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In new jersey. kids get a chance to ask christie questions during some of the town hall meetings. he won't be appreciative of rick's weather report coming up in a few minutes. >> another potential nor'easter. >> eventual snow. no way. >> got other stories making your news headlines on your sunday morning. we'll get to that. massive fire rips through a small ohio town taking out an entire block of its historic district. >> it is. it's going. it's going. >> the fire causing some of the buildings to collapse. 13 businesses in downtown garrettsville destroyed, including the downtown food bank. two...

Tv. would you spend $14 million to shove a bunch of unused equipment in a closet in west virginia? well, you did. it gets worse. news political director rick klein joins us. this broke on abc world news tonight. we couldn't help having to do it too. >> part of the stimulus plan was $7 billion in high-speed internet access going to rural areas. a big chunk went to west virginia. the state auditor stepped in and found an incredible amount of waste including one closet that had more than a million dollars worth of high-speed internet routers that had too much capacity for the intended use for. it...

New york subway system leading to suspect najibul azazi, who was charged in 2010. >> it allowed us to know it was happening. >> reporter: but the target of the investigation contractor snowden remains defiant telling the "south china morning post" i would rather stay and fight the united states government in the courts. he accuses the u.s. of hacking network backbones like huge internet routers, targeting hong kong and china and proclaims he's neither traitor nor hero but what to call him is less of an issue than how a high school dropout ended up privy to the super secret surveillance program...

Significant harm to our nation and to our safety. we're taking all necessary steps to hold the person responsible for these disclosures. >> those disclosures are bringing out international demands on the u.s. government. today a lawmaker from hong kong reacted to the claim that snowden made to the south china morning post that we told you about yesterday, that the u.s. has been hacking computers in china and hong kong for the last couple of years. snowden said this, quote, we hack network backbones like huge internet routers basically to give us access to the communications of hundreds of thou...

Prevent for both here and abroad in disrupting or contributing to the disruption of terrorist attacks. >> automatic of those million, dozens have been critical. >> that's correct. >> reporter: most of the details he says are classified, but alexander was more than willing to admit this intelligence helped stop a plot to attack the new york subway system. leading to suspect pleading guilty to terror related charges in 2010. >> so it was the one that allowed us to know it was happening. >> reporter: but the target of the investigation, former nsa contractor snowden, remains defiant, believed to ...