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Been under way for a number of years and that when the president learned about it, he ordered it stopped. does the president continue 0 have full confidence in general alexander to administer security? >> the president has full confidence in general alexander and the leadership at the nsa and in the rank and file at the nsa who do extraordinary work on behalf of every american citizen and on behalf of our allies and keeping them safe. the issues that are part of the review look at how we can better balance our security needs and the security needs of our allies against the real privacy concern...

The bugging if he had known about it. lawmakers say new leaks from edward snowden about the u.s. intercepting phone calls from other officials are really hurting relations. >> i think the revelations from snowden and the secrets that have been revealed are doing significant damage to our bilateral relationships with germany, with mexico, with the other countries where the suggestion is that we have listened in. so i think we have repair work to do. bill: brazil's president canceled a state visit over nsa leaks that indicated her phone calls had been listened to. bill? bill: what is the white h...

Feinstein is saying. >> thank you, jim. let's get more on the latest in the allegations. our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto is here. what are you learning? i want two main headlines, the president did not know, but when he found out about the extent, he did end parts of it. administration officials say the president found out about nsa's finding only this summer when the administration conducted a review. he ended parts of the program, including surveillance of phone calls of angela merkel and other leaders. jay carney said that even as the world becomes more interconnecte...

President. is the obama administration national security strategy hurting our relationships abroad? >> we, like other nations, gather foreign intelligence because it is in our national security interests to do so. there are real threats out there against the american people and against our allies, including germany, including allies around europe and around the world. we also need to balance those security needs against the understandable privacy concerns that we all share. for fast, lo, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid...

This. >> would never get into specific either allegations for operational matters of foreign intelligence gathering except to say we gather foreign intelligence much as other countries do. and to say that we are reviewing as the president made clear our foreign intelligence operations with a mind to strike the balance of our security needs and their needs and the concerns we we all share. beyond that i can't get into the details. beyond the readout of the chancellor's and president's phone call. >> now we should mention that the assistant to the president for counterterrorism and homeland secu...