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have found no evidence of the chemicals that leaked into the water supply. we can note al jazeera conducted an independent test and there was no detectable level of mchm. it was a monster robbery so bold it was glamourized by hollywood. 1978 luft hahanza heist. the long arm of the law finally caught up with them. >> it was a funny martin scorsese drama. >> i make you laugh? >> nobody was laughing in 1978 when crooks loaded a black van with cash and jewelry stolen from lufthanza vault.

didn't find the money or the robbers. >> how much was taken at the predawn raid,. >> in fact it was $5 million in cash, another million worth of jewelry, according to charging documents. the largest cash robbery in u.s. history at that time. the five men were arraigned this afternoon in federal court in brooklyn. the charges stemming from a continuing federal investigation of organized time on the bonanno family. they are vincent asaro, his son, thomas difiori, known as tommy d. vincent asaro is linked directly with the airport theft. a lusthansa employee is the only

one tied to the robbery. covered the mob for decades thinks somebody with inside knowledge has been talking. >> yeah, it's a surprise that he's still alive because most of the people involved in the case either were killed, bump off, knocked off or died of natural death. longevity did him in. pled not guilty and does plan to fight those charges. james burke or jimmy the gent in mob parlance died of natural causes. >> vincent asaro and his son are pleading not guilty. the justice department is ready to cut a deal with edward

snowden. to make that happen, snowden must take responsibility for leaking top secret information, in other words, plead guilty. as john terrett reports, snowden defended his actions on thursday on an online chat. >> edward snowden spoke to the world via his internet site. questions asked, some were better than others and we selected three to have you look at. the first one, under what conditions would you agree to return to the united states and snowden replies returning to the u.s. i think is the best resolution for the government the public and myself but is not unfortunately possible in the face of whistle blower laws. >> what in your opinion is the appropriate extent of u.s. national security apparatus?

snowden replies, not all security is bad. mass surveillance, done not because it is necessary but because new technologies make it easy and cheap. and finally, the third we've selected, recently dozens of threats have been made on your life from the intelligence community. are you afraid for your life? snowden gave an answer i've whittled down to i'm not going to be intimidated doing right thing, means having no regrets. >> john terrett. alleging the program is illegal and needs to be shut down. >> we simply disagree with the board's analysis, on the

legality.of the program. consistent with the recent holdings of the many united states district courts of the southern district of california as well as the findings of 15 judges of the foreign intelligence surveillance cord court, the administration believes the program is lawful. we should make changes in the program that will make the american people have more confidence in it. telephone program lacks a viable legal foundation. it also says it raises serious threats to privacy and civil little bit and implicates constitutional concerns under the first and fourth amendments. still ahead, an epic tennis match, rafael nadal and roger

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>> welcome back. in tennis rafael nadal and roger federer will renew their rivalry in about an hour. ross shimabuku has a pruf of these tennis titans. >> roger federer and rafael nah daily, 33rd meeting with nadal owning a 22-10 advantage. >> well it's a great matchup you know, we played so different and we have so many great matches on

these great stages. five-setter french open, i give myself chance he and i've been close at times. we've had some good ones. the u.s. open is the only one that's missing for us. it's nice we have another opportunity to play here. >> at 32 years young federer has turned back father time. won his first sets fight the heat. his biggest win since defeating murray since the 2012 final. federer, of not that long ago, his shots have been precise and powerful. >> i did play the finals last week in brisbane, the buildup was really well for me, which was key, to get through four weeks of solid work, no setbacks with my back or anything like that. the confidence in my movement, now i've got confidence in my

game in the last couple of weeks. >> the 27-year-old nadal is on the verge of history, second player ever to capture two titles at each major. joining the great rod laver. first things first, nadal is nursing a nasty blister on his left hand and he knows that federer will be fired up. epic battles over the years and they will continue their nine year rivalry. >> call this a surfer's dream. hawaii seeing the biggest waves in decades. high surf warnings are in effect through friday but you know that's not stopping some surfers from hitting the water. pro-surfer will skooden.

>> i'm in oahu, hawaii, one of the biggest swells out here in hawaii. this came with a lot of wind and weather, really difficult conditions to surf. you had to be in the right place in the right time. it looks beautiful right now but the ocean is another baste. the bo bouys, stacked up, definitely people right now in the water that are very qualified to surf and stay safe in the ocean. if you are a taurus or someone who is down here and just hanging out and having a great vacation, please don't go in the water today. you know it's definitely one of those days that will take your life if you are in over your feet. for the experienced surfers this

is what we wait for and we look forward to these moments of opportunity to ride big waves. when these waves come off of japan they become very big. imagine a small rock and you throw it on in the pond. it comes off the rock and it is a nice ripple. you throw it in the same pond and it's throwing off bigger ripples billion that's what we're looking at today. there are waves that have been ridden bigger than had but because of the wind, the swell is as big as it gets, the wind has played a toll that makes the waves unrideable. if you are an inexperienced surfer or a swimmer if you walk out into the ocean, walking into the water your odds coming out

are not good. just watch and take in the spectacle. >> good advice pro-surfer will skooten, in his own words. that's the news. news at the top of every hour. thanks for watching. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and i'm in the stream. is al qaeda making a come back? >> our digital producer wajahat ali, waj, since 9/11 al