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Martha: this time its european leaders who are expressing outrage now after a german magazine cited top secret documents that were supplied by none other than edward snowden, apparently showing that the nsa, the nation nat security agency had bugged european union offices and computer networks. the former nsa and cia director michael hayden says, that is what spy agencies do. >> number of one the united states does conduct espionage. number two our fourth amendment which protects americans priva...

Disabuse anybody of the notion that he is a hero. >> reporter: snowden has at least one high profile supporter, the man behind wikileaks, julian assange. >> he acted in a manner to draw attention to a very serious problem in the united states where without the will of congress and will of the american population, we have a state within a state. >> reporter: a german magazine reports that snowden also uncovered u.s. spying of european union offices in the u.s. and brussels. eu officials say theyr...

Match the strength of the human spirit." jonathan karl, abc news, capetown. >> a member of the cirque du soleil acrobatic troupe has been killed in a tragic fall in front of spectators at the mgm grand in las vegas. an audience member says a wire snapped sending the 30-year-old sarah guyard-guillot plummeting 50 feet into an open pit. the mother of two had been with the show for seven years and an acrobatic performer for more than 20 years. >> top european officials are expressing concern that u...

Fitting clothing in vegas can be very hard to do. >> tight. bring it with you today. >> thanks. >> you bet. >> lets get to your headlines and tell you whats happening if youre just waking up. the white house confirms vice president joe biden has talked with ecuadors president and asked him to reject the nsa leaker edward snowdens asylum request. the nsa believes hes holed up in a transit zone where he arrived last week. and new nsa leaked documents reportedly showed u.s. bugged european union of...

Disabuse anybody of the notion that he is a hero. >> reporter: snowden has at least one high profile supporter, the man behind wikileaks, julian assange. >> he acted in a manner to draw attention to a very serious problem in the united states where without the will of congress and will of the american population, we have a state within a state. >> reporter: a german magazine reports that snowden also uncovered u.s. spying of european union offices in the u.s. and brussels. eu officials say theyr...

Iran is at the center of almost every international story. even our top story tonight. the governments surveillance of americans is kind of about iran. according to "the guardian" newspaper, the national security agency shows that in march of this year, in one month, the agency collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks worldwide. the country where most of that intelligence was gathered, iran. with more than 14 billion reports in that month alone. yes, that is billion wit...

Shows that in march of this year, in one month, the agency collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks worldwide. the country from where most of that intel against was gathered, iran. that is 14 billion reports in one month alone. is the american government paranoid about iran or is there more to it. the presidential election for the country is on friday, and so many crucial issues from nuclear power to syrias civil war depend on it, it matters for america. any of the seve...

The, you know, whatever comes up as far as sales or discounts i go on during the show. i just want to keep an eye on whats out there. but it can lead to bad things. jon: now the viewers now. jenna: now they know the truth. jon: speaking of hacking, chinas military responsible for hacking into u.s. computer networks, now comes word that china is benefiting bigtime from the war in iraq after so many american lives were lost there. well tell you whats going on. also irs workers doing a little dan...

Mara? >> tracie potts, live in washington, thank you. defense secretary chuck hagel says cyber threats are very real and dangerous. thats why cyber security will take top billing this weekend when he meets with members of a chinese delegation. hagel is calling for rules of the road to prevent conflict on global computer networks. the meeting comes amid ongoing cyber threats and china uses cyber based attacks. hagel says cyber security will be a topic at next weeks nato meeting for defense mini...

Benefit during the early campaign season of appearing tough on terror. we are on top of this case, we know all about al-qaida in the rabe peninsula they are not going to blow up the airplane. they get the benefit of that and then they turn around and investigate who made the leak that benefitted the white house. >> maybe go up to capitol hill for good measure there were a handful of staffers on the read in list for that operation. its a fairly standard process. its not rocket science. they dont ...