i'm brian stelter.f you've had trouble keeping up with all of the nsa surveillance news this summer, don't worry, you are not alone. since memorial day there have been new revelations every single week about america's pervasive phone and internet surveillance programs, all thanks to edward snowden, who provided documents to the guardian columnist glenn greenwald. the latest on saturday came from a german newspaper. the documents apparently show that the nsa hacked into systems belonging to the arab news broadcaster al jazeera. this has been the media story of the summer. so as fall approaches, does the reporter who broke the story have more rev lagtsz to come? he joins me now. glenn, thanks for being here. in these last three months, what have you personally learned from all of these disclosures? >> well, i think the main point is that the thing people most did not know is just how limitless the nsa's goals are when it comes to spying. what they're really doing is creating a spying system that literally

cnn's "reliable sources" hosted by brian stelter of "the new york times" will start in just a moment.date to the crisis in syria. let's go to nick payton walsh at the united nations where a briefing has just wrapped up. nick, what's the headline? >> reporter: well, we're getting a bit more indication of how long this process will take to get some sort of results out of u.n. inspectors. the spokesman for the u.n. would not give a timeline, wanted to stay well away from that. we do

i'm brian stelter and this is "reliable sources." welcome to washington. it's weeks like that that i think the cable gods for c-span. it's must see tv. on other channels, reporters and commentators left little doubt about where they stand. >> house republicans are pushing yet another new way to derail the obama care train wreck. >> you might say obama care is not popular. you know what's really not popular? shutting down america's government. that's not popular. >> okay, fox news, listen up. no one is making everyone get obama care health insurance. >> while overnight the odds of a shutdown rose. republican controlled house passed a bill to keep funding the government but with a big condition. a one-year delay of the democrats health care overhaul. the democrat controlled senate will not support that. joining me here in washington to discuss, manu of raju, ana marie cox. what are probability of a potential government shutdown? >> by the most it increases. the senate will come back tomorrow and vote to kill the anti-obama care provisions that the house adde