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Do we oppose the suspicion list collection of every americans phone records? >> passing this amendment take us back to september 10. >> well talk to lawmakers on both sides of this controversial issue. plus, new poll numbers showing what americans really think about the nsas surveillance programs. and of course theres new developments in the snowden saga himself. were live in moscow with the very latest on the fate of the man who of course sparked this whole debate. first, a look ahead at todays...

Administrations position to maintain these programs as the stat quo appears to be quite shaky. deep partisan dwoids on capitol hill about what to do about the surveillance programs, how and if to change them, concerns around the basic question. your personal privacy if you have a telephone versus keeping the country safe and national security. >> so if the amendment, what exactly would have changed here? if you say we cant have blanket surveillance, would anything have changed? >> it would have....

These operations. electronic surveillance is the primary means for us to gather intelligence and the value of that is greater than the combination of all of it means that we use to gather intelligence. the degree of success that we have had is largely dependent upon these electronic surveillance programs and we have to put that reality on this table as we try to balance privacy and security. >> yes, i know that you are a big proponent of the program. i understand the reasons behind it. but i thi...

Privacy rights and our security. i think they have gone too far over into the security side. >> weve got the chair and the top republican on the senate intelligence committee coming out against this amendment. they say these surveillance programs have stopped numerous attacks. at least helped stop numerous attacks. so those two members of the senate intelligence committee are against senator wyden, another member of intelligence committee. they believe the intelligence programs, surveillance pro...

Collection of telephone records. i had conversations with the speaker and he seems to have the full intent to work with me and work with us on this amendment process and try to get something to the floor. >> reporter: now aides to house speaker john boehner say he opposes the amash amendment because the speaker believes the nsa surveillance programs have saved american lives and kept the country safer. rick? rick: we mentioned at the top, mike, there are conservatives who are for this. there are...

The press corps, i think there might be some problems with it. the book came out at a time when the administration is aggressively pursuing leak investigations. when the press is revealing surveillance programs that are top secret. >> national security things. >> exactly. so i think his criticism applies to a certain kind of reporter. the fre nettic political blogger, perhaps, but not necessarily to the press corps as a whole. >> molly ball, theres a real criticism of politico in here. politico ...

Aurora movie theater massacre a gun control group will read the names of the victims and gun activists rally in a park. one years ago james holmes killed 12 wounding dozens more. local law leader calls the pro gun rally a "slap in the face" for those suffering. the executive director of the aclu praising edward snowden at a national security conference in colorado saying he did this country a service by spurring debate about the reach of the u.s. governments electronic surveillance programs. h...

Lets go to our political gut check, checking the stories you need to know coming out of washington and around the country this morning. first up the director of the national security agency saying surveillance programs are there to keep secrets -- are keeping secrets to protect you from the operatives trying to kill you and how terrorists are changing their strategy after the leaks of edward snowden. >> john king is being attacked by a bee right now, look at him. >> he might have lost his audio....

And when and for how long. this request by the nsa was requested by the u.s. telecoms. that has meant the nsa has been in effect holding the bag on one of the most controversial elements of the domestic surveillance programs. general alexander also made the case these programs need to have a high level of secrecy because the terrorist threat from overseas is reaching deep inside the united states. >> terrorists use our communications devices. they use our networks. they know how to plan around t...

Change? >> i think that so far the -- what president putin has said has been pretty sensible. that he does not approve of the -- those who, you know, violate their -- publicly violate their security clearances. and so i dont know. but president putin so far has seemed to not be trying to use this issue in order to -- in order to do something anti-american. >> so far that is what he said. well see if he changes his mind. meantime, speaking of some of these leaks, on capitol hill yesterday things ...