i wouldn't call his response to jackie collins question a high point in oratory.g, we reached a point actually in the second avenue to speak again, he brought up his own emails being a high target for whom, exact by. i got to tell you the entire storyç is is very confusing. that doesn't up. the power point deck looks like it was made not just at kinko's, but by kinko's. he had. >> the president said i welcome the debate on this and i think there are a lot of people who are scoffing about that, given the efforts that you and senator udall have made and others have made regarding classified information and also surveillance. do you think it is possible to have the debate at this point? well, i think, i think it is possible. much more possible now that there's public expectation. the only information i got was related to yes there is a program sweeping up broad amounts of data from through the records act. this second thing we've just lenard about called prism. i had no idea about that. i don't know how many people knew about it, but i small very small number on the

president today so i don't want the whole day to an bleeding press conference but i'm going to take jackie collins' question. >> can you please react to the reports of secret government surveillance of phones and internet? and can you also assure americans that your government doesn't have some massive secret database of all their personal online information and activities? >> yeah, you know, when i came into this office, i made two commitments that are more important than any commitment i make, number one, to keep the american people safe and number two, to uphold the constitution. and that includes what i consider to be a constitutional right to privacy. and an observance of civil liberties. now, the programs that have been discussed over the last couple days in the press are secret in the sense that they're classified. but they're not secret in the sense that when it comes to telephone calls, every member of congress has been briefed on this program. with respect to all these programs, the relevant intelligence committees are actually briefed on these programs. these are programs that have been