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George w. bush. randy cay. >> reporter: no question these two former fbi directors have a history. it dates back to 2004 when james comey refused to authorize an nsa surveillance program called stellar wind under george w. bush. comey learned members of the bush administration were headed to then josh ash crofts hospital room to get him to reauthorize the spying program. he called robert mueller to alurt him. >> i told him what was happening. he said ill meet you at the it hospital right now. >>...

It includes his firing of james comey and he said that mueller is quote very very good friends with comey and the president said thats very bothersome. cnns randi kaye looks into the relationship between the two former fbi directors. >> reporter: no question these two former fbi directors have a history. it dates back to 2004 when james comey refused to authorize an nsa surveillance program called stellar wind under george w. bush. comey learned members of the bush administration were heading to...

Program called stellar wind under george w. bush. comey learned members of the bush administration were heading to then attorney general john ashcrofts hospital room to get him to reauthorize the spying program. comey called robert mueller, who was the fbi director at the time, who alert him. >> i told him what was happening. he said ill meet you at the hospital. hes one of the finest people ive ever met. >> reporter: comey was deputy attorney general at the time and serving as acting head of th...

Toppled government in yemen and has fought on the backs of the houthi rebels there. the identities of these four individuals have not been released. "washington posts" reports that attempts to free the prisoners have so far failed. they are believed to be held in the capital city of sanaa which saudi arabia has been bombing to try to out of the rebels. messy situation there. bill: this note. secretary of state john kerry flying back home to boston. this a day after breaking his leg in a biking a...

Right now in just under four hours the nsa servers will start shutting down if there is no action in the senate. should they? we have a former ambassador to the u.n. joining us here in studio. is rand paul right? he calls this an illegal nsa spying program on ordinary americans. >> hes wrong. i dont think hed recognize the framers of the constitution if he ran into them in the hallway. the issue here is not any kind of nsa surveillance of individuals. not listening or reading your e-mails, not s...

If thats not a firing offense, nothing is. >> do you think, let me ask one more question. in terms of snowden, still overseas, do you think this brings him back home? >> it should. i mean, if you think about what a whistle blower is a whistle blower is somebody who shines a light and discloses to the public something that the government is hiding and shouldnt be hiding that at least theres a good argument to make an example of wrongdoing. and now you have not just a federal judge who last year a...

Afraid of the police. he is surrounded by new york city police officers that protect him and his family. since 1999, 80 police officers were killed in the line of duty. they werent doing it because it was fun. they are doing it because its a difficult job but they are dedicating they would do it anyway. >> the obama administration extending the spying program by 90-days. this comes after they vowed to end the bulk collection of americans data. the administration saying it is too important to let...

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Tactical victory since the conflict with russia earlier this year. ukrainian forces entered the city saturday after pro-russian rebels retreated overnight. more information on the nsa spying program. "the washington post" reports the agency is intercepting data from many more ordinary users than from its intended targets. nine out of every ten people spied upon were not who the agency was trying to target. and nearly half of the surveillance files are from americans. the post got the informati...

Move on his own for more executive orders. ordering what he can do around congress and that is due at the end of the summer. he gets a review at the end of the summer, and he would act in the fall on the eve of the midterm election. that is something to help democrats turnout hispanic voters, he insisted politics is not a factor. eric: thank you so much. take care. martha: we are waiting for a new report on that controversial nsa spying program. a federal privacy board looking to see if the prog...