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It's all part of recent efforts to end the standoff between the country's military-backed government and protesters supporting ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi. bill: republican lawmaker adding to the debate over whether or not ed snowden should be considered a whistleblower or a traitor for revealing information about u.s. spying programs and how the nsa, the national security agency, operates. >> without his doing what he did, members of congress would not have really known about it. there's allegations that this information was given to congress. of course, congress passed the patrio...

Under fire again for its spying programs. today the obama administration declassified and released three documents outlining the phone and internet data collection programs. right before that agency's deputy director faced tough questions on capitol hill about edward snowden. >> for a 29-year-old school dropout to come in and take out massive, massive amounts of data, it is obvious that there weren't adequate controls. has anyone been fired? >> not yet. >> who double checked snowden? >> there are checks at multiple levels. >> obviously failed. >> outfront tonight general hayden who ran the nsa...

These spying programs. martha: 50 different incidents of terrorism were uncovered by this. >> i'd like to know which ones. martha: i agree. i think we have been lacking in the clarity. >> and this is a sideshow actually, because we just found out that they've been stealing people's financial information, law abiding americans. martha: let's get your thoughts on this other issue. eric holder is trying to calm folks down in congress about his testimony where he said he had no knowledge whatsoever of any effort to sort of prosecute a journalist and then lo and behold a couple days later it turned...

Yesterday and the u.s. government unsealed three criminal charges against him, including espionage and theft of government property. each of these carries a charge, a maximum sentence of ten years. the united states has asked hong kong to detain snowden based on these charges as they seek his extradition to the united states. still believed to be hiding out in hong kong where he is at a safe house under police protection. how will the proceedings pit the united states against china, which controls hong kong? ironically, just as china asked the u.s. for more information about its spying program...

This series. it's one none of us will forget. >> he tried to change being typecast. he did plays on broadway. he tried to spread his wings and show his range as an actor. >> he was great on broadway. he started on broadway in 1992. that's where he got his first taste on the stage. of course, he returned to broadway and got carnage and was fantastic. >> he's an actor's actor. everyone sending tributes said he was a nice guy. >> he was a jersey boy. >> thanks. we are going to look back at his remarkable career on screen and off. president obama returning to washington early this morning amid t...