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Most awkward hugs in history. there it is right there. president obama was bidding farewell to his press secretary jay carney. when leaving the briefing room, the president goes in for the handshake, but carney apparently wants to hug it out. the president then decides to hug. now carney wants a handshake. it ends up being this mix of both with carney shaking the president's elbow. awkward. to florida now where everyone loves a lazy summer day. this black bear finds a cozy hammock to rest in while trying to get out of the sun. it happened in daytona beach. the bear eventually scampered off. th...

President has at the same time vocally opposed torture and has tried to shut the military prison at guantanamo bay. and now to the white house from ed. how is the administration reacting to this? >>reporter: well, you are right it puts the white house in a defensive posture because you have the president, a nobel peace prize winner trying to explain why he has a "kill "list and a firm constitutional law professor trying to explain how this comports with the constitution and united states and international law. white house spokesman charge any got a lot of questions about this at the briefing b...

That's the sense it tifts? >> it is certainly possible this is an issue that we are taking into consideration, is that it could be inflammatory. >> now carney also said it sant rolling debate that's going on, you don't have intense opposition of opinions, but it also mirrors what we're seeing among the american people. we did a poll, cnn opinion research corporation put out a poll and it shows 56% of those surveyed said they think that the u.s. should release the photo. that's more than a majority. but also there is a pretty strong minority, 39%, who said, guys, they don't think that this shou...

In danger. listen to what white house press secretary jay carney said about this at yesterday's briefing. >> i'll be candid there are sensitivities here in terms of the appropriateness of releasing photographs of osama bin laden and in the aftermath of this fire fight and we're making an evaluation about the need to do that. >> now carney also said that this is just a discussion that's going on at the white house. he said it's not a roaring debate over whether or not. it's just people talk and trying to measure whether it's appropriate to do this. i should tell you guys, that this discussion a...