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0 theory it would be advancing americans privacy interests or advising us that our government is doing something untoward to release this information. that is damaging to national security. i think it is damaging to edward snowdens case that his overall actions are in the national interest. but that said, even if hes a bad actor who did bad things who deserves to go to jail for a long time, there may be components of what he leaked that are in the national interests that they were leaked and we ...

efforts which have roiled washington and led to an extensibilive debate about the proper scope and reach of the nsa. >> does the president feel that he is violated the privacy of any american? >> he does not. we have to find the right balance between protecting our privacy, which is the president saying i want every member of congress on whose authority we are running this program to understand it, to be briefed about it, and to be comfortable with it. >> mcdonough also said he expects...

>> jumping into the future, chief franklin institute astronomer, derrick pitts, thank you. joining me tomorrow, with former state department spokesman, pj crowley and veteran chicago reporter jim warren. dont go anywhere -- "now" with alex wagner is coming up next. >> well go to space, harness asteroid. >> im speaking to you from the future. >> i thought you were speaking to me from 15 feet away. >> im speaking to you from five minutes in the future at noon. spring break is over on capitol h...

Youre going to have to be aware of the great ethnic tensions and cultural divisions. they can begin to learn about each other in a way they never have. i think thats a sword that cuts both ways. >> may i suggest you take maggie haberman, and eric bates and joy reid and myself. well be happy to shed light. charlie, doing great work. thank you, thank you to everybody else on my panel. thats all for now, i ill see you at noon when im joined by my panel. until then you can follow us on twitter, "and...

0 was something that she embodied and she and reagan did so well. >> thomas, to jamies point, margaret thatcher allowed the americans to place cruise missiles on uk soil for the first time for that very purpose. and thats why the americans perspective on margaret thatcher, baroness thatcher is so warm because on foreign policy, she was extremely impressive. jamie is being slightly polite and modest. he was actually working with vice president joe biden who then was a senator. at the time when th...

on background checks. obstruction will be led by right flanker rand paul and ted cruz, 13 senators are vowing to filibuster reids bill. paul and cruz are being joined in their efforts by mike lee, marco rubio, jerry moramoran. ron johnson, mike encity, mike crapo, coats and roberts. all 13, with the exception of sequester dan coats and marco rubio have a ratings from the nra. the group backing a firearms status quo wrote this weekend -- we will oppose the motion to proceed on any legis...

We should say aig has not agreed to sign on to the lawsuit. the board of directors is hearing out the former ceo, probably one of the worst villains of the financial crisis. i would be surprised if they make a move like this, but it is an appalling, appalling, ridiculous affront. >> youre trying to avoid the words, but its blanking, blanking unbelievable they are doing this. those are the blanks i was looking for. eric, whether or not aig joins this lawsuit or not, theres this sort of mental -- ...

the cabinet reshuffle continues, and next in the hot seat, jack lew. it is wednesday, january 9th, and this is "now." joining me today, "rolling stones" eric bates, heather mcgee, former traveling press secretary for the obama campaign jen psaki, and the effortlessly elegant msnbc contributor jonathan capehart of "the washington post." at a time of great fiscal uncertainty and belt tightening, president obama is poised to nominate as the next treasury secretary a man who brings his l...

Producer. >> were such a small group of women and men that have had the privilege of living in the white house, although i never lived there, but spending time in the white house, even though were defined by so much more, our careers, husbands, children, its a privilege. we thought it would be wonderful. >> a white house christmas, first families remember airs tomorrow night on nbc at 8:00 p.m. thats going to wrap things up for me, thanks for your time. see you back tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. east...

0 against the back drop of four funerals and three wakes to be held today for victims of the shooting. the nra announced it will hold a news conference on friday. its unclear what the group will say or what it will do, but a statement said in part, "the nra is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." in recent days, the gun industry has faced pressures. gun makers have seen their stock prices fall and yesterday a major equity firm announced it would...