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Briefly when she did endorsement. she said i am not painting a picture, north carolina is without racism. wanted to speak to the other thing that are going on in the race. still standing up for who she wanted to. >> they were friend. very good friends. >> joy, thank you for being here. catch joy on "the reid report." next, new developments in the national security debate. the white house backing legislation that could change how the nsa tracks your phone. we have new footage from the nbc exclusi...

Hillary was friendship and advocacy of her gender. >> right. she also used it at a time. briefly when she did endorsement. she said i am not painting a picture, north carolina is without racism. wanted to speak to the other thing that are going on in the race. still standing up for who she wanted to. >> they were friend. very good friends. >> joy, thank you for being here. catch joy on "the reid report." next, new developments in the national security debate. the white house backing legislation ...

There are all sorts of treaties. >> yeah, running out of time. john, one point would be the, john, let me go ahead. your final word. the white house would say the nsa was doing things they werent informed about. mentioned that in the lead of the script. theyre doing, foreign dignitary surveillance which apparently the nsa decided to do the white house said it didnt know that would be a lie, right, go ahead, your final thoughts? >> yeah, look, bottom line, the president is a very busy man. theyre...

Members of the secret court that oversees government surveillance. speaking out about the need for reform. members of the intelligence committee. speaking out for the need for reform. there is a bill in congress that would -- begin to -- to reform some of these surveillance policies. i think it is a really beg deal. none would have happened but for the disclosures. >> john, on the plus size if you buy that, you have some reform in congress. it is not often that sensenbrenner, who wrote the patri...

-- snowden documents. the way the government has been addressing the issue. huge shift in public opinion. members of the secret court that oversees government surveillance. speaking out about the need for refo reform. members of the intelligence committee. speaking out for the need for reform. there is a bill in congress that would -- begin to -- to reform some of these surveillance policies. i think it is a really beg deal. none would have happened but for the disclosures. >> john, on the plus ...

Mass surveillance outside the united states. i dont think the chinese government should have a free hand to engage in surveillance inside the united states. i think you have to draw some lines. one of the problems we are seeing through the disclosures is the nsa hasnt drawn the lines. and intelligence committees havent drawn the lines. only now is the public being invited into the debate. being invited into the debate because of the disclosures. >> go ahead. >> yeah. look. it would be nice if th...

Members of gang of eight or intelligence committee of specific ways this has been compromised. you are saying to be clear, you are saying you think they have. >> absolutely. yes. >> ive dont thinning they have. been asked several times. we are not going to be able to resolve that here. the important point, this is something that you alluded to. its the need for this debate about the scope of the nsas surveillance activities both inside the united states and outside the united states. i think tha...

>> i would say yes to all of those. they can turn them on with the power turned off the device. thats pretty scary. >> today many are saying there is no reason to listen to snowed den because he broke the law and is a traitor. his defenders emphasize most reports of government wrongdoing from watergate, and surveillance to blackmail martin luther king they all required leaks. no matter what you think of snowden, what matters is the evidence he released. that evidence was overwhelming of governme...

I have wanted to have for a long time. that is a different matter from the vast majority of snowden leaks which are about the nsa foreign intelligence mission. the damage there has been devastating. it is beyond disingenuous for mr. snowden to suggest, nsa cannot show damage. they will not, because the it is classified. a false game. i want to delineate between the two. i welcome domestic debate. i hope congress acts in the manner that represents the will of the american public. whatever that is...

>> john, why do you dispute that? >> no. complete nonsense. and transparent nonsense. first of all, has meta-data collection been important. a debate we have to have. >> hold on. john, john. hold on. let me tell you the debate we are having. you said that what jamil said isnt true. apparently there are specifics. can you substantiate that? >> you want me to divulge classified on national television. i am not going to t if the senator said there is no damage from the leaks, damage to the u.s. bri...