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President obamas approach to national security. the doj says he does intend to use now information from one of its nsa controversial surveillance programs against a terrorism suspect. our legal panel is here to weigh in.

Importance of these surveillance programs as well over the weekend. don? >> all right, erin, thank you very much. earlier i spoke to bob bayer who says spying on ally says nothing new. but is the information gained from tapping the phones of our allies worth it? i asked him. >> now the national security agencies always sikd up phone calls from all around the world, much of its accidental. much of its discarded. you did pick up prime ministers and presidents at some point or another. occasionally...

Its the anniversary of the patriot act signed into law back in 2008 by president george w. bush. nbcs kristen welker is live at the white house this afternoon with more. first of all, whats the background on this rally and are there any lawmakers involved as well there today? >> reporter: well, craig, we know there are going to be lawmakers there today including representative of michigan, dennis kucinich, gary johnson and others, as well as tens of thousands of people who have come out to prote...

Washington. thousands of people are expected to protest the nsas controversial surveillance programs. many say the snooping has to stop. germany plans to send an intelligence team to washington very soon over allegations the nsa listened in on german chancellor angela merkels phone calls. one of two minors accused bullying a girl to death appeared in court. the 12 year old killed herself after being taunted on her cell phone and online. she is facing charges of felony stalking and expected to ...

That the nsa has been spying on 35 world leaders including allies like angela merkel. they promise to review the surveillance policy. joining me now is juana summers, for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> they are saying this is the largest rally of its kind in history. to note there havent been vem but this will change after the details. >> it absolutely has with all of the disclosures from edwa edwardsnowden, in the trenches of capitol hill and the policy community has been brought int...

From happening, to somehow stop reporters from publishing these sorts of documents, either legislatively or through the courts. he didnt exactly say how that would be done but it needs to happen. he says stopping surveillance here in the united states and around the world would ignore the lessons of september 11th. kate? >> all right, jim, thanks so much. starting us off from the white house. lets bring in the republican senator, marco rubio joining us from his home state of florida this morning...

Control here at the white house. and white house officials are not acknowledging that the u.s. is spying on foreign leaders but they are saying that the president is ordering a review of surveillance programs. this morning, at a meeting of european leaders they all emerged unanimous, saying that report of u.s. spying on their leaders jeopardizes u.s./europe relations and even the fight against terrorism. germanys chancellor angela merkel who spoke with president obama on wednesday after reports ...

Affair. so its all fine when theyre spying on someone else. suddenly when its your cell phone theyre listening to conversations on, it makes a difference. ari, i was curious from you. youve been strong in terms of transparency and reform of the nsa spying system. do you feel differently about edward snowden leaking documents about our own surveillance programs within the united states versus information about what were doing with our allies overseas? do you feel differently about those things? >...

From this, he would have already signed a book deal. >> he could have been paid by some television programs from around the world and hasnt done any of that? >> absolutely. it sounds like your son or the information that your son has given to others that there is still a lot more still to come. >> glen has that, you know, my understanding the new york times has information, the guardian, so, yes, my understanding is there is much, much more to come. >> edward snowden was a contractor for the nat...

And he shot down the idea that edward snowden is trying to get rich. >> his intention if it was to profit, he would be in a much different circumstance now. if his desire was to profit from this, he would have already signed a book deal. hes not interested in doing that at this point in time. >> he could have gone on television programs and probably been paid by television programs around the world and done stuff and he hasnt done any of that. >> absolutely. >> it sounds like the information you...