on the a.p. story? when it comes to national security, i think the government has every right to investigate. however, when they do, they have to do with it a very narrow focus. this starts to look like it was a lot broader than that. tomorrow, the attorney general who was already scheduled to appear on capitol hill will face some more sharp questions from the house judiciary committee. shep. shepard: catherine, the obama administration has a history of aggressively pursuing leakers. in fact, since the president took office, grand juries have indicted six current or former government officials in leak cases. that s more indictments like this than all of the previous administrations have seen combined. those cases include stories about the airline bomb plot. cyber warfare against iran and president obama s procedures for putting terrorism suspects on a kill list. so that s the top two stories of the day. the third has to do with benghazi and the political back and forth that s ast
blitzer. yeah, i m very sorry about what happened yesterday. it was what i thought something had to be done on the fiscal cliff before the election. apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year. so i think he should just stick with his position. president clinton claims he didn t know it expires after the electi election. rick santorum is resurfacing. the former pennsylvania senator will lay out his plans for the future today. sources say he wants his voice heard as leader of the conservative wing of the gop. he s expected to announce he s ez forming a political committee to give him that vehicle. new developments in the etan patz murder investigation. look at this photo obtained exclusively by cnn. it shows pedro hernandez, the suspect in the 1978 death of the 6-year-old little new york boy, in a suit and tie wearing glasses. investigators have removed a computer hard drive, two satchels and other items from his new jersey home. hernandez who has con
the historic headline from the white house this week, the president of the united states endorses same-sex marriage. but the story behind the headlines may be just as dramatic and it culminated with vice president joe biden apologizing to president obama for forcing his hand on this hot button issue, a sore subject among some white house insiders. our chief whereas correspondent jessica yellen has been working the story for us. tell our viewers what you are hearing right now. i understand the vice president apologized to the president for putting him in a tough position on this situation and the president gave an understanding reply saying he knows that the vice president was speaking from the heart. the vice president s office also issued a statement saying it was the president who has been the leader on this issue since day one and the vice president never intended to distract from that. president obama says he was planning to say this sometime before the democratic conve
should be able to get married. truly historic and potentially watershed moment as president obama comes out, formally, publicly, enthusiastically in support of gay marriage and with the election less than six months away the political implications are enormous. we ll look at all of the potential fallout. reactions from both sides of this issue pouring in right now into the situation room. we will hear what influential groups and individuals are saying about the president s new position on gay marriage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re following the breaking news this hour. president obama announcing his support for same-sex marriage, a move with potentially huge political and social implications. listen to what he told abc news in a white house interview just a little while ago. over the course of several years, as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think about members of my own staff who are i
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