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Defense. to ask for another six months, th until july 30th for personal reasons, i have no problem with that whatsoever. unless they are going to issue a subpoena to nasa and find that the mars rover has found somebody on mars to testify in front of this woman no one on this planet is going to do it. as a former prosecutor, if i was martinez the prosecutor id actually be sitting down with the alex ap and der alabama exapbalabama exapbd der family judge would you consider that now after everythin...

For fear they will ruin prosecutions in one u.s. state. these stories and breaking news as the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. ♪ ♪ jon: and were waiting for some new action in the nsa leak scandal. hello, im jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, welcome to the second hour of "happening now," im jenna lee, and were going to take you live right now to capitol hill as the senate homeland security committee gets ready to hear how contractors like leaker edward snowden get their secur...

Themselves. republican congressman paul ryan highlighting the controversy over the programs on "fox & friends" earlier this morning. take a listen. >> in this 21st century, gretchen, were going to see some tension between our civil liberties and national security, and when that tension arises, in my opinion, you always have to err on the side of civil liberties. that what the nsa surveillance debates all about. jenna: catherine herridge has been following this story from the beginning and has th...

With terrorists, then why are we sitting down for peace talks -- [laughter] >> jenna, you are so right. this is exactly what were doing. why are we doing it? because were on our way out. theres nothing to say -- jenna: then lets take the kid with us. >> we could fight our way out, thats the other question, are we sitting down with the taliban because we want to make sure we dont shoot our way out? jenna: what is the goal? weve talked about this for years, potentially talking to known terrorists....

Less who was involved. that could change momentarily, in hours or in days. we are still waiting. jon: a strange case that started monday night. its good to have you on. thank you. >> thanks so much. jenna: great perspective from wesley. what a story, right. jon: it seems to be heating up for him. jenna: well keep you posted as we hear more. also two hearings today on the nsa scandal one focusing on the agencys controversial surveillance program itself the other digging into how contractors like ...

Time? try and remember the time that were good? >> i did? >> yes. >> well its true i guess. >> in real life the good times began in new jersey begans home state and last night fans gathered at the ice cream parlor where they should the famous final scene of the show. a sign says reserved on the table while fans are stunned at the news of his passing. >> i was completely shocked. i grew up in the area around here, so i have a lot of sentimental feeling about it. i was a huge fan of the show, and ...

Take, republicans need to reach across the aisle to bring people of color to our party. jon: is anybody in opposition to the idea of more border security? i mean thats when this corker-hogan amendment seems to be about in the senate. >> not on the senate side as much as on the house side. you are going to have problems dealing with liberals in border security. as marco rubio said we need border security to be able to block. 90% of the illegals who come here come out of mexico. jon: all right. ag...

Equivalent to the prosecution of a member of the news media. we have asked representative goodlatt chairman of the judiciary committee a response to the letter. we are waiting on that. jenna: one of the things that we did learn is that the date that the attorney general approved that warrant from james rosen was may 28th, 2010. why is that a significant date? >> reporter: well its significant, its important because on the day before that, may 27th of 2010 michael isacoff of the "daily beast" wro...

Whats the reality for you, is it a big deal? is it not? >> its a very big deal for me. i would love to be able to generate enough business in my small business to be able to one day look at my employees and say, listen, were going to have health care today. the expenses that come in, theres too many hidden costs here. we dont exact answers to how this could benefit the employer and the employees. it has to be a win/win, so to speak. so, yes, a lot of people are also using that as an excuse to sa...

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