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0 to the extent you have aided and abetted snowden, even in the current movement, why shouldn't you be charged with a crime? >> i think it is extraordinary anybody that calls themselves a journalist that would publicly -- about whether or not other journalists should be charged with felony. the assumption in your question is completely without evidence and the idea that i aided and abetted him in any way. scandal that arose in washington before our story began was the fact the obama administration is trying to criminalize investigative journalism by going through the e-mails and phone records ...

Hold up under close scrutiny. >> you have a law that has been interpreted secretly by a secret court that issues secret orders to generate a secret program. i just don't think this is american approach to a world in which we have great threats. my number one goal is to protect the american people. we can do it in a way that respects our civil liberties. >> heather: former deputy assistant to george w. butch and ellen ratner is editor of talk radio services. nsa program has been brought to the forefront and national security versus personal liberty. i'm going begin with you, ellen, do you think...

0 have a closer look at russia's key role in all of this a bit later on in the newscast. >> heather: also in the million a new president elected in iran defeating more hard lined candidates by a decisive margin. does this signal a less confrontational approach to the world or more of the same. conor powell is live in jerusalem with the latest on this. >> reporter: rouhani was the lone cleric in the race and he was considered a long shot to the iranian presidency. he is considered a moderate. the former revolutionary leader and top nuclear negotiator overwhelmingly won the election with the sup...

>> heather: and hundreds of wildfire evacuees who are beginning to return to the burned out ruins of their homes. most destructive wildfires ever for colorado. >> gregg: we begin with new reaction to today to a series of leaks about the sweeping surveillance program. information made public by former government contractor 29-year-old edward snowden. this as top intel officials are crediting that surveillance with saving lives and preventing more terrorist attacks. those here and home and around the world. steve centanni is live with more. what kind of reaction are we getting from the...

Part of this, to make them sort of somewhat culpable for what the doj doing and allow them to bring them in, we are trying to work out a working relationship and you are just as culpable at we are. >> jon: cover up? >> i think makes a good point, holder is trying to do the clinch on them and bring them in. ellen, judy you may detect outrage. when i see "washington post", page three, holder addresses media concerns in a story somewhere in between new elections in the philippines, i don't detect any outrage at all. this is completely manageable story. when chris matthews said it was a kirfullel ...