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Disputes about territories and what does that do with the south china sea and the concern that some of americas closer asian allies have. theres some concern by japan and seoul and folks in seoul about how committed is the united states to asia. are they willing to push back at china if china starts doing some similar making some similar changes to territories or changes to boundaries that the russians have been doing? i think that thats where you see a little bit of a connection there and where...

To suggest one direction or another. theyve all got to be checked out to see which of those actually leads to the truth. right now, isolated data points and a lot of theories. >> isnt it true that a dramatic turn like the one that is hypothesized could have been done by a pilot just as easily as auto pilot? >> i think thats correct. but again, we dont know. look, i learned in my old profession in intelligence theres a difference between a secret which is something you really learn hard to discov...

We saw helicopters constantly circling over the venue. thats a feeling of a ring of steel here. of course that background chatter of threats persists ashleigh. >> every time i see a headline about the sochi games, it is security threat related, or a disaster, debacle, nothing is ready, a mess. what is it like to be there? does it feel like what it sounds like? >> reporter: a lot of people are waiting for the joy to kick in. i think well see a lot of that in the opening ceremony. we saw a practic...

Happened at benghazi, a lot of lessons were learned. there was a strong internal review, and one of that was to the extent there is at least background chatter about the targeting of hard targets, which would be an embassy, we ought to alert our embassy officials, close it down at least -- close the embassies down on sunday. theres another reason for the administration going this public. >> why is that? >> and that has to do with disrupting a planned attack. if the terrorists know, if these cell...

Confirmed that, that for a while theres been background chatter the last couple months suggesting something is being planned and the last couple days and what would explain these alerts is more specific information. that is coming from foreign intelligence agencies in yemen and elsewhere, so its a combination of the monitoring of communications as well as what foreign intelligence agencies are telling us at this stage. so that would explain both why the specific embassies are closed but also the...

word. >> the truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. >> as makeshift memorials spring up across norway, police and the public are searching for answers to fridays deadly attacks. the lawyer and suspect, anders breivik, the lawyer said his client is in insane. the suspects father, who doesnt want to be identified, agrees. >> translator: no, ill never have more contact with him in my darkest momen...

Background chatter, as you well know. >> i know that. >> but when you get the background chatter, it gets hard to tamp down. >> do you think hes stirring these conversations today? do you think hes pushing these pieces? is that a fair shot at rahm? >> i doubt it. rahm is many things, one is a smart politician. i dont think these pieces are particularly helping him. theyre making him more the focal point. and theyre enraging a lot of other people around town who dont think its appropriate for som...

Some names. anybody out there willing to say the guy from illinois was speaking out against him in the post today. >> thats right. theres a whole lot of background chatter as you well know. you worked in -- >> i know there is. im trying to figure out -- >> when the sort of background chatter gets going, it can be really hard to tamp down. >> do you think hes starting the positive pieces in the front page piece today, across the top, do you hi hes pushing the? >> i doubt it. rahm is a smart polit...

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