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>> the other thing is, which i really find insulting, is all the administration is talking about is a pr offensive, targeting nine of the top ten cities with the least amount of the concentrated of the uninsured, talking about getting on the phone with daily reporters, putting in conference calls. talking to them in about a dozen states, challenging republican governors who have not set up these exchanges because they're a disaster, and forcing them and also who refuse to expand medicaid. so the tone in which the president took two weeks ago in saying, i screwed up. i apologize for everyone. i...

President. the president speaks with wolf blitzer on primetime monday night and speaks to the american people tuesday night. this is a fall-scale pr offensive. is it going to work? >> no, it's not. i feel as if the initial messaging was off to begin. with it should not have been about the u.s.'s interests. it should have been about this international law that has been violated. he should appease, appeal to international leaders about defending this international law. the american people are war-weary. if you engage the international community and talk about the importance of defending this int...

On one hand the foreign minister cascaded western journalists for the way they covered this story and pre-occupied with that but on the other hand he also handed out packets to the journalists on events that's happening here on the ground. and portraying to them the government's side. the government in the past 24 hours has gone on a pr offensive. there's been several statements from officials addressing the events of the last few days, all of them say they are fighting a war against terrorism and projecting this as a conflict for egypt's future and stability not a political dispute but more i...

I wasn't there. >> reporter: amanda knox's freedom is again on the line. an italian court has ordered a retrial. >> she seems to be on this pr campaign to clear her name. will this help though with the italian authorities? >> that's what she's hoping it will help. she's on this major pr offensive hoping to clear her name. she made an emotional plea to the kercher family. >> many thanks to you. good morning. thank you so much for being with us. time to check our top stories. it is 30 minutes past the hour. testimony resumes in the michael

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