. >>> getting the ungettable. a report on our government's most sophisticated intelligence gathering secret unit. >>> quake crash. a massive stretch of road collapses. >>> plus, peyton manning adds to the record books. and is there a shark just feet from a couple of boogie boarders? it's monday, december 30 as "early today" starts right now. >>> good monday morning. i'm richard lui. breaking news overnight. another deadly suicide bombing has rocked the city of volgograd, russia. the bomb tore through a trolley bus killing at least 14 people. it comes after another suicide bomber killed at least 17 people at the city's train station. the carnage is putting the city on edge. it's 400 miles from sochi where in just 48 days the world will converge for the olympic games. the white house has agreed to cooperate and president putin has given orders to russia's national antiterrorism committee to strengthen security arpd volgograd. >> reporter: good morning. investigators in volgograd, which is a major bus hub in a city o

. >>> getting the ungettable. a report on one of our government's most sophisticated intelligence-gathering secret units. >>> quake and crash. earthquakes cause a massive stretch of road to collapse. >>> peyton manning adds to the record books. >>> is that a shark just feet from a couple of boogie boarders? good morning to you, nice to see you, i'm veronica de la cruz. breaking news, another deadly suicide bombing has rocked the city of voe go grad, russia, killing at least 14 on a bus. it comesed a day after another suicide bomber killed at least 17 people at the city's main train station. the carnage is putting the city on edge. it is 400 miles from sochi where the world will converge for the winter olympic games. the white house says the u.s. has agreed to cooperate with russia on counterterrorism efforts leading up to the games. and president putin has given orders to russia's national anti-terrorism committee to strengthen security throughout russia and volgograd. jim, good morning to you, what more can you t

they record key strokes and this is all part of a top secret program to, quote, get the ungettable. it's not clear whether leaker edward snowden had anything to do with this leak. >>> after a rocky star, obamacare enrollments are seeing a turnaround. the obama administration overall goal is to get 700,000 signed up. >> not a happy year for americans whose long-term unemployment benefits conspired saturday after congress failed to pass an extension. democrats are vowing to reinstate the benefits a top priority when congress returns in january, but many republicans argue that emergency assistance is no longer necessary as the economy improves. >>> lawmakers taking aim at a report in "the new york times" saying al qaeda was not involved in the 2012 benghazi attack that left four americans dead, including the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. mike rogers insists that analysis is just not true. >> there was aspiration to conduct an attack by al qaeda and their affiliates in libya, we know that. >> republicans have long claimed the attack was planned for the anniversary of 9/11 but some demo

vulnerabilities, even hijacked microsoft bug report systems to spy on its targets and, quote, get the ungettable. this information was rorpted by gathered from documents released by admitted nsa leaker edward snowden and comes months after allegations that the u.s. tapped the cell phone of german chancellor angela merkel. in the meantime, two federal judges handing down opposing rulings on the constitutionality of that agency's telephone data collection program and millions of americans connected to it, the lack of consensus possibly paving a way for a u.s. supreme court battle. more from washington. >> reporter: a federal judge recently ruled the nsa's bulk data collection is okay because it can stop terrorist attacks. another federal judge, richard leon, says the nsa's bulk data collection not okay because there's no proof it can stop terrorist attacks. now one former cia director is pointing out what he believes is a key difference in those roger goodellings aside from the obvious headlines. >> judge pauly relied on precedent. judge leon relied on exclamation points throughout his judgment, n

getting the ungettable.ation. >>> the deadline is closing in for the family of the girl pronounced brain dead after a routine tonsil surgery. they have until 5:00 p.m. today to find a new facility to keep the 13-year-old on a ventilator. if they don't, the hospital where she is now will follow a court order to remove her from life support unless her family appeals. they hope a new york facility will take her after two california care homes withdrew their offers. >>> two hikers recovering this morning after surviving an 800-foot plunge over rock, cliff and ice in an avalanche. it happened on mount washington in new hampshire. the two missed a turn on their trail because of whiteout conditions and unknowingly entered an area triggering the massive avalanche. they climbed 200 feet before being rescued. both walked away with bumps and bruises. one of them fractured an arm. >>> skiers at a resort have more to watch out for than steep slopes. a porcupine attacking and following people around. apparently the little

. >>> getting the ungettable.one of our government's most sophisticated intelligence-gathering secret units. >>> quake and crash. earthquakes cause a massive stretch of road to collapse. >>> peyton manning adds to the record books. >>> is that a shark just feet from a couple of boogie boarders? good morning to you, nice to see you, i'm veronica de la cruz. breaking news, another deadly suicide bombing has rocked the city of voe go

. >>> getting the ungettable. government's most sophisticated intelligence gathering secret unit. >>> quake crash. a massive stretch of road collapses. >>> plus, peyton manning adds to the record books. and is there a shark just feet from a couple of boogie boarders? it's monday, december 30 as "early today" starts right now.

has a skilled hacking team that specializes in getting the ungettable.tech spies that intercept computer chefs, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and highjacked microsofts internal supporting system. it is based on leaks by edward snowden. >> parts of the midwest are seeing a drastic drop in temperatures. for more, we turn to nicole mitchell. >> you look at the twin cities in minnesota, dropping from the upper 40's 47 in minneapolis to negatives this morning. the last 24 hours, 20-degree drop but over the last two days, it's been closer to 60 degrees of a drop. we're having a little warm up now after the initial cold in rapid city because of some of those down flow winds. most of the region is going to stay frigid and a lot of temperature below zero this morning. unfortunately, midwest is sharing all that cold air. it's already been moving eastward and so itward, so we're watching some of these temperatures drop, not as dramatically, but you might notice a 10-degree drop from yesterday. as we get across the region, here's what we're going to look at as w

ko according to one official, they get the ungettable.d joins me from washington to explain. what is this unit, these super government geeks, who are they? >> super hackers working for the government. they're called the tailored access operations or tao unit of the nsa. according to a magazine, this is an elite team of hackers trained by the nsa. very young, most in their 20s or early 30s. now on how it works, they cite internal nsa documents detailing a whole catalog of different techniques they use for remote hacking, according to the magazine. the unit can tap into the error messages many of us get from microsoft. they pop up telling us there's a bug in our computers, they access cookies, the tags that pop up showing our computer's favorite websites. it can send people to dummy facebook or linkedin websites, that look like the real thing, but once we go there, they can read our communications. this unit physically intercepts computers being shipped so they can open up the packages, plant spyware on them, close them up again, send them