thatconditional amnesty david snowden has led?everyone i've spoken to in the white house and the administration has rejected that thought out of hand. they did not say they would not talk to them about some kind of deal but they believe that the precedent of giving him full amnesty and letting him walk in returns for getting their data back would set a bad precedent. know how much would be in the hands of others right now. >> finally, this. is the president talking about some kind of public advocate who will represent the cause of the libertarians and transparency and privacy? >> it looks very much like he will embrace that recommendation, the recommendation to allow someone to argue the other side of the cases in front of the fisa court, the surveillance court. it is interesting because we saw some pushback from the judiciary they want thaty, public advocate in all cases. right now this is a very one- sided legal procedure. president, given his legal training probably finds that objectionable. >> let me ask one more question. i k

be scaled back mediately david at lucas reuter how should a community of states react to the new information concerning surveillance and what actions have to be made to snowden replied with we need a global forum and global funding committed to development of security standards that enforce our right to privacy not through law but through science and technology david how do you interpret what he's saying here that we need science and not law. that sounds like kind of a ted talk answer to me i hope i hope he's not already believing all of his own b.s. because i think that what snowden did is really important but for him to pontificate right now about you know we need more science and technology what we need is to shut down the servers at the n.s.a. and defund aspects of that agency that are violating the wall right now it's very simple they make it seem as if all this stuff is really complex it's not if you have an agency that's breaking the law you have to bring that agency into compliance with the constitution and this would save us money in the process i'm not saying shut down the cia i'm not even saying shut down the n.s.a. i'm saying stop the programs th

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the changes president announced today were largely driven by a series of leaks from edward snowden. david shuster is here with more. david? >> there has been no direct reaction yet from edward snowden to the speech but his supporters are claiming the changes announced today by president obama would have never happened without snowden. >> he is one of the most famous government whistle blowers in desk aids and yet edward snowden, a computer specialist, former nsa contractor began his leaks just seven months ago the national security agency has been collecting phone records of millions of american verizon customers. the next day, the washington post revealed leaks of an internet surveillance program. nine companies had been giving direct access to all user data. president obama said the math was simple. >> you can't have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy he identified himself as the former nsa contractor fueling the now public debate. >> i sit in my desk certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone, even if you are not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded. >

and edward snowden revelations now with david cameron stood by the work of the intelligence agencies and he even had a little message for the media and particularly a newspaper the guardian that is where he said he would encourage newspapers and list delhi and this to think before they act and he said basically that he's worried about the damage that the snowden revelations have on security and he said he thinks the u.k. is in danger of becoming less safe now recall the government had sent a couple of officials to the offices of the guardian newspaper and destroyed some of the computers and hard drives over there containing those the said the revelations by edward snowden and all of this in the name of national security and again one of the arguments that he brought forth in the use of collection of data he said that a lot of the tea. all the shows that he's watched it was through the use and gathering of mobile phone data information that criminals were caught this seems to be one of the arguments put forward in defense of the activities of the intelligence services going back to th

snowden. last summer, david gregory raised this issue when he interviewed glenn greenwald. >> to the extent youave aided and abetted snowden, even in his current movements, why shouldn't you be charged with a crime? i think it is pretty extraordinary that anybody who calls himself a journalist would publicly muse about whether or not other journalist should be charged with felonies. if you want to embrace that theory, it means every investigative journalist in the u.s. who works with their sources, receives classified information, is a criminal. it is precisely those theories and that climate that has become so menacing in the u.s. >> that was glenn greenwald speaking on "meet the press" on nbc to david gregory over the summer. since greenwald could not attend wally shawn's play in new york, well, wally took the play to him in brazil. to speak more about the artistic solidarity, we're joined by wally shawn, noted stage and screen actor, mainstay on the new york theater scene, written numerous plays including "the fever," "grasses of a thousand colors." wally shawn had also celebrated acting rol

let's discuss these allegations, snowden's reaction. david us, knows the subject very well. mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, ofl well-briefed by the u.s. intelligence community, he made the suggestion over the weekend suspecting that snowden may actually have plotted this whole thing, may have been a russian agent. dianne feinstein, the chair of the senate intelligence committee, was sitting on that same "meet the press" panel. she said she didn't know, but she wouldn't rule it out. what are you hearing? i know you've got good sources on all of this. >> well, clearly, chairman rogers probably wouldn't have said it if he hadn't seen something suggestive in the intelligence. but quite frankly, we haven't seen a thshred of evidence yet indicate that snowden had been working for the russians or any other government at the time that he was gathering up this data, when he was an nsa contractor working in hawaii. after that, of course, he traveled to hong kong, he then moved on to russia. as he indicated in that -- in t

now on the fall of fallujah and the growing fight over surveillance and what to do about edward snowden, david rhode and david allen. david, how significant is it that al qaeda forces are claiming to have regained control of fallujah? >> it's very significant. you mentioned 140 americans dying to liberate those cities. what is the strategy in the middle east? you've got bombings in lebanon, fighting in iraq now. and we're sort of focused on nsa surveillance here and who's to blame for benghazi? where's the strategy for how to deal with these growing militants? >> what happened in fallujah? how did we lose it? >> it's a probably with the iraqi government. the iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki who's a shiite, she's not sharing power with sunnis. so tribesmen turned against the government. it's a divide spreading across the region. is there more we can do. i don't think we should send troops. that's not the answer. but diplomatically, can we arm some of these tribesmen that are fighting al qaeda? there are some local tribes that don't like al qaeda. when al qaeda retakes towns in iraq, the popu

to these matters. , one ofnowden's lawyers them, was on "meet the press" and david gregory was basically saying, how is snowdeng? this is a guy who gave up, probably forever, life in the free world. i would not want to be stuck in moscow if i were him. here's my question. don't you think he should be prosecuted for this? website, go to their did a major exposÉ with glenn greenwald on the british intelligence services tapping into pipelines and monitoring social media sites and youtube and other things. to sitregory should have in front of -- david gregory should ask richard esposito, don't you think you should be going to prison for having done the story? let's be fair here. they should have to ask tough questions of their own people. >> on your film "dirty wars" which has been nominated for an oscar, what would that mean if you win? >> i was the only person with our stomach to watch the ceremony. i had to rewind a because i was shocked. the first thing i thought of, with his composite blue into this family in afghanistan were to pregnant women were killed in raid.hed u.s. night wad drone families of the strik

david shuster has the story. >> he is one of the most famous whistle blowers in decades. yet edward snowden began his leaks just seven months ago. on june the 5th glen greenwald reported in the guardian that the national security agency had been collecting the phone records of millions of verizon phone customers. next day the washington post revealed details of an internet surveillance program. nine companies including google, facebook and apple had been giving nsa direct access to all user data. die phi ant president obama said the math was simple. >> you can't have 100% security and also 100% privacy around zero inconvenience. >> a few days later, snowden took to the air waves and identified himself as the former nsa contractor fueling the now public debate. >> i sitting at my desk certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone. even if you are doing nothing wrong you are being watched and recorded. >> and added that nearly anything can be held indefinitely. >> the storage capacity of these systems increases every year. >> the british verg of the nsa known as the gchq had intercepted commu

snowden clemency. she spoke to "meet the press" moderator david gregory. >> if we're concerned about other documents, other materials he has, should clemency for him be on the table if it meant securing some of this other information? >> well, i think that would acknowledge more knowledge of what he allegedly has. from where i sit today i would not put clemency on the table at all. >> you can watch tomorrow on "meet the press". >>> russian president vladimir putin is in sochi today. security fell higher today due to the twin bombing that killed dozens. >> reporter: russian president putin making sure every olympic venue is ready for its close up. he even tried out the slopes. looking relaxed, in control. a contrast to wednesday, just 400 miles away in volgograd. since islamist militants declared war on the olympics. it is called ring of steel for a reason. drones will be watching above, offshore. high-speed patrol boats. even ultra sensitive sonar listening under water. it is clear this is a dangerous neighborhood. if you're wondering just how close sochi is to trouble, we will take a drive to the border w

. >> schieffer: david, what about mike rogers talking this morning about the russians may have had a hand in helping edward snowdenake some of this information public. and both he and mike morell said it goes back to the idea of what kind of information he was releasing. what was your take on that? >> there's a lot we don't know yet about whether or not edward snowden was operating independently. whether this was his idea as a protest about what the nsa is doing. or whether or not he was operating on instructions from someone else or decided later on to cooperate with someone else. but certainly there are a lot of issues about whether or not china and russia obtained the information out of computers he was traveling with when he showed up in hong kong then again in rush a. then whether he struck any kind of deal for his stay in russia. and we don't know. we also don't know how much information he's actually in possession of now or how much he may have left others in possession of. clearly everything we've heard suggests that the intelligence agencies are worried more about what may come than what has already out.

snowden wrong the main discussion points r.t. texas it is with us now live from our london studios. well david cameron asking questions answering questions that is today he was talking about the a changing risk that the u.k. has to face and how where security is headed he wasn't so much his challenge when he was basically asked on how operations worked and where exactly the security strategy is heading now he didn't deviate from any of the past made on several of the points in a couple of things did stand out on the middle east he said that the arab spring is a quote good thing in the long term for security but acknowledges that there will be some bumps on the road and he may face some challenges on that in light of the ongoing instability in the region and whether these can be classified merely on the road now in terms of syria he did it confirms that it is still a major concern for national security especially the potential for radicalization of british citizens as well as the just ongoing regional instability over there now of course one of the things that he was questioned on of was the n.

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david r t. two major newspapers around the world began the new year by taking a stand for edward snowden first the guardian's editorial board on wednesday made a case for a pardon of edward snowden arguing mr snowden through journalists in the absence of meaningful reliable democratic oversight had given people enough knowledge about the nature of modern intelligence gathering to allow an informed debate on the other side of the atlantic on the same day the new york times also praised snowden calling him a whistleblower and saying when someone reveals that government officials have routinely and deliberately broken the law that person should not face life in prison at the hands of the same government president obama should tell his aides to begin finding a way to end mr snowden's vilification and give him an incentive to return home. in york times went on to bullet point several of the n.s.a. violations as revealed by snowden including the hacking of data links that google and yahoo the efforts to undermine encryption and proof that the director of national intelligence james clapper lied to congr

david and you're watching r.t. america. we begin today with breaking news that russia plans to extend its offer of asylum to former government contractor edward snowden beyond august which is where when his one year temporary asylum was such the end this is all according to remarks by russian lawmaker alexy push cobb who spoke today at the world economic forum during a panel discussion alexey hinted that the extension of temporary refugee status for snowden could be indefinite saying he will not be sent out of russia it will be up to snowden the u.s. has charged snowden with the espionage act a charge that carries harsh penalties just yesterday attorney general eric holder said granting the whistleblower clemency would be going too far but holder did say that he's open to pursuing a deal with snowden if he pled guilty to criminal charges it's unclear however what that deal would and tail. so don is also addressing the possibility of returning to the u.s. yesterday in an online q. and a snowden was asked what it would take for him to come back to the united states in response note and said that he knows his return is the best resolution but that it's

go to you new york i remember when mr snowden showed up in moscow and i was in st petersburg and there their twitter was on fire and just to kind of echo what david had to say is that there were so many different points of view. and david. speaking to finn right now with the caveat that there is an opinion attached to it as well this is different than what we get in conventional media at least the opinion isn't so obvious most of the time unless you're watching fox news or something but finn it's very true what david just said there is that you get you know a lot of different to get a lot of facts but they're spun instantly spun when you look at social media and this is what's i think also pushes conventional media to repeat some things again what we're calling what rachel i did say trusted sources you trust a person you might trust their opinion phin go ahead. i think that's that's absolutely true and it's very much something like a challenge for twenty first century journalism to grapple with is the fact that the circulation of facts is now very much something that takes place immediately in the context of opinion you know you don't read tweet

david and you're watching our t.v. we begin tonight with a look at a special q. and a chat conducted by former government contractor edward snowden earlier today snowden gave a number of curious people out there the chance to have a conversation with him by offering them to ask some timely questions for an in-depth look at the q. and a i spoke earlier with our very own sam sachs i first asked him if snowden has responded to president barack obama's speech on n.s.a. reforms. this sort of he was asked kind of the frame of should president obama have been given given this speech so early especially since so many voices have been weighed in on this debate namely the privacy and civil liberties oversight board which released a report today basically saying that the n.s.a.'s bulk phone records collection program is both illegal and mostly useless in preventing terrorism in that context edward snowden was asked do you think it's a shame that obama gave his n.s.a. speech before his privacy and civil liberties oversight board reported that report . and which still didn't respond and he wanted to focus in on the bulk records program he sai

david currie president and c.e.o. of open doors usa. and the european parliament voted today to authorize the use of prevent courted testimony from former government contractor edward snowden the vote which was held by the parliament's committee on civil liberties justice and home affairs now paves the way for snowden to provide the e.u. with key information dutch liberal m.e.p. sophie into the elder who's the vice chair of the civil liberties committee said snowden's remarks would be quote an opportunity to give citizens across europe the answers they deserve over mass surveillance she also went on to say that she would like to ask snowden why he felt the legal avenues to report abuse were not open to him and whether he feels whistle blowing procedures has now been improved peter oliver is in berlin with more. the e.u. parliament approved plans for an inquiry into just how far the n.s.a. spying program went into looking into the private communications of citizens across the european union now these leaks came out because of the revelations put forward by edward snowden the former n.s.a. contractor. and it's really sent a shockwave across europe not least here in germany w

david and you're watching r t. and we begin today with breaking news with a special q. and a chat conducted by former government contractor edward snowden today snowden gave a number of curious people out there the chance to have a conversation with him by offering them to ask some timely questions our very own sam sachs has been charting those questions and answers from our newsroom to say i have it seems like most people are dying to know what snowden's response is to president barack obama's speech on an essay reforms that he gave last friday do we have that response yet very well there were some questions about the timing of president obama's speech there were some voices who hadn't weighed in on the n.s.a. debate namely the privacy and civil liberties oversight board which released a report today showing that the n.s.a.'s bulk phone records collection program is both illegal and useless to preventing terrorism stored and was asked particularly about that saying do you think it's a shame that obama gave his n.s.a. speech before his privacy and civil liberties oversight board reported that report so snowden responded to that by sayin

snowden. late today the n.s.a said in a statement, joining me now to discuss that is david sanger of the new york times. and cedric leighton, a former air force intelligence officer who served as deputy training director for the n.s.a in 2009 and 2010. welcome to you both, gentlemen. david, tell us about this technology that the nsa was pushing back against the -- >> sure, gwen, the technology solves a big problem that the nsa has long had. most of its hacks into computers, most of its cyberactivity is through those big optical telephone cables that run across the atlantic and pacific or through regional networks. but what do you do with a compute their separated from all networks, that an intelligence agency or some other agency, a government or a company might separate out to keep all the data secret? and that's a problem that the nsa has had for years. and they had it in particular with the iranian computers that were running the nuclear enrichment program. and so this technology puts a small radio transmitter into say a thumb drive or sometimes even into a circuit board in the compute their c

napolitano is sharing her take on recent calls to give nsa leaker edward snowden clemency and spoke to "meet the press" moderator david gregory. >> if we're concerned about material he has, should clemency for him be on the able if it meant securing some of this other information? >> well, i think that would require more intimate knowledge of what he allegedly has. but from where i sit today, i would not put clemency on the table at all. >> you can watch the full interview tomorrow morning on nbc's "meet the press." and nbc's john yang is in honolulu, hawaii, traveling with the president. with a good day to you. i know the president has an event scheduled for early next week to try to push lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits. given what we heard from eric kantor, it's not on the agenda, what's the president's plan? >> alex, he's going to jump right back flow it. part of the plan is to differentiate themselves from the republicans leading up to midterm elections in november to draw a sharp contrast. one of the maul marks of the current or the past recession was the duration of unemployment, the length that people

snowden told the washington post he had already won. because as many leaks had fueled a vigorous and high profile public depate. david shuster, al jazeera. >> this afternoon my colleague tony harris spoke with glen greenwald. he said there was no need for government to indiscriminately collect huge amounts of information. >> the real question i think not enough people are asking is why should the u.s. government be keeping everybody's metadata? why does the records of everyone we l talk to and who we speak to and why we e-mail, why does that need to be preserved if we have done nothing wrong? there is no legitimate reason for it to be kept. people who have done something wrong should be monitored for surveillance in a health and well moderated system. >> underscore that nsa surveillance is a serious issue. joining us is joseph l hall, chief of a watchdog group in washington, d.c. joveest, welcome. what stood out to you in the president's speech today? >> most of the proposals were mod eggs if not less than modest reforms. some of the better things were in the secret court that makes decisions about surveillance, havi

the snowden disclosures, are probing our government and private sector networks and accelerating programs to listen to our conversations, intercept our e- mails, and compromise our systems. >> david remnick is here. he is the editor of the "new yorker magazine." he's the author of several books including "the bridge." he wrote a 22 page profile of president obama that appears in this week's issue of the magazine. it is called "going the distance, on and off the road with barack obama." the article is a result of hours of one-on-one interviews with the president in the oval office and on air force one. i am pleased to have david remnick back at this table. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> here it is. >> use said 22 pages like it is a 500 pound weight. it is such an enticement to read. >> 70,000 words. >> something like that. >> how did this come about? >> i wrote a book about him a few years ago. it is not a secret that every white house complains about the short attention span of the politico, and how pressed they feel about it. we report on the white house all the time. do a portion of the president at a particular time with on the record interviews. it took some doing. f

snowden leaks will be under the microscope on capitol hill. we have the annual senate intelligence hearings on worldwide threats. david great to see you. >> good to see you too. thank you. liz: we wouldn't worry too much about "angry birds" being stalked by the nsa. they're so stuff that the national hockey league picked one as new mascot. i ran into hockey bird, the nhl mascot at the outdoor hockey battle. this was outside yankee stadium and new york rangers and new jersey devils. the nhl and rovio, the company behind "angry birds", created their very own version of the feathered cannonball. they say it represents the energy, joy intensity of game. david: this is outside game? liz: outside game. david: nothing better than an outside hockey game. liz: rangers thought the bird was pretty tough. they beat the devils 6-3. david: go rangers. great to see an outdoor game. we need more of those. liz: at a baseball stadium. david: i've seen boxing there. they do a lot of events there. apple shares sank 8% following the tech giant's earnings report so we asked on twitter, maybe now is the time to buy. what do you think? your

the new rules have been in the works since snowden first revealed the extent of the spying bun b done by the nt s*fa but critics say it doesn't go far enough. david is here. >> civil libertarians and privacy advocates has had a lot of anticipation. according to officials the president will announce new limb it's the nsa program that collects billions of phone records but the president will also and congress to help determine the future. officials say president obama has conclude the it is valuable as a counter terrorism tool. but the president is staring at harsh political realities. that's why, for example, he will be giving the speech from the justice department and not the ns actual. white house officials want to underscore the president's commitment to civil liberties. he will also announce according to officials the phone records collected in bulk will continue to be held by the nsa not the phone companies as a pam had recommended. a few months ago the white house floated private control of the orders to phone company executives who were meeting with the president at the white house, but the executives said the idea was unworkable given that

while russia has welcomed the nsa leaker edward snowden, it has expelled an american journalist and author who's been critical of president vladimir putin. david sadler is a former correspondent for "the new york times" and recently advising u.s. broadcasters, radio europe and radio liberty and joins us from london. you wrote a powerful article in "the wall street journal" today among other thing, david, writing, "the russian decision to declare me persona non grata is more than an action against the single journalist. it is an an admission that the system under president vladimir putin cannot tolerate free speech even in the kis of foreign correspondents." you say this is an ominous sign, even though you're the first american journalist expelled from russia in a long, long time. >> reporter: that's absolutely true. as far as i know the first since the cold war but it's an ominous sign because even the em pullinpul expulsion of one journalist is a warning to all journalists. it's encouraged to create a psychology in which people feel there are some subjects which they can't raise. and russia is a country that has a lot of secrets. >> the russi

david shuster looks back over the n.s.a. beginning with one man and millions. >> he's one of the most famous government whistleblowers, yet edward snowden began his leaks months ago. >> the national security agency had been collecting phone records of verizon customers. "the washington post," following links revealed details of an internet civilance program. nine companies, including google, facebook and apple gave the data to the n.s.a. >> you can't have 100% security and then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience. >> a few days later edward snowden took to the u.s. and identified himself as a contractor fuelling the public debate. i sit in my desk, certainly had of the authorities to wire tap everyone. if you are not doing everything wrong, you are watched and recorded. the storage capability of the fik tips are clear. >> the revelations kept coming. the gchq intercepted world leaders at a loint summit meeting. a guardian story reported the gchc worked to attract data around the globe. the washington post reported that the agency broke its on rules 2700 times. president obama announced a re view but insisted edward snowden was no p

david cameron discusses the syrian civil war. the british defense budget and nsa documents leaked by edward snowden. the committee is made up of the house of commons and house of lords. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> i welcome people to the session. this is in the comments this evening. but hopefully we welcome you. >> thank you. it turns out that you are most welcome nevertheless. this committee is very supportive especially that we are very anxious to hear from you. and what we hope today by having this passage. >> making sure that we analyze the threats including only analyzer programming better than that we plan across government better than that we make better decisions and i think that it has been a real success for getting together the relevant departments and we are considering a from a domestic perspective rather than an overseas perspective and making sure it plays together and it has proved itself across a number of subjects and i am hugely enthusiastic about this record. i think that works very well. it joins up with the champlin home secretary in a w

the new rules have been in the works since snowden first revealed the extent of the spying done by the nsa but crit i can are saying they don't go far enough. davidow for a look at what will change, david. >> tony, according to former and current obama administration officials the president is going to announce in some new limits tomorrow on the nsa program that collects billions of phone records. the president will call on congress to help determine the program's future. the officials say mr. obama has concluded the program has some value as a counter terrorism tool, but the president is also staring at some very harsh political realities. that's why, for example, he will be giving the speech from the justice department not the nsa. white house officials want to underscore the president's commitment to civil liberties. the president will also announce according to official that his the bulk phone records collected by the nsa will continue to be held by the nsa, not the phone companies as a board had recommended. a few months ago the whitehouse floated the idea of civilian control through the phone companies of these records but phone companies c

snowden and he said that the nsa had done nothing unlawful. i don't think that kind of rhetoric plays well with his base. >> molly and david, thanks to you both.e from new york, it is the comedienne who makes her debut with the "saturday night live" cast tonight. she is the first female cast member of color on the "snl" stage since mia rudolph left six years ago. they say she is more and ready for the spotlight. >> it's talent and her work ethic, all of that combined with all the natural beauty she has that makes her just meant to be a star. >> "saturday night live" with guest host drake airs tonight at 11:30 eastern on nbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're watching one of the biggest financial services companies in the country at work. hey. thanks for coming over. hey. [ male announcer ] how did it come to be? yours? ah. not anymore. it's a very short story. come on in. [ male announcer ] by meeting you more than halfway. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. star

snowden as a whistleblower. >> and that debate's going to rage on, as well. alexis ohanian, happy to have your perspective. >> thank you for having me, david. >> we're going toback with our roundtable. back to more politics. thinking about 2016. i know it's early but you do have this benghazi report that came out this week, critical of the administration, republicans critical of hillary clinton. the bridge scandal, as well. will all this put a dent in the presidential and bigs of hillary clinton and chris christie or will it be forgotten by the time we start voting in 2016. plus robert gates will be here in studio with me with his first reaction to the president's efforts to rein in government ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see energy... what would we see? ♪ the billions of gallons of fuel that get us to work. ♪ we'd see all the electricity flowing through the devices that connect us and teach us. ♪ we'd see that almost 100% of medical plastics are made from oil and natural gas. ♪ and an industry that supports almost 10 million american jobs. life takes energy. and no one applies more technology to produce american energy and refine it more efficiently tha

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over the snowden disclosures-- are constantly probing our government and private sect ornett works and accelerating pacts to listen to our conversations and compromise our systems. >> rose: david remnick is the editor of the "new yorker" magazine and author of several books including "the bridge: the life and rise of barack obama." he just wrote a 22-page profile of president obama that appears in this week's issue of the magazine. it is called "going the distance: on and off the road with barack obama." the article is a result of hours of one-on-one interviews with the president in the oval office and on air force one. i am pleased to have david remnick back at this table. welcome. >> rose: thanks for having me. >> so here it is -- >> rose: you say 22 pages like it's a 500 pound weight. it's such an enticement to read. >> rose: 17,000 words? >> something like that. a little short of that. >> rose: how did this come about? >> well, you know, i wrote a book about him a few years ago and it's not a secret that the -- every white house complains about the short attention span of the press and politico and the wires and how oppressed they feel by it so i tried to use that to my ad