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Amid all that uncertainty and fear. i have to say, all this destruction, i was struck where the death toll was about 87 in a town of more than 40,000 people, to see people in the houses laughing, joking with a foreign near like me, perhaps will be the greatest resource the fill p -- fill ppeople have that will them ahead, anderson. >> we talked about at the top of the program, andrew stevens, the strength and dignity. you say how are you doing, they say im okay. have you lost anybody? yes, ive l...

I have to say, all this destruction, i was struck where the death toll was about 87 in a town of more than 40,000 people, to see people in the houses laughing, joking with a foreign near like me, perhaps will be the greatest resource the fill -- people have that will take them ahead, anderson. >> we talked about at the top of the program, andrew stevens, the strength and dignity. you say how are you doing, they say im okay. have you lost anybody? yes, ive lost three of my children. six of my chi...

Will be subsidies available and it will be better, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. they didnt make that claim. theres no question they did not campaign that way. and they will privately admit that to you. >> all right, lets talk about another privacy type issue, the other big issue of the day, the nsa, telling quote from the foreign -- former french foreign minister who said the magnitude of the eavesdropping is what shocked us, lets be honest, we eavesdrop too, everyone is listening to everyon...

Foreign -- the house armed services committee. i dont think we have this sound bite. but ill read it to you. he said a lot of people say that nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. well, its the credible threat of force that has been on the table for these past weeks that for the first time brought this regime to even acknowledge that they have a chemical weapons arsenal. hes got a good point there. >> he does. and he has said if it werent for this threat, that they wouldnt be ...

Nervous about appearing weak because of the iraq war and all of that. he was attacked by many of his opponents for opposing the iraq war and not standing up for american interests. so as a result, hes always weighing the political calculation. in the end, ironically, that makes him appear weak because he dithers. >> gretchen: thats interesting, while the senate foreign realizes committee was getting together to talk about this, old campaign advisors were getting together with the president to ta...

Saying trust us, were not doing anything illegal. the stuff that was declassified yesterday said they didnt break some laws. they violated -- the nsa violated the constitution three times in three years. violated the constitution because they did as brian said go through our e-mails, domestic e-mails, rather than just the foreign stuff. remember, it was original i will supposed to be the foreign -- it was supposed to be the foreign stuff. and plus they say that the government made a substantial ...

Part of care helping themselves. >> with two reporters that we know killed today, many more harassed and accosted. >> four. >> four killed today? is it your sense that -- >> two foreign, working for foreign agencies and two local egyptian reporters, bloggers. thats the latest word here. >> is it your sense that journalists are being targeted or are they just getting caught up in whats a big messy sprawling conflict? >> its a very -- its very hard to know. when we spoke to people today, including...

Gunfire. so yes the social services were sort of working, but most people were at least for the initial part of care helping themselves. >> with two reporters that we know killed today, many more harassed and accosted. >> four. >> four killed today? is it your sense that -- >> two foreign, working for foreign agencies and two local egyptian reporters, bloggers. thats the latest word here. >> is it your sense that journalists are being targeted or are they just getting caught up in whats a big me...

They were doing so at great risk, there was a lot of gunfire. so yes the social services were sort of working, but most people were at least for the initial part of care helping themselves. >> with two reporters that we know killed today, many more harassed and accosted. >> four. >> four killed today? is it your sense that -- >> two foreign, working for foreign agencies and two local egyptian reporters, bloggers. thats the latest word here. >> is it your sense that journalists are being targeted...

Those foreign -- foreignlations, it is extremely hard. >> ambassador mark ginsburg, and richard wolffe, thank you for joining us. good to be here. coming up, olympic gold medallist greg louganis will be here. and the republicans are still trying to re-brand themselves. and today for some strange reason they tried to do it in the very same boston hotel where mitt romney delivered his concession speech in the last presidential election. my asthmas under control. i get out a lot... except whe...