and mitchell knew this. mitchell was really well aware that he would have preferred to have 3,000-- 3,600 mothers talking about northern ireland because 3,600 of them lost their sons and daughters. he didn't want to listen to the man rattling on and on and on. and part of his beauty was he gave back our peace, our country to the people who were rightfully sort inform charge. >> and he knew they were tired of war. >> oh yeah. >> but everybody is tired of war. and in particular, women throw up their hands and say, but it seems to me that they are the ones to whom we must listen. if you take irish history and even recent irish history, mary robinson and-- have been so fantastic about, like, excising the wounds and saying okay, come on. let's put a "candle in the wind" owe. let's look at ourselves. let's have a more nuanced think about without we lap to be. and you know, i like actually strangely enough, i don't know what this means and i don't want the psycho analysts to put me on the couch with it but i love w

only your salon guarantees the real paul mitchell. narrator: leg one of the xterra usa championship in pineview reservoir, just outside of ogden, utah, has come to an end for race leader ben allen of australia. right behind him are american pros branden rakita and craig evans. but today's most impressive swim performance is turned in by chris jeffrey. she not only leads the women's race, but is the fourth overall swimmer out of the water. after the 200-yard uphill sprint to transition, ben allen remains in the lead. he'll want to hurry, are exiting the water. allen has had a breakout season in only his second year of xterra racing. a win in a big race like this would validate the success he's had on the xterra global tour this year. the other top swimmers, like branden rakita, begin to leave transition. at this point, chris jeffrey has over two-and-a-half minutes on her closest female competition. she leaves t1 just behind american pro craig evans. stoltz makes the transition from swimmer to biker. the south african holds a minute's l

>> i don't know that eric holder has become john mitchell reborn but the scandals are the same. of them going on in the administration. >> one thing is certain, geraldo, the fbi agent who sewned the affidavit to get the search warrant for james rosen's records that fern should not be an fbi agent. the assistant attorney and u.s. attorney that reviewed the request that was a pretextual search warrant. there was no bases to call james rosen a criminal. that was pretext and they lied to a federal judge to get access to the records. i think it was part of a war on fox at that time. the president of the united states literally himself declared that fox was not a legitimate news organization. what do you think the bureaucracy is going to do when the president of the united states starts to demean people and institutions that the the federal government is investigating? >> geraldo: what about eric holder's fate, joe? does the attorney general need to step down? should he resign or rather, as an attorney do you counsel him to stay in there and fight? >> i don't think he is going to resi

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i'm peter alexander now sitting in for my friend andrea mitchell. we are hearing reaction from today's historic supreme court decisions across the country, including from proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage. here on capitol hill. joining me today for our daily pick, nbc capitol hill kelly o'donnell, chris and managing editor of post politics.com and from way far away, nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. she is traveling with the president there just ahead of him in senegal. kristin, we'll speak to you in a minute. chris, i want to begin with you if i can to get a sense of where we go in regards to the supreme court decisions right now. there are some real question marks right now, like, for example, what happens for same-sex couples that were married in iowa and then move to a state like indiana where it is still legal. there are still some things that need to be ironed out. nonetheless, this is an historic seismic shift in society today, didn't it? >> it does, peter. i think the point pete williams made earlier, which is the ent

americans and he said the answer to that was no and he amended it but in the conversation with andrea mitchell he said it was the least untruthful answer he could have given. >> clapper has been aggressive in providing as much information as possible to the american people, to the press about these very sensitive and very important programs that are authorized by congress under section 702 and section 215 of the patriot act, a much debated public statute that has been passed into law and we authorized three times by congress with bipartisan majorities and i would point you to the statements and documents that have been put out that

and maybe in that way we'll, you know, see a if you george mitchell come along. we'll see a new douglas come along. and you know, and there's lots of people doing really good things in the world as you know. and this is just one small thing where we bring lots of artists together.

and that would be enough for most people, but not mitchell. he's also -- lissa sort of touched on it, he's an agent, a book packager, a publisher and a movie producer, all roles that evolved out of his work as a book seller and knowing writers and knowing publishers. he also, of course, almost 30 years ago founded the, helped found the miami book fair international which has become the template for almost all book festivals in the country, including this one. he's currently chairperson of the book -- the miami book fair board. he sevens on the steering committee -- serves on the steering committee of the florida center for the literary arts. he's a former president of the booksellers association and was on the board of the foundation for free expression. and in 2011 he was honored with the national book foundation's literary and award for outstanding service to the american literary community. which is given to an individual whose life and work exemplify the goals of the national book foundation in expanding the audience for literature and enh

. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington, with president obama is turning to susan rice.a trusted adviser whose comments did take her out of contention to become secretary of state, to repla(c tom donilon as national security adviser, the closest adviser to the president. "new york times" white house correspondent mark lang her joins us now. mark, this is a long predicted move, but it certainly is sweet for susan rice action who does not have to be confirmed, as this is a president's choice. she had removed herself from the state department contention and that was a very unhappy episode. there's an limit selfredemption and defiance. i know what you think of susan rice, but you have nothing to say, i still retain confidence and i'm going to put her even closer to the oval office in terms of forming administration foreign policy. >> susan rice talked to brian williams the day it was announced she was withdrawing h her. and we know how close these two are. let's watch. >> frankly i think the president has four times in public said incredibly kind and supportive things about

andrea mitchell has the latest. >> reporter: called on the carpet, the head of the national security agency summoned the intelligence committee to explain, how bad is the damage and how did a 29-year-old contractor copy so many secret documents. and "the guardian's" glenn greenwald says more leaks are on the way. >> we're going to have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet been heard over the next several weeks and months. >> reporter: snowden is on the lam, his picture plastered on every hong kong newspaper reports nbc ian williams. >> staff here at the hotel confirms that one edward snowden did check out monday at lunchtime. he's not been seen since, but is believed to still be in hong kong. >> reporter: they confirm that lindsay mills is the girlfriend snowden left behind in hawaii. in her blog still taken down, mills refers to him as "e" and told friends she was in a state of shock over his sudden departure. snowden first reached out to award-winning filmmaker laura poitras after seeing her film "the program." the film profiled a disillusioned analyst william benny

joining us now, andrea mitchell, nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> you and i talkened 0 the show the night susan rice had withdrawn her name for consideration for secretary of state. what do you think the overall political significance of her being tapped now for national security adviser instead? >> i think that the clip that you showed of the president at that postelection news conference where he said, if you want to attack the benghazi policy, come after me. it was right out of the american president, the movie, eric sorkin, but he said don't go after her. 23457 is outrageous. that told you so much. this president really likes susan rice. wanted her at his side. she will be a very different kind of national security adviser. she will be very tough, very forceful, energized. some say she is less political, interestingly, than tom donilon and come across as the statesman but had a political background, she isn't political enough and that's why she got herself in trou

good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the nation awoke to reports that the phone records of millions of verizon customers here and at home were obtained by the obama administration through a secret court order. the white house won't confirm that specific report. but senior administration officials are defending the practice, that includes domestic calls could have a much larger reach. california senator dianne feinstein chairs the senate intelligence committee. senator, there's been a lot of confusion over this today. and you have pointed out that this was the reauthorization of a program that goes back years. and that has been well litigated by both houses of congress, both parties and reviewed by courts. explain. >> that's correct. just for a second, let me give you some of the background, because we looked it up. this is from business records provision of the patriot act. in 2001, it was renewed in 2005. 2009, 2010. and 2011. before the last two renewals, both the vice chairman of intelligence and myself sent a letter

mitchell reports." thanks for being here. >> thank you, rachel. just the fact you could do the red panda and edward snowden in the same segment -- >> it's a shame. >> perfect. perfect. >> it tells you something about the taxonomy of my brain. i file things under chase. we had two of those. >> hunted. >> on russia and china part of this, it seems -- you are the expert on these things, but it seems to me like russia and china have essentially given the united states a big one-finger salute here. they have really kicked sand in america's face. is that the case, and what does the united states do in response? >> that certainly is the case. that's the way it appears. unless for some reason that edward snowden was not on the plane to cuba from which he was expected to transit to ecuador, for some reason russia is cooperating quietly and this is going to all evolve in the next couple of hours, overnight. but right now, at least, from what i'm hearing, u.s. officials are very frustrated with russia. they think

i'm andrea mitchell live in colorado at the aspen ideas festival.senegal today, president obama celebrated the supreme court's twin decisions on same-sex marriage and he said that the administration had already started planning on how to get benefits to gay couples. >> we now have to comb through every federal statute and -- although we hadn't prejudged what the ruling had been, i had asked my white house counsel to help work with lawyers across every agency in the federal government to start getting a sense of what statutes would be implicated and what it will mean for us to administratively apply the rule that federal benefits apply to all married couples. >> joining me now for our daily fix, nbc justice correspondent pete williams, chuck todd joining us from senegal traveling with the president, of course, our chief white house correspond and host of t"the da rundown." also chris cillizza. pete, first to you. talk about the ramifications of the decisions. what they did not do yesterday and what needs to still be done as far as the leaders of the

called a traitor by dick cheney is the highest honor you can give an american. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. >>> this morning, a major turning point in the u.s.-led war in afghanistan. as of today, afghan forces are taking the lead in the country's security from the u.s.-led nato coalition. president hamid karzai presided over the handover ceremony in kabul. this announcement was met by a new round of violence when a bomb exploded near the ceremony killing at least three people. american forces will now move entirely into a supporting role before their full withdrawal next year. >>> massive demonstrations to tell you about in brazil. more than 200,000 people in at least eight cities took to the streets monday. they are protesting poor public services, police violence and government corruption. in rio, there were clashes as demonstrators threw rocks at police and set fire to cars and government buildings. >>> in northern mex cork at least one person has died due to excessive rain over the weekend and throughout the day on monday. piedras negras has received over 17 inches of rain.

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andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> when we come back, the new homeowners who found something extraordinary buried in their backyard. >>> a milestone today in the u.s. congress. john dingell became the longest serving member having served in the house of representatives 20,997 days. that's more than 57 years passing the late senator robert byrd of west virginia. the michigan democrat was elected in 1955 to replace his father. dingell is now 86. for the record he said he hasn't decided if he will run again. >>> an update from london on the health of prince philip, husband of queen elizabeth. buckingham palace says the prince is progressing after exploratory abdominal surgery. no other details were provided. the 91-year-old prince is expected to be in the hospital for another two weeks. the queen continued with her schedule today, presiding over the opening of the bbc's new headquarters in london. and for a time during a live television broadcast it was the queen who was at center stage as the presenters looked back at their unusual guest. >>> cold war-era bomb shelters may be a

we begin with andrea mitchell. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ann. today's leak was only the tip of the iceberg. nbc news learned under the post 9/11 patriot act the government has been collecting records on every telephone call made in america. not only foreign calls. that's causing howls of outrage on twitter and by members of congress who have voted to continue the surveillance program. it's an enormous collection of data stored in giant national security agency computers for the last seven years. logs of telephone calls and their durations. not names and not recordings of what's said unless the government has a specific threat and asks permission to go back and check a number and then eaves drop. all approved repeatedly over the years by congress say defenders of the plan. >> within the last few years this program was used to stop a program -- excuse me, stop a terrorist attack in the united states. we know that. it's important. >> reporter: it all became public because of a leak in "the guardi guardian" a british paper which published this repor

nbc's andrea mitchell has been watching all of this and trying to read between the lines. >> reporter: you can call it a trial run for possible 2016 candidates this week. in chicago, hillary clinton back on stage in a roll-out calculated to keep her options open. >> when women participate in politics, the effects ripple out across society. >> reporter: plus a video unveiling her new focus, infants and preschool children. >> too small to fail is all about giving parents, families, businesses, and communities the tools we need to help all our children succeed. so please join us for the future of our kids and the future of our country. >> reporter: taking selfies today with chelsea on twitter, and this tease on the twitter account, wife, mom, lawyer, float fuss, senator, secretary of state, glass ceiling cracker, tbd. is tbd a hint about becoming the first woman president? clinton's recent polls have slipped after benghazi and other state department investigations. and potential republican competitors were also seeking the spotlight today. in washington, marco rubio. >> if america is so

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> we are back in a moment with today's twist in the policy about knives on airplanes. >>> today members of the dallas fire department and other surrounding communities covered all shifts of the houston fire department so the houston fire department could get together and pray and pay proper respects to four of their own. it was the restaurant/motel fire last week that became the largest single loss of life in the department's history. 15,000 people turned out today for the service at reliant stadium. >>> family members, friends including the famous and powerful gathered in new york to remember new jersey democratic senator frank lautenberg. he died this week at the age of 89. he's been remembered as a lot of things. last world war ii veteran in the senate and a champion of amtrak, among other things. today one of his eulogists, long-time amtrak champion vice president joe biden said he was slightly irked that his friend frank sometimes received better treatment like the time biden said he was racing through union station in d.c. to catch the train

>> andrea mitchell starting us off from washington tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> the other issue getting a lot of attention at the g8 summit today, the civil war in syria. with the u.s. and six other countries on one side of the conflict and russia on the other. and you could see it in the body language. our white house correspondent chuck todd is traveling with the president in northern ireland tonight. >> reporter: good evening, brian. when leaders of the world's largest democracies gather, they usually focus on the global economy. but this year's meeting comes at a precarious time in the syrian civil war. seven g-8 countries are on one side. country number 8, russia on the other. >> arriving on a golf retreat to northern ireland, president obama had to leave his clubs stateside and immediately get down to business. tops on his agenda, finding common ground with russia on the issue of syria. but while today was no cold war confrontation, both leaders admitted they disagreed on how to deal with syria. but putin went out of his way to endorse t

vladmir putin is a tough customer. >> andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom, starting of us. >>> in washington, the u.s. supreme court ruled on the issue of affirmative action. back when created it was meant to be just that, affirmative action taken to correct racial imbalance at colleges and universities may continue to use it in admissions, but first first pass a stricter legal test. pete williams there for us for the ruling. with us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. opponents of affirmative action hope that the court will use this case to put a stop to it. it did raise the bar that schools have to clear to justice it. the ruling a setback for the university of texas at austin, which uses race as a plus factor to achieve a more diverse campus. after first admitting the top 10% from texas high schools. this was challenged by abigail fisher, turned down five years ago. >> i am grateful to the justices, in moving closer to a day when race isn't used at all in college admissions. >> reporter: distinctions based on race are always

>> andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom starting us off again tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> president obama has flown on to berlin tonight after wrapping up the g8 summit in northern ireland. the president will spend two days in germany. among other things, he will speak at the brandenburg gate 50 years after john f. kennedy visited the landmark that divided east and west berlin during the cold war. earlier the president and all the other world leaders posed for the official photo, under ominous skies, a fitting backdrop for how the talks went at times. especially given the split with putin of russia over his continuing support of the assad government in syria. >>> after fighting this nation's longest war in afghanistan for the past 12 years, now the u.s. is talking to the taliban. it's one of two big headlines from there tonight. the other is the official transfer of the fighting duties to the afghan forces from our bureau in kabul. our report from nbc's duncan golestani. >> reporter: a suicide attack today in central kabul, a reminder of how volatile af

andrea mitchell has the latest. >> reporter: called on the carpet, the head of the national security agency summoned the intelligence committee to explain, how bad is the damage and how did a 29-year-old contractor copy so many secret documents. and the guardian says more leaks are on the way. >> we're going to have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet been heard over the next several weeks and months. >> snowden is on the lam, his picture plastered on every hong kong newspaper reports nbc ian williams. >> reporter: here it was confirmed one edward snowden did check out monday lunchtime. he's not been seen since, but is believed to still be in hong kong. >> lindsay mills is the girlfriend snowden left behind in hawaii. in her blog since taken down, mills refers to him as "e" and tells friend she was in a state of shock over his sudden departure. snowden first reached out to award winning film mary laura poitras after seeing her film "the program." i the film featured a retire analyst william benny. greenwald says he and poitras flew to hong kong to meet the source. th

nbc's andrea mitchell has the latest from our washington newsroom. andrea? >> good evening, lester. the global manhunt for edward snowden continues. while the fbi now focuses on how he did what he claims to have done, and whether he had help. called on the carpet, the head of the national security agency summoned to the intelligence committees today to explain. how bad is the damage? and how did a 29-year-old contractor copy so many secret documents? and the guardian's glenn greenwald says more leaks are on the way. >> we're going to have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet been heard over the next several weeks and months. >> reporter: snowden is on the lam, his picture plastered on every hong kong newspaper reports nbc's ian williams. >> staff here at the mira hotel confirmed that one edward snowden did check out monday lunchtime. he's not been seen since, but is believed to be still in hong kong. >> reporter: nbc news has confirmed that acrobatic dancer lindsay mills is the girlfriend snowden left behind in hawaii. in her blog since taken down, mills refers to hi

we get the very latest tonight from our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. >> reporter: in a high stakes drama reminiscent of the cold war, official word that snowden was hiding out at the russian moscow airport came from vladimir putin, the old kgb man himself. rejecting american appeals to return snowden to the u.s. >> translator: mr. snowden is a free man, and the sooner he choses his final destination, the better it will be for us and him. >> reporter: putin said he would prefer not to deal with an issue at all, saying, it's like sheering a pig, too much squeaking, too little wool. russia's foreign minister tried to claim snowden wasn't technically in russia while in the airport's transit lounge. a diplomatic word game the secretary of state wasn't buying. >> we're not looking for a confrontation, we're not ordering anybody. we're simply requesting, under a very normal procedure, for the transfer of somebody -- >> reporter: so where exactly is edward snowden tonight? nbc's jim maceda in moscow. >> reporter: snowden is somewhere here inside moscow's massive sheremety

jane velez-mitchell is joining us from new york. george, zimmerman's neighbor, george good, he's a state witness but he corroborates zimmerman's story he was being pummelled in that fight. tell us about the testimony that occurred today. we don't have george. maybe jane can brief us. are you there? >> i am. jonathan good is good for george zimmerman because he corroborates his story. he says he heard a tussle, goes outside and the person he describes as being on the bottom fits the description in terms of the clothing he was wearing of george zimmerman. he also said he saw a ground and pound meaning the person on the top was grounding and pounding which he modified saying he didn't see anything with 100% certainty. i have to say his testimony was contradicted the night before just last night. another neighbor said she saw man who fit the description of george zimmerman on top. you have all these other witnesses, residents on a dark and murky night seeing fragments. >> mow unusual is it for the prosecution to call a witness, they kno

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cynthia mitchell, secretary for 39 years.ng, for lowell high school graduates class of 2013, go red and white. [ applause ] [ cheers ] >> i got my red on today. and with 613 students graduating today, i would like to say congratulations to all of you, you truly represent the incredible promise that our great city of san francisco is. thank you david, for your very kind introduction, as one of lowell's student leaders you must be very proud to be standing here in front of your class who will be graduating with

breaking now on "andrea mitchell reports" -- chris christie on the spot. who will he choose to replace the late frank lautenberg? and when the governor schedule a special election? chris christie is set to hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. eastern. we'll be there. >>> chain of command, the military's top brass called on the carpet by the women of the senate. over replacing commanders to prosecute sexual assaults. >> our goal should be to hold commanders more accountable, not render them less able to help us correct the crisis. >> making commanders less responsible and less accountable will not work. it will undermine the readiness of the force. >> the unit will rise or fall as a direct result of the leadership of its commanding officers. commanding officers never delegate responsibility. they should never be forced to delegate their authority. >> the military justice system is a critical tool for doing this. >> i have a daughter who is looking at coming into the united states air force. i will not be tolerant of this crime. >> not every single commander

and host of "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. this is an incredible story. it's good to have you here. >>> joining us now is the one and only chris hayes, host of the excellent "all in with chris hayes" every night at 8:00 eastern time. "twilight of the elites: america after meritocracy" is out in paperback as of this minute. >> it's great to be at this side of the hallway. >> this is the united states getting involved in the syrian civil war and arming the rebels. and as the president takes that step, already there is a clamber that it's not enough. >> what's interesting about john mccain stepping on the white house's announcement, for me, who's a persuadable voter on intervention in syria. i'm extremely skeptical but perhaps persuadable. the mccain argument was the worst one. john mccain says this is just the beginning of massive, massive all-in intervention in which we're going to end up god knows doing what. everyone says no troops. if this doesn't work, then something more. if that doesn't work, then something more. there's

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. >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports, remembering a giant. he played larger-than-life character tony soprano for eight seasons. friends and family remember james gandolfini as a gentle man gone too soon. >>> borer reform is full steam ahead in the senate after a bipartisan group reaches a key deal on border security but can it survive the house? >> it's essential we have the confidence of the american people and it's done the right way. >>> supreme suspense. decision day comes and goes with no rulings on big cases addressing affirmative action, voter rights and gay marriage. court watchers are waiting and the anticipation is palpable here in washington. >>> good day everyone. i'm kristen welker in washington. a curveball from the supreme court, four major cases ranging from same-sex marriage to affirmative action are still up in the air as the justices let another decision day go bay biwithout answers. pete williams is live at the supreme court. people, give us a breakdown of the largest cases we're still waiting to hear and why haven't we go

i'm andrea mitchell in washington.a location resonant with some of the most inspiring and chilling moments. from john f. kennedy, ronald regan and cold war spy movies. young men are hammering away at the stone in concrete. the berlin wall and brandenberg gate have symbolized repression and triumph of freedom. today president obama drew on the past while making his case for a much different future. tom brokaw and nbc president historian michael beshla. welcome both. >> tom, you and michael have in person and through history experienced all of this. here we had barack obama today, such a platform, such a stage. what did he hope to and need to accomplish? >> well, i think this speech is long overdue. that's not criticism of him. the east/west nuclear showdown has been effectively over for a long time. the big issue is what do we do about the proliferation of nuclear weapons, not just in the big states of the soviet union and the united states but as they are spread across the middle east in pakistan and other places. and

and europe i spoke earlier with dan mitchell from the cato institute who embraces austerity and doesn't think we should be afraid of it i first asked him what forms does austerity common. there's a big debate because austerity me. different things to different people to the i.m.f. and some of the european countries austerity is simply a buzzword for higher taxes oh we have to deal with our deficits and debt so let's raise taxes because of course none of those politicians want to control their budgets on the other hand you have these keynesians out there the paul types who say austerity is bad and they think you stimulate an economy by having even more spending even though of course countries like greece and spain italy got into fiscal crisis because they were spending too much already so this debate to me is like the iran iraq war i want both sides to lose because i want lower spending and lower taxes so i don't want to choose the keynesians who want bigger government and i don't want to choose the i.m.f. who simply wants higher taxes and senator patty murray she said that are he said a

and europe i spoke earlier with dan mitchell from the cato institute who embraces austerity and doesn't think we should be afraid of it i first asked him what forms does austerity come in. there's a big debate because austerity means different things to different people to the i.m.f. and some of the european countries austerity is simply a buzzword for higher taxes oh we have to deal with our deficits and debt so let's raise taxes because of course none of those politicians want to control their budgets on the other hand you have these keynesians out there the paul types who say austerity is bad and they think you stimulated the economy by having even more spending even though of course countries like greece and spain italy got into fiscal crisis because they were spending too much already so this debate to me is like the iran iraq war i want both sides to lose because i want lower spending and lower taxes so i don't want to choose to keynesians who want bigger government and i don't want to choose the i.m.f. who simply wants higher taxes and senator patty murray she said that our he sa

. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," first are phones now the internet? new details on how the government is keeping tabs on emails, web searches, photos and videos. how will the latest revelations compromise national security? and set off alarms about the invasion of privacy. >> i want to be very clear, some of the hype that we've been hearing over the last day or so. nobody is listening to the content of people's phone calls. this program by the way, is fully overseen not just by congress, but by the fisa court with respect to the internet and emails. this does not apply to u.s. citizens and it does not apply to people living in the united states. >> but bad timing, leaks about u.s. surveillance complicate president obama's plans to challenge china for its cyber-spying when the president hosts china's leader later today in california. now you see her, now you don't. the forecast for tropical storm andrea is changing rapidly as the storm zips up the east coast. and regulators mount up from snoop dogg to warren g., fallon delivers another epic mash-up of

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we can now put a face and a name on the massive nsa leak to "the guardian" and "washington post." 29-year-old edward snowden. he says he was motivated by his hatred for the nsa's surveillance programs, programs vigorously defended by the director of national intelligence, james clapper, in an interview this weekend. >> the notion that we're trolling through everyone's e-mails and voyeuristically reading them or listening to everyone's phone calls is, on its face, absurd. we couldn't do it even if we wanted to, and i assure you, we don't want to. >> joining me now, chuck todd, nbc news chief white house correspondent, political director and host of "the daily rundown." nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. and nbc justice correspondent pete williams. pete, first to you. the justice department, i'm told, you know this better than anyone -- is all over this looking for mr. snowden. i'm told that he was in hong kong. they're not sure in the intelligence circles whether he still