national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> first dick costello at the university of michigan. vince steve wozniak at the university of california berkeley. the gerald ford residential foundation recognizes to journalists every year for their reporting on the presidency and national defense. this is at the national press club. we will bring you live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span tw2. witnesses include acting irs commissioner danny warble. i arrested out facing a lawsuit in connection with this targeting of groups applying for taxes it status. you can watch the hearing live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. he indicated that he wanted the death penalty on each of the three charges. he wanted it three times. that made me realize how serious they were. it was not about me. , i couldn't be killed three times. it was about the construction of this imaginary enemy. i was the embodiment of that enemy. >> she wasn't that interested in talking about what happened. the crime, the implications. she was not that interested in talking about it. she is one of the

costello. we begin with president obama hitting back at critics who charge the government is spying on american citizens. mr. obama says come on, i'm no dick cheney. the president defending his administration against charges that it abused its power and trampled on american civil liberties in the process. we begin this morning with white house correspondent brianna keilar. >> reporter: in a candid and unusually long interview with pbs's charlie rose, president obama revealed how defending the homeland weighs on him, even as he discussed his goal of helping the middle class. >> and that is the thing that i'm going to be focused on for the remainder of my presidency along with the basics like making sure nobody blows us up. >> reporter: obama stood by newly revealed nsa programs that gather vast amounts of phone and online data from millions of americans. >> should this be transparent in some way? >> it is transparent. that's why we set up the fisa court. >> that's the secret court that rules on warrants for surveillance. it's suggestions his administration has been heavy handed, obama bristles. >> some people say well, obama was this raving