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Counterterror policies after 9/11, specifically waterboarding. general hayden, isnt it something of an open question as to whether you can tie that moment to this moment? in other words, harsh interrogation, waterboarding of suspected terrorists ultimately led us to bin laden? can we make that declaring statement? >> i wouldnt describe it that way. i describe it the way director panetta has done in some public commentaries, that one of the key threads we began this from about four years ago came...

Wrong direction. all of the data whether it was unemployment, whether it was gdp growth or stock market were moving in the negative direction when obama came in. now moving in positive direction. by leaps and bounds. the point that joe makes which is important is for those who are unemployed right now we need to find some help for them and get the economy moving at a faster clip and unemployment insurance has been a great deal of help. the argument and debate about stimulus and whether it works,...

Important to you for bin laden, captured or killed, before it finally happened? is it something that you thought about before it happened? >> rachel, you hit on it. i did not allow myself to think about it. i realized that the capture or death of osama bin laden had been downplayed probably in the fear that it wouldnt happen. now that it has happened i have to admit that im very relieved. im very relieved. it seems like such good counterpoint to the brutal and unfocused and miserable mass murder...

And it turned to real optimism and i was very gratified to hear the bipartisan members of congress cheer and applaud because to tell you the truth i am very glad that osama bin laden is dead and not in the world anymore. i think the world is well rid of him. i am so grateful to our past presidents bill clinton and george w. bush who began this ardent effort to capture osama bin laden. i am thrilled to death that president obama has been able to accomplish that. i am so grateful to him. i am very...

Reports of two loud explosions in the capital city of tripoli in libya. thats the turf of the libyan leader muammar qaddafi. witnesses are telling us that the explosions are most likely the result of two nato air strikes. details as they come in. the u.s. government is in a jam. the budget, our political leaders passed requires us to borrow more and more money adding to the national debt yet again the country has a limit which congress sets how much the country can legally run up. congress hasnt...

Its no big deal. for anybody, that seems outrageous. why isnt anybody looking that the with a harder line? and why isnt it something that people>> designed to get the frozen credit markets going again. late in 2008, the banks were not lending to the car dealerships and consumer outlets so they wanted to provide an incentive for banks and hedge funds to land. if you want to buy loans, you can keep 100% of your investment gains but well eat 90% of the losses. you buy the collateral, you give it to...

There tostories of michael jackn statues going up outside of soccer? >> we stuck it outside of harrods. it is fine. all right. >> seriously, you guys are mad at me? really. >> coming up next, we have dr. jeffy sacks. isnt it something. i like to watch it. because, it is soccer and -- the whole segment. how long do you do this? once a week. it does well. uh-huh. that is it. >> ill give it a try. >> i hang on his every word. >> it was not about dick cheney.

42 degrees for the high temperature in st. louis, 45 in new york, if this was the first week of february, that would be about right. were almost into the first week of april, thats well below average. back to you in new york. >> itll feel like summer at some point. not any time soon. >> then well complain how hot it is. >> i promise i wont. if you bring summer, i wont say a word. 90 degrees, 90% humidity, its fine. top stories away in a few minutes. a bizarre offer for customers at a radioshac...

Equal as men are. diane, should airlines be working to hire more female pilots. >> i dont know how you work harder at hiring more female pilots. maybe they should call it something other than the cockpit if they want females to go there. >> i had no idea that was going there. sc, maybe women just dont want to be pilots. you cant hug a child with airplane wings. >> isnt that a country song? >> i think it is. >> i think this is really easy to explain. two words, amilia earhart. >> i dont know. we ...

So you have a real them and us situation. theres no real urgency, and you could easily hide if you wanted to -- im not saying are you doing this, but you could hide behind the turmoil in the middle east and say you know what, we dont need to do this right now. >> not at all. first of all, palestinian economy has been growing at 10%. >> but theres no equivalence between whats happening in israel and the state of refugees in gaza. there cant be, come on? >> gazas growing at 17% because we lifted r...