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That's where the obama administration has to direct its attention. >> michael o'hanlon, michelle richardson. thank you both very much. coming up, where's the outrage over all this government snooping? this is an unusual republican story. republicans are praising the program as are most democrats. that has some on the left frustrated. also, republicans are trying to kill obama care in the crib. in fact, its limited popularity is slipping under an assault of negative ads. today president obama made his case for the law and argued it's already working. and you stay classy, newseum. yes, new...

0 let's begin tonight with this classic american debate. it's the tug-of-war between the national security and personal privacy. but what makes this fight so unusual is that even as we learn that washington is keeping tabs on who has phoned whom and when, we're reminded that this is a government headed by a liberal democratic president who's made a virtue of transparency. today, the story got even richer. today we learned that washington has been collecting information overseas on foreigners using web-based companies like google and facebook and apple. is the invasion of personal privacy too h...

overseas on foreigners using web-based companies like google and facebook and apple. is the invasion of personal privacy too high a price to pay for the increased security against terrorism that it's supposed to bring? or is it all worth it? especially in a society where personal privacy is diminished every day? easy pass tags and metro cards track our every move. private companies know what cars we drive, what magazines we read, what websites we click upon. president obama gave a forceful defense of the program and that's where we begin tonight. michelle richardson is with the aclu....

This is not something that we take lightly. >> i'm sorry? you said this back in february? >> unlike a government shutdown, under the sequester, almost all of our employees would be affected. even what we would traditionally called essential personnel. the vast majority of our employees including these essential workers would have to be furloughed. >> hang on. i'm a bit confused by this. >> how come you didn't tell us about this beforehand, the sequester impact on the layoffs? >> the vast majority of our employees, including these essential workers, would have to be furloughed. >> how come you ...

good afternoon. we begin with the breakneck race to connect the dots in the boston marathon bombing. to bring a case against the perpetrators and to prevent such acts going forward. at this moment, the house intelligence committee is gathering for a closed briefing on the bombing as investigators are beginning to create a portrait of the two suspects. in this case, it may be its sheer simplicity that is the most troubling. questioned from his hospital bed, surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev has told investigators he and his brother were motivated by extremist islamic beliefs but tha...