GWEN: HOW THE RESCUE OF THE LAST SOLDIER HELD IN AFGHANISTAN SOLDIER HELD IN AFGHANISTAN TURNED INTO YET ANOTHER FIGHT TURNED INTO YET ANOTHER FIGHT BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS.
CONGRESS.
AND HOW A MISSISSIPPI SENATE AND HOW A MISSISSIPPI SENATE RACE COULD TURN THE MID TERM RACE COULD TURN THE MID TERM DOWN.ONS UPSIDE DOWN.ONS UPSIDE TONIGHT, ON "WASHINGTON WEEK."
TONIGHT, ON "WASHINGTON WEEK."
BASIC PRINCIPLE.
BASIC PRINCIPLE.
WE DO NOT LEAVE ANYBODY WEARING WE DO NOT LEAVE ANYBODY WEARING BEHIND.ICAN UNIFORM BEHIND.ICAN UNIFORM LIFE IT IT WEREN'T REAL LIFE IT IT WEREN'T REAL WOULD FEEL LIKE A HOLLYWOOD WOULD FEEL LIKE A HOLLYWOOD PLOT.
PLOT.
HOSTAGE.
HELD HOSTAGE.
HELD >> RELEASE ME, PLEASE.
>> RELEASE ME, PLEASE.
I'M BEGGING YOU.
I'M BEGGING YOU.
GWEN: FIVE TERRORISTS SWAPPED IN GWEN: FIVE TERRORISTS SWAPPED IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM.
EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM.
>> THE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT SET >> THE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT SET HERE BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.
HERE BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.
A PRECEDENT NEGOTIATING A PRECEDENT NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS.
WITH TERRORISTS.
GWEN: SETTING OFF A POLITICAL GWEN: SETTING OFF A POLITICAL FRENZY IN WASHINGTON.
FRENZY IN WASHINGTON.
>> IT COMES WITH SOME SURPRISE >> IT COMES WITH SOME SURPRISE TRANSFERS THAT THE TRANSFERS THAT THE WENT AHEAD WITH NO CONSULTATION, WENT AHEAD WITH NO CONSULTATION, FOLLOWING THE LAW.
FOLLOWING THE LAW.
GWEN: WE EXPLORE THE CURIOUS GWEN: WE EXPLORE THE CURIOUS ARMY SERGEANT BOWE ARMY SERGEANT BOWE BERGDAHL.
BERGDAHL.
THE MOREITICS OF THE MOREITICS OF STRAIGHTFORWARD KIND AS A SIX STRAIGHTFORWARD KIND AS A SIX TEA PARTYOR AND HIS TEA PARTYOR AND HIS CHALLENGER BATTLE TO A TIE.
CHALLENGER BATTLE TO A TIE.
>> WE SIT HERE TONIGHT LEADING A >> WE SIT HERE TONIGHT LEADING A INCUMNT.BE INCUMNT.BE BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
ABOUT THE DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE DOES IT SAY SENATE AND THE SENATOR?
SENATE AND THE SENATOR?
70 YEARS AFTER D-DAY.
70 YEARS AFTER D-DAY.
THE WEEK, ED O'KEEFE OF THE WEEK, ED O'KEEFE OF THE WASHINGTON POST.
THE WASHINGTON POST.
DAVID SANGER OF THE "NEW YORK DAVID SANGER OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND MOLLY BALL OF THE TIMES" AND MOLLY BALL OF THE ATLANTIC.
ATLANTIC.
>> AWARD WINNING REPORTING AND >> AWARD WINNING REPORTING AND ANALYSIS, COVERING HISTORY AS IT ANALYSIS, COVERING HISTORY AS IT HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
LIVE FROM OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, LIVE FROM OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, IS "WASHINGTON WEEK" WITH IS "WASHINGTON WEEK" WITH GWEN IFILL.
GWEN IFILL.
CORPORATE FUNDING IS PROVIDED LIVE FROM, WASHINGTON, MODERATOR AGAIN WASHINGTON, MODERATOR AGAIN AGAIN.
AGAIN.
NEGOTIATIONS TO FREE NEGOTIATIONS TO FREE UNDERWAYDAHL HAD BEEN UNDERWAYDAHL HAD BEEN FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS.
BERGDAHL HAD WALKED AWAY FROM BERGDAHL HAD WALKED AWAY FROM DESERT.EST IN THE DESERT.EST IN THE AFTER FIVE YEARS IN CAPTIVITY HE AFTER FIVE YEARS IN CAPTIVITY HE WAS THE LAST AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS THE LAST AMERICAN SOLDIER IN AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR.
IN AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR.
AND TO GET HIM BACK, THERE WULDO AND TO GET HIM BACK, THERE WULDO PRISONER SWAP.
PRISONER SWAP.
THIS IS WHAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN THIS IS WHAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN KNOWN WHEN THE PRESIDENT WALKED KNOWN WHEN THE PRESIDENT WALKED GARDEN WITH BERG IT GARDEN WITH BERG IT THAT THES PARENTS THAT THES PARENTS EXCHANGE WOULD TURN INTO A HUGE EXCHANGE WOULD TURN INTO A HUGE IS POINT FOR DEMOCRATS IS POINT FOR DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
AND REPUBLICANS.
>> I REMAIN CONVINCED THAT THE >> I REMAIN CONVINCED THAT THE A PRECEDENT THAT A PRECEDENT THAT WILL ENCOURAGE ENEMIES OF THE WILL ENCOURAGE ENEMIES OF THE TO TARGET AMERICAN TO TARGET AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
>> WE LEAVE NO SOLDIERS BEHIND.
>> WE LEAVE NO SOLDIERS BEHIND.
IS A LOT TO BE ANSWERED HERE IS A LOT TO BE ANSWERED HERE BEHAVIOR OF PECULIAR BEHAVIOR OF PECULIAR BETWEEN THE FAMILY, THIS SOLDIER BETWEEN THE FAMILY, THIS SOLDIER AND HIS ACTIONS.
AND HIS ACTIONS.
GWEN: ADD TO THE FACT THAT THE GWEN: ADD TO THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT DID NOT NOTIFY PRESIDENT DID NOT NOTIFY CONGRESS AND A TOP ADVISOR CONGRESS AND A TOP ADVISOR DESCRIBED HIM AS A HERO AND DESCRIBED HIM AS A HERO AND THOSE WHO SERVED WITH HIM DID THOSE WHO SERVED WITH HIM DID NOT AND A BIG MESSY STORY.
NOT AND A BIG MESSY STORY.
DID THE WHITE HOUSE SEE IS DID THE WHITE HOUSE SEE IS COMING?
COMING?
>> NOT WITH THE FEROCITY THAT IT >> NOT WITH THE FEROCITY THAT IT ARRIVED WITH.
ARRIVED WITH.
WERE THREE BIG ISSUES AS WERE THREE BIG ISSUES AS YOU SORTED OUT THIS INCREDIBLY YOU SORTED OUT THIS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX WEEK.
COMPLEX WEEK.
THE FIRST IS WAS IT WORTH GOING THE FIRST IS WAS IT WORTH GOING THROUGH ALL THIS EFFORT TO THROUGH ALL THIS EFFORT TO RESCUE SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN RESCUE SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF WALKING AWAY FROM SUSPECTED OF WALKING AWAY FROM HIS POST.
HIS POST.
WHILE THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF WHILE THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF THINK THEE, I THINK THEE, I CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS MARTIN DEMPSEY PUT THAT AWAY.
MARTIN DEMPSEY PUT THAT AWAY.
HE SAID IN THE UNITED STATES WE HE SAID IN THE UNITED STATES WE BRING BACK EVERYONE AND THEN BRING BACK EVERYONE AND THEN IT WAS THAT THEY IT WAS THAT THEY ENDED UP LEAVING THEIR POST AND ENDED UP LEAVING THEIR POST AND GETTING CAPTURED.
GETTING CAPTURED.
WEEK THAT OF THE WEEK THAT OF THE ISSUE WAS GOING AWAY.
ISSUE WAS GOING AWAY.
THE TWO OTHERS WEREN'T.
THE TWO OTHERS WEREN'T.
ONE OF THEM WAS COULD THE ONE OF THEM WAS COULD THE NOTIFIED HAVE NOTIFIED HAVE CONGRESS?
CONGRESS?
CERTAINLY HE HAD TIME THAT CERTAINLY HE HAD TIME THAT BECAUSE HE HAD STRUCK A DEAL BECAUSE HE HAD STRUCK A DEAL THE QATAR GOVERNMENT THREE THE QATAR GOVERNMENT THREE HAPPENED FORTHIS HAPPENED FORTHIS HOW THEY WOULD DEAL WITH THE HOW THEY WOULD DEAL WITH THE FROMTALIBAN BEING RELEASED FROMTALIBAN BEING RELEASED GUANTANAMO.
GUANTANAMO.
HE HAD AT LEAST 21 DAYS TO GO DO HE HAD AT LEAST 21 DAYS TO GO DO THIS.
THIS.
SECURITY CONCERNS SECURITY CONCERNS ABOUT DOING IT BUT ALSO THEY ABOUT DOING IT BUT ALSO THEY REACTION INE REACTION INE CONGRESS WOULD BE BECAUSE THE CONGRESS WOULD BE BECAUSE THE ISSUE HAD COME UP IN 2011 AND ISSUE HAD COME UP IN 2011 AND 2012.
2012.
GWEN: DID CONGRESS SEE ANY OF GWEN: DID CONGRESS SEE ANY OF THIS COMING?
THIS COMING?
>> SENIOR LAW MAKERS HAD BEEN >> SENIOR LAW MAKERS HAD BEEN OF THE IDEA OF SWAPPING OF THE IDEA OF SWAPPING THE FIVE TALIBAN DETAINEES FOR THE FIVE TALIBAN DETAINEES FOR DAHL AS EARLY AS THE FALL OF DAHL AS EARLY AS THE FALL OF 2011.
2011.
MEMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE AROUND THAT HOUSE AND SENATE AROUND THAT TIME.
TIME.
CAUSED SO MUCH CONCERN THAT THEY CAUSED SO MUCH CONCERN THAT THEY CLASSIFIED OFF CLASSIFIED OFF LETTERS TO THE ADMINISTRATION LETTERS TO THE ADMINISTRATION ASKING FOR MORE QUESTIONS.
ASKING FOR MORE QUESTIONS.
OF 2012ND OF JANUARY OF 2012ND OF JANUARY THEY HAD TO HOLD ANOTHER THEY HAD TO HOLD ANOTHER BRIEFING TO DISCUSS THIS.
BRIEFING TO DISCUSS THIS.
MORE RECENTLY IT WAS IN THE MORE RECENTLY IT WAS IN THE PAGES OF THE WASHINGTON POST AND PAGES OF THE WASHINGTON POST AND ELSEWHERE FLOATED THE IDEA OF A ELSEWHERE FLOATED THE IDEA OF A FOR ONE SWAP.
FOR ONE SWAP.
FOR ANY LAW MAKER WHO SAYS WE FOR ANY LAW MAKER WHO SAYS WE COMING.DEA THIS WAS COMING.DEA THIS WAS A JUNIOR FRESHMAN LAW MAKER A JUNIOR FRESHMAN LAW MAKER CERTAINLY YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
CERTAINLY YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
HARRY REED AND HARRY REED AND SPEAKER BOEHNER THROUGH THE SPEAKER BOEHNER THROUGH THE ARMED SERVICES ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE.
GWEN: IF CONGRESS KNEW ABOUT IT GWEN: IF CONGRESS KNEW ABOUT IT TIME TOPRESIDENT HAD TIME TOPRESIDENT HAD WORK AS YOU SUGGEST, DAVID, ALL WORK AS YOU SUGGEST, DAVID, ALL THAT IS LEFT TO BE BELIEVED IS THAT IS LEFT TO BE BELIEVED IS HOUSE DIDN'T CARE IF HOUSE DIDN'T CARE IF CONGRESS KNEW?
CONGRESS KNEW?
>> THE WHITE HOUSE CARED BECAUSE >> THE WHITE HOUSE CARED BECAUSE OPPOSITION WAS IN OPPOSITION WAS IN PRETTY BIPARTISAN AS YOU PRETTY BIPARTISAN AS YOU COULD TELL FROM THE INTROTHAT WE COULD TELL FROM THE INTROTHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
HAD BEFORE.
HEAD OF THE SENATE HEAD OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, DIANNE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, DIANNE SOME OFN WHO FIRED OFF SOME OFN WHO FIRED OFF THOSE LETTERS THAT ED WAS THOSE LETTERS THAT ED WAS TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT WHOLE DEBATE CENTERED AND THAT WHOLE DEBATE CENTERED WHETHER OR NOT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS WORTH RELEASING FIVE IT WAS WORTH RELEASING FIVE TALIBAN INCLUDING THEIR TALIBAN INCLUDING THEIR FORMER DEFENSE CHIEF AND THEIR FORMER DEFENSE CHIEF AND THEIR FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WHO FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WHO BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS.
BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS.
NOT NECESSARILY AMERICAN BLOOD NOT NECESSARILY AMERICAN BLOOD MANYERTAINLY THE BLOOD OF MANYERTAINLY THE BLOOD OF SHEA KILLED AND WHETHER THIS WAS SHEA KILLED AND WHETHER THIS WAS REALLY A SWAP OR CONSTITUTED REALLY A SWAP OR CONSTITUTED NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS.
NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS.
THAT IS ALL A QUESTION OF HOW THAT IS ALL A QUESTION OF HOW YOU VIEW THE END OF A WAR.
YOU VIEW THE END OF A WAR.
YOU KNOW, TONY BLINKEN THE YOU KNOW, TONY BLINKEN THE SECURITY ADVISOR SECURITY ADVISOR SAID THIS IS WHAT WE DO AT END SAID THIS IS WHAT WE DO AT END OF WAR, WE EXCHANGE PRISONERS.
OF WAR, WE EXCHANGE PRISONERS.
THEOTHER WAY IS THAT THEOTHER WAY IS THAT TALIBAN WERE NEVER AN ORGANIZED TALIBAN WERE NEVER AN ORGANIZED FORCE AND YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE FORCE AND YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH THEM WITHOUT NEGOTIATING WITH THEM WITHOUT NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS.
WITH TERRORISTS.
>> AND SOME OF THIS IS ABOUT >> AND SOME OF THIS IS ABOUT GUANTANAMO.
GUANTANAMO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING YOU THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING YOU WITTLE AWAY AT THEA WITTLE AWAY AT THEA NUMBER OF PRISONERS AS PART OF NUMBER OF PRISONERS AS PART OF THE WAR IN THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN.
HE BEGAN TO REQUIRE THE COUNTRY HE BEGAN TO REQUIRE THE COUNTRY BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A WE ARE ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AWAY FROM ENDING THIS WAR YEAR AWAY FROM ENDING THIS WAR GOING TO REQUIRE GOING TO REQUIRE POTENTIALLY EMPTYING OUT POTENTIALLY EMPTYING OUT BAY.ANAMO BAY.ANAMO AND IF NOT SENDING THEM OVERSEAS AND IF NOT SENDING THEM OVERSEAS FINDING A WAY TO DETAIN THEM IN FINDING A WAY TO DETAIN THEM IN STATES FOR WHICH THIS STATES FOR WHICH THIS IS DECENT SUPPORT ON CAPITOL IS DECENT SUPPORT ON CAPITOL HILL.
HILL.
GWEN: IF THE WHITE HOUSE KNEW GWEN: IF THE WHITE HOUSE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE THIS WAS GOING TO BE CONTROVERSIAL AND THERE WERE CONTROVERSIAL AND THERE WERE OBJECTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE TO OBJECTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE TO FLOATED THAT HAD BEEN FLOATED THAT HAD BEEN HIGHWAY TO THE ROSE GARDEN HIGHWAY TO THE ROSE GARDEN SAY -- WHY DO THE ROSE GUARDEN SAY -- WHY DO THE ROSE GUARDEN CEREMONY AND WRAPPING THEMSELVES CEREMONY AND WRAPPING THEMSELVES IN THE FLAG WITH THE PARENTS?
IN THE FLAG WITH THE PARENTS?
COULD THEY HAVE DONE IT COULD THEY HAVE DONE IT GOT AND AY AND GOT AND AY AND DIFFERENT REACTION?
DIFFERENT REACTION?
>> THERE IS SEVERAL THINGS THEY >> THERE IS SEVERAL THINGS THEY DIFFERENTLY.NE DIFFERENTLY.NE THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO THE GANG THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO THE GANG OF EIGHT, EIGHT SENIOR MEMBERS OF EIGHT, EIGHT SENIOR MEMBERS FREQUENTLY GET FREQUENTLY GET BRIEFED ON COVERT ACTIVITIES AND BRIEFED ON COVERT ACTIVITIES AND THEY DON'T LEAK AND THEY COULD THEY DON'T LEAK AND THEY COULD THEY SIGNED THIS THEY SIGNED THIS DEAL WITH QATAR THE PRESIDENT DEAL WITH QATAR THE PRESIDENT HAS TO MAKE FAST DECISIONS HERE HAS TO MAKE FAST DECISIONS HERE BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFICULT THING BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFICULT THING NEGOTIATING WITH THE TALIBAN AND NEGOTIATING WITH THE TALIBAN AND IF THE DEAL LEAKS OUT THE WHOLE IF THE DEAL LEAKS OUT THE WHOLE AWAY BUT WE WANT AWAY BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE ON THE VERGE YOU TO KNOW WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF TING THIS.
OF TING THIS.
AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE SAID WE AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE SAID WE CONSULTED.
CONSULTED.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT THEY IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT THEY TAKE CONGRESS' ADVICE.
TAKE CONGRESS' ADVICE.
DIFFUSEDHAT WOULD HAVE DIFFUSEDHAT WOULD HAVE A LOT.
A LOT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THEY I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THEY THOUGHT THROUGH THE CEREMONY IN THOUGHT THROUGH THE CEREMONY IN BECAUSE ONCE WE BECAUSE ONCE WE SAW SOME OF THE POSTINGS OF SAW SOME OF THE POSTINGS OF BOWE'S FATHER WHERE HE TALKED BOWE'S FATHER WHERE HE TALKED SOME ABOUT RELEASING ALL OF THE SOME ABOUT RELEASING ALL OF THE FROM FACEBOO GUANTANAMO BAY I FROM FACEBOO GUANTANAMO BAY I THINK THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT THINK THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO SEEM TO BE EMBRACING THAT.
THAT.
THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER IS LOOK, THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER IS LOOK, PARENTS WHO HAVE GONE PARENTS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WORST POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WORST POSSIBLE THING.
THING.
THEIR SON HAS BEEN IN CAPTIVITY THEIR SON HAS BEEN IN CAPTIVITY YEARS.E YEARS.E WELCOMEE POLITICS AND WELCOMEE POLITICS AND THE SONNING.
THE SONNING.
SONBACK.
SONBACK.
GWEN: WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEY GWEN: WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEY REALIZED THEY HAD TO BRIEF REALIZED THEY HAD TO BRIEF CONGRESS.
CONGRESS.
WHAT DID THEY TELL THEM AND DID WHAT DID THEY TELL THEM AND DID WORK?
WORK?
>> IT WAS JUST THE SENATE >> IT WAS JUST THE SENATE BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS OUT THIS BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS OUT THIS WEEK.
WEEK.
THEY SHOWED A PROOF OF LIFE THEY SHOWED A PROOF OF LIFE ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION HAD RECEIVED IN DECEMBER OF LAST HAD RECEIVED IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR OR JANUARY.
YEAR OR JANUARY.
>> DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
>> DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
DEMONSTRATED WHY IT WAS DEMONSTRATED WHY IT WAS THE PRESIDENT FELT HE NEEDED TO THE PRESIDENT FELT HE NEEDED TO ACT NOW.
ACT NOW.
SEVERALEING THAT, SEVERALEING THAT, SENATORS, MARK KIRK WALKED OUT SENATORS, MARK KIRK WALKED OUT AND SAID I GET IT, I CAN AND SAID I GET IT, I CAN WHY HE FELT WHY HE FELT EMOTIONALLY COMPELLED TO DO EMOTIONALLY COMPELLED TO DO THIS GUY BACK.T THIS GUY BACK.T GWEN: AN ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN.
GWEN: AN ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN.
>> BUT JOE MANCHIN A DEMOCRAT OF >> BUT JOE MANCHIN A DEMOCRAT OF SAID YEAH, I SAW SAID YEAH, I SAW THE VIDEO BUT STILL DOESN'T THE VIDEO BUT STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY HE FELT THE NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY HE FELT THE NEED TO TALIBAN DETAINEES FOR TALIBAN DETAINEES FOR THE ONE GUY.
THE ONE GUY.
OUTHE WHITE HOUSE THEN CAME OUTHE WHITE HOUSE THEN CAME AND ARRANGED TO DO BRIEFINGS FOR AND ARRANGED TO DO BRIEFINGS FOR WERE PRESUMABLY WERE PRESUMABLY CLEANED UP VERSIONS OF A CLEANED UP VERSIONS OF A CLASSIFIED BRIEFING.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING.
REASONS THAT THEY REASONS THAT THEY OFFERED WAS THAT THERE WAS OFFERED WAS THAT THERE WAS SPLITS IN THE TALIBAN AND THEY SPLITS IN THE TALIBAN AND THEY PEOPLENCERNED THAT THE PEOPLENCERNED THAT THE WHO WERE LITERALLY HOLDING WHO WERE LITERALLY HOLDING OFGDAHL WHO INCLUDED MEMBERS OFGDAHL WHO INCLUDED MEMBERS THE HAKANI NETWORK WHICH IS THE HAKANI NETWORK WHICH IS SOMETHING OF A SPLIT OFF GROUP SOMETHING OF A SPLIT OFF GROUP THE TALIBAN MAY NOT HAVE THE TALIBAN MAY NOT HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THE WHOLE TRADE SIGNED OFF ON THE WHOLE TRADE ABOUTAT WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUTAT WHEN THEY HEARD IT IF IT LEAKED OUT THEY MIGHT IT IF IT LEAKED OUT THEY MIGHT SIMPLY KILL BERGDAHL RIGHT THERE SIMPLY KILL BERGDAHL RIGHT THERE RATHER THAN TURN HIM BACK.
RATHER THAN TURN HIM BACK.
>> SHOWING HOW FRACTURED >> SHOWING HOW FRACTURED CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE WAS YOU CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE WAS YOU ASK SENATORS WHO WENT TO THE ASK SENATORS WHO WENT TO THE BRIEFING WAS THE CONCERN ABOUT BRIEFING WAS THE CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THREATS AGAINST THE POTENTIAL THREATS AGAINST DAHL IF THIS LEAKED OUT DAHL IF THIS LEAKED OUT DISCUSSED IN THE BRIEFING.
DISCUSSED IN THE BRIEFING.
NO.
SAID NO.
SAID AND OTHERS SAID ABSOLUTELY.
AND OTHERS SAID ABSOLUTELY.
SO YOU HAD TOTAL CONFUSION EVEN SO YOU HAD TOTAL CONFUSION EVEN WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM THE INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT WAS ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID IN THE ROOM.
ACTUALLY SAID IN THE ROOM.
PART PARTISANSE OF PART PARTISANSE OF DIS DIS AGREEMENT?
AGREEMENT?
PEOPLE WERE EVEN DISAGREEING PEOPLE WERE EVEN DISAGREEING ABOUT THE INFORMATION THEY WERE ABOUT THE INFORMATION THEY WERE GIVE.
GIVE.
>> AND THE REASON TO SHOW THE >> AND THE REASON TO SHOW THE HIS CONDITION, HIS CONDITION, CORRECT?
CORRECT?
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> ABOUT SHOWING THE SHAPE THAT >> ABOUT SHOWING THE SHAPE THAT HE WAS IN AND THE REASON IN HE WAS IN AND THE REASON IN THE ADMINISTRATION THE ADMINISTRATION HAD TO BE FREED.
HAD TO BE FREED.
>> THE GUY WHO GAVE THE BEST >> THE GUY WHO GAVE THE BEST AND HETION IS MARK KIRK AND HETION IS MARK KIRK SAID YOU COULD HEAR IT IN HIS SAID YOU COULD HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE.
VOICE.
IT WAS VERY SHAKY.
IT WAS VERY SHAKY.
DESCRIBED IT TOEE DESCRIBED IT TOEE REPORTERS.
REPORTERS.
MAYBE 19-20O IS MAYBE 19-20O IS YEARS OLD THAT IS NOT THE VOICE YEARS OLD THAT IS NOT THE VOICE YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM AN ARMY YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM AN ARMY SOLDIER.
SOLDIER.
HE WAS IN DURESS HE WAS IN DURESS AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND ALL OF AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND ALL OF OTHER INFORMATION THE WHITE OTHER INFORMATION THE WHITE HOUSE HAD AT THE TIME THEY SAID HOUSE HAD AT THE TIME THEY SAID TOLD THEY BELIEVED TOLD THEY BELIEVED THEY HAD TO ACT.
THEY HAD TO ACT.
THE WHITEID-WEEK THE WHITEID-WEEK HOUSE REALIZED THEY HAD TO HOUSE REALIZED THEY HAD TO DEFEND WHAT THEY HAD DONE.
DEFEND WHAT THEY HAD DONE.
IN BRUSSELS ASAS IN BRUSSELS ASAS PART OF THIS EUROPEAN TRIP AND PART OF THIS EUROPEAN TRIP AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
PRISONER OF WAR PRISONER OF WAR DETERIORATEDHAD DETERIORATEDHAD AND WE WERE DEEPLY CONCERNED AND WE WERE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT AND WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY ABOUT AND WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY IT.WE SEIZED IT.WE SEIZED AND I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR AND I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
THAT.
GWEN: THE PRESIDENTS CLEARLY NOT GWEN: THE PRESIDENTS CLEARLY NOT DAVID.
DOWN, DAVID.
DOWN, AND NEITHER IS THE NATIONAL AND NEITHER IS THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SUSAN RICE WHO SECURITY ADVISOR SUSAN RICE WHO THAT BERGDAHL WAS A HERO THAT BERGDAHL WAS A HERO EARLY IN THE WEEK AND REPEATED EARLY IN THE WEEK AND REPEATED STILL BELIEVED HIM STILL BELIEVED HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SERVICE TO BE A BECAUSE OF HIS SERVICE TO BE A HERO.
HERO.
DON'T KNOW IF SHE USED THE DON'T KNOW IF SHE USED THE WORD AGAIN.
WORD AGAIN.
THE WHITE HOUSE DECIDED THEY THE WHITE HOUSE DECIDED THEY GO BUT TO PUSHO GO BUT TO PUSHO FORWARD ON THIS ONE.
FORWARD ON THIS ONE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD HIS WE DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD HIS HEALTH WAS.
HEALTH WAS.
KNOW THAT THE WHITE KNOW THAT THE WHITE HOUSE BELIEVED RIGHTLY OR HOUSE BELIEVED RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY WRONGLY THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY TO GETAST OPPORTUNITY TO GETAST OPPORTUNITY HIM BACK.
HIM BACK.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE ARE LEAVING AFGHANISTAN.
ARE LEAVING AFGHANISTAN.
AND AT THAT MOMENT YOUR ABILITY AND AT THAT MOMENT YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE IN TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE IN THET WHERE HE IS, TO HAVE THET WHERE HE IS, TO HAVE LEVERAGE TO CONDUCT A LEVERAGE TO CONDUCT A NEGOTIATION.
NEGOTIATION.
GWEN: AND DON'T WE THINK THE GWEN: AND DON'T WE THINK THE WILLING TO KEEL DEAL WILLING TO KEEL DEAL BECAUSE OF THAT SAME THING?
BECAUSE OF THAT SAME THING?
BEEN.LD WELL HAVE BEEN.LD WELL HAVE TAKES USE OF THE NEXT QUESTION TAKES USE OF THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH IS WHEN SUSAN RICE SAID HE WHICH IS WHEN SUSAN RICE SAID HE WITH HONOR AND WITH HONOR AND WAS SHE TALKING WAS SHE TALKING ABOUT?
ABOUT?
SHE SAID TODAY HE SIGNED UP FOR SHE SAID TODAY HE SIGNED UP FOR SERVICE.
SERVICE.
I HAD SOME PEOPLE IN THE I HAD SOME PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION SAY TO ME SINCE ADMINISTRATION SAY TO ME SINCE IF THEY HAD BEEN ADVISING HER IF THEY HAD BEEN ADVISING HER ON THATW TO SPEAK ON THATW TO SPEAK SUNDAY SHOW OR SUBSEQUENTLY, IT SUNDAY SHOW OR SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SAY HE SERVED WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SAY HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION BY SIGNING UP WITH DISTINCTION BY SIGNING UP AND WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW HE AND WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW HE CAME TO LEAVE HIS POST.
CAME TO LEAVE HIS POST.
GWEN: AFTER THE FACT.
GWEN: AFTER THE FACT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
GWEN: ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GWEN: ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT MEMBERS OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT MEMBERS OF BEEN COMPLAINING BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT AND IS ONE OF THE ABOUT AND IS ONE OF THE UNANSWERED WEES, THE FIVE DETAIN UNANSWERED WEES, THE FIVE DETAIN WEES, HOW DANGEROUS ARE THEY AND WEES, HOW DANGEROUS ARE THEY AND HOW WORRIED ARE WE THAT THEY HOW WORRIED ARE WE THAT THEY FIGHT USN AROUND AND FIGHT USN AROUND AND AGAIN?
AGAIN?
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS, >> THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS, THE ONE BIT OF RECOURSE THAT THE ONE BIT OF RECOURSE THAT PUTTING PRESSURE PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE WHITE HOUSE TO OKAY, IF ON THE WHITE HOUSE TO OKAY, IF YOU NOW THINK THAT THEY ARE GOOD YOU NOW THINK THAT THEY ARE GOOD GO IF NOT HOME AT GO IF NOT HOME AT LEAST TO QATAR FOR A YEAR, LEAST TO QATAR FOR A YEAR, DECLASSIFY ALL OF THE DECLASSIFY ALL OF THE ON THEM ANDYOU HAVE ON THEM ANDYOU HAVE SHOW US WHY YOU THINK THAT IS.
SHOW US WHY YOU THINK THAT IS.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENS AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENS MATTER PAUSE NOW THEY MATTER PAUSE NOW THEY HAVE -- BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE A HAVE -- BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE A TO CONTINUE SOWING DOUBTS TO CONTINUE SOWING DOUBTS ABOUT THIS WITH HOUSE ABOUT THIS WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS COMING BACK.
REPUBLICANS COMING BACK.
THE: WHICH FITS INTO THE: WHICH FITS INTO NARRATIVE ABOUT OBAMA'S FOREIGN NARRATIVE ABOUT OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY AND WHETHER HE IS WEAK POLICY AND WHETHER HE IS WEAK AND TAKINGFUL ENOUGH AND TAKINGFUL ENOUGH THE RIGHT ACTIONS.
THE RIGHT ACTIONS.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY >> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY VERYION THIS IS A VERYION THIS IS A THOUGHTFUL PRESIDENT.
THOUGHTFUL PRESIDENT.
YOU SEE HIM THINK HARD AND TALK YOU SEE HIM THINK HARD AND TALK A LOT ABOUT WHY HE MIXES THE A LOT ABOUT WHY HE MIXES THE DECISIONS THAT -- MAKES THE DECISIONS THAT -- MAKES THE DECISIONS THAT HE DOES.
DECISIONS THAT HE DOES.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS WHETHER ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS WHETHER NOT HE IS SUFFICIENT IN NOT HE IS SUFFICIENT IN PUSHING A CONCEPT OF AN AMERICA PUSHING A CONCEPT OF AN AMERICA THAT REMAINS STRONG.
THAT REMAINS STRONG.
AND THAT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO AND THAT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO DO IN A CASE LIKE AFGHANISTAN DO IN A CASE LIKE AFGHANISTAN ARE LEAVING IN AN ARE LEAVING IN AN INCONCLUSIVE WAR WHERE WE HAVE INCONCLUSIVE WAR WHERE WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED ALMOST ANY OF THE NOT ACHIEVED ALMOST ANY OF THE GOALS THAT GEORGE BUSH LID OUT GOALS THAT GEORGE BUSH LID OUT AND HAVEN'T ACHIEVED ANY OF THE AND HAVEN'T ACHIEVED ANY OF THE GOALS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA GOALS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKED ABOUT IN THE 2008 TALKED ABOUT IN THE 2008 CAMPAIGN AND THEN DID THE SURGE CAMPAIGN AND THEN DID THE SURGE CONVENED A GROUP WHOSE CONVENED A GROUP WHOSE NAME WAS SO WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT NAME WAS SO WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED ABOUT THE WAR, IT WAS ABOUT THE WAR, IT WAS CALLED THE AFGHAN GOOD ENOUGH CALLED THE AFGHAN GOOD ENOUGH COMMITTEE AND THAT COMMITTEE CUT COMMITTEE AND THAT COMMITTEE CUT BACK WHAT THE OBJECTIVES WERE.
BACK WHAT THE OBJECTIVES WERE.
AND NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE IT FITS AND NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE IT FITS NARRATIVE LET'S GET OUR NARRATIVE LET'S GET OUR GUYS AND GET OUT.
GUYS AND GET OUT.
>> ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU >> ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ISSUE AST BECAME AN ISSUE AST BECAME AN YOU TALKED TO LAW MAKERS THIS YOU TALKED TO LAW MAKERS THIS WEEK.
WEEK.
OF HOW THEANY SENSE OF HOW THEANY SENSE OPINIONS OF MILITARY LEADERS OPINIONS OF MILITARY LEADERS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF HAVE CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS?
THIS?
WE KNOW FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE KNOW FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD PRIVATELY THEY HAD PRIVATELY CLASSIFIED SETTING BACK IN 2011 CLASSIFIED SETTING BACK IN 2011 MILITARY LEADERS MILITARY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND THIS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND THIS WEEK THEY ARE SAYING NO, NO BIG WEEK THEY ARE SAYING NO, NO BIG DEAL HERE.
DEAL HERE.
>> AMONG THEM WERE THE FORMER >> AMONG THEM WERE THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS WHO OPPOSED THIS WHO OPPOSED THIS AS HAD OTHER MILITARY LEADERS AS HAD OTHER MILITARY LEADERS EVEN WHEN THE RELEASE WAS IN THE EVEN WHEN THE RELEASE WAS IN THE SERVICE OF A BIGGER GOAL TRYING SERVICE OF A BIGGER GOAL TRYING TO GET THE TALIBAN TO TALK A TO GET THE TALIBAN TO TALK A DEAL.
DEAL.
>> AND HILLARY CLINTON OPPOSED >> AND HILLARY CLINTON OPPOSED SHE WAS SECRETARY OF SHE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.
STATE.
TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
GWEN: NOW BACK TO GWEN: NOW BACK TO STRAIGHTFORWARD POLITICS AND WHY STRAIGHTFORWARD POLITICS AND WHY TEA PARTY NO MATTER WHAT YOU TEA PARTY NO MATTER WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IS NOT DEAD.
MAY HAVE HEARD IS NOT DEAD.
JONIE ERNST.
JONIE ERNST.
WHO BATTLEDDANIEL WHO BATTLEDDANIEL PHOTO FINISH.O A PHOTO FINISH.O A COCHRAN FACES A RUNOFF AGAINST COCHRAN FACES A RUNOFF AGAINST MCDANIEL BEFORE THE END OF THE MCDANIEL BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
MONTH.
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS FOR HOW DID IT COME TO THIS FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN CONGRESS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN CONGRESS AND SENATE AND DELIVERED SO MUCH AND SENATE AND DELIVERED SO MUCH FOR HIS HOME STATE OVER FOR HIS HOME STATE OVER THE YEARS, MOLLY?
THE YEARS, MOLLY?
>> THAT IS IT.
>> THAT IS IT.
ANIMATING PRINCIPLE OF THE ANIMATING PRINCIPLE OF THE TEA PARTY, THEY TOOK A LOT OF TEA PARTY, THEY TOOK A LOT OF TIME REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS TIME REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS BY SURPRISE BECAUSE THEY FELT BY SURPRISE BECAUSE THEY FELT GANG OFS THIS GANG OFS THIS REPUBLICAN OFFICE HOLDERS WHO REPUBLICAN OFFICE HOLDERS WHO HAD BEEN IN WASHINGTON TOO LONG HAD BEEN IN WASHINGTON TOO LONG AND GOTTEN COMFORTABLE THERE AND AND GOTTEN COMFORTABLE THERE AND GOING TO COCKTAIL GOING TO COCKTAIL PARTIES AND MAKING COMPROMISES PARTIES AND MAKING COMPROMISES INH DEMOCRATS AND LIVIN LIVING INH DEMOCRATS AND LIVIN LIVING WASHINGTON AND BEING OUT OF WASHINGTON AND BEING OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE HOME STATES AND TOUCH WITH THE HOME STATES AND NOT BEING SUFFICIENTLY NOT BEING SUFFICIENTLY THATRVATIVE ON THE ISSUES THATRVATIVE ON THE ISSUES MATTERED AND THERE IS A REAL MATTERED AND THERE IS A REAL CULTURE CLASH BETWEEN THE CULTURE CLASH BETWEEN THE REPUBLICANS WHO FELT THAT IT WAS REPUBLICANS WHO FELT THAT IT WAS GET AS MUCH OF THAT GET AS MUCH OF THAT FEDERAL MONEY AS POSSIBLE BACK FEDERAL MONEY AS POSSIBLE BACK TO THEIR HOME STATES, TO WORK TO THEIR HOME STATES, TO WORK IMPORTANTUP ON IMPORTANTUP ON COMMITTEES AND BE SIGNIFICANT COMMITTEES AND BE SIGNIFICANT SERIOUS POLICY MAKERS IN SERIOUS POLICY MAKERS IN THAT WAS WHAT IT THAT WAS WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A SENATOR.
MEANT TO BE A SENATOR.
AND THEN THERE IS THE NEW GUARD AND THEN THERE IS THE NEW GUARD NO, WHAT IT MEANS TO NO, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SENATOR IS VOTE NO AS OFTEN BE A SENATOR IS VOTE NO AS OFTEN EVILSSIBLE AND STOP EVILSSIBLE AND STOP LEGISLATION FROM BEING PASSED BY LEGISLATION FROM BEING PASSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BY DEMOCRATS PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BY DEMOCRATS EVEN TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT EVEN TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO, TO USE EVERY WEAPON TO, TO USE EVERY WEAPON AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO MAKE SURE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO MAKE SURE AGENDA IS PRESSED.
AGENDA IS PRESSED.
OTHERWISE, ALL YOU ARE DOING IS OTHERWISE, ALL YOU ARE DOING IS BASICALLY IN THE BASICALLY IN THE BAD LEGISLATION.
BAD LEGISLATION.
I COVERED DICK I COVERED DICK LOST INRACE THAT HE LOST INRACE THAT HE INDIANA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, INDIANA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HADT THE TIME, EVERYONE HADT THE TIME, EVERYONE KNOWN HIM AND HE HAD BEEN THEIR KNOWN HIM AND HE HAD BEEN THEIR WEREOR AS LONG AS THEY WEREOR AS LONG AS THEY ALIVE AND THEY LIKED HIM A LOT ALIVE AND THEY LIKED HIM A LOT BUT STILL IN THE END AT ANY TIME BUT STILL IN THE END AT ANY TIME VOTE FOR HIM.
VOTE FOR HIM.
THE SAME IS A NARROW PLAYING THE SAME IS A NARROW PLAYING OUT -- SCENARIO PLAYING OUT?
OUT -- SCENARIO PLAYING OUT?
>> HE IS SEEKING A A 7TH TERM IN >> HE IS SEEKING A A 7TH TERM IN SENATE.
SENATE.
HE DIDN'T HAVE HARDLY ANY MONEY HE DIDN'T HAVE HARDLY ANY MONEY BANK ACCOUNT AND BANK ACCOUNT AND LAST DECEMBER AFTER HE HAD DRAWN LAST DECEMBER AFTER HE HAD DRAWN TEA PARTY OPPONENT HE SAID OFF TEA PARTY OPPONENT HE SAID OFF HANDEDLY I WILL RUN.
HANDEDLY I WILL RUN.
HIS CAMPAIGN HAS NOT BEEN HIS CAMPAIGN HAS NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY AGGRESSIVE AND HE PARTICULARLY AGGRESSIVE AND HE IS SORT OF GOING AROUND THE IS SORT OF GOING AROUND THE HASN'T SPENT A LOT HASN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN SINCE MOVING TO OF TIME IN SINCE MOVING TO WASHINGTON SORT OF TRYING TO WASHINGTON SORT OF TRYING TO THISD PEOPLE LOOK AT ALL THISD PEOPLE LOOK AT ALL SPENDING I BROUGHT HOME.
SPENDING I BROUGHT HOME.
LOOK AT ALL THIS MONEY I HAVE LOOK AT ALL THIS MONEY I HAVE GOTTEN FOR MISSISSIPPI.
GOTTEN FOR MISSISSIPPI.
ABOUT $3 FROMTS ABOUT $3 FROMTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR EVERY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR EVERY TAXES.THEY PAY IN TAXES.THEY PAY IN GWEN: TONE TEA.
GWEN: TONE TEA.
>> DEAF.
>> DEAF.
HETHE PARTY HAS SHIFTED AND HETHE PARTY HAS SHIFTED AND SEEMS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO SEEMS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO SPEAK THE NEW LANGUAGE OF THE SPEAK THE NEW LANGUAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN BASE.
REPUBLICAN BASE.
>> GO AHEAD, DAVID.
>> GO AHEAD, DAVID.
WHAT IS GOING TO ASK WHAT IS GOING TO ASK GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE RUNOFF.
GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE RUNOFF.
SOME SENSE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT SOME SENSE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED THE FIRST TIME MIGHT NOT VOTED THE FIRST TIME MIGHT NOT ENTHUSIASM FOR A SECOND ENTHUSIASM FOR A SECOND TIME?
TIME?
>> RUNOFFS ARE VERY >> RUNOFFS ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE.
UNPREDICTABLE.
CHRIS MCDANIEL SUPPORTERS ARE CHRIS MCDANIEL SUPPORTERS ARE COMMITTED AND ENTHUSIASTIC AND COMMITTED AND ENTHUSIASTIC AND GOING TO COME OUT AND GOING TO COME OUT AND VOTE NO MATTER WHAT.
VOTE NO MATTER WHAT.
A LOT OF THAD COCHRAN'S A LOT OF THAD COCHRAN'S SUPPORTERS MAY BE SOFT, SUPPORTERS MAY BE SOFT, MODERATE, ESTABLISHMENT MODERATE, ESTABLISHMENT THE FIRSTS WHO IN THE FIRSTS WHO IN ROUND FELT COMPLACENT AND THAT ROUND FELT COMPLACENT AND THAT LOSE HE IS POSSIBLY LOSE HE IS POSSIBLY SUCH AN INSTITUTION IN SUCH AN INSTITUTION IN MISSISSIPPI.
MISSISSIPPI.
MAYBE THEY WILL BE MORE MAYBE THEY WILL BE MORE COME OUT.TO COME OUT.TO MAYBE DEMOCRATS AND MAYBE DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS, THEY ARE TRYING TO INDEPENDENTS, THEY ARE TRYING TO TO COME OUT BY SCARING TO COME OUT BY SCARING THEM ABOUT CHRIS MCDANIEL AND THEM ABOUT CHRIS MCDANIEL AND HOW VERY CONSERVATIVE HE IS AND HOW VERY CONSERVATIVE HE IS AND THE INFLAMMATORY THINGS AND HIS THE INFLAMMATORY THINGS AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE SAID AND DONE.
SUPPORTERS HAVE SAID AND DONE.
A SCENARIO WHERE A SCENARIO WHERE THE SUPPORTERS WHO COULDN'T BE THE SUPPORTERS WHO COULDN'T BE COME OUTTHE FIRST TIME COME OUTTHE FIRST TIME THE SECOND TIME.
THE SECOND TIME.
RUNOFFS ARE USUALLY VERY LOW RUNOFFS ARE USUALLY VERY LOW IMAGINE THATSY TO IMAGINE THATSY TO THE MORE COMMITTED SIDE IS THE THE MORE COMMITTED SIDE IS THE ONE THAT WINS.
ONE THAT WINS.
>> REAL QUICK, AN ASSESSMENT OF >> REAL QUICK, AN ASSESSMENT OF GOP PRIMARIES TO DATE?
GOP PRIMARIES TO DATE?
THAT.20 SECONDS FOR THAT.20 SECONDS FOR >> THE EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE >> THE EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE RULE.
RULE.
HAVENE CONTEST WHERE WE HAVENE CONTEST WHERE WE SEEN A KNOCK DOWN DRAGOUT FIGHT SEEN A KNOCK DOWN DRAGOUT FIGHT BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTYISHMENT AND THE TEA PARTYISHMENT AND THE TEA IN PURE FORM.
IN PURE FORM.
OTHER THAN THIS, A LOT MORE OTHER THAN THIS, A LOT MORE AMBIGUOUS CASES AND CASES WHERE AMBIGUOUS CASES AND CASES WHERE THE PARTY HASK OF THE PARTY HASK OF BEEN COOPTED BY THE BEEN COOPTED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MORE HARMONY ESTABLISHMENT AND MORE HARMONY OVERALL.
OVERALL.
GWEN: WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT GWEN: WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT AND TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER RACE AND TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER RACE IN IOWA.
IN IOWA.
WE HAVE TO LEAVE YOU A FEW WE HAVE TO LEAVE YOU A FEW MINUTES EARLY THIS WEEK BECAUSE MINUTES EARLY THIS WEEK BECAUSE OUR YED YOU TO SUPPORT OUR YED YOU TO SUPPORT LOCAL PBS STATION BECAUSE THEY LOCAL PBS STATION BECAUSE THEY IN TURN SUPPORT US.
IN TURN SUPPORT US.
FOR THE LIVELINE FOR THE LIVELINE "WASHINGTON WEEK" WEBCAST EXTRA "WASHINGTON WEEK" WEBCAST EXTRA PEEK INSIDE THE EARLY PEEK INSIDE THE EARLY LEAKS ON HILLARY CLINTON'S NEW LEAKS ON HILLARY CLINTON'S NEW BOOK.
BOOK.
AND AS WE DEBATE AND AS WE DEBATE THE POLITICS OF WARTIME THE POLITICS OF WARTIME SACRIFICE IN AFGHANISTAN WE SACRIFICE IN AFGHANISTAN WE THE 20,000TRIBUTE TO THE 20,000TRIBUTE TO AMERICANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AMERICANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES D-TAY, 70 YEARSN D-TAY, 70 YEARSN YEARS AGOAY, 70 YEARS AGOAY, 70 TODAY.
TODAY.
>> THESE MEN WAGED WAR SO THAT >> THESE MEN WAGED WAR SO THAT WE MIGHT KNOW PEACE.
WE MIGHT KNOW PEACE.
SACRIFICED SO THAT WE FIGHT SACRIFICED SO THAT WE FIGHT BE FREE.
BE FREE.
FOUGHT IN HOPES OF A DAY WE FOUGHT IN HOPES OF A DAY WE WOULD NO LONGER NEED TO FIGHT.
WOULD NO LONGER NEED TO FIGHT.
GREATFUL TO THEM.
GREATFUL TO THEM.
[TAPS BEING PLAYED] [TAPS BEING PLAYED] MAKES YOUE WORLD MAKES YOUE WORLD OF THESETOP AND THINK OF THESETOP AND THINK MEN.
MEN.
LOSE HOPE, STOP AND LOSE HOPE, STOP AND THINK OF THESE MEN.
THINK OF THESE MEN.
GWEN: 9,387 AMERICANS INCLUDING GWEN: 9,387 AMERICANS INCLUDING RECIPIENTS OF HONOR RECIPIENTS OF HONOR ARE BURIED TODAY AT OMAHA BEACH.
ARE BURIED TODAY AT OMAHA BEACH.
>> WE ARE HONORED ONCE AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR BE ABLE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR YOUICE AND WE WILL SEE YOUICE AND WE WILL SEE AGAIN HERE NEXT WEEK ON AGAIN HERE NEXT WEEK ON "WASHINGTON WEEK."
"WASHINGTON WEEK."
GOOD NIGHT.
