david ignatius, very ugly with his economies about edward snowden. david gregory when he ran "meet the press" had glen green walt on his show would and was extremely critical for him being a conduit for the information from edward snowden. when diane feinstein wrote a report about torture and abuse she was on wolf blitzer's situation room and accused of having blood on her in other words revealing the information about the cia torture and abuse. so the think i would like to leave you with at this point dish do want to leave some time for questions and comments -- is our democracy right now is in trouble. we're in a very beleaguered state. there was an article in the "new york times" about two weeks ago about-i love this word -- guardrail, the guardrail of democracy and how the system is working. well, two observations. one, the system will only work if people make the system work. the system can't work on its own. and, two, i would argue the system isn't working the with a i would like it to work. look at the intelligence committees created in 1970s

i know edward snowden is controversial. he has admitted to the fact he broke laws dealing with certain kinds of intelligence, communication intelligence and signal intelligence. but ed snowden told us about unconstitutional, not just illegal, but constitutional behavior in the white house that was aimed at all the american people. this is an important contribution to our understanding. here is where whistleblowers, i think, play a very important role. we just read about chelsea manning being released from jail. she received a pardoned from president obama. and i know there is a lot of confusion about chelsea manning but the fact of the matter is she exposed war crimes taking place in iraq. my point is in trying to understand what a whistleblower is and why a whistleblower acts the way he does, and i can only think for myself, but i know why they acted the way he did. you see something in public life that you know is wrong at some point. sometimes it becomes so overwhelming that you feel you have to do something about it. i

snowden is embedded in russia, am i correct? guest: he is in rush. -- in russia. he has been for almost four years. i don't think there is any connection between him and the attempts to influence the 2016 election. i amr: that is not what saying. the fact he knows how we hunt people down or track people through computers and things ise that, i wonder if russia playing with some knowledge they him toave gained through bait us falsely or make an people.to influence with the fake news and things now, we are proving to be easy to influence. we act on information without giving it a second thought. talking about the population. maybe not government intelligence. that don't have knowledge of how things work, as you said, the information is secretive. we are not privileged to it. professor banks, you seem skeptical. he makes a nice point that whether it is snowden himself or the availability of have learned they a tremendous amount about our of gatheringns intelligence and disseminating information. capabilities in this area are sophisticated. they are as strong as ours.

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snowden is embedded in russia, am i correct? guest: he is in rush. -- in russia. he has been for almost four years. i don't think there is any connection between him and the attempts to influence the 2016 election. i amr: that is not what saying. the fact he knows how we hunt people down or track people through computers and things ise that, i wonder if russia playing with some knowledge they him toave gained through bait us falsely or make an people.to influence with the fake news and things now, we are proving to be easy to influence. we act on information without giving it a second thought. talking about the population. maybe not government intelligence. that don't have knowledge of how things work, as you said, the information is secretive. we are not privileged to it. professor banks, you seem skeptical. he makes a nice point that whether it is snowden himself or the availability of have learned they a tremendous amount about our of gatheringns intelligence and disseminating information. capabilities in this area are sophisticated. they are as strong as ours.

her 2014 film on edward snowden "citizen four" won the academy award for best documentary feature. her new documentary "risk" portrays wikileaks founder julian assange. following assange as he confronts alcongratulations of sexual assault and oversees document dumps. the "new york times" describes the film unfinished in a way that is fascinating, frustrating and entirely understandable. the trailer for "risk." ( ringing ) >> hello, can i please speak to hillary clinton? calling from the office of julian assange. this is an emergency. >> this is not the film i thought i was going to make. i thought i could ignore the contradictions. i thought they were not part of the story. i was wrong. they are becoming the story. >> the filmmaker named laura poitras. laura poitras is known through the community as a documentary filmmaker for the entire u.s. >> the tensions at the border have become more aggressive. when i got home mix apartment door was open. did i forget to close it or are they sending me a message? sometimes i can't believe what julian went through. >> i can't be certain unless

this is edward snowden who comey, as he said come has been trying to jail for years.nd he says, if i can oppose this firing, so can you. dojim comey has tried to not only of impossible to put edward snowden in a prison cell for four years, he has annouounced m as a traitor and called him a criminal and a felon, devoted huge amounts of resources to secure his apprehension. i think what snowden is trying to do is to say, look, we'll have very strong opinions, but there are times as americans when we say, there are certain lines we won't allow to be crossed. and firing the fbi director in order to influence criminal investigations directed at the white house has to be one of those lines. amy: angus king, an independent senator, who serves on the senate select committee on intelligence and a said he came up with an idea last night. he said, why don't we hire james comey to lead the investigation for us in the senate select committee on intelligence? he is now a free man to do whatever he wants to do. now, this is very interesting proposal. >> this is what i was getting it

laura is here, her film on edward snowden won the academy award for best documentary.ew film profiles julian assange. it follows him as he confronts allegations of sexual assault and overseas document dumps. the new york times describes the film as unfinished in a way that is fascinating, frustrating, and understandable. here is the trailer for "risk." >> can i speak to hillary clinton gekko -- hillary clinton? this is an emergency. >> this is, i thought i could ignore the contradictions. i thought they weren't part of the story. i was wrong. they are becoming the story. >> it is known as a documentary filmmaker. border has become more aggressive. when i got home, my permanent -- my apartment door was open. are they sending me a message? can't believe it. >> [indiscernible] >> the fbi is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. we don't have a problem, you have a problem. charlie: i am pleased to have laura back at the table. after all the success of the snowden film, did you immediately want to turn to assange as a

eric snowden has become a -- >> edward. >> edward, excuse me. >> trump has aligned himself with snowden on this issue. and he's got to make a decision. >> but you need to be more specific. when you have susan rice, an obama administration official admitting on television, i can't deny or confirm -- >> and according to the reporting on cnn have said that there's no there there. >> that's why the american citizens should be able to see the documents. >> and i would say that i go back to joe lewis's quote on susan rice, i think he was accurate. this was a woman who said there was no genocide in rwanda, that -- >> this is the united states of america has accused his predecessor of violating the law and the constitution by wiretapping him, that is a -- it's a prevarication. cps. >> the outcome is that they lose this tool, that's going to be a big deal. >> we got to lever ave it there >> the new republican health care bill is -- the list of no votes could be longer than expected. [team member] we're proactively advancing our security to find better ways to help keep your finances safe. over h

himself -- i'm saying that trump has aligned himself with snowden on this issue.got to make a decision. >> more specific, when you have susan rice, an obama administration official, admitting on national television, i can't deny or confirm whether -- >> the democrats have looked at that. and according to the reporting by cnn, there's no there there. >> that's what the american citizens need to see the documents. >> it will come out. i would say -- i'll go back to joe lewis' quote on susan rice. this is a woman who said there was no genocide in rwanda. >> the president -- the president of the united states -- the president of the united states of america has accused his predecessor of violating the law and the constitution by wiretapping him. that is a -- it's a provocation. he has -- >> the outcome, they lose this tool, that's going to be a big deal. >> we have to leave it there. >>> the new republican health care plan is on the verge of failure. where the whip stands tonight. and why gop congressman says the list of no votes could be longer than expected. and we'

chelsea manning and edward snowden carried out heroic, courageous acts.hey fulfilled the responsibility of somebody who takes citizenship seriously -- that is, who believes that the people of a country ought to know something about what their government is up to. ok? like if their government is carrying out murderous, brutal attacks in iraq, people should know about it. takes us back to martin luther king's talk in 1967. if the government is, and corporations, too, incidentally, are listening in to your telephone conversations and what you are doing, you know, tapping this discussion and so on, we should know about it. governments have no right to do things like that. and people should know about it. and if they think it is ok, fine, let them decide. not do it in secret. and i think people wouldn't agree to it. that's why it's kept secret. why else keep it secret? you know? and these are people who exposed it at great risk to themselves. so those are heroic, courageous acts. if wikileaks was abetting them, more power to them. that's what they should be do

and we heard from edward snowden, pointing at the nsa. considering russia is so often at the center of hacking allegations that the original group who hacked the nsa were called shadow groupers, and edward snowden in the past suggested based on circumstantial evidence he admits himself, suggested they were associated with the russian government. but once they put that data on line, the spy tools which were exploiting this vulnerability in the microsoft system, then anybody could get their hands on it, cyber criminals. it would appear as what nina was saying, this was cyber criminals that realized they can make a lot of money holding so many companies around the world ransom in this way. >> thank you both. >>> the airline industry is bracing for a major change. the united states set to expand its laptop ban to flights coming from europe. but officials there say new restrictions may pose a safety risk. renee marsh has more. >> reporter: as the u.s. moves toward expanding its ban on all electronics larger than a cell phone from the main cabi

especially to hear what edward snowden is saying about it.y much, indeed. >>> well, from the uk and the united states, this is cnn newsroom. >>> still ahead, the u.s. plans to set a ban on laptops on flights from europe. why some officials say it is a dangerous move. stay with us. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. but we've got the get tdigital tools to help. now with xfinity's my account, you can figure things out easily, so you won't even have to call us. change your wifi password to something you can actually remember, instantly. add that premium channel, and watch the show everyone's talking about, tonight. and the bill you need to pay? do it in seconds. because we should fit into your life, not the other way around. go to xfinity.com/myaccount >>> welcome our viewers back here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn new

that would include somebody like ed snowden. he becomes extremely famous and is praised from certain quarters all over the world. living the high life. even though he has to live in russia. [laughter] >> dana: he's with his girlfriend and gets all this attention. i think leakers like ed snowden, not holding them into account needs to others thinking they can get away with that and not pay a consequence. >> kimberly: greg, where do we go from here in terms of our relationship, the u.k. is obviously upset and concerned about these leaks. this puts the u.s. a little bit on its heels but it could be an advantage to president trump if it played out right. >> greg: i just came up with this phrase, loose links sink ships. you need to keep england happy. it's basically our spouse in this world. the closest relationship we hav have. is this a big deal and why? from an intelligent standpoint, i'm not sure, it was two days later. the stuff was out there. from a respect standpoint, it's a big deal. there's always a conflict here. america is

i have mixed feelings about snowden and everything. trump is an independent. i don't think he would do anything to hurt the country. all of these people in washington, all of these bureaucrats are mad because the good old boy club got somebody from the outside in their. they are bad because they cannot have their way and line their pockets and everything else and throw the country under the bus. you know, it is a shame, it really is. thank you for your time. ms. finley: i will say again i think national security is a nonpartisan issue. i think most people working in national security understand and cherish that. host: let's talk to jesse from rosedale, maryland on the democratic line. jesse: i was thinking about all of these republicans. cia, what if they investigated and found that it might be wrong. be larger than they think. more widespread than they think. we have an awfully lot of republican governors. how did that happen? thank you. finley: sorry. i didn't understand the question. host: now chris. chris: i think the are holes in the democratic party. we

snowden went to russia. they gave him asylum when he got there with that information.ost: let's take a look at some reaction from our elected officials on twitter to the latest news about the russian probe. senator patrick leahy said -- a picture of the president with russian officials in the white house. blumenthalor richard -- we also have senator chuck grassley -- as we know, former director comey will be testifying before the senate intelligence committee. senator grassley goes on to say -- reaction from some lawmakers to the ongoing probe into russia as we continue to take calls and get your thoughts on the latest developments. steve is calling from california. republican line. caller: i have a comment. trump right -- which law did trump break? he spoke to the russians. he's the president. he can do that. the woman who called about hitler, she doesn't know what she's talking about. was in a depression at that time. hitler blamed the jewish people, but he turned germany into a super power within five years. trump is not hitler. trump is a man who will dig them out,

snowden pound -- snowden pond road, east of the parkway, we will update that ride headed into southeastautria? the search is on, the top picks to replace james comey and the growing fallout over his firing. plus, d.c. does it again. the second miss usa in a row, but she has already started a controversy morning washington," on your side. larry: 6:15, new developments in the search for an ei director. president trump says he could find a replacement this week. among the candidates, alice fisher, andrew mccabe, and a judge michael garcia, a judge on new york's highest state court. the candidate would replace james comey, fired earlier this month. new scrutiny this morning for official.ump campaign paul manafort is under investigation. looking into his real estate dealings. alsoarate investigation is underway by the manhattan district attorney. he oversaw the trunk campaign for five months last summer. is districts 2017 of columbia. d.c., doublinga: up, for the second year in a row has been dubbed the new miss usa . sam sweeney is covering or she said last night that had people fuming on t

klein what transpired, how he was treated, and what connection it has to be snowden whistleblowing? and this is constitutional law. i had hoped to ask the guest if it was constitutional for barack obama to do what he did. you just said congress cannot change laws to denied people the right to speech. these people were denied their day in court. host: we always appreciate suggestions. all of our segments are available online at c-span.org. joan is next in rochester, minnesota. democrat. caller: good morning. i wondered about the author of the book just on before, i would like to know the difference differenceolitical on topics and character assassination, which is what happens when this information is about people. hearing everyone has rights as long as they do not infringe on other people's rights. people have the right to privacy , and they do not have the right to have their names smeared all over everything. that is one thing. difference of opinion on a topic, that is another thing where everyone has a right to speak their differences. aboutdo not think talking other people and c

. >> eric: i think what snowden did come open to the world of the u.s.nment was violating our fourth amendment rights and that was very much constitutional what he did. what manning did i think was put a lot of people in danger. >> kat: the pentagon chief investigator found zero casualties from the documents released. if you're going to say there is no evidence on russia. >> eric: if bradley manning, now chelsea manning was giving away locations and military movements, there is no way of quantifying. >> kat: i hate when people say, chelsea manning releases information, releasing information of wrongdoing. it was earnest to expose wrongdoing. people say. >> eric: in his mind, the wrongdoing was that we were at war. >> kat: people saying that shows you won't be able, that you can threaten national security and get away with it, there were consequences. seven years in prison is a long time. 35 years is longer than murderers and rapists. i think this is perfectly fair. commute the sentence, absolutel absolutely. >> eboni: i hear you two debating the intentio

but, tonight, still questions about this new report, which should suggest deputy mayor snowden was able to get her son to the popular montessori at special trans23er from former d.c. ps chancellor kai henderson. it's a school that has a waiting list of more than a thousand and students and last month the d.c. office of inspector general said henderson was being investigated for giving preferential treatment to s some, including d.c. offi officials. tonight you can imagine there was quite the reaction from the wilson building. we also caught up with mayor becauseer earlier. here was her response this afternoon. >> it certainly races an eyebrow. it was a popular and great school. >> when this say district officials are involved that makes me very upset. >> i'm assuming that the deputy mayor presented to the chance lar which is right of every parent. special set of circumstances for her family and the chancellor made the desession she thought was best. >> and mayor becauseer did not have a public tonight. and of course we were unable to speak with her further regarding this report as she w

documents, presumably given to the russians by snowden and ended up in iran and the iranians as the intercepted, changed something in the iran to stop that -- stop classified operation. so, once that happened last week, once it was reported that president trump has given classified israeli information to the russians, the israelis saw the worst of their nightmare becoming true. the sacred channel between the sacred confidence between the two intelligence communities that share the most intimate secret is in jeopardy. and i cannot -- i think there are not words enough to express the anger and the astonishment and concern of the israelis, the israeli intelligence, and at least for now, andrea, there's not -- there's no clear understanding what was given by the president to the russian foreign minister lavrov. there are huge quantities of information that was given from israel to the united states in recent months dealing with the russian hbollahresident assad and iraniannvolvement in syria and military action and information about isis. israeli intelligence is still investigating what

but stellar went this is what edward snowden revealed later. >> this is the kind of surveillance. >> key yes. this is the stuff. this is why it isn't easy. so little after noon susan rice to minimize the u.s. names i am asking the names don't have to do that now. to suppress the u.s. identities about that communication to protect the privacy. the lesson becomes critical to the intelligence i simply said when we decide to minimize the names with the communications between afghanistan and the united states of america, with more meaning for word it is always a judgment and nsa is notoriously conservative. and i said i have 3,000 dead countrymen and my headquarters is in that other country. so all a little more for word to make that value judgment. so i would call george tenet that the church right formed those committees is headed is a little different here i am happy to come talk to you the house said explain and i did. so georgann his morning update to say i am doing this and this is pretty soon after and the way george tells the story one more thing mike hayden is going to jail. [lau

nsa whistleblower edward snowden tweeted -- "despite warnings, @nsagov built dangerous attack tools that could target western software. today we see the cost." on capitol hill, u.s. lawmakers are demanding president trump turn over any recordings of conversations he had with fired fbi director james comey. the demand comes after president trump threatened comey in a twitter rant on friday, writing -- "james comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press." late last week, trump acknowledged in an nbc interview that he'd fired comey, in part, over the investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia to alleged -- allegedly hack the 2016 election. comey has been invited to meet with the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. democrats have said they will not vote on a new fbi director until a special prosecutor is appointed to preside over the investigation into trump's ties to russia. on sunday, former director of national intelligence james clapper said trump's decision to fire comey represents an assault on u.s.

it was president obama's version of this program that snowden then made public. so my sense in that church pipe, are you doing this right, are you sure you're not abusing this, you had to president who were fundamentally as different as those two fundamentally saying no, this is the right balance and we probably had it right.>> one of the things that struck me from the book was that when you were looking at the information about who called who when, for how long, basically the information that you gathered from the phone bills of americans whether they subscribe to t mobile or some other, one of the things you did not do was apply the kind of algorithm and data mining that you could to find patterns in those phone bills of many large numbers of people. >> and to me, that's amazing as it indicates that the nsa was way behind google because adsense does that me all the time. i keep these so i look on the web for beekeeping stuff and next time i read the new york times, there's the beekeeping ads, they knew. why weren't you doing that? >> what steve is referring to

snowden should be executed if he returns to the united states because he had, according to trump, disclosedious information to russia and china. oh, the irony. what about the president now and what allegations of treason against president trump would they go too far? >> well, i think that those might be a step away. treason is very narrowly defined under the constitution. the founders made sure that it was the only crime they explicitly laid out in the constitution and it requires a number of factors that you have to prove before you can even bring charges in that. so we're still a ways away from sort of that sort of legal discussion. but there is a whole range of potential offenses that could be investigated that fall short of that, that could still carry very serious ramifications. obstruction of justice is a big one floating around now after the firing of fbi director james comey last week. that could be the most likely one that could lead to serious trouble because that's the one used against richard nixon and against bill clinton during their impeachment sagas. >> gentlemen, i wish we

. >> edward snowden tweeting this -- several series of biting statements issued one calling the firing a constitutional crisis. others labelling the move nixonas the nixon library with their hashtag tweeted not even nixon >> we will see democratic in the their seats. they want to hear what the republican leader will say about this firing. they're also meeting to talk about what the next step will be. they're pushing hard for special prosecutor of the justice department to oversee this russia investigation something they've been calling for all along now. with comey out they insist this is the only way to ensure public trust in that investigation and insure an fair and independent outcome we will hear them talk about that. chuck schumer leader on the democratic side will likely talk about how important to have that independent prosecutoprosecutor. interesting today president trump is having his highestp level meeting with the foreign minister, sergey lavrov will be here, interesting considering the russian investigation and questions about it seem to be wrapped up in this firing of come

edward snowden called her comments an era-defining moment. a fellow with a u.s.hink tank speculating whether, quote, merkel's seemingly seismic words might be seen as a sign that the eu has finally decided to take more responsibility. richard haas the president of the u.s. think tank added some food for thought, tweeting, it would be ironic if one union would be the emergence of a stronger eu. that is what seems to be happening. meantime i'm a u.s.-based -- u.s. tweeter says -- but brussels-based the journalist writes it is striking that americans are reading for more into merkel's comments than most europeans are. meantime in other news, france's new president emmanuel macron has held frank talks with his russian counterpart vladimir putin. macron left the door open for improving economic ties with russia but he also warned his guest that he would not overlook human rights abuses in chechnya, nor for the use of chemical weapons in syria. it was plain speaking, at odds at the talk's opulent setting. reporter: a meeting that could shape french-russian relations fo

chelsea manning and edward snowden have citizenship and that is who believes the people of the country believe they ought to know what their government is up to. if people are carrying out brutal murders people need to know about it. takes us back to the dr. king speech. if the government is listening, and businesses, too, your phone conversations and tapping the discussions and so on we should no about it. governments have no right to do things like that. people should know about it. if they think it is okay, fine, let them decide not do it in secret. i don't think people would agree. that is why it is kept secret. why else keep it secret. these are people who expose it at great risk to themselves. so there is heroic courageous acts if wikileaks was vetting them more power to them. >> president trump endorsed wikileaks. he said i love wikileaks during the campaign. >> when it was releasing things he liked. any system of government will do that. you release information i like, it is great. but i don't want to be exposed. >> speaking of entities president trump doesn't like we calls the

shut down very likely because of this large scene for the police. 197 south of snowden roadblocked each of a downed poll and wireshi inner loop after pennsylvania work being done there. rest of the beltway looking okay. right now we'll talk a little bit about weather. good morning, guys. >> good morning, melissa. we had a fantastic end to the weekend but we're talking about temperatures heating up this week. you might like it if you like 90s. >> that makes one of us happy. the other not so much. 4 things to know about the forecast, a cool and breezy start. it's going to feel awesome for anything you want to do outside. the warm and dry pattern is coming back soon. we'll be near 90 degrees by wednesday and thursday. for now though, it is really nice outside. mid to upper 50s across the area. planning out your back to work monday. 50s with a nice cool breeze here early this morning. afternoon highs in the low to mid 70s with pure sunshine start to finish. we'll start to talk about the rest of the week coming up in a few. >> chuck, thank you. >>> as you this morning, there is an urgent cyb

. >> you always pick fascinating subjects, snowden, assange. thank you for your work. >> thank you. >> director of "risk" a new pron front about julian assange. that is our show tonight. as always, keep the faith. ♪ ♪ >>> for more information on today's show, visit tavismiley on pbs.org. >>> join me for a conversation with two united airlines pilots about the barriers that african-americans face in the airline industry. that's next time. see you then. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ -today on "america's test kitchen," bridget and julia uncover the secrets to the ultimate sticky buns, adam reviews waffle irons with julia, and jack challenges bridget to a tasting of almond butter. it's all coming up right here on "america's test kitchen." "america's test kitchen" is brought to you by the following -- fisher & paykel. since 1934, fisher & paykel has been designing

. >> you always pick fascinating subjects, snowden, assange. thank you for your work. >> thank you. >> director of "risk" a new pron front about julian assange. that is our show tonight. as always, keep the faith. ♪ ♪ >>> for more information on today's ow, visit tavismiley on pbs.org. >>> join me for a conversation with two united airlines pilots about the barriers that african-americans face in the airline industry. that's next time. see you then. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> good >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. president trump won office on appeal to working class voters. how well is his administration working for them. tonight a conversation with rana foroohar. she joins us to talk about the economic realities in the trump air remark who is benefiting from his plans and who is losing. >>> then trombone shorty joins us to talk about his debut album for blue records, it's called parking lot symphony. rana foroohar and trombone shorty in just a moment.

. >> in 2014, filmmaker laura portress won an academy for her documentary about edward snowden.propounds julian assange, wikileaks. >> he is brillient and willing to take risks for what he believes in. at his worst, he's -- he can be ven addictive, he can be vain -- vindictive, vain and a bit of a trickster. and in terms of his accomplish -- publishing, i guess are where my questions come in, or his decisions not to redact certain types of information. so, for instance, if ewe look at the d.n.c. e-mails, you know, it was in a position h he received newsworthy information and claims he doesn't know the source. >> rose: everybody believes it came from the russians. >> yes. what comey says in this hearing where he told the public that he was investigating possible connections between trump and the russians, what he says is that the russian government used an intermediary, what they called a cutout to do is leak. so, for instance, you, tomorrow, could receive a manila envelope with trump's tax returns. >> rose: this has happened? what do you do? it's news, you verify it, so i think

. >> former nsa contractor edward snowden is weighing in, this fbi director has sought for years to jail me on account of my political activities. if i can oppose his firing, so can you. several democratic and republican lawmakers issued a series of biting statement. one senator calling the firing a constitutional crisis. several others labeling the move nix nixonian. the nixon library overnight, not even nixon fired his own fbi chief. bill clinton was the first and up until yesterday, the only president to oust a director of the fbi. we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. good morning. you're hearing unprecedented moves in the senate this morning. >> reporter: democrats have been told to be in their seats at 9:30 a.m. to hear what the majority has to say about this. they are meeting to figure out what their next step is going to be. they've been pushing for a special prosecutor, someone independent to oversee this russia investigation. now they think they've got the fuel, the ammunition to make that happen with the firing of director comey. democrats are saying, at least their leadership s

fox5 learned the names connected to this case are deputy mayor courtney snowden who admitted to talking with chancellor henderson because of her son's unique needs. today we asked the mayor for any more information that she could give us about this investigation. >> i believe that he said that there were -- there was a cabinet member involved, a government officials involved and private citizens involved. but they weren't the subject of his investigation. and he was careful to say that because they weren't the subject of and suspected of any wrongdoing, that their names would not be released. >> we also requested an interview with the inspector general but we were declined. >> ahead at 6:00 a bold thief finds an easy while swipe cash from the convenience store when the cashier isn't looking. >> you don't want this happening the next time you ride metro. the door is opened on the wrong side. wow. take a look at that. hey, sue. >> that's kind of scary shaun. a lot of people probable orange line deciding to ride metro today instead of slogging it out in the rain. if i have any good news at

when the edward snowden case came to light i mentioned to my husband, i did not think that it was rightvernment was able to collect my telephone data when i had not done anything wrong. i mentioned it, and later on that night, i am a nurse in the neonatal intensive care. about one am he sent me a text message saying, would you be willing to be the plaintiff in the case suing the president? and i said sure, as long as i don't have to do any interviews, and here i am. john: in the satire he tried to reassure his girlfriend about his spying on her e-mails. >> analyzing metadata. >> no one is listening to your telephone calls. john: both are true. they are just gathering, looking for patterns, and may be able find a will find a terrorist that way. >> but that reveals a lot about you. >> maybe they will find someone who wants to kill us >> but this program has been wholly ineffective at doing that. it does not keep us safe. john: congress has kind of taking your side at least saying that the phone companies have to hold the data. >> exactly true, and and i was on the right side of history he