. >> let me bring in jay carney. jay, did you get the same sense that he's laying out the case to veto that keystone pipeline legislation because republicans clearly want to put it on the table very, very quickly in the new session. >> woflf, i know he's ambivalen about it. in many ways both sides of this argument have turned it into a much bigger issue than it factually is. keystone if it's built will not create the number of jobs that proponents claim it will. nor will rejecting it save the global environment the way some environmentalists claim it will because tar sands will be exploited regardless if the pipeline is built. i think he's been of two minds of this and it's hard to predict where he will go. it's true that some of the senators, democratic senators, who would have been most vulnerable if he vetoed it will no longer be in the senate so that may give him more political leverage. i tell you, i think gloria said earlier talking about how upbeat he was and buoyant he was. i was there as press secretary for t

joining me, cnn's carl bernstein and jay carney. jay, if north korea is responsible.uld the u.s. call it state sponsored terrorism. is this a new kind of war? >> definitely a cyberattack. washington knows and believes north korea was responsible. now what the consequences are we will have to see. there could be a tit for tat of sorts. in response to this. i don't think you can take too many more steps to, isolate, north korea since it is the most isolated regime in the world already. but i think that, that this is obviously a matter of concern for the united states. in the level of success the hackers had in laying waste, digitally to a major, international corporation. >> to follow up what you said. what can the u.s. do, jay? >> well i don't think the u.s. can do anything directly. i think president obama and other leaders should speak out for -- for the first amendment. should discourage actions like the one that sony took in theaters took. that, that basically caved to these kind of threats. i think that the, suggestion mentioned earlier, that, sony should have, an

let's turn to political commentator jay carney, who served as white house press secretary under presidentand bill kristol of "the weekly standard." both are in our washington bureau. why now with cuba, jay? do you think this is with the president's legacy? >> well, jake, it's certainly about promises that he made that has been consistent since he ran for office in 2007 and 2008. the negotiations that led to this point took a lot of time and key to them, obviously, was the release of alan gross. absent that, this would not have happened. i think that you will see the president, as we've already seen already in these final two years while he's in office, exercising every bit of authority that he has to do what he believes is right for the american people and for our national security interests. you know, one of the narratives before the midterm elections that i think was wrong, not all of them were wrong but one was wrong, is that he had sort of run out of gas and was himself eyeing the exits and sort of tired of being president. and i really didn't believe that was true and i know that bec

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does the prime minister concern ofmy deep the decision of hmrc to insist on a jay carney and -- a draconian interpretation will result in this building's closure? -- entirely by an by volunteers. i know how hard my honorable friend works for his constituents. we will look carefully at this case. unfortunately, zero rating of the construction services is very limited and does not apply to building used as sports clubs. but they are willing to discuss arrangements to pay the back and i will make sure the discussions take place very rapidly between my honorable friend and hmnrc. >> cancer waits for no one. with fast-growing cancers, time is of the asked -- essence. the cancer growth treatment target has been missed for months. over 15,000 patients waiting more than two months to start treatment. doesn't this prove that you cannot trust the tories with the nha? >> i share the honorable ladies concern about how rapid our cancer treatment must be viewed under this that, government, an extra 460,000 people per year are getting cancer treatment, are getting referrals. there are around seven key can

you have jay carney, tony snow, george stephanopoulos all going or coming from the private sector, news organizations. after their press secretary gig. i wonder if that undermines things. thanks. >> do you think any of those people got unnecessary softball questions? >> i don't know. is the press corps in general -- maybe that is not a question for you but for the press corps. do you think the press corps in general is more, i guess, soft on press secretaries? >> i wish they had been. >> i would say watch the briefing tomorrow. and i guarantee you that you will not come away with the impression that somehow josh has been unnecessarily given a huge number of software questions. they will not break tomorrow because the president is in asia, but when he comes back. when he comes back and it is maybe the week where the president might do something and immigration, and you do not have to listen long -- listen to the first five questions. i do not think anybody -- there are days in which i would have loved to have picked that person who is somehow going to give me the great softball. >> did j

. >> remember, jay carney once said the most substantial interview was on the daily show with jon stewarte you know what to journalists. >> he also went on b.e.t. for a more serious interview on race relations. >> the question about colbert, the next job is different than this one. >> i don't know how he does it. >> it will be interesting. >> you can see him last night starting that metamorphasis. i'm sure they are lobbying to get the president on the late show with stephen colbert next year. >> any jitters for the rival of stephen colbert? >> they will have a wonderful send off for letterman, but they have the guy to make that show for the next 20 years. you watch him last night. i wanted the show to go a little longer. it will on cbs. >> just like "early start" every morning. >> speechless. >> we are about to get in big trouble. >> i don't want to miss the 4:00 a.m. hour. >> brian, great to have you with us. >>> the reason we don't go on longer, let's check in on "new day" with alisyn. >> i like that. coming up today, the senate releases the highly anticipated report about the tactics u

jay carney reamed me out because assuming i put in a report because he believed that he had put something off of the record. i thought it was integral and included it. for minutes, on a cell phone, almost melted my hair. newtown,n our way to connecticut to visit with the families after the shooting. it was a long drive. it was something about how he would deal with the families and what their plan was. important toit what the president was doing. i remember another time when ari fleischer called me to the office under president bush 43 and he was furious. there was nothing i had said on abc news. a local -- maybe he was syndicated -- right-wing talkshow host had taken a story i had done and broken it up into little pieces, inserting commentary and ran it. i had not heard it and had never heard of the radio personality. bushs on whether president should have come directly back to washington after the 9/11 attacks. 10 hours onim for the plane. i was allowed to stay. ari was angry. i explained to him that what he had heard was not reflective of what i had said on the air. >> i have heard you

. >> jay carney and others said they were hostage takers e terrorists basically. >> but they did shut down the government. the democrats said they would not be willing to support this compromise proposal because they had concerns about specific provisions. >> now concerns about provisions over wall street reform, democrats said that was a principal stand in the white house. >>> the price of gasoline has fallen to the lowest levels since 2009, a 78-day plunge has dropped the average to $2.60 a gallon. but that led to the worst week for the dow in three years. the industrial average crater e 15 .5. for the week, the dow fell $3 3% points. >> good evening, bret, that plunge in oil prices has really taken many in the market by surprise. but the fact of the matter is there is a global glut of oil, just a few months ago, oil was just a few bucks a barrel, but the decline has been unprecedented, now at a five-year low. we are producing more oil than ever before, thanks to fracking and new drilling technology. in the face of all this, you would expect opec to put a floor under the pricing. wh

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jay carney from the white house. all the major names of people from the free aj staff campaign we thank them all and thank you. go on to youtube, the al jazeera youtube site and you can see a lot of clips to do with free aj staff. our website. this is the special, the free aj staff section. this is where you can look at the reports that peter greste and colleagues have done. you can check and see what they are all about. if you have something you want to send if you are at a protest, you want to send in free aj staff, you can send it to me. of course you can use the hashtag free aj staff. we'll be keeping our eye on it >>> thank you. there's a lot more to come on this newshour including sharing secrets on kim jong un - south korea, japan and the u.s. pool their resources >>> greek politicians hold a crucial vote that could determine whether early elections are on the cards. in sport we know now - we now know the line for this year's n.f.l. play-off find out who is in and who is out with raul a little later in the pro

we will vet the situation with former house secretary jay carney.ough the evolution of that issue. >>> another woman accusing bill cosby of drugging her. you know her. supermodel beverly johnson. she is telling a story you want to hear. the question begins, is this the tipping point now? what happens with the allegations? all of that when "new day" begins at the top of the hour. christine. >> beverly johnson's piece is interesting. she talks about the role of african-american men in society. she talks about ferguson and she really weaves this story about what held her back for so long. chris, we look forward to that. thank you. >>> more questions about the "rolling stones" story of the alleged gang rape on the university of virginia. now friends of the woman at the center of the story say the quotes attributed to them in "rolling stone" are false. that's coming up next. transferred money from hisy bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved seas

. >> a year ago the president, jay carney, others said they were hostage takers, terrorists basically. >> because they shut down the government. >> well, democrats tried last night. might not have succeeded. >> but the democrats said they would not be willing to support this compromised proposal because they had concerns about specific provisions. >> what a difference a year makes. the fight last year over health care was an unfair partisan battle. this year this fight over wall street reform rollbacks, that's a principle stand for democrats. that's kind of the view for the white house. what's interesting is the president did get some victories in here. he got money for his health care law. he got money for those executive actions on immigration, two other big legacy items, climate change fund and early childhood education fund. that could put pressure on house speaker john boehner with conservative who is are not happy he signed off on this. the president is facing pressure from the left, but speaker boehner's going to have pressure on the right as well, sean. >> did anybody tell spe

a year ago the president, jay carney, others said they were hostage takers. >> they shut down the government democrats tried last time. >> what democrats said that they would not be willing to support this compromise proposal because they had concerns about specific provisions. the president disagreed with that. what they would have done and what speaker boehner said he was prepared to to was to put on the floor a three-month continuing resolution. >> what a difference a year makes. last year republicans were hostage takers. this year democrats were voting their conscious. >> so true. by the way, you get the gold star today because at the beginning of your report, you said the real story is. >> i was trying to key up. i lot of the show. >> you know what, that is fantastic. all right. tgif, ed. see you monday. >> good to see you. thanks. >>> let's continue to talk politics, shall we? massachusetts senator elizabeth warren wasting no time condemning that spending bill that passed in the house last night. some analysts say her stance on the budget battle could signal a big presidential run in 2

we'll also speak to his former press secretary jay carney on what that may had mean strategically goingy travel getting off to a slow start. look at that. ugly start. nearly 100 million people are going to hit the roads. we'll give you the latest when "new day" begins at the top of the hour with me, you and alisyn camerota. >> and there she is. what is interesting about the polling, i was looking at the economy when people who feel the economy is coming. the biggest optimism is from people who make less than $50,000 a year. gas prices my friend. everybody feels it. it's not just people in the stock market who say the economy is good, it's gas prices. >> you know, christine, you've been ignoring the gas prices. i've told you they matter to people. i've told you they're like a stimulus. and you said, oh, can i use that word? i said, no, that's my word. >> that's right. merry christmas. >>> it's christmas eve. one of the most popular places to visit this time of year, bethlehem. the birth place of jesus christ. but with threats, how is the city preparing? we'll take you there next. with an

. >> a year ago the president, jay carney and others said they were hostage-takers, terrorists. >> because they shut down the government, ed. >> reporter: democrats tried last night. >> the democrats said they would not be willing to support this compromised proposal because they had concerns about the specific provisions. >> reporter: concerns about wall street reform that democrats express now that was a principled stand in the white house. concerns republicans expressed about health care, not so much. lou? lou: ed, thank you very much, ed henry from the white house. >>> while the budget, the spending bill hangs in the balance, the architect of the president's signature health care law is now firmly in the cross hairs of congressional investigators. jonathan gruber testified before the house oversight committee earlier this week, calling the american voters stupid on a number of occasions. well who's stupid now? he's being subpoenaed by congressman darrell issa because he refused to answer how much taxpayer money he actually made in compensation as adviser to the government on obamacare.

jay carney, how surprised were you by how blunt the president was on this sensitive subject and saying that the u.s. would retaliate although he wasn't going to provide public details. >> i knew he felt that way. i was extremely glad to hear him say that so bluntly and clearly. i think that it's absolutely the right thing to say. the precedent, the issues here go far beyond the decision to cancel screening of one movie. the implications of this move by the north koreans are profound and we need to react and take action. i think when he said the reaction would be proportional, i think the only signal he was sending is he is not going to bomb north korea but will respond in kind to what north korea has done. i think the message he sent about the importance of the first amendment and the importance to continue to avoid self-censorship was profound and the right thing to say. >> what do you think, cliff may? what is the strong u.s. response that you would like to see come from the president? >> i think he's right to ask for a range of options from the defense intelligence agency, from the

we want to bring back clinton yates, jay carney, former white house press secretary, and bill crystle"the weekly standard." what's going on in the streets and what's going on at the white house, two things going on here today. jay, i can understand the president delivering public remarks as he did last week a couple of times. but why have all these closed-door meetings and it's all hush-hush what's really going on? >> i think it's appropriate to continue to touch base with civil rights leaders and others who have been so expressive about their concern over what happened in ferguson and how what happened in ferguson reflects a broader problem across the country when it comes to a racial bias in law enforcement. and i thought his response to the verdict itself -- or the failure of the grand jury to indict itself was extremely tempered. the problem with that circumstance is a grand jury looks at a set of facts and in the end, the key issues were a matter of "he said, she said" and one of the principal witnesses, obviously, was the officer himself. but you can't dispute that there's a big

we know jay carney, the white house secretary, hillary clinton, president obama, they were all on the same page. there had to be some meeting where this idea was disseminated, and we still have little information about that. matt in michigan. independent color. caller: thank you for taking my call. a brief follow-up on the benghazi investigation you did. there isn't a point once you discovered that your communications and computer had been monitored and hacked, that you thought seriously about dropping your investigation, and to this day do you ever fear what may happen to you in the future based on uncovering very sensitive information? thanks for taking my call. guest: no. i never thought about changing course. in fact, if anything, it makes me more determined, and i do not worry about my future or fate based on what i am doing. host: do you know if the hacking of your computers and tapping of your phone continues? guest: i have not had analysis done. i have not bothered to do it because what my forensics experts taught me was if people that are the sophisticated who did what they a

we had jay carney on earlier and the pundits thinking that president obama was check out, that's notill say, it's not making any impact whatsoever on his job approval numbers. one of the interesting things, if you look at president obama's job approval numbers, they are pretty much immune to the ups and downs that we've covered this past year. the public seems to have, at this point, kind of made up its mind with about 52% disapproving of president obama and early low 40s, 42, 43% approving of president obama. so he goes into 2015 still struggling when it comes to the public's perception. >> gloria, you have a piece on cnn.com that's being widely read. "it's as if he has shed his clark kent-ish demeanor for the more flamboyant cape. he's no superman to be sure but he's spending an awful lot of time late tree tieing to get off the ground." >> yes. there's no secret that he was frustrated. he felt like he couldn't do a lot of things. he didn't want to endanger a lot of democrats and that strategy didn't work so well for him but in any case, he felt leak he wanted to do more. he's got a

we know jay carney, the white house secretary, hillary clinton, president obama, they were all on the same page. there had to be some meeting where this idea was disseminated, and we still have little information about that. matt in michigan. independent color. caller: thank you for taking my call. a brief follow-up on the benghazi investigation you did. there isn't a point once you discovered that your communications and computer had been monitored and hacked, that you thought seriously about dropping your investigation, and to this day do you ever fear what may happen to you in the future based on uncovering very sensitive information? thanks for taking my call. guest: no. i never thought about changing course. in fact, if anything, it makes me more determined, and i do not worry about my future or fate based on what i am doing. host: do you know if the hacking of your computers and tapping of your phone continues? guest: i have not had analysis done. i have not bothered to do it because what my forensics experts taught me was if people that are the sophisticated who did what they a

jay carney, great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >>> let's get to michaela for more news. >>> hereecurity fishes in pakistan report a drone strike killed a top commander in that country with other militants. the drone fired two missiles where taliban had gathered. this is after pakistan claimed it killed another leader after charges in the u.s. for a plot to bomb a new york subway. >>> a massive fire shut down two major free ways in los angeles. 250 firefighters are on scene trying to fight that blaze at a building under construction downtown. the latest word is the blaze is contained but not completely extinguished. officials don't believe anyone was working or living inside when it went up in blaze. no word on extent of damage there. >>> what is it like to be swallow add live by an anaconda? we still don't though. sunday night's show left many viewers so underwelmed the show got eaten alive on twitter. the anaconda's constriction proved too much. he called in a rescue team. i heard he was doing this to bring attention to the plight of the habitat of the snake. he says he wants to

the troubling questions is cnn soer political commentator and former white house press secretary jay carneyt's talk about the press conference from john brennan yesterday. it was so unusual, it was unprecedented to have this press conference. at the c.i.a. did you think that this helped john brennan? what were your impressions? >> i think on the margin it is helped john brennan. let me just say having worked with him when i was in the white house, i know he was an extraordinarily capable individual effective as the president's counterterrorism adviser and the c.i.a. director. i simply disagree with his conclusions that the techniques were necessary. i think the techniques themselves were torture, whether they were authorized by the justice department or not. what i think director brennan demonstrated was his intense desire to move on. that he wishes this weren't still a topic of conversation. because it undermines morale at the c.i.a. and puts into question the ethics of a whole generation of c.i.a. officers. with whom brennan worked. but i think it's incredibly important, that we need to o

and came in and carney gave a nice little sitdown, this is how we work and she came out and reported, this is how they work here. the journalists give their questions before hand and jay gives the answers and then we -- no. it doesn't work that way. >> did you want to say something, mark? >> sort of a sensitive topic but on the question of how access varies by outlet, to me, one of the best parts about being regularly in the travel pool and traveling on airforce one is that president obama does have as you know, a tradition of coming back and doing some off-the-record time on the way home usually from foreign flights or sometimes domestic trips if there's a reason to do it, right? and although we can't write about what he says, you can see it's often reflected, he came back for 15 minutes or whatever. and to me that is some of the most valuable time. because when you're covering somebody, it is really nice to have some face time with them and to try to read their body language, their inflection shun, what's on their mind, whether they can laugh off a question or whether they're prickley about it. something that maybe we didn't think to ask that he thinks to bring up.