with the white house under fire over controversial data collection programs, the president is promises to limit their reach. jim, what more are we learning about the plans that he's going to propose. >> reporter: a senior official says president obama will announce he is ending the nsa's bulk phone record collection program as it currently exists. one key thing is that they will node a, quote, journal finding before they can use that information. >> end mass surveillance. >> reporter: more than six months since former nsa contractor edward snowden started leaking the details, president obama is poised to make changes to the ways washington spies on the world. >> we can and should take steps