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Threats to religious freedom are raising questions about how committed the obama administration is to combating them. the liberty institute says instances of hostility in the u.s. doubled in one year. citing efforts to tear down veterans memorials containing religious symbols along with news that the air force academy under pressure from outside groups made it optional to say the words "so help me god" in the academy's honor oath. and on the international front the senator september a letter to secretary of state john kerry kerry with numerous attacks in pakistan, egypt and syria saying, quote...

>> that does happen in history. you look at -- because historian looking back 20, 30, 40 years, 60 years, you don't have the same emotion that you do in the heat of the moment during the current time. so you can look at it more objectively. >> neil: absolutely. jane cook, we should point out in the 1995-1996 debacle, the republicans got what they wanted. welfare to work and clinton championed that along with the republican congress. and we did restrain spending. so, you coulding are a that longer term i might have been a victory but a victory nonetheless for republicans. monica is watching thi...

They examined new documents from ed snowden. the report indicates that the nsa has spent billions of our tax dollars since the turn of the millennium to crack everybody's secrets. the agency does it with custom built supercomputers and working with tech companies foresee create -- for secret back doors. they covertly introduced weaknesses intoen description -- into encryption standards people use all over the world. uh ready coulding -- according to the new reports, the data can say what it wants and whenever you want and you can't stop it. for reasons that escape all of us, nobody is jumping ...

Saying mistakes have been made in the past? >> syria is their ally in the region. they are arming the syrians and they are providing training and assistance to the syrians. they are all in in protecting the assad reoime. they will do anything politically to stall a u.s. reaction. as would the iranians. >> always appreciate your insights. thank you. >> good to see you, shannonment. the killing of the australian student by teenagers who police uh ready coulding to them has said they were bored. was it a hate crime? the district attorney is weighing in and we will get the latest from peter dooc...

Dreamers, and now that, rationale, if you will, jenna is being used by other lawyers to support claims for individuals coming over the border right now. that's why we're seeing the influx. back to you. jenna: wow, what an interesting story, william. thank you very much. we'll continue to watch it. in that particular region as william points out there people legitimately seeking a slowly lump. we don't know what is the case in particular scenario but it certainly raised our antenna on it if you will because some people started to use it. here is a little bit of context. last year there were nea...