dismissed the idea but rudy giuliani left it open in the future. cohen says he never asked for help. >> i have never asked for nor would i accept a pardon from president trump. >> the journal reports there is no indication cohen personally asked for a trump pardon. a spokesman for cohen says he stands would i hby his testimon. cnn has learned the national security agency abandoned a much scrutinized surveillance program that relied on bulk data collected from domestic phone records. the nsa last year revealed there were technical problems that led to the unauthorized collection of phone records. the trump administration might not reauthorize the program at the end of the year. it was initially in the obama