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>> and ayman, the president's position was to continue to collect the telephone records but the government won't keep them. that's not what those companies wanted to hear. now you've got this privacy panel saying we shouldn't even continue to collect the records, that that in and of itself is illegal. >> that's right. that is central to the ongoing debate. the use of metadata which depending on who you ask is important or is not important but at the end of the day in the eyes of critics is violating the privacy of citizens whether it's world leaders or whether it is american citizens. the conc...

Administration is having a big effect among foreign leaders and their attitude and the huge internet companies. >> you have official in germany, andrea, this week, suggesting that relations between europe and america have not been this bad since the war in iraq when they reached terrible lows. the president reproposed reforms but this had a big impact in europe, perhaps bigger story than it is here and particularly in germany, which is such a strong ally of the united states, where people are very angry about the fact that angela merkel's telephone was intercepted and cause something of a brea...

Kiev, unbelievable pictures out of the ukraine. you've got ukraine caught between a desire to pass fi moscow and do trade with moscow and pass fooi europe. opted to go with moscow with strong arming from putin and that infuriated the people on the streets of kiev. they've been there since november. they are not going anywhere, we're going to take this fight right to the police. we've had a couple of protesters dying. >> ayman, you were there not too long ago and seen firsthand how passionate the people are and jay carney saying this is the direct result of the president of the regime not takin...

Thorough review, what he's focused on diplomatically is assuring people we want to strike that balance between privacy and security. having come out of the intelligence community before the state department, i know there are real threats out there. the president knows that. what he talked about with metadata and other things, how we strike that right balance, the changes we're going to make and what we're doing at the state department is going around the world and telling governments what we're doing and not doing, how we want to work together and also telling people all around the world we do...

Place safeguards and made sure not only did this program comply with law but it was subject to federal court review and congressional oversight. so i don't think it's illegal but i do think we may have reached a tipping point here. this is the latest group to weigh in and say that this vast collection of data is not that useful and infringes substantially on personal privacy. the president tried to address this last friday and said in a short period of time he wants recommendations, but i think at this point we should seriously consider not -- >> congresswoman harman, let me interrupt you just...