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Behind. the white house released this statement, "michelle and i were satd to learn about the passing of helen thomas. helen was a true pioneer, opening doors and breaking down barriers for generations of women in journalism. she covered the white house since president kennedy's, and during that time, she never failed to keep presidents, myself included, on their toes." and this statement from the white house correspondents association. she, by the way, was the first female president of the white house correspondents association. they say, "women and men who followed in the press corps all owe...

Down. the standing joke in the office is he's learning to speak without one, i'm learning to speak with one." biden is known to deliver a long-winding speech. cbs's mark noller reports the president used a prompter 699 times during his first four years in office. expect a major showdown in the senate next month over immigration reform. the senate's gang of eight bill has cleared committee and the house is working on its own plan. it's a major agenda item for president obama, bug i but in ts of scandal agenda victories may be few and far between. >> while scandals and other stumbles have help...

Martha: let's get back to some of the breaking news we just heard. jay carney spent 30 minutes providing detailed answers about what happened during the raid that killed bin laden. all of it an extraordinary story of efficiency. as we heard the former seal saying it went smoothly. during the press conference we had this question coming from cbs radio reporter mark noller who asked whether enhanced interrogation provided the key to the intel that lead us to the head of al qaeda and here is what carney said. >> can you say if there has been any change in president obama's opposition to so-called...

Information in record speed to provide as much insight into this operation as we can as quickly as we can. mindful obviously of the equities that are at stake here in terms of never revealing sources and methods, never compromising our intelligence procedures. but we are working very hard to provide as much information as we can. >> can you say if there has been any change in president obama's opposition to so-called enhanced interrogation techniques? >> no change whatsoever. >> the result of such techniques used helped in tracking down bin laden? >> mark, the fact is that no single piece of i...