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Rhetoric we see coming from a range of public officials. >> well, is there any indication to you that leaders abroad in some of the countries we just talked about are feeling emboldened to attack the press given the rhetoric out of the trump administration on the free press? >> absolutely. we have been tracking this, and we have seen how leaders in cambodia, in poland, in a range of countries have specifically cited president trump or the united states and its use of the term fake news. its rest...

Distraction, this is beneath the presidency, please, mr. president, stop. thats bucket number 1 or bucket a. bucket 2, not really about being a republican or democrat here, really about being an american and putting the country first. if in fact we as americans believe that this country is going down the wrong path from a constitutional standpoint we all need to stand up here. john f. kennedy once said sometimes your party asks too much. i agree with him. the fact of the matter is if in fact the...

Tomorrow night. meanwhile, disagreements over who should fill the secretary of state opening have spilled out into public, while a new candidate entered trump tower today, retired general david petraeus, and whats with the recount? "the 11th hour" recount? "the 11th hour" begins now. good evening from our new york headquarters where here in new york tonight the vice president-elect of the united states said we should expect big news from the transition of the president-elect tomorrow. >> well ...

Editor-in-chief fired back saying, a newspaper is not a weapon of war. its evident terrorists dont agree. for more on the rising targeting of journalists we bring in advocacy director at the committee to direct journalists. courtney, when we look in syria, it seems like isis has taken a specific strategy of targeting journalists in order to discourage media coverage and its worked. theres basically a media blackout in syria. weve seen publications very reluctant to publish the cartoons that ran ...

Yesterday, had their cameras destroyed by gangs. there are large numbers of secret police on the secretes who dont give you their identity badges but will try to take you away from certain places. we enjoy a certain amount of safety by the sheer amount of people power in the streets here in this opposition held square right now. but ive spoken to one egyptian who traveled all the way from kuwait to try to attend this rally and he said beyond the barricades that are controlled by the opposition, ...

>> is all hell about to break out in egypt? arm thugged attacking journalists. >> i was about to get in my taxi. i realized there were a line of thugs with clubs with nails embedded in them. >> whats behind this extraordinary menacing crackdown? >> i have a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that means there may be something they dont want us to cover coming up. >> tonight we cannot reveal where anderson cooper and our cnn colleagues are reporting from, but we vow to bring you their stori...

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