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more now from jim scuitto. >> after a senior u.s. official said that this official had never seen such intense detailed straightforward and candid conversations with the iranian side, the iranians also express hope and satisfaction. the iranian foreign minister saying these talks could bring in a new beginning in our operations with the west. even the time frame they're talking about, the iranians saying they could come to a final agreement within a year. the deputy foreign minister most offing -- moving that up. others expressing reservations, but it gives us a sense of how things could proceed and how quickly. they have already planned the next round of talks, they will meet again in geneva, meanwhile, experts from both sides will meet to discuss the details of iran's plan. there are still, though, substantive disagreements. the u.s. officials saying there are differences over how the sanctions against iran's economy would be eased. saying iran has to provide much more detail still on the plan for uranium in the nuclear program. as
more now from jim scuitto. >> after a senior u.s. official said that this official had never seen such intense detailed straightforward and candid conversations with the iranian side, the iranians also express hope and satisfaction. the iranian foreign minister saying these talks could bring in a new beginning in our operations with the west. even the time frame they're talking about, the iranians saying they could come to a final agreement within a year. the deputy foreign minister most...
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jim scuitto is standing by, but we have this breaking story. the conviction of michael skakel overturned in connecticut, a new trial ordered. he's serving a 20 years to life sentence, ten years already in jail, but now there will be a new trial presumably. >> reporter: presumably. i wouldn't even use the word "presumably." i don't think i've ever met a prosecutor who would turn her back on a tree trial based on how high profile and how significant this case is. the appellate decision wolf, was 136 pages. it is long and thick and full of details. i'm just tugging through it right now. i can tell you at least a couple of the reasons that the judge determined that michael skakel's counsel was ineffective was because of an allegation skakel made that his lawyer hadn't tracked down the appropriate witnesses. and also that his lawyer perhaps had erred in selecting jurors. cases condition won or lost in jury selection. the other thing is if you're talksing about tracking down witnesses, it's been 40 years, four decades, and in a retrial two years from
jim scuitto is standing by, but we have this breaking story. the conviction of michael skakel overturned in connecticut, a new trial ordered. he's serving a 20 years to life sentence, ten years already in jail, but now there will be a new trial presumably. >> reporter: presumably. i wouldn't even use the word "presumably." i don't think i've ever met a prosecutor who would turn her back on a tree trial based on how high profile and how significant this case is. the appellate...
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jim scuitto was in geneva. what did you see? how about it go? i want a number of usual officials have negotiated with iran before. i've covered talks in these very same geneva rooms. by all accounts, they have never had negotiations as open and promising as these. both sides speaking of an unusually positive atmosphere, one that got into real details about curbs to iran's program, which they say would not be the case if iran was not serious. in geneva u.s. officials called the talks more detailed and candid than ever before. back in washington, lawmakers are now vowing not to budge on crippling economic sanctions until iran turns the positive atmosphere into geneva into hard action. >> we are basically giving the ayatollah a choice. if he wants to compromise on this program, we will move one way on sections. if on the other hand he wants to play us and continue to development his nuclear weapons capability, then we have the wherewithal to increase the pressure with the sanctions. >> reporter: the administration position, say u.s. officials, rema
jim scuitto was in geneva. what did you see? how about it go? i want a number of usual officials have negotiated with iran before. i've covered talks in these very same geneva rooms. by all accounts, they have never had negotiations as open and promising as these. both sides speaking of an unusually positive atmosphere, one that got into real details about curbs to iran's program, which they say would not be the case if iran was not serious. in geneva u.s. officials called the talks more...
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let's bring in jim scuitto. what are you learning? >> we polled a number of federal agencies. the answer we got from all is the same -- the shutdown has reduced the number of cyber-security staff across the federal government all likely targets. the assessment i have heard from a number of officials is that fewer eyes means more vulnerables. >> the government may be shut down for you and me, but for cyber-attackers, it is even more open for business. adversaries from foreign governments to terror government, says the former head of the cia, are almost certainly looking to take advantage. >> i would have been anticipating this and saying, what do we want to do against this adversary, what will be helped? what gives us a higher probability of success? >> many cyber teams are relying on skeleton crews, and a successful attack now could do damage even after full staffs return to work. tip early, who advises agencies across the government explained how. >> what may happen as a result of the shutdown, the first incident, which may have been deat the timed by a full staff, might be m
let's bring in jim scuitto. what are you learning? >> we polled a number of federal agencies. the answer we got from all is the same -- the shutdown has reduced the number of cyber-security staff across the federal government all likely targets. the assessment i have heard from a number of officials is that fewer eyes means more vulnerables. >> the government may be shut down for you and me, but for cyber-attackers, it is even more open for business. adversaries from foreign...
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let's bring in jim scuitto. apparently they met the first deadline, but there are still significant problems out there? >> reporter: when you think where we were a little more than a month ago, we've still come a lot way. we have a new report tonight on fp.com, that syria has asked to keep some of the factories to turn into civilian chemical factories. i spoke to a u.s. official who told me, quote, there's a real concern they might be trying to reserve some of their chemical weapons capabilities. separate from the factories, syria still has one of the largest stockpiles in the world. as long as they have the stockpiles in theory they could still use them. the following damning assessment -- quote, it has little to no impact on their immediate capabilities. there are other problems. russia still shipping arms to syria, even as it takes part in this deal. it's something that u.s. ambassador spoke about during hearings on the hill today. i want can say that it's substantial. it has increased. there are more deliver
let's bring in jim scuitto. apparently they met the first deadline, but there are still significant problems out there? >> reporter: when you think where we were a little more than a month ago, we've still come a lot way. we have a new report tonight on fp.com, that syria has asked to keep some of the factories to turn into civilian chemical factories. i spoke to a u.s. official who told me, quote, there's a real concern they might be trying to reserve some of their chemical weapons...
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our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto is here. what are you learning? i want two main headlines, the president did not know, but when he found out about the extent, he did end parts of it. administration officials say the president found out about nsa's finding only this summer when the administration conducted a review. he ended parts of the program, including surveillance of phone calls of angela merkel and other leaders. jay carney said that even as the world becomes more interconnected and there are more capabilities there should still be limits on surveillance. >> just because we've made these extraordinary technological advances, they give us greater capacities, we knead to make sure we're collecting intelligence in a way that advances our security needs and that we don't just do it because we can. they want it would be understandable that the president wouldn't know the specifics of the targets of this kind of surveillance, only know the intelligence priorities. we have talked to other u.s. officials. our own evan perez said at least the framewor
our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto is here. what are you learning? i want two main headlines, the president did not know, but when he found out about the extent, he did end parts of it. administration officials say the president found out about nsa's finding only this summer when the administration conducted a review. he ended parts of the program, including surveillance of phone calls of angela merkel and other leaders. jay carney said that even as the world becomes more...
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our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto has been digging on this story. what's going on? >> the incident is seniors enough that we've learned that president obama made a personal call to the french president how lande, and how the reports were distorted, and the president has made clear -- quote, so we properly balance the legitimacy concerns with the privacy concerns that all people share. france is a close ally, critical in recent years in dealing with syria, libya and iran, but according to documents revealed by edward snowden in france's lemans newspaper, they were also right in the cross hairs of a massive nsa surveillance. in just 30 days from december 10th, 2012 to january 8th, 2013, the nsa allegedly intercepted over 70 million phone calls in france. an average of nearly 3 million intercepts every day, targeting lemans reports, individuals with suspected links to terrorism and prominent leaders in business and politics. france's outrage was blistering. >> translator: these kind of practices between partners that violate privacy are totally unaccep
our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto has been digging on this story. what's going on? >> the incident is seniors enough that we've learned that president obama made a personal call to the french president how lande, and how the reports were distorted, and the president has made clear -- quote, so we properly balance the legitimacy concerns with the privacy concerns that all people share. france is a close ally, critical in recent years in dealing with syria, libya and...
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jim scuitto, thanks very much for that report. >>> just want to update you, kathleen sebelius is getting ready to speak -- or is actually speaking in arizona right now on some of the problems. we're going to monitor what she's saying and check in,y up date you about the problems of the obama care website. stand by for that. >>> let's get back to some other news in the meantime. this coming in, a new military response to a pirate attack on a u.s. ship in the abduction of two members. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is following the story for us. pirates on the high seas, two americans missing. what's the latest? >> nigerian authorities are saying they're going to argue some sort of rescues for the americans kidnapped from the oil supply vessel off the coast the niger nigeria. the ship is called the "sea retrevor" it goes off the coast of guinea and resupplying oil installations. the capital and chief engineer kidnapped when pirates attacked the problem is, of course, in this very tragic incident the u.s. has no idea where the two americans are at this time. this is a very tough n
jim scuitto, thanks very much for that report. >>> just want to update you, kathleen sebelius is getting ready to speak -- or is actually speaking in arizona right now on some of the problems. we're going to monitor what she's saying and check in,y up date you about the problems of the obama care website. stand by for that. >>> let's get back to some other news in the meantime. this coming in, a new military response to a pirate attack on a u.s. ship in the abduction of two...
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jim scuitto, geneva, cnn. >>> officials say they believe no one survived a plane crash in southern laos. 49 people were killed when the turpoprop went down in the mekong river. passengers from france, australia and thailand were believed to be on board. search and rescue teams are at the site. state-run media report the plane was about to land when it hit bad weather and eventually crashed. >> the controversial owner of the u.s. pro basketball team, the dallas mavericks has dodged a major legal bullet. a jury in federal courts ruled that mark cuban was not liable of civil insider trading charges filed bit securities and exchange commission. cuban dumped his entire stake in moma.com in 2004 after the firm's ceo told him about plans for a stock offering. the details were announced publicly later. cuban's move saved him about $750 million in losses. >>> a deal has been reached to reopen the u.s. government. but what did it cost? we'll look at the numbers. plus, the u.s. debt default is off the table as well. we'll check reaction from berlin to beijing on the global implications. [ male ann
jim scuitto, geneva, cnn. >>> officials say they believe no one survived a plane crash in southern laos. 49 people were killed when the turpoprop went down in the mekong river. passengers from france, australia and thailand were believed to be on board. search and rescue teams are at the site. state-run media report the plane was about to land when it hit bad weather and eventually crashed. >> the controversial owner of the u.s. pro basketball team, the dallas mavericks has...
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our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto is here. he's been looking into this. >> with all the back and forth with the ns they will deny going after the servers of google and yahoo! and not deny the communication links picture undersea cables carrying all this data back and forth and they will argue that that's their job to spy on foreign communications overseas to protect americans. not another way that the nsa expanded its global reach and not the one revealed by the kind of document that you'll expect from the nsa. explained in this simple hand sketch drawing complete with a smily face, maybe a newly disclosed way the nsa is monitoring the internet. "washington post" citing documents stolen and released by edward snowden reports the intelligence agency has tapped into the communication link such as undersea cables connecting yahoo! and google data centers around the world. because those links are overseas, they are do so without any oversight from the u.s. government. the nsa chief issued a partial denial. >> this is not nsa break
our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto is here. he's been looking into this. >> with all the back and forth with the ns they will deny going after the servers of google and yahoo! and not deny the communication links picture undersea cables carrying all this data back and forth and they will argue that that's their job to spy on foreign communications overseas to protect americans. not another way that the nsa expanded its global reach and not the one revealed by the kind...
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let's bring in our chief correspondent jim scuitto. you're taking a closer look at what's going on. >> i spoke to officials from several intelligence agency, they all expressed the same concern, as the shutdown drags on, it does affect the preparedness. 16 agencies, include the cia, the nsa., the defense intelligence agencies and other, 70% of civilian employees are off-duty, including a whoa spectrum of workers from support staff to intelligence analysts. listen to how james clapper and lindsey graham describe the danger on the hill today i want the danger is this will accumulate over time. the damage will be insidious, so each day that goes by, the jeopardy increases. >> i think it's irresponsible for all of us to continue, but where the hell is the commander in chief some. >> intelligence officials warned that terrorists are watching the shutdown to look for new vulnerabilitie vulnerabilities. an additional concern is as the shutdown drags on, some employees will be under financial pressure, making them more vulnerable targets for m
let's bring in our chief correspondent jim scuitto. you're taking a closer look at what's going on. >> i spoke to officials from several intelligence agency, they all expressed the same concern, as the shutdown drags on, it does affect the preparedness. 16 agencies, include the cia, the nsa., the defense intelligence agencies and other, 70% of civilian employees are off-duty, including a whoa spectrum of workers from support staff to intelligence analysts. listen to how james clapper and...