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Conversations, senator , about, risks -- >> did the white house -- >> but i was not aware of this and i did not have these discussions with the white house because i wasnt aware of them. >> did the white house know there had been no end to end testing of the security aspects of the exchange? >> i think, the white house was aware of the operational issues involving end to end testing and, i dont know the specifics of, again, i did not have the discussions about this authority to operate issue wit...

We cant know, the train has left the station, but it does seem to have been a huge nudge. >> david, you heard congressman peter king say the president is letting edward snowden pull the puppet strings and this is another so-called apology tour for the president. what did you make of what the president said today? >> well, wolf, i welcome the fact that the president is talking about the national debate more fully. hes been meeting on this subject for a while, several weeks. all those conversation...

President. what did you make of what the president said today? >> wolf, i welcome the fact the president put this on the national debate more fully. hes been meeting, as weve learned, for awhile, several weeks. all those conversations ramped up this week. he wanted to get it done before he went on vacation. im not sure he pleased anybody, wolf. on one hand as you said, republicans think hes not protecting security, never made a robust defense the day of the security aspects of this and democrats...

A rebust defense the day of the security aspects of this and democrats worry that, you know, there is two public concerns. one is the scope of what is being monitored and the other about the possible abuse of what is being collected. the president today talked about stopping abuses, preventing abuses but didnt narrow the scope so there is still this vast collection process going on and i do think for some americans listening, two weeks ago this president said washington had taken the eye off the...

So that was all before snowden. would this have happened without snowden? we cant know, the train has left the station, but it does seem to have been a huge nudge. >> david, you heard congressman peter king say the president is letting edward snowden pull the puppet strings and this is another so-called apology tour for the president. what did you make of what the president said today? >> well, wolf, i welcome the fact that the president is talking about the national debate more fully. hes been ...

Responders out watching the tornadoes heat up. weve been very fortunate in that the majority of the damage that occurred in and around el reno has been to the south of i-40, along that line. weve had rescue crews on site since the beginning of this and continued through it. the fire rescue have been supportive by other outside agencies to include homeland security, weatherford and theyll continue those efforts throughout the day. we have also here to support the sheriffs office and some their ef...

We should be doing this because what we have now is bad for are america. >> you mentioned survivors you ply and demand earlier. that is the core of the problem. we have too many immigrants chasing too few visas. i see an attempt to separate, however, the handing out of the guest worker program from the security aspects. im wondering to what extent we put in place a guest worker program we reduce pressure on the border. most people are coming here to work and the homeland security people i have s...

>> well, i was trying to crawl out, but everybody was crawling back in and they said dont go over there, because he is going to shoot everybody who is trying to get out of the main doors, and he was. >> it was a night of the movies that turned into a day of tragedy and shock and grief. im suzanne malveaux in cnn head quarters and we are preempting "k "cnn international" and we new now welcome in our viewers who are watching around the world. you are watching cell phone video capturing ...

broadcasting. well have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a porno...

Nuclear energy policy is, we have to continue it, but it has to be done carefully, we should use this time for a pause, a time-out, not a moratorium, but to make sure that we learn some lessons from whats happened here in japan. >> if you were still running the cia, would you believe everything that were hearing coming out of the japanese administration about whats going on with these nuclear plants? or would you be suspicious the situation may be worse than were told? you. >> never believe anyt...