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America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. >> reporter: lets just review a couple of facts here. these programs were notified to the relevant members of congress. these surveillance programs. they were not a secret to those in the know. snowden says hes got the names of all u.s. operatives. that may be something that puts him at serious risk with the chinese because, of course, they might decide that they want to talk to him. full blown u.s. justice department investigation now un...

Is another. and interesting to think of greenwald sitting there holding names of agent, undercover operatives, whose lives can be in danger if his files are compromised or he decides to publish this information. i mean, there is a reason why we make people like mr. snowden take an oath not to do this. >> thats exactly right. he will be facing that charge. it may not be a treason charge or even an espionage charge, but it could be disclosing top secret information, which he was sworn to uphold. a...

Youve heard our two republican members here try to inflate the two. does the white house worry that the public is going to conflate the two saying the surveillance programs and scandal is part of a big government overreach? >> that is a concern. this is an administration for four and a half years that has stood for the idea of activist government, whether it be obama care or tighter regulation of wall street and then you add these layers of additional policies and/or scandals and it creates a br...

I guess looking at phone numbers and durations of calls. they are not looking at peoples names, and theyre not looking at content. >> president obama defending his administrations dragnet, sweeping surveillance programs targeting the phone records of millions of americans and intercepting data from the nations largest internet companies. how will the presidents explanation sit with americans? rick klein joins us. he says no one is listening. love to believe him, but they told senator widen they ...

More oversight than george w. bush did on these surveillance programs because congress was in the loop. if you watched the sunday talk shows you had democrats saying, wasnt in the loop. i wasnt briefed on the program. a top republican on fox saying i didnt have the details, and thats why the administration will be on capitol hill tomorrow briefing behind closed doors the full house about the extent of the surveillance programs. the answer phloem white house, congress knew generally about this, t...

If people cant trust not only the executive branch but dont trust congress and dont trust federal judges to make sure were abiding by the constitution, due process and rule of law then were going to have problems here. >> today president obama finishing the sweeping surveillance programs. you tell us what you think about the government snooping scandal. thank you for joining us for this special "on the record"." see you on monday. good night from washington, d.c. >> good morning to you. i am ain...

Is why a spokesman for director of national intelligence james clapper noted sunday attorney jenngeneral eric holder launche investigation into possible prosecution. noting any person who has a security clearance knows that he or she has an obligation to protect classified information and abide by the law. with some on the left suggesting snowden is a hero for showing the extent of the surveillance, all eyes now turn to the president and how strongly he will weigh in. >> where is the anger and o...

The question is, how far does it go? what are the safeguards? i think generally the safeguards are there. its certainly worth discussing and saying can we put in additional safeguards for privacy. thats a dilemma governments have been wrestling with for 1,000 years. >> thanks very much. jeremy bash, longtime confident of mr. panetta, thank you. for more on the nsa surveillance programs, check out our website. were going to talk a little new jersey senate thats taking shape. first, todays trivia ...

To this extent. though i think the question is, is he a hero or traitor, i think it is a bit too stark. i think it is much more nuance. ai agree with simon that he has done damage to our national security, in giving our enemies heads-up and untold cases we are looking into as for as terrorism and pending tlets and so on. but you can also be on the side of wanting our national security secrets protected as well as deeply concerned about potential abuses of these surveillance programs. what he sai...

Some areas could get 4 inches of rain and more. flooding concern not just because of how much rain we are getting from the system but because tropical storm andrea brought this and flood watches are in effect. take a look at this, a slight chance that some of the brain could come in the form of thunderstorms that could actually produce severe weather in parts of the atlantic and carolinas. you could be looking at damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour and even large large-size hail f...