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Be made by the president. and taking all things into consideration. my initial -- my initial opinion is that its not necessary to do so. i think theres ample proof that this was osama bin laden. >> john mccains statement have been that final tipping point that made it clear to the white house they dont have to do this, they should not release the photographs? >> mccain is an important data point in terms of the politics of this. the politics is mixed here. and there are good people and critics o...

Osama bin laden. >> thats a judgment that has to be made by the president. and taking all things into consideration. my initial -- my initial opinion is that its not necessary to do so. i think theres ample proof that this was osama bin laden. >> john mccains statement have been that final tipping point that made it clear to the white house they dont have to do this, they should not release the photographs? >> mccain is an important data point in terms of the politics of this. the politics is mi...

I guess that is whats so stunning, if youre just waking up and just tuning into the coverage, president obama went on the air last night, announced osama bin laden had been killed on a raid and, again, for me, the surprise is, mika, how quickly everything happened. the initial -- the initial rumors that were going around the diplomatic community and also the media community was that this is something that had happened a week ago, when the president came on, we found out actually it had been orde...

>> well, thats a dramatic compromise to come down to $60 billion. were talking in the context of $3.5 trillion. >> thats what you guys -- right, but thats what the house republicans passed. i mean, thats the top-line number. $61 billion, republicans would have gotten everything they were able to pass. >> actually, the initial -- the initial offering was $100 billion. so it was a tremendous compromise to come down to $61 billion. and we also wanted to have the defunding of obama care as well. so ...

>> you bring up a very important point. is the sense here that the department is true to form in saying that while they will go ahead with the military commission, gadhafi is not enough of a threat to be eliminated? they are not the goal? >> the initial is to remove the threat that gadhafi posed to the civilians, peaceful protesters or the defenseless civilians from gadhafi military. once that is accomplished, the coalition will continue to fly air to enforce the no fly zone. now president obama...

According to the red cross there, two survivors have been found now in debris. were seeing some video of it here now. but we have confirmed here at cnn, in fact, they had been trapped in their house for some nine days. you know that earthquake hit on march 11th, two fridays ago now, and the search had been going on for survivors, any survivors, some had been found. still over 10,000 people still missing. an 8 1-year-old grandmother and her 16-year-old grandson found and alive. able to survive al...

Important from a presidential standpoint. it can have a chilling effect upon the secret service and what theyre trying to do. megyn: tamara, ill give you the last word. >> everybody has civil rights here. we all have the right to free speech as well. the question is did the secret service overstep their boundaries, and its important for the court to find out an initial -- eventually the trier of fact whether its a judge or a jury, were this mans rights violated? we know he possibly committed a c...

Would not prevent the publication, and they eventually decided not to prosecute the publication. and in the end, it seemed to me it benefited the united states, it benefited the first amendment to have that material spread out on the public record. so its the strong presumption in favor of publishing that which you receive. obviously, nobodys talking about divulging names of spies, satellite codes, things that have traditionally, both the newspapers and responsible people withhold publication. >...

Challenge facing their business, uncertainty of the economy. we begin here tonight at petes new haven pizza to talk to the owner inside. the president vice supports a bill that democrats say republicans are blocking, that they hope to come back in september after the recess to specific a bill toward the small businesses that loosen up credit with particularly small banks, community banks. is that something that you support? >> it is. yes, it is. it is. i would have loved to have that when i was ...

Challenge facing their business, uncertainty of the economy. we begin here tonight at petes new haven pizza to talk to the owner inside. the president vice supports a bill that democrats say republicans are blocking, that they hope to come back in september after the recess to specific a bill toward the small businesses that loosen up credit with particularly small banks, community banks. is that something that you support? >> it is. yes, it is. it is. i would have loved to have that when i was ...