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Custody has been transferred to a lawyer. he has been read his miranda rights. his transfer coming much sooner than expected. senior law enforcement officials telling abc news the transfer was sped up in part due to a serious health condition. a u.s. official confirming reports that al-liby has a severe case of hepatitis c, which is a viral infection that attacks the liver. over the years, al-liby apparently mistakenly assumed the u.s. had stopped looking for him. now finally he is facing justice. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. a new report shows nsa has been combing through buddy lis...

The last couple of days to have some very constructive exchanges. >> i deeply appreciate my friend, the minority leader, for his diligent efforts to come to an agreement. >> reporter: the senate plan is one part of this solving the crisis. the house would still have to agree to the terms. lawmakers there may be persuaded by the latest abc news poll numbers. a new high of 74% of the americans disapprove of the way that the republicans and congress are handling the budget crisis. that's up significantly in the past two weeks that exceeds disapproval of president obama and congressional democrats...

Extending the government's ability to borrow money until mid-february. the first sign of hope came when the top democrat and top republican in the senate stopped calling each other names. >> my good friend and majority leader, we've had the opportunity over the last couple of days to have very constructive exchanges. >> i deeply appreciate my friend, the minority leader, for his diligent efforts to come to an agreement. >> reporter: it looked like washington was on the brink of total breakdown. a weekend of talks had produced nothing, and it was announced the president would be summoning congr...

Brian is like, "no, dad. it's really happening." they are like we just broke in to a house and this is amazing. we're trashing this place. >> reporter: the mob, while behaving badly did not post the video of this themselves. no, they are too smart for that. they are in college. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> 500 students there. >> you know, we didn't do anything like that. >> no. never. >> we like to sip cold beverages, look at girls, liked music but we didn't take pictures of us rioting in the streets. >> i'm trying to understand, what does it bring to you as a person to do something l...

Mosquitoes. >> according to a brand new report, the nsa broke privacy rules, a lot of them, and overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year, more than 2,700. most of those violations involve spying on americans. joining us from washington is elizabeth. >> "the washington post" is publishing that internal audit, which they did receive from edward snowden back in june. to give you an example of some of the findings fishs and foremost there for -- first and foremost, there's been a large number of calls from washington, d.c., which was intercepted back in 2008 and in 2012, more t...