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Ago whole lot of headlines, obviously, but do the media act responsibly, are we acting responsibly when reporting on the classified surveillance programs? our news watch panel weighs in. a rodeo in outer space, and the new race to lasso asteroids and bring them back to earth. why theres so much interest now in mining the big rocks. were live with that story just aherdt. ahead n. im a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. im getting married. planning a life. the...

At least one newspaper: it is time to let him go. still, south africa is facing a host of challenges, and so the people dont seem to want to let him go at this moment. they dont want to say good-bye. another statement from another friend of nelson mandela, another major anti-apartheid leader, archbishop desmond tutu. his words: we offer thanks to god for the extraordinary gift of mr. mandela. we wish his family strength as does the entire world. jon, back to you. jon: a man who has literally cha...

Congress heading back to d.c. and demanding answers about the nations sweeping surveillance programs which have direct ties to noiv9/11 and theh administration. richard, i guess one part of the controversy goes back to the carter years? >> it does. the fisa courts are the center of todays krover and they were created after the watergate scandal and government overreach concerns. 1978 congress passing the foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa to regulate government monitoring of suspected...

>> hey, greg, are you getting shorter? >> o. >> hey. >> you went on value expectations and now he has a bit of an attitude. should we fear the governments ear? well, what a week for leaks on peaks. on friday president obama defended the no longer secret surveillance programs and reassured americans that no one is listening to your telephone calls. he explaind that collecting information about phone calls and internet traffic help prevent terrorist attacks and it is all subject to rigorous congre...

Chairman of the house intelligence committee, who said these types of surveillance programs have prevented terrorist attacks, two that we know about. and he made the point that they are absolutely necessary. heres a little bit more of what mark udall and mike rogers had to say on abc this morning. take a listen. >> when you make calls, where you make calls to, who youre talking to, i think thats private information. i think if the governments gathering that, the american people ought to know it....

Government thats strong enough to protect us but not so strong that it can abuse us. >> thank you for your observations senator angus king. david corn is the washington bureau chief of mother jones and an msnbc political analyst. i need a scorecard to keep track of who is on what side. there are some unusual alliances. break it down for me. >> you sure do. on issues like this we often see it not fitting into the typical left/right mode. you have karl rove saying hes all in favor of these surveil...

Revenue service, targeted conservative tea party groups for closer scrutiny. perry, how do you think the new electronic surveillance disclosures, we look at them and learn more about them will affect the presidents standing with people, with voters? >> i think two questions, how is it standing with voters and probably not very much. his approval rating you 48% right now. it was 47% a couple months ago, stayed pretty steady among things like the ap phone records, which as a journalist, im very co...

I want to tell you about some new developments tonight concerning the government collecting phone records on americans. a request has been made for a criminal investigation into the leaks that led to stories disclosing the data mining process. tonight the white house is weighing in. jessica yellin is traveling with the president. she joins us live from palm spring. i understand that one of the presidents advisers has something to say about all of this now. what is he saying? >> reporter: hi, don...

Is your security more important than your privacy? thats the question, right? >> the white house is fiercely defending surveillance programs that are putting your phone records and e-mails and online pictures and videos in between everything right in the hands of the government. brian todd is in washington. brian? >> the president is under fire from his liberal supporters who say he has betrayed them on civil liberties. however you look at it the president is behaving far different from candidat...

Terrorism. but privacy experts say the government is going too far. so, does this basically come down to an issue of your privacy versus your security? our legal guys are back, avery friedman, civil rights attorney and law professor joining us from cleveland and richard herman a criminal defense attorney and u.s. law professor joining us from las vegas. the president laid out his case very strongly yesterday, at least some said very strongly. he said these surveillance programs are necessary and...