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And i give credit to president obama, who has stood behind the efforts to stop these efforts, and have a message that america is open, that we're transparent, that we're a democracy. and that this won't happen again. that's the best you can do on this very sad day, ari. >> all right, diplomat and governor bill richardson, thanks for your time. still ahead, we'll talk about whether the details of how the u.s. government did mistreat and torture these suspected terrorists. did it hurt us and can it hold us back in the war against our enemies overseas? terrorism expert lith will be here. ♪ yo...

All this on the hill. you look at that address, luke. it struck me as historic, much of the points senator mccain was making. and really cuts against the idea that this is a purely partisan exercise today. >> ari, on your point right there, i think when historians look back on this report, the speech won't be dianne feinstein's. it will be john mccain's right there. i mean, those words were so poignant and so directed at really his own party, who may say that this was a political witch hunt. i was going through the gop response. they said that, you know, this report did nothing to improve inte...

The administration reports more than 19 million people have visited the web site since it launched on the first of the month, but an analysis from a nonpartisan research grows that traffic dipped nearly 90% in the first two weeks. some republicans called for the resignation of the health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius. the white house says the president has full confidence in here. referring to the day's event at the white house, an aide to house speaker john boehner said, and i quote, a speech does not solve the problem. wendell is live at the white house where everybody is a...

His gop rivals for the prices we are seeing at the pumps. and his approval rating overall might be heading in the right direction for the white house. but with it comes to handle can the rising gas prices it's head dawn ward. ed henry is live with this story from the north lawn. it is no accident as to why the president is giving this speech today. >> reporter: since december alone, the average gallon of gas has soared 31 cents per gallon around the country. this white house knows, the president has got to lay out this strategy. they say he has been on this since day one. a year ago at georget...

Algae. you have got a bunch of algae out here, right? if we can figure out how to make energy out of that, we'll be doing all right. believe it or not we could replace up to 17% of the oil we import for transportation with this fuel that we can grow right here in the united states. that means greater energy security, that means lower costs, it means more jobs, it means a stronger economy. another discussion i talked about today is going to be a silver bullet. it won't bring down gas prices tomorrow. if anybody says they have a plan for that -- what, i'm just saying ... [applause] we are not go...