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And it does. it should not have been done. however, it's not just the cia, which is the lowest person on the political totem pole and the mid level cia operatives who had interrogate the individuals, it's falling upon them when the blame is in a lot of other places. >> roger, quickly, roger. is the cia -- has the central intelligence agency been scapegoated here? >> i don't think so. i don't think it's been absolved of blame. i think the report said we're not going prosecute them criminally. the central point to me is 9/11 did not destroy us as a nation. what is going to destroy us as a nation...

If we become our enemies then our enemies have defeated us. i think that is the thrust of this report. >> roger, we'll leave it there. thank you. aki, thank you. ayman, thank you. developing now it is being called the historic storm. it's bearing down on the entire west coast. meanwhile, parts of the northeast are expecting up to 2 feet of snow. a live forecast next. as always we invite you to join our conversation online. we're all over the interwebs. there we are!

They did keep records, granted, and destroyed video tapes but some of the notes were fairly copious. >> they thought they would get away with it. they were operating in an atmosphere, an insular atmosphere that they were doing god's work. they were doing the nation's work. they were not. they were damaging our nation. i think diane feinstein had the best line she said history will judge us by facing an ugly truth and saying never again. >> roger -- i'm going it get you to pause one second. we want to dip into white house briefing now. in is josh ernst talking a little bit more about the report...

Business owners across the country have a voice in our financial system. their interests are represented and protected. that is good for middle class families and economy. i think it represents a significant departure from wall street interests that are used to walking around town with their lobbyists and getting whatever they want. and i don't think the american people the vast majority -- >> you have josh ernst conducting the daily briefing somewhat unusual morning briefing there at the white house. we asked our guests to stick around to spend some time talking about what mr. ernst said abou...

between two traditions of islam with isis, calling themselves an ep enemy of the united states. again, this is a civil war based on religion. sunni is the religion of isis whiches fighting its way to baghdad. former members of saddam hussein's army and sunnis generally. the government is run by and for shia. it is backed by the other governments in the region -- the iran and syria. this war has been going on for a thousand years. it is reaching a head, a crisis point now in iraq where the battle lines are along religious lines. can this situation get worse? is there a way to make it ...