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They don't say exactly what they were able to do ultimately in that case. >> but the plot on the new york stock exchange, they did describe as a very real plot. i want to bring in dana bash right now. it's a very interesting hearing to listen to. you get 9 sense that the members of congress would like to get more information than they currently are getting. mac thornbury was almost, you know, begging for more information at one point. >> that's right. this is being coordinated, just looking down at my blackberry, communicating with people in the room, this is being coordinated on the fly. that...

Gloria. let's listen to this exchange that president obama had in an interview last night with charlie rose. >> sure. >> what i can say unequivocally, if you are a u.s. person, the nsa cannot listen to your telephone calls and the nsa cannot targets your e-mails -- >> and have not? >> and have not. they cannot and have not. >> so you have that long self-defense from the president, and this hearing going on at the moment, which according to fran lacks details. you have been writing a very powerful column that the president really needs to tell us more. is this the more that you were calling for...

We'll have more of that in a moment. we're covering all angles of this story. dana bash is on capitol hill, fran townsen joins us via skype here from new york, and in washington chief political analyst gloria borger. dana, i want to start with you. the key points of this hearing and what your sources are the hill are saying and whether they're satisfied with what they are hearing. >> this is kind of jointly put out there by the chairman and ranks member of the committee and the witnesses. this is one of those rare times where this is really a choreographed dance. however, you played that very ...

Domestically based. gloria. they facts, do you think it's enough to soothe americans, a lot of whom seem uneasy about this? >> i don't think it's enough to soothe americans, but it does kind of give you an idea of the diligence with which they work on these things. i mean, the interesting thing to me about this sort of vague investigation after 9/11, that we talk about, he essentially said the case was closed for several years, and then under section 215 that fran townsend was talking about, the nsa provided the fbi with a telephone number that then allowed them to continue to pursue a case th...

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