Today on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) spoke with Wolf Blitzer about the release of the Benghazi emails by the Obama administration, the resignation of the IRS acting commissioner and more. A full transcript from this interview will be posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html; highlights are after the jump.
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CNN Pentagon correspondent Chris Lawrence is reporting this week from Guantanamo Bay with exclusive access and interviews. Lawrence reported on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer:
“Wolf, when we got down in some of the cell blocks, we couldn't help but notice that the guards are wearing splash guards. These are plastic masks that protect them from the feces and urine that's being thrown at them at times.
And tonight, you know, some of those guards, for the first time, here on CNN, are going on camera to tell their side of the story.
CNN got exclusive access to Camps five and six, where most of the detainees are being held. We saw individual cells, media rooms with leg shackles bolted to the ground, and communal areas that used to be filled with detainees.”
Daily life at Guantanamo: Hunger strikes, sprays of filth
By Jake Tapper, CNN Chief Washington Correspondent
The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
The exchanges detailing discussions between top Obama administration officials from multiple agencies suggest the CIA took the lead in developing talking points to describe the attack last September 11 that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
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Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped and held captive for nine months, joined CNN’s Wolf Blitzer today to talk about how she moved her life forward and the advice she would give the Cleveland women. Highlights from the interview are below; a full transcript will be posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer sat down with United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon today to discuss the possibility of a North Korea attack. Ban Ki-moon delivered a message directly to the leader of North Korea on CNN: "I was appealing to him that I'm speaking as the Secretary-General of the United Nations and also as one, a citizen of the Republic of Korea. And that he should refrain from making any further provocation and to do more to enhance the living standard, as well as for eventual peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula."
He also told CNN's Blitzer, "I have made it consistently clear that I am ready to visit the DPRK when and if my visit is helpful and in close coordination with the concerned parties, particularly the Republic of Korea and the United States."
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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer challenges the executive director of The Gun Owners of America, Larry Pratt to answer questions about background checks and more. Highlights from the interview are after the jump and a full transcript will be posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html. This interview is part of CNN’s in-depth coverage Guns Under Fire: A CNN Special Report on Background Checks. More information: http://on.cnn.com/14Sxu7o
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Today on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Texas Gov. Rick Perry sat down for an exclusive interview.
NEWS VIA THE CNN POLITICAL TICKER: Perry 'indeed' open to 2016 bid
EMBEDDABLE VIDEO: Rick Perry: Open to a 2016 run
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Gov. Perry on gun control:
“I think what's going on here is that the usual kneejerk reaction to we got to do something to the gun violence that's occurring. I wish people were as focused on the mental health side of this.”
On universal background checks:
“These individuals who want to pass laws as a kneejerk reaction and then go home and think that they have addressed - I have to deal with the reality as the governor of the state of Texas. And universal background checks is not going to save one life, I will suggest to you. And that is a panacea.
On the lack of dialogue between Gov. Perry and Pres. Obama:
“As a matter of fact, I handed him a letter some two or three years ago on the tarmac at the Austin airport about that issue, about border security. And yet to get a response.”
On a possible 2016 presidential run:
"Our legislature will be leaving in approximately 55 days… at that particular point in time, I'll sit down with friends and family and make a decision about 2016."
The Situation Room: North Korean Crisis – Airs Today at 6 p.m. ET
As the tensions continue to escalate in North Korea, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer will take viewers inside the conflict for The Situation Room: North Korean Crisis special today beginning at 6 p.m. ET on CNN with a simulcast on CNNI. The one-hour special report will replay at 1 a.m. ET/ 10 p.m. PT on CNN.
The Situation Room: North Korean Crisis special reportToday on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN founder Ted Turner sat down with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to talk about his newest mission, his family and more. A highlight from this interview is after the jump; a full transcript will be posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html.
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On The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who rose to GOP fame in recent months, apologized Friday for appearing to equate homosexuality with the criminal acts of pedophilia and bestiality.
"I love gay people. I love straight people. So this was really, I think, on my behalf, somewhat insensitive and I certainly apologize if I offended anyone, because I was not in any way comparing gays with people who engage in bestiality or sexual child abuse."
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