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Began testimony before the senate judiciary committee and this is an oversight hearing into his agency. he will likely be grilled on the fbis involvement into the governments sweeping surveillance activities. were monitoring his testimony and well bring you any developments that come out of this hearing. muellers visit comes as lawmakers get a chance to see if classified documents -- to see a classified document in private that details more of the terrorist plots claimed to be stopped by those...

Go as she wanted to. that all these facts arent true. but investigators believe her. >> scott taylor, fabulous reporting. bizarre case, so thank you. now to capitol hill, where the house intelligence committee held a hearing on the secret surveillance programs, revealed by edward snowden. for the first time, officials shared details about the surveillance the government conducts. general keith alexander said the programs have helped thwart more than 50 potential terrorist plots around the glob...

And then having to talk about the nsa program and recommitting to closing guantanomo bay. he doesnt want that to be his legacy. talks about continuing his push for quality and security and securing his own place in history in their footsteps. >> we know as always international trips there are questions that are clearly domestic in nature. the president was asked about those surveillance programs. did he address some of the concerns that people have about the governments surveillance? >> reporter...

That you had with the director of the nsa, general keith alexander. >> prior to 9/11 there was phone messages from yemen which you did not have the capacity to follow through on which perhaps could have prevented the 9/11 attack. general alexander, or mr. joyce, could you explain how the attack could have been prevented? >> what we dont know, going back in time, is the phone call between yemen and there. if we would have had the reasonable suspicion standard, wed have to look at that. assuming t...

Homes. firefighters are finally starting to get handle on that fire. right now its about 40% contained. the fbi director is getting questions about those surveillance programs that are causing so much debate. he defending the program in hearing. it happened earlier today. he says its crucial in helping connect the dots about possible terrorist plots. i want to bring in joe johns talking about what he said in this hearing and how did he defend some of these surveillance programs. a lot of peopl...

Were hearing that more charges could be on the way and at least one more arrest in this case. the big question, how could this be in a six week time frame in the cleveland area another case where captives were allegedly held. authorities believe this is poorly coincidental. chris and kate? >> pamela, thanks so much, from ashland, ohio, for us this morning. weve been talking more about this case with the federal prosecutor later in the show. you dont want to miss that. if you needed a reminder of...

How important were the surveillance programs, do you think? >> well, erin, you know, if you listen to his words carefully, he said they aided in uncovering these plots. he didnt say that they were solely led to the uncovering of these plots. and its important in those words, you know, perhaps there was a warning from overseas, from another intelligence service than we turn the programs on a certain individual, and confirmed the information. so without the details, you know, im very skeptical of ...

Surveillance. 61%, more than did when president bush had his nsa scandal when only half of americans disapproved. now, you heavily criticized the bush administrations surveillance programs when he was in office, and then senator barack obama did, as well. i wanted to play just a brief clip of some of the criticism this president made about president bush in 2007. >> this administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish, and the security we provide. i will provide ...

Just how he did this and where he might be? >> not really. especially to where he might be. i mean, you heard a question, the question was, whats next for snowden? the answer was justice, but they cant bring him to justice because they dont know where he is. heard a lot of discussion about the fact that hes a liar and felon, that he talked about things that could be done with this program that you really can do, like listening to peoples phone calls reading e-mails. but he did unveil, unearth th...

He tells me this young mother, 30 years old could come and go as she wanted to. that everything, all these facts, simply arent true. but investigators believe her. >> scott taylor, fabulous reporting. bizarre case, so thank you. now to capitol hill, where the house intelligence committee held a rare public hearing on the secret surveillance programs, those programs recently revealed by the nsa contractor edward snowden. for the first time, officials shared details about the surveillance the go...