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Taking the heat for. the bulk collection of americans' phone records. joining me now from hawaii is nbc white house correspondent, peter alexander, traveling with the president. and did i mention that peter is in hawaii. looks tough out there, peter. >> i thought you would be on this assignment, karen. we were looking for you. >> you know, i was trying. i want to start with department of justice said they were pleased with the decision upholding the collection of americans' phone data. obviously, it counters a ruling two weeks ago that claimed the program was, quote, almost orwellian. what are...

Orwellian. but the president said the program and another that tracks information on e-mails is a critical tool in keeping the country safe. >> we'd save lives. we know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information, not just from the united states but in some cases threats in germany. so, lives have been saved. >> reporter: the judge said there's an utter lack of evidence that a terrorist attack has ever been prevented because searching the nsa database was faster than other investigative tactics. the program is limited to collecting information on who called whom a...

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