. >> this is greg lemond calling. >> greg lewho? >> greg lemond. >> hi. how are you?doing? >> good, how are you? >> greg lemond was a three-time winner of the tour de france who insisted he never took drugs. lemond had fallen out with lance armstrong, whom he suspected of doping. and in 2004 he and stephanie mc'llvane spoke frankly about what occurred in the hospital. >> i heard from a source outside of the group here of what happened at the hospital, and betsy and i have talked a little bit. and i'm not asking you to do anything you would never want to do but, you know, if i did get down to where it was a -- you know, a lawsuit, would you be willing to testify or -- >> if i was subpoenaed, i would. because i'm not going to lie. you know, i was in that room. i heard it. you know. and -- >> what stephanie mcilvain didn't know was that greg lemond was secretly recording their conversation. >> lance armstrong's lawyers immediately backed off this issue, and we presented to the panel that stephanie mcilvain had told two different stories about what happened in the indiana

perhaps no one more than greg lemond. when i sat down with lemond, we had a lot to discuss.ly important. it wasn't just something you were good at and wanted to compete and win at. it filled a need in your life? >> well, yeah. i, i had -- i had really discovered cycling after a difficult period in my life, i had been sexually abused prior to getting into cycling. it was kind of look a blank out. but cycling literally saved my life. >> when you say it saved your life, it gave you something to focus on, gave you a way out? >> i say it. i have no clue what i would have been like had i not found, exercise really opened my mind, it actually gave me kind of peace, but it was also very fulfilling and i would say, it saved my life. i always go, gosh, i can see somebody in my, my, say the way my brain works, coming from a period of being sexually abused you could be self destructive. people can self destruct. cycling was a positive aspect. >> you didn't want to dope? >> no. no. of course not. there is a sickness in sports. it is an ego deal. if somebody is better, more talented, the

the french newspaper lemonde, the new report is based on documents leaked by the former national security agency contractor edward snowden. tim friend has more from paris. >> the timing could not have been worse. as u.s. secretary of state john kerry stepped off the plane in paris he was immediately embroiled in an embarrassing controversy between france and the u.s. the u.s. national security agency had spied on a number of citizens, leading political and business figures as well as terrorists. it prompted this angry response from the french foreign minister. >> translator: i've summoned the u.s. ambassador. >> interrupting that package to go straight to paris. john kerry is giving a news conference with the foreign minister. let's listen. >> here in paris, (inaudible) express my deep appreciation to secretary general to peace, and for their willingness to come to paris today, for yet another meeting, and briefing, which we have promised them with respect to the mid east peace process and we've promised to do it on a regular basis or as needed. i especially want to recognize my friend, t

lemond had fallen out with lance armstrong who he suspected of doeping.2004, he and stephanie spoke frankly about what occurred in the hospital. >> i heard from a source outside of the group here of what happened at the hospital, and betsy and i've talked a little bit. and i'm not asking you to do anything you would never want to do, but, you know, if i did get down to where it was a -- you know, a lawsuit, would you be willing to testify or -- >> if i was subpoenaed, i would. because i'm not going to lie. you know, i was in that room. i heard it and you know -- >> what stephanie didn't know was that greg lemond was secretly recording their conversation. >> lance armstrong's lawyers immediately backed off this issue, and we presented to the panel that stephanie macelvane had told two different stories about what happened in the hospital room. >> and you heard her testimony regarding certain -- >> in her last public statement, macelvane insisted she had no knowledge of armstrong ever using performance enhancing drugs. and he and his doctors also maintained

. >> the french newspaper lemond claimed the united states monitored documents per month, leaked by nsa rpg edward snowden. >> the timing couldn't have been worse, u.s. secretary of state john kerry stepped off the plane in paris and was immediately embroiled in controversy. ing the nsa spied ofrench citizens according to lemonde, not only suspected terrorists but also leading political and business leaders. it prompted angry response from the french foreign minister. >> i have summoned the u.s. ambassador, he will come to the foreign ministry this morning. we knew this since june and we need to take action. it's unacceptable and we need to make sure it won't happen again. >> the u.s. ambassador arrived at the french foreign ministry to hear france's displeasure. this was supposed to be the day that john kerry prompted officials about the being syrian issues. now he's are faced with these revelations. would have sent a chill through u.s. french relations. >> according to the newspaper, 70.3 million phone calls were interpreted in a 30-day period after january this year. the french publi

. >> del, these latest accusations were published in french daily lemonde, and the paper that broke the story about nsa edward snowden monitoring the program. not the least of which the announcement that apparently the nsa collect eld phone records on -- collected phone records on 70 million people in just a 30 day period. quite significant there. we have seen things like the u.s. ambassador to be summoned to the french foreign ministry to explain what the nsa mass been up to. del. >> do we expect any fallout from these latest allegations? >> the french foreign minister released a statement saying it was unacceptable, it should stop immediately and cannot be repeated. there is an awful lot of anger coming out of france not the least of which on the french streets. there has been a deep concern about the sheer numbers and volume of the calls that have been monitored and the e-mails that have been collected by the nsa. we're also hearing deep concern that this doesn't look like it was limited to an anti-terror operation. that some of the e-mails and the phone calls that were being monitor

french newspaper "lemonde" says american agents also tapped the phone of politicians, business leaders and citizens. european leaders expressed anger over the eavesdropping allegations of their recent summit. u.s. citizens are also concerned about the spying. over the weekend, nearly 1,000 people joined a march up to capitol hill in washington. >> it's too much. it can't be good for our relationship with other countries. >> government needs to be accountable. they need to follow the laws. >> reporter: german officials plan to visit washington to seek a detailed explanation. it's clear u.s. leaders will need to continue doing damage control to repair relations with their long-time allies. noriko okada, nhk world. >>> a u.s. newspaper is reporting that the spying on chancellor merkel and other world leaders stopped after the obama administration launched an investigation. "the wall street journal" quoted a senior u.s. official as saying the nsa made the surveillance decisions. the newspaper says the official account of what happened suggests president obama went nearly five years without

and france and i'm sure lemond will follow up this story with further details in the days to come. >> one of china's biggest cities totally shut down by smog. students are being kept home from school, businesses shuttered. that city is home to 11 million people. that's like the population of new york understand chicago combined. all of this just days after the world health organization declared that air pollution is a major cause of cancer. craig leeson is in hong kong. visibility in 10 yards in some places. >> that's correct. it's a terrible situation right now, the capitol of the province, the 10th most populace city in china right up near the russian border, home of the famous ice festival, and you say mentioned, 10 yards was the extent of visibility today, forcing the closure of schools. the airport had to be shut down, because there was absolutely no visibility. government democrats declared the day too hazardous for people to leave their homes. most stayed at home, not wishing to risk their health moving outside. this is a problem that spread across china over the past couple of

. >> so nicholas, coork accordingo lemond, the french newspaper and instrument in leaking mr. snowden's information, the government gathered information on 70 million of french phone calls. the brussels summit was about this. listen to french prl president hollande. >> when in is spying on certain level and to this extent spying that can affect all citizens including a certain number of european leaders we need to put a stop on it. >> is he focusing on the 70 million calls or his anger focused on that they were listening into his calls? >> friends were listening and reading his mail despite what secretary said. but the tone has changed since june and july because it's not about governments spying on governments but civil liberties of countries that are allies. in france and in germany, especially in germany of course, as chancellor merkel said, it's not just about her, but about all german citizens, you have a foreign power that is capable of listening on private conversations and doing something that goes way beyond counterterrorism. >> suspect that what intelligence is suppo

the latest from lemonde with the suggest shun that the u.s.end rated the french commuter system in 2012. and in london the guardian said the national security agency patrolled for the private numbers of 35 world leaders. europe now wants talks with washington to resolve the issue before the end of the year. >> translator: we said that france and germany -- not as germany plus france, but each country individually, will get in touch with the u.s. and try to work out a framework. obviously we will also have an exchange on how this should play out. >> reporter: a lot is at stake here. they are currently negotiating a big free trade agreement, but the president of the european parliament from germany's opposition party has suggested that those talks now be suspended. >> the german chancellor met with the french president. merkel says she wants a pact. >> translator: the purpose is to set a joint cooperation framework with the u.s. >> but for now washington is unapologetic. >> we're not going to compliment on every aledged activity. >> reporter: am

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last week, the french paper "lemonde" reported the nsa was monitoring more than 70 million phone callsnch citizens. over one 30-day period from december to january, tens of millions of french phone calls were collected. then today, a similar revelation published in "el mundo" in spain, about 60 million phone calls being monitored in that country. you see this revelation between the prism of reporter glenn greenwald, who is behind both stories, thanks to his source, former nsa contractor edward snowden, who is now hold up in russia, but the hits keep coming from him. the diplomatic impact kicked up an order of magnitude, though, over reports from the german paper that german chancellor angela merkel's personal phone, her cell phone, had also been bugged by the nsa after a direct, and i'm guessing kind of brusk call between the chancellor and president obama, the white house released a statement saying that the president "assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of chancellor merkel." is not and will not in the future. those

national security agency spied on millions of french citizens according to the leading newspaper, lemond. >> oh that. [laughter] awkward. [laughter] good thing our top diplomat's on the case. >> at the end of a day of rapid developments mr. kerry offered this explanation. >> kerry said to the french, quote, nations be spyingo. melissa: they're not only ones. here's a question. would you be willing to wear a gps tracker that gives your boss the right to spy on you and they can follow your every move? believe it or not, it is coming to that. it could actually already be in the employee i.d. card. no way!? your employee i.d. card? if you want to know if your boss is spending money to watch everything you do, damn right they are. today's monty talker, three people who i'm sure never been anything but productive on the job. "wall street journal" spencer. and tech expert todd hazelton. you wrote the article on this. they're following our ever move. >> yeah. melissa: amazed to read about chips in the i.d. tag. makes sense get you in and out of the door and tracking you everywhere you go. how co

. >> assertions by reporters in france, lemond, spain, el mundo, italy espresso that new york sa collected millions of phone calls are completely false. to be perfectly clear, this is not information that we collected on european citizens. it represents information that we and our nato allies have collected in defense of our countries and in support of military operations. >> so in effect they're saying there that one of the strongest reasons for this anger we've been seeing from europe started with nothing, the misinterpretation, erin, of a single powerpoint slide. >> well, we shall see. of course that was the tip of the iceberg. thanks so much to you, jim. >>> republican senator rand paul sits on both the foreign relations and homeland security committees. and senator, great to have you with us. you heard james clapper's response to the question, are america's allies spying on america. and his answer was categorical. quote unquote, absolutely. well, if that's true, should america stop spying on its lowelo closest allies? >> i guess the real question who's in charge. the president doesn't

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. >> the french newspaper lemond obtained an internal nsa document showing france has been concerned about possible american intelligence activity for a year and a half. senior officials traveled to the u.s. last year demanding answers over a suspected penetration of president sarkozy's computer network. >> the search continues for two americans kidnapped by pirates off the coast of nigeria. pirates stormed the ship early thursday morning. one of the kidnapped men is the ship's captain, the other the chief engineer. the pirates released 11 other crew members. piracy has been a growing concern off the west african coast. forty attacks have been recorded this year with 132 people taken hostage. >> two years ago, an american woman and her colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint by somali pirates. jessica was an aid worker in somalia, raising awareness on how to avoid land mines. she was kidnapped and for three months, buchanan and her colleague forced to sleep in the open desert. they were finally rescued by u.s. navy seals. she said she believes piracy should not deter aid workers and oth

on monday, the french newspaper, "lemonde" reports that they may have intercepted 70,000 calls from franced on monday, "the guardian" reports that the nsa monitored calls of 35 world leaders, including german chancellor angela merkel's personal phone. an angry merkel says the allegations have left u.s. and european relations, quote, severely shaken. >> the german government is sending some intelligence officials to washington soon. what do they hope to learn? >> reporter: well, miguel, yesterday the white house did acknowledge that they know these german officials are coming in the next few weeks and their counterparts here in the united states will meet with them, but there are no specific meetings yet that the white house the divulging information on. but they understand that germany is very upset and they do intend to meet with them, miguel. >> erin mcpike, thank you very much. >>> if you're in one of the plain state, enjoy the clear weather while it lasts. a big storm is headed your way early this week and parts of the mountains and foothillses of montana could get as much as a foot of