why do you hate this nsa surveillance program? to be clear, the program we're talking about is not the program that was revealed today. the program that my amendment dealt with was the collection of telephone records. and what the government was doing through the nsa was collecting the phone records and is collecting the phone records on a daily basis of every single american in the country. without any suspicion. and that violates the fourth amendment. you have to have reasonableness to go after people's records, you have to have problem aebl cause and you need a warrant and right now they're collecting phone records of everyone rather than just those who are under suspicion, which is how the patriot act was intended to be. >> let's let congresswoman harmen respond. you used to be on the intelligence committee. >> i was the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee and i served on that committee for eight years and i was very involved as these programs begin shortly after 9/11, when all of us were worried about plots against

as a source behind the nsa leaks. snowden revealed the u.s. government forced verizon to hand over the phone records of millions of americans. he also revealed a secret program revealed by the nsa, called prism. he gave this interview to the guardian. >> i think the public is owed an explanation of the motivations behind the people who make these disclosures that are outside of the democratic model. >> snowden didn't hide his identity, but he did hide his exact location. revealing only that he was somewhere in hong kong and hinted about a life on the run. >> i could rendered by the cia. i could have people come after me, and that's a fear i'll live under for the rest of my life, however long that happens to be. >> reaction to snowden's public revelations was mixed. a hero to some, but to others -- >> this guy is a trader, a defector, he's not a hero. >> it's a giant violation of the law. >> i think he's a trader. >> five days after snowden's identity was revealed. he was charged with espionage. days later, snowden with the help of wikileaks ma

we need outside auditing of what the nsa has been doing all of these years. the nsa at present doesn't have someone who is not part of their overall program examine whether they are complying that they not look at the contents of information unless they have reasonable suspicion or otherwise and why would we expect an agency to call its own people to account? >> in a letter to the justice department, to the obama administration you describe what your son did as civil disobedience. some say civil disobedience is accepting the ramifications of your actions, of the decision, of taking the punishment. why do you see this as civil disobedience. >> first of all, i think he is accepting the consequences. if you look at his 12-minute video and what he said. he is not living a comfortable life at this point. he is an american and loves his country. i know my son and that he loves his country. he thought the mern people needed to be aware of what their government was doing to them, spying on them. >> i would interject with the issue of civil disobedience. anderson, if

we need outside auditing of what the nsa has been doing all these years. the nsa at present doesn't have someone who's not part of their overall program, examine whether they are complying with the content of information, unless we have some reasonable suspicion or otherwise, and why would we expect an agency to call its own people to account 37. >> in a letter to the justice department, you describe what your son did as civil disobedience. there are those who say, look, civil disobedience is accepting the ramifications of your actions of your decision, of taking the punishment, why do you see this as civil disobedience. >> first of all, i think he is accepting the consequences. you look at his 12 minute video, and what he said, he's not living a comfortable life at this point. he's an american, he knows his country. i know my son, i know he loves his country. what he believed is that this information, the american people needed to be aware of what their government was doing to them. spying upon them. >> i would interject on this issue of civil disobedienc

the report claims that nsa has a program caused key score. it's not supposed to be used domestically on americans, but the guardian says it could be without any prior warrant necessary, your private correspondent, political views, health records, all of it could be in a database. the news broke as top intelligence officials were grilled today about why they need such programs to keep us safe. >> the phone records of all of us in this room reside in an nsa database. strong words this morning as members of the senate judiciary committee trying to understand just how the national security agency could know so much about private citizens and still go unchecked. >>> based on a secret interpretation of the statute that does not authorize this kind of bulk collection. so what's going to be next? when is enough enough? >> just ten minutes price -- glenn greenwald of "the guardian" broke another story, this one with the catchy headline nsa tool collects nearly everything a user does on the internet. it's called "keyscore." it's a program used by the n

we saw senator leahy there grilling this nsa official. he also said today he has seen the classified information and he actually believes that not to be the case. what do you make of that? >> you know, well, i look at this and one of the things that we just heard from snowden, he said i have the authority to do this. he, in fact, didn't have the authority to steal information and to do what he was doing. if he had a directive to do it, then, yeah, he probably had the capabilities to do it. to imply that somehow he could sit there and any moment of any day with his own authority and look at anybody, that part is what i think is brought into question. you're supposed to have a directive from someone who's saying, we have reason to believe x, y and z. i also think something else that's got to be brought up here is, if he did, in fact, have the ability to do this, where is the oversight? where is a judge? where is a court order that says, we are now allowing for a snowden, who does have the capability to do this, to then access it and not be

he might have nsa leaker edward snowden on board. he's blaming obama for forcing them to take action. they will never be able to intimidate or scare bolivia. liberate yourselves from the imperialism of the americans. not happy this morning. as for snowden, he remains in moscow at the airport. no country has accepted his request for asylum. >>> the u.s. postal service tracking your mail for federal law enforcement. two programs allow them to photograph every piece of mail processed in the united states. 160 billion last year alone. itis not known how long they keep the images. reports suggest the mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny the nsa gives phone calls and e-mails. >>> senator john mccain is in kabul this morning with an unannounced visit. he's expected to meet servicemen there. >>> an update. a man related to two u.s. senators being remembered this morning. his body was found wednesday in wyoming after going missing after a hike. he's the brother of mark udall and the cousin of tom udall. the family says the death is a

well, just the whole play book for every move the nsa ever made. glenn greenwald told the "associated press" snowden has the blueprints for the nsa, how it's built, how it operates. this could be the ultimate dead hand for snowden, a term used in the cold war. he gave certain people access to the encrypted documents he walked off with. it's not clear how that would happen or who would get them. on friday snowden requested asylum again from russia and said he'd agree to the russian's conditions that he'd stop leaking information, something he seemed to initially bristle at. and vladimir putin says his situation is not clear at this point. he also blames the u.s. for trapping snowden in russia for revoking his passport. glenn greenwald who broke this story for "the guardian" joins us now. if this campaign of snowden is supposed to be true transparency, why is snowden hold willing on to this as an insurance policy? is this what was referred to in the cold war as a "dead hand"? >> no, the reason is because he's is the classically responsible whistleblo

"the guardian" reporting the nsa leaker has a blue print on how the nsa operates. >>> also, he was considered the gloom of "glee." ♪ cory monteith found dead at the age of 31. >>> and a desperate rescue to save a 6-year-old boy swallowed by a sinkhole while playing on a sand dune. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> and good morning, thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. the george zimmerman verdict is in, but the case is far from over. from sanford, florida, to the san francisco bay, protesters rallied against his acquittal in the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. most of the demonstrations were peaceful, but things did turn tense and ugly in los angeles. this is what it looked like last night. some protesters pelted police with rocks and batteries and officers responded by firing bean bags into the crowd. but the biggest fight may now shift to a federal court where zimmerman could face new charges. cnn's george howell is in sanford. tell us what federal prosecutors are considering. >> good morning. we're talking about the department of justice. even hea

eastern. >>> he spilled the beans on the nsa's surveillance techniques. congress responded by keeping the controversial data collecting program. coming up, how the white house is responding. first, this weekend on the next list. how one man is using his knowledge of the ocean to save lives. >> this week on "the next list," we talk to archie, chief of ocean safety for the hawaiian island of maui. he pioneered the use of jet skis for ocean rescues 12 years ago, and he's been saving lives ever since. >> for us, the rescue is way offshore, and it's all about response time. how quickly can we respond from point a to point b or the safe zone to the impact zone where the waves are breaking and back out of that. >> archie, he definitely puts others ahead of himself when it comes to game time where he has to save somebody. >> i started screaming help, help, and the next thing i know, this wonderful man has a lit the floatation device and was dragging us through the waves. >> today kalepa is engineering new rescue techniques and equipment and training others to use

the nsa has the blue prints of the united states of manager's entire spy program. that's a huge claim. does it add up? >>> and later, a racist joke on a news station offends an airline that crashed in san francisco. should they sue? we checked the tapes. let's go out front. a good monday evening. under pressure, will the obama administration file a civil rights suit against george zimmerman for killing trayvon martin? protesters around the country are pushing for it. the naacp says it has more than 800,000 signatures on petitions demanding the department of justice opening federal case. the naacp, of course, put out a press release within minutes of the verdict saying the d.o.j. should do something. today attorney general eric holder left the door open for more action. >> i believe that this tragedy provides yet another opportunity for our nation to speak honestly about the complicated and emotionally charged issues that this case has raised. i want to assure you that the department will continue to act in a manner that is consistent with the facts and the law. >>

if you think the nsa debate is not going on in the democratic party, you're fooling yourself. it is. a lot of other debates are going on in the democratic party. congressman king is absolutely right that republicans are going to decide in the next 2 1/2 years as we go and have a nominee who is going to carry them and be the standard bearer, and i want to commend congressman king, the king from new york who is the king i like, and i want to commend speaker boehner and representative cantor for having come out this week and done what they've had to do, show leadership and speak and denounce against the hateful, ignorant rhetoric of steve king. it is enough. we have had enough of this man. he does not define the republican party. i think there's many more peter kings. there's many more john boehners in congress than there are steve king. this is a man who's a mediocre congressman who makes news only when he says something this inflammatory. >> how do you really feel, ana? >> congressman, i want to let you just close up this section anyway and ask you, if you should be the standar

those revelations in nsa documents leaked. the parliament asking for a full clarification from the obama administration. >>> snowden is hold up in moscow and may not be leaving anytime soon. ecuador will not take action until snowden arrives on soil or at one of their embassies. the president of ecuador says it's up to russia to decide what happens next. vladimir putin called for snowden to leave the country. his american passport has been revoked. he has not asked for a travel visa elsewhere. >>> a new future in politics for wikileaks founder julian assange. he's planning a run for the australian senate. the wrinkle? he's not in australia. he spent the last year living in ecuador trying to avoid going to sweden. he grew up in australia but hasn't been back since 2010. >>> scary moments at a car show in poland. look at this. >> oh, my. >> awful. that swedish luxury car skidded into the crowd that was lined up to watch. some 17 people hurt. none of the injuries are said to be life threatening which is amazing. the accident is u

let's start with the nsa. what happened on the vote? >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. i know you're obsessed with the student loans. this is nsa vote was fascinating and it's one of the votes in congress that has weird bedfellows, liberal democrats, conservative republicans teaming up almost passing this. it was very narrowly defeated 217-205 and it would have restricted how the nsa collects information about americans' phone records specifically it would have said it has to be tied to an investigation, it can't just be collected in some blanket way but it was defeated from support from key democrats and key republicans as well and this i think is the end of it. the senate isn't expected to take it up and the white house is not on board with this. >> all right, so that's one issue. the other issue are the loans. we've been hearing this bubbling about what the senate may get done that they're trying to pass a bill they believe the house would like. what happened? >> reporter: it's done. how often can congress say all right we finished it up but it's pretty much finished

they have that anyway. >> who knows more about you, the nsa or amazon? >> tony if they want -- exactly. but if they want tony bourdane or any member of the political opposition, a regular run of the mill fbi agents gets your phone meta data. they don't need the big pile in utah and wouldn't risk it for that. there is no reason to risk it for that. they can have it any time they want. it's legal under the constitution and has been for 30 years. >> edward snowden, good guy or bad guy or edging towards good guy or edging towards bad guy in your estimation. >> i wish -- i would go with someone not that long ago and i was making a big, long, civil liberties, anti national security speech and he just looked at me and said who is he to decide? how is he the one that's going to decide what should be known and what should not be known? my concern is over and over is not that we have a government -- i'm not one of these people that think there is black whisper helicopters outside my house gathering everything, but i don't have the visibility or confidence that dav

. >>> the nsa's deputy director faces tough questions about edward snowden today. the former head of the nsa out front to respond. what is going on at america's airports. more than 9,000 cases of misconduct by employees of the tsa. let's go outfront. >>> the national security agency 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 until 2005. thank you very much for being with us. i want to start with the back and forth that you heard there. obviously as you heard and nearly half a million private contractors have access to

the nsa bugged some of their offices. the head of the european union ordered a full security sweep of all eu buildings to check for evidence of that and they want an explanation from the u.s. government, secret documents published alleged that the united states put those devices, those tapping devices in eu buildings in washington, d.c., brussels and the united nations also saying that they hacked into eu computer networks. >>> they thought they were going to die. a spirit airlines flight from detroit to dallas. it had to make a nose dive to avoid a plane. none of the passengers on board were injured. the two aircraft came within a mile and a half horizontally. a series of close calls led them to recommend new rules to prevent planes from getting this close to each other in the air. >>> same-sex couples now have new access to immigration rights. this morning, after homeland secretary janet napolitano says they will be treated the same when it comes to green card applications. it comes on the heels of the decision banning

that was nsa director keith alexander. he says leaks about the american government surveillance programs put the american people at risk. my next guest, glenn greenwald, broke the story for "the guardian." how are you? >> doing well. >> what is your reaction to what director keith alexander said? >> every single time government officials try and do things and hide it from the american people and get caught doing what they're doing, they do the same thing. they scream the word terrorism over and over in the hope that people will get scared. it's just pure fear mongering, and agree that they should be able to do whatever they want. the reality is that nothing we expose informed the terrorists of anything. the spying we exposed had nothing to do with terrorism. it was bulk collecting phone records, chats, e-mails of american, the american people indiscriminately. the on the thing we informed anybody of was not the terrorists but the american people that the spying apparatus built in the dark is aimed at them. >> why did he le

he says snowden knows how the nsa is built and operates from top to bottom. our own phil black is in moscow. he's been covering the story for us. snowden has been waiting to make it to a country offering some sort of political asylum. do we know if he has any opportunities? has the russian government agreed to give him temporary asylum? >> well, wolf, just in the last hour or so we're hearing the first comments from russian president vladimir putin since edward snowden announced on friday afternoon that he would be seeking temporary asyl num i this country. vladimir putin considers the snowden situation still unresolved but hopes he will leave russia once he gets the chance. putin has spoke ben blaming the u.s. effectively for the fact snowden is trapped within russian territory. he says that's because snowden was only in transit through russia when the united states tracked him here by revoking his passport and intimidating other countries, preventing him from traveling onwards from russia. he has reiterated this condition he's set for snowden to have any ch

we will take you live to cairo. >>> the hunt for nsa leaker edward snowden gets bizarre. forcing down the plane of a president. so was a world leader trying to sneak snowden out of russia? this international fiasco playing out before cameras this morning. >>> and this is just bizarre. dennis rodman, nba superstar, reality show winner, world peacemaker? not even close. why the retired hall of famer thinks he should be in the running for the nobel prize. >> top three he says. at least top three. unreal. >>> welcome back to "early start" everyone, i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. it's 31 minutes past the hour. more now this morning, political crisis in egypt that is turning more dangerous and more deadly by the hour. overnight, clashes at cairo university have left at least 16 people ted. hundreds were injured as supporters of president mohamed morsi squared off with their opponents who want the president out. morsi is refusing to bend, saying he is the legitimately legislated president. now the clock is ticking. the egyptian military has given morsi just a few more hou

. >>> another story we're watching closely, nsa leaker edward snowden is still in the moscow airport reportedly applying for political asylum in russia. will he be allowed to stay? that has serious implications. >>> first here as we show you george zimmerman, the jurors are showing their intention to spend every second they can working until they reach a verdict. that's the good news. they've decided to deliberate through their lunch hour today. nearly in their eighth hour of deliberations as we've been telling you here. they could work as long as they want tonight, judge nelson being very open-ended in honoring their own sense of commitment. what are the options on the table? we'll put a graphic for you. george zimmerman could be found guilty of second degree mur carcar murder. that means the prosecution showed beyond a reasonable doubt that he had evil intent and caused the death. he could be convicted on a lesser charge of manslaughter meaning he intentionally did an act that wound up killing trayvon martin. that may be much more fertile ground for the jury. that's what the expert

new developments in the case of the nsa leaker. edward snowden will not face the death penalty. he won't be tortured. that is about all the u.s. is promising, however, as it is going to try to persuade russia to hand over the notorious nsa leaker. we heard from attorney general eric holder. he wrote a letter saying earlier in the week the charges he faces do not carry that possibility. the united states would not seek the death penalty even if mr. snowden were charged with additional death penalty eligible crimes. >> jill dougherties that latest in the efforts to get snowden back to the united states. >> family, home in paradise. i lived in great comfort. >> reporter: the u.s. is stepping up efforts to get its hands on edward snowden getting him out of the moscow airport transit area he has been holed newspaper now for more than a month. snowden has asked russia for temporary asylum claiming that he would be tortured and kiss on face the death penalty if he is returned to the u.s. >> this person a traitor to the united states of america. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder

startling accusations from the nsa be director. he says it's making it harder to protect the country. >>> in the uk still no royal baby. the parents of newborns are waiting to hear what the royal baby is called before they name their own kids. respect that. >>> first brand new photos of the boston bombing suspect from the night he was captured. the images of a battered and bloodied dzhokhar tsarnaev released because of the controversial "rolling stone" column. jason carroll has more. >> one of the victimsily spoke to said the whole thing has been hurtful. the officer who released the photos and responsible for the peb to peck tours didn't want "rolling stone" to have the last say so he decided to release the police photos himself. these new photos showing a much different picture of dzhokhar tsarnaev a bloody face, his hands up, the lasers of a sniper's rifle trained on his forehead a vastly different picture from the one depicted in the controversial "rolling stone" cover. massachusetts state police sergeant sean murphy says he wa

where will the nsa leaker go? venezuela? bolivia? nicaragua? and how in the world will he get there? all that and much more coming up. >>> but first, here's my take. the events in egypt over the last week have been fascinating but also a bit bewildering. most of us don't quite know what to make of them. is what happened there a good thing or a bad thing? so, let's start with some basic facts. the government that was deposed in egypt was an elected government. mohamed morsi's freedom and justice party won the presidential elections, the parliamentary elections and a referendum to approve a new egyptian constitution. so, there's no getting around it, this was the party that represented the wishes of the egyptian people as expressed through the ballot box three times. on the other hand, the government ruled in an arbitrary and high-handed manner, and in many, many cases, violated human rights and outlawed its political opponents. president morsi announced that his decrees were above judicial scrutiny. he banned members of the previous ruling party

that's the latest word from nsa leaker edward snowden. glenn greenwald, who first broke the story in the "guardian" newspaper, says the information contains specific details on the operations and the structure of the nsa. this new development comes as snowden remains holed up in that moscow airport. he's been there quite some time. phil black joins us live from moscow now. we say hello to you, phil. and i'm curious. snowden has said he's not wanting to hurt america with this new information. but if not what's his endgame here? >> well, it's an interesting question indeed. and glenn greenwald, the journalist you mentioned, doesn't go into that sort of detail necessarily except to say that when he fled the country, when he fled the united states, he took more information than he actually required. essentially to maintain credibility, if you like, in any discussions he needed to have with journalists such as himself. so as a result greenwald says snowden has taken thousands of documents, the sort of information that will allow him to do so m

nsa leaker edward snowden has made a request officially for asylum in russia. he's been stuck in an airport for weeks now. he's expected to take up to three months before the government responds. >>> microsoft is appealing to eric holder to allow the tech giants to share more information with the public about how it handles nsa requests for customer information. in a blog, it said microsoft tried to open up a request for information sharing only to be denied. there were quote significant inaccuracies about leeblged documents. it denies giving the government direct access to any of its products. >>> this is in one of those "you've got to see this" category. are you paying -- >> sorry! >> stole my thunder. what is it -- >> i'm sorry. >> everybody at home watching, sometimes, the rod and reel just aren't enough. a fisherman in nantucket hooked a seven-foot, 200-pound shark and spent about 45 minutes trying to reel it in. he had no success. finally, he handed the pole to his cousin, ran into the water and wrestled shark to shore. he took some pictures and then let

. >> yep, the onetime nsa analyst and current american fugitive has at least one concrete offer of asylum. if he takes it, snowden's new life will be in venezuela. he should feel right at home there because of the country's ticking off the white house. >>> first he'll have to find a way to get there from moscow's airport and he's been there for two weeks. cnn's rene marsh is covering the story. rene, we now have these firm offers from venezuela, potential offer from nicaragua. any comment from the obama administration? >> reporter: well, i will tell you, victor, pamela, so far all is quiet here in washington, d.c., no comment from the white house, and no comment so far from the state department on both venezuela and nicaragua's offer of asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. now, the president is spending the holiday weekend at camp david but it's likely going to be a working vacation. and he's likely following these latest developments. now, these two countries making statements on the same day it appears to show a sort of united front against the united states. several leaders in latin am

. >>> let's start with a major new development, nsa leaker edward snowden has withdrawn his request for asylum in russia after president vladimir putin put a surprising condition on snowden, stop leaking information harmful to the u.s.. snowden is bashing the obama administration. cnn's phil black is live in moscow with more. good morning, phil. >> reporter: good morning, chris. there was that one condition put there by russian president vladimir putin and as you've mentioned, snowden was not prepared to contemplate it at all, but applying for application in russia was just one stage of a big plan to widen his search to try and find a country that would protect him. in all, he has now applied to 19 governments around the world and he must continue sitting in that moscow airport waiting for a response. edward snowden has no eminent or obvious option for escaping the moscow airport he arrived at more than a week ago. in a statement he says he is unbound in his convictions. the obama administration is afraid of you, afraid of an informed angry public demanding the constitutional government

a third country has just extended an offer of asylum to the nsa leaker. we'll tell you which countries are willing to take in edward snowden. and two mothers take the stand in the george zimmerman trial with different interpretations of a 911 call. which will the jury believe? we'll have an update on the case and they're watching and waiting in the u.k. a royal baby is due at any day now. we'll have the latest on what the press is doing to prepare. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and this just in. after a couple of days after the ousting of the democratically elected president in egypt, now, the opposition leader has been summoned to the presidential palace for talks. he is expected to be appointed as the country's next interim prime minister. of course, we get more information on that, we'll bring that to you. >> now, three countries have now extended offers of asylum to edward snowden, the man nsa leaks. bolivia just added its name to the list today. the country's president called it fair and

. >>> another story we are watching is nsa leaker edward snowden. he spoke out for first time since he's been holed up in a russian arnlt. he said yesterday he does not regret leaking secret details about the nsa surveillance programs. listen to this. >> a little over one month ago i had a family, a home in paradise, and i lived in great comfort. i also had the capability to search for, seize, and read your communications. anyone's communications at any time. >> snowden accepted offers for asylum from countries including venezuela and bolivia, but he said he can't get anywhere because of the threats from the united states. so he is now requesting temporary asylum in russia. elise is live joining us from the state department. what are we learning about how the white house is responding to this latest volley? >> obviously, they don't want snowden talking but but what they're really mad about is that the russians helped facilitate this press conference in the transit area of the airport. what russia said is it was neutral, that he was in transit and th

. >>> first up, nsa leaker edward snowden spoke out for the first time since he's been holed up in that russian airport. he said yesterday he does not regret leaking secret details about nsa surveillance programs. >> a little over one month ago i had a family, a home in paradise, and i lived in great comfort. i also had the capability without any warrant of law to search for, seize, and read your communications. anyone's communications at any time. >> snowden also accepted offers for asylum from countries like venezuela and bolivia, but he said he can't get anywhere because of threats from the u.s. so he is requesting temporary asylum in russia. elise is live in washington. what do you believe the white house response will be to this situation? russia was supposed to be helping them, said we can't help you if you're going to do anything bad about the u.s. and now this. >> that's right. the u.s. is furious for what they say russia giving mr. snowden what they call a propaganda platform. heavy criticism yesterday from the white house and the state department and president obama got on the

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well know the nsa targets foreigners. if you call a foreigner they could monitor that phone number. but apparently, supposedly u.s. citizens under investigation are tracked if the government has a warrant. so, whether snowden's revelation goes beyond what the government admitted what he know is unclear. the 30-year-old remains stuck in moscow though three countries offered him asylum. the foreign policy says russia will be glad to get rid of him. >> sarah murnaghan, you may remember the 10-year-old we reported on received a set of lungs less than a month ago has come down with pneumonia. her family fought national rules that disqualify children younger than 12 from getting lung transplants. that bumped her up on the waiting list ahead of others. sarah's mother writes the infection in her daughter's right lung is a large set back. even with of a set back like that, 85% people survive one year after a lung transplant. teresa heinz kerry wife of secretary of state john kerry upgraded from critical condition to fair condition. hospitalized yesterday. the couple had been vacationing in n

but in the sort of sweepstakes of trying to get clicks and get involved in this nsa story, you know, people are putting out stuff that might not be true, might have to be walked back. but the problem is, is this sort of seeps into the groundwater. and we've seen this with madsen in the past, who's made a claim that "the guardian" picked up in 2002 about venezuela and the coup against chavez that's made its way into academic books. i wrote a piece about this and traced how this infected actual journalism, because people say they don't see wayne madsen later. they say "the guardian," who is a very reputable newspaper, a very good newspaper and "the observer" is also. so, that is ultimately the problem here is you get these people who are trolling for clicks and hits and viewers, and ultimately, it gets the stamp of quality of a real newspaper, and then you know, it filters out. >> i want to bring in our panel here on this conversation, because one of the real problems of our time is policing hyperpartisan media or looking at the ways that conspiracy theories get mainstream and seep int

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bush speaking candidly about the nsa leaker edward snowden. speaking also about the ailing nelson mandela, and speaking also about his successor in the white house, president barack obama. former president bush and his wife laura sat down with cnn in zambia where they're renovating a health clinic. listen to what they said about the man who revealed massive government surveillance programs and who may now be seeking asylum in russia. >> reporter: do you think he's a traitor? >> i know he damaged the country. the obama administration will deal with him. >> reporter: but do you tnk it's possible for one man to really damage the security of the nation? >> i think he damaged the security of the country. >> reporter: and when it comes to surveillance, there can be real understanding -- >> i put the program in place to protect the country. and one of the certainties is civil liberties will guarantee. >> reporter: so you don't think there's a compromise between security and privacy. >> i think there needs to be a balance. i think as the president exp

. >>> the house voted down a proposal to restrict the nsa phone surveillance. they have been lobbying lawmakers to turn aside an amountment for the spending bill. stop terrorists. however despite it failing, the overall nearly $600 million defense spending bill did pass. >>> four f-16 fighter jets will not be heading to egypt yet. the pentagon is delaying it as the administration continues after they overthrew president morsi. >>> pope francis, today, meets the poor in rio de janeiro. police are expected to be out in force during this visit. 20% of rio's residents live there. the pope is said to have specifically asked to see one in person during this trip to brazil. >>> tropical storm dorey is the fourth named storm. forecasters are keeping a close watch on it. indra petersons is one of the forecasters. what is the storm headed our way? >> good morning. it's interesting because it's early in the season. there are a lot of things to inhibit its growth. it's a strong, tropical storm. it is trying so hard to hold together. winds moving at 16 miles per hour. it's

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that the nsa allows low level contractors access to detailed phone and e-mail records without approval. >>> they were rivals, then colleagues. today they will be dining companions. president obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton will share a noontime private lunch at the house. no press will be present. it's not clear what they might talk about though it's always possible the 2016 presidential race could come up. >> pass the salt and the baton. that might be the issue there. >>> from the east coast to hawaii, there is extreme weather to tell you about. the philadelphia area is drying out after more than 8 inches of rain fell sunday. that is a record. heavy rains in the carolinas are being blamed for two deaths there and hawaii, meanwhile, is bracing for tropical storm flossie. andrew peterson is tracking all of this for us. >> this is the big one. >> unbelievable how much is going on. we'll start with flossie. you can tell how much it's weakened. it's winding down and tearing apart cooler water and sheer which is winds at different speeds. 50-mile-per-hour winds. it's mov

the nsa director keith alexander telling a security forum in colorado that the nsa leaker, edward snowden, has single handedly, in his words, changed the fight against terrorism. >> what we had is a person who was given the responsibility and the trust to do this job betrayed that responsibility and trust and took this data. we have concrete proof that they have already, terrorist groups and others, are taking action, making changes and it's going to make our job tougher. >> matthew olson, the director of the national counterterrorism center, was also at the forum in aspen, colorado. he was asked about the impact of snowden's leaks. listen to this. >> but is it on the leaks, is there anything, is there any demonstrated reduction of intelligence sharing because people think, oh, the united states just can't be trusted with secrets anymore? everything leaks out? >> i think it remains to be seen on snowden. i'm worried about that. i'm worried about it when i see what i read coming out of, particularly with respect to europe and our european ally, how they may be reacting to this. but i think

the nsa leaker announces he's seeking asylum from russia. and possible cancer increase. sanjay gupta investigates. i want to welcome our viewers. you're in "the situation room." >> the fate of george zimmerman is now in the hands of the jury. deliberations in his second degree murder trial began a few hours ago after the defense, the prosecution and the judge got in their final words. about 90 minutes ago the jury asked a question about seeing a list of the evidence, fairly common according to our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. earlier mark o'mara made the closing argument to acquit zimmerman. >> you look at these facts, you look at all this evidence, and you have to say i have a reasonable doubt as to whether or not the state convinced me he didn't act in self-defense. that's all you have to do. you don't have to write innocent on the bottom of the verdict form. >> the judge is now coming back into the courtroom. let's listen in. >> the jury would like to adjourn tonight, 5:50 -- or the note is at 5:50. let me reread it. the jury would like to adjourn tonight at 6

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. >>> venezuela says it's doors are open to nsa leaker ed snowden. the country has not heard from him. they extended an offer of i si lum friday. but the mm-mmm said they haven't had any communication with snowden. and venezuela said it will offer asylum if circumstances permit. the crisis in egypt all impa impacting the u.s. in one way or and the obama administration. bill richardson, former ambassador to the u.n. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> let's talk about this nsa leaker, edward snowden, bolivia, venezuela offering asylum. first, he has to get to one of those places. if he does, can the u.s. intercept him in transit? >> i think the u.s. has to be careful. the overflights in europe have caused these latin-american countries basically offer asylum to snowden. i have no sympathy for snowden. i think he needs to be prosecuted. i think it's right we're telling these countries, bolivia, venezuela, it's a big dent in the relationship if they take it. what i don't understand, i was at the venezuelan elections, they want time prove the new post ch

. >>> well, nsa leaker edward snowden is once again sounding off. >> the american fugitive is speaking out for the first time since fleeing to russia from hong kong. wikileaks appears to be playing the role of press agent for mr. snowden, who apparently remains holed up in the transit area of a moscow airport. >> somewhere there. no one seems to find him yet. in a statement released by wikileaks, snowden writes, "the obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using citizenship as a weapon. without any judicial order the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right, a right that belongs to everybody, the right to seek asylum." >> and now snowden is promising to reveal more secrets. in a letter to ecuador's leader snowden reportedly says he remains free to publish information that serves the public interest. and snowden is quoted as praising president rafael coria saying there are few world leaders who would risk standing for the human rights of an individual against the most powerful government on earth and the bravery of ecuador and its people is an example to

leaks that have been happening that of course have shown widespread internet eavesdropping by the nsa on european institutions and on the national governments in europe as well. quite a difficult position for the europeans to be in. on the one hand, there's widespread public support for ed snowden. on the other hand of course, the ties with the united states are very, very deep. meanwhile, here in russia the big question still remains, john, where is edward snowden going to go and when is he going to do so, john? >> okay, fred, thank you. fred pleitgen live for us in moscow with the very latest on the edward snowden affair. >>> now, with egypt's military in control of the country, what are they hoping to achieve? we'll have analysis from cairo and doha, qatar coming up next. ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. >>> welcome back to this special edition of "cnn newsroom." i'm becky anderson. live view here in cairo