tribunals are constitutional. and the current rules that have been put into effect are much improved over what was originally announced way back in 2001. karen. i guess but the question is, isn t the actual existence of guantanamo bay and this debate suggest that we really need to rethink all of our laws in terms of making sure that our laws and our values are consistent with the way we go after terrorists? it seems like the initial idea behind guantanamo was let s get around the law to do what we feel like we need to do, rather than saying we need to make changes. kendall? basically was this done as a work-around. yeah, but it wasn t really illegal in the first place. guantanamo was badly discredited by some mistakes made early on. with respect to conditions, with respect to the processes, which left detainees basically suspended in limbo for years and years without charges ever being brought. the reality is, today we now have a situation where we have a
karlgaard, elizabeth macdonald and quentin hardy. i put a lot of money in social security, should i kiss it goodbye? pretty much. social security was supposed to be a guaranteed retirement plan for people but it just isn t, because it s more like a ponzi scheme. and the money is running out. the congressional budget office estimates in 20 years benefits will have to be cut by 20%. that s probably a conservative estimate. what we need to do in terms of reform is scrap this entirely. people coming in the workforce now aren t going to get paid back anyway, so it s a bit of a lie. let s scrap it. put retirement in the hands of individuals. david: rich, i m all for the money from now on, but i, all the money i put in, i don t want to kiss it goodbye. well, she s right about the underlying problem, but promises were made to the current generation. so you have to figure out a work-around. the problem is that when social security came in to
saying one thing to the afghans and another thing to the united states. nonetheless, this is obviously not an ally we ll be able to rely upon, which means that puts even greater pressure on our military to make sure that at least the military strategy here, the surge, whatever you want to call it, is successful. let me ask you, can you do you think we ought to be putting those 100,000 troops into afghanistan, a lot of those guys are not going to be coming home, with this guy in charge? and can we do a work-around, in other words, work around karzai and still achieve our objectives? you know, that s a very good question. i do think we can do a work-around. i think you ll probably hear that phrase a lot more from our military brass. but the larger question, of course, is the one that, you know, i was jokingly talking to jon stewart about on monday which is, look, we can do this. we have the military personnel, we have the will, the right people in place. yes, it s going to take tim
tuesday, one of the his most powerful allies in the house for a suggestion for a path forward to get legislation through despite the filibuster. representative clyburn is suggesting a work-around. he s joining me live to talk more about this. congressman clyburn, thanks for joining us on this sunday. i appreciate it. talk me through this filibuster proposal you are putting out there. thank you very much for having me. as you know, we have made an exception to the filibuster when it comes to the budget. that s what we call reconciliation. it means that you will not allow anyone to threatenle of the united states of america. so you want to do so your budget on time and not allow anybody to
home, albeit overshadowed by the big story here friday night, alleging jared kushner had proposed a communications work-around, let s call it, with the russians that would allow jared a direct line into moscow outside of u.s. government control or communications. that was friday night. this is tuesday night. it was still the story. white house reporters wanted answers to today. and during the white house briefing, which to be candid had its ugly moments, press secretary sean spicer today did not deny the story. he merely went after how it was reported. i m wondering, sean, if you can tell us when the knew whether the president knew at the time that jared kushner was seeking to establish back-channel communications at the russian embassy to the russian government. if he didn t know at the time, when did he find out? i think that assumes a lot. i would say mr. kushner s attorney has said that mr. kushner has volunteered to