finally, in terms of the fsb, we had a chilling period with the fsb. you met with the general several weeks after boston. they have been helpful to our investigation. we hope we can continue to exchange information to prevent further terrorist attacks, particularly in the united states. >> why was there not an ability to let them know he returned to dagestan? >> we did not pick that up. when he got off the plane, there were several reasons -- >> what are the reasons? the impression i got is this is a big lead, but they said if you had followed up, if they had known he was coming back to dagestan, possibly the boston marathon bombing would not have occurred. i presume that means they would him, which would have been great. >> the warning went to the task force. not the warning. the fact of his having left went to the task force. for a variety of reasons, not the least of which it was closed some time ago, that particular indication he was on his way back to russia did not get to us. that there something needs to be corrected or has been corrected? is th

senior officials here, the head of the fbi talking to the head of the fsb twice yesterday. and so they weren't really blasting. they were saying hope you do the right thing. that was the message. now, what russia specifically will do will be very interesting. they may say hand off, you know, if he has documents, let him go on. and then he's out of their hair, as well. we'll have to see. >> yeah. i'm sure it can't be too comfortable for mr. snowden. i don't think there are many bathrooms or showers or beds in the transit lounge. keep an eye on it for us. let us know if you find any other movements. thank you for that. great reporting. >>> paula deen's two sons are speaking out about the controversy swirling around their mother. >> i can tell you this. that word, that horrifying terrible word that exists and i abhore it coming from any person is not in my vocabulary. it's definitely not in my brother's vocabulary. it's not in my mother's vocabulary. >> it's an exclusive interview you will right here here only on cnn and it's just ahead. [ female announcer ] there's one thing

yes we had a chilly period if the fsb. i can't you know, we met with the general several weeks before you did after boston. they had been helpful to our investigation. we hope we can continue to exchange information to prevent further terrorist attacks particularly in the united states. >> why was there not inability to let them know that he had returned to their request to this gimmick because we didn't pick that up. when he got on the plane there were several reasons and that is the -- >> what are the reasons? the impression i got coming and this is a leap but if they had known he was coming back to doggett on that possibly the boston marathon bombing wouldn't have occurred. >> in this particular case, the warning went to the task force and the fact of his having went to the task force and for a variety of reasons not the least of which has been closed sometime ago, that particular indication that he's on his way back to russia did not get acted upon. >> has that -- is their something that has to be corrected? is there a

was it drone investigation or fsb?ctually, there was a number of ways including one of the the programs that's under scrutiny today. >> what do you mean? >> the time expired. the director can answer the question. >> 215, 702, is that okay? >> in terms of the program as well, but i will tell you that we came upon him in a variety of ways. >> thank you. >> the gentleman from iowa is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you for your testimony and service, directer. just following up on the question, it was not clear to me, was the initial information on the general referred to, was that original information from the russians? >> you're saying -- >> i i think i heard you say there was a variety sources that brought you to him if >> talking about the individual? >> yes. i don't want to imply fbi activity. >> it came from several leads that we were following here domestically. >> was there initial lead from the russians? >> i don't recall them. there may have been, but i can't recall that there was. >> are you aware

the members said he set up a bunch of meetings for them with the fsb. that's what the kgb became.ey wanted to go to chechnya itself. segal wanted to meet the president of chechnya who is accused of kidnapping, torture and of his opponents. somewhere between that and accepting a free flight on the plane to go g to chechnya, that fell through. house republicans decided their contribution to american's foreign policy responsibilities would be to introduce legislation banning president obama from closing the prison in guantanamo. the republicans ban is folded into the bill funding the whole defense department that includes hundreds of millions of dollars to keep guantanamo going and to shore it up for years to come. the huge funding bill for the pentagon gets a vote this week and the republicans will make the president veto all funding for the entire u.s. military if he wants to try to close guantanamo. there is a lot going on in the world right now. turkey is now swaying under straight days of increasingly massive protests against what previously seemed to be a stable government. mos

suspect tamerlan tsarnaev and his mother in a briefing with russia's federal security service, the fsb. >> their opinion that tamerlan and his mother were both of radical attitude before they came to the united states, and i think that adjusts much of the conventional thinking within the united states. >> members of the delegation thanked an unusual voice for the access they received during their visit, action movie star steven seagal, and he said he deserved credit for setting up a meeting with a russian deputy prime minister and the country's security service. >> i asked him for that meeting, and i knew about that meeting before they did. that's the truth. >> the last 18 months has been a very difficult time for russian/u.s. relations, but members of the delegation say they will now return to washington, arguing these two countries must not let over differences detergreater cooperation in the fight against mutual terrorism. miguel. >> thank you, phils. the streets of turkey's major cities are a little calmer this morning, but it was a different scene in the past few days. anti-govern

. >> i think putin has extensive though not complete control, and certainly over the fsb as a formerperson this will ultimately be a decision by putin whether or not he wants to use his authority to help the united states. there is no extradition treaty but that's not going to really matter. if putin wants to hand him over, he will and the question is, is it really in their interests. i think from vladimir putin's perspective, it may not be. >> do you have any doubt that russia has seen whatever secrets are left on those laptops? >> i think officials in the u.s. are very, very worried that both the chinese and the russians have seen it. the assumption is that they've seen it, but i would also add that i'm not sure that there is yet evidence that they've seen it. the fact is that in hong kong for several weeks, in russia now for a day, two-plus days, it is certainly possible. but i think there is also an expect ace that no matter who's seen this, almost all, if not all of it, will eventually get out because even if he's ultimately arrested, other people clearly have this information a

look, it's far toodeelicious a prospect for the fsb, the successor organization of the kgb not to sitd talk to edward snowden, not to have some curiosity about what's in those four laptops he's apparently carrying. >> you know, i was thinking about this and what it says about, i grew up in the cold war, jonathan. i'm older than you. there were defectors on both side. if they departed from some acrobatic team, we were glad to have them. is this a fair representation of the other side where we don't put up berlin walls, we put up walls to keep immigrants from coming in. are they just enjoying the irony of one guy probably in history that's fled our country. >> i don't recall a time. >> since oswald. he came back. >> here's the thing about edward snowden that drives me crazy. he does this thing which we now know he joined booz allen for the sole purpose of stealing these documents. >> and took the oath of secrecy. >> exactly. so then but he wants to do this because he's standing on some moral high ground that he wants to inform the american people what he's doing and the breadth and scop

through the bis, fsb, and our view that work ought to continue in parallel not the negotiations but parallel alongside the negotiations. we'll be able to see across the whole relationship what progress we have made toward bringing our economy together. but we are not going through our trade negotiation lower our financial regulatory. >> you can assure the committee and this senate this these large scale regional trade agreement whether it's the the tpp that we will not -- we will not undermine in i of the financial regulators fdic, the fed, treasury, any of them. >> yes. >> okay. thank you. let me ask something else on the trade agreement. does an agreement like this, does tp pressuring need investor state resolution. i understand the argument for investor state that have no had the the history of law and public enforcement and all after. why do we need -- do we need an extrajudicial and private enforcement system when they are as sophisticated and advanced and protected already? >> well, first of all, senator. we are still in the out-day period. we haven't yet launched the negotiation. we a

there were really a lot of fsb officials milling about, blocking access particularly to one corridor. there are up to ten of them at one time, so it's very possible that if he did, in fact, make it into the airport without passing through passport control, that he was questioned by the russians, but it is all speculation right now. >> i would suppose many, many journalists have gone back to russia, back to moscow's airport to play a waiting game again today. >> exactly. there are many people there checking out the flights to havana, flights to other destinations, checking the hallways and the duty free, but nobody's seen him. >> we'll see, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> of course, the hunt for edward snowden has cost a bit of embarrassment for "the independent." this was the front page yesterday which declared, quote, a red shirted edward snowden arrived in moscow after flying in from hong kong. there's a problem, that guy is not snowden. they later admitted the gaffe and the image was changed for later editions. for some it brought to mind the error by "the new york post,

point that they received new analysis from the briefing with the federal security service, russia's fsb tamerlan sar my yes and his mother. >> the opinion tamerlan and his mother were of radical idea before they came to the united states. >> some specific we didn't pay attention to this detail or that detail but they didn't pay attention to the big picture and the big picture was all screwed up and then in that our people were not cooperating as they should have and vice versa. >> reporter: now, the segal factor, steven segal was in the room as some members of the delegation gave really overwhelming praise about the role that he played, credited him with setting up very high-level meetings within the russian establishment, particularly with one of russia's deputy prime ministers and credited him with setting up that briefing with the federal security service. when segal was asked about it afterwards he says, yes, as a matter of fact, i did. now it appears to have been something of divisive point within the delegation because while segal was standing there taking credit for this, another

suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev and his mother in a briefing with russia's federal security service, the fsbir opinion that tamerlan and his mother were both radical attitude before they came to the united states. and i think that adjusts much of the conventional thinking within the united states. >> reporter: members of the delegation thanked an unusual voice for the access they received during their visit. action movie star steven seagal. >> i asked him for that meeting and i knew about that meeting before they did. that's the truth. >> reporter: the last 18 months has been a very difficult time in russian u.s. relations. members of this delegation say they'll return to washington, arguing these two countries must not let other differences deter greater cooperation in dealing with the mutual threat of terrorism. phil black, cnn, moscow. >> thank you, phil. >>> up next, in southern california, a scorching wildfire here, thousands of acres destroyed, forcing people to evacuate. and we're hearing it could be another week before this thing is brought under control. we're live from the fire zon

and also the pis, fsb in our view is that workouts you can do new and parallel alongside negotiations towards a resolution of the issues regulators are working on an ideally at the end will be able to see across the whole relationship what progress we've made. we are not going for a trade negotiation. >> you can assure this committee and the senate that it needs large-scale regional trade agreements others the u.s. e.u. agreement for the tram line that we will not undermine any financial regulators, fdic, said, treasury can any of them. let me ask something else. doesn't agreement like this need investor state dispute resolution? i understand dealing with countries that have not had the history of the rule of law and investor protection and public enforcement and all of that. to be made in extrajudicial and private enforcement system when you assume the property rights are sophisticated and advanced already? >> senator, we are in our 90 day. it is not launched negotiations and are in the process of taking input and feedback from members of congress come stakeholders and others. i thin

if i were the russians, if i were in it fsb and accessor to the kgb, i surely would. >> host: they won't need is a passport or knitting to access this? >> guest: no. >> host: this was the "new york post" cover from yesterday. star wars. vladimir putin a clueless president a traitor on the run and evil russian who won't give up. we have been talking to matthew lee about diplomatic community and the edward snowden case. mr. lee how would you describe the status of the state department today? >> guest: in terms of where it sits in the administration? >> host: yeah. >> guest: in this case? >> host: know, overall. when it comes to the state department is it still an a-list bureau? >> guest: the state department is always going to be an a-list bureau because of the oldest cabinet office and its feel the stage and she -- agency in the government. it's the most senior, the secretary of state is that the top of list among cabinet members when you get into the presidential succession after the people in congress. so it is always going to have influence. it is always going to be respected but you k

and the bis, fsb, and our view that work ought to continue in parallel not in negotiations, but parallel with the negotiations that they are working on ideally at the end of the negotiates be able to look and see aexroses the whole relationship. what progress we have made toward bringing our economy together. we're going to to through our trade negotiation. >> you can assure this committee and the senate in that these large scale regional trade agreement whether it's the tpp that we will not undermine any of the financial regulators. the fdic. >> yes. >> one more thing. does an agreement like this do they need investor state. i understand the investor state canceling with countries that haven't had the history of the rule of law and investor protection and public enforcement and all of that. why do we -- do we need an extrajudicial and private enforcement system when the u.s. and european property rights are sophisticated and advanced and protected already? >> first of all, we are still in the ninety day period of consult assistant. we haven't launched it yet. we're in in process of taki