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Dog mattis including john kelly. >> you have to see another president of the political adviser giving access -- >> exactly. you have others -- to give blanket access you have to go back to world war ii for that kind of thing. >> tell us where this is going. ideology -- >> this part i find amazing. what does he find so far that he has not said during the campaign he said ewas going to do that america voted that made him president. not only is he doing it, he ding it rit right now.

Companies secret orders at least some power to challenge them. but no way to tell if verizon did, because by law they cant talk about it. verizons general counsel in a statement to the employees, without confirming the existence of the order, suggested the company would, quote, be required to comply. if you wonder where all of this is headed, the government is expanding its efforts. the national security agency is building this massive new data center in utah, meant to store billions of gigabyte...

An explosive new report is reigniting the concerns that your privacy is being violated to protect americas security. it reveals a court order giving the national security agency, the nsa, blanket access to millions of verizon customers records on a daily basis. here is our crime and justice correspondent, joe johns. hes got the latest. >> wolf, this was an order that basically says two things to verizon. give us your business and phone records and dont tell anybody about it. but the guardian new...

Maryland, overseen by the environment protection agency. leased and operated by a private contractor for $1.6 million of your tax dollars a year. >> when the auditors first saw it, it was overwhelming. >> reporter: robert was the lead auditor for the epas inspector general who just issued a report on the facility. the document looks like a brochure, with pictures of other man caves in the same warehouse. heres a space with an even larger tv, a chair, artwork on the wall. some had personal photos...

Of six inches of rainfall in areas that are already wet. >> well check back with you, chad. thanks very much. happening now, millions of americans phone records apparently turned over to the feds every day under secret court order. an nsa whistleblower joins us to discuss whats going on on national security. and privacy. secret personal lounging inside a government warehouse. another outrageous expense on the taxpayers dime, now revealed. michelle obama is opting out of a sensitive trip wi...

Judge, the united states foreign intelligence surveillance judge, who signed this court order says this is okay, you say? >> i say that, i have no idea what the probable cause is. this whole thing is secret. whatever the court does, it only hears the governments side of the story about why it needs an order like that. and i dont know what the government could have possibly told the judge to necessitate, or to get this kind of order. >> so i ran the unit that presents the cases to the federal jud...