adding to his earlier revelations he has said that the american national security agency has tens of thousands of computers and networks around the world, hundreds in china. reveal he is here to criminality, adding that his intention is to ask the people of hong kong to decide my fate. he seems to hope that they will protect them. they have a british legal system from colonial rule, able to resist u.s. pressure. that he is mistaken. >> deep down, things in hong kong have been very stifled on every front. this is a chinese city, after all. >> he says he does not want this to become a story about himself but about the u.s. government and the intelligence agency and the threat to democracy. but his fate is now central part of the issue. with relations between the u.s. and america. between china and the united states. hong kong is now in the eye of the storm. there is a cia station in the local consulate and washington has begun its own criminal investigation. -- does notikely want him and the problems he brings. >> they want to resolve key practical problems and not have to deal with so

>> where we do know is that the american national security agency is collecting vast amounts of information from somewhere. is that it ise only aimed at foreign targets operated outside the united states, and that could include us, but only if we use american services like skype, yahoo!, and others, which is most of us, so should we be worried? >> in california and other parts of the world, how does that affect our rights? to the actions of the american government impact also the rights of european citizens? >> they point out they published exactly how many requests it is notr data, but what included in these figures are the number of requests under the american foreign intelligence surveillance act. that is secret. and whatever the truth about the extent of the program, one thing is clear. much of our private data is in the hands of american companies, and we rely on them to protect our privacy. >> for more on the legal questions, i spoke to a lawyer who has worked in both the clinton administration and the fbi. edward snowden lead to the information, but also no doubt that we would not be

news magazine which claims to have seen a document dated september of 2010 from the american national security agency, the nsa. they say they got ahold of part of the document links to edward snowden. according to the document, they are reporting the nsa targeted the u.s. offices in washington -- the e.u. offices in washington and new york and maybe even targeted e you buildings in brussels. it involved in planting of microphones and the infiltration of the computer network in each of the offices so the nsa could gain access to e-mails and other conversations inside. among theut the cat pigeons diplomatically. the e.u. and america are supposedly allies, at least on the surface. let's look at the reaction from europe today. the german justice minister has immediately and extensively explained by the american side weather reports are accurate -- whether the media reports are accurate or not. the president of the european parliament said he is deeply worried and shocked about the allegations of u.s. authorities spying on e.u. officers. he said if the allegations prove to be true, it would be a very seri

the repercussion for the g-8 is the idea that the nsa, the american national security agency, was spying listening into the suppose it to phone calls of then russian president dmitry medvedev. then they were passed on to the british equivalents -- equivalent of the nsa. the security agency in moscow has tried to put a damper on it and say, we are happy with the security arrangements and the confidentiality of our leaders phone calls at the g-8, but the man at the head of the russian parliament international affairs , "it ise has tweeted,, a scandal." the u.s. denies it, but we cannot trust them. it is a total lie. a situation where the russians have this on more -- enormous amount of entity -- and took a peek -- antipathy. this is what nobody wanted from the british side in terms of trying to thaw that relationship. does it matter in the big scheme of things? i think probably everybody accepts that spying goes on. the british would see this article as most unhelpful. as you say, i'm sure nobody is surprised. think you for that. -- thank you for that. the former south african leader has b

americans are doing with the global data they're scooping up . the data is supposed to be about potential security threats but is it possible though that the american national security agency is using the spying to get clandestine information perhaps like economic secrets for example that the real problem at this moment we don't know exactly what the americans are doing with our darpa and especially with our privacy data and i think they are exaggerating a little bit in their a security policy if they want the data of the american citizens for me it's ok but no european data without our approval according to a number of different international analysts america's national security agency does not report to anybody even the president of the united states is there someone that it should be held to account towards it's very strange that you collect data especially of european citizens and that at the end nobody is responsible for the collection of data so at least the united states and president obama has to make clear to you be in union what they are doing with the data how they stalk them for how long and what is the purpose or there are a collection and i think we have to c

security policy if they want the data of the american citizens for me it's ok but no european data without our approval according to a number of different international analysts america's national security agency does not report to anybody even the president of the united states aid someone that it should be held to account towards it's very strange that you collect data especially of european citizens and that at the end nobody is responsible for the collection of data so at least the united states and president obama has to make clear to you be in union what they are doing with. how they stalk them for how long and what is the purpose of their a collection and i think we have to correct this the european citizens have to be protected for foreign secret services will stay with us here on our t.v. still to come a t.v. and radio blackout in greece as all media workers go on strike in support of the state broadcaster shut down by the government and journalists meanwhile have taken their television programming online and director finance of authorities orders move on that more on that after a break. speak your language. programs in documentaries in arabic in school here on the. scene from the wil

at least according to the american national security agency whistle blower edward snowden. the why is easy enough. mr. snowden said it was for the british to gain an advantage in the talks. the how is fascinating. british spies are reported to have set up internet cafes in the g-20 center for delegates and simply recorded what was being typed. according to snowden, messages sent from blackberry smart phones were also interpreted and the information sent to british ministers. >> it's almost surprising these people are relying on smart phones and trusting they won't be monitored. this shouldn't come as a shock. there have been plenty of revelations, really, that the n.s.a. and gchg and other intelligent services spy on their allies. >> mr. snowden also claims the americans and british were also tapped into the private calls of the then russian president, dmitri medvedev and billed by the u.s. at the time as the new great russian friend who would set relations from the u.s. and moscow. cut forward to 2013 and the icy tone between david cameron and vladimir putin over syria. it

security policy if they want the data of the american citizens for me it's ok but no european without our approval according to a number of different international analysts america's national security agency does not report to anybody even the president of the united states aid someone that it should be held to account towards it's very strange that you collect data especially of european citizens and that at the end nobody is responsible for the collection of data so at least the united states and president obama has to make clear to you. what they are doing with these how they stalk them for how long and what is the purpose or if there are collection and i think we have to correct this the european citizens have to be protected for foreign secret surfaces. when more stories are a click away on our law online on our website r t dot com including the threat to the skies al qaeda link mali rebels could possess missiles left over from the war in libya possibly capable of taking down a larger aircraft also online walked funs the devastated texas town of west won't get much of the federal money it needs to deal with the damage caused by a massive fertilizer plant explosion. two months ago dot

>>> as members of congress are briefed on the national security agency's phone and internet surveillance programs, many americans are wondering who is watching. >> which agency has more personal information about americans? the national security agency or google? >> google without question. >>> i'm not sure if my house is lost. i just don't know. >> thousands of people are told to evacuate, and dozens of homes destroyed as a series of wildfires burn across colorado. >>> a pass between, another three-pointer. >> and the san antonio spurs sizzle while lebron james and the heat sputter in game three of the nba finals. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, june 12th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, more members of congress are expected to be briefed today about the federal government's extensive surveillance program. fbi and intelligence officials tried to quell lawmakers' concerns on tuesday about the scope of the programs and whether individuals' rights were being trampled. a cbs news poll says 38% of those surveyed approve of the government

which agency has more personal information about americans: the national security agency or google. >> google without question. >> reporter: google without question and it's not close? >> it's not even close. the national security agency is focused by law outside of the united states. if an american knew that literally someone knew every place they went, everybody they were talking to, where, when and however, they would freak out. >> reporter: and yet that's happened. >> that's happening. >> reporter: google is not unique in the quest for personal information. facebook has been accused in several lawsuits with tracking its users everywhere else they visit online. facebook has denied that. at amazon.com, the computers record not just what you purchase but everything you shop for to analyze what you might want next. google would not comment on the lawsuit brent scott has joined but said in a statement that g- mails are only tracked by computer software. no humans read your email or google account information, the company says, in order to show you advertisements. no one is accusing goo

the world's phone calls and internet traffic and it shares this information with the american national security agency. the obama administration had no comment today as law enforcement officials continue their feverish manhunt to locate edward snowden. the business partner of wikileaks says he has plans to fly him to iceland if iceland grants him asylum. >> we just want to make sure that if we start to transport the guy, that he will not -- he will be safe when he lands, you know. he will not be extradited to u.s. >> the bigger issue is this massive surveillance program. a recent poll finds that 53% of americans disapprove of the nsa surveillance programs and 5 % disapprove of the government collecting phone calls of ordinary americans. it's one of the reasons the obama administration is suddenly out there trying to defend the program. president obama attempted to do so earlier this week by heralding a special panel designed to protect your rights. >> i've stood up a privacy and civil liberties oversight board made up of independent citizens including some fierce civil libertarians, i'll be meeting wi

american public to better understand it. the second part and i will tell you as strongly as i can the national security agency is not reading americans e-mail. they are not collecting americans e-mails by either of these programs. i've heard it repeated by members of congress and the senate. i have heard it repeated in news outlets. that is absolutely incorrect.

the silicon valley is heating up in the wake of the national security agency whistleblower scandal the american civil liberties union is now involved in something to rein in the n.s.a. celeb's snooping but several tech giants are being proactive as well do no evil google is seeking permission from the u.s. to disclose the volume and scope of a federal request for customer information which twitter officially why but facebook won't join the fray asserting the disclosures will be vague in the meaning eyes and facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg face heat from shareholders yesterday. investors angry at the forty percent drop in facebook's i.p.o. price a grilled him for thirty minutes and when asked about the company's accuser profitability the chief financial officer threw his hands up to saying i wish i had a crew.

glad you're with us. >> we begin with a new and stunning development in the national security agency surveillance of americaning forward with their roles in the national security agency requests. this is the first time we're learning about specific requests in the wake of the nsa leaker. according to lawyers for both companies in the last six months of 2012, facebook, listen to this, facebook received between 9,000 and 12,000 requests for information. and microsoft said it received 6,000 and 7,000 during

. >> we begin with a new and stunning development in the national security agency surveillance of american citizens. facebook is coming forward with their roles in the national security agency requests. this is the first time we're learning about specific requests in the wake of the nsa leaker. according to lawyers for both companies in the last six months of 2012, facebook, listen to this, facebook received between 9,000 and 12,000 requests for information. and microsoft said it received 6,000 and 7,000 during that same time period. cnn's laurie segall is joining us by phone. tell us what this means for users of microsoft and facebook. i think what this means, we need to know for national security that these companies like facebook, like microsoft, this say huge resource that they're tapping into this information. and we're now beginning for the first time to really see some transparency. you know when facebook put out this report early this morning, late last night, they essentially said that local law enforcement uses these reports to try to help track down missing children. gang-relate

snowden, it appears that our right to privacy may have been systemically violated by the american national security agency. now, i think we're entitled to know the truth. and we're entitled to seek an account from the u.s. administration. >> snowden fled to hong kong reportedly in late may. a rally is planned there saturday in support of him. the lawmaker also said extradition of snowden from hong kong could take as long as five years. >>> we are also following very closely this major explosion and fire near baton rouge, louisiana. we have just now learned that at least one person has died. you see the pictures. it was a chemical plant that exploded this morning sending this thick, black smoke into the air. and workers dashing to safety. look at this. the factory produces chemicals used to make plastics. we're told people who live in the area have been told to stay indoors, stay away from the potentially toxic fumes. parish officials tell cnn there were no fatalities reported from the blast. they told us initially. a louisiana state agency is reporting 33 people were injured, 3 in critical condition. the

involvement of american officials in the personal lives of unsuspecting common americans and the national security agency of course is traditionally understood together foreign intelligence so this tracking of hundreds of millions of american online accounts on u.s. territories through american companies is certainly a revelation to say the least and this is of course the first time that this prism program has been publicly brought to light u.s. officials in particular members of congress aware of this program have been keeping quiet about the sweeping activity of violating the privacy of american citizens and of course so all of this comes after secret court order was obtained by the guardian and uploaded online this document revealed that u.s. telecom giant of arise and has been giving the n.s.a. information on absolutely all of the phone calls being made within the united states as well as between the u.s. and foreign countries making really the scope of this tracking system even wider than american. not only has this been including us citizens but also foreigners who live in the us and use of arisan

american authorities want former national security agency contractor edward snowden on espionage charges. he revealed nsa agents collected private phone and internet data at home and abroad. snowden arrived in moscow sunday, and left the night at an airport hotel. russian media report he had finished boarding procedures. the flight left on monday but there was no confirmation that snowden was on board. leaders in ecuador say they will consider helping him whenever he arrives. >> translator: our government is prepared to accept snowden's request for asylum and is considering how to proceed. >> ecuadorian president, rafael correida, is a leftist politician, who is anti-u.s., his government granted the founder of wikileaks asylum last year. british police arrested julian assange on suspicion he assaulted two women. he's been staying at the ecuadorian embassy in london. u.s. officials are calling on governments not to allow edward snowden to enter their countries. they say his american passport has been revoked and is invalid. >>> people in hong kong and china have shown a keen interest in t

we're learning that the national security agency is not only collecting and analyzing the phone records of millions of americans but is also tracking every move you make online. it is all in the name of national security. listen. >> i read intelligence carefully and i know that people are trying to get to us. this is the reason why we keep tsa doing what it is doing. this is the reason why the fbi now has 10,000 people doing intelligence on counterterrorism. this is the reason for the national counterterrorism center that has been set up and in the time we've been active. it is to ferret this out before it happens. it is called protecting america. >> it calls for a full and open congressional hearing. what are you doing? why are you doing it? how much has been done? so that we can have a full and complete accounting. now someone over in one of the intelligence agency is thinking, well, mccain is giving away all our secrets. shouldn't americans know if the government is carrying out a practice that could be an invasion of privacy? arthel: so this story is unfolding very quickly. here's what's developed in just t

leaking of highly classified documents which revealed the secret surveillance of americans going on at the national security agencyn 1966, the national football league announced a blockbuster merger with its rival, the american football league. for decades, the nfl was pretty much the only game in town, but in the late 1950s, the son of an oil tycoon decided to create another league. so he expanded into cities where the nfl had no teams, and at first it seemed to work out. but before long, the rival leagues began competing for the same players. more importantly, for the same fans. when the leagues finally merged, teams split into two conferences. we know them today as the afc and the nfc -- da, da, da -- sorry. at the nfc had its first super bowl. but the gridiron got even greater 47 years ago today. that's how fox reports this saturday, june 8th. my saturday night is just getting started. see you halfway through "huckabee" which starts in about six seconds. >>> tonight on "huckabee" -- >> i'm extraordinarily proud to announce my new national security adviser susan rice. >> screw-up, cover-up, move up. the obama a

this is major breach of american security whether snowden meant to hand over these documents, russians and chinese now have access to the national security agency in a way they didn't have before. terrorists can begin to understand already how it is that we look at patterns of communication to see how they may or may not be seeking. so for the president to say no big deal a big deal. >> paul: why is the president down playing this when his justice department have brought charges against snowden? >> i think it goes that question. you had in the opening, american influence. i think the president is worried that the influence may be such they can't get snowden back. so if they lose, they look bad. i think there is also an element of incompetence here, too. there has been a strong tendency to rely on legal means of doing this, of signing the right papers. president hinted we've done all this, this should be routine. it's not routine. this president seems not to understand, you do have to pick up the phone and things like this. you have to exert pressure. >> can i say reemphasize what kim said. that statement was unpresidential. i can't imagine geor

court orders requiring verizon to turn over the telephone records of millions of americans to the national security agency. the guardian reports that the order was issued at the request of the fbi. and the information being turned over to the nsa includes originating and terminating telephone numbers as well as location, time and duration of all the calls. according to the report, the order does not require the content of the conversations be turned over. the aclu calls the secret court order alarming and beyond orwellian. last night, newt gingrich told cnn's piers morgan, there's only one thing that can justify this kind of government intrusion. >> i'd want to know this was walled off and i would want some kind of criminal sanctions against anybody who used this information for anything except counterterrorism. the problem is, given everything we've learned recently about the current bureaucracy, why would you trust them? >> cnn is working to independently confirm the authenticity of the court order on the guardian's website. verizon is refusing to discuss the story and the nsa, fbi and white house are a

clapper also said leaks dachhav been disclosed before the national security agency already involved in tracking the phone calls of millions of americans are reportedly trolling daily through internet videos, photographs, e-mails and blogs. >> what have you thought. >> looking for evidence of terrorist attacks in the making. the program in place since 2007. analysts tracphone calls and sift through billions of pieces of internet data, trying to determine patterns, if they notice something suspicious and involves someone in the u.s., authorities still need a court order to out of the patriot act. those who knew of prism, all were sworn to secrecy. alarm from both parties on capitol hill. republican jim sensenbrenner

chairman rogers says this. >> the national security agency is not listening to american's phone calls and they're not reading american's e-mails. none of these programs allow that. the patriot act says it's expressly prohibitedly law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic e-mail traffic in the united states. >> question, who wins on this issue, senator paul or representative rogers? i ask you. >> i think senator paul runs this one. people are covering up their computer cameras right now. that clip you showed, talk about an unreasonable search. you're in your house and looking at the computer, and the government can be watching you. they can tap in and look at your e-mails, listen to your phone calls. by definition, that's unreasonable. >> the whole idea of feeling secure and using your computer when you're in your home is the heart of the issue. >> they can go right in your computer and see what's there? >> that's what's there. we don't really know. how do we know what anybody is looking for? how do we know who is looking at it? we have government contractors now who seem to ha

is raising such serious concerns at the head of the national security agency is lying to congress where else are you supposed to go then to the american people who need to have that to bait to see if their government is in fact on a student living up to the dreams that our founding fathers wanted it to so whistleblowing requires a balance and when you have someone who is morally. in the hot seat and doesn't believe they can believe go forward with what their government is doing they will become whistleblowers and as long as they have an understanding of what a free society is and they want to add to a free society and that's been the history throughout our nation and nothing is going to stop that what what is happening is the laws are becoming more restrictive end and the definition of national security is broader and broader to the point where you can you can't talk about anything without being threatened with going to jail and that's not the hallmarks of a free society charlie it seems like the system is broken here from what we just heard because who do you go to. go ahead and let me preface first let me preface first by saying. as

americans. the practice does not allow the national security agency to listen in on anyone's phone calls. it relates to meta data, such as a telephone number or the length of a call. john miller is a former deputy director of intelligence. he says the key is not content but numbers that might link terrorists to u.s. citizens. >> everybody knows if they're listening in on american citizens without a very special order or ruling with their lawyers, they're going to jail. >> britain's guardian newspaper first reported that a court order is directing verizon to give the nsa a copy of meta data on customers even if they're expected of no wrongdoing. the act that was amounted after 9/11 gives the government sweeping legal authority to make demands on phone carriers, but some believe untargetted surveillance goes too far. >> i can the american people deserve to know whether their government is scooping you will up of their phone records regardless of whether they did anything wrong. >> verizon has not commented on the report. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> verizon has 121 mil

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security and north korea. >>> this morning the federal government admits its surveillance of americans is much broader than first reported. the national security agency and the fbi is mind the servers. it allows them to track the movements of others. the white house is trying to quell the public anger over secret surveillance programs. last night the national intelligence record took a rare step of declassifying the operations. it's reviewed by a special court every three months and only examed when there is reasonable suspicion of terrorist attack. >>> a group of activists including tree sitters is protesting the development of an urban garden in san francisco. the former hayes valley farm. demonstrators say they want to stop the area from turning into a luxury apartment complex. they have been protesting there for the past week. >>> oakland's first friday celebration continues to grow. coming up at 4:45 the city plans to hand off some of the speedometer for the street festivals after tonight. that may mean the events days are numbered. >>> time is 4:35. former santa clara city council is expected to face a judge today on false impurse nation. heaff

the national security agency monitored americans telephone and web data for years. it falls under the laws passed in the wake of 9/11. the nsa collects data on everything from e-mail to video chats. it includes an effort to sweep up file transfers and log-in information. the so-called prism program collects records from the largest internet companies from microsoft, yahoo! google and facebook. they collect information from the three largest phone companies with hundreds of millions of phone customers. that data includes a record of the location, the number called, the time of the call and the length of the conversation. officials say the effort does not monitor the content of the e-mails or phone calls but looks for larger trends of communication. the obama administration's embrace of this outraged critics. they used a link between the current president and his pred assessor. that's spooky, by the way. the program has plenty of defenders who say it's a critical tool for national security. >> within the last few years, this program was used to stop a program, excuse

one, verizon is releasing american customers cell phone records to the national security agency everyhington post report that says the nsa uses a secret program called prism to tap directly into the computers of companies like apple, google, yahoo! and facebook. we should point out all those tech companies we just mentioned, they deny giving the m8aq)nment direct access to any of their servers >>> a local grocery chain is dealing with hacking issues of its own. the personal information of every customer who shopped there could be affected. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live outside of a grocery store in fremont with a look at how hackers could have had access to customers debit and credit card information. christi, good morning. >>> good morning to you, marla. raley's thinking they cob the victim of a widespread cyberattack. we have been speaking with shoppers going in. these days, they check their statements so often they don't think they are going to get scammed. raley's has 128 stores in the region. they are taking this very seriously. late last week, a credit card company

your local news on "cbs this morning," more report that the national security agency is collecting telephone records from millions of americansst from the white house. >>> plus new problems from the susan b. koman charity as it can sells many of their charity walks and neil patrick harris who will host the awards on sunday. >>> thanks for watching, i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> good morning, it's june 6, thursday. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm anne makovec. frank mallicoat is off. time now 4:29. >>> we are going to heat up with fog and drizzle right now. temperatures are going to get hot in spots the next couple of days. we'll have more on that coming up. >> and quiet on the roads so far this morning, we do have some areas of overnight roadwork and you can see it in one of our traffic cameras. 880 in oakland as you approach high street, we'll tell you when it's going to wrap up coming up. >>> millions of cell phone users are the target of snooping by the government. kpix 5 reporter sue kwon is in emeryville

but the head of the national security agency told congress that americans need to know that programs which sweep up telephone and internet data are critical to national security. general keith alexander testified the data collection am practices played a direct role in disrupting more than 50 potential attacks since 9/11. >> i would much rather be here today debating this point than trying to explain how we failed to prevent another 9/11. >> reporter: alexander said at least ten of the thwarted plots involved homeland-based threats. two of those were publicly revealed for the first time by fbi deputy director shawn joyce. nsa intercepts helped the fbi arrest a san diego man for planning to send money to a terror group based in somalia. and surveillance of a terrorist in yemen led to a kansas city, missouri, man who was plotting an attack on new york's financial center. >> we were able to disrupt the plot. we were able to lure some individuals to the united states, and we were able to effect their arrest. >> reporter: u.s. officials had previously revealed two other potential threats u

since the 1940s, gc hq and it's american equivalent, the national security agency, have a relationship that is unique in the world. this relationship has been and remains essential to the security of both nations. it has stopped many terrorist and espionage law against this country and it has saved many lives. the basic principle by which that operation operates have not changed over time. i wish to emphasize to the house that, while we have experienced an extremely busy period in the last three years, the arrangement for oversight and the framework for exchanging information all started under previous governments. the growing and diffuse nation of threats from terrorists, criminals, or espionage, has increased the forces of our intelligence relationship with the united states. this was the case in the run-up to the olympics. the house will not be surprised that the activities for counterterrorism intensified and rose to a beat in the summer of last year. it is being suggested that gc hq uses our partnership with the nsa to get around uk law, obtaining information that they cannot lega

verizon turning over phone logs of millions of americans to the national security agency under courtbout it next. dennis: jpmorgan chase chief jamie dimon warns the fed could cause the bottom to fall out of the market. it is time to get out to. cheryl: remember them? the one time boy band hanson will be here in our studio. they are all over 21. you drink beer. they are going to be here later in the show. top of the our stocks every 15 minutes. nicole petallides before the stock exchange. nicole: looking at the markets that were mixed all the back-and-forth action weakening a little bit, dow jones industrials moving down 1/3%, jamie dimon out there talking today concerning volatility and it is scary when you have potential banks running interest rates. things like long-term are just fine, still optimistic but turns out he has concerns, you have mario draghi speaking in europe and the dow jones industrials 47 points, home depot, verizon and boeing on the downside, names like chevron, caterpillar and hewlett-packard coming under pressure. as far as the vix today, moving higher again in

national security and put the lives of men and women in american uniform in harm's way. the reality is, if you look at what we disclose, which disclosed things like the fact u.s. and the national security agencyllecting telephone records of millions of americans without regard to any wrongdoing or tapping into the servers of the largest internet companies that people around the world use to communicate with one another. it is inconceivable the last there is no same argument one can make that anything we disclosed in any way alerts the terrorists who knew already for many years the government is trying to monitor them or in any way enabled attacks to be done on the u.s.. the only thing we exposed is the wrongdoing of these political officials. the only thing damage is their reputation and credibility. top secret designations are more often than not used to protect the political officials from having known what they're doing in the eyes of the american people, not protecting national security. that is the case of the stories we published. >> can you tell us more about edward snowden, why he came forward, what he risks, and why he chose hong kong? really one of the most remarkable experiences i

they've been worried about national security agency encroaching on americans' privacy. back in 2004, two officials at the time-- the acting attorney general, joams kome, and the f.b.i. director mueller threatened to resign because they thought the surveillance was being done-- that they were intriewgd on privacy. they didn't, but i must say, mr. mcdonough, a lot of what the story underlines seems very much like we're hearing what-- what we're hearing about today with these disclosures by edward snowden. so let me just ask you to start. do you have any comment on this story that bart gelman has this morning? >> i saw the bart gelman story and he has worked on this the past couple of weeks very aggressively. much of what he was working on was a draft report about a program that was suspended now several years ago because of the way we saw its usefulness. that's point one. point two, you mentioned jim come, who was the department attorney general at the time, he's recently been considered, among many other people for a lead job by president obama to include potentially as

national security agency is defending its datly collection program with a new document released to congress. chip reed has more. >> reporter: the national security agency collects phone records on tens of millions of americans but a document sent by top intelligence officials to congress this weekend says fewer than 300 people were identified through the program last year and all of them were suspected of having ties to foreign terrorist organizations. releasing that information is part of an effort by the obama administration to alleviate fears about the nsa surveillance program. >> does the president feel that he is violated the privacy of any american? >> he does not. >> reporter: he was asked about assertions by edward snowden the former contractor who admits he leaked information on the programs to the media. >> he claimed, for example, he could listen in on anybody's conversation including the president's. >> incorrect. >> did he overstate his ability to do these things? >> it's surely my view he did. >> reporter: he said the nsa surveillance programs were supported by bipartisan majorities in congress. >> it's legal, i think it comports with the constitution and it does protect and save american live

this brings up an opportunity to explain to the american people to raise their comfort level. >> the national security agency countries have been disrupted. >>> the first topic on the agenda was syria. o obama was called on to do more. >> we want to balance the military power and arms won't do it. >> we have to be very discerning about what is in our interest and what the outcome is best for us and the prices we are willing to pay to get to that point. we will not do it. >> according to the united nations, 93000 people have died in the conflict. >> as the g8 summit starts in ireland, 8 of the world leading countries talk about affairs. it is expensive to cover international trade and the possibility of trade barriers between the united states and european union. this demonstration was supposed to raise awareness of extreme poverty. this was a resort. the roads to the resort were closed trying to keep protestors far away from the meeting place. >>> ktvu was there with the father's day celebration. >> families boarded the uss hornet. >> we have a long navy family. we wanted to do something patriotic. >> you li

americans. this week, the head of the national security agency said we still don't know everything that's being collected and we shouldn't. >> some of these are still going to be classified and should be. because if we tell the terrorists every way that we're going to track them, they will get through. and americans will die. chris: this is where american opinion is really going to matter. how far will this president be able to go in keeping secrets with regard to how we're checking on the enemy? >> one of the things that will maybe affect public opinion is early as monday, general alexander and others are going to present some of the evidence they say shows plots that were thwarted because of these sorts of programs. that may help to shape how people view this. another part is this sense of even frustration and misunderstanding. the briefings that i have been standing outside watching lawmakers come out and say people don't understand this program. well, that's not always so reassuring to the public. that hey, we know more than you do and you don't understand it. there's also another element w

chairman rogers says this. >> the national security agency does not listen to america's phone calls and it is -- americans' phone calls and it is not reading their e-mails. none of the programs allow that and part of the 7002 patriot act says it is express -- 702 patriot act says it is expressly prohibited by law. >> question, who wins on this issue, senator paul or representative rogers? >> i think senator rand paul wins on this one. people are walking around their houses covering up the little computers' cameras right now. talk about an unreasonable search. you're in your house looking at your computer and the government can be watching you at least according to snow snowden so they can tap in and -- snowden so they can tap in and listen to your phone calls and read your e-mails. the whole idea of feeling secure using your telephone and computer in your own home is the heart of this issue. >> he can go right into the computer and see what's there? >> that's what the claim is. we don't really know. they're using the big word the meta data word. we're just gathering this stuff up and not really looking at

americans. the court order allows the national security agency to track millions of verizon customers. >> the ruling april and it gives the agency access to the phone numbers of both parties and the location data. t the nsa is not allowed to record any of it. >> late last night they pulled the 14th survivor from the rubble. she was krilticily hurt. she was pulled out 13 hours after the salvation army building collapsed. neighbors who watched them working say they feared that something like this would happen. >>> on wall street stocks took a dive yesterday. the dow jones industrial average fell 217 points. it is the first time since may 6 the dow has closed below 15,000. is this drop indicative with a problem with our economy or is it joft profit taking on wall street. cbs contributor and analyst mellody hobson is with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> so what's driving this? >> well, it's not just one thing yesterday. it was a bunch of small things and it's interesting. investors have been so jittery nervous, so everything sets them off. there was a sign they were contracting, but the big hand w

growing outrage over those that snowboard is be nice campaigns against americans by our national security agencyout it. asked teenine to mike cheryl casone, 41. cheryl: we continue to wait for the president. we are showing you right now live pictures. he is expected to touch on those controversies. a lot of scandals rocking the white house. you will be talking about health care as well. it will take you to the president and san jose when he begins to. dennis: that conversation with the chinese leader, stop packing america. yet all these revelations that the american government is checking america. cheryl: opposed to be at the top of the agenda. certainly still well as the me tonight, but he has all these other issues including prison which we are now finding out is even broader. dennis: looking at live searches, able to get your live searches are mine. interesting. waiting for the president to start, but we will go check on stocks now. cheryl: i would think you would be loving this right now. dennis: nicole petallides is loving it, too. >> reporter: to love it. love is so much. let's take a look