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Today, anybody who is there to uphold the law cannot act like theyre above the law. and both a principle that is used to make sure it reflects the culture in the police department. and i want to say one thing, there are men and women both in leadership positions and rank and file who follow and live by that principle every day. jason van dyke does not represent the police department. i can give you chapter and verse of people who are doing things beyond what their quote/unquote their job descrip...

Not to watch it, because they feel they can understand the facts without actually seeing the death on camera, the killing on camera. but people will have to make up their own minds about what do we learn about the system and are there problems here. mayor emanuel just said, he hadnt watched the video, but hes open to working on reforms and problems. >> without videotape, without video evidence, what does the civilian oversight actually mean? if it takes a year to come to this conclusion, and aga...

Cuban foreign ministry. and those are proceeding well, albeit slowly. so there are executive actions and orders that president obama can take in the arenas of trade, allowing u.s. telecommunication industry to go in more firmly. aviation agreements. we seen this obviously with the excitement over travel potentially increasing. and obviously the lifting or softening of visa restrictions for u.s. tourists. but there are other arenas in which the president simply cannot act. >> what i found interes...

500-mile border with syria. you just heard my take. now lets hear from two experts on u.s. foreign policy. he served as national security adviser to president jimmy carter and richard haas is the president of the council on foreign relations. he served as director of policy planning at the state department and he is the author of "foreign policy begins at home." welcome. let me start with you. secretary kerry revealed on cnn on the preceding show that the united states now has independent confir...

The -- provide an option -- this would be completely by choice -- for people who dont want to pick this public option, among the private sector choices within a health exchange, and rates for premiums are estimated to be about 5 to 7% lower, meaning those people in the exchange that needed a subsidy would take fewer tax dollars and it is also estimated that it would serve as an anchor, because theres competition, to bring down the cost of health care, even in the private sector as well. >> when ...

could we be next? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." today were coming to you live from cnns jerusalem, israel. he left there live earlier today. hes now in poland with the president-elect. were going to have a live report in the next hour from pole land. we begin this hour with my one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. governor romney, thanks so much for joining us, in jerusalem. what a beautiful city. im sure youve been moved by what youve see...

Supreme court justice alito which is probably the reason why hes on the supreme court steps right there as he was awaiting this decision today. what does this mean for your state and for the law that you have in place now? >> well, with regard to states generally that are trying to tackle the immigration issue, it means that theyll have to be careful not to run afoul of what the supreme court has now said is significant preemption precedent. itll be more difficult for states to set their own pen...

Safe. >> they say theres a small number of al-qaida mostly located in pakistan and they come across the border or whatever. these afghan forces have to defend themselves against the taliban. what role do we have in getting them ready for that? >> so we have committed ourselves to continue to provide support and training to the afghan national security forces until 2014 and i think what youll see coming out of chicago is a longer term financial -- >> nato conference. >> with the nato conference b...

Israel has is being diminished with them working with terrorist group. >> because this organization has been labeled a terrorist organization by the u.s., does that help in putting any pressure or give the u.s. any negotiating power with the reports that we have seen that israel may act by the spring in launching an attack on iran. >> the u.s. cannot act with this group. theres a problem with the assassinati assassination. at the end of the day, these covert operations may help convince the isra...

Jon: thanks nor coming in and sharing your thoughts th us. >> thank you, jon. had dinner with you, youre one of the good guys, thanks for doing that. jon: for a look at one of the legal ramifications lets talk with the chairman of the medal of honor foundation. john, the ninth circuit ruled that the government essentially cannot act as the truth police and punish lies that cause no direct harm. but you just heard leo say u know, for thos, you know, there is a lot of harm to them when a guy like ...