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Short. opponents of the data collection process say that the fight for them is not over. >> it is really embarrassing for president obama who presented himself as a man who was going to come here and protect our civil liberties that he is pushing to collect the phone records of all americans without any suspicion. martha: interesting bedfellows on this vote in many ways. national correspondent steve centanni is live in washington. this vote really shook things up on the hill, didnt it. >> report...

Back to sent 10th and afterward we said wow, there is a seam, a gap, somebody leading up to the set of 11th attacks a terrorist overseas, called a terrorist living amongst us in the united states and we missed it because we didnt have this capability. >> reporter: this vote badly split the republicans and the democrats in the house, martha. >> really interesting, steve. thank you very much. >> reporter: you bet. bill: well watch for more fallout from that. stuart varney talking about the preside...

Taxpayers if all the radios are never found would be about $6 million. while there is no evidence anyone has been harmed as a result there is the potential that secret operations of the marshals could be compromised. jon? jon: and this isnt the first time the marshals have come under fire, right? >> reporter: no, thats right. last year "the wall street journal" reported that the agency had to confiscate dozens of cars used by administrators who apparently saw their vehicles as a perk and didnt a...

Radios that may be in the hands of criminals tracking the authorities every move against them. steve centanni live in wash on this. what do we know about this case, steve? good morning. >> reporter: good morning. details were laid out in an internal report obtained bit "wall street journal" it shows the agency knew of this program as early as three years ago. the u.s. marshals service which guards judges and courthouse, operates the witness protection program and apprehends federal suspects used...

Marshals, 2000 to $5,000. the total lost to taxpayers if all the radios are never found, would be about $6 million. bill: holy cow. >> reporter: no evidence that anyone is harmed with the potential used in marshals operations could be seriously compromised, bill. bill: this is the no the first time the marshals have come under fire. what else happened, steve? >> reporter: last year "the wall street journal" report that the agency issued government cars to nearly all the law enforcement employees...

Charges against george zimmerman. >> shannon: steve, thank you very much. a cleveland man is in custody for a possible connection to the murder of 3 women whose bodies were found in trash bags. no charges have been filed. the suspect is a registered sex offender. authorities believe he may have had a fascination with a serial killer who hilled 11 women and hid their bodies around his home. generations are remembering one of their own, veteran reporter helen thomas died on saturday at the age of ...

Transit zone in a few days. thats according to a lawyer who says he has been working with the national security agency leaker. the it attorney says that he expects russia it to approve ed snowdens application for temporary asylum within a week. the russian president vladimir putin says he warned ed snowden again do not do anything that might hurt relations between the united states and russia. the former nsa contractor has admitted that he did, indeed, leak classified documents and expose secret...

Listen. >> changing the filibuster rule on this one aspect of things we vote on is not a solution to whats wrong with senate. whats wrong with senate is that we dont have the political will to make tough decisions. >> reporter: so the senate convenience at this hour and that test vote on whether to move ahead with cordray nomination comes at 11:00 a.m.,. martha? martha: steve, thank you. well this so-called, nuclear option was designed to work around the senates 60-vote cloture rule which is not...

Tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across the country on a daily basis. on the sunday talk shows, a variety of opinions expressed. here are just a few of them. >> the evidence didnt support prosecution and the justice department engaged in this, the president engaged in this, turned it into a political issue, should have been handled with law and order. >> accept the verdict, take a look at the law that they have in florida that is so unusual. >> the stand your ground law. self defe...

>> steve, thank you very much. steve mentioned george zimmermans legal battle is far from over, the justice department is considering civil rights charges against him. theres also possibility of a civil lawsuit from the martin family. joining me now, judge alex ferrare, host of judge alex. we watched it come down together last night. now this development with the doj. they had been evaluating it all along, but theyre stepping up efforts now. the significance of this? >> there are two different j...