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George w. bush. randy cay. >> reporter: no question these two former fbi directors have a history. it dates back to 2004 when james comey refused to authorize an nsa surveillance program called stellar wind under george w. bush. comey learned members of the bush administration were headed to then josh ash croft's hospital room to get him to reauthorize the spying program. he called robert mueller to alurt him. >> i told him what was happening. he said i'll meet you at the it hospital right now. >> he was serving as the acting head of the justice department while ashcroft was in the hospital. h...

It includes his firing of james comey and he said that mueller is quote very very good friends with comey and the president said that's very bothersome. cnn's randi kaye looks into the relationship between the two former fbi directors. >> reporter: no question these two former fbi directors have a history. it dates back to 2004 when james comey refused to authorize an nsa surveillance program called stellar wind under george w. bush. comey learned members of the bush administration were heading to then attorney general john ashcroft's hospital room to get him to reauthorize the spying program....

Program called stellar wind under george w. bush. comey learned members of the bush administration were heading to then attorney general john ashcroft's hospital room to get him to reauthorize the spying program. comey called robert mueller, who was the fbi director at the time, who alert him. >> i told him what was happening. he said i'll meet you at the hospital. he's one of the finest people i've ever met. >> reporter: comey was deputy attorney general at the time and serving as acting head of the justice department while ashcroft was in the hospital. he was later named fbi director in 2013...

Toppled government in yemen and has fought on the backs of the houthi rebels there. the identities of these four individuals have not been released. "washington posts" reports that attempts to free the prisoners have so far failed. they are believed to be held in the capital city of sanaa which saudi arabia has been bombing to try to out of the rebels. messy situation there. bill: this note. secretary of state john kerry flying back home to boston. this a day after breaking his leg in a biking accident in france near the swiss border. the state department saying he is in good spirits spent the...

Right now in just under four hours the nsa servers will start shutting down if there is no action in the senate. should they? we have a former ambassador to the u.n. joining us here in studio. is rand paul right? he calls this an illegal nsa spying program on ordinary americans. >> he's wrong. i don't think he'd recognize the framers of the constitution if he ran into them in the hallway. the issue here is not any kind of nsa surveillance of individuals. not listening or reading your e-mails, not shadowing you on the street. not even taking your records. the records at issue here are the recor...