Former National Security advisor tom donlon and c. E. O. Deputy director is key member of the group that advised the president how to reform the nsa. All that plus our own panel of analysts. 60 years of news, because this is face the nation. Good morning again, the House Intelligence Committee chairman mike rogers has been out front from the beginning defending the nsa programs since they first came under fire, mr. Chairman, welcome. Thank you. Schieffer i want to ask you about the president s speech, but the first thing i want to get to is that you suggested that perhaps Edward Snowden had some help from the russians. He of course the man who dumped all of this information out on us from the web and from the american files. What do you say to that . Couple of things, i said that there hes likely to have had help, i think there are some interesting questions we have to answer that certainly would lend one to believe that the russians had at least in some part something to do with a, ei
Schieffer it wouldnt be summer without a scandal or two and well get analysis on the latest in the Anthony Weiner saga from gather, dee dee myers, and michael gerson, columnist for the washington post. Sports columnist Bob Nightengale of usa today and bill rhoden of the New York Times are here with the latest on the baseball steroid scandal. And well have a report from seth doane, whos just winding up a visit to north korea on the 60th anniversary on the end of the korean war. Spies, scandals, and its all ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, face the nation with bob schieffer. Schieffer and good morning, again. It has been a horrendous weekend in egypt, violent confrontations between the Egyptian Military and supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi have left at least 72 dead and hundreds wounded. Secretary of state john kerry issued a statement saying, this is a Pivotal Moment for egypt, and called for egypts leaders to, act immediate
Flooding just keep coming. More deaths in houston as radar shows another storm rolling into town. And then the politics lead for nine years this man was two heartbeats away from the highest office in chbt land. Now former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, republican illinois indicted. Feds say he agreed to pay 3. 5 million to someone to compensate for and hush up something. What possible skeleton could he have in his closet that would take millions of dollars to hide . Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Breaking nugz in the National Lead president obama and attorney general lynch sequestered in the west wing as we speak currently strategizing how to rescue the nsas Bulk Surveillance Program from what seems like an uncertain death at the u. S. Senate. Camped out on the west lawn in d. C. This meeting started an hour ago. What is the white houses plan to salvage these sections of the patriot act that the president insists are absolutely critical to National Security . Reporter right.
United States Senate play far too many games with a piece of legislation critical to the National Security of the United States and Civil Liberties of the american people. We start the hour with nbcs luke russert on the hill. Luke, what is in these changes that the house really objects to here. Reporter well what they say is on may 13th they passed a bill usa freedom act with 338 votes that was overwhelmingly bipartisan. This came after months much painstaking negotiations and the senate has no right to do away with the legs lagz because they screwed up. Rand paul called his bluff and Mitch Mcconnell got left with nothing to show for it. The issue really at hand and hear this from republicans privately, mcconnell was working on trade legislation before the memorial day recess he knew where we stood and how the heck are we backing down from legislation that had 338 supporters. Now theres an interesting question the First Amendment mcconnell put forward it just went down. Now there are t
Of beau biden the son of joe biden who succumb to brain cancer at the age of 46. His death highlights both the dangers of brain cancer that kills an estimated 15,000 adults a year and the tragedies that too often have befallen the biden family. We begin with chris jansing. Reporter beau biden was in some ways just like his father. Good evening. Im beau biden. And joe biden is my dad. Reporter with a familiar name and equally familiar smile. But beau biden was very much his own man. He didnt want to rest on his dads laurels. I think thats part of why he didnt run for senate and wanted to run for governor. Reporter he was a front runner for delaware governor in 2016, a popular politician and decorated iraq combat veteran. Tonight, in a town often torn apart by partisanship, a bipartisan outpouring of grief. Beau biden was known to many as a dedicated public servant, a loving father of two, and a devoted partner to the woman he loved. Delaware is a better place because of beau. Our countr