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Company just that in an interview that we had all lined up. and then quite suddenly they canceled. without any explanation. erin? >> wow. and certainly thats the answer we all want to hear. former nsa contractor edward snowden had an online chat today and he said something about dick cheney. and then the trial of exmob boss whitey bulger has begun today. old stories of murder right out of a mafia movie and a scary situation on a hong kong flight to newark. how passengers subdued a seemingly cr...

Poll numbers? because the public at least the polls ive seen seem to support the nsa monitoring and yet all of a sudden the presidents numbers have plunged on this and on trustworthiness. how does that add up? >> if you look at the poll numbers overall theres not a person in washington that the american people are satisfied with. and if you consider that the president has had a series of public relations challenges, that have been built on by republicans who have done very well at making issues ...

pick your scandal du jour basically, and i think youre going to -- youre seeing also that it is particularly affecting president obamas base right now. we are a very polarized country. there is, you know, a number of people who will disapprove of president obama practically unless he comes up with a cure for cancer. but theres also a group who will approve of him almost under any circumstances, and it is that group that feels more -- most affected by this nsa scandal, and that thats where hi...

Will approve of him almost under any circumstances, and it is that group that feels more -- most affected by this nsa scandal, and that thats where his fall is coming from. >> so let me ask you, bill, about that group, his base. because the issue here, at least you know, when i look at it, you say, look, president bush had this point of view and it fit with what you expected his point of view to be, right? president obama, though, well, frankly, he said the exact opposite of what hes doing right...

With plastic handcuffs supplied by the flight crew. the plane did land safely this afternoon in newark. it is unclear at this point whether anyone was poisoned. but a source is telling cnn the fbi is taking this incident extremely seriously. we reached out to united to ask about their protocol but in a statement they would only tell us that a passenger game disruptive. in the event an infectious toxin were released in an aircraft cabin epidemiology professor ian lipkin tells us it could be addre...

To beijing? id be living in a palace petting a phoenix right now which is a slightly racist thing to say. in all seriousness, does this make sense to you, do you think hes right? >> no, i dont. because youve got to look at the facts and i believe that he is either a chinese intelligence operative, or hes working alongside chinese intelligence, but in any event, this whistle-blower narrative doesnt make sense. so first of all, he gave to hong kong south china morning post documents that had techn...

Government in exchange for asylum he reportedly said this is a smear i anticipated before going public as the u.s. media has a knee jerk reaction to china involving anything that is expected to distract from the issue of u.s. government misconduct. if i was a chinese spy why wouldnt i have flown directly to beijing? id be living in a palace petting a phoenix right now which is a slightly racist thing to say. in all seriousness, does this make sense to you, do you think hes right? >> no, i dont. ...

Make a guy like you happy. but blogs, websites on the left and the right are full of anger, theyre doing that face morph of president bush and president obama. i actually kind of love looking at it, because its amazing how well it works. i mean -- >> you need new hobbies. >> its one of the best morphs ive ever seen. how do you explain these new poll numbers? because the public at least the polls ive seen seem to support the nsa monitoring and yet all of a sudden the presidents numbers have plung...

Much more likely to support president bush in that kind of policy. i think that accounts for a lot of the support that the president bush had -- >> -- you got a guy who overpromised and underdelivered. a guy who is finding out that it is much different to govern than it is to campaign. and that made promises during the campaign that when you come in to office and you actually have to be in charge of things like the nsa, you realize, are not feasible and practical to put in to effect. and you kno...

Focused on helping china. >> so telling them -- telling them that hes doing it, is one thing that would be whistle-blowing but showing them its this e-mail address and this is how thats another. >> exactly. this is not something that somebody who is wants to start a conversation in the u.s. about surveillance would do. what he is doing is hes helping chinese intelligence counter nsas moves and thats very important. when you look at all the other events of surrounding his leaving the united state...