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Be extracted from them in terms of concessions by the rest of that republican field or by the base as we call it in a presidential contest. >> youre going to have a certain amount of identity politics, social conservative concessions that will be extracted. i think it was interesting how chris christie talked about his belief in life and extended that to try to be a little bit more accessible to other parts of the electorate. theres obviously going to be some issues about privacy, about the secu...

But sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948 after helping the british fight off the japanese, there was a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections? they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell had once...

But sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948 after helping the british fight off the japanese, there was a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections? they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell once ser...

Matt, how serious is the threat in and around sochi? >> it has been serious for the past 10 or 15 years. we have a separatist movement in the south of russia, predominantly muslim areas. they are not arabs. as russia as -- >> they are muslim. >> they are muslim. they have a group called the easy ma mick -- he was named an al-qaeda affiliate. it is a domestic agenda. they want to strike at the putin regime. the sochi olympic stz prize event for vladimir putin and they will do something to carry i...

With western allies. i think that is a big part of this audience. europe is a big part of this audience for this speech. some of it also, though, is sort of the civil libertarian wing of the democratic party, you know, candidate obama was very aggressive in what he didnt want to see, an expansion of the security state, surveillance state, things like that. and he doesnt want to be known or seen as the guy that essentially codified the bush national security state. so thats always been a little b...

Superpower with a second rate economy. and china feels emboldened by looking at all the problems he has and the weakness he has signaled. >> matt, what else are you looking at? >> i think it will be a very interesting year in russia. the olympics coming up in sochi. very big test for putin. several terrorist attacks. i think in general putin has seemed strong because hes really cracked down on the opposition. hes got a weakening economy. hes also trying to reassert himself in his neighborhood. y...

He referred to president bushs policy on the war on terror as a false choice between freedom and security. and that there didnt need to be a choice and it wasnt difficult decisions. it was fairly easy things that could be done to protect the country and avoid infringing on american civil liberties. we come to find out that he has increased the security state. depending on your perspective might be necessary to protect the homeland, but it does not go to what he said originally which was you didn...

Now to the spying debate in america. a special task force is recommending a sweeping overhaul on the national security, including how it got its way with americans. what does this mean for intelligence gathering? im joined by general michael hayden, former director of the national security agency and cia. thank you for joining me this morning. >> good morning. >> the president wants to change the way how a lot of spying goes on and the collection of data of americans. once you build a security s...

Its a great question. and the element there thats required is courage. >> edward snowden is still a controversial figure. he was runner-up to pope francis as time person of the year. well talk to nancy gibbs about that in just a couple minutes. but as criticized as he is, and i do get that, who else was exercising a real check and balance on the access of this security state? >> its not surprising to you, probably, someone of my background says i didnt see the access. i saw the potential of prob...

It shows young voters are critical of the president the most recent pew poll shows the president has a 36% approval rating among young voters, 54% disapproval rating. quinnipiac poll shows they trust republicans by a 10% margin and health care by a 5% margin. how things have changed in a year. >> its been a really bad year for this white house. and it extends back to -- >> can i ask you, sam, why is it that young voters, have a lower approval rating among young voters than the general population...