major garrett has just come from a briefing at the white house. major? >> reporter: scott, the obama white house has for the first time declared that the syrian regime of bashar al-assad has used chemical weapons to kill opposition fighters. u.s. intelligence communities say the syrian regime of bashar al-assad, as i said, has used a chemical weapon sarin multiple times, it says, in its war against the syrian rebels. now, the estimates are between 100 and 150 people have died. the administration says this "crosses clear red lines." the administration announced it was approving military shipments to the rebels. now, scott, it's important to

correspondent major garrett asked the president about all this today. >> reporter: mr. president, will you use u.s. military asset to in any way intercept mr. snowden should he at some point in the future leave russia to try to find safe passage in another country? have you spoken to president xi of china, president putin about this personally and if not why not? >> i have not called president xi personally or president putin personally and the reason is because, number one, i shouldn't have to. this is something that routinely is dealt with between law enforcement officials in various countries. number two, we've got a whole lot of business that we do with china and russia and i'm not going to have one case of a suspect who we're trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point where i've got to start doing wheeling and dealing and trading on a whole host of other issues simply to get a guy extradited so that he can face the justice system here in the united states. one last thing because you asked a final question. no, i'm not going to be scrambling jets to ge

bob orr and major garrett are with us this morning. bob, you have been on the story from the very beginning. what other weird turn could this thing take? it's like now reports he's going to other communist-- sort of a tour of communist countries around the world. >> don't underestimate the next strange twist. this movie isn't over yet, bob. i don't know where it ends. but the reporting out of moscow, if we can believe that, says eerkts he's headed for cuba and ultimately caracas, venezuela, or he might be headed to ecuador. in either case, it's highly problematic for the u.s. the justice department has put down charges that including charges under the espionage act and i don't think either of those countries would want to play on that. >> schieffer: major garrett, just yesterday we had this extradition request to hong kong. what happened? >> the united states doesn't know what happened. it put together what it said and thought were really good charges that represented everything we could legally prosecute edward snowden under, thought

laurie garrett, everybody. the council on foreign relations. we'll be right back. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. folks, if you watch this show you know i don't like newspapers. that's why i don't subscribe to any. if i have to kill a spider, i use a rolled-up i-pad. but i've got to hand it to the chicago sun times, a paper renown for usually being available from the trib is sold out. they have managed to cut costs without laying a bunch of people off from every department. everybody from one department. >> the chicago sun times is laying off its entire staff of photographers. >> they ave laid off as many as 30 people in their photographic team there. >> stephen: yes, the entire photography department was laid off or, assthe sun times reported it, photo not available. but the paper will continue to have greaa photojournalism because reporters are now required to learn i-phone photography basics. but only the basics like pressing the button. if the sun times is still around in a week, the reporters can move on to the adva

. >>> whatever else garrett morris and chevy chase ever do or did, their legend is secure because of this. >> as a public service to those of our viewers who have difficulty with their hearing, i'll repeat the top story of the day headed by garrett morris. our top story tonight -- >> is still dead. >> good night. >> -- good night and have a pleasant tomorrow. >> garrett morris, chevy chase and today's best new thing in the world today, the united states navy shouting it out, coming up at the end of the show today. i'll have one more of those. i cannot wait. >>> for the past couple of weeks the nevada governor's office has been getting so many calls they set up a special automated hotline to answer the calls by machine without a human having to do the work. >> you have reached the office of governor brian sandoval. if you're calling in support of senate bill 221, please press 1. if you're voting to press against senate bill 221, please press 2. >> they don't actually get to vote but get to express their preferences. people of nevada have been asked about the main idea in senate bill 2

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then look at this, garrett jones, plays it into a trip will. one of the fastest guys in baseball mccuchin wheels around. they had another for a 4-0 lead. the giants did peck away for a couple and they trail the pirates 5-2 in the 7th inning. meantime under the category of we just need something to talk about because they are not actually going to golf for reel real until thursday. the sag a of garcia and tiger woods continues after their spat of a few weeks ago, both men were able to work out a little bit, practice their stroke. yesterday the two shook hands and today of course the press wanted to know all about the handshake and are they cool with each other and all of that. >> it's already done. we have already gone through it all. it's time for the u.s. open and we tee it up in 2 days. >> that happened a couple of weeks ago, but you know, hopefully like tiger said, he's considered the matter closed and hopefully we can move forward and kind of start competing and respectfully and have a great season. >>> yeah, really, they can't start golfin

. >> axelrod: major garrett and mark phillips are in south africa. >> a new shadow over the nfl as another pro football player is arrested on a gun charge. and meet our newest young innovator a teenage singer with plenty of challenges and a voice ♪ a enough to overcome them. ♪ amazing grace the captioning sponsored by cbs >> a this is the "cbs evening news." jim axelrod, the southwest is not just hot, not just dangerously hot, it is historic hot, this is one of the worst heat waves in years. you can see the heat pouring off the runway in phoenix, it is about the worst time to wear a costume for work in las vegas and this temperature reading may not be as high as it gets in california, every place over 100 degrees today is seen on this map in red. the pink shows places over 110 degrees. as carter evans reports, tomorrow threatens to bring record heat to places which already bake regularly with some of the hottest temperatures on earth. >> reporter: it was 120 degrees this afternoon at the palm springs fire department, battalion chief ron beverly says ice pack screses are standard issue

after the shooting, garrett went outside and told me he saw a man laying on the parking lot. >> it was kind of a fun energizing night and just went tragic in the end. >> reporter: sunny vale police aren't sure what prompted the shooter to start firing. >> some kind of altercation occurred and resulted in the shooting. >> reporter: police are checking surveillance footage from this strip mall that might show what happened right outside the peacock lounge before the shooting happened. they're talking to people who might have useful information to help solve sunny vale's first homicide of the year. alex sadvige. >>> we're learning more tonight about the man shot by police in windsor after he allegedly stabbed the mother of his son. police say they had forcibly removed 48-year-old irvana morena morales from her home. he posted bail and returned to the woman's home where he was removed again and released. [audio difficulties ] >>> the suspect has been targeting a group of women and the incidents do not follow a pattern. >> the most recent was the fifth of june. >> reporter: the suspect is s

major garrett has more. >> reporter: the national security agency operating under secret court aorders to thwart terror calls was authorized to track calls of millions of americans, even those not tied to investigation and track the duration of the calls but the obama administration insists id did not listen to the conversations or record the names of the callers. >> they look at the terrorists' phone numbers overseas and they run those against this big data and what they learn is how many numbers in the united states are talking to terrorists over seas. counterterrorism experts told us this surveillance is ongoing and involves most major telephone companies, not just verizon. some law firms such as wisconsin lawmaker james senn senn brener who wrote many of the moves criticizes it. >> it's an abuse overreach. >> reporter: but a majority of the republicans and democrats did not object. right now, harry reid. >> right now everyone should calm down and understand this isn't something brand nuchlt it's been going on for some seven years. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder won prais

. >>> whatever else garrett morris and chevy chase ever do or did, their legend is secure because of this. >> as a public service to those of our viewers who have difficulty with their hearing, i'll repeat the top story of the day headed by garrett morris. our top story tonight -- >> is still dead. >> good night. >> -- good night and have a pleasant tomorrow. >> garrett morris, chevy chase and today's best new thing in the world today, the united states navy shouting it out, coming up at the end of the show today. i'll have one more of those. i cannot wait. ♪ [ male announcer ] moving object detection. ♪ blind spot warning. ♪ lane departure warning. safety, down to an art. the nissan altima with safety shield technologies. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ thto fight chronic. iosteoarthritis pain.es. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduc

major garrett is with the president. major? >> reporter: scott, the united states and russia still disagree sharply about the syrian civil war and how to end it. the u.s. accuses the assad regime of using chemical weapons against rebel forces, russia rejects the evidence. the u.s. is now preparing to send some military aid to certain rebel forces. russia-- syria's largest military arms supplier-- openly mocks that move and these tensions translated into the awkward and indifferent body language between president obama and russian president vladimir putin and all that emerged were vague calls to tend violence and a shared support for still unscheduled peace conference in govern. but, scott, president obama just informed g-8 summit leaders the united states will send an additional $300 million in humanitarian aid to the region. just you should half will go into syria, the reminder will be divided among neighboring countries coping with hundreds of thousands of war refugees. >> pelley: major garrett in ireland. thank you, major. b

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there are more showers out in garrett county. they will eventually make their way to hagerstown. that will be reaching baltimore around lunchtime. 70 at the airport. 68 degrees in edgewood. we are starting off with the humidity. we expect temperatures to reach 80 degrees by lunchtime. widely scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. we are dealing with an unsettled boundary, basically it's stalling out. we have a chance for a storm into the midweek. storms the chance for this afternoon. about a 40% chance tomorrow afternoon. 20% chance on wednesday. summer officially begins on friday. high is in the mid 80's. >> a nice monday as you hit to roads. some construction northbound 895. a ramp is blocked. 65 miles pers 895, hour. about 12 minutes on the southwest side. as volumelive picture continues to build around security. overall, pretty quiet. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> as schools let out for the summer, your kids are bound to treat learning as if it is a thing of the past. there are activities for students including games and ideas for outdoor play. a fu

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garrett cole making his major league debut. bottom second, bases loaded, cole driving one to right center, he was at the plate, produces some runs. two off tim lincecum. and more runs here in the seventh, his 14th of the year. pirates take game one of the series 8-2. we have one more note in this game. marko scutaro. x-rays were negative, no fracture. there could be tendon damage, and he will now see a hand specialist. >>> how about the a's now hosting the yankees. harrison barnes throwing out the first pitch. bounced it just a little short. we'll give him a break, though. one up the middle. he came up running out this ground ball. he would have to leave the game with hamstring tightness, he's day to day. garrett north. that one deep. that one gone. three run shot. he had a career high four rbis in the game. the a's, when they don't they win. 6-4 the final score. the diamondbacks and dodgers this game got ugly early. ian kennedy in the face. gre grenke hittarot. and then grenke gets hit. everyone was fighting in this one. i mea

major garrett is with the president. major? >> reporter: scott, the united states and russia still disagree sharply about the syrian civil war and how to end it. the u.s. accuses the assad regime of using chemical weapons against rebel forces, russia rejects the evidence. the u.s. is now preparing to send some military aid to certain rebel forces. russia-- syria's largest military arms supplier-- openly mocks that move and these tensions translated into the awkward and indifferent body language between president obama and russian president vladimir putin and all that emerged were vague calls to tend violence and a shared support for still unscheduled peace conference in govern. but, scott, president obama just informed g-8 summit leaders the united states will send an additional $300 million in humanitarian aid to the region. just under half will go into syria, the reminder will be divided among neighboring countries coping with hundreds of thousands of war refugees. >> pelley: major garrett in ireland. thank you, major. before

we have reports from charlie d'agata and major garrett. south africa now says former president nelson mandela is in critical condition. mark phillips in pretoria. the mass evacuation continues in western canada tens of thousands told to leave in the face of record flooding. and bulletproof backpacks. is this the way to safeguard kids inside american schools? >> it would be more insuring if something did happen then i would feel safer. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, i'm jeff glor. the saga of edward snowden has taken another dramatic international turn. snowden who was holed up in hong kong, wanted in the u.s., is now in russia. it is unlikely that is his final destination. the man who leaked n.s.a. secrets and was officially charged friday with espionage was on a flight this afternoon that landed in moskow. he may soon be flying to havana, cuba, and is said to be seek asylum eventually in ecuador. charlie d'agata begins our coverage. >> reporter: he fled from hong kong to moscow and so fa

major garrett and clarissa ward have the story. thousands are ordered out of laeir homes in colorado. more than 350 homes are gone. >> i do have -- one photo album. >> pelley: barry petersen on the worst wildfire in state history. can human genes be patented for profit? jan crawford has upreme court decision. and the mobster and the man next door. josh bond made a new friend then discovered his neighbor's true identity. >> i just helped the f.b.i. arrest the most-wanted man in america. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. this is the "cbs evening news" >> pelley: good evening. the united states is getting more involved in the civil war in syria. the white house has just announced this evening that it will send military support to the rebels fighting the overthrow the dictatorship of bashar al-assad. the obama administration has been avoiding this step, but the president made the decision after u.s. intelligence informed him that assad's forces have used nerve gas against the rebels. this war

major garrett and john miller on why and the reaction. andrea brings dangerous weather to the gulf and east coast. meteorologist david bernard looks at what's coming next. it took a judge's order to put this child in line for an adult lung transplant. america's health secretary says now it's time to take a look at the rules. dr. jon lapook on that. and on this anniversary of d-day chip reid on a project to record voices of valor before they're last to history. >> reporter: what do you think it is about the experience that made you so emotional? >> i think that i was mourning my loss of innocence. my loss of innocenc captioning sponsored by cbs ed by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. verizon offers its telephone customers what's called the "share everything" plan. well, the irony of that did not escape a lot of folks today when it was revealed that verizon has been sharing the phone records of millions with u.s. intelligence. sources tell us this evening that surveillance extended to the interne

garrett: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 further proceed option the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from puerto rico rise? mr. faleomavaega: i have an amendment at the desk that was printed -- >> i have an amendment at the the desk. the chair: the lerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. pierluisi of puerto rico. mr. pierluisi: i offered this amendment last year, it was agreed by voice vote but it was not included in the act enacted in march this ehomicide rate in puerto rico is three times higher than any state and most of these murders are linked to the international drug trade. appropriately the federal government is allocating substantial resources to combat drug trafficking organizations operating in the central american corridor and along the southwest border. however, those organizations are adapting, returning to smuggling routes through the caribbean region that were heav

we have a great lineup of guests this saturday including garrett clark jr. who's been called the future of the blues. he's an exceptional guitarist, and you'll hear it for yourself when he performs in our "second cup cafe." >>> just in time for father's day, our chef dishes up a brazilian style steak dinner sure to please most dads. >>> that huge wildfire in colorado, the most districtive in the state's history. >> firefighters are gaining ground in getting the fires under control but say that could all change if the weather shifts. manuel borjorquez is in colorado. good morning manuel. what is the latest there? >> reporter: good morning, anthony and bonita. another hot and dry day could reverse the progress firefighters made yesterday when they received unexpected rain. the fire is now 30% contained, and some evacuation orders have been lifted. but officials warn it's still a dangerous situation. more than 700 firefighters continue to battle the most destructive fire this state has ever seen. they finally received some help. a late-afternoon thunderstorm br

major garrett is in slygo, ireland across from the major summit. good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. in 2009 while president obama was visiting they used an intercept tore. now, there is no white house comment officially on this, the unofficial word, though, is, yes, in fact, both countries spy on each other and no one is naive enough to believe that happens. president obama will have a conversation with russia's current president vladimir putin but it doesn't really matter. there's a bunch of disagreements. in fact they'll dominate them to coax or help it coax them out of power. russia disagrees. they want to keep them in power. the united states is moving closer to military involvement in the syrian civil war and would like a peaceful diplomatic resolution. what the u.s. hopes is that they can minimize public diskoerd between the two leaders, and, of course, economic issues are on the forefront. back to you. >> thank you. edward snowden's disclosure about the government is sparking debate whether he's a hero or a traitor. on sunday'

we did see a few showers try to sneak into garrett county out west, but very little rain threat in our region for the evening. other than a few high, thin clouds, it will be very nice. 8:30. at southeast breeze. the high pressure that brought us this gorgeous june weather is leaving. it is drifting out to sea. this front moving through chicago will be getting closer. all the moisture from the tulsa coast will be sneaking up the eastern seaboard. those two systems increase our rain chances, as ashley since the development in the elf is the first tropical storm of the season. gulf.e andrea in the it is a minimal tropical storm. this is the hurricane forecast track. takes it up to charlestown, eastern north carolina, maybe write off our coast friday and saturday, sneaking past us. a much weaker system on the coast, but a lot of tropical moisture. then we have a chance of showers off to the west. then we see that surge of tropical weather and andrea coming out of the carolinas. a good soaking of rain possible friday into saturday. maybe thunderstorms, too. right now, it looks like sunday w

in november 2011, garrett mcnamara put nasa ray firmly on the map with this. impossible seemingly -- the seemingly impossible impossible -- possible. surfing this huge wave him a he said, was like riding a moving mountain. -- wave, he said, was like iding a moving mountain. he helped bring a struggling town back to life. >> the necessary equipment. we just dreamed about it. garrett mcnamara came and made our dream come true. >> on the town's other beach not far from where mcnamara made history, he puts a new of surfers through their paces. -- new generation of surfers through their paces. the atlantic is unforgiving, unpredictable, and challenging. this is a tough place to start. the surfers out there make this look easy, but having been out in the water for a relatively short time with pretty small waves, it makes you realize just a difficult this is. a deep underwater canyon not far from the shore helps to create the huge walls of water, but all around are reminders of the peril posed by the biggest waves. this he has taken its toll. -- the sea has taken its

garrett garrett i thank the speaker and i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding and i also want to thank -- mr. garrett: i thank the speaker and i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding and i also want to thank the gentleman from delaware, mr. carney, and mr. conaway, and mr. scott, who all along with us were able to work together in a bipartisan manner on this legislation. so i want to begin my comments then today by clearing up what might be called a knee jerk reaction that some commentators have made about our efforts on this legislation. you see, today's legislation are not about deregulating the swap markets or creating loopholes for market participants. in fact, this bill is just the opposite of that. see, there is broad bipartisan, i'll say it again, bipartisan support for appropriately regulating the swap markets and shining the proverbial light of day, if you will, on what was once an opaque marketplace. and i agree that bringing greater additional transparency and clarity to this market is a positive thing for all, for american consumers and taxpayers s well. i ha

major garrett and john miller on why and the reaction. andrea brings dangerous weather to the

they are infusing a lot of that good, young talent -- >> tim: like garrett cole. >> joe: he won last night. he looks legit. they're going to stick around i think the second half of this year. >> tim: i do, too. >> joe: first strike to yadier molina. will meyers traded from the kansas city organization to tampa bay got his first home run today. it was a grand slam ain a losin cause against the yankees. zach wheeler pitched with matt harvey on a dream day for the mets and their fans and they won both ends of a doubleheader against atlanta. >> tim: traded to the mets from the san francisco giants for carlos beltran. >> joe: with the pitch up and away, ball one. 1-2, two out, nobody on. >> tim: and carlos signing a two-year deal as a free agent with the st. louis cardinals on the second year of that two-year deal. >> joe: fouled back. we're going to hear from kenny either here in the sixth inning or in the seventh about carlos beltran, what he's meant to this community. and while the cardinals have this hot shot outfield prospect oscar tavares getting ready at triple a, i would think tha

major major garrett in sligo ireland. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the white house described the talks between president obama r and russian president vladimir putin as business like. the picture taken after talks broke up suggested other adjectives awkward, tense, cold, indifferent. we asked a white house official about all this and he shrugged what you see is what you get. what we see on syria is get. disagreement with disagreement.ee they met about two hours greement. devoting 25 minutes of those talks directly to syria and all they could muster were two vaguewo statements. one about ending blood shed thatut the raged for two years in that bloo civil war and another supporting a diplomatic conference in geneva, but that gathering has no fixed agenda and no fixed by date and no means by which to resolve a war. russian support in the united states would like to see him leave. after the talks, the president announced with g-8 leaders here the united states will spend an additional $300 million to humanitarian aid to the region bringing u.s. total so

. >>> garrett cole, no. 1 pick of the 2011 draft, and he's slaying the giants' lineup. struck out blanco on three pitches. pitched into the 7th. allowed two runs, and he's dating brandon crawford's sister. cole even got the best of tim lins come. he would get knocked out in the fifth. this is the kid's major league debut. pirates beat the giants 8 to 2 and after sandoval went on the dl today, scutero got plunked on his hand. it's unknown how much time he will miss. >>> minor league score, admirals nothing. and we'll be back. welcome back, we sta . >>> but first take,, ♪ ♪ don't stop what you do ♪ i won't stop loving you ♪ because i love the things you do ♪ ♪ whatever you do, don't stop [ female announcer ] the laughing cow cheese. rich, creamy decadence, but with only 35 calories a wedge, feel free to laugh all you want. ♪ whatever you do, don't stop [ female announcer ] the laughing cow. have you laughed today? now, three more delicious flavors to love. ♪ ♪ don't stop are experiencing amazing shine. quantum with new power gel delivers brilliant shine,

we have reports from charlie d'agata and major garrett. south africa now says former president nelson mandela is in critical condition. mark phillips in pretoria. the mass evacuation continues in western canada tens of thousands told to leave in the face of record flooding. and bulletproof backpacks. is this the way to safeguard kids inside american schools? >> it would be more insuring if something did happen then i would feel safer.

the right of the screen, there she is with her boyfriend, pirates pitcher garrett coal. different hair, same woman. coal making his pick against the giants and cute couple met at ucla. maybe she those go incognito when both sides. >> for sure. >>> some sports fans come up with unique ways to show their support, including one hockey fan who grew a traditional playoff beard of a different kind. frank miller this guy here, a die-hard chicago black hawks fan using his very own lawn as a good luck charm of sorts. >> why not? >> instead of growing a beard of his fair, he chose not to moe his grass until the stanley cup playoffs are over. his neighbors were not loving miller's playoff beard lawn. >> looks beat up. >> cut t miller says he will not cut it again until the stanley cup finals until his blackhawks and the boston brew wins are over. game one is tomorrow at 5:00 right here on nbc. if he lived next to my mom, show with not have that for a minute. >> furious, huh? swhoenchts get that -- >> when it works, its blackhawks win that stanley cup that grass is going to be growi

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major garrett, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the revelations came in "the guardian" newspaper. in 2009 while president obama was attending first g-20 in london united states used surveillance techniques to intercept messages from the president and other members of the russian delegation. there's no white house comment officially. the word is yes, in fact both countries spy on each other. no one is naive enough on either side to believe that doesn't happen. no indication whether it will come up in the conversation the president will have with the current president vladimir putin but it doesn't matter there's plenty of complications and disagreements. syria will likely dominate the conversation. president obama would like russia to coax or help it coax bashar al-assad the dictator out of power. russia disagree wants to keep him in power, biggest arms supplier. united states moving closer to military involvement in the syrian civil war, would like a diplomatic solution. russia opposes that no breakthroughs expected. what the u.s. h

. >> axelrod: major garrett and mark phillips are in south africa. >> a new shadow over the nfl as another pro football player is arrested on a gun charge. and meet our newest young innovator a teenage singer with plenty of challenges and a voice big enough to overcome them.

as for all those phone records the government is secretly collecting, major garrett tells us the obama administration says it's for our own good. >> national security agency operating under secret orders to thwart suspected terror plots was authorized to track for the benefit calls two and from one another. and that can duration of the calls but the obama administration insists it did not listen to the conversations or record the names of the callers. the program was approved by the secret foreign intelligence surveillance board. located inside the federal county course in washington. this surveillance is ongoing and involves most major telephone companies not just verizon some lawmakers that wrote the rules covering such data collection criticize the scope of this surveillance. >> it's a huge over reach. it's abuse of the powers that have been given to the government. >> a majority of republicans and democrats did not object. >> i think everyone should calm down and you understand stand this isn't anything that's brand new. it's been going on for seven yores. >> i'm a verizon customer

. >> this is garrett garcia from the overboardhumor channel and he is walking up to strangers and telling them -- >> well, if you are going to be making up, we should see other people. >> and he goes up to another girl with another guy. >> we should see other people. >> or girls with dogs. >> we should see other people. i don't really like your dogs. >> and other girls were like, yes, because i don't know you and i don't want to see you again. but this girl with the long hair on the beach plays along. >> i thought i would have to break the news to you, but i am glad you broke up with me. >> it is just me. >> no, it is me. >> and it is not just younger girls. >> i don't though how to s't kn, but we should stop dating other people. >> you think so? >> yes. okay. >> and this lady is the best. >> all right. so a funny video from start to finish. if you want to see the whole thing click on "best of rtm" or watch it on the mobile app. this is just not working out. >>> how many times have we been next to our pregnant sisters, friends and they have baby moved and they say, feel this? dads don't g

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major garrett is at the white house. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah, gayle and charlie. the obama wanted to keep this what it was, a secret. some details of government phone tracking have been declassified and the director of national intelligence, james clapper confirmed the internet data mining, said it was legal, focused on foreign nationals and had saved american lives. clapper called recent surveillance leaks reprehensible. prism has never been disclosed before. the national security agency already involved in tracking the phone calls of millions of americans are reportedly trolling daily through internet videos, photographs, e-mails and blogs. looking for evidence of terrorist attacks in the making. the legal basis grew out of the patriot act passed after 9/11. only a handful of lawmakers knew of prism and all were sworn to secrecy. revelations raised alarms from both parties on capitol hill. republican jim sensenbrenner he helped craft the patriot act. >> i'm angry and i helped write the law

. >>> in pittsburgh, pirates' first baseman garrett jones launches a mammoth home run in the eighth inning. the ball leaves pnc park. it goes directly from his bat to the allegheny river. more than 450 feet away. the pirates beat the reds, 5-4. >>> and in a stanley cup playoffs western conference finals the blackhawks take a 2-0 lead over the los angeles. chicago goes up 4-0. oopz the blackhawks win, 4-2. >>> and the goalkeeper gaffe in sunday's soccer match between the u.s. and germany. the united states already leading 1-0 when the german goalkeeper misplays the ball on a routine play and it ends up in the net. germany can't seem to recover and the u.s. wins, 2-0. >>> when we return, angelina jolie hits the red carpet. the actress makes her first public appearance and comments since she announced she had a double mastectomy. and announcement since she had a double mastectomy. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, occasional thunderstorms, 81. atlanta, thunderstorms, 82. st. louis, mostly sunny, 74. denver, partly cloudy, 91. seattle, partly

major garrett is at the white house for us this evening. major? >> reporter: scott, a quiet and powerful force, tom donilon was often the lasted a visor president obama consulted on big military and foreign policy decisions, donilon almost never invited controversy. the same cannot be said of his replacement. susan rice was battered for her televised description of the deadly september, 2012, attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi. >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: republicans were furious she did not call it a terrorist attack and their opposition led mr. obama to nominate john kerry over rice as secretary of state. but mr. obama has always considered her a trusted advisor. while at the u.n., she advocated for intervention in libya and pushed new economic sanctions against north korea and iran through the security council. >> susan understands that there's no substitute for american leadership. she is at once passionate and pragmatic. i think everybody underst