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President obama is considering some 46 specific recommendations to reform the nsa. on friday, this coming friday, he'll reveal which ones he plans to adopt. our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto, is here with more on what's going on. so are there specifications you're checking with your sources on how the president will, quote, rein in the nsa? >> i think the headline here is the biggest bulk collection of the phone meta data, the one that's caused most controversy since edward snowden's revelations tharksz going to stay. the "new york times" reporting today the president won'...

Executive action toss tamp down the nsa controversy. i think he foresees legislative activity will be tough and he has to act to arrest the problem. he wants to move on to other issues. >> one of the wild cards is the nsa leaker edward snowden, whether ehe will continue to lek documents. documents have not dealt with pr privacy rights but sources and methods and u.s. alliances overseas. >> what are we learning about the new report on the effectiveness of nsa programs. do they help us to nab terrorists? >> well, there's a new study by the new america foundation. they are a washington-based grou...

Stories. >> the nsa's bulk collection of domestic phone records has had no impact on preventing terrorism. that is a new finding this morning from the washington based nonprofit group new america foundation. they studied 225 terrorism cases inside the u.s. since 2001 and found that traditional law enforcement and investigative techniques initiated most of those cases, concluding that the nsa's phone surveillance is not essential. and john kerry at a key meeting today in syria. he added that attending the talks is the only way to a political solution for the conflict which has ripped syria apar...

When he said he was humiliating, he was sorry, he should have known. even the mayor who was the supposed target for the shutdown says he takes christie for his word. the nsa wiretapping program is being called unnecessary in the fight against terrorism. the new america foundation says a new report due out today that its analysis shows the bulk collection of phone records has had no discernible impact on preventing terror attacks and only factored into one case involving money being sent to a terror group in somalia. the findings echo a white house panel's assertion that the program is not es...

>> i think he stated very clearly, he should have known. i think he stated it very clearly and very openly and honestly, and that's why he has to answer every single question. is this a blow to him? obviously. how permanent it is i think we will know in the days and weeks ahead. >> many in the republican party praised governor christie for coming forward to talk about the scandal, and even the mayor who was the seeming target for the shutdown says he does take christie now at his word. now to the nsa and new figures just coming out this morning about how effective its surveillance programs h...