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Historic because pending certification is every single american who has made a phone call, either on a cell phone orland line, since 2006. were talking upwards of 300, 400 million people. thats why this matters so much, because so many peoples rights have been violated. >> jay, ill go to you. the administration says they need the nsa program to keep us safe. is there evidence theyve done that? >> its one thing to have information through intelligence gathering, which i support. its another thing...

It says in part that they have been taking seen and unseen measures. they say that these measures include intelligence gathering as well as analysis deployment of cutting edge technology, random canine team searches at airports, federal air marshals. they also go on to say theyll be temporarily restricting certain items, again those items being toothpaste, for example, liquids, medications will be allowable. >> understandably theyre taking major new precautions to deal with this potential threat...

Diego. the nsas chief said if they had their current program of collecting bulk phone call records in place then. >> we would have known about the plot. >> a privacy watchdog report appointed by the government now rejects that. >> the information was available. they just werent sharing it. >> the controversial nsa program revealed by leaker edward snowden should not exist. >> its unlawful in the majority of the boards view and should be shut down after a short transition period. >> reporter: the...

Clubs. miami beach police say they did not, carol, provide that unauthorized escort. so theres a lot going on with justin in miami right now. of course, were just beginning to sort it all out. >> ill let you get back to it. nischelle turner reporting live for us this morning. also just in, first time jobless claims appear to be leveling off. claims rose by 1,000 applications last week to 326,000. that was lower than what many economists had predicted and some say it could be a sign firings hav...

>> the information was available, the agencies just werent sharing it. >> reporter: and the board says that controversial nsa program, revealed by leaker edward snowden, should not exist. >> it is unlawful in the majority of the boards view and should be shut down after a short transition period. >> reporter: the board says the patriot act doesnt give legal authority to collect phone records in bulk, as the white house argued, and said the program is a huge invasion of americans privacy. its a h...

And i have directed the attorney general to work with the foreign intelligence surveillance court so during this transition period, the database can be queried only after the fact. >> it remains to be seen how dramatically these recommendations are going to effect intelligence gathering, but hours ago the three leading proponents of reform in congress praised the president. make no mistake, this is a major milestone in our long standing efforts to reform the nsas

Program. according to a senior administration official, the president will adopt the recommendation of a special panel and announce the end of the current form of bulk phone data collection as it exists. he is expected to act on recommendations for protecting your privacy. he will call for scaling back surveillance on foreign leaders. our next guest has grave concerns about any compromises in americas intelligence gathering. frank gaffney served as the secretary of intelligence. nice to have you...

Especially spying on allies. >> just because we can do something doesnt mean we necessarily should. >> reporter: and the white house is considering several other reforms including an improved system for issues security clearances and limiting access to classified information. a response to nsa leaker edward snowdens easy access to vast amounts of classified data. also new transparency reports that detail how the nsa queries phone companies and how many people have their records pulled. but the p...

There. the flip side of it is that he also released material that, you know, is legal, that the congress has approved. that tv has a right to conduct intelligence gathering. i think in that sense -- >> one of the issues here is the nsa official who sort of depp tiesed to deal with the snowden issue put out there the idea of maybe having some kind of plea agreement with -- opening some kind of discussions with him about returning him here and i think president obama distanced himself from that id...

In libya, we know that. the officials on the ground talked about a planned tactical movement on the compound -- this is the compound before they went to the annex. all of that would directly cricket what the "new york times" definitively says was an exhaustive investigation. it tells me they didnt talk to the people on the ground doing the fighting and the shooting and the intelligence gathering. when you put together that vital information, it proves that story just is not accurate. >> there wa...