and >> obviously, you have never meant the charming and nick davies. i think that was his intention. >> the whole issue of analyzing these documents, that has led to a small circle of people. it is not lead to the public at large. they are anarchists. it seems a contradiction that bill holt documents are not open to the people in the world -- the whole document are not open to the people in the world to look at. >> you would obviously have to ask him. during the course of this collaboration, he moved to reposition that was close to ours. the fallout from publishing these documents is going to beat -- it is a political question for him. he has moved from being an underground figure to someone you want to openly fundraiser in order to be able to make wikileaks a very powerful media brand in the future. by the time we came to september, he was very conscious about the political positioning of wikileaks. i think he bought into the idea that it would be enormously dain -- damaging to wikileaks. he would be a pariah. >> it was groups like amnesty internation

what if nick davis had not sought out julian assange? suppose decided to publish. i think the store would have very little impact. the average member of the public logging into the database would have found what we found. a massive impenetrable data. the number of people who would have searched the information or found anything of value would have been tiny appeared to would have been intelligence services and people who would have been keenly interested. but it would have almost no political impact. that is what i say that we should not be too brave and about standing up for what traditional journalism has done in this case. it has found the stories and has given a huge currency. it has done so in an entirely safe way. no one has been able to prove anyone has come to any harm. is because of people working for bill and thuandus and have workd exhaustively. >> i'm not so sure that it comes up quite the same way. i agree with you that the public was well served and wikileaks was well served by having mainstream news organizations give a professional attention, highli

and >> obviously, you have never meant the charming and nick davies. that was his intention. >> the whole issue of analyzing these documents, that has led to a small circle of people. it is not lead to the public at large. they are anarchists. it seems a contradiction that bill holt documents are not open to the people in the world -- the whole document are not open to the people in the world to look at. >> you would obviously have to ask him. during the course of this collaboration, he moved to reposition that was close to ours. the fallout from publishing these documents is going to beat -- it is a political question for him. he has moved from being an underground figure to someone you want to openly fundraiser in order to be able to make wikileaks a very powerful media brand in the future. by the time we came to september, he was very conscious about the political positioning of wikileaks. i think he bought into the idea that it would be enormously dain -- damaging to wikileaks. he would be a pariah. >> it was groups like amnesty international. i th

>> it's a useful thought experiment, just wonder what would've happened if nick davis hadn't sought outian assange. i don't know what the infidel story within wikileaks at that point was. i suppose they had just decided to publish. i think the story would have very little impact. because the average number of the public logging into that database would have done will be done on day one. just a massive in parrish will be. the number of people who have searched through the information or found anything of value would have been tight. there would have been intelligence services and people who would've been keen interest in it, but it would have almost no political impact. that's what i say actually we shouldn't be too craven about that, standing up for what traditional journalism has done. it has found the stories. it's given -- it's done so in an entirely safe way. they worked exhaustively to make sure that those people were safe. >> i'm not so sure that when i played a mind game that you propose that it comes out quite the same way. i absolutely agree with you that the public was will se

government to prosecute davis even if, bianna, in private some government officials say they want to release him and admit he does, in fact, have diplomatic immunity. bianna? >> all right, nick. thank you for that story. >>> turning to washington now, another big budget brawl is set to start tomorrow when the president will submit his 2012 spending plan calling for investments on education, infrastructure and research. but republicans say we simply cannot afford it. david kerley has more on the story. good morning, david. >> reporter: the efforts to create that bipartisan atmosphere are about to be tested here in this town. it has everything to do with the budget numbers. the big question is about philosophy. is now the right time to tackle our debt issues? with a weakened economy and a ballooning deficit, what is the right thing to do? take an ax or a scalpel to federal spending? the budget battles begin. >> this budget asks washington to live within its means while at the same time investing in our future. >> reporter: tomorrow president obama releases his budget, which he says would freeze government spending for five years. he would spend more for education, high-speed r

davy is in town. >> reporter: close to 1 billion tv viewers will watch kate marry her prince. for "good morning america," nickcholl, the author of "william and harry behind the palace walls." and you take your job seriously. you dreamed about kate last night? >> i knew you were going to ask that. getting to the point, i'm talking and getting information all the time. it's becoming a part of my live as well. but the wedding fever is just reaching such fever pitch. i think both here and back in london and in the uk. everyone wants to know every single detail, every minutia about this wedding. >> it's a dream. >> it's a dream that she was presently at the palace to announce a pregnancy. i think it will happen certainly within the next 12 months. >> well, your track record has been pretty good so far. >> i know. >> last week, you told us that the girlfriend of harry is going to be here. >> i'd been hearing, she wants to come back and kick start her legal career. they've been on facebook, and i think this is a couple that everyone much loves. they were separated. she wants to go back to south africa. and harry, in