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Seconds before impact. the u.p.s. cargo jet crashed near a runway in birmingham on wednesday and two pilots on board were killed. now investigators are looking into whether pilot error was to blame, including if the jet was too low. some lawmakers renewing calls to reform the national security agencys surveillance programs, this after documents leaked by edward snowden suggest that the agency has repeatedly broken privacy rules. now, the nsa calls them mistakes. jennifer griffin in washington ...

Unintentional. the nsa says when mistakes are made, the agency reports the issue internally and to federal overseers and aggressively gets to the bottom of it. but the new report raises concerns about that balance of power. the "washington post" reported the chair of the senate intelligence committee diane feinstein wasnt even aware of the audit until it was reported in the paper. feinstein disputes that, but in a statement admitted that the committee can and should do more to independently veri...

Of our law makers. >> elizabeth, thank you. >> and turning now to the nsa and new reaction to the controversial secret surveillance programs. law makers on both sides of the aisle voicing concerns to the audit that revealed privacy rules were repeatedly violated and many of those violations never reported to congress and something that former governor mike huckabee said has to change. >> there has to be an unfettered way in which our elected officials are not trampling over all of the constituti...

Because he retired from the city before his conviction, he can still draw his public pension. >> wow. >> when he bought his car with quarters. >> how about if they give to it to him in dimes, here is your pension. >> what if there were unmanned drones flying over your community. >> it could be a reality sooner than you think. more and more police departments are looking at the possibility of drone capabilities to improve their local surveillance programs. cnns pentagon correspondent chris lawren...

I dont think americans are ready to buy something that needs serious look by congress. they have oversight responsibility and they need to exercise it. >> doug: this is a sound bite from the president, and what he said recently trying to reassure americans about the surveillance programs. listen up. >> america is not interested in spying on ordinary people. what you are not reading about is the government actually abusing the programs. and you know listening in on peoples phone calls. or inappro...

Focused, you know, nose right in front of the face? >> you spent a lot of years covering the congress. do you believe the house passes an immigration bill? is there any chance that bill has a pathway to u.s. citizenship? it? >> i dont think so. because youre not going to be able to get republicans in the house to support that. i think well see a piecemeal approach if we see anything. >> i think youre right. the gaggle is sticking with us. weve got more of this weeks 2016 roundup and takeaways fr...

The national security agency and the president has rejected charges that secret surveillance programs sometimes violate our privacy in the united states but there may be something to those accusations. the washington reporting the result of an internal nsa investigation that found nearly 3,000 cases of broken rule, privacy rules in one year. >> a general impression has taken hold not only among the american public but also around the world that somewhat were out there -- >> that was president ob...

Surveillance programs. >> a general impression has, i think, taken hold not only among the american public but also around the world that somehow were out there willy-nilly just sucking in information on everybody. and doing what we please with it. thats not the case. >> let me bring in three pinuated voices. ben ferguson and erol lewis. david soroda, i want to begin with you. my first question, when we look at edward snowden you hear it from different camps. you hear traitor. you hear patriot. ...

Of the governments assertions that the violations its staff members report are unintentional mistakes. thats prettystriking. >> that is strikin b the central defense that the government has been making for years about these surveillance programs -- in fact, when this program was before the supreme court last year, the government argued, dont let the aclus clients challenge this program because we have a secret court thats doing the job of the courts as a whole. now weve learned that court itself...

Stories, newly uncovered documents insist secret surveillance programs are not violating our privacy. turns out the nsa was breaking pryce rules thousands of times a year. another day of deadly violence in egypt where security forces have a green light to use live ammunition. dozens of deaths are being reported in cairo as armed citizens join security forces to fight supporters of the muslim brotherhood. and a couple of run-ins with bears leaving four people injured, one grizzly attacking two hi...