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Later says snowden provided. then, another bombshell. the very next day, june 6th "the guardian" and "the washington post" revealed the existence of prism, a program allowing the nsa to record the activities of people using the internet. under pressure, president obama tells the american people hes confident the government is striking the right balance between security and privacy. >> i think its important to recognize that you cant have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy and zero inc...

Can they do it? president obama today tried to throw them a lifeline. he tried to give them another chance to do what they, themselves acknowledge is their only way out. >> obviously, just because something is smart and fair and good for the economy and fiscally responsible and supported by business and labor and the evangelical community and many democrats and many republicans, that does not mean that it will actually get done. this is washington, after all. so everything tends to be viewed thr...

Viewed through a political prism. and everybody has been looking at the politics of this. and i know that there are some folks in this town who primed to think if obama is for it, then im against it. but, you know, i would remind everybody that my republican predecessor was also for it when he proposed reforms like this almost a decade ago. and i joined with 23 senate republicans back then to support that reform. i would remind you that this reform won more than a dozen republican votes in the s...

Thee. america the beautiful. and your teacher didnt shape you to be a citizen by saying i am going to be a citizen. she saps you by demonstration. the same thing with race. we have to imbed the history of race and racism into the curriculum seamlessly, intertwined so every day is a conversation about race without anyone using those words. >> and i have to ask you about one of the most bizarre conversations about race that ever happened in my life, which is the beer summit in the wake of the inci...

Would take -- have time to take effect. the white house says, as long as you buy insurance by march 31st, you wont have to pay a penalty. after the government shutdown deal was signed, president obama laid out his priorities going forward. among them, comprehensive immigration reform. just a little while ago, the president talked about the senate bill that passed and the need to stop avoiding a fix for comprehensive immigration. >> obviously, just because something is smart and fair and good f...

Became this bizarre through the looking glass prism moment in which you end up at if white house having a beer with the guy. how do you interpret that? >> well, it was a slow news cycle. my two main producers. one went to harvard. one went to yale. they said, we want to include the incident in cambridge that happened to you in the series. i said thats ridiculous. we told 70 stories in the six-hour series. each story has to be exemplary of larger trends. >> i dont know if i agree with that. henry...

This is washington, after all. everything tends to be viewed through a political prism and everybody has been looking at the politics of this and i know that there are some folks in this town that say if obamas for it then im against it. i would remind everybody that my predecessor was for it when he proposed this almost a decade ago and i joined with 23 senate republicans back then to support that reform and i would remind you that this reform won votes in the senate in june. im not running for...

A.j. hammer is the host of "showbiz tonight." it is your "new day" debut. good to have you here. >> nice to be here thank you. >> we heard from some of our producers up late watching the show talking about the fact that they cried the entire time, really emotional. have you heard other fan reaction to the episode? >> there wasnt a dry eye in my house for sure and the fans have been reacting in that way as youd expect. everybody unanimously agreed they handled this really, really tough subject ma...

I dont know why it doesnt have an impact on these individuals. ive been storying these tweets from people who have been talking about how obama care is having a negative impact on them, talking about premiums increasing. ive heard from cancer survivors and women talking about whether or not they want to have children because theyre worried about the costs associated with labor and deliver rism im one of those women because i have no idea what affordibility of health care is going to be. >> sean:...

Extremism behind. can you understand why -- and i think it is hard for many americans to understand why some somali-americans, a small number in the united states, but a small number of somali-americans would choose to leave their lives here and go back to sma somalia, in many cases they never even remembered, from where they were born, to fight for this group? >> yes, anderson, the sad situation is that islamism, and the violent strand of islamism known as jihadism, have been the established mo...