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Operating, and i'm confident that at this point we have struck the appropriate balance. some people say, well, obama was this raving liberal before, and now he's dick cheney, and dick cheney sometimes says -- you know, he took lock, stock and barrel -- my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent that terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances? >> now, it's unlikely the president is going to please privacy advocates today who want the program ended. it's not ending. in a statement to "the new york times," responding to the e...

And i also know that in this time of change, the united states of america will have to lead. it may seem sometimes that america is being held to a different standard. and i'll admit, the readiness of some to assume the worst motives by our government can be frustrating. no one expects china to have an open debate about their surveillance programs. or russia to take privacy concerns of citizens and other places into account. but let's remember, we are held to a different standard, precisely because we have been at the forefront of defending personal privacy and human dignity. as the nation that...

The nsa. this was not a rejection of the surveillance programs. it was an attempt to largely defend why the surveillance programs are necessary and yes, we understand you're not happy so here are a few things we'll do to make it more transparent or make it sort of -- change it in some way but we're not going to fundamentally alter what president obama frankly still thinks judging from his record is the right thing to be doing. >> now, in total switching gears, i wanted to touch base as we go into this busy weekend about chris christie and the trip to florida and chuck todd, fund raising, tryin...

The justice department today to deliver his long-awaited plan to reform the nation's spy efforts. the president is expected to call for more oversight and transparency of spy agencies but he's not expected to announce any major changes to surveillance programs. one soldier is dead, two others injured after a helicopter crash in georgia. they were members of an elite special operations known as night stalkers. they run dangerous missions like the raid on osama bin laden. this blackhawk helicopter was returning from a routine training flight when it made a hard landing. this is the third milit...

There's powers that the president has to direct the agencies, which, of course, are executive agencies, then there's probably changes to laws which must be made. the original author of the patriot act, congressman sensenbrenner now has legislation that would significantly reduce the scope of the powers that were created by his original patriot act legislation. we're going to need to work with the president. by the way, that raises serious questions. congress hasn't exactly distinguished itself in the last couple of years in terms of functionality, but we're going to need to work with the presi...