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about 40 minutes from now. were taking a look at live pictures showing you there the flag set up, the podium set up, waiting for the president to be speaking. that will be happening momentarily. now, of course were taking a look at how the events a world away impact your security, our standing in the world. weve got a few details ahead of the speech. the president is expected to say that the post-bin laden area is a time to reject terror and extremist views. the president will emphasiz...

Supposed to reveal how long you are going to live. do you buy that? we told but this yesterday. its sparking a huge controversy. for more on the ethical problems this nay pose, here is dr. marc siegel. you have just written a book about the confluence of spirituality and medicine. so what can be used against us in this? are people not going to marry us or not going to give us insurance or make commitments to us if we have -- what is it called? >> they are called telemeres. >> i look at what real...

Cruise missiles to the chinese at that time. it would be deeply unsurprising if the chinese got ahold of this in some shape or form. >> yesterday, it seems like they took one step forward to the united states saying they would give access to bin ladens three wooifs who were in that compound to be interviewed or interrogated. now it seems like theyre threatening or suggesting or having already given this technology to china. >> well, i wouldnt even call yesterday one step forward. look, anderson,...

Part of the world. for many times, many years when i was in government, pakistan would make commitments that they never make. >> they say one thing to your face and never follow through. >> thats right. until they give u.s. officials access to these women and children, i wouldnt believe it any way. so im not sure -- >> do you believe that bin ladens son, hamza, might have escaped? >> absolutely not. its inconceivable. to those of us who have been involved in military planning and operations, its...

Airplane to kill americans, then maybe waterboarding would not be considered unacceptable. but as you know and the world knows, there are a lot of people at guantanamo that didnt fit that description. so we dont have that 100% moral certainty that -- >> no, no, i understand that. but you know better than most, because you or one of the people running the place, you must have felt in your guts that a lot of these people there were bad people and potentially, if they were released, would be plotti...

So if we dont mean what we say when we enter into those kind of commitments, we need to repudiate that treaty and just ignore international law, which is what weve been doing. >> but lets then acknowledge that when we comply with these treaties, well be the only world in the country that does it. every country tortures -- >> but that doesnt mean its the wrong thing to do. when youre fighting a moral war, as we have been against saddam hussein, against osama bin laden, when we position ourselves ...

Joining us now on the hotline is democratic congresswoman shelley pingry from california, starting a petition to ask for an accelerated withdrawal of troops from afghanistan in july, promising to bring sig match dhours the president. congress woman in an ideal scenario, what exactly would you have the president do? >> well, the president made two commitments to us. one was to bring back osama bin laden and the other one was to commit to an accelerated withdrawal from afghanistan starting in july...

Commitments, we need to repudiate that treaty and just ignore international law, which is what weve been doing. >> but lets then acknowledge that when we comply with these treaties, well be the only world in the country that does it. every country tortures -- >> but that doesnt mean its the wrong thing to do. when youre fighting a moral war, as we have been against saddam hussein, against osama bin laden, when we position ourselves as better people -- >> thats right. >> then surely we have to be...

Commitments not just to military protecting a country, and getting some sort of justice for fdny, but then coming back and serving again to honor their fathers and loved ones that they cared so much about. just phenomenal. >> yeah, it is a great full circle, if you will. but also the raw emotion. al santoro who still cannot really talk about his son without choking up. what was your most intense memory of 9/11? >> oh, wow. i mean, it just goes from every possible level you can imagine. the first...

Obviously, your intelligence community is not on our side. is there anything you can do about it? can we make demands in that specific area, which seems to be the main problem in pakistan? >> well, we are going to try and thats why i want to investigate this. i want to hold the funding. i want to have a hearing on it, be a secret hear bug we want to learn what their intention is what kind of commitments they are going to make, at this point in time it has been very disappointing. we have enough ...