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An option that i think is workable. it addresses the two core concerns the people have. number one, the idea of government storing bulk data generally. this ensures that the government is not in possession of that bulk data. i want to emphasize once again that some of the dangers that people high pott size when it came to bulk data, there were clear safeguards against but he recognize that people were concerned about what might happen in the future with that bulk data. this proposal that's been presented to me would eliminate that concern. the second thing the people were concerned about is ma...

Information came out from snowden saying that the u.s. may have been looking at a large cell phone company's records in china. so we know that that was a topic. how exactly it soothed or didn't sooth world leaders, we are not sure at this point. remember, other european countries like germany and the u.k., they too have been gathering this bulk data of phone records and other materials. so not just u.s., carol. >> gotcha. michelle kosinski, reporting live for us this morning thank you. we'll have more on the investigation of flight 370 in a minute. the exxon valdez oil spill, believe it or...

That the u.k., germany, other european countries do this same kind of data collection as well as spying. here is what the president wants to do. he has been working with congress. soon, in the coming days, his administration says, he wants to propose a law that would change the way this is done. right now, the nsa is the one that collects this bulk data, phone records, that americans make on a day it day basis. they keep it for five years. what's been highly controversial in the past is that the nsa can essentially choose its own investigations and authorize them. the president wants the phone...

Verse american's international phone calls. that will be a good one. finally to round out the bracket, issuing national security letters to violate free speech against the very formidable proposing a national license plate tracking system. good luck, guys. >> and these are all things that our government is doing without congressional approval. just executive mandates. we asked you what you thought and a lot of you are responding. caroline says finals would be cell phone tracking versus funding for abortion with abortion winning. >> right. randy on facebook said, i'm not accustomed to choosing ...

Here but other areas of the world. >> a coalition of leading technology firms across the nation is urging changes in the government surveillance programs. top executives from google, microsoft, yahoo, and others have sent a letter to the president and members of congress. they want the government to stop the collection of bulk data from internet communications. meantime, washington and tel aviv have been in spin cycle the past several days over comments from america's top diplomat and a harsh reaction from israel. chief washington correspondent james rosen reports on allies going to battle ove...