comey: i agree, mr. honda, that's why i think it's so important that this be a national conversation, the stakes are too high. it affects how we're going to live, how we're going to govern ourselves. i don't think it ought to be decide by one court case or another court case or the f.b.i. or some company. the american people ought to decide how do we want to be? mr. honda: thank you, mr. chairman. just to say that i agree that we should have a national conversation because in the past, these kinds of things have always been rushed into and thoughtful people need to get together with their own opinions and hash it out so i appreciate that. mr. culberson: chairman rogers. mr. rogers: your request includes $783.5 million for f.b.i. headquarters construction. actually, $646 million is for the building and the other is or other things. that's a huge request and at the proposing u're significant cuts in f.b.i. operations. which i find a little bit troubling. tell me how important it is for a new building. dire

comey back on the hill.y. >> and so while the result may only affect this phone, the precedent will be there for many others. and i guess what i'd like to ask you is, is there a limiting principle here? is there a way, through negotiation, that we can arrive at cases where it's appropriate to seek this relief and cases where it's not? do you acknowledge sort of the broader policy implications of a uniform application under the all writs act. i realize this may be moot by the next generation of operating system which may not allow this kind relief. nonetheless, if it is technologically feasible even with the next generation operating system for april toll help with the opening of a phone, it seems to me that the argument you're making in this case will apply to those new operating systems as well. so is there a limiting principle here and is there any way to resolve this through negotiation? because at least the initial positions of parties are, we need access and we have legal warrant. and the other side is

comey: thank you, mr. chairman. bernardino, the federal judge has ordered the maker of the phone to do two things, that is disable the auto-erase function on the phone, so that if the fbi is trying to guess the past go to the phone, it does not automatically delete the contents, essentially, after and second, to disable the delay between tries, so if we are going to try to guess the code, it does not take years, but instead we are able to do it in minutes or hours, and to do that through the remote pulsing of codes to the phone. that's what the order is about. don't know whether this particular relief has been sought in another corporate seating, i don't think so -- core proceeding, i don't think so. it's possible, but i am not aware of it. >> i'm sure you will be getting more questions from this committee, and i know you are testifying nest week for the judiciary committee. i want to switch over to director stuart. 15, 2016, "the daily beast" ran a long report titled whistleblowers warned top spy about skewed isis

james comey testified so low on thought hot seat. /night tim cook made it quite clear what he is going to do, he doubled down in an abc interview hardening his stance and refusing to unlock the gunman's workplace iphone. >> this would be bad for america. it would set a precedent that i believe many people would be offended by. is in our view the software equivalent of cancer. something that should be created. >> i have not talked to the president. i will talk to the president. liz: they are addressing the issue. let's listen in. >> a judge will issue a decision interpreting the statute, it would not be binding on other judges but there will be other phones. this is a huge issue for state and local law enforcement is there will be other judges who look to that to see whether that is a similar circumstance, no doubt about that. >> if it does creep precedents, the impact on constitutional principles of the >> that is a good question because the precedents will be created under the framers of the constitution. a search warrant is an exer

comey: i think so.any community where we believe there is a risk of people turning towards violence, and sometimes that is an ethnic community, and immigrant community, sometimes it is a particular community with a particular flavor of antigovernment sentiments, young people who may turn to violence, from there we try to engage with the community. rep. carson: is there more of a holistic approach by not only bringing and community leaders, but educators and psychologists within the community, to prevent the kind of self radicalization that is taking place? dir. comey: yes, sir. it has to be an entire community thing. they cannot be law enforcement or religious institutions, it has to be parents, educators, physicians, social workers. one of the things the bureau is trying to do as part of our countering violent extremism effort is bringing together talented people from all different perspectives in the community, especially if we are dealing with a young person, there is a prospect of a group coming tog

james comey says we're not trying to send a broader message.ot trying to set a precedent with the san bernanadino terrorist iphone case, county health department owns and given apple's permission to access. he is saying essentially the judge, court order from the judge directed apple to write code, software only for that one phone. and he is saying, james comey is saying that code he thinks, that idea it would get out into the wild, according to his own experts, they're saying that is not the case. that that is wrong. that essentially apple would retain, you know, custody of the code. gerri: right. >> withering comment from james comey, he said that apple has done a pretty darn good job of protecting software code to date. you don't see apple software out in public at all right now. gerri: lizzie, you've done a great job covering this story. our viewers are fascinated, rivetted by this so i want to ask you this. apple ceo called for commission. there is conversation about having legislation for congress. all of that could take a very long time.

director comey: yeah. mrs. lowey: so thank you. director comey: the honest answer to how many question is not enough. we don't have good statistics on how often it's happening for some of the reasons you alluded to. but the major problem we face is, so many of these offenders are outside the united states. because the internet allows them to travel as a foteon. they don't ever have to come -- photon. they don't have to come through j.f.k. they're able to do it through

on sunday, fbi director, james comey posted an open letter. but on tuesday, people were gathering at apple stores all over the country with their solidarity with the country's richest technology company. the chair of the senate intelligence committee, richard burr, who had been trying to get the encryption has reportedly backed away from it. apple has until friday to file its opposition for assistance, but in the meantime, the fbi and apple are saying what they would like to see next. director comey said the question should be resolved by the american people, deciding how we want to govern ourselves in a world we have never seen before. while am suggested that the government form a commission for other panels of experts on intelligence and civil liberties to discuss education and privacy and personal freedoms. meanwhile, the phone in question sits somewhere in the fbi custody, it's secrets intact. tony, it's worth noting that this is probably not going to be a technological problem in the future that apple will never face again. they are tryin

we're posting comey's letter in its entirety on the website, wfla.com. we want you to take a look and let us know whether you think apple should or should not help the fbi. you can weigh in on our wfla facebook page. gene? >> lots of people weighing in on this debate. thank you. follow our morning alerts on facebook and twitter. all you have to do is search eight alert. >>> happening today, despite multiple efforts to stop it, bill cosby's wife is still set to give a deposition in connection with a defamation lawsuit against her husband. nbc news is reporting a federal judge rejected a last minute camille cosby is set to answer questions under oath at a springfield massachusetts hotel. that starts at 9:30 this morning. this is all linked to the sexual assault allegations against bill cosby which he denies. >>> developing this morning, people in fiji are working to recover after a monster cyclone hit the island. look at devastation there. forecasters report fwrindz cyclone winston reached 177 miles an hour -- reports cyclone winston reaches 177 miles an h

>> he's on snapchat right n just started.fbi director james comey says the issues raised in the justice department's dispute with apple represent what he calls the "hardest question he's seen in government." comey was appearing today before the house intelligence committee, a week after a california judge ordered apple to help the fbi hack into a locked iphone used by one of the san bernardino gunmen. comey says apple has been "very cooperative" in the dispute and that there have been "plenty" of negotiations between the two sides. director james comey, fbi "increasing situations where we cannot - with lawful court orders - read the communications of terrorists, gang bangers, pedophiles, all kinds of different bad people and again with lawful court orders and search warrants, increasingly unable to make that search warrant effective." apple ceo tim cook maintains that unlocking the iphone would be bad for america. he says he is prepared to take his case to the supreme court. have filed a lawsuit against the obama administration over the affordable ce act. the suit takes issue with the f

(sot james comey / fbi director :10-:17) "part of me thinks - that's great! i don't want anybody looking at my stuff. but then i step back and - which i'm part of - really does -- save peoples' lives." apple ceo tim cook maintains that unlocking the iphone would be bad for america. he says he is prepared to take his case to the supreme court it may have been a bit chilly comparededo the past few weeks. but, looks like the warm weather could be returning soon. ron's full forecast is coming up joins us with the forecast. a combination of clouds and a steady north wind kept temperatures in the 30s this afternoon with wind chills down in the 20s. we're going to quickly turn things around the one day after a series of tornadoes ripped though parts of north carolina, storm victims starard the cleanup process. in oxford, north h rolina residents started picking through the rubble that used to be their home. several tornadoes were spotted by residents across the state as a powerful storms rain. the storms toppled trees and downed power lines leaving nearly 20-thousan

i'm going to go, first, to director comey. director, there's been a lot recently in the news, as you're with well aware, involving the iphone that was owned by the san bernardino be shooter. what exactly are you asking apple to do? how does this differ from the other times you have asked apple to help you lawfully obtain communications? >> thank you, mr. chairman. in the case in san bernardino, the judge, the federal judge has ordered the maker of the phone to do two things; that is, disable the awe eau-erase -- auto-erase function on the phone so that if the fbi is trying to guess the pass code it doesn't delete the contents essentially after the tenth try and, secondly, disable the delay between tries function so if we're going to try to guess the cold, it doesn't take years and years and years, and instead we can do it in minutes or hours and to do that through the remote pulsing of codes through the phone. that's what the order is about. and i don't know whether this particular relief has been sought in another court proce

james comey tried to work with apple to crack the phone but came to an impasse. the tech giant refused to continues to fight the order setting off the battle with federal authorities. >> if a court can ask us to write this piece of software, think of what else they could ask us to write. an operating for surveillance? or ability for law enforcement to turn on the camera i don't know where it stops, but i do know that this should not happen in this country. and not happening in america. >> reporter: comey and fbi investigators say it will not go that far. they are talking about one iphone and the ability to access under certain situations. reports are out that apple is building's new operating system to make it impossible to it create an encryption work around. apple is shoring up security on the icloud services and congress is looking to get involved. comey said it may not be solved in the courts and law makers may draft legislation and a bipartisan commission in the works with apple working with the bipartisan commission and other tech people and law enforcement

at the same time former nsa and cia director took issue with comey's approach in an interview with usatoday." >> in this specific case i'm trending toward the government. but i got to tell you, in general i oppose the government's effort, personified by fbi director jim comey, jim would like a back door available to american law enforcement in all devices globally. and frankly, i think on balance, that actually harms americans' safety and security. >> let's turn to business now, where one of the uk's most prominent politicians, london mayor boris johnson, yesterday became the latest defector within the conservative party to declare his support for a british exit from the eu. >> the last thing i wanted was to go against david cameron or the government, but after a great deal of heartache, i don't think there's anything else i could do. i will be advocating, vote leave, or whatever the team is called. because i want a better deal for the people of this country. to save them money, and to take back control. that's really, i think, what this is all -- this is all about. >> the move is a bl

i don't know james comey but i am told, i am told that he's reputable.ee how he does. >> we'll see what happens. i want you to take it back if -- >> i think there will be a criminal referral. >> we'll see. >> i got to run, david. thank you, both. >>> coming up next tonight on "hannity" -- >> i don't really know, anderson. i think -- here's what i want young people to know. they don't have to be for me. i'm going to be for them. >> hillary clinton cannot explain why young women won't support her. dana loesch, eboni williams they'll weigh in. >>> later tonight a day after defending islam and attacking republicans at a mosque, the president gave a speech. we'll have reaction to that and more tonight on "hannity." we were below the 88th southern parallel. we had traveled for over 850 miles. my men driven nearly mad from starvation and frostbite. today we make history. >>bienvenidos! welcome to the south pole! if you're dora the explorer, you explore. it's what you do. >>what took you so long? if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you

the fbi director, james comey, i wrote it down as he said it, that they have all the tools within theeople. apparently, though, there's some tools that they'd like to have, and so maybe the law has to be changed. andrea: right. the whole point of all of this is to under legal precedent -- harris: i teed you up there. app alabama thank you, harris. to be able to get into the phone. that's what this is all about. they have the capability, the fbi does, to use supercomputers. we've talked about it on the couch, to get into this phone. they just want the legal precedent to be able to do it because they want to end all encrypted technologies for law enforcement so they can get into all of our phones if need be. ebony: and that's what's frustrating, harris, because sometimes the law lags behind technology. so you've got to wait for this legislative moment to play catch-up, essentially, is what's happening. what i don't appreciate though, and this is a classic security/safety balancing test. i think we can all appreciate the gravity of both of those concerns. i don't like it when tim cook ta

comey writes. maybe the phone holds the clue to finding more terrorists, maybe it doesn't but we can't look the survivors in the eye or ourselves in the mirror if we don't follow this lead. he makes the clear the fbi does not want to set a master key loose on the land as apple suggests. the issue is that the fbi guesses that pass cord wrong too many times, the phone could wipe itself out so the fbi wants apple to keep that from happening so the fbi could have unlimited guesses. apple has not responded to this so far but in the past insists helping the fbi in this matter would essentially make all of our phones vulnerable. he makes the point that in case of national security versus privacy should not be decided by a for profit company. he wants the american people to discuss what should be done. we'll be posting comey's letter in the entirety on our website, wfla.com. whether you think apple should or should not help the fbi. you can weigh in on our wfla facebook page. >> thank you. and you can foll

>> i basically support director comey. agree this is a very, very sensitive issue, it's a vital issue but in direct comey's job to save lives and stop crimes. one of the reasons he is so anxious about this phone, so, concerned about it, is there could well be information in that phone that could prevent future attacks as to who those killers were in contact with. you know there are privacy issues but i think they're really minimal in this particular case. first of all the person who is holding the phone is dead. one who owned phone was city of san bernanadino. they have given the fbi permission to go in and so apple, what the fbi is asking apple to do basically just disable the auto erase sure function in there. they will give the phone to apple. then this can be done by remote pulsing, codes and this can can't be reaply indicated, or seized by anyone else to use. for this one phone only. the fbi will get information from that. martha: here is what i don't get about this whole thing and maybe you can explain it to me. we h

meanwhile, fbi director james comey posting his own blog post on a legal blog last night, writing, thearticular legal issue is actually quite narrow. the relief we seek is limited, and its value increasingly obsolete, because the technology continues to evolve. so carl, one of the key points here is whether or not this technique, if apple is forced to use it, could be replicated again and again in other cases. law enforcement officials across the country have said they have other iphones they would like to get into, but the fbi very much at pains to make this just about this one iphone that belonged to syed farook, one of the two shooters in san bernardino, california, back in december. they say there could be possibility information on the phone and they simply can't rest until they know what it is, carl. >> eamon javers, thank you. we talked about this a day after the story broke. but it's clearly evolving to what comey is saying now. >> cook's reasoning is getting less compelling, to be honest. it seems to me his theory it could run amok and there are hundreds of phones the fbi want

thank you, for coming, director comey. pleasure to join us here this afternoon to hear your testimony and take our questions. first and for most i have a great respect for your prior statements that partisan politics should play no role in your department. i would like to also personally thank you and the dedicated men and women at the federal bureau of investigation who work tireless i to protect the american people against threats primarily here at home and the united states but also here abroad. i think we all agree that the work of the fbi is vitally important to the security of our nation. but i also strongly believe that safeguarding the civil liberty abouts of all americans is equally as important if not more so. the constitution has never tested during times of tranquilty. it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, terrorism, that it is tested. we must make sure that it survives these tests. with that being said i'm eager to learn the progress the fbi is making combating sexual assault and human traff

this is cook versus comey. here in washington fbi investigators are reported frustrated by apple, but here on the hill you couldn't from their boss. with the apple battle being fought in public, the fbi director made his case. james comey telling congress he loves privacy and encryption. >> part of me thinks, that's great, i don't want anybody looking at my stuff. but then i step back and think law enforcement, which i'm part of, really does save people's lives. >> reporter: that's why after san bernardino looking for others who would kill for isis, knowing terrorists rely on text, e-mail, twitter, facebook, and other apps, the fbi got a court to order apple to unlock the iphone of san bernardino killer syed farouq. >> what apple is objecting to here is the government wants them to write brand new software that doesn't exist right now that would give them the access to the phone. >> reporter: apple's ceo tim cook told abc the new code could get stolen and spread. sort of the equivalent of cancer, he said. we wo

i don't know james comey but i am told, i am told that he's reputable.e how he does. >> we'll see what happens. i want you to take it back if -- >> i think there will be a criminal referral. >> we'll see. >> i got to run, david. thank you, both. >>> coming up next tonight on "hannity" -- >> i don't really know, anderson. i think -- here's what i want young people to know. they don't have to be for me. i'm going to be for them. >> hillary clinton cannot explain why young women won't support her. dana loesch, eboni williams they'll weigh in. >>> later tonight a day after defending islam and attacking republicans at a mosque, the president gave a speech. we'll have reaction to that and more tonight on "hannity." here's to almost losing it... until you finally find it. light up her valentine's day with a classic diamond heart pendant. now just $399.99 each. that's $300 off! helzberg diamonds here's to love. what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. truecar has pricing data on every make and model, so all you have to do is search for the

earlier today, james comey testified to the house intelligence committee where questions about apple the hearing. the san bernardino litigation is not about trying to establish some president. to beabout trying competent investigating something that is an active investigation. carol: for the latest, let's turn to cory johnson who joins us from our san francisco bureau. lots of twists and turns, but where does the case go from here? we are waiting for this filing from apple to see how they are going to do this. we don't understand how apple is going to frame this. apple is taking an interesting take -- this notion of free speech activity, if indeed a code is speech, but while the f ei director may not see this as establishing a precedent, it will establish a president and that is clear -- establish a precedent and that is clear. microsoft out today and their executive, brad smith thomas saying they are supporting apple and the government should not be able to compel apple to write software to break into the phone. we did see microsoft say they would file this reef in support of apple.

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comey was testifying before the house appropriations committee. here's a look. >> i have some very strong opinions about that, and there's a question here. but i want to start by thanking you for being diligent and pursuing the court order and staying on top of this. look, my view of the world, and i view it is one member of this committee doesn't necessarily reflect the entire committee, but this is a court order applying to within phone, and apple is refusing to comply with that order and frankly, if their fill you're to comply means that there is additional information out there that has already contributed to other incidents, or will in the future contribute to other incidents of terrorism or national security, i think apple leadership risks having blood on their hands. and i think tim cook is going to have a very hard time explaining why he stood in the way of justice on this issue. so i thank you for what you're doing. this is not my iphone you're trying to look at. this is the iphone of sayed farook who i believe gave up every one of his ci

director james comey said before congress, this case has posed the toughest time yet in his time.im, this was an amazing day when you saw this filing from apple powerfully written at the same time we have testimony coming from the head of the f.b.i. >> very poifrl language from apple essentially accusing the f.b.i. of trying to hijack the national debate on privacy using the powers of the court. meanwhile the head of the f.b.i. telling powers of congress they weren't trying to send a broad message but rather which was dealing with one individual -- individual issue of trying to get into this iphone. of course, he acknowledged that perhaps this would send a broader issue but he said this was about this phone. >> again, the comey testimony happening. it was a bunt hearing but congress had a big interest in this issue. >> yeah, we also say -- saw microsoft talking about how they were going to support apple and one of their executives bringing out a near-100-year-old adding machine to illustrate the statute that the f.b.i. is trying to use to make apple hack into this phone is from th

we seen fbi -- we have seen fbi director james comey testified. what happens next in this battle?> tomorrow, apple's annual shareholder meeting. we will be looking from any comments -- for any comments from shareholders in cupertino. next week, we expect apples top lawyer and -- apple's top lawyer and the head of the fbi to be on capitol hill for a hearing. march 3 is the deadline for apple allies to file their briefs of support. reports of about mid-march, another apple event for their products. they are selling a lot of products. the annual spring event is around this time of year. toward the end of march, we are expecting to have a court hearing on these issues. cory: apple said they were developing a phone that would be

comey: why it is factually appropriate. i think i have to leave it there. >> we will leave it there and wait for the court filing to see what their claims may be. i yield back, mr. chair. >> mr. carson. mr. carson: thank you, mr. chair, director coming -- ♪ vonnie: good morning. you are watching bloomberg markets. i am vonnie quinn. another interesting overnight session in asia. we saw the shanghai composite index dropped almost 4%. we also had the yuan change and we can. u.s. stocks fluctuating now, falling. there has been a slot in crude oil prices while investors selloff.at a rallying european shares as well. for a closer look at mark's wings ahead of the g20, let's bring in -- market swings, let bring in michael darda who joins us from stamford, connecticut. let's begin where we have to -- the swings in china -- another big drop, 6.4% for the shanghai composite index. what you make of that -- is that something we should ignore? hi.darda: thank you for having me on. we should not ignore it. china has some challenges, not

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here's what james comey had to say last night. he said we don't want to break anyone's encryption or set a master keys loose on the land. i hope thoughtful people will take the time to understand that. apple hired ted olson, the legal tighten. he was on abc's "this week" yesterday making apple's case. >> apple has a responsibility to maintain the trust and faith of millions of people who depended upon apple to produce a product that protects their privacy, their intimate personal life. this is a pandora's box. we're not just talking about one magistrate. there are hundreds of magistrates. there are hundreds of other courts. and there's no limit to what the government could require apple to do if it succeeds this way. >> clearly, guys, neither side is getting ready to back down. we can expect there might be congressional hearings. the house energy and commerce committee invited mr. cook and mr. comey to capitol hill to testify. we don't know whether they will accept that invitation. this legal wrangling could continue until the end

apples push back comes on the day f- b-i director james comey testified before the house intelligence committee, saying he understands consumers' desire for encryption technology, but he worries about long-term implications and the harm it could have for law enforcement investigations. comey also stressed that the justice department's battle with apple is the hardest question he's seen in government. comey says: "when i hear corporations saying we're going to take you to a world where no one can look at your stuff, part of me thinks that's great. i don't want anybody looking at my stuff. but then i take a step back and say, i'm part of, really does save l's lives." . federal sources tell fox they believe the iphone contains information that connects farook to others, who may have helped the terrorist and his wife tashfeen malik, plan or pay for the attack that killed 14 and injured 22 at a christmas party in december. congress now is also looking to get involved, as there's a growing call for a bi-partisan commission that would include the tech industry and law enforcement. virginia g

>> i think jim comey is wrong. go back and run the tape back seven or eight minutes, and i told you about -- jim's logic is based on the belief that he remains the main and you should accommodate your movements to the movements of him, which is the main body. i'm telling you, with regard to the cyber domain, he is not. amy: that was michael hayden in a recent event hosted by "the wall street journal." alex abdo, is there a division within the government over encryption? >> there is, and it comes down to the fbi on one side and just about every cybersecurity professional on the other side, which is a remarkable aspect of this debate. there is uniformity when it comes to the people were best at securing mobile devices, securing our communications, that it is a disastrous idea to build a backdoor into these products that the director of the fbi once. amy: talk about how it works. you have, for people who have the iphone, you have the icloud. and if you know with this san bernardino shooters, is it stuff yes, then the

comey writes look the survivors in the in the mirror, if we don't follow this lead." but apple says creating a way to passcode would put the privacy and security of all apple customers at risk. " " apple hahelped the fbi and in this investigation and in every way the law required. but it has to draw the line at recreating code, changing its iphone, putting its engineers and creative talents to destroy the iphone as it exists. magistrate judge ordered apple to help the fbi hack into the password- protected phone. apple is fighting the judge's order?saying while it is technically unlock the phone, believes it is "too dangerous to do". jenna: oscar nominees up stacked. won an oscar... or nominated before. but many eyes are on leonardo dicaprio... and whether the 5- time acting nominee will finally take home the gold statue. abc's brandi hitt reports. " " ((abc approved music)) nats -- 1 they are hollywood's leading men... nats - (red carpet photographers) ...competing for oscar gold. sot -- eddie redmayneneneactor nominee ((oscar nominations gfx - "best actor")) this yea

i think it's, you know, director comey understands that this is a long-term battle. and the only way to do it is through the public-private partnerships. he doesn't want to make enemies with apple. they have to work together to cure this. >> this notion that there's an inherent limiting principle in the technology because of the way phones are continually changing. and the fbi specifically have been battling something they call the dart which is over the years aztec nolg develops and the regular tools they use at their disposal. we don't generally think of court orders or companies for people being optional but we have seen never a court order that's requiring or compelling a company to create something that it doesn't have and the danger of this when tim cook talks about it, the way you don't allow the risks that would be inherent in the software is to not create it. how wide is this here between the fact that this doesn't exist and the fact that apple would have to create it? how could government make them do it? >> in this instance we have to focus on this one pho

ten days ago, a federal judge ordered the company to help comey's f.b.i. unlock the phone... but in its response thursday, apple asked the court to vacate the order- saying it violated the company's first & fifth amendment rights. and while the court considers apple's request- other tech giants... including facebook, microsoft, and google say they plan to file briefs of support of apple's right to refuse... earnest says: "we're talking about a phone that was owned not by the terrorist, but by the local government. the terrorist is no longer living. and the need to extract as much information as possible to learn as much as we can about that incident is something that our law enforcement officials have concluded is a priority." apple is arguing that the government is essentially asking them to create a hacking program that would impact its own product. congress is going to weigh in on the matter by the way on tuesday as a house judiciary hearing gets underway that will involve not only director comey but also apple's general counsel. at the white house, kevin corke, fox news a

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comey says his agency is only asking for a way to access one particular phone. >> the san bernardino litigation is not about us trying to send a message or establish some precedent, it really isn't. it's about public safety. >> in an interview on abc news' world news tonight with david muir, apple ceo tim cook says the government is asking the company to create software equivalent to cancer. that would put hundreds of millions of customers at risk. >> we think it's bad news to write, we would never write it, we have never written it, and that is what's at stake here. aixa: cook says he's prepared to take this fight to the supreme court. the white house says it supports the justice department in this case. in washington, i'm aixa diaz. stacey: right now the white house says it won't comment on nevada governor brian sandoval's announcement that he doesn't want to be considered for the supreme court. the republican governor said today he notified the white house and top ranking senators of his decision. sandoval spoke out after being identified as a possible candidate to replace the lat

i am not convinced that what james comey and the bureau are asking for is that.nk there are differences. i am willing at the present time with what i know to shade in the direction of the bureau's request. if that's not true, i would expect apple to make the case, the burden of proof being on them that if i concede this, i am creating that. i am not convinced this takes you there. charlie: that is the question i asked. several times. but you say if they cannot show you that, they ought to have access to this phone. michael: otherwise, i think tim is in the position of saying that apple under no circumstances will allow itself to cooperate with law enforcement, no matter what. i don't think that's a good position to be in. charlie: he said, i am uncomfortable being in a position like that. michael: on the broader principle, backdoor enabling universal -- on the grounds of security -- charlie: you don't want to see a backdoor. let me talk about your life and career. edward snowden is making some noise that he would like to come back if given the promise of a fair t

i don't think he is about protecting america like fbi director comey is. this is business matter to tim cook and now to google and microsoft who apparently are joining in with amicus briefs in support of apple. reality is, i distrust government as much as anybody does but i don't distrust government's desire to safeguard and protect american citizens. at the end of the day, that is what this is about. cheryl: i have to say, it was a brief that reporters were given. one of the things apple said, this demand violates apple's first amendment rights against compelled speech and discrimination. that screams supreme court to me. i want to go back to director comey to see what the difference he says the court is actually asking apple to do, versus what apple said. listen. >> in the case in san bernanadino, the judge, the federal judge has ordered the maker of the phone to do two things. that is, disable the auto erase function on the phone, so that if the fbi is trying to guess the pass code to the phone, it doesn't automatically delete the contents essentially a

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director james comey defends his agencies demand the apple help them open the iphone belonging to syed farook, the shooter in san bernardino who along with his wife killed 14 people. the fbi said his phone may have critical additional clues in the investigation including whether others were involved. we cannot look for survivors in the eye, nor ourselves in the mirror if we don't follow this lead writes comey and a new blog post. apple is also working to rally public opinion taking to the airways. >> there's no limit to what the government could require apple to do if it succeeds this way. >> reporter: attorney ted olson, a former senior justice department official his wife in the 9/11 attacks is helping apple fight a court order. he said creating a way to override a phones passcode would put the privacy and security of all apple customers at risk. >> this is a pandora's box. we cannot surrender our civil liberties and give the terrorists victory.>> reporter: some of the victims of the san bernardino attack plan to support the fbi in the legal battle. their attorney says they will soon

. >> james comey testified before members of congress about the benefits and problems with encryption. denise nakano is live with more on this privacy battle. >> james comey says the question at the center of this case, who do we want to be and how do we want to govern ourselves. the fbi director appeared before the house intelligence committee, just one week after a judge ordered apple to unlock an iphone from one of the san bernardino gun men. apple is expected to file an option by tomorrow and comey says there are benefits to encryption but he argues that law enforcement needs the information to protect the public. >> increasing situations where we cannot, with lawful court orders, read the communications of terrorists, gang bangers, pedophiles, all different kinds of bad people, and with again lawful court orders and search warrants we're increasingly unable to make that search warrant effective. >> comey says the case is unlikely to set a legal precedent because smart phone technology will continue to evolve. he says there has been plenty of negotiation between both sides but app

i trust tim cook talking about technology and encryption a lot more than james comey.etting real story that they can't get into the phone and they're making demands of apple to get in one phone? >> do i trust the government talk about encryption and spying on people when they have a track record dotted with mountains of lies? unfortunately no, i can't necessarily take him at his word. i have to look at him, say, what sort of a failure was it on part of the intelligence community this happened in the first place and somehow blaming a deceased terrorist iphone is not a satisfying answer. andrea: bill, those not taking side of technology companies, not just apple and google but many others have supported tim cook, those criticizing, why wouldn't you do anything to help us track down terror? >> i'm not surprised the rest of silicon valley is behind apple on this i don't know what you should do here. crowd hammer suggested take the phone to a deserted island and close it down between two people get it there. i don't know if that is answer but it was a creative idea. i heard

what comey had to say is this.ion or set a master key loose on the land. i hope thoughtful people will take the time to understand that. so this battle is not de-escalating anytime soon. on friday, guys, we had a notice from the house energy and commerce committee. they've invited cook and comey to capitol hill to testify at their earliest possible convenience. we don't know yet whether apple and the fbi will accept that invitation, but clearly congressional hearings now are a possibility in this dispute that seems to be escalating, if anything, not de-escalating, joe. >> thank you. we'll get a different take now from tech man scott mcnealy. i said "weigh in" that's good for me to use the name of your company. scott and former ceo of sun micro. good to see you. >> we won't call you out on trademark infringement. >> exactly. you have an interesting take here. it's a cynical take to some extent, scott. you say that really we should get over this whole controversy because already there is no privacy anywhere, and we s

director comey is an interesting guy.and i could be wrong, do not believe that this man is going to succumb to pressure from anybody, including barack obama. do you know anything about him? >> well, he has an impeccable reputation for integrity. he is the guy who threatened to resign over illegal issue in the bush administration. he is also a former prosecutor. so he knows exactly what's needed. i believe he never would have authorized this investigation in the first if he didn't already believe that the fbi had evidence to indicate that she should be indicted. >> all right, but that's speculationi now, mr. kessler. that's your speculation. i'm trying to get at this. there are a lot of people who say no way hillary clinton is going to be indicted. the fix is in. it's like the irs scandal, comey is not going to do it. but i say to them, listen, comey can't indict. he doesn't have that power. buff he can certainly come on "the o'reilly factor" and say, you know what? this is what we found out and this is what is troubling.

but, if you have an fbi grerkt comey, who -- director comey putting 150 agents out on the case and theyith enough evidence that there was obstruction of justice or that there was knowingly she that was illegal because she didn't protect the information enough. it's impossible then for the politicians, whether it be the president, the attorney general, to not take up an fbi recommendation. it is impossible. >> i don't think that's true. >> it can't happen. >> i think it should be impossible. >> firestorm of impeachments , could you understand if comey comes out and says the evidence, there is enough evidence to indict and they don't indict, do you understand what will happen then in this country? >> first of all, who is to say that he is he going to come out and say that. >> they have to say something. >> have to make a recommendation. no reason they are going to come out and say something. >> he would be dragged before the congressional committee as you well know that he would. and he has to testify under oath about what they have come up with. so, that is a given. he has to. and if you