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all of the political fallout to come. also this hour, florida federal judge aileen cannon sets a file date for the presidents documents case as mr. trump gives his most detailed answer yet since last weeks indictment about his handling of americas secrets in response to tough questions from fox news anchor bret baier. >> why not just hand them over then? >> because i had the boxes. i wanted to go through the boxes and get all of my personal things out. i didnt want to hand it over ye...

>> he also found suspicious relationships with russia, but he did not -- he deferred to others saying -- >> all of which he knew before, none of which went to the issue -- he said they were uncooperative, they were untrue, they remained uncooperative. theres no evidence before the fbi, or certainly even now, no evidence of the collusion, but what he found in the wrongdoing of the fbi, thats what our hearing was really about. because no one was held to account, you had a number of things to be do...

Anyone who has a problem with that curriculum finding its way in schools. it does seem like a conflict of interest. the label domestic terrorist isnt just a slur, its a tool that carries with it governmental ability, governmental power, surveillance ability. abilities that weve used it to the patriot act to monitor extremists overseas and now what does that allow the government to do? what kind of tool is that in targeting parents? >> to your point, its substantial power. i want to take a step b...

Give me some idea as to how youre approaching your job. >> not awkward at all michael. our job as fbi. follow the facts wherever they lead and report those with integrity. i believe in non-partisan, independent law enforcement investigations they are the ones that can find the facts, get to the truth. the chairman and ranking member of the intelligence committee are not able to do that. theyre operating in a political circus with partisan motivations, and thats not how you find the facts. you fi...

Promise he made to the american people. i think thats something we should applaud, regardless of how we feel about this or that issue. he promised to do it and did it. thats a good thing for a president to do after so many times presidents have walked away. >> every president has promised to since the 95 vote. their staff will tell you knowing they werent actually going to act on it. i hear your point. >> we should keep the promises we make. thats important. and donald trump is doing this in thi...

Abcs gloria riviera has more. >> theres no further business to come before the -- >> the clock ran out on the u.s. senate and a controversial surveillance program expired. kentucky senator and republican presidential candidate rand paul vowed he would not let it be renewed. >> im not going to take it anymore. i dont think the american people are going to take it anymore. >> the agencys mass collection of american phone records falls under the u.s. patriot act and started after the september 11th...

Government wants to keep up with the changing technology. what is the concern there? >> the concern, jenna is that just atmosphere of us now communicate through skype and other sorts of networks, criminals and terrorists do too. and the problem is that in the governments view at least the law has not kept pays with the changing technology. the government is basically looking to expand its surveillance ability so that these companies, if and when the government does want to monitor realtime commu...