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good evening. i'm ann curry in for brian tonight. as new details are breaking about widespread government surveillance of americans, it turns out every time you pick up the phone the government has known what number you were dialing. a secret surveillance program is collecting telephone records of every single one of us. late today we learned of a separate and what could be a far more explosive government program tapping into e-mails and computer traffic. we begin with andrea mitchell. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ann. today's leak was only the tip of the iceberg. nbc new...

and late today we learned of a separate and what could be a far more explosive tapping into e-mails and computer traffic. we have both stories covered tonight. and we begin now with andrea mitchell. andrea, good evening. >> and today's leak was only the tip of the iceberg. nbc news has learned that the government has been collecting records on every telephone call made in america, not only foreign calls. that is causing lots of outrage on twitter and by members of congress. it's an enormous collection of data over the last seven years. logs of telephone calls and their durations. not...

>> i'm a remember advisen customer. it doesn't botdser me one bit for the national security administration to have my phone number. because what they're trying to do is find out what tore rift groups we know about and. >> reporter: in the hot seat again, eric holder. they want details. >> i would be more than glad to come back in a -- in an appropriate setting to discuss the issues that you have raised. >> the correct answer would be say, no we stayed within our reign and i'm assuring you we did not spy on members of the congress. >> and i trust the government will explain why the am...

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