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Circumstances where there hasnt been the hand ringing about setting a good precedent and setting a good example yet what mr. snowden did is colossal. >> coming from a criminal defense attorneys perspective, this may be a little strange. i dont think the nsa is a bad group of guys. theyre out there, trying to protect what we need to protect. if everybody else in the intelligence community was acting by the same rules i would be okay with it. nsa is a necessary evil, if theyre somewhat evil, becau...

Congress, by engaging in illegal spying, by ordering the torture of prisoners. we havent seen pro prosecutions of those officials or a lot of hand ringing about the precedent thats going to be set by not prosecuting those people. so, lets not get on a high horse and say, oh, dear, if we dont prosecute this person, were going to set a bad precedent. that precedent has been set. the difference is that what edward snowden did, in violating the letter of the law, vastly impro improved the situation....

Transparent, that will be a sign things are better. i dont think thats going to happen. >> is the white house going to tough this out, march on, declir victory no matter what happened and just make sure that they can -- this will improve as it goes on? >> absolutely. i think that is indeed the plan to cram this down, push it through one way or another. until you get enough people on the subsidies, that will make it difficult to get them off. the problem with the strategy is a lot of people like ...

>> theres no question after 34 years we havent had much of a relationship with iran. the approach is a cautious approach. six months to come up with a final agreement that will, im sure, have some strong language in there for iran to halt its entire program. but for now, this is an opportunity for iran to show and demonstrate to the world that they will not, you know, put together the -- all what i call the necessary material to build a nuclear bomb. they will be daily, not weekly, but daily ins...

Ripple effect that that could cause in the region given the dynamics between israel and a various number of entities. that being said, israel has unilaterally struck at targets in syria in the past. itis not an option that is off the table. again, its a wait and see scenario. when it comes to the crisis in syria, its time for the key players to put their national interests aside, find a shred of humanity and put a solution together. >> what can the international community do? we have heard the h...

World of athletic, outside the world of entertainment. he saw that as much of a legacy -- forgetting passing anything, succeeding, but simply doing that would be able to set a marker, raise the bar in a way and change a conversation for young african-american men. so i think that was as much his motivation in realizing, you know, this may not have been the right politics to insert himself into this conversation given how polarizing the conversations been, particularly in some places in the media...

There was less hand ringing, is the united states with us, can we count on president obama. there was a sense in israel who said israel can take care of itself. if we have to well do waste is, sabotage, espionage, military strikes against iran and we can ride it out even if the youth does not come our assistance. martha: thats the tone netanyahu has taken and it sounds like the has spread into confidence the people are picking up on as well. bill: the presidents healthcare law taking a big hit. ...

They didnt get the grand bargain that both parties claimed was their ultimate goal. both democrats and republicans gave themselves credit for getting something done. >> this is a very, very strong first step. >> this is an important one. this is a critical one for the future of the country. >> reporter: there was considerable hand ringing among republicans about a lack of spending cuts. some wanted to add them in, but ultimately, there just werent enough votes to get it passed. this fiscal cliff...

But last night congress sent president obama a deal on the fiscal cliff. after months of drama and some tense last-minute negotiations, congress finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. after the vote, a rare late-night statement from president obama. >> under this law, more than 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. >> reporter: lawmakers completely blew their deadline. they didnt get the grand bargain both parties claimed was their ult...

It done in time. but last night congress sent president obama a deal on the fiscal cliff. after months of drama and some tense last-minute negotiations, congress finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. after the vote, a rare late-night statement from president obama. >> under this law, more than 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. >> reporter: lawmakers completely blew their deadline. they didnt get the grand bargain both parties clai...