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Snowden. he said just because we can doesn't mean that we should. and one of the other significant points the president made is the need to help sort of bring more confidence to our international allies. take a listen to the president. >> we've got to provide more confidence to the international community. in some ways what has been more challenging is the fact that we do have a lot of laws and checks and balances and safeguards and audits when it comes to making sure that the nsa and other intelligence agencies are not spying on americans. >> still in an effort to justify the surveillance pro...

Folks whose job it is to make sure that the american people are protected. >> reporter: the president said he'll consider changes to the nsa while on vacation in hawaii and make decisions on surveillance programs in january. in one flash of frustration the president pushed back against opponents on capitol hill who suggested they will again hold up approving increasing the nation's debt ceiling. the treasury secretary has warned without an increase, the u.s. will run out of money to pay its bills early next year. >> will you negotiate with house republicans on the debt ceiling? >> brianna, you...

President obama and his family are vacationing in warm and sunny hawaii. they're spending the next 16 days there. time for a little r&r after what's been a rather tough year for the president. everything from the obamacare website problems to the government shutdown to getting a new budget passed. athena jones is traveling with the president and is joining us from a beautiful hawaii. good to see you. this is a working vacation for him and for you. >> reporter: good morning, fred. that's right. it will be a working vacation for the president. the white house would say every vacation is a workin...

Ice storm. across oklahoma that's where we have ice storm warnings in the purple and that is freezing rain advisories. ice storm warning for parts of michigan and then tomorrow the mess moves into the northeast. we could see over an inch of ice in these areas shaded in purple and that could be crippling for these regions where we will see ice on the roadways and on the power lines and we could be talking about power outages for weeks here. tracking it here, the temperatures are incredibly warm, record warmth here. dc is 71 degrees. 65 in new york ahead of the storm system. we will be dealing w...

>> merry christmas, by the way. >> merry christmas. >> when edward snowden started leaking the information, you claimed to the american people you were already informed many of the surveillance programs. quote, my team evaluated them, scrubbed them thoroughly. we actually expanded some of the oversight. you did. you said we may have to rebalance some, there may be changes, but you concluded with, you can complain about big brother. when you actually look at the details, then i think we have struck the right balance. that was only six months ago. now this judge is saying no, your own panel is s...