luke harding is with us now from london. tell us what happened.efore i do that, you have to understand the context. the first three months of last year after the leaks, the governments were scrambling to find out what he had taken, how much he had taken, why he had taken it, and were clueless. in that context, it is hardly surprising that the small number of journalists working on this material, including me, would have been targeted. i was writing my book, about halfway through. glenn greenwald in brazil, to interview him on the which was a curious experience. back at my home in england, i was writing critically about the the damage that these revelations had done to silicon valley. , and asrking off-line you say, the text began deleting . i thought, my goodness, what is going on? this happened four or five times. jokingly, i would leave notes to this mysterious reader. colleaguese of my mentioned this in a newspaper interview in germany, and then it stopped. i mention this to lay out the facts of what was another curious episode in an already su

joining me to talk about it this morning, luke harding, author of the new book, "the snowden files --d's most wanted man." luke, first start with the president and what he said at the state of the union. let's listen. >> that's why working with this congress i will reform our surveillance programs because the vital work of our intelligence community depends on public confidence, here and abroad. the privacy of ordinary people is not being violated. >> is this specifically, luke, what snowden is looking for? are these just overtures too vague for him? >> well, i think he's actual ly when he was sitting in hawaii planning this leak in late 2012, there's been this huge debate in the u.s. there's been a review ordered by the president. we had a major speech last month in which he unveiled all sorts of reforms, including saying that the nsa would no longer automatically collect americans' phone data. and so there's an enormous conversation. i suspect that snowden would actually like the president to go a lot further than he has done but there's no doubt that he's changed history by what he

can i put it to a rather strong statements but since that time we've had other books for example luke harding be the former correspondent must go to guardian or call the estate's him and us embassy in moscow to the rear in their cables which were published by week in lakes are referred to mosque to somewhere for preferred to russia as a mafia state senate. i don't know if you want to consider criminal state different from mafia state as i consider more or less the same thing a little help he had the feel of this over forty is going to consult the soviet union for this man russia. the credibility while it is spot on the other hand i am quite determined to to go back. i think that sooner or later i will i don't think they'll be able to make this stick in the long run. and as i've been told that i'm barred for five years on nature poems can last for five years. so i fully expect to be back. what motivates support from within russia has been much higher than in the media old from as civil society. yes absolutely and social networks been an up a lot of support and in the intermediate swell the up

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the book by luke harding from the guardian newspaper details the journey of snowden. he is holed up in russia where he has been granded asylum. >> and on the army i have neutralized champions of communism. i learned finish. it comes in handy here in virginia. i'm want to know why i'm not going to be our station chief. >>> philip seymour hoffman has died. he was found dead of a drug overdose in the bathroom of his manhattan apartment. the 46-year-old won an oscar for best actor for the capote film and appeared in charlie wilson's war. and the master he was nominated as best supporting actor. >>> we're looking at the snow that has fallen right now. you can see some of the snow fall here. since the start of the season it has been a slow dry winter. and this week's storm allowed them to open more terrain, more is needed before full operation. >> and well some more snow coming later this week after today know and rain. this is the seen in napa today where the rain was coming down fairly heavily at times especially to the east of town. some locations getting over an inch of

the book by reporter luke harding from the british newspaper the guardian details the intelligence leaker's journey. snowden is currently holed up in russia---where he has granted asylum. >> authorities in greece are asking people to stay calm after a strong quake shook the island of kefalonia today. the u-s geological survey says the earthquake registered at a six-point- one magnitude. about ten people were slightly hurt.mostly by falling objects. roads are damaged and power is cut in some areas. a five-point-nine earthquake shook the same island about a week ago. >> south korea says north korea is agreeing to hold talks to discuss reuniting families separated by the korean war. last month, north korea agreed to start reunions for the first time in over three years. seoul's unification ministry says north korea wants to meet this week at a border village. they asked south korea to pick the date. north korea has recently toned down its negativity against south korea and has made a series of peaceful gestures. >> authorities now say 15 people died in north sumatra when mount sinabung erupted

luke. he works so hard he gets a little tired and forgets. >> we love you, luke. sorry, ladies, he is spoken for. see you tomorrow night at 9:00. >>> this is a fox news alert, there is new information tonight surrounding the death of phillip seymour hoffman. authorities are testing packets of heroin found in the actor's apartment. joining me now is fox's own julie banderas. >> circumstances surrounding the oscar winner's death telling the sad story of a drug addict who tried to get help but in the end couldn't beat the addition. police sources tell me they also found more than 50 small plastic bags containing heroin near the body. multiple used and unused hypodermic needles and multiple prescription drugs. his body was taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy on monday. he had recently separated from his partner of 15 years and renting an apartment a few blocks away from his family and aa and na meetings he had gone to. he atenneded a meeting as early as seven days ago. a tragic end for the 46-year-old who was called one of the greatest actors of his

luke. he works so hard he gets a little tired and forgets. >> we love you, luke.dies, he is spoken for. see you tomorrow night at 9:00. >>> this is a fox news alert, there is new information tonight surrounding the death of phillip seymour hoffman. authorities are testing packets of heroin found in the actor's apartment. joining me now is fox's own julie banderas. >> circumstances surrounding the oscar winner's death telling the sad story of a drug addict who tried to get help but in the end couldn't beat the addition. police sources tell me they also found more than 50 small plastic bags containing heroin near the body. multiple used and unused hypodermic needles and multiple prescription drugs. his body was taken to the medical

a little bit hard to read, but the upshot is that the construction schedule is the same as it was when we were before you to approve the project, and it is looking like the saint lukes hospital will be opening in late 2019, early 2020, the van ness and geary campus and the hill will be more like the mid 2019 and so that is the construction schedule, currently and just to remind you that we spent the time working out the process which means that within 150 days and this is a pretty clear graphic that shows it and 150 days of cpnc's fiscal year end which is the calendar year end, they owe us a report and all of the activity and compliance with the healthcare parts of the development agreement. that report is made public and there is a 30 day public comment period and then the planning department and the health department have 45 days, to evaluate on the completeness of the response and as well as reporting to the city and to the board and everyone else, on the city's activities and expending the funds that they have given us, and after that period, the planning director is responsible for giving us a certificate of compliance, and if you believe that there is complian