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Question, though, charges charles, that the president is out of touch? >> thats what i was trying to get at. i dont get that sense but its something that could be embarrassing, your underlings have to make sure that you understand things are happening and youre in the loop. that is a problem in these particular cases. theres no getting around that. its an embarrassment. it happened at about the same time. that means that people will make connections even if they are not logical connections to ma...

Cable intercepts, they are done under sort of contract if you will, by the domestic agencies in those other countries. and we were harvesting those phone calls. edward snowden has not only gotten in the middle of the united states versus the rest of the world, hes gotten in between the governments and their own spy agencies, which is perhaps one reason why the article is saying, lets not worry too much about this. lets move onto the -- >> nothing to see here. >> lets move onto the economic discu...

More of my first read. the obama administrations other big pr problem this morning the na nasts international spying scandal if you want to call it a scandal. director of national intelligence, james clapper, is expected to testify for the house select intelligence committee this afternoon. james cole and keith alexander will also be questioned. meanwhile, the chair of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein, is calling for a full review of the nsas mass data collection both at home ...

>> so there was no surprise that the rnc blasted out this e-mail. white house veteran david gergen said the issue is confidence. >> this is an administration that has been very, very good at its politics, but has never been very good at execution of policies from day one. they -- its an administration which has some really smart people in it, and a lot of younger people. it doesnt have very many heavyweights. >> reporter: administration officials point out the president only learned of the spyin...

Get back on his feet, business as normal. a big part is because, as the mayor told us, theres so many homes they havent even started rebuilding. so until those residents and tourists come back, you have a long, long road ahead. i can tell you, wolf, we are going to see governor christie all across the state of new jersey, making stops in areas impacted by sandy on this one-year anniversary. good report, poppy. thank you. just ahead, republican congressman peter king is standing by to speak w...

She said she is going to do the job. i think she can survive. but she has to explain why she didnt know more about these problems and didnt do more to fix them. thats on the minds of many republicans on the hill and many democrats are hoping to see a very successful rollout for this highly anticipated health care law. >> do you expect to hear explanations or excuses? >> thats always the question. i would expect to hear a little bit of both. the talk has been about all the technical issues, contr...

Each one has gotten tighter and tighter. >> this administration is the first administration that had to cope with the other two ts, texting and tweeting. every six seconds somebody is tweeting something about the white house, what happened internally. >> thats right. thats yu get this mindset of shut everything down. its a lot easier. whats happened is more people are out of the loop. ive noticed. this white house in particular really has a smaller and smaller circle of people that quote know ev...

>> greta: time to hash it out can can a cup of joe help lawmakers in washington get along. the nations largest coffee chain thinks it might. starbucks will give you a free cup if you buy another customer a beverage. starbucks ceo howard schultz encouraging customers to pay it forward hoping to set a good example for aspiring lawmakers. caffeine fix what a novel idea? from capitol hill to the loop, st. louis rapper on the government shutdown. rapper nellie i shouldnt pay taxes during shutdown. he...

>> greta: time to hash it out can can a cup of joe help lawmakers in washington get along. the nations largest coffee chain thinks it might. starbucks will give you a free cup if you buy another customer a beverage. starbucks ceo howard schultz encouraging customers to pay it forward hoping to set a good example for aspiring lawmakers. caffeine fix what a novel idea? from capitol hill to the loop, st. louis rapper on the government shutdown. rapper nellie i shouldnt pay taxes during shutdown. he...

>> and rebecca, i hear that there are some web cam -- cameras there in the park? >> yes, judge. there are web cams that are in the park but theyre pointed at certain popular locations in the park. views of the lake. their headquarters. and from what we have discovered there are no web cams up in that area up in the loop area. >> all right. rebecca, thanks so much. and with me now, former prosecutors richard portali and steve razor and now both defense attorneys. now, richard, a lot of people a...