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Particularly with germans, particularly with the germans that lived on the east side when it comes to surveillance. so -- yet what i really hear is, you know what, the germans knew full well what the u.s. has been doing. had is not as contentious as maybe the coverage particularly here in germany would lead you to believe but it goes to the sort of classic case in any democracy, all politics is local. this is about local politics for merkel. >> we shouldnt forget that angela merkel grew up on th...

Kid desperately trying to live up to his legendary father. katai has a bit of a mission. he wants to prove he can match his fathers greatness, right. >> absolutely. >> this is a classic case, though, of art imitating life. >> there are some similarities. there are some similarities. >> do you ever think, like, i need to step back for a minute and let him shine? because your star shines so brightly. >> yeah. i be trying not to, you know, overshine a young man. >> most of the time hes worrying abo...

Amanda berrys safe return. >> all you have to do is make that check out to amanda berry. >> an ordinary man, aeceven an imperfect man can be a hero. >> im a dude who did what he had to do. >> lets get to our panel. joining us, political strategist, angela rye, whos principal of impact strategists. of course, my colleague, toure of "the cycle." charles ramsey, the heroic neighbor, has seemed to gone from hero to villain in five days. is this a classic case of co-modification? you brand the man as...

Gave some people hope that that would not be the case anymore. and hes shaken things up. and he has gotten things done. but heres a case where the nature, the ingrained nature of this system here in washington, which was basically designed to defeat change, once again came into place. washington is now a sort of conservative force in american life. conservative with a small "c." not a leading force in american life. >> the senates been called a cooling saucer. you had your tea in the old days, d...

You can go back in the history of high-profile cases, going back to the atlanta olympic bombing in 1996 when federal authorities got it wrong and identified a suspect who turned out to be entirely innocent. the anthrax case in 2001. you know, theres the media getting it wrong and then theres also federal authorities getting it wrong. at least at this point the fbi in its public comments has been very cautious. its shot down the erroneous reports of an arrest earlier today. but theres still a lot...

Really not on the bag and maybe somebody dropped it a second before he walked by. theres a lot to put together from the forensic side other than a picture where hes walking by slapping a bag. there are going to be people of interest in this case. theres going to be likely one bomber. >> well, well have to see, james, how good a picture this is. this could be a really, as you said a few moments ago, this could be a very convicting picture. this could be someone clearly putting a bag down in that ...

For the nra. what they were also doing was drawing everybody into the debate. come on in. then well show you what we can do. then they put the hammer down on this vote that kasies talking about where they said, yes, were scoring this one. were going to hold you accountable for this one. thats one of the main reasons -- >> thats politically. not that theyre the good guys, theyre not. but thats a good sign of smart politics. otherwise if they had said lets score the debate, these guys would look l...

>> its been described as a male, but they -- they certainly havent released the footage. well have to wait and see. >> theres been so much floating out there about the baseball cap and the hood and all these elaborate descriptions. we had nbc havent accepted any of that as fact yet. what do you know about all that? what is your sense of how these words spoken by a federal official or several federal officials throughout the afternoon that an arrest had been made? youre up there covering. what do...

Sort of contained circumstance they cant get away? is that possible? that they wouldnt announce that? >> my best case scenario, again, if i was in law enforcement at this time, i wouldnt tell anything to the media until i had my whole case put together. youre going to have one chance at this guy. youve got to make the best case you can. as soon as his name or address goes public, you know, the media hoards are going to descend on this whole thing. as an investigator, make your case, then let the...

Cant turn our backs on. >> before i leave you, clint, who would have put out the word today, a federal -- a lot of other networks are doing this. luckily we have pete william here to guard the truth and make sure we get it right. but other networks without pointing to anybody, they have had the problem, federal officials, im looking through all the clips. maybe just one, maybe a very busy federal official has been running around today telling news people and major networks and wire services, hey...