a federal judge today ruled the massive collection of data on virtually every phone call in the united states is legal. that comes just a week after another federal judge said it s probably unconstitutional. let s go straight now to cnn justice correspondent evan perez. so we re hearing two very different things here. right. you have two district judges, one in new york, one in d.c., they look at the same set of facts, the same program run by the nsa, and they ve decided two separate and different, opposite conclusions essentially. what this judge in new york said today you go back to 9/11 and you see what the government might have missed before 9/11 and ways they could have stopped the attacks from happening. this is what the nsa is doing now to try to prevent the next attack. i think that is the biggest point that he was trying to make today, as opposed to the judge
this country or anywhere else. the problem is going after the g-20 in canada, it s crossing a red line. there s an agreement within australia, canada, britain, new zealand, not to spy on each other. it was held to over the years. so, the canadians have not reacted well over there. there s going to be serious repercussions. you mention this is crossing a serious red line. what would be the consequences of this? well, i think the canadian services helped on this and there s going to be, you know, political blowback for them. they shouldn t have done this. i spent a lot of time in canada with their attorney general. they don t like getting involved many american spy operations. goin to be political fallout, is guarantee you. let s go to another topic. penny lane, a program run by the cia after 9/11 and you know it
d8the government unveiled a teaser, this document claiming that quote, here in the homeland and in more than 20 countriqáhp)ound the world. supporters of the surveillance programs p)e trying to beat back suggestions that the government is listening in on calls in the u.s. it s against the law for the nsa to report and monitor u.s. americans phone calls. reporter: another supporter, dib chaney, someone who rarely agrees with the white house, does on this. the gop vice president on the day of /11, says these programs could have prevented that attack. i guess i would ask everybody to pause and don t automatically because this is a program run by professional. but nay sayers like colorado democrat mark udall are not giving up. i don t think collecting millions and millions of americans phone calls this
what you need to know. this is a program run by professionals, saved many lives. what you just have to see. a shot like that could come. this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan, and michaela pereira. good morning, good morning, good morning. good morning. i know i need to continue and say good morning to everyone. i m kate bolduan. but i just want to stop and say we just got our news by james earl jones. i think he says your name bet, by the way. he does. thank you, james earl jones, and i ll always say james earl jones. i m michaela pereira, by the way. thanks for joining us. and i m chris cuomo. 7:00 in the east, and we re in the middle of 30 minutes of commercial-free news. a major drop in approval for the president this morning. president obama s approval rating slipped to 45% this morning from 53% last month.
supporters of surveillance programs tried to beat back thoughts that the government is listening to phone calls in the u.s. it s against the law for the u.s. to record and monitor americans phone calls. reporter: another sup(orter, dick cheney, someone who rarely agrees with the obama white house, does on this. the gop vice president on the day of 9/11 says these programs cát have prevented that attack. i guess i d ask everybody to pause and don t automatically fold the nsa in with the other stuff that s going on in the obama administration because this is a program run by professionals. it s done great work. it has saved lives. reporter: but nay sayers like colorado democrat mark udall are not giving up. i don t think that collec$n% millions and millions of americans phone calls this is the metadata, time, place, to whom you direct the calls is making us any safer. reporter: mark udall is one of several lawmakers who have been pushing in closed,