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>> what did you think of the metaphor that he used when he was -- should america trust the nsa and what theyre doing? he compared to it doing dishes. >> that was no good. he struggled when he goes off the cuff sometimes. he was talking about the elephant with the legs. it was a lot of things. i was like, that was not the most effective metaphor. the point is that we do need more information about this and im glad that he put forth four things. whether or not you agree that those are the best fou...

Lahore, pakistan has been evacuated due to a terror threat and it does not appear to be a connected though to the greater threat that closed multiple embassies last week coming from al qaeda. meanwhile a senior state department official says the u.s. will be reopening 18 out of those 19 embassies. the u.s. embassy in yemen though will remain closed. >> president obama is feeling the heat over u.s. surveillance programs. now he is trying to assure americans the government is not over stepping. >>...

Strictly punitive. were going to assess where the relationship can advance u.s. interests, and increase peace and stability and prosperity around the world, where it can well keep on working with them. where we have differences, were going to say so clearly. my hope is that over time mr. putin and russia recognize that rather than a zero sum competition in fact if the two countries are working together, we can probably advance the betterment of both peoples. chuck todd. >> thank you, mr. preside...

So we dont consider that strictly punitive. were going to assess where the relationship can advance u.s. interests and increase peace and stability and prosperity around the world. where it can, were going to keep on working with them. where we have differences, were going say so clearly. and my hope is that over time, mr. putin and russia recognize that rather than a zero-sum competition -- in fact, if the two countries are working together, we can probably advance the betterment of both people...

Government surveillance programs. changes designed to reassure a skeptical american public. polls show the presidents popularity at the same time slipping somewhat. our most recent cnn survey back in mid-june had his approval rating dropping to 45%. several newer polls have put it even lower than that. we have assembled a team of reporters and news analysts to report and assess whats going on. lets go to chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. he broke the news about the changes in the s...

Today. president obama seemed on the one hand to defend the nas program. no laws have been broken, the surveillance hasnt done anything wrong, no civil liberties have been infringed upon yet i think i need to do a better job explaining that fact to americans. >> theyve been under fire here at the white house for not doing a, quote, good enough job explaining why they have the surveillance programs. thats what the defenders of the program say and even some of the companies that are involved in ge...

White house. kelly, from some of those congressmen you interview on a daily basis and mixed with, i thought the president offered something of a tongue lashing to them. >> well, as you might expect there would be certainly a quick response and some vocal criticism. i can tell you congressman peter king, republican of new york, has had a long history of dealing with issues of national security put out a sharply worded statement responding to the presidents remarks. and he says he considers it a m...

Liberties -- >> there are many -- >> there are no reasons to create a problem here when one doesnt exist. the majority of our elected officials believe these programs are valuable. >> the president addressed the gulf between what he said about surveillance programs as a senator and what hes now done as president. lets listen. >> keep in mind as a senator i expressed a healthy skepticism about these programs. and as president ive taken steps to make sure they have strong oversight by all three br...

That he wants to make about transparency. >> well, thats the big news hes going to make at the top. as you know, the president usually has an opening statement on some issue. in this case, its going to be announcing a set of reforms that are intended, as far as the administration is going to argue, to restore confidence in these nsa surveillance programs. announce some potential transparency -- new transparency options that theyre going to be putting into place. some of the details are still a l...

Of the highlights. >> reporter: in that sound bite he announced a major new effort to make more transparent how the surveillance programs in the u.s. work. basically what hes trying to do is pull back the curtain on more of the massive surveillance system that the u.s. has deployed and explain from the president and the administrations perspective both why its necessary and more of the details about it because they feel that the u.s. public has been misinformed as has the world by the release of...