on the very popular panda cam. >> the new cub is roughly the size of a stick of butter. it looks like a sala mander. >> we think over time baby panda will get cuter. president obama is defending the nsa after a report this week that the agency broke its own privacy rules house to and house to of times. that's right, violations including america's snooping on americans' e-mails. >> cnn just sat down with an exclusive interview with president obama and he asked him about growing skepticism about the nsa. good morning, christian. >> reporter: good morning, the president says the american people can trust the surveillance that's done by the nsa. he says there are checks in place.