dianne feinstein protecting my privacy. does that make you feel good.ein protecting my privacy? >> you are raising a point. you are on point tonight. we had a poll that president obama's trust has fallen 20 net points. >> bill: let's leak that out. >> he had a 20-point favorite now it's neck and neck. >> bill: he hasn't called anybody he shouldn't call. >> and erosion of trust in our government. maybe years ago we would have thought the nsa wouldn't have looked for that but now there will be questions. >> bill: i like having you on the program because you make me feel good. dianne feinstein protecting my privilege privacy and i feel better for it. worst states when it comes to protecting children. and mcguirk will weigh in on the phone snooping situation as >>. >> bill: to the kelly file protecting kids. according to americans united for life the worst states in protecting arena is washington state, california, hawaii, vermont, oregon and new york. and now new york governor wants to make abortion laws even more liberal in the empire state. 41 states res

dianne feinstein protecting my privacy. does that make you feel good.feinstein protecting my privacy? >> you are raising a point. you are on point tonight. we had a poll that president obama's trust has fallen 20 net points. >> bill: let's leak that out. >> he had a 20-point favorite now it's neck and neck. >> bill: he hasn't called anybody he shouldn't call. >> and erosion of trust in our government. maybe years ago we would have thought the nsa wouldn't have looked for that but now there will be questions. >> bill: i like having you on the program because you make me feel good. dianne feinstein protecting my privilege privacy and i feel better for it. worst states when it comes to protecting children. and mcguirk will weigh in on the phone snooping situation as factor continues all around the world. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. need a little kick? (gi

california senator dianne feinstein chairs the senate intelligence committee. senator, there's been a lot of confusion over this today. and you have pointed out that this was the reauthorization of a program that goes back years. and that has been well litigated by both houses of congress, both parties and reviewed by courts. explain. >> that's correct. just for a second, let me give you some of the background, because we looked it up. this is from business records provision of the patriot act. in 2001, it was renewed in 2005. 2009, 2010. and 2011. before the last two renewals, both the vice chairman of intelligence and myself sent a letter to every member of the senate, saying this was the case. the records are classified. you can come and look at them if you wish. additionally the intelligence committee has had hearings object this, the judiciary committee has had hearings on it. it's been fought out on the floor. there's another point. this opinion, as i understand it, is under seal. so clearly, it was leaked. these opinions are not routinely even given to t

get the latest from bob orr, and we'll talk to the head of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein. plus we'll talk about the battle over immigration. tennessee's republican senator bob corker says this: >> we have an opportunity to do something that america needs and that is to solve the immigration issue that we have. >> alabama's republican senator jeff sessions has a different take. >> we all favor a good immigration reform package. this bill is just not it. >> they'll both be here to talk about it and whether house republicans will sign on to any immigration bill.

as news emerged of edward snowden's departure from hong kong, senator dianne feinstein, the chair ofhe senate intelligence committee, appeared on "face the nation." should talk about what may have facilitated edward snowden's departure. >> i thought china would see this as an opportunity to improve relations and extradite him to the united states. china clearly had a role in this, in my view. i don't think this was just hong kong without chinese acquiescence. i think his choice of moscow was interesting. i think what is interesting is he was taken off in a car and his luggage and a separate car. i think it will be very interesting to see what moscow does with him. thirdly, he clearly was aided and abetted, possibly by the wikileaks organization. i heard a rumor he was traveling with someone so this had to have all been preplanned. what the destination is, no one really knows. but i think from the point of view of our committee, something that concerns me more, is that we get an understanding in this nation that what this is all about is the nation's security. >> senator feinstein sai

senator dyne -- dianne feinstein. >> this is renewed every three months. stephanie: and that's the -- you know -- people -- some people are saying overreach. i heard one expert say that this is absolutely overreaching. people like feinstein are saying no, senator durbin of illinois. >> we want to keep america safe but we don't want to compromise our freedoms as individuals. >> i totally agree with that. >> stephanie: right. but that's the fine line. the vaporless lindsey graham on this subject. >> i hope the american people appreciate we are at war, because i sure as well do. >> stephanie: that's the problem. it's always wording. >> we were at war in world war ii. >> i don't know that we're at war right now. we're just defending ourselves. >> stephanie: can you be at war against a tactic? chris hi. >> caller: i agree with that last caller. i just don't understand what people are so paranoid about. every month they collect your phone records. it's called your phone bill. it's out there. what are you doing that you think the government has time to give up --

does it astonish you to see dianne feinstein and john boehner in lock step for it and then we'll see actual conservatives and liberals, not democrats and republicans against this kind of spying? >> you know, i grew up -- i'm from a generation where it was a democrat who escalated the vietnam war and sent 58,000 americans to their death. and countless millions, south asian to their death. it was done by a democrat and then continued by the republican nixon. it was a democrat who spied on martin luther king. it was a democrat -- you can go down the whole list of things here. so am i surprised that dianne feinstein would be for the spying or that nancy pelosi says that the courageous whistle-blower, edward snowden should be prosecuted? nancy pelosi of san francisco? right? i just think that well, okay, that's right. just when i'm warming up to the pelosi family -- [ laughter ] i realize oh, yeah, that's right. they're really just part of the same problem. just a nicer version of it. >> john: i think that's good for democracy when we show the differences between conservatives and republi

dianne feinstein. i gave everybody a little jazz. i know you're protective of miss megyn.he appreciates it. now i know what verizon share everything plan really is. bali, indonesia. just talking about it, bill. i don't understand how you can attack julian assange. >> he directly put american military people in danger. he is a true villain. rosen reported about north korea that had no implication on anyone's safety. huge difference. robin walt, italy. bill, you said susan rice didn't lie about benghazi. yet you have no proof of that. precisely the point, robert. in the usa you are innocent until proven guilty. there's no evidence ambassador rice lied. she told what she was told to do. keep it pithy in one day. wish i could write so splendidly. >> they all make great father's day gifts. couple them with the hot usa strong gear. and dad will be very happy if you do that. thanks for giving tommy robinson time to explain his anti-muslim position. we do have a problem over here. anywhere in the world. o'reilly @foxnews.com. no calumny. and if you find any there is going to be tr

has she like dianne feinstein called snowden a traitor?i don't know, but dianne feinstein has called it treason. >> i'll just say she doesn't know the meaning of treason as defined in our constitution, and we could go into that if we had time. she should know it but she doesn't know it. it's a slander for her to say that. but what it does show is that our system of oversight that came in as a direct result of the exposÉs of watergate and the pentagon papers and the church committee of 1975, these were intended to provide balance where the committee has failed. that's true for both republicans and democrats. for high level democrats the leadership to be denouncing snowden in this space rather than focusing on what he has revealed shows the structure of checks and balances has simply disintegrated. that means that our democracy is very much in question. this is, i think, a chance perhaps to begin to get some of that back, and that means putting pressure on people like pelosi and feinstein and others not just john boehner, and facing them, if

i want to turn now to senator dianne feinstein, the chair of the senate intelligence committee. what do you make of this, this morning? >> it's hard to know. i think it's a very big surprise. i had actually thought that china would see this as an opportunity to improve relations and extradite him to the united states. china clearly had a role in this, in my view. i don't think this was just hong kong without chinese acquiescence. i think his choice of moscow was interesting. i think what's interesting is that he was taken off in a car and his luggage in a separate car. i think it will be very interesting to see what moscow does with him. thirdly, he clearly was aided and abetted, possibly by the wikileaks organization. i heard a rumor that he was traveling with someone. so this had to have been all preplanned. now, what the destination is, no one really knows. but i think, from the point of view of our committee, something that concerns me more is that we get an understanding in this nation that what this is all about is the nation's security. i think we should take-- on july 10

and while we have dianne feinstein saying that tall we have two other senators on the senate committeek, there is a secret interpretation here. and in the american people, if they knew what it was there would be anchored in now raised. so there is disagreement in congress, and i think the atmosphere -- it's hard for them not to play a role. melissa: real quick, what is your bet on whaa happens to have? you have so much experience. how does it play out? >> i bet either he is granted asylum because he has a valid fear of political persecution, or if he ends up in the states unfortunately you will be prosecuted, likely under the espionage act. melissa: thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. next, the emergency manager of detroit unveils a broad restructuring plan to save the city. can prevent the biggest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history? one of the city's former mayor joins us with the answer. plus, are unpaid internships illegal? a landmark ruling. be aware, details on the fallout for companies and workers everywhere. piles of "money" coming up. ♪ this man is about to be the mill

senator dianne feinstein but it turned in an ordeal.rday she and some aides were stuck for 15 minutes between the second and third floors of the capital building. apparently, the elevator blew a fuse. feinstein says she was mostly concerned about a pregnant woman among the group. but from what we hear everything is okay. >> i would be worried, too. >> i get claustrophobic so i couldn't do it. >> it is -- it's happened once or twice here. >> i know. >> it's not a lot of fun. >>> it's 20 minutes before 6:00 on this friday morning. wall street hoping to rebound after its worst day of the year yesterday. ashley morrison breaks down what is spooking investors. >> and it sounded like a celebration until witnesses saw the huge plume of smoke. the deadly explosion at a fireworks factory. ,, ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-selling plug-in. that's

kind of willingly ceded their authority on this and i think it's particularly ridiculous in dianne feinstein's case because she's called for extraditing snowden she's made very hawkish in blanket statements about this program but now she's saying that there does need to kind of be additional oversight which is it's a very good point now and just on our team had a chance to sit down with our wiki leaks co-founder julian a songe today and he not said that he not only sympathizes with this leaker edward snowden but that he really feels like he is very much in the same position as edward snowden so let's take a listen to that. empathize having been through a very similar situation myself. trying to actively support through this interview and other ways to use the snowden's plight back in october last year i published a book called so i think punks calling for exactly that. so the action in relation to the mass of my own stuff is developed in the united states and you know where exactly is the state is doing science and it's very pleasing to see such concrete proof presented in public so just liste

i mean, you heard senator dianne feinstein say, the program is legal. the statute was passed.l, wolf, about what they can collect, who can look at it, and the process by which they have to get court approval to actually use that data. >> you worked for 30 years in the nsa. when you hear mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence committee say today, this program, this new one we just learned about, that's been around for a while, prevent terror attacks in the united states, what do you stay? >> they never had to do that. they never had to collect data on all u.s. citizens to get bad guys. we were able to do that without any problems. >> he said without this, there would have been a successful terror attack, maybe more. >> only through incompetence, yes. >> what does that mean? >> that means the people looking at the data weren't competent to see a threat coming. >> so in other words, you think that terror attack could have been prevented in other ways without violating the privacy -- >> absolutely. >> and you heard what dianne feinstein said, she's a liberal progressi

but senator dianne feinstein, chair of the intelligence committee defended the tactics saying, quote,ave been approximately 100 plots and also arrests made since 2009 by the fbi. i do not know to what extent method data was used or if it was used but i know this, that terrorists will come after us if they can and the only thing we have to can deter this is good intelligence. joining me now is alex boltton, congressional correspondent for the hill covering this story. alex, with a welcome to you, is there any information about plots that were thwarted specifically by this prism program or the phone tapping program, and not just the overall patriot act? >> well, what law enforcement officials are pointing to is the case of naygy bulu zazi who was a coffee cart vendor who sent an e-mail to an address linked to senior al qaeda leaders asking about the recipe for a flour-based explosive. and that tripped off alarms and law enforcement officials pursued zazi and ultimately he pled guilty to plotting to bomb the new york subway system. when congress was debating an extension of the law, the

dianne feinstein, saxby chambliss have come out in support of the program. harry reid. right?rybody is out to chill. this is nothing new. the white house defends this. the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch are all saying no big deal. >> true, and it's interesting the president clearly has defenders on this. but here is what the critics say. they say the executive branch is doing this. they go to this fisa court. they have made 1,788 requests to the fisa court to do this. guess how many times the fisa court has said no? >> not once. >> not once. if you are looking to the judicial to be an independent oversight of the executive request, it doesn't look like they are doing that. then you go to the congress and you do have serious and respected members of congress saying that they have been very alarmed by this. ron wyden of oregon has been talking about this. >> and mark eudall of colorado. >> these are serious peek talking about this. they talked in the past in the most cryptic ways because they were prohibited from confirming or releasing what was

and dianne feinstein was the big supporter of that and i stopped supporting dianne feinstein then.ublican senate? >> yeah, the problem is the only other alternative is to not vote -- >> the only other alternative is to primary her out with someone a little more on the left. that's what you thought. >> stephanie: whoever thought that al franken -- anyway eighteen minutes afterthe hour. we continue the "stephanie miller show." >> oh, come on you have got to admit this is cool! >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. ♪ ♪ oh, but ain't that america, for you and -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ ain't that america, home of the free, yeah ♪ >> stephanie: yeah. it is the -- >> well for now. >> stephanie: or ain't that's germany, depending on your point of view. >> you should read tom hartman's article. >> stephanie:

speaking to reporters at the capitol today, senator dianne feinstein, the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee said this has been an ongoing process that has been used for several years and is legal under the patriot act. much more on this story tonight at 5:00. abc 7 news. >> we are on storm watch this afternoon as we keep an eye on tropical storm andrea. it has already started severe weather in florida and now it is headed our way. >> we are tracking that. it is our first named storm of the system. it is off the northwestern coast of florida. this will impact us here locally by tomorrow. taking a look outside right now. a fair amount of forecast. fair amount of sunshine peeking through. this is along the 81 corridor. a couple of sprinkles possible. mid-'70s right now. upper 60s to the west. the showers are working their way from west to east. tomorrow a better chance of widespread showers. some of those could be on the heavier side. cloudy near 70. could be some slowdown in dallas as well. out west plenty of sunshine and mild weather. coming up, the details on how much rain we get

dianne feinstein said i'm open to every month having new oversight.ng something illegal is not trust. so what did he blow the whistle on? i don't get it? it is wider than maybe we realized. >> all of the documents haven't been released yet. more and more is going to come out as this thing goes along. >> stephanie: and someone else said that maybe we should hold off on what we defy or vilify him for. >> exactly. >> stephanie: we have always said you have to be consisted, when they outed valley plain, to me that was clear treason, and people probably got killed because of that. that couldn't have been clearer to me. you know, this leak you go this clearly is a huge -- this -- people -- a lot of people could die. this is the largest national security leak in our history, and again, an yell ellsburg said nobody died from his leak, and maybe he was proven out on that and jacki was the person who brought that up yesterday, there was definitely a self grandizing portion of this. and it's like why are you looking to get away if you think you are such a hero.

republican, senator dianne feinstein -- i mean, she has -- well, she shares his news.hare of the senate intelligence committee and says he committed an act of treason. the same goes for house homeland security committee member, former chairman, republican congressman, peter king hussein's edward snowden is a danger to the nation. president obama, urease. 2013. president obama. his justice department is weighing in in preparing criminal charges against him. and friday the president defended the nsa surveillance program sank, they make a difference in preventing terrorist attacks on this country and american. and another case for labeling he and his actions zeroth, if you can imagine that this happeeed. and none other thaa bollenbach and michael more. these men could not be more opposite in their political views typically. but he tweeted out that edward snowden has the earmarks of a real hero. and more. more calls in the hero of the year. i mean, i have to sit here and just kind of looked. by the way, we want to say thanks as always for leaving me my chalkboard. that was

you have stuff that is a lot of people that you saw from saxby chambliss to dianne feinstein.ets tarred tah the same brush as the irs and snooping and reporters do legitimate things that might protect us take a different col. >>> you saw in the case of the doj, the james rosen investigation those are abuses of power and it is what gives people cause when you talk about things like the nsa program. that is a potential abuse of power and if it were to be abused it would be tremendously invasive and problematic abuse of power. the nsa program at least as it relates to the verizon part of it is operating basically as it was designed. >> chris: but is there a danger of a backlash where legitimately surveillance may somehow be tarred because of the fact we had the other scandals. >> and for one reason in particular. president bush ran the government every day talking about the war on terror and the need to do everything legal to thwart the terrorist threat. president obama announced two weeks ago we are no longer under serious threat al-qaeda and yet the programs persist and in some

dianne feinstein's argument is that he -- the means justify the ends and mbe we got a bad guy and therogram oy, which it doesn't because the program violates to federal law and the constitution. i think, you know, he would be charged with --bout his actual conduct. and while we have dianne feinstein saying that tall we senate committee saying, look, there is a secret interpretation here. and in the american people, if they knew what itas there would benchored in now raised. so there is disagreementn congress, and i thinkhe atsphere -- it's hard for tm not to play a role. messa: real quick, what is your bet on whaa happens to have? you have so much experience. howwoes itlay out? >> i bet either he isranted asylum because he has a valid fear of political persecution, or if he ends up in the stats unfortunately you will be prosecuted, likely under the espionage act. melissa: thankou for coming on. we appreciate it. next, the emergency manager o detroit unveila broad restructuring plan to save t ty. can prevent the biggest municipal bankrucy i u.s. history? one of the city's former mayor

members of the intelligence committee, dianne feinstein who has to say it's okay because she's known about this and not just known about it, senator wyden has known about it and complained. she's known about it and done nothing as the leader of the intelligence community. she has to say that. >> one of the things we've seen throughout the post 9/11 era the oversight communities haven't been in line with the intelligence community. brenda and spencer ackerman having a bang-up first day on the jab at the guardian. >>> a tea party hero who sued the federal government over obama-care is doing everything she can to save obama-care in her state. i'll tell you about the latest red state reversal next. >>> coming up next, everyone remembers this famous picture. now arizona governor jan brewer is giving a different finger to her own republican legislature. i'll tell you why. >>> a film with so many jaw dropping revelations you will think it must be fiction even though it is absolutely real. stay with us. >>> medicaid restoration deserve as vote by the legislators! >> i amazing that was arizon

>> there is, for instance, dianne feinstein who is supportive of these programs. wants detailed information out there -- >> were incidents prevented. when you think about national security and whether it's deployed through intelligence like this or sending drones abroad, innocence wrapped up in these and may find cases where capacity is being used for nonterrorist related stuff. we're being told by the government, trust us. when you do things like we have, trust diminishes. most of the laws we have in place are not designed for benign leadership or a good guy like barack obama to run in. they're basically put in place because we have to fear a bad leader coming in and doing things. i would not want to live under a bad leader with the kind that we're showing. >> let's speak to one more institutional point when his colleague and jeff murkily and now that, you know, as well, mike lee rand paul and others and senator are talking about come is that on the face of it, the laws that congress have passed to balance surveillance in some way, even if you think they're too b

i am dianne feinstein. i prefer if we assume these sweeping powers we at least have the conversation first. >> and polls show if you ask the american public they are okay with this if it means being safer. and they might have a distinction between what is looking at some arbitrary numbers and finding a pattern. they are not okay with the other stuff of reading things. bill, speaking of reading, snowden was living in hawaii with his girlfriend and making $200,000 a year. you live in a cardboard box with a squirrel making not quite $12,000 a year. is snowden crazy giving up all he had for this? >> yes but let's question -- the fact that we are getting to know him is we are getting to know what kind of background you need to become somebody like this. this guy got out of basic training after he broke both of his legs in the army. there is nothing bad about that. he did not finish high school. 24r* is nothing bad about that. does it make him more qualified? does it make him qualified overall? i don't know. i wi

. >> the senate intelligence committee leadership, dianne feinstein and saxby chambliss confirmed itas a reauthorization for a 7-year-old program. we don't know whether the still classified program was recently expanded though democratic senators complain that is likely. former employees this worked on classified data collection at the agency believes phone call recordings were also stored. >> it is much easier to collect it and store it some where and have it available even if it is six months old or a year old or are two years old or, however, many to be able to have the data to look at to confirm my suspicions. >> and the classified court order seems to conflict with public statements by the intelligence community. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. there are are cases where are they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not wittingly. >> and tonight, an interview with the national journal clapper stood by the comments insisting the intelligence community does not randoml

you heard from dianne feinstein, mike rogers, and we haven't heard from president obama.son he retained these programs, some would argue he expanded them, others say he kept them in their same form. but if the president of the united states believes they're effective enough to keep them, he needs to be the one leading that argument and giving us i think some specifics. there's been some debate. >> is there a sense on the hill he is not going to? >> i think there's concern on capitol hill and in the intelligence community that the president has not been stepping forward. if you look at jay carney's press briefing yesterday, for instance, as a leading indicator where the administration is, i think there's frustration among officials who say the president asked us to keep this program, he believes it is effective, he's getting massive amounts of information in particular from this program they're talking about as prism, 702 program, and he is not leading the defense, where others lead the defense in a way that persuade the american people. the poll numbers aren't surprising,

. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein said she would be willing to open up hearings on this to haveore oversight on the hill. president obama, of course, out here traveling in southern california. he's just wrapping up a two-day summit with china's president, xi jinping. they discussed a number of issues, including north korea, but the issue about the surveillance program continued to be on the table. he defended it, saying it is necessary for national security and pointed out there is congressional and judicial oversight. alex? >> okay, kristen welker, save travels. thank you. >>> joining me is democratic congressman dennis horseberg. welcome to you. i'm glad to have you here to join us. >> that i, alex. >> i want to talk about what president obama said in his rashes on friday in which congress was fully aware of the phone-tapping program. many of your colleagues are saying that's not quite true. how much did you know before the articles came out? >> well, to date, we have not been fully briefed. there are some members of congress who have been briefed, and that's actually one of t

. ♪ >> senator dianne feinstein wants the nsa to release a list of thwarted terrorist attacks to provethe program is working. nbc news michael isikopf jones us. >> good evening, larry. >> the public i think is starting not to believe a word of it. >> well, first of all, you have to remember that senator feinstein has been a backer of the program she has a vested interest in showing these programs have been successful. so she's pushing for more disclosure of those, of these presumed thwarted terrorist attacks. the problem when you get these list, it's hard to evaluate. you get such little information. we used to get them during the bush years about the enhanced interrogation programs. as you know, there has been plenty of contention about whether they actually did thwart the kind of attacks tarp made, lots of second-guessing about that. this remains inherrintally selective disclosurement at the same time what we are not hearing from senator feinstein and people in the administration is the release of other key do you means that might shed a less flattering light on this program. in part

tweet, and we have not independently confirmed that at nbc news, but john mccain going with dianne feinstein house chief of staff to gitmo today. developing now, we have the new jobs report number released a hour ago, andless than an hour ago actually. american employers continued the steady pace of hiring in may. 175,000 jobs were added, and that is better than expected, but the unemployment rate still ticked up 1/10 of a point to 7.6%. the labor department says it is reflective of the people looking for work, and stimulated jobs in april. but the economy needs 63,000 jobs per month to bring down the unemployment rate to 6% in the next six years. we go to our correspondent jim tankersley. jim? the way that nbc put it is despite theç anticipation of t summer swoon, the u.s. economy continued to make jobs at a relatively steady pace in may. good news or asterisk? >> there is good news and of course, an asterisk. >> always. >> the good news is that we are creating jobs and drawing people back into the labor force and we like that. that is a good trend, but the bad news is that the jobs we are

morning, including the chairs of the house and senate intelligence committee including senators dianne feinstein and congressman mike rogers. that's coming up later this morning on "this week." >> speaking of wild, a lot of other news breaking overnight, so let's go to resident wild man, ron claiborne. >> thank you very much. >> good morning, dan, bianna. good morning, everyone. we begin with the outrage of philadelphia mayor demanding severe punishment for the heavy equipment operator charged in that deadly building collapse a couple days ago. the suspect, 42-year-old sean benschop turned himself in to police on saturday. he was allegedly high on marijuana and codeine when the crane fell. six people were killed and 13 were injured. mayor michael nutter said that he's hoping for the harshest levels of charges to be brought against him and in his words, that he be punished accordingly. >>> and residents of tornado-ravaged of moore, oklahoma, have a new problem on their hands, looters. police say people from as far away as new york state and virginia -- listen to this one -- have been coming to mo

on thursday, senate intelligence committee chairman dianne feinstein defended the government's actions. >> as far as i know, this is the exact three-month renewal of what has been the case for the past seven years. bys renewal is carried out the fisa court and to the business records section of the patriot act. therefore, it is lawful. >> we will speak with glenn greenwald on the story after the headlines. fighting between syrian rebels and government forces has approached the israeli-occupied golan heights. austria has announced it is withdrawing nearly 400 u.n. peacekeepers from the golan heights after syrian rebels briefly overran a crossing point near the border with israel. protests continue in turkey despite a call from the turkish prime minister that they must end immediately. thousands of protesters remain in istanbul's taksim square. some chanted for the prime minister to resign as the watched a broadcast of his address. the british government has agreed to pay out a total of $22 million to a group of over 5000 veterans of kenya's's mau mau resistance movement. more than 100,0

dianne feinstein hayes the practice is legal. >> terrorists will come after us if they can. and the only thing that we have to deter this is good intelligence, to understand that a plot is being hatched and to get their before they get to us. >> feinstein says the date ta collection program operates under a secret warrant authorized by the patriot act and signed every three months by a judge. >>> we're learning more about the fbi investigation regarding ron calderon. they asked him about a southern california water district. the lawmaker's brother works as a consultant for the district. calderon has not been seen at the capitol since fbi raided his office on tuesday. >>> search crews in philadelphia pulled a woman from the rubble of a collapsed building there. 61-year-old myra meeken was pulled from the debris. it took rescuers four hours to find her. >> she's a -- alive and being transmitted to the hospital. that's all of the information we have on her. that's the -- that's the update. that's the status. we just wanted to report the good news that we did make a rescue. she'

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having me on. >>> let's get a response from the chairs of the intelligence committees, democrat dianne feinstein from the senate republican mike rogers from the house and senator feinstein, let me begin with you. you heard mr. greenwald and setor udall right there they believe that the balance between privacy and national security is out of whack with these programs. your response? >> well, of course, balance is a difficult thing to actually identify what it is, but i can tell you this, these programs are within the law. the business records section is reviewed by a federal judge every 90 days, it should be noted that the document that was released that was under seal which reauthorized the program for another 90 days came along with a second document that placed and discussed the strictures on the program. that document was not released. so here's what happens with that program. the program is essentially walled off within the nsa. there are limited numbers of people who have access to it. the only thing taken as has been correctly expressed is not content of a conversation, but the information

and just crossing the wires senator dianne feinstein saying this is court ordered is actually a threectice it was signed of the 25th and runs through july 19th. >> this order requires sharing the telephone numbers, location time and duration of calls. it does not require the contents of the conversations be turned over. horizon has yet to comment on the report. this morning a senior obama administration defended the idea of saying the type of information describing the report has been a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats. >> new and startling developments surrounding the investigation into the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. the entire government legal team investigation has abruptly resigned. according to several city officials for california public utilities commission lawyers up and quit there were the commission's main experts on the blast that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. >> several officials are calling on the state attorney general to look into the reasons behind the resignations. this comes as the agency was to decide a fine for p

members of the intelligence committee, dianne feinstein who has to say it's okay because she's known about this and not just known about it, senator wyden has known about it and complained. she's known about it and done nothing as the leader of the intelligence community. she has to say that. >> one of the things we've seen throughout the post 9/11 era the oversight committees in the senate and the house have been in line with the intelligence community on these issues. brenda and spencer ackerman having a bang-up first day on the jab at the guardian. thank you both. >>> a tea party hero who sued the federal government over obama-care is doing everything she can to save obama-care in her state. i'll tell you about the latest red state reversal next. when you do what i do, you think about risk. i don't like the ups and downs of the market, but i can't just sit on my cash. i want to be prepared for the long haul. ishares minimum volatility etfs. investments designed for a smoother ride. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blac

on "abc this morning" dianne feinstein defended that practice. >> they believe that the balance betweenrivacy and national security is out of wack when these programs. your response? >> well, of course, balance is a difficult thing to actually identify what it is, but i can tell you this -- these programs are within the law. >> well, the practices of the nsa may be not legal but are they an invasion? joining us now with more on this is alex warty of the national journal and amy stoddard of the hill. good sunday to both of you. while feinstein has been asportive, we've been watching her comments over the last week, democratic senator udall voiced concerns on cnn. listen to that and get your response. >> i expect the government to protect my privacy, and it feels like that isn't what's been happening. again, there's a line, but this, to me, the scale of it and the fact that the law was being secretly interpreted has long concerned me. i'm glad we're having this debate. >> so, secretly interpreted. there are those secret fisa courts and determining how the law should be carried out. what d

i want to mention that dianne feinstein read a letter that asked her to. she lead the letter asking the fisa court to declassify the secret interpretations. senator wyden joined that. udall joined that. this could bring folks who might disagree on the content of the policy together to say, but we need to have an open and public debate about the standards and whether we're off track. >> when we talked about this before we talked about the last time that you tried to move forward in this direction legislatively, you were able to get three dozen other senators to join you at the time. since we've had this uproar over the last week or so out of this new information that has been leaked, are you finding new allies that you didn't have before? are you attracting more support? >> well, we just introduced a bill today. we have seven sponsors, bipartisan sponsors. but they're the sponsors i think all within the group that supported it previously. so now we're going to start the work of educating those who voted against it before. many of them voted against it becau

senator dianne feinstein talk about snowden this morning. >> i don't think this man is a whistle-blower. whatever his motives are, he could have stayed and faced the music. i don't think running is a noble thought. i don't think there's anything noble. he has taken an oath, and these oaths mean something. if you can't keep the oath, get out. and then do something about it in a legal way. >> many people don't agree with the government's position. representative nancy pelosi, seen here friday, was booed in san jose yesterday. she defendedded the surveil perhaps program before a gathering of progressive activist at networks nation. >> amazing video shows an unwanted guest ruining dinner at a restaurant in australia. a group of people were finishing up when, bam, a van drove through the window in the front. the driver had been eating just a few tables away minutes before. while driving away, he lost control. hopped the curb, crashed into the restaurant. he was arrested for drunk driving. >>> just ahead, the war of words of the world's ugliest dog. and can a little butter and coffee help imp

. >> and king's colleagues senator dianne feinstein who confirmed the data collection slammed the forcecollecting classified information program. >> this is a three-month program under seal that was leaked. >> should the leak be investigated? >> i think so. i think that we have become a culture of leaks now. >> culture of leaks, and a culture of investigators. and joining me is new york democratic congressman steve israel. it is great to have you here in person and i0want to show you the cover of "usa today" saying that dianne feinstein calls it protecting america and rand paul calls ate enastounding assault on the constitution, and you are a scyber security expert, and what do you make of this? is this necessary for protection of americans and the best interest for us? >> well, thank you for having me on first of all and this tension of protecting the personal privacy and the national security is as old as the republic, and the alien sedition acts, and the patriot act and now this. there is always a profound tension between protecting the personal privacy and the national security, an

i agree with dianne feinstein. we need to look at this more carefully and we need to come to grips with a policy. i think this program as i made the point a few days ago was being conducted legally. that is, consistent with american law, law that was adopted by the congress subsequent to 9/11 so that this is not a rogue policy. unlike the bush interception of information which was not done pursuant to law, was not checked by any court, we changed that in the fisa reauthorization bill some years ago, but the fact of the matter is this is a legal exercise of the authority given by the congress. the question is, do we want to limit it? do we want to make it more specific and what are the tradeoffs that will be involved in that limitation. so i think this is going to be on the front burner for discussion and debate and i think it will be done so in a bipartisan way. not in a partisan way. there are different points of view of democrats and different points of view of republicans. >> did edward snowden perform a service