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In light of the new threat of baal qaeda, we wanted to look at whether the terrorist group is getting stronger. listen to what president obama said about al qaeda back in october during his re-election campaign. >> i said wed refocus on the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 and we have. and today, a new tower rises above the new york skyline and al qaedas on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> lets bring in cnn security analyst peter bergen. peter, you heard the president say las...

Mandela as he remains hospitalized. appreciate it. >> thank you, fredericka. >> back with much more in the "newsroom," after this. all this produce from walmart and secretly served it up in the heart of peach country. its a fresh-over. we want you to eat some peaches and tell us what you think. theyre really juicy. it must have just come from the farm. this right here is ideal for me. walmart works directly with growers to get you the best quality produce theyve ever had. what would you do if i ...

As 80 witnesses including more of bulgers criminal associates. fredericka? >> thanks so much, deb. more on the breaking story. edward snowdens odyssey of hong kong and then moscow and now personal ecuador. what the u.s. is doing in response to his movements next.

Hell be overnighting somewhere outside of the airport? >> reporter: no. still, fredericka, looks likely to stay at moscows airport. he arrived around 5:00 p.m. local time but even before then it was pretty clear there were signs on the ground that the government of ecuador looking to influence or play some role in the fate. the ambassadors car was parked outside. other officials and diplomats, their vehicles were seen coming and going and we know from the government of ecuador, yes, edward snowd...

The power is still out here. and off on the horizon, the calgary stampede. the huge rodeo here beloved in the town. the mayor says that the show here will go on. >> some people will return to work on monday. downtown will look more normal in the middle of the week and 13 days from now i will wear cowboy boots and a cowboy hat to lead off the greatest outdoor show on earth. >> reporter: the next concern were the bow river turning in to south saskatchewan river in medicine hat. 10,000 of the 61,00...

Political issues. but what you have to keep in mind is for extradition, theres an overriding question of whether a charged crime was a political apt. most if not all extradition cla requests come with the claim that someone committed a charge and they can consider whether its plit kl and doesnt help to have the senators and members of congress calling for this guys head and saying they want to catch the traitor and face the possible death penalty. all this human cry adds to this sort of politica...

A.m. tomorrow morning and noon. well have to wait and see how they deal with it. we understand volunteers and so many people are sandbagging and preparing for the worst in medicine hat, fredericka. >> all right. terrible situation. all the best to the people there. appreciate it. next, we have heard lots of hit men testimony of brutal gangland shootings. highlights of the biggest mob trial to hit boston in years straight ahead. at his curren, bob will retire when hes 153, which would be fine i...

With the diplomatic number plates and so forth, even the ambassadors own car was there. we understand that hes been airside at the airport in the transit area dealing with snowden directly himself. so yes. we understand that hes spending the night in the transit area of moscows airport. with the hope of catching a connecting flight out of moscow tomorrow. its not likely to be a direct flight to ecuador because there arent any. speculation and it is just speculation, we cant con did i remember it...

Bit on "state of the union" this morning. take a listen. >> whats infuriating is prime minister putin of russia aiding and abetting snowdens escape. the bottom line is very simple. allies are supposed to treat each other in decent ways and putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the united states, whether its syria, iran and now, of course, with snowden. >> reporter: and of course, you know, officials were not really thinking that russia would be a major factor in all of this. they ex...

Extradition, they could hand him over if they wanted to and decided it is in their interest politically or think that in terms of how they look to the world, this is the right move, he could be handed over and why, fred, even though it looks simple to travel around right now, arguably, every hour of his day is filled with peril that he may be scooped up by the authorities and brought back here to face the music and a fair chance that will be true for the rest of his life. fredericka? >> it would...