and former joint chiefs chairman
mike mullen.
these are the men that led the
internal review at the state
department.
the main question congress has,
brian, why didn't these
gentlemen interview secretary of
state hillary clinton.
and we go on.
>> chuck todd with the second
front at the white house today.
chuck, thanks.
>>> now to another developing
story that broke in washington
late today.
word that the justice department
secretly obtained two months
worth of phone record of several
reporters and editors and
offices at the associated press.
the a.p. is calling this a
massive and unprecedented
intrusion into their
constitutional right to report
the news.
nbc's tom costello is standing
by in our d.c. bureau with more
on this.
tom, good evening.
>> reporter: hi, brian.
this is, in fact, a
late-breaking story with the
associated press moving this
throughout the afternoon.
it talks about the fact that
this is an unprecedented breach
and that it impacts the
activities of the a.p.,...