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Accepted fault, but pushed back against critics in defense of the underlying law. >> versus said all of that, the bottom line is weve got several million people that will have health care that works. revelationses that the agent wall street collecting -- >> you looked the american people in the six months ago saying we have the right balance. >> hold on a second. i think its important to note when it comes to the right balance on surveillance, these are a series of judgment calls that were makin...

Commission or this group is caving in to political correctness. the fact is there are no americans that have had their rights violated, no ones calls -- no american citizens calls are being listened to unless theyre in contact with terrorists. no ones name or address is on file. this is a phony issue and when i say someone like rand paul, a member of my party, somehow comparing snowden and general clapper, what is happening to our country when the united states senator compares a traitor with an...

Boycotting sends a very positive message. >> so thats also really important. some call for a boycott. many athletes have said, no, thats not the right thing to do. many in russia are worried there will be a boycott. thae theyre concerned if theres any disruption of the sochi olympics, they will be blamed for it. so theyre trying to figure out, you know, as they say, positive ways to protest this anti-gay propaganda law that the russians have instituted. wolf? >> on the issue of edward snowden, p...

Some interesting people on the most fascinating list but im surprised by the number one person. only because when the list came out i didnt think of this person that she was missing from the list. >> interesting hint here, the persons been on the list before. >> correct. >> the first year the list was ever compiled by abc 20 years ago. >> she was on the list? >> number one. >> she was number one 20 years ago? >> yep. >> that is a factoid i didnt know. >> coming up. >> it is very interesting, by ...

>> lets talk about the nsa surveillance programs. i dont know if youve had a chance to go through this report that was released today by -- these recommendations for curbing and reforming some of the nsa surveillance programs. if you have -- you want to give us your immediate reactions to these recommendations. >> you know, my reaction is that the judge the other day said that it was unconstitutional is exactly right. i think even the presidents own team now is coming up with recommendations tha...

People who are adhering to the other party who are not going to like him no matter what he does. so you begin with a base of people, 25%, 30% of the people who are going to be against you. if you lose ground among independents and members of your own party, youre in a lot of trouble in a hurry and thats whats happened with this president. hes lost ground with democrats. in addition to this obamacare mess which i think has affected democrats, you have other things. the surveillance programs, for ...

From silicon valley tuesday at the white house. they wanted to talk about the nsa spying scantal. some of the tech titans left frustrated. senior white house correspondent jim acosta has exclusive details. tell us, jim. >> reporter: good morning, carol. youll recall last week some of the tech executives sent a letter to the president saying the surveillance programs are at the nsa undermine freedoms we cherish and its time for a change. they got a meeting at the white house with the president, t...

Pushed back on the surveillance programs making a hard case for some reform. after the meeting, the companys issued a one line statement. "we appreciate the opportunity to share directly with the president our principles on government surveillance that we released last week and we urge him to move aggressively on reform." more evidence of tension between the united states and russia. president obama announcing the u.s. delegation to the 2014 sochi winter olympics and its clear that its a rebuk...

On the nsa spying program. top firms in the technology industry are trying to pressure the white house, the administration into scaling back that surveillance and making reforms to those programs. lets get more from jim acosta, live again at the white house this morning. what are you learning, jim? >> kate, one thing were learn and we talked to several sources familiar with this meeting yesterday between the president and those top tech leaders who are here at the white house to talk about their...

People who are adhering to the other party who are not going to like him no matter what he does. so you begin with a base of people, 25%, 30% of the people who are going to be against you. if you lose ground among independents and members of your own party, youre in a lot of trouble in a hurry and thats whats happened with this president. hes lost ground with democrats. in addition to this obamacare mess which i think has affected democrats, you have other things. the surveillance programs, for ...