three years went by, and we had edward snowden. i was happy it took someone less than 40 years for edward snowden, as he put it, saying for. >> you said there's no material difference in what you did, the information you released and what manning or edward snowden made available. in your case there were 7,000 pages of documents. you read every one before times". there are hundreds of thousands of documents in edward snowden's case, more than a million in mannings. is there not a case to be made that what they did mite have been a tad more reckless than what you did in 1971. >> there's certainly risks in it, in that they couldn't judge entirely obviously what problems mite arise from some material they hadn't red in detail. if they asked me to put it out. i would have been reluctant to put out material i had not read. i wouldn't have done it as a matter of fact. in retrospect, having seen what was charged, and what actually happened, i was too cautious. >> what it comes down to, they justed the journalists that they were going to wo

edward snowden, and the story behind the scary headlines. during the cold war, miami based radio and tv survived a diplomat thaw under way between the u.s. and cuba. azerbaijan want visitors it the european games to see the good side of the country, and will lock journalists out if they have to >>> how did he do that. look closely between the lines. june 14th, the had line - british spy betrayed. the sunday times had a story that all the files leaked by edward snowden had done serious damage putting people in the field at risk. the sunday times ran a peace strong on anonymous content. no one was willing to put their name to the allegation and painfully weak on evidence. the paper owned by rupert murdoch stood by its report. the story was in washington and london, setting off court rulings, congressional votes and independent studies, whittling away at the argument that mass surveillance is legitimate. our starting point this week is london. >>> it was a story from anonymous sources that british intelligence agents had to be pulled out of cou

arrive in geneva >>> britain withdraws spies from overseas operations after russia and china crack edward snowden files. >>> supporting a family on $10 a day. why this rohingya migrant in thailand is one of the lucky ones >>> heads of state are gathering in south africa. the theme is women's empower: the political unrest in burundi is expected to dominate the agenda. leaders want dialogue to end the civil war and are calling four unity over xenophobic attacks. >> there is questions over who is attending. the international criminal court asks for the arrest of this pan. sudan's president basheer. let's take you live to johannesburg. our correspondent is at the commence. what do we expect to happen today. >> as you mentioned a lot of attention is paid to who is attending the summit. a lot of controversy around the arrival of sudanese president basheer, and to get you up to speed on the organization what they are saying they want south africa to respect the obligations of the i.c.c. to the statute, and they want an order from the court. so far the court is yet to make a ruling. they want the departm

so far, lincoln chafee is the only person to say edward snowden should be allowed to come home. he hasn't elaborated on whether or not he is a traitor or not, but i still feel like it's political kryptonite. i interviewed all the guys on hill who are working in the wake of edward snowden to reform our surveillance state. no one will say he has done a good thing for the country. >> right. and part of that is because even though a victory was scored this week for, you know for snowden and those who agree with him that it's unconstitutional, that all these overreaches have taken place, the fact is that even after the bulk collection of phone records was ruled unconstitutional, the vast

we have known since edward snowden first exposed the

is the usa freedom act a victory for edward snowden.y a lion in a wildlife park in south africa. >> ah! >> we're going to look whether such parks are getting what they deserve by courting danger by putting man and beast in such close quarters. hi, everybody, i'm thomas roberts. we want to start with breaking news in boston and terror investigation, just about an hour ago here live on the air that police wrapped up a meeting with local religious leaders and came out to address reporters and showed surveillance video of this incident that took place yesterday to the community leaders. in that video, it showed police shooting and killing 26-year-old rahim, they were trying to question rahim, when he brandished a military style life. rahim's brother questioned the act saying he was shot in the back. police have said he was shot in the torso and abdomen. but ministers who saw the video say that appears to not be the case. >> the video is inconclusive, i don't think he was shot in the back by virtue of that however we couldn't see clearly at

british intelligence officers have been compromised because of edward snowden. the kremlin is using stolen files to target mi6 agents >>> hillary clinton campaigned in iowa addressing a crowd of several hundred supporters in drum in and will work to help the transpacific trade deal. >>> jed bush the former governor unveiled a jed 2016 logo and is expected to announce his candidacy tomorrow. david shuster has a look at the latest bush. >> i've been blessed to be part of a family that committed its hive to public service. >> reporter: jed bush hails from a prominent family in u.s. history, second of president bush, and brother of former president george w. bush. >> i love my brother and dad - i love my mother as well i hope that's okay and i admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make. but i'm my own man, and my views are shaped by my own thinking and experiences. >>> jed bush was born and raised in texas, attending phillips exodus academy in massachusetts, an exchange programme in mexico was a defining moment in his life. that'

he first exposed edward snowden's revelations around mass surveillance. his recent piece for the intercept is headlined "anonymous fearmongering about the patriot act from the white house and nyt." welcome back to democracy now! why don't you start off by talking about the significance of these key provisions of the usa patriot act sunsetting, expiring early this morning? >> i think the greatest significance of the most recent event is more symbolic than anything else, but it still is quite significant. it is really worth comparing the debate we are now having to what passed for a debate both in 2005 and 2011 over whether to renew the patriot act. remember, even after 9/11 and the weeks after 9/11 when the country was willing to give the government essentially anything it ask for, the patriot act was regarded as extremely radical piece of legislation, a very fundamental departure for how we always understood what the government could and could not do when spying on us. even in the wake of 9/11, it was regarded that way. that is the reason why when it was

. >> edward snowden claiming the n.s.a. is collecting information on americans expanding it's collection in secret. >> fears of a serial shooter in colorado authorities trying to figure out whether three cases are linked. >> this is aljazeera america. good morning. live from new york city, i'm randall pinkston. the government is beefing up security today after one of the largest data breaches in history, hackers made their way into the files at the office of personnel management, taking personal information from at least 4 million current and former federal workers. investigators are saying evidence points to china being responsible, but this morning china is saying that accusation is irresponsible. mike viqueira has the latest. >> this information started to break late thursday when the office of personnel management, the human resources department for the entire federal government reports that they had discovered a breach. in april they updated their cyber security protocols and discovered the breach but it had begun in s

the nsa itself says they have no idea how many documents edward snowden documented.argument is just filled with lies in order to help these anonymous people in government who are too cowardly to say these claims themselves. in the article it says the government official whose identity we're hiding says that snowden has blood on his hands. later it says there's no evidence anyone has been harmed. well if there's no evidence anyone has been harmed how can he have blood on his hands? it's just a way of smearing whistleblowers and sources. if you go back to 1971 when the pentagon papers was leaked nixon officials did the same thing. they planted claims with the media that elsburg had secretly passed sensitive documents to the kremlin, to the soviet union. this is what they do in every case. responsible journalists questioned. whether or not there's evidence for it whereas propaganda simply printed without any questioning of it and that's what the sunday times has con. >> the u.s. charged edward snowden with espionage back in 2013. >>> still ahead, big weekend in politics

mccain was calling out the unlawful acts of edward snowden.n and all still be a secret if it hadn't been for the enormous personal sacrifice he made. >> edward snowden made a wide variety of disclosures. including not just this program and what we were doing to spy on the russians at the g20 summit. while the government was keeping too many secret and doing things it wasn't supposed to be doing, the correct system is not for some person in the apparatus. other disclosures in there were not good for the country. i don't think it gives him blanket absolution. >> i don't think anybody's saying blanket absolution but there should be some acknowledgement that what he did was actually important in starting a massive national debate. >> i don't think anybody has pointed to anything he revealed that caused a serious problem where they had been able to say this disclosure really threatened national security. >> i've talked to them on stories repeatedly, and they will give that blanket scare mongering. when you try to pin them down on anything, they're

this after russia and china reportedly decrypted files stolen by nsa leaker edward snowden. senior british officials tell "the sunday times" more than one million classified files were opened. the identities of special agents could be jeopardized. they have been removed from hostile countries. you will remember that edward snowden is currently living in russia where he was granted asylum. u.s. officials charge him with espionage. >> these allegations are all in an article in the "sunday times" in the u.k. they alleged that mi-6 which is the foreign intelligence unitof the british government had to pull their service members from live operations in hostile countries after they say russia and chinese governments dekriptd files taken by the nsa leaker edward snowden. it doesn't indicate in that article how those files were taken, whether they were handed over or somehow hacked in. of course, when edward snowden passed through the region, he spent two weeks in hong kong and then fled to russia, never spending time in mainland china and he has repeatedly himself said on the reco

thirdly, russian said hosting edward snowden is a humanitarian gesture. russias going to be unlikely to blow that story. if russia does say anything about this, it's probably going to be along the lines of this is a smear campaign from the british intelligence services and the british government against edward snowden to cover up for british intelligence's own intelligence gathering misdeeds. given the hard information contained within the sunday times report, it should be easy for them to make that claim if they choose to do so. >> the umbrellales are out in hong kong, but not because it's range. protestors take the symbol of democracy back to the streets. >> in azerbaijan, the government said there are no political prisoners, but dozens are behind bars. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> south africa's high court has met to consider if sudan'

there are plenty of people around the world who's edward snowden as having done a great job for liberty if you like. he's exposed the way that certain governments carried out mass surveillance programs on innocent civilians. on the other hand, there are many people in western governments who are extremely worried about the implications of what he's done. they've said that he has acted against their national interests and that in the long run would have exposed and put agents and spies, if you like, in danger. what's come out in the last 24 hours will perhaps just hardened tuesday. his critics will say this strengthens their argument that what he did was extremely dangerous and that he does deserve to be put on trail. some people have called him a traitor in the united states, other people assert he's a whistle blower and somebody who simply stood up tort rights of the average citizen. i think that's where we stand at the moment. >> ok, thank you. >> a space probe traveling on the back of a comet has woken up from seven months of hibernation and made contact with earth for more than a mi

chris christie as well attacking rand paul for siding with edward snowden. owden was behind all of those leaks regarding the math surveillance of the national security agency. some saying this is an indication for snowden, the fact that this act has been allowed to expire. and the journalist who interviewed edward snowden and facilitated those leaks in many ways, he has been vocal on social media as well, saying that people who are warning of dangers from the last of the patriot act have been exploiting fear for years and have zero credibility. and there are those making fun of the fear mongers. i think that speaks for itself. and there is this one. i think the fear mongers are being a little too vocal. >> really going to town on twitter there. interesting stuff. similar debate here in france with internet users on the new surveillance laws here in france. >> that is right, because just one month ago there was the house in parliament voted by 70% for what became known as the french patriot act. extensive capability for the french spy agencies to bulk collect

it is a reminder that edwards snowden is still here. the material that he released the still around and it is still leaking out. do you think that two years later -- monday is the second anniversary of the first disclosures from his cache, has congress's action in this week anyway vindicated him as a whistleblower or does he remain a criminal who should be prosecuted? a criminal? senator leahy: i think that a number of senators have voted for reform, and those who voted against it -- i will let them speak for themselves. the fact of the matter is what we have done. one of the reasons -- it is interesting. he was, at that time, the majority leader of the house. and we got together to put the provision in. now, if we didn't have the sunset provision, do you think congress would have been acting and looking at these things from snowden? you can argue whether his disclosures -- the thing that really made it happen is that we had sunset provisions and we had that one way or the other. i glad those were there. i wish we had acted last year. b

intelligence services to smear edward snowden, and deflect from the u.k. intelligence services misdeeds. given the short supply of hard information that's been in the sunday times report it should be easy for the russians to make that claim if they wish to do so >>> rory challands in moscow >>> a senior defense official told al jazeera that the russian aggression prompted the u.s. defense secretary to respond. the president plans to present n.a.t.o. with a proposal to send heavy weaponry to the baltic states. the u.n. was part of the country taking part in exercises along the coast. this shows n.a.t.o.'s determination to defend the region. >> it's all about alliance and unity, alliance solidarity and security of the baltic region the alliance came together with 14 alliance members and three partners, and a special relationship with a huge flotilla of forces at sea to conduct a full sprect rum of operations from air defense, anti-submarine and amphibious landings. it shows a strong message of resolve. >> in azerbaijan a leading critic of the government has

>>reporter: it's two years now since edward snowden fled the united states. of course he ended up in russia where he still resides. now, the sunday times is reporting that both russia and china have managed to access around a million of those secret documents forcing western intelligence agencies including britain's own spy service mi 6 to pull agents out of the field for fear of their safety. the prime minister's office here in london are not directly commenting on the reports but are saying there's no evidence anyone has been harmed. snowden supporters have always maintained he acted in public interest but these latest accusations will strengthen the arguments among his critics that in fact he's always posed a threat to the national interests of countries such as the u.s. and britain. >>> a comet lander has woken up after seven months and made contact with earth. it's moved close to the sun and started working again transmitting data to scientists in germany for 85 seconds. >> it appears the lander is healthy. it's operational. and we will work now in the c

this was due to the great sacrifice of edward snowden. would just like to have the opportunity to thank him for what he did for all americans, democrats and republicans because he stood up, at great personal cost to himself and his family, and i support him, and i believe the president of the united states should part in mr. snowden, and he should be recognized for the stuff that he revealed out there. that is my comment. host: the president has released a statement on the senate action in terms of the moving forward on debate. and they said, the president said, rather, the president took an important if late step forward tonight. this was a short-lived as possible on a matter of national security. they must put aside their partisan motivations and act swiftly. the american people deserve nothing less. calls from smithfield, tennessee, independent line. aaron, welcome. guest: i want to say that i was agreeing with rand paul, that you can just go after these terrorists who are a threat to america. let me just say that i agree with him. the

and newly leaked documents from edward snowden claimed the nsa has explained its spying in secret including collecting information on americans. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city i'm stephanie sy. good news for the economy, the latest job s report showed 280,000 new jobs created last month. the unemployment rate edged up slightly to 5.5%. and workers are being paid more as well. average hourly wages picked up $0.08. that is up 2.3% year-over-year. to help us make sense of these numbers, we are joinedly a labor economist and the former president of bennett college for women. thank you for your time. how excited should we do about this 28,000 headline number? >> we should be guardedly excited. that's the best news out of the unemployment report is the 280,000. you'll be hearing a lot about it because it's the key number. economists thought we looked something more like 230, maybe as low as 200. but at the same time -- >> go ahead. >> one might ask what kind of jobs were created. one might look at the unemployment rate and look at subgroups. a 5.5% is, quote, not bad, b

and asking you today -- is this a victory for nsa leaker edward snowden, whose illegal actions brought the extent of the nsa surveillance program to light. that is our bing pulse question today. weigh in at pulse.com msnbc.com. we'll have responses later. we'll be right back. ♪ one, two, three o'clock. four o'clock pop. ♪ five, six, seven o'clock. eight o'clock pop. ♪ ♪ nine, ten eleven o'clock ♪ ♪ twelve o'clock pop ♪ ♪ we're gonna pop around the clock tonight. ♪ pop in new tide pods plus febreze a 4 in 1 detergent. now with 24-hour freshness. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic

a campaign of demagoguery and disinformation laumpled in the wake of the unlawful actions of edward snowdenwas the contractor who revealed details on how the organization was collecting information. still they are expected to pass an extension and the bill would remake the legislation for phone records. time is running out. the prime minister of cyprus is extending hopes on leaders of germany and france. tsipras on the phone with angela merkel and hollande. they must come up with more funds to avoid default. the greek are balking at making changes to labor rules and the sales tax. in italy there was an election victory for mateo renzi who held on to five of seven regions holding local elections and came to power last year without winning a national election. renzi has been trying to bolster grassroots support for his agenda. close to another deal in the semiconductor industry. i keep checking my bloomberg here. bloomberg news reporting intel is near an agreement to buy altera. there have been reports it would be $15 billion. shares are rise drag in europe. last week it was agreed to buy bro

do you think that edward snowden has gotten some vindication in the last three weeks? >> yes.lways thought that what he did was courageous and patriotic. i am one of those. tweet away those saying i hate my country. i think when you have a government whose national security motto is i'll tap that that's problematic. >> if that was the motto, maybe people would have less of an issue with it. do you think it poses a moral conundrum? the guy that is defending democracy is also maybe on the wrong side of the law? >> right. there's the law and there's the spirit of the times, which i think was alluded to in the top there. the fact is that people just feel very differently about this than they did 14 years ago. a story by peter baker, 77 senators voted to ratchet back the surveillance apparatus earlier this week. back in 2001 how many senators voted against the patriot act? one. something that obviously has to do with fear. very afraid as a country after 9/11. i think it has to do with all the other ways because of the growth of mobile technology, the way that thinking about our own

serious attacks in algeria in 2013 that killed 38 people including three americans. >>> nsa leaker edward snowden has now reportedly put u.s. and british spies at risk. the sunday times of london reports yesterday that because russia asknd china have decoded a million files leaked by snowden, as a result, the british has pulled its spies out of quote, hostile countries, and u.s. intelligence agencies are on high alert. nbc'sal alastair jamison joins us live from london. alastair, thank you for joining us. it is so encrypted, they say they would not be able to gather this information, but that report is being challenged as well. it seems the allegations are that that is not the case. >> absolutely. there is a huge amount of skepticism about this report. this emerged on sunday in britain's sunday times newspaper which quoted that snowden's leaks are incaptureable damage in countries like russia and china. the reports say they have withdrawn agents from countries such as russia and china because of information that had been secured from these edward snowden leaks. however, they offered no evidence a

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a resounding victory for edward snowden. >> the senate passed a freedom act -- >> which ends bulk collection of data. >> they decided to stop monitoring our phone calls when they realized no one has made a phone call in seven years. >> the policy has come out in full force. >> rand paul called his bluff. >> some of them i think secretly want them to be an attack in the united states so they can mraik blame it on me. >> i think rand paul made a terrible mistake. >> i'm not sure why you're blaming hawks in the party because i was one of them. >> you know you're identity right track when everybody is after you. >> i ran for president twooit twice. but i would never stooped to something like this. >> you would only stoop to something like this. >> the republican 2015 field heads to the -- place on earth. >> they're calling it the economic policy summit. what it really is a cattle call. >> we got 75 the other presidentialvoted against it. at the end of today's debate senator mcconnell said this. >> as the associated press declare

edward snowden is wanted in the u.s. for leaking files from the u.s. national security agency currently in russia where he was granted asylum in 2013. >>> a man who opened fire on the dallas police headquarters, was shot dead by police. melissa chan has more from dallas. >> reporter: the blaze of bullets in the night caused such chaos that police thought they were attacked by multiple gunmen but it was one man who rammed his car into headquarters. before leading officers on a car chase. and then, a standoff. >> this was an on again off again negotiation. he would get angry during negotiation and hang up and stop talking. he would rant for a while not actually have a conversation with us during negotiations in hutchins and at some point negotiations just ceased. at 5:07 a.m. our swat snipers shot at the suspect. >> that's dallas police department headquarters. now how often does the police department of a major city become a crime scene? but we understand the gunman shot bullets through ground floor lobby second floor and also at police vehicles. no one

thirdly, russia that said its hosting of edward snowden is purely a humanitarian gesture and not to do with any intelligence gains that might come along with that and as easy as that position may found russia is going to be unlikely to want to blow that story. if russia says anything, it's probably going to be along the lines of this is a smear campaign from the british intelligence services and american government against edward snowden to cover britain the intelligence gathering misdeeds. within the report, it should be fairly easy for them to make that claim if they want to do so. >> a cleanup is under way in georgia after the river was opportunity into a torrent. lions, tigers, bears and wolves have been roaming the streets after their cages at the tbilisi zoo was damaged. >> a hip pope wanders the roads freed control captivity by a deadly storm. elsewhere, a brown bear takes ref final on an air conditioning unit, while a big cat lurks around the doorway of a big building. heavy rainfall lately saturday sent flash floods surging through tbilisi. many families are left homeless with

whistleblower protections do not cover and edward snowden situation. the amendment i'm going to offer today is to prevent the government from putting backdoors in your software that allows them to spy on you without a warrant. putting these backdoors in products is bad for three reasons. is that for business. apple is at odds with the administration because they want to put the strongest encryption technology available in their phones and the government says we do not know who want that. what happens is, the government forces a company to weakening christian software, products -- we can decryption -- in kitchen software, prosser not -- business, privacy, and security. shouldn't your government want you to have the most secure introduction -- secure encryption software protecting your records? i am offering amendment that prevents the government from paying companies to put backdoors in their products. host: would you republican leadership role it in order? guest: they were going to rule it out of order. we will find out if they rule it in order or out

the "sunday times" saying russia and china has access to edward snowden's reports. >> it's two years since snowed your fled the united states after downloading 1.7 million files. he ended up in russia where he resides. the "sunday times" reports russia and china accessed a million documents, forcing western intelligence agencies including mi6 here to pull agents out of the field for fear for their safety. the paper quotes an intelligence source in britain saying we no russia and china has access to edward snowden's material, and will go through it for years to come, searching for clues. edward snowden has done damage, the agencies forced to intervene in some cases and lift the agents from operation to prevent them being identified and killed. the prime minister's office in london is not directly commenting on the reports, but says there's no evidence anyone has been harmed. edward snowden supporters maintained that he acted in the public interest, notably in revealing mass surveillance programs. the latest accusations strengthen arguments that he posed a threat to the national intere

. >>> and russia and china cracked files of whistle blower edward snowden. some are forced to move spies to safety. >>> we start in south africa where the high court is considering whether to agree to the arrest of sudan's president who is attending an african union summit there. the government has been ordered to use all steps to stop him from leaving the country. if the arrest is carried out, he would be sent to the international criminal court at the hague. he became the first ruling head of state to be indicted by the icc accused of ordering war crimes and crimes against humanity in darfur a conflict that has killed 300,000 people. >>reporter: the african union is saying he should attend the summit. south africa has agreed that they will not arrest him. however, the government has been taken to the court to be forced to adhere to their obligations from the icc. so we are seeing potentially a fallout between south africa and the icc. and ultimately, there are concerns around the high court in south africa enforcing whatever verdict they do come up with la

emily: tell me about your relationship with edward snowden. kim: i think he is a hero.dmire his courage. he will be remembered in history as one of the great people of our time. emily: what is he up to? kim: he is happy, he is fine. he is in russia. i think he is pleased that the debate has been triggered based on the things he has done. especially to americans. emily: when it comes to china, iran, islamic terrorists, the u.s. government, what are you most worried about when it comes to spying, hacking? kim: i am worried about the situation in ukraine. i think putin is someone i would be very careful with. i think that obama has done a good thing in negotiating with iran, trying to find a resolution to the nuclear standoff. emily: what about other countries? north korea and sony? should we be concerned about north korea? kim: you do not really believe that north korea hit sony. i do not believe that for a minute. emily: who did that? kim: some sophisticated group that has an interest in what hollywood is doing. emily: you do not think it is a group with ties to north ko

relations between washington and berlin were badly strained after edward snowden leaked documents exposing spying by the u.s. national security agency. everyone from german citizens to the chancellor, angela merkel, were alleged victims of the spying. jessica saltz is standing by in berlin. tell us about the decision to drop the investigation. jessica: the investigation into angela merkel being monitored by the u.s. will be formally dropped because of a lack of evidence. the statement from the prosecutor leading the inquiry -- as evidence, they were using documents that were leaked by edward snowden just as angela merkel may have been under surveillance but do not suggest them strongly enough to be proved. also, these were documents that were printed in the media, and those leading the inquiry were unable to get their hands on the documents that they needed. when it came to leading the investigation, the u.s. was not forthcoming in helping the german courts. perhaps unsurprisingly, which meant they were unable to get much further in retrieving the documents they needed to continue the inve

and who do they rely upon for their information, edward snowden?onous criminal who also weakened america and now lectures us through the new york editorial page under that great libertarian, vladimir putin. imagine the irony, the new york times, giving a forum to a traitor who lectures us from russia about civil liberties. if it wasn't so dangerous it would be hysterical. if this were a movie you would shake your head, but american leaders are responding to a traitor who turned tail and ran from this country and the only people who would accept him were the dictatorial regime in russia who regularly repress their own people for civil liberties. that is who we are taking advice from, that is who is guiding the homeland secure to policy? it is an astonishing time and those of us who aspire to leadership need to speak out. not just in minor platitudes like i want the homeland protected, i want civil liberties protected, sound like 14 of our candidates? make them take a stand. what do you believe about what was done the last two weeks in washington? be

that's the rhetorical tactic. >> i just want to ask you about edward snowden.ou've been in touch with him and he is still in moscow. do you think he is thinking at this point glenn, i can come back to the u.s. now. i can face justice. i've been vindicated, they're having this debate, the law has changed or is appearing to change. >> if we had a healthy society that was at all democratic and law abiding he'd be able to come home on the next flight from moscow to not decades in prison but a hero's welcome. if you're somebody that expose's a secret government program ruled to be unconstitutional and illegal and prompts the first post 9/11 serious debate about the balance between privacy and national security, if you're not a whistle blower in that, then there is no such thing. the problem is that the justice department continues to say that he committed very serious crimes and is insisting that he spend a decade if not longer in prison for him to return. he is certainly not going to do that and submit to a cage for the next 10 or 30 or 50 years when he's currently

edward snowden said yeah, that's a problem. oliver said no that is an -- [bleep] up. there is a beg difference between the idea of revealing what your government is doing and the reality is the fact and people and places that get people killed. >> i am more excited the fact you want us to keep. >> i thought it was brilliant. you know what i love more? he showed a clip of msnbc doing an interview with dana who was the intelligence chairwoman in the house. it was a serious interview about surveillance and all of a sudden andrea mitchell from msnbc cuts in and says sore reare interruptiing the interview. we just got word that justin bieber is getting arrested. john oliver's jaw drops. he interrupts that interest option ropings with a turtle humping. dash something we would never do on this show. can women be worriers? they don't think the women can do the job. earn p nell are concerned that the partner 4r50eders will lower training standards. they lifted the job in 2012 but gave the services time to bring women to the front lines gradually. one man required forces, quote

i got for edward snowden. -- thank god for edward snowden. we've been led into war after war.e lost world war i, the communists gained 15% of the population. we were lied to about world war ii. they had 45% of the world population of the world war ii. everyone is going ballistic which is a reasonable reaction, collecting phone numbers and metadata. the scary part of this thing is that fourth provision you show on the screen when you are showing the provisions, the sneak and peek. gross violation of the fourth amendment, illegal searches and seizures. it means they can do anything they want to. thanks for brian lamb and all the good work you do. host: your thoughts on the impact of the presidential discussion in the republican party? where do you stand on your pick for your nominee? caller: the last four presidential elections i voted for ross perot from texas. ron paul from texas. rand paul is probably of the 99 candidates republicans have out there now, rand paul is probably the best of them. if people would go to wikipedia and look at the bio of jim webb he has been shot twi

why would edward snowden -- >> i don't blame him for not coming back.if i were in that situation, i would not come back, either, absence of some sort of plea bargain or assurance whether it is five years in prison, three years whatever it is, i think he is worried about coming back in facing the rest of his life in prison and perhaps even at times solitary confinement. was only heard about some of the issues with regard to chelsea manning. -- we certainly heard about some of the issues with regard to chelsea manning. i understand why he is not coming back in facing an uncertain fate. amy: i know you have to leave. fracking. colorado is a big fracking state. oklahoma just passed a ban on fracking bans. maryland just passed a ban on fracking. can you tell us your position in colorado, what you think should happen around his controversial means of extracting fuel from the earth? >> i would love to see a middle ground between those two extremes. i personally would like to think that is the colorado way, where we empower communities to make decisions around

you cancelled a previous trip to the united states following the edward snowden revelations - do you need a translation. you cancelled a previous trip to the united states following the revelations by edward snowden of n.s.a. spying on you. are you still troubled by those revelations and have you received assurances and are you satisfied with the answers you received from the administration. thank you. >> well first of all, jim, with respect to u.s. citizens u.s. persons held in iran - this is something that we continue to push hard on irrespective of the nuclear deal. it's a top priority for us to make sure that our people are treated fairly. and on the face of it in the case of the individuals held they have not been and they are not being afforded the basic due process and legal rights that we afford visitors to our country. so we are deeply concerned about it. we spend a lot of time pushing on it and we will continue to do so. and there's no lessening of the sense of urgency. when i talk to the families we remind them of the fabbed that that is a mission that will continue, and h