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The bulk collection. is that a resource you wish you had today? >> we understand the concern people have with not only protecting our values but our privacy interests as well. we think that the usa freedom act was a good resolution of that -- >> you still do? >> were committed to working forward under that -- >> you dont want new reforms? more access? >> if congress wants to talk about anything, were happy to provide information. were committed to moving forward under the current act. that act d...

A week ago we were still able to see the phone records of a potential terrorist cause. we held them. now you have to hope the phone company still has them. you have to argue with their chief council. by the time you get access and try to find out who they have been talking to before its too late. you were on the forefront of trying to change this law. any second thoughts? >> well, you know, senator rubio were doing his job and in congress more he would know the program continues. the paris trage...

Mr. woolsey for one final question. while the threat is growing quite remarkably the ns as bulk collection of data ran out last sunday. edward snowden the person who released this information has blood on his hands how seriously does this hurt us particularly when you are talking about homegrown threats with the possibility that a fellow like farook is in touch with people. >> safety huge amount of data for clients. they can tell you what medium you ought to be using to bring a purchase to a cli...

What do you do? that could have helped here, but that bulk collection of data would not have made a difference because of the trade craft that was being used. >> many security experts would argue that meta data collection would at least show ties to terrorist organizations, to potential jihadists that might be in the country and also other attacks that could be happening in the future. thank you for your expertise joshua katz this morning. >> thank you. the time is five minutes before the top ...

Qae qaeda, isis and others are using dating websites around the globe to identify potential recruits, to pair recruits together, and this is the -- i think this is going to come out that this pair was put together for this particular purpose. and josh, just last week, the nsa lost its ability to collect met a data for cell phone records. investigators are trying to piece together if the people had ties to others who may be plotting attacks. what does this tell you about where our country is go...

To the parises. the timing is timing, most bottom feel he the president can walk and chew gun sim, fewer, fewer republicans are believing thats a plausible answer. you see people like senator rubio making a turn saying its not clear to me do anything about it thats a little bit different and nuanced you are seeing a play against political back drop in much different ways in the two primaries. >> senator lindsey graham says is he is not a scientist, his grades show it and he accepts what the scie...

Member of the house intelligence committee, democrat congressman adam schiff, said the tragedy in paris should not be used to restart the program, adding the bipartisan agreement to end the bulk collection of data shows how privacy and security are not mutually exclusive. jenna: catherine, thank you. jon: the u.s. embassy this kabul is warning american citizens there after getting, quote, credible reports of an imminent attack in the afghan capital, now urging all u.s. citizens to exercise extre...

Outrageous things and garnering attention. thats his strategy is to dominate the news. the simple fact is that hes been wrong on syria and on the refugees pretty consistently and no one is holding him to account. >> reporter: the other big news on the campaign trail today is governor chris christie picking up one of the most important endorsements of the republican primary season. the publisher of the new hampshire union leader says, quote, we dont need another fast talking freshman u.s. senator...

>> in washington, ohio governor john kasich reiterated his call for a unified response from nato. >> shared intelligence is absolutely critical and immediately we should be planning a coalition of the willing to go and destroy isis. >> last night, florida senator marco rubio called out rand paul and ted cruz, for their support of overhauling the nsas bulk collection of phone records, accusing them of making america less safe. >> two of my colleagues in in the senate, aspire together presidency, ...

Went missing. this is one of the bad outcomes of hillarys war in libya. they were trying to then recapture those weapons, but then instead of disabling them, they were going to send those weapons to a new set of jihadists that are in syria. and so, none of it made any sense to me. none of it that i know of was approved by congress. and yes, hillary clinton should be held accountable for that. >> you think? if thats true -- lets just replay what you just said -- and they sent those surface-to-air...