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To go the distance with you. go long. i think it's without a doubt a lot of us have been pretty uncomfortable to hear that the government has been spying and possibly reading our e-mails and even knowing about our phone calls et cetera. the president has had to answer about that. he says it's really a public perception of lack of confidence, not enough information, funny enough. hear's more of the president's conversation with our chris cuomo. >> there's been a lot of discussion about what the nsa does taen surveillance programs. you have said it is not the business of the u.s. government to...

zi r zoraida sambolin is off today. we begin with breaking news. hazmat crews at the scene of this spectacular fire. it's raging in ohio right now after a train that was pulling several tankers derailed just before 2:00 this morning eastern time. this was an accident that happened in the north end of columbus. flames can be seen apparently for miles. witnesses reporting in that they could see this a long way off. christine romans has been monitoring the fire and ensuing issues that will come with it. she joins us now live with the story. >> residents were also saying they could fee...

[ applause ] >> i want to bring in somebody now who tweets nearly as much as i do. not quite. that's martha stewart. martha, welcome. >> hi. >> you are a very active tweeter, and you're very smart with. it i've noticed it's a mixture of amusing stuff about you and your life, but primarily it's a fantastic business tool, isn't it? >> it is very much so. i use it for surveys. i use it to show partners, business partners how effective an instant survey about a product, for example. if macy's wants to know if somebody's going to like a sheet, i can ask a vast audience if they're going to like a pi...

If they're going to like a pink sheet. >> how vast is your audience at the moment? >> well, right now i have about 2.2 million followers. and i hope after this show, a few more will follow me. >> funny enough, charlie sheen was here three weeks ago. i interviewed him at one of the commercial breaks, i said, are you on twitter, he said, i'm thinking about. i said, you should think about it. the next day he went on, over three million followers -- >> then you get a million -- >> extraordinary. in terms of followers, how important is it to get huge volume? and kim kardashian is 200,000 away from ...

It? >> it is very much so. i use it for surveys. i use it to show partners, business partners how effective an instant survey about a product, for example. if macy's wants to know if somebody's going to like a sheet, i can ask a vast audience if they're going to like a pink sheet. >> how vast is your audience at the moment? >> well, right now i have about 2.2 million followers. and i hope after this show, a few more will follow me. >> funny enough, charlie sheen was here three weeks ago. i interviewed him at one of the commercial breaks, i said, are you on twitter, he said, i'm thinking about....