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The administration costs of having a saint canonized can be very high. its not like youre paying to become a saint. its because the process is so costly. >> so you have to pay the expenses? >> you have to pay the expenses for the canonization, the church does. those involved in the canonization, it can be quite costly. that is a critique, a valid critique. do we want to spend all this money to say, yes, someone is holy. its excessive and i think its a good question to ask. >> the other disturbin...

That they had been made since 9/11. to that extent, because hes had a lot -- a great deal of public attention, because many of his concerns have been validated by, for example, a federal judge, by the presidents own study commission, he believes he has launched the public debate he wanted. >> so he also says he started out raising issues that concerned people inside the nsa. how did that turn out for him? >> yeah, thats pretty interesting. beginning in october of last year, he said he brought hi...

Federal judge, by the presidents own study commission, he believes he has launched the public debate that he wanted. >> a little side note, snowden also says that his life now is like that of an indoor cat, that he doesnt drink alcohol but he lives on ramen noodles and chips. well, a month before the winter games, youd think russian president vladimir putin is freeing all the opponents that hes chucked into prisons. well, he isnt. were going to talk about that. but the latest to walk free toda...

Barton gellman, the author of the article in the "washington post" talked about this earlier today on cnn. lets listen to what he had to say. >> what he means by mission accomplished is he wanted the public to know what was being done in its name and what was being done to it in terms of surveillance, and he wanted it to be possible that decisions be made outside the secret bubble that they had been made since 9/11. to that extent, because hes had a lot of -- a great deal of public attention, be...

How successful might you be in overturning the death penalty. >> i think were very successful. i think people are finding out the death penalty does not work and whether its maryland or any of these other places that have abandoned the practice. i think maryland stands, you know, to really -- the one good thing about maryland is we have an appropriation within the bill that the savings from the death penalty would go to the victims crime fund. its one of the only packages thats ever been put tog...

Instead this pair of tweets. strong improvement of background checks will be fully backed by white house. legislation moving forward. bump stocks will soon be out. highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to state law. armed guards okay. deterrent. on 18 to 21 age limit, kauchg court cases and rulings before action. states are making this decision. things are moving rapidly on this. quite a contrast to promising parents and students that he would lead this fight. ...