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Minister. any concerns about tense relations over that. >> what the meeting shows us is how deep the relationship with germany is. germany is one of the most significant partners and allies of the united states. and while the spying issue is clearly a very sensitive one in the relationship, we worked closely with germany on a whole host of issues from ukraine, as you mentioned, to iran which we'll be discussing in coming days. >> of course. i'm curious the timing and not informing the president. literally being blind sided by the cia that this top american spy the berlin station chief had been...

He said. the u.s. has been far more quiet on the topic. no, the cia isn't tweeting about it, but today the white house offered this. >> allies with sophisticated intelligence agencies like the united states and germany understand with some degree of detail exactly what those intelligence relationships and activities entail. >> the germans say there is good contact still between top levels of both countries. the white house confirmed that conversations are going on right now in private. and that the u.s. respects germany's choices whom to allow in their country even adding glowing praise for an...

Libertarians on the right and peel far on the left as well. they believe that the nsa spying issue has gone too far. what i want to say is any president thinking about these issues is considering a balance of national security and personal privacy. i think the reason the public's appetite is more on the side of personal privacy is we are no longer living under the daily threat of terrorism. this is no longer the case where george bush and tom ridge are showing us the color coded map of the day saying today is an orange level threat day. so it means that people are to longer thinking about it i...

He also called the government's phone data collection almost orwellian. president obama said the information was collecting information on who called who and where. >> nobody is listening to your telephone calls. that's not what this program is about. >> reporter: and that it's kept america safe. >> we know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information. >> reporter: but judge leon said there is an utter lack of evidence that a terrorist attack has ever been prevented because searching the nsa database is faster than other investigative the ruling is a victory for fu...

2 1/2 years in prison. the republican was convicted in june of extortion, bribery and fraud. the new fbi director is making changes to on the job training. income agents have to visit martin luther king memorial in washington. he said the move is a warning of the dangers of becoming untethered to oversight and accountability. women of the supreme court finally have the painting they deserve. artists unveiled it on monday at the smithsonian. it features the current female justice and sandra day o'connor. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me now for our "first look" a...