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Just want to be together. new developments in a years long standoff between the government and a "new york times" reporter. attorney general eric holder has decided that james risen will not be forced to name his confidential source. he talked about a botched plan for the iran nuclear program. risen was facing the prospect of jail time because he was refusing to give up the source. now sources tell cnn evan perez that its off the table, jail time is not a possibility and risen will not have to...

Request. mayor de blasio is calling the effort deeply disappointing. union officials say officers have not supported the mayor since his response in the wake of the choke hold death of eric garner. and attorney general eric holder deciding not to force a "new york times" reporter to reveal his confidential source. reporter james risen has been fighting to avoid contempt of court and possible jail time for refusing to give up a source war." but risen may still have to testify at an upcoming nat...

United nations this week about my situation. i think we are making it quite hard for the doj to successfully froms cute us without inflicting serious damage, serious political damage on itself, so i call on eric holder to do the right thing, dismiss this prosecution against -- and investigation against myself and my staff. it will proceed to a chilling effect on all other publishers involved in national security journalism. there seems to be an attempt, in fact, to split off national security jo...

Case to the vatican for pope francis to visit next year. philadelphias mayor made a pitch for the pontiff to attend a massive celebration in the city of brotherly love. its planned for next september. a "new york times" reporter waging war on the white house. james risen currently fight a legal battle to keep his sources a secret. hes calling the obama administration, quote, the greatest enemy of press freedom hes encountered in at least a generation, end quote. joining us now ebony williams, ...

Amendment issue, attack on freedom, free press. its important we hold all administrations accountable. we cant do that with this type of narrative that says it has to be more and more narrow. this is a progression were seeing from the obama administration that didnt start here. unfortunately hes maximizing this. we saw president bush under wire for warrantless wiretaps and now president obama isnt doing anything better about it. this is an opportunity to ring true to that transparency promise he...

For whistle-blowers and said mr. ellsburg he was absolutely right to leave the united states because its the only way to participate in a debate he started and avoid prosecution in the united states -- >> all right. >> he thinks they are lovely societies. >> let me give the final word to james risen here. james, i would simply say this, is there a limit, though? is there a limit to what kind of material people with the kind of access that edward snowden had should be allowed to put out there bef...

Serious damage. >> they cant -- the other thing is you cant separate out -- >> sorry, james. >> you cant separate out domestic from international that cleanly. thats one of the kind of statements that the obama administration has made repeatedly that they can make these clean kind of divides, and thats just not true. >> what was really interesting today i thought, the james clapper released three previously classified documents about the governments vault collection programs. that to me, jeffrey...

The republic lasted for over 200 years with a free press and, you know, its just -- you know, all i know is that every time ive done stories like this, they say that ive caused enormous damage to the country and then nothing happens. >> james risen, jeffrey toobin and glenn greenwald, thank you very much indeed. coming next, the nixon footage that hasnt been seen in 40 years. tonight ill talk to the other nixon, the presidents youngest brother ed. he joins me next.

The -- this discussion. >> we wouldnt be having -- we wouldnt be having this discussion if its isnt for him. >> thats true. >> why do you think -- thats the thing i dont understand about the climate in washington these days. is that people want to have debates on television and elsewhere, but then you want to throw the people that start the debates in jail. >> tell me this, james, because youve been involved in this for a long time. here is what i face. as a journalist all my life, im looking at...

The -- this discussion. >> we wouldnt be having -- we wouldnt be having this discussion if its isnt for him. >> thats true. >> why do you think -- thats the thing i dont understand about the climate in washington these days. is that people want to have debates on television and elsewhere, but then you want to throw the people that start the debates in jail. >> tell me this, james, because youve been involved in this for a long time. here is what i face. as a journalist all my life, im looking at...