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Just want to show this clip because the white house correspondence is there. i want to show obama making a joke about drone use in may 1st, 2010. here's president obama joking about drones. >> the jonas brothers are here. they are out there somewhere. sasha and malea are huge fans. but boys don't get any ideas. i have two words for you. predator drones. you will never see it coming. >> i want to talk to someone who has been -- who has seen what happens on the other side of the predator drone. what it looks like when you don't see it coming right after we take a break.

Concert with others to strike americans at home and abroad. >> i'll tell you, in seattle, where i'm from, the seattle police department is one of a number of police departments to get their own drones up and running. i think somebody living in a see tea leek seattle starts to think about the idea that this drone is with them, they may make the connection. >> those flood gates are opening as we speak. >> i first started hearing about drones when i was in baghdad. i was in baghdad for a number of years. the question is who are we keeping it secret from? the pakistanis know about the program. >> ...

First time, the classified drones program, why did he do that? >> i'm sorry, can you be more specific? >> president obama said that drone strikes have not led to casualties. how can the administration be so certain? >> i'm not going to acknowledge or confirm any of that. dennis blair said yesterday that drone attacks, actually did more harm to national security interests than good. does the white house have any opinion? >> we believe our relationship with pakistan is essential to fighting terrorism and terrorists. >> so that's generally the way to go. >> you know, i'm the only fumbleer militar...

Talking about the burgeoning drone industry and the use of drone's unmanned aircraft to fire missiles in theaters. pam, you had an interesting question during the break. >> yeah, i was just curious. you know, what are the economics of drones. who's making their money off of these things? >> there are now 40 countries opening their own drone programs. i think right now, it's about a $6 billion a year industry. but it's projected to grow up to $06 billion in drone trams. and the joke that president obama made two years ago at the white house correspondence center, it reminded me of the famous ge...

And all americans need to be discussing how these drones need to affect their lives. and we need to set some rules to make sure we don't get in the model that we have of the nuclear path. >> what legal action can the human rights community take? you've done some of the most important work on gone tan moe? what legal action can they take? and is the end game to shut the program down? >> oh, michael, we'll be here all week if you want to know what legal actions we're bringing. and i'd love to go into it. but what we'd love to do is not shut any program down. i'm interested in us having an open d...