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Step forward. >> okay. how about edward snowden? this is a man who said that his objective was to create a national dialogue. expose the programs. let the american people decide what is right. do you think yesterdays speech was a sort of mission accomplished for him? >> well, this is what i think. i think two things about snowden. i think the revelations that he provided not only the united states, but people all over the world, was usually important. no question about that. and would the presid...

Novel cases, not routine ones. big deal. overall, id with give them an a-minus, and if i were a lefty, i would be really upset. >> bing is all over the place, people weighing in. privacy versus security, which do you value more? privacy, 66%, security, 34%. do you think the nsa has too much power? yes, 89%. >> presidents nsa changes go too far, do not go far enough, are about right. the voting is still coming in, chuck. and actually, lawmakers were all over the board on reaction today, too. >> i...

Moving toward a deal thats real. if it is, then time really isnt that much of a concern. the question is, who is serious and who isnt? jenna: that gets to the broader point. do you think iran could have a nuclear weapon in three to six months? those time lines are always shifting. >> right. thats the fear, of course, that theyve already or will shortly pass the breakout point where, in fact, they can pursue a weapon quickly and unbeknownst to the united states or other intelligence organizations...

>> ladies first with you, karen. you just heard from congressman king. one of his biggest complaints was the white house held back information that this was a terrorist attack claiming this was classified. this is different from the white houses initial defense that they did call it a terrorist attack right away. are they changing their tune? >> well, what i find interesting is the way congressman king and a number of the other republicans have changed their tune from the night before the briefi...

times even funny. were going to play part of it throughout the hour. admiral william mccraven may not be a household name, but as youre about to see, hes a genuine u.s. hero. we always think of, in recent years, of course, at least in the past year, with admiral m mccraven, as the orchestrater, the architect of the raid that killed osama bin laden. and you know, weve all read a lot about it. i know peter bergen is here, hes written a whole book about it, an excellent book about it. but...

ill have the weather on both sides of the pond. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and good morning to you. happy friday. thank you for joining us. im carol costello. we begin with new details on a man who is accused of being a serial infector of hepatitis c. david kwiatkowsky is accused of infecting many people. one hospital fired him for drug abuse two years ago. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is in boston with more. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: carol, let ...

unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. im wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. youre in "the situation room." theyre not the headlines mitt romneys campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britains prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remas about londons readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. whats going on with the republican candidat...

Event. do you agree with that? >> i dont necessarily agree with that because i think, again, there are two very different moments in time. you know, this is, again, an opportunity to pay respects to mark this important sort of ending point certainly of this part of the story. we know that the story continues and we know that on that first day when, you know, president bush was there and i was actually there over the weekend myself it was just so devastating and heart wrenching and just changed e...

Ladens compound carrying 30 to 40 of the best trained troops on the planet. after only 40 minutes, that now historic mission was complete. but before we continue with that, we have harry reid, majority leader, on the senate floor right now. >> those watching around the world may not be able to see on their screens the scene here in the united states senate today. we have all come to the floor in a way we rarely do. weve come here this afternoon to express with one voice our endless respect and a...

Sixth, the department have set up numerous outside boards and commissions, 65 in the case of o.s.d. alone, to oversee our activities and provide independent advice. some of thee entities provide real value, others less. even if their members are unpaid, these bodies still require substantial support, $75 million for o.s.d. alone, in the form of staff and indirect costs. therefore, im ordering a review of all outside boards and commissions for the purpose of eliminating those that are no longer n...