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Estimate. the purpose was to sell the policy initiative, which was to go to war against iraq. >> the 90-page classified nie asserts that saddam is actively pursuing his wmd program. it sites the debatable intelligence on aluminum tubes, the yellowcake uranium purchase, and mobile weapons labs. but deep inside that thick document are strongly-worded dissents that argue the evidence is weak, even wrong. >> the nie is sent over to congress. it's kept in a classified vault. and as far as we can tell, only about a half a dozen senators actually read it. had they done so, they would have seen that i...

He was too often towing the line that the administration wanted him to tow. >> we think we have stumbled on to one avenue of a nuclear weapons program. >> there is no question that there were erroneous judgments in that national intelligence estimate. the purpose was to sell the policy initiative, which was to go to war against iraq. >> the 90-page classified nie asserts that saddam is actively pursuing his wmd program. it sites the debatable intelligence on aluminum tubes, the yellowcake uranium purchase, and mobile weapons labs. but deep inside that thick document are strongly-worded dissent...

The memo asserts that it's acting that these authoritieses are pursuant to law of war authorities which provide one set of possible answers. it also makes a second air serks that these authorities are permissible under a self-defense framework that could exist've if we get to the point where the law -- where the war ends, the conflict with al qaeda ends. and to me that is a very potential potentially. >> it sites the authority, military force that's passed. then there's also the broad principle of self-defense as an international law precept which is if some country's about to launch some horr...

How does the strike put students at risk in the opinion of the mayor? >>guest: in the injunction application, it sites that in the city's opinion it is a clear and present danger not to have them in school. before the strike the biggest issue was, street violence and the number of shootings and homicides. well, the city is basically put forward, the kids would be at risk, otherwise, they would be in school if this was not going on. and being fed. the argument is that the city believes they would be in a safe are place. no argument there, but the junk in the case has decided he will wait until ...

Jon: some developing stories we're keeping an eye on in the newsroom and from our control room. american confidence in the economy remains near all time lows according to theatest consumer confidence index released today. it sites more worry about high unemployment and low wages. an italian news agency reporting from here silvio berlisconi lied about having parties at his home. the delivery of the first 787 dreamliner, the plane delivered to ana airlines today during a ceremony at the factory where it was built. jenna: right now crews are getting ready to rappel down the washington monument ch...