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>> i'm curious, do you think congress is going to come together on this issue and bring him back the place in which we want to store all the records and suggestions? are they going to get that done, lynne? >> on that micromatter in the whole shopping bag of things that are in it, the nsa spying, i suppose it's a possibility. the option is pay the phone companies for more storage, create a private third party which would have its own complexities and problems attached to it. first, they have to decide if they want to do this and not just fight to stop the program in its entirety. where obama is...

A package of proposals and there's multiple things obama wants congress to do. >> i'm going to get to outside panel with you in a second. ed, since you are the congressional guru here, are they going to get it done? what do you think? >> remember over the summer when the house voted to scale back this program? you saw the most conservative and the most liberal and the libertarian lawmakers get together and derail the program. that coalition still exists and is eager to have this conversation. i think if there's an acknowledgement that not everyone is going to get everything they want, there sh...

Ed? >> it's what do these people have to say? do they have proof it is tied closer to the governor? if that exists, this elevates the seriousness of the situation. otherwise, it's a new jersey matter and a matter for the inspector general in washington to look into and another case, not related to the bridge thing. beyond that, you know, it becomes a standard government investigation until the proof exists that the governor was more intimately involved. >> okay. lynne and ed, we are going to call that a wrap. see you soon. thank you very much. >> thank you, alex. here is the question of the ...

Security. we take their privacy concerns into account in policies and procedures. >> that was president obama during his speech on friday. he was outlying the changes in the surveillance program. they ordered new limits in accessing phone records from hundreds of millions of americans. it's leading it up to congress to decide who will store the vast accumulation of phone records. joining me now, lynne sweet and congressional reporter, ed o keith. good morning to both of you. lynne, are part of our conversations still being spied on? >> private conversations are still being collected. that's no...

He left the moscow airport where he had lived more than a month. joining me now is susan page and congressional reporters for "the washington post" ed o'keith. good to see you. >> good morning. >> as a result of this decision the president is holding up the possibility of canceling a meeting between he and putin in moscow next month. how frustrated is the white house right now? >> i think they are quite unhappy with the russian government in general and mr. putin in particular. but i think they still hold open the possibility of putting pressure on russia. mr. snowden only has a year's repriev...