspector General brings transparency to the american taxpayer. With that. Owed as soon as everything. Requiring all these pages to be turned over. We discussed it as an is see. I have an issue with that. Any combination. A step up and say we dont choose to get it. I dont like it when i read reports of
Game. And were getting set with al in San Francisco and natalie live in baltimore today, friday, february 1st, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie. You did not have to grow up in new york city to know the name ed koch, who served as mayor for three terms from 1978 to 1989 and used his sometimes combative style to help rescue the city from near financial ruin. I did grow up around here. He was a force. When you would come across a voter, he would always say, how am i doing . Am i doing okay . He died overnight at New York Presbyterian Hospital here in the city where he made his mark with a larger than life personality. Here is nbcs ron allen. Hi reporter ed koch was a quintessential new yorker and one of the citys most popular and outspoken politicians, known for his no nonsense in your fac