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See you tomorrow. same time. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. welcome back. al franken has been a pop cultural figure for decades on saturday night live. but every e ever since he was elected to the u.s. senate, youve seen a lot less of franken in the media. as the national journal report of this year, the junior center for minnesota made himself a stranger to the national press, rarely granting interviews to national media outlets in an effort to prove he was ...

Senator feinstein talked about what the analysts did, go back and look where else might you have gotten the information if you scoured the other sources and could you have found it some other way, and if you could have, then theyre saying the harsh interrogation wasnt necessary. to that, the cia officials respond thats reading history backwards. >> isnt that would have, could have, should have? they had the asset right there to get it from. >> my own feeling is that the wisest position to take t...

The most contentious. senator feinstein talked about what the analysts did, go back and look where else might you have gotten the information if you scoured the other sources and could you have found it some other way, and if you could have, then theyre saying the harsh interrogation wasnt necessary. to that, the cia officials respond thats reading history backwards. >> isnt that would have, could have, should have? they had the asset right there to get it from. >> my own feeling is that the wis...

Late 1980s wants to change that. >> theyre doing all they can with what weve empowered them to do. >> but the sexual predators are still getting hired, so -- >> which is why we need to be vigilant as a policy maker to give more tools so we can prevent the next one from occurring. >> after learning about our story, congressman ross introduced legislation that would give companies that serve children the option to polygraph employees. something disney told us it would consider. >> whats the ultima...

Ceremonial and not really a policy maker is he? >> reporter: no, and i think the envyitation within over well with israel but not with prime minister netanyahu who is not invited to that gathering. the pope and president perez have a long and warm relationship and i think perez resigning and leaving office after seven years and in a way kind of a gesture to perez by the pope. >> he called for a palestinian state. how did that go over with the israelis? >> reporter: it is not a problem, he talked...

Critical. >> in europe, there is a continuing danger of deflation. scarce stories of a while ago, that the euro area would break up. those look much less likely now. europe has a long way to go to establish durable and continuing growth. we are growing and we will probably grow at a rate that will be sufficient to bring it this year. we are still nowhere near where we might have expected to be this point. for every policy maker in the united states, every area of policy, the priority now should ...

He has been on may show a hard time. she hardliner. when you say state controlled television, sadly enough, all of the main television networks in this country, will are three, are either directly or indirectly controlled by the state. in that sense, we are getting state television no matter where you look for those three networks. and the fact that he is very much a cold war partly cloudy -- how should i put this -- cold war warrior and -- does not want the relationship with the united states, ...

Here is michael flynn. >> a defense capabilities are we talking about u.s. war plans or are we talking about intelligence gagering methods? >> i think its an all of the above. inteligence capabilities and operational. technology. its weapons systems. >> do you think that russia has access to the kind of colors that we are talking about? >> to the information that he got? >> yeah. >> you have to assume that if they dont have access, they will try to get access to it. >> joining me now, correspond...

Weekend. >> supported saying the u.n. that the aides need to be allowed to be delivered to the people. they havent supported sanctions against the crimnality. they are supporting him and propping him up. they are capacitating him. >> you dont want troops to syria? >> i heard secretary rice make the argument that people that want to put boots on the ground. who is that? who has called for american troops in syria? i havent heard a single policy maker say that. i dont understand how she can say th...

And the leaders who frankly i think are getting beat up. i think they need information. its a watershed opportunity to convey the type of information that is obvious and also conveyed to a policy maker and decision maker who may not convey or use information the same way we do. >> in order for us to learn from this so it doesnt happen again. the question has to be answered who dropped the ball. in your best opinion, who did? >> if you read the blog carefully, he was no specific person or agency ...