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0 very excited to do the entire summer. on behalf of the whole crew, you ve got to come back. we ll see you next week. revealed, one of the biggest security leaks in u.s. history. the man that says your government is spying on you comes forward. he says he had the power to spy on anyone, including the president. the question is, why did he come forward now? a brazen attack overnight. a blast in the american cross hairs, a live report ahead. stopped, swatted, rejected, the heat bounce back. feeling that is one of the most amazing plays you will ever see on a basketball court. lebron james with feeling. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. it is 5:00 in the east. a gripping 12-minute interview, edward snowden opens up about why he decided to come forward saying the nsa gets intelligence however it can. it began narrowly. more and more is happening with the u.s. barbara starr unmass ks the man in this story. when you are in conditions of privileged access reporter: this is 29-year-old edward snowden. he worked his way into the computers of the u.s. intelligence community as a defense contractor and blew open the secrets by leaking details of top secret government programs. now, he risks never living in america as a free man again. i had access of everyone working at the nsat entire intelligence community and undercover assets all over the world, locations of every station. reporter: snowden didn t leak that, but he reveals himself as the source of several documents leaked to journalist glenn gr n greenwald to monitor e-mail and internet traffic of virtually everyone. sitting at my desk, i have the authorities to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to the president, if i had a personal e-mail. reporter: he just wanted americans to know what the government was doing. if you are not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded. reporter: he wanted to be up front he was behind the leaks. i sit there day-to-day watching what s happening and go, this is something that s not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether the programs of policy are right or wrong. reporter: during the interview, he watched cnn s wolf blitzer ask who the leaker was. snowden did not react. he fled to hong kong telling his boss he needed to go away for medical care. before this, he says he had a comfortable life working for the nsa in hawaii with a $200,000 job and a girlfriend. he never completed high school. he joined the army in 2003 but was discharged after breaking both legs in an accident. he says he worked as a security guard for the nsa and moved to the cia in a computer security job. in 2009, he left the cia, joining the contractor booth allen in hawaii. he began to see top secret documents on nsa surveillance including the government had data on americans. president obama insists his administration is not spying on u.s. citizens, only looking for information on u.s. terrorists. snowden believes hong kong will protect him but there s no guarantee he won t be arrested, taken to china or sent back to the u.s. it appears to be a risk he s willing to take. you are living in hawaii, a paradise making a ton of money. what would it take to make you leave everything behind? the fear i have regarding the outcome for america of these disclosures is that nothing will change. reporter: barbara starr, cnn, washington. the justice department is launching an investigation into these unauthorized leaks with intelligence leaders saying snowden should be prosecutored. they and the nsa chief is calling for contact saying the leaks do not give an accurate picture of the work the nsa does. here is brianna. reporter: the administration intensified calls to hunt down the leaker of an nsa surveillance program. sunday night, the justice department announced they were launching an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of information. president obama returning from california after a meeting with the chinese president had no comment. he made it clear he s upset by the high profile leaks. i don t welcome leaks. there s a reason these programs are classified. reporter: making the sunday talk show rounds, the chairman said the leaks don t give a full picture of the nsa program. he says he s got it all and is an expert on the program. he doesn t have a clue how this works. neither did the person who released just enough information to literally be dangerous. reporter: something the nsa chief agreed with. how the nsa gathers information and what it does remains a point of contention. i m not convinced the collection of this vast trob of data led to the corruption plots. reporter: on capitol hill, the fight is just beginning. don t troll through a billion phone records every day. it invades our privacy. i m going to see if i can challenge it. reporter: cnn, washington. breaking news from afghanistan this morning. a fierce battle between taliban fighters and afghan security forces in kabul. the attack was intended to target americans. a reporter from the times of london is on the phone with us, live from kabul. jeremy, what can you tell us? caller: i can tell you about 4:30 local time this morning, seven insurgents made their way to two houses just on the perimeter of the kabul airport. commercial and military air. one suicide bomb. at least a four-hour battle before all seven were eventually killed. do we know if the intended targets were killed? anything about injuries? caller: the only reports of injuries are two civilians. the mission here indicated that none of its personnel is wanted. are we seeing an increase on attacks on americans as the u.s. prepares to pull out? caller: on the contrary, we are seeing less. it s been a continuation of taliban for some time where they are preferring to target afghan security forces. they are a softer target and easier to attack. jeremy kelly on the phone from kabul, thank you. we are getting word from south africa, the condition of nelson mandela is unchanged. he has a recuring lung infection. it s his fourth trip to the hospital since december. he s in serious, but stable condition. he s calling on the country to pray for him. turkey s prime minister warning the government is running out of patience as protests continue for an 11th day. it s getting more like a dictatorship and demanding he step down. 4,300 people have been reported hurt over the week as riot police move in and crack down on the demonstrations. he challenged them to make their voices heard in the elections in a few months. a republican will be sworn in as an interim senator from new york. governor chris christie named him to replace the late frank lautenberg. he will serve until a special election in october. he will not be running in the special election. one person running is corey booker. he announced his decision to run on saturday. a big name republican is coming on in favor of the senate immigration bill speaking sunday on faith in asia. kelly ayotte called it a bipartisan solution to a tough problem. it s a way for immigrants in the u.s. to earn citizen zip. tomorrow, the bill will face a hurdle. a vote that will determine whether the senate debate will continue. the crane operator charged with a deadly building collapse is held this morning. he faces six counts of involuntary manslaughter. a judge denied him bail. he had marijuana and pain medication in his system following the collapse. prosecutors say he was operating the crane used to tear down the building that collapsed on a salvation army thrift store. six people died, more than a dozen injured. the heat getting even in a game they needed. the amazing thing was this. this ridiculous block. lebron james, the splitter from brazil. james just stuffs splitter going up for a dunk there. the heat won 103-84. evens the series at one a piece. the series goes to san antonio for the next three games. you enjoyed that game. i enjoyed the block. i m rooting for the spurs. that was phenomenal basketball. you just don t see that. a guy going up for a dunk. on his way down, lebron james so strong, so incredibly strong, it can stop this dunk seconds before it goes through. that s crazy. wow. all right. james didn t have a great game, only 17 points, but he had that block. more to come in the series, no question. what authorities are saying about a shooting spree. snooping at the store. a sex offender charged with following a 6-year-old around taking pictures. shoppers stopped him. it s like a movie. tic guitar] [ dog ] we found it together. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing. had made you play. and that. had made you smile. 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