CNNW The Situation Room December 18, 2013
0 cnn.com/thelead for video, blogs and extras. that's it. i'll be back in two hours substituting for erin burnett's "out front" and i turn it over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> happening now, breaking news. budget vote. the bipartisan spending bill, the first to pass a divided congress in almost three decades. i'll talk about that with republican senator rand paul. why is he against it? nsa review, independent report on the controversial sfans programs leaked by edward snowden has just been released. does it vindicate him? an olympic surprise. the white house send a message to ru...