both volumes of the patriots history of the modern world and the patriots reader. before i get into "a patriot's history of the modern world, vol. ii" i should announce features his 30 of united states is in its ten-year anniversary this year. it's just amazing to me that was 10 years ago but this book came out and it was 15 years ago that i was working on it. nevertheless the publishers decided to release the special anniversary edition later this year probably in november so all winter i have been up dating patriots history of united states and editing it to bring it up to the presence so that it's been fun. this book came at patriots history of united states. before some of these other books i was thinking about doing a history of the world. one of my favorite oaks of all time is paul johnson's book modern times. not only is it a great study of history but it's wonderfully written and i thought i want to be able to do that for world history. i would like to be able to tell the story of the whole world that way. i've been thinking about this book for a long time

the patriot act is very much with us. the current events i actually one thing i hope we can talk about. i think there might be some prospect for change. >> where? >> guest: one thing that happened. i started writing this weak in the -- book in the middle of barack obama's first term. at that time, people didn't understand that obama continued bush's policy. the surveillance and everything we were doing domestically. and so linda greenhouse referred my book to the wake-up call. people didn't wake up that much. people were not looking to re-examine the decisions that had been made in the fall of 2001 about what our antiterrorism strategies should be. so what i would say is there was a snooze alarm. and the wake-up call came with snowden. when he started releasing documents about what actually is going on behind the curtain and what kind of surveillance there is, i think people did start to pay more attention. i think for good reason. and so, well, i'll tell you i think it matters more than ever people be aware of what is go

not necessarily patriotic.ns that i ask that tap into the republican and patriotism that aristotle talks about what is my meighen's name? i can remember. that is what skitter talks about. i will ride with you on this that the founding fathers america went to war. we were outnumbered as americans, outgunned and out everything. these men had to fight against insurmountable odds and had to sacrifice. that patriotism is not just about sacrifice so is in chapter 41 question is you have a choice if it is increasing the education of quality of all americans would to be more willing to pay more in taxes? people love the tea party brought willing to do that. if not all of our country and makes sense to have the educated citizen. and make sense seven healthy citizenry, right? it presupposes education, right? it was one of the main things that chief justice warren wrote into the brown versus board of education and right? it behooves us right? in order to do that you have to pay more in taxes, right? is it not patriotic to

for example, the patriotism questioned.i threw that theoretically from all of these things emphasize sacrifice. i do say better education. better quality education. thus the more educated citizenry makes this country stronger, would anyone disagree with that that it will strengthen this country? seriously. would anyone disagree with? i'm just asking the question. >> i think all would agree with that. >> but not if it requires them to make a sacrifice. peace churches are not its root boils down to sacrifice your defendant betty wants to come up with a better group definition of patriotism, invite you to do so. it's not about sacrifice, what is it about? excuse me? what was the constitution based on? it has nothing to do a sacrifice? and what these people had to sacrifice to get to a place? >> thank you. [inaudible] >> and how is it being torn to shreds? okay. enumerate. >> can we let her finish first? >> just the whole thing with the whole education. but i'd be willing to pay more in taxes for the education in the public sch

what is it like to be a patriot? how can you be a patriot in the 21st century? can you serve your country without being nationalist? what about simple country? triesyan in a flawed way to do that in this movie. it involves making a decision over whether he might decide to work for a secret government organization so you cannot tell anyone that is what you are doing. you have to lie to your partner and your work mates. that is tremendous compromise but dramatically, it is interesting. he is semi-haunted but trying to find the right way through that. he has this knowledge of a very serious threat to america and the world in general. it puts us right in the middle of something that becomes very visceral, so you really feel jack ryan's journey through the story. >> you hit on something that troubles me, and it is they key is with which so many americans -- that you use -- the ease with which so many americans have slipped from patriotism to nationalism, and there are moments that is heightened when the nation is under threat. there are moments when we seem to not kn

no patriots touchdown in first half. in the third, manning connects with demaryius thomas for a touchdown. denver leads 20-3. three minutes left in the fourth, tom brady rushes for the four. the patriot go for two, the only chance at winning, stopped by denver's defense. the patriots don't get a comeback win. denver, the afc champion, wins 26-16. and there it is. the seattle seahawks will take on the denver broncos at metlife stadium in new jersey on february 2nd. >>> also in new jersey, there is more trouble for governor chris christie. another mayor coming forward saying she was the target of political retribution. the governor says it is politics at play. here is nbc's national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. >> reporter: while huddling with big donors in florida, chris christie woke up to new headlines about claims from a democratic mayor of strong arm tactics that cut her city off from funds to recover from hurricane sandy. and democratic lawmakers are now vowing to investigate. >> she's perhaps one of

no rhythm for the patriots, you see brady sack there. and the patriots just -- they would not give up. they made it interesting. cut it to 10 midway in the 4th. they went for 2. but no sir. stopped. and that was game, set, match. in favor of the broncos. who win it 26-16. first super bowl for denver since 1998. >> it is an exciting feeling. i can remember both times that we won the afc championship. i am an afc guy. i am bias towards this conference. i think it say hard conference to win. -- i think it is a hard conference to win. you feel like you did something to win it. >> i had losses in the super bowl that have been tough. last year's lots was tough. this year it is pretty tough. losing is not easy. >> after four years of professional tennis, which included titles ken flack traded in one passion for another. flack was cooking while he was at the top of his game. he has a restaurant where his specialty is pulled pork dishes. yummy dishes, even ones they can make adhome to get ready for the big game -- make at home to get ready for th

that would be the patriots. >> she knows nothing about the sport.drea, what are your predictions and why? >> well, this is a tough one because manning is really good. he's one of the only quarterbacks in the nfl who actually calls his own plays. both are total studs. let me be clear. but i do think brady plays better in the big, big games. but this is an epic matchup, i have to say. as for 49ers/seahawks, i kind of want the seahawks to win because, i don't know, they don't usually win. however, i'm with nancy on that quarterback, colin kaepernick, he is great and he has a tremendous story, and he does have big arms, and i give nancy a pass for flubbing that jersey number because we all make mistakes. let her go. >> a big one on that one. eric, tell me why you pick the ones you're going to pick. >> first, i wish i had seen nancy pelosi finish it, i love colin kaepernick, his big arms and then kiss it. that would have been great tv. i'm going to go with the underdogs, i like the patriots at denver, the 49ers at seattle. i like the number point spreads

peyton manning to former patriot wes welker for a 14-yard game. later on the drive, knowshon moreno takes the handoff and jumps over a defender. he wouldn't be tackled until 28 yards later, and it would lead to manning to his former teammate in indianapolis, jacob tamme for the touchdown. 10-0 denver. patriots look to respond. tom brady on the run. something he's not good at doing. sacked by robert ayers for the big loss. pats settle for a field goal. third quarter now, broncos up ten. manning to demaryius thomas for the td. manning had 400 yards passing, 2 touchdowns. could the patriots get going, fourth and two? no. brady dropped knighton for the loss. broncos "d" stuffing the pats all day. they win 26-16. >> well, it's an exciting feeling. i can remember both -- both times that we won the afc championship, i'm an afc guy, i'm biased towards this conference and so i think it's a hard conference to win, and you feel like you've done something to win the championship. you realize that you still want to win more game. whoever we're playing is going

could the patriots get it going, fourth and two. brady is dropped by terrance knighton for the loss. broncos "d" stuffing the pats all day. they win 26-16. it's manning's third super bowl trip in eight years. >> well, it's an exciting feeling. i can remember both times that we won the afc championship, i'm an afc guy, i'm biased towards this conference so i think it's a hard conference to wings, and you feel like you've done something to win the championship. you realize that you still want to win one more game. whoever we're playing is going to be a tremendous opponent, whether it's san francisco or seattle, but you do take a moment to realize that we have done something special here and you certainly want to win one more. >> last year's loss in the championship game was tough. this year is pretty tough solution, yeah, losing is not easy. but, you know, i give them a lot of credit because they played really well and they made a lot of plays offensively and defensively, and they have a good football team so they are going to be toug

that the men and women of the nsa are patriots. that 215 program was legal and fully authorized and there wasn't any abuse. and the program needs to continue for the protection of the nation. that's one thing he said. the other thing he said was that there is a potential risk here to privacy and civil liberties that we need to take seriously. american history has plenty of examples of why we need to take it seriously. and i think the changes that he announced were significant. some of them will take some time to be implemented but some of them are in place today as we speak right here and one is the requirement to get a court order to query the 215 database. i think the real challenge going forward, bob, is that there are many ways to square this circle. there are many ways to accomplish both the national security piece of this and privacy and civil liberties piece. some of those ways will put one of those two more at risk than the other. i think the challenge here is for the administration and the congress to find the best approac

coming up in this half hour, the patriots patriots' vince will fork is sideline sidelined. something he's hooked on in real life. i think we know what that is. >> who can blame him. right now it's time to show you this morning's headlines around the globe. they look at the killing of a former miss venezuela. monica spear and her husband died after being shot by thieves at the coastline. their vehicle had broken down. their daughter was also injured. >>> lindsey vonn is out due to knee injuries. >>> kraft is out of cheese. a food historian can't see any reason sales would jump around this time of the year. >>> the "new york post" says the polar vortex set a new low. set a record set 118 years ago. it was so cold in chicago the zoo wouldn't have even let its polar bear outside and in lexington, kentucky it was too brisk for a prisoner who escaped on sunday so he actually turned himself in. >> i want a warm cell sfwloo. >>> and the "l.a. times" says the cold weather induced a trick, throwing warm water into the air. it burned at least 50 people. >> that is terrible. that is no

. >>> to the afc title, broncos and patriots. denver scores the first touchdown of the game in the second. peyton manning connects with jacob tammie. no patriots touchdown in the first half. he connects to demaryius thomas for a touchdown. there you go. denver leads 20-3. three minutes left in the fourth. tom brady rushes for the score. the patriots go for two. stopped by denver's defense. they don't get a comb-back win. denver the afc champion wins 26-16. >>> and there you have it, folks, the seattle satiseahawksl take on the denver broncos in met life stadium on february 2nd. >>> also in new jersey, there is more trouble for governor chris christie. another mayor coming forward saying she was the target of political retribution. the government says it is politics at play. here's nbc national investigative correspondent michael isakoff. >> reporter: while huddling with big donors in florida, chris christie woke up to new headlines about claims from a democratic mayor of strong arm tactics that cut her city off from funds to reco

kickoff between the patriots and bronco says 3:00 p.m. eastern time while the nf country championship is schedule for 6:30 eastern time between the 49ers and the seattle sea hawks. quickly. at the australian open, serena williams falls in three sets. john, quite the shocker as we end this hour in sports. >> not her night. not at all. >> thanks. >>> well still ahead, china is losing its appetite for shark fin. why this one time delicacy is falling out of favor. >> al jazeera america sundays. >> china appears to be losing its appetite for shark fin. a controversial ban on the delicacy is now being adopted by restaurants and hotels. here is the report from beijing. >> in the back streets of hong kong, shark fin sellers are becoming sensitive about their trade. any attempt to document the product is met with stiff resistant. the brutal nature of shark finning and the sheer numbers that are killed to satisfy the cravings for shark fin soup. it is considered one of the eight treasured foods from the sea, good for sexual potency and boosting one

and should not be looked at as a patriot. he compromised national security. he violated an oath that he took and really did serious damage to the united states of america. >> host: one of the issues or one of the terms you use and we see this term is bipartisanship. in your presentation earlier you talked about some of dinners and softball teams, some the things that you do. but how do you maintain bipartisanship? how do you get to that point where you and republicans are republicans and democrats are working on issues? >> guest: you had to make a sustained commitment to. the easy thing to do is to default to our respective corners and big and hard. for me even as the chair of the democratic national committee i sorely support my party's agenda but i recognize a campy my way or the highway. we don't have enough people on the outside of the outright have the belief that. so i consider it my responsibility to individual reach across the aisle and i republicans who can work with but right now there are precious few. many of them are worried about looking over th

and an end to section two fifteen of the patriot act which allows for the book collection of metadata now some say that the president's reforms went too far others say that they did not go far enough so was this historic speech enough to while the privacy concerns expressed by civil liberties advocates and lawmakers like ron wyden rush holt well earlier i spoke with matthew cordle a group legal fellow at the bill of rights defense committee and i first asked him if he agreed with the statement made by tech companies that this speech was a step in the right direction yes but it's and go far enough you know i do there was a lot left out of the speech the president made although he did acknowledge a couple of really important points that i think many civil liberties activists like myself really care about specifically connecting the legacy of. systemic oppressive abuse of surveillance programs to current data collection institutions that is a good that is a good thing to at least to acknowledge so what major reform would you have liked to have seen announced in this n.s.a. speech well i

we will start working on the patriots tomorrow. >> they will take on the patriots on sunday.y once again. let's switch gears. stanford men's basketball team. they come home with a split of the oregon schools. number 17 oregon hosting stanford. first half and anthony brown and into the passing lane and finishes with a reverse lay in. stanford lead it. nice lay up. stanford up five. stuffed. not on my watch, he says. oregon down two. he can't miss a lay up. stanford big upset of number 17 oregon. 82-80 the final. fourth ranked stanford women taking on colorado. she gets her 30th straight game and she had 34 and only her second three of the season. not sure she called that back. five three's in the first half and career high 19 points. stanford holds off the buffaloes 87-77. that would be their 14th straight victory. the golden bears in utah. gray picks her pocket to give cal the seven-point lead. britney boyd lead all scores. drives the lane and pump scores and is fouled. they win it 68-59 the final. venus williams looking to return to her old form in the first round of the aus

which she claims was an act of patriotism when any reading of any document such as the u.s. constitution what identify this woman by leaving the back door open to the n.s.a. as treasonous number one so she's a traitor and of course right across the way there is the traitors gate to the tower of london that's where if we were any any justice were to prevail she'd be carted up the frog marched through those steps right now because she is a traitor and the only issue traitor but she's a stupid idiot because now we're total companies as an existential threat because she's allowed somebody to come in the marauding army of bitcoin to put her out of her frickin misery but again where we're bringing it back to the top of the show these pimp the pimp got a sentence a hundred years for beating somebody with an air jordan he said he didn't know who hitting somebody with an air that it was a lethal weapon we're saying that bill gates and the mayor are going to argue we didn't know our systems were being used to dangerously you know violate the constitutional rights of the users of our p

we will start working on the patriots tomorrow. >> they will take on the patriots on sunday.ce again. let's switch gears. stanford men's basketball team. they come home with a split of the oregon schools. number 17 oregon hosting stanford. first half and anthony brown and into the passing lane and finishes with a reverse lay in. stanford lead it. nice lay up. stanford up five. stuffed. not on my watch, he says. oregon down two. he can't miss a lay up. stanford big upset of number 17 oregon. 82-80 the final. fourth ranked stanford women taking on colorado. she gets her 30th straight game and she had 34 and only her second three of the season. not sure she called that back. five three's in the first half and career high 19 points. stanford holds off the buffaloes 87-77. that would be their 14th straight victory. the golden bears in utah. gray picks her pocket to give cal the seven-point lead. britney boyd lead all scores. drives the lane and pump scores and is fouled. they win it 68-59 the final. venus williams looking to return to her old form in the first round of the austral

and an end to section two fifteen of the patriot act which allows for bulk collection of metadata now some say that the president's reforms went too far others say that they didn't go far enough once this historic speech enough to quell the privacy concerns expressed by civil liberties advocates and lawmakers. like ron wyden and rush holt well matthew calibra was a little fellow at the bill of rights defense committee and he joins me now matthew thank you so much for joining me tech companies and industry groups like the computer and communications industry association which represents google microsoft and facebook say that this reform speech was a step in the right direction but it didn't go far enough do you worry with that statement yeah i do there was a lot left out of the speech the president made although he did acknowledge a couple of really important points that i think many civil liberties activists like myself really care about specifically connecting the legacy of systemic oppressive abuse of surveillance programs to current data collection institutions that was a good that

to put all these back doors into their software was because this was a patriotic thing to do and you see her silence the company's refusal to say how this malware was even able to. exploit yahoo so yahoo has been criticized for not doing more to aid users infected by the faulty adverts dan farber of the technology site seen it says. that quote at this point yahoo hasn't addressed any of the details such as how the malware exploit got into its web pages how many users are impacted and what victims of the attacks to do the company may still be gathering data and you may still be bitcoin slaves now this is the whole thing that as we've all become slaves because of the n.s.a. and all these exploits and back doors well you said something the very interesting is that the c.e.o. of yahoo. mayor mayor silent now that her product and her company's been violated because she left the back door open for the n.s.a. which she claims was an act of patriotism when any reading of any document such as the us constitution what identify this woman by leaving the back door open to the n.s.a. as treasonou

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where they said patriot, they also said progressive. they didn't understand the law. that was the problem. they were mismanaged. >> next up, obamacare on the verge of flatlining. grim new data means you the taxpayer are going to have to fork over a lot more of your hard-earned money to keep it alive. >>> and later, a shout-out from "the five" to one of the biggest radio stars of all time. the self-proclaimed king of all media. what did howard stern say about us? stay tuned. ;ñ;ñ;ñ >>> if you're an angry loser with lots of free time, what do you do, besides work at media matters, of course? you wage war against stuff that works, like walmart. activist groups love blocking new stars, pretending it helps communities when it is just failure. it's like spitting on a nice car or rooting against superman. imagine them now as they say employee health plans are better than obamacare. independent agents compared the two and found walmart's to be way cheaper, while providing better access to high-quality care than barack's boondoggle. that's not saying much. a fat man's shadow p

the tea party patriot member joins us. what do you think about the information that apparently there is and our own reporting found it as well that there is -- the fbi has not found any information that will lead to filing criminal charges. >> greta, thanks for having me tonight. it is absolutely outrageous. we know for certain that you the irs released donor information of at least one group. we know that the irs lied before congress under oath that they would not lie. they lied before congress which is a felony saying there was no targeting when 100% of tea party groups were targeted. and to find out that they are not going to press any charges and they are saying nothing is wrong is outrageous. to top that off, the fbi has not once contacted tea party patriots. they have not contacted our attorneys. tea party patriots and i are in touch with hundreds of groups around the country every single day. these groups have not been targeted. don't you think the first step in -- one of the first steps an investigator should take

they're very patriotic folks. >> i think it's a very hot issue. i think it's on the other side.nk you see more people advocating on behalf of what he said and angry at the government. >> they're the ones who want to legalize marijuana too. >> again, you kept using the pardon. nobody's talking about a pardon. they're talking about a plea bargain, which is routine in criminal case asks he could -- and he could serve a length of time. it doesn't have to be 15 years or his life. it could be, you know, 10. >> edward snowden has made these massive revelations and it's almost a sea shift in the u.s. intelligence community but he is just the latest now who is leaking this information, and we can debate whether he's a traitor or a whistleblower. this issue transcends ideological positions because it's new, and it involves the evolution of communications and the evolution of concepts of secrecy. edward snowden falls into the camp of julian assange and there will be another one in two years and this whole discussion about whether or not we trust as americans our government to participate i

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for some, he's a traitor, for others, he is a patriotic whistleblower revealing government excesses.

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additionalvelop protections and modify how we conduct election of telephone metadata under section 215 of the patriot act and ensure oversight of sensitive collection activities. we will need your support in making these changes. of this, we must and will sustain our professional tradecraft and integrity. we must continue to protect our crown jewel sources and methods

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i live in a patriot's household -- >> oh, a patriot. >> we're new england patriots fans, so i can't speak kids and throw them up and i would catch them. they were laughing their heads off. my wife went nuts. >> and imagine if there were still cameras following you they would say you abused your kids. >> one of the problems, she has not been without controversy through year breast feeding stage, she thinks it should be law that women should breast feed their women, she calls women human garbage disposals, but i think she should do whatever she thinks is right. this is a long time coming on the criticism. >> i'm wondering how many months that is going to last. >> i think that it is exaggerated. and i don't believe that she was being reckless. >> well, she hit the rock, it looked like she was breast feeding on the rock -- >> it did, it did. >> i was like wow. >> you make a crack about it. if you were 13 months old. >> it is tom brady's wife. they can't do anything. sorry. >>> all right, we'll be right back, much more coming up a after the break, straight up. and also tonight. >>> you know, i

he's a patriotic american. he loves his homeland. >> it will take years if not decades for us to return to the position that we had prior to his disclosure. >> some are calling him a patriot who deserves to be pardoned. s say he's a traitor and deserves to be brought to justice. one thing is clear. his actions forever changed surveillance practices in this country and likely around the globe. joining me to share his thoughts on this and more is the journalist who helped expose practices of data mining and gathering of information on americans -- television, text and e-mail information. you heard a sound bite. it doesn't fall left or right. liberal or conservative. some people say snowden is a traitor. others think he's a hero, a whistleblower. your thoughts and then senator paul's lawsuit. go ahead. >> it's amazing how it doesn't break down left, right or democratic and republican. the breakdown is do you have primary allegiance to the government in which case you don't like edward snowden since he exposed thin

i believe that patriotism begins with love for your motherland. i think the only state with strong defence capacity can to fill the task set by the president until two thousand fifty. if we follow this way. i hope that the task will be performed until two thousand fifty and maybe even earlier. i will quote the list of places. an explosion occurred in the diplomatic area of kabul according to security service the suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near the entrance to the restaurant or a lebanese cuisine as a result of the incident at least twenty one people were killed. both guests of the restaurant in staff three u officials and representatives of the imf in afghanistan were among them taylor. yet according to preliminary data that act was committed by three gunmen one of them managed to blow himself up the other two tried to break into the restaurant overkill by security guards now all that actors are dead. the canadian foreign ministry announced that the citizens of the country were among those killed. some employees of the restaurant

tom brady and the patriots get ready to take on peyton manning and the broncos. >>> and the big 5-0. the first lady marks a milestone birthday today. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, january 17th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning firefighters battling a dangerous wildfire east of los angeles are making progress. the fire destroyed five homes and forced nearly 4,000 people to evacuate. red flag warnings will remain in effect until later today, but for now the santa ana winds that pushed the flames early yesterday has subsided. the fire is 30% contained this morning. it's one of several burning in the state which is suffering through a severe drought. teri okita is at the fire command center in irwindale early this morning. good morning, teri. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. i spoke with the fire inspector. he says things have burned down quite a bit which is good news, however, they're still monitoring closely the worrisome unpredictable santa ana winds this morning.

patriots offensive lineman is here to tell us what it is. up next. >>> the godfather himself, no one knows small business better than this guy. what is herman cain's take on what is needed to get them going again? >>> don't miss his view on the minimum wage debate. we have got a fresh perspective, what you need to hear. >>> there is nothing like a court scandal. an exemploys sieve new york lawsuits that the new york giants have been peddling fake game-worn items to nfl collectors. you won't believe what the lawyer hyped it has to say. he joins me right here. more "money" coming right up. melissa: herman cain is known for wearing many, many hats. former ceo of godfather pizza, presidential candidate in 2012, author, radio talk show host. even ceo of the national restaurant association. he clearly knows a thing or two about running successful businesses and the money behind it all. we wanted to get his take on the big national debate over minimum wage. here now, mr. herman cain. welcome to the show, by the way. thank you for joining us. >> tha

that was basically the around the time when they when they were trying to push through the patriot act they were trying to fast track it through congress and patrick leahy and tom daschle were two of the most vocal opponents of the patriot act so it's kind of fascinating that you know that the government has tried to pin it on the anthrax attacks on this lone nut who decided to use for some reason send it to the two most vocal opponents of the patriot act it's very strange. that. as her mentioning before the timeline the way that you lay it out it really just shows these media people and government people just contradicting themselves over and over again it shows how foley. i'm pleased that the media wasn't selling the narrative talk about how much disinformation was purposely in place to link iraq to anthrax. oh my god i mean i mean well first they tried to link it to al qaeda they tried to allude to the attacks being you know islamic terrorism in the letters were sent out with the letters basically said death to israel death to america all as great and things like that almost like a

against what they see is their government becoming big brother when in the wake of nine eleven the patriot act or for an end to privacy many americans thought at least they'd be safe but with recent revelations even that tradeoff is under question in washington i'm going to check on our team. head to our web site to learn more about america's surveillance efforts and get expert analysis on what to do with by means for the rest of the world and of course we'll bring you more on president obama's upcoming speech later today here on r.t. . last ditch diplomatic efforts are in full swing to bring all keep players to the upcoming international peace conference on syria some major issues remain to be ironed out with less than a week left before the summit kicks off in switzerland let's get the latest from artie's a regular school joins us live a read of the russian foreign minister is hosting his a syrian counterpart in moscow now what has come out of this meeting so far well of course one of the main issues that were covered during that meeting of course is the presence of all the parties that

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and i anticipate at the end of the day the other patriots, the new england patriots will go home to boston and broncos will going to the super bowl. we'll hope for a great game and thanks for indulging me. i think the president reached a milestone on friday, he announced the end of the bulk collection of american's phone records. he showed he was listening to those of us across the political spectrum, i feel like i've been a voice in the wilderness all these years. and we're now in a position to keep faith with the constitution, to also rep american's privacy. took the recommendation of his own panel with all due respect to my good friend chairman rogers, there have been some abuses, not intentional but there have been some abuses. >> schieffer: let me just interrupt you there, senator, what abuses? what were they? >> there was -- in 2009 the court ruled that there were a lot of unintentional abuses that they there for shut down the program and demanded that individual warrants be generated or individual court orders be generated to query the database. the point i want to make is that the

things were slightly more genteel here between the broncos and patriots. the broncos shut down new england's offense to not just 26 for the victory. winning the afc title is part of an amazing comeback for 37-year-old quarterback peyton manning, who sat out the entire 2011 season due to a series of neck surgeries. >> it's nice when you put a lot of hard work into something and it pays dividends when you can win an afc championship and represent the afc in the super bowl. >> it's already being called the most evenly matched super bowl ever. oddsmakers are giving denver the edge, some by only one point, others as high as three. >>> breaking overnight, millions of people across new zealand bracing for aftershocks after getting slapped by a powerful earthquake. the 6.3 magnitude quake struck hours ago hitting the lower north island knocking items off store shelves in the capital city of wellington played out on live television in the middle of a dog race. >> everything is shaking here, i'm afraid. looks like we might have a bit of an earthquake going on here,

your organization described snowden as a patriot. this is edward snowden as a patriot. snowden's a guy who went to china, which has a genuine dictatorship, is currently hiding in russia. >> that's only because the u.s. took away his passport and didn't allow him to seek asylum anywhere. >> then went to russia. so he's now sitting in russia where putin runs a virtual dictatorship where they actually do all the abuses you fear. >> but he's not engaging in espionage. he's done a public service by releasing information that even james sensenbrenner, the author of the patriot act -- you served with jim sensenbrenner. he didn't authorize all these metadata -- >> let me interrupt. this is really bothering me a great deal. the man betrayed trust to his country. the man was given the opportunity and, frankly i'm one of the few people that think he has a hand or two, it's difficult for me to think that he acted on his own. but perhaps he did. look where he went. i could have taken him up to people on the left and on the right who would have been appalled by that revelation. i sho