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Minutes but let's share their reporting and insights. wanda summers of politico. let's start, some people think edward snowden is a hero, others they he is a traitor. the former commander in chief bill clinton speaking at the u.s. naval academy sounds sympathet sympathetic. >> mr. snowden has been sort of an imperfect messenger, from my point of view, for what we need to be talking about here, but the snowden case has raised all these questions about whether we can use technology to protect the national security without destroying the liberty which includes the right to pries vyi si of basical...

And wanda summers. >> this is serving red meat at cpac. isn't there a better way to do it without insulting the old guard? >> there is. this is an issue you are going to see this mccain/cruz continue. this is indicative to me of the tensions of the republican party. john mccain may call himself a maverick, but he was a representative of the institution of the republican party. ted cruz is part of the new guard, part of the insurgent tea party. as we get close to the 2014 midterms in just over 200 days, heading into 2016 election, this is going to be a discussion or debate that we see continue ...

Significant. the united states still trying to nail down a security deal with afghanistan to allow troops to remain there will post-2014. what this drone strikes and a number of other issues that came up in the process, that deal in the balance. secretary chuck hagel said if a deal isn't finalized soon it will make it impossible to plan for a future there. this is an incredibly big deal and one that lawmakers on the hill will be watching closely. >> what are you hearing from the white house, david, on this and the timing of this drone strike? how might this complicate the current discussion on...

Has political staying power? even if the website is fixed which it certainly will be, or will it be forgotten quickly? and perhaps well before the 2014 midterm elections. let's say like april it's all perfect. are we going to be thinking about this in november? >> i think this absolutely has political staying power. this is president barack obama's signature campaign promise. it's been a blythed rollout by any account. regardless whether or not the administration is successful in meeting its deadline in a couple of short hours, republicans and competitive congressional districts will be lookin...

>> david, what are you hearing from the officials about meeting this deadline tonight in terms of how confident they are? >> they're giving two different messages saying they've met their goals which to them means they're improving the user experience, the capability for how many people can be on the site at one time and how many can register. jeff zients who is is overseeing this war room said they fixed over 300 computer programming errors. however the white house is simultaneously cautioning it's not going to be a perfect website. their goal is about 80% of users should have a good experien...