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Good morning. this is akin to getting a report, say in 1942, for the world to know about the holocaust in ways that we claim that had we known then what we ended up knowing, we would have done something more about the situation in germany and what was going on. this is that moment for the world, is it not, ambassador? >> well, first of all, i think what michael kirby has detailed in his report are things that have been well known. what is different about this report, of course, is how ens k ency...

Discover its an unfair coin. its not actually coming up 50/50. so the question is, how many flips do you actually need before you get -- can reach a conclusion like that, a probablistic conclusion? and we could. there are standards, statistical tests for that, and the likelihood that this larger gap, you showed it on the first graph, in the setup piece, was happening purely by chance, like coin flipping on a fair coin that just didnt come up 50/50, was under 1%. >> all right. >> so thats good en...

Balance do we need to have in a healthy democracy between security and privacy. and as you -- as we saw in the setup piece you did, the number of attacks, it seems, that have been prevented has been completely overestimated or, you know, overdone by the administration, and im not just willing to take some politicians word for it that dont worry, were keeping you safe. as we saw in a recent interview that general alexander just did the other night, he said, you know, well, were just keeping ameri...

Chris? >> thats exactly right, miguel. thank you for the reporting. this is about the story of the case. a very important week. lets bring in hlns nancy grace, shes out there in provo, utah covering it. thank you for joining us today. you heard what we were saying in the setup piece. what are you looking for this week that will matter the most? >> well, there was another drug, yet another drug in her system, it was phinegran. there were four to five drugs in her system. michele macneill kept tel...

Influence make republicans on the margins. with hard core tea parties the core of this faction the president is talking about they might not have as much sway as the president would like. >> eamon is there irony wall street types typically on the hill with a lot of influence, they essentially liked the tea party. they liked the idea of their energy because they felt it would elect republican congress which it did in 2010, it would get them a republican president this they thought it would do wit...

Kurtis lee from the denver post. two senators facing recall on tuesday. if you could tell a national audience that doesnt know much about giron or know about morse, what the dynamics is, is one more vulnerable than the other, how are they looking? >> john morse is senator in colorado in el paso county which leans -- its divided evenly among democrats, republicans and unaffiliated voters. its a very competitive seat. thats why he was targeted in these recall efforts. in pueblo senator giron, in a...

Act is now because these emissions are increasing. he recently said in the last ten years its increased to levels where action is necessary. some argue, critics argue, its a weather anomaly, its not climate change and actually the numbers have remained fairly stable. >> actually weve seen emissions increase 3% in this last year, 2000 to 2010 was the hottest decade on record, 2010 was the hottest year on record. the national academy of sciences, the most prestigious scientific body in the world s...

That matter to the american people. >> i dont want to ignore you, rick. you know, even with all of this critical coverage of the presidents economic policies, media is still talking about the republican party and constant attempt to beat down my kind of idea that the president puts out there like it should be surprising that the opposition party would try to put down the presidents idea. >> yeah. i was going to bring up the fact that there is one reporter who didnt get the message. and that was ...

Other elements in here that are controversial, but i heard your setup piece, rachel, i dont see the analogy, because those fights that bush had were free-standing fights. they werent part of this larger struggle, and i think most americans in this country, including those who consider themselves progressives, understand that that central economic challenge is the one we have to go after, and if we go down that republican road, were going to exacerbate the problems that weve seen over the last ma...

Research and development, in energy and infrastructure, he proposed a universal pre-k program. thats a progressive vision of how we build the economy, and as part of that compromise, he has other elements in here that are controversial, but i heard your setup piece, rachel, i dont see the analogy, because those fights that bush had were free-standing fights. they werent part of this larger struggle, and i think most americans in this country, including those who consider themselves progressives,...