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And control structure in pakistan and in afghanistan of people who have made no hesitation to say they are wanting to plot activity against the united states. theres a policy judgment to be made about how much you want to risk the loss of life of civilians or noncombatants. how careful you ought to be. those are decisions about the lawfulness, not the use of, military force. >> david gergens been right at the center of those operational decisions in the oval office with multiple presidents when ...

Believe it was. then thereafter we moved to diplomatic recognition. we tried to bring him into the orbit of the world, of the league of nations, not literally the league but those who abid by international law. now were back to bombing his headquarters in tripoli again, killing parts of -- members of his family. does this make sense to you, either operationally, morally or legally? >> i think this is a lot more problematic. we went in on the basis of the u.s. mandate, the u.n. mandate, and that ...

Extremely judicious. he must have weighed this very carefully. i trust his judgment at the end of the day. if he thought that this actually would be a threat to u.s. national security, youd find riots around the world. it would make him more of a martyr. i would have -- i think he -- and it came down that way, i would support that. you know, the other interesting part of this, eliot, its true in pakistan, theres some -- you know, people are protesting hes not dead and that sort of thing, even th...

>> sleep tight, sucker. >> no, not a chuck norris movie, the guys that shot bin laden. but e.d. hill has been digging and she says they may have had some help. stay tuned. now, a top story tonight. i will show you more video shot today. you see those people holding a banner written in erdu, but heres the translation. theyre doubting osama bin laden is dead. lets go live to abbottabad, pakistan, where were joined by cnn senior international correspondent nic robertson. tell me about the...

Even you cant volunteer to come to work. you could be fired. its actually a criminal defense though in the long history of this law no ones ever been prosecuted for it but the government takes it very seriously. you could actually be fired for being loyal to your country and coming to work even if youre furloughed. now theres another thing about this though. i think this is quite fascinating. the law says that the only people who are given an exception to this are those who have to deal with eme...

unacceptable. and the election shocker in wisconsin. a complete reversal in that closely watched supreme court race. good morning, everyone. its friday, april 8th, 2011. im savannah guthrie. chuck todd is off. lets get right to the rundown. last night officials were cautiously optimistic telling us were really close to a deal. what a difference an all-night negotiating session makes. staffers crunched numbers until 3:00 a.m. and now the word from pennsylvania avenue to capitol hill...

movement within the northeast corridor. their approach also it was our responsibility to help americans get back to work especially in the construction industry for more than one of five workers are unemployed. the bottom line is we have an opportunity to fix our broken-down infrastructure, get millions of workers back on the job and we also have a duty to the next generation of americans who are counting on us to make these investments in the future. so i look forward to hearing from ...

working with on my colleagues make sure we get a chair comprehensive deficit and debt reductionru plan that thispu congress can vote on and put in action. with that mr. president i yield the floor and note the absence of the a quorum. >> at this meeting of the national association of attorneys general, former acting solicitor general walter dellinger predicted the supreme court would uphold the new health care law. he and former general theodore olson participated in a discussion about...

they will come together on a proposal that is big. it actually takes care of this problem. >> could they ever? >> i remain optimistic and hopeful. >> the consequences of failure are so serious. >> a small bipartisan group of senators including mark warner of virginia is working to extend this period on the senate floor, he spoke for 15 manse about the budget -- for 15 minutes about the budget. objection. mr. warner: mr. president, i rise today to add my voice to the debate that has bee...

unless you knew that there is was a response to it, very very deep in the record and i was kicking myself for not anticipating the fact that a skilled advocates like carter would do that in rebuttal. is going to have no opportunity to point out what i thought the flaw in this excellent point was. he is halfway through and justice sotomayor says but in the third counsel to the second appendix -- [laughter] i said whoa this is not with all due respect to north carolina one of the cases t...