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Well as their own by supporting the formation of an iraqi government that represents all iraqis and all respects iraq's easter territorial in -- president obama stated he will do what is necessary and in our national interest to confront isil and the threat that it poses to the security of the region and our security in the long run. none of us should have to be remine er reminded that a threat left unattended far beyond our shores can have grave, tragic consequences. the president understands very clearly that supporting iraq and the struggle at this time is part of meeting our most important...

The nsa was necessarily going rogue here but that the white house understands it needs better guidance on policy priorities so they don't go beyond what the president approved of or was aware of. >> how concerned are u.s. officials about the diplomatic repercussions of this? >> they are very concerned. you have a delegation from the eu speaking about these issues. i spoke to one member who said that people in european capitals are confused and fearful of this kind of spying so they want explanations. i spoke to a former u.s. official who told me the u.s. has listing posts in these countries an...

And this is the kind of information those countries want to share. it's about fighting terrorism. that's the better way that officials inside the administration say, going forward, to gather this kind of information. >> and jim acosta, the white house has to contend with a disastrous roll out of the obama care website. the president was unaware with the major problems with that until a few days after the launch. a major disturbance over the weekend, as you know. what can you tell us about this part of the story? >> the health and human services folks are saying that that data services hub at t...

Mention terrorism in the same sentence, you get a 17-point jump in support. that was true when they asked about metadata, also true when they asked about the government actually listening in to your phone calls and reading your e-mails. this was the question, look, do you favor the government taking not just the metadata but the actual recordings, the actual text of almost all communications in the united states? you ask americans that and they say, no, we do not like the idea of the government doing that, only 16% of americans say i think that's a good idea. if you ask exactly the same questi...

Relates to fighting terrorism, then what the government's doing seems more appealing. so if the government's feeling heat for its massive secret surveillance power that we only find out through leaks and whistle-blowers, politically it can help to link the exercise of that government power, that raw capacity to this fight that we all want the government to win against terrorists. george w. bush encapsulated this perfectly when the whole unwarranted first wiretapping was reported in 2005 when he basically said, you know what, if you're not al qaeda, you've got nothing to worry about. this sort ...