CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: There are two things happening here. Number one, it's a strategy of all presidents, when there is trouble out there, you insulate him, you hide him, put him away, you make sure the focus is on all the people beneath him. You know, either in the cabinet, or lower than that. That's the age-old protection strategy, that's what the

"At the essence of our immigration policy is compassion, is the idea that...we believe that people from all walks of life can succeed if given the opportunity," said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the 2013 Faith and Freedom Conference, saying that if we give immigrants the chance to succeed in America, "They will change their lives, they will change ou

GLENN BECK: "The bill is worse than universal healthcare. Listen to me, it is worse than universal healthcare, and in the coming days as we get closer, we will explain why it's worse than universal healthcare. It is the death knell of the country, there is no recovery from this one. None. No recovery."

THE WEEKLY STANDARD: Madam Leader, you mentioned the bill that passed out of the House Judiciary committee. Members who have proposed that bill have done that in the wake of this murder trial in Philadelphia. They argue that there really isn't much of a moral difference between what someone like Dr. Kermit Gosnell did to infants born at 23, 24,

JESSICA YELLIN, CNN: And then finally, on the NSA, Representative Peter King has said that he believes that Glenn Greenwald should be prosecuted for his leaks. Does the President share that view, first of all? And secondly, Speaker Boehner today said that he is surprised the White House has not spoken out more forcefully in defense of the program

GLENN GREENWALD: "I was really staggered that a United States congressman, the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee, actually could go on national television and make up an accusation, literally fabricate it out of whole cloth — namely that I have threatened to uncover the names of covert CIA agents, as a way of arguing for my arrest

FBI Director Robert Mueller is unable to name who is investigating the IRS for targeting conservative groups while he was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH): Can you tell me who the lead investigator is? FBI Director Robert Mueller: Of the top of my head, no. Jordan: It's the most important

NJ Gov. Chris Christie appears on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" to slow jam the news and for an interview.

CBS News: Secretary of State John Kerry says he welcomes an investigation into the alleged cover-up of misconduct by diplomats and other officials, revealed by CBS News. CBS News political director John Dickerson discusses the investigation, ongoing political scandals, and what they may mean for Hillary Clinton's reputation and her 2016 presidentia

"On the other side of it, you know, you’ve got MSNBC — which is basically like one long episode of the E! True Hollywood Story of Barack Obama," writer and author Jeremy Scahill said on Leno last night. (via Mediaite)

Who are the leaders of the GOP? Ted Cruz? Darrell Issa? Rand Paul? Democratic strategist James Carville and the Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman join Hardball to discuss.

"Don't count on the House stopping this bill," retiring Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) warns about the immigration reform proposal in the Senate. "Because this is what's going to happen: The Senate is going to pass a very bad bill. The House will pass what will sound like a pretty good bill. But I’m just here to tell you, it's a Trojan horse."

Charles Krauthammer explains that unlike the Arab Spring revolutions, in Turkey, the crowds are overthrowing an Islamist government rather than installing one.

O'Reilly finds that the American people are generally supportive of the NSA collecting records about Americans' phone calls, though they are skeptical that the government is specifically targeting them.

James Bamford, renowned author and reporter on the National Security Agency, author of “The Puzzle Palace," talks with Rachel Maddow about the secretive history of the NSA and the broader context of the current NSA data mining uproar.