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Broadcast will ever work again. >> joining me now is the creator of hbo's "the newsroom," academy and emmy award winning screen writer aaron sorkin. it is great to have you on set. i will point out just how short the script was leading into this introduction because of the paralyzing fear that struck us when we thought about writing an introductory any kind of monologue when you on set. >> nobody on this show should fear anything. >> talk about season two. we know that you made a couple changes. one of those changes was bringing in some folks from the news industry. i was among them. >> i brou...

People in the audience. now there can be a question as to why the screen writer was brought in to the langley camp. >> can you ever talk to 1200 people and think it's going to stay in the room. that would be another -- >> well actually that does happen quite often at langley. because they have, they have events for the workforce and they assume that everyone there is cleared. chris cillizza, the other thing that's interesting today, politico and others reporting that darrell issa has come under fire from republican leaders, who were alarmed after he went on cnn last sunday and told candy crowl...

Job very well. >> in addition to that subpoena, wisconsin republican jim sense brenner says holder could also be facing yet another contempt citation. you will remember the house held him in contempt last year 17 democrats for refusing to turn over documents related to the gun-walking operation fast and furious. shep? >> shepard: shannon, a republican lawmaker is now accuses the former defense secretary leon panetta of revealing classified information to hollywood. new york congressman peter king says it's hypocrisy for the obama administration to prosecute leakers when it has leaked informati...

A shocking story today about one of the world's most famous people. she's angelina jolie. the academy award winning actress, the international movie star, film director, screen writer, activist. but the biggest headline of jolie's career may have come today. in the form of an op-ed she penned for the "new york times" this morning. the title simply says, "my medical choice." after being diagnosed as a carrier of the so called breast cancer gene, she writes, quote, my doctors estimated that i had an 87% risk of breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. once i knew knew that this was my rea...

That's the way we set the standard for intensely rich, luscious flavor. so our story of fresh taste always ends... deliciously. when it comes to taste, philadelphia sets the standard. from new york, i'm chris hayes. every week on this program we attempt to deconstruct our politics and politicians to identify what forces move us collectively toward the better. in november i had the pleasure of sitting down with a man who considered that question when writing about one of our greatest presidents, abraham lincoln. screen writer tony explains how he came to understand the complicated president a...