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Favor p his own set of reforms. but majority leader harry reid tells the hill he believes obamacare will be a, quote, net positive for democrats running for office in 2014 saying the website has gotten significantly better since of course the disastrous launch. anything is better than that. on nsa, a task force appointed by president obama is now recommending big changes to how the nsa does business. among the recommendations, the government would have to request access for data stored by phone and internet companies. there would be no blanket court orders for personal information. another r...

Snowden. his revelation that the nsa can collect phone records on each and every call that americans make set out a huge outcry that hasn't let up. by some estimates the database contains more than 1 trillion records. on monday a federal judge in washington ruled that the government's bulk collection of metadata is unconstitutional and now the panel which was hand-picked by the white house says the nsa should give up its massive database. jim sciutto joins me now. what are the recommendations? >> reporter: the headline recommendation is accountability. that's what one of the panel members said...

There are 46 recommendations. the government would have to request access to metadata. phone and internet companies can go public when they're asked to hand over information. the white house has already rejected a recommendation to put the nsa under civilian control. the panel had other surprising conclusions saying that the disclosure of some confidential information can be, quote, extremely valuable to public debate. the task force also found that bulk collection of telephone records is not essential to preventing terror attacks. senator rand paul is a krit it can of twent a step further cal...

Recommending big changes to how the nsa does business. among the recommendations, the government would have to request access for data stored by phone and internet companies. there would be no more blanket court orders for personal information. another recommendation aims to put the nsa under civilian control. something the white house has already rejected. the task force also found that bulk collection of telephone records is not essential to preventing terror attacks. senator rand paul is calling on the director of national intelligence to resign over testimony he gave before the senate. >> ...

>> i'll be proposing some self-restraint on the nsa and to initiate reforms that can give people more confidence. >> reporter: according to a source familiar with this week's meeting between top tech executives and the president, mr. obama repeated his goal of self-restraint but indicated he may allow the collection of phone data to continue but with more oversight and transparency. that may not be enough for members of congress across the political spectrum. >> nsa, you've gone too far. the bulk collection of americans' data by the u.s. government has to end. >> we do have a right to privacy ...