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American history. look, this is something, you you dont know whether theyre telling the truth or not telling the truth. you dont know if its worth it for the president if he is not aware this was going on or he was aware and allowed it to continue. right now they are saying, of course, he was not briefed. angela merkel, the german chancellor has been furious, growing up in a society where there was a tremendous amount of under surveillance, obviously, a personal issue for her as well. look, it w...

Jenna: another busy day uncovering truth about benghazi. two more hearings on capitol hill. lawmakers are digging deeper for facts, deif manning answers for the american people. some lawmakers not everybody though. one hearing is in the house armed services committee but the one happening during our show is in the oversight committee. thats where we expect the fireworks to come. welcome to "happening now." im jenna lee. >> im gregg jarrett in for jon scott. after months and months of delays were...

>> a new app getting quite a bit of attention, and stirring up a little controversial. it lets women anonymously rate men, so you can pull up the app, and look at your facebook friends, and you can rate them. i want to pull up an actual profile, and this is our friend john, and he gave us permission, and he has an 9.4 rating, and they reviewed him based on appearance, humor, appearance and ambition, and this will hopefully make men behave a little better, and guys, i want to say, its interesting...

Seems to have been something that could have gone very wrong, seven shots. any response from the fbi? >> reporter: no, theyre not saying anything, erin, and they say they wont until their internal investigation is done. but they did issue a statement, and it reads in part, quote, the fbi takes very seriously any shooting incidents involving our agents. the review process is thorough and objective and conducted as expeditiously as possible. but we also wanted to point out as "the new york times" ...

Goes into the head. >> reporter: the father asked for a private meeting with floridas lead prosecutor in orlando who recently announced hes conducting an independent investigation. >> translator: i think he will be fair and not take the fbis side. >> reporter: the council on american islamic relations representing the father said c.a.r.e. has faith in the justice department but wants a second set of eyes. >> and its about, you know, answering the questions that this father has why his son was ki...

That murder, any potential confession? >> i dont -- i have not learned that theres any merit to that kind of an accusation. i think its pretty typical to try to paint this young man with a black brush, to make him appear something that hes not. theres no evidence that i am even close to being aware of that would support that. i think, and even if it were true, which i have no reason to believe it is, that doesnt give the fbi the right to assassinate this young man. gives them the right to invest...

Surprising. >> we did not know until recently that there was going to be any sort of investigation, any official investigation into this death other than the fbis own troubling internal review process. but now its a state attorney in orange county, florida, who says that he also will review independently what happened here. is that enough of an external independent investigation? what are your expectations of that? >> well, actually my expectations are different than they usually are in these si...

Second, the department has now updated its frame work for considering compassionate release for inmates facing extraordinary or compelling circumstances and who pose no threat to the public. the bureau of prisons expanded the criteria for inmates seeking compassionate release. i can announce additional expansions including revised y criteria for elderly inmates. considering the applications of nonviolent offenders who are careful review process that allows judges to consider whether release is w...

Secondly, the department has now updated its framework for considering compassionate release for inmates facing extraordinary circumstances who pose no threat to the public. in late april, the bureau of prison expanded the criteria for inmates seeking compassionate release for medical reasons. today, additional expansions to the policy including revised for elderly inmates who did not commit violent crimes and served significant portions of their sentences. of course, as our primary responsibili...

Fourth, reforming a high-level group of outside experts to review our entire intelligence and communications technologies. we need new thinking for a new era. >> as for the times of all of this, the president says the review process began before the snowden controversy but acknowledged the impact of it. >> unfortunately, rather than an orderly and lawful process to debate these issues and come up with appropriate reforms, repeated leaks of classified information initiated the debate in a very pa...