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calm fears over its surveillance program. it's releasing new information about how it uses phone records, saying in a document sent to congress that records can only be searched when a, quote, reasonable suspicion can connect a name or telephone number to a specific terrorist threat and that phone records were searched fewer than 300 times last year. athena jones is following the story from washington. good morning, athena. what else is in this letter? >> reporter: good morning, alison. ever since this nsa story broke, there's been a lot of pressure on the administration and on the intelligence community to explain just what it is the nsa is doing, what they're collecting, how they're collecting it, and how it's being useful. the government has been very eager to talk about how this program has helped stop terrorist attacks. let's listen to what nsa director general keith alexander had to say in testimony on capitol hill last week. he's talking about this section of the patriot act that allows this data to be collected. let's listen to the exchange between him and senator patrick leahy from vermont. >> we collect millions and millions and millions of records through 215, but dozens of them have proved crucial or critical. is that right, dozens? is >> both here and abroad in disrupting or contributing to the disruption of a terrorist attack. >> out of those millions, dozens have been critical? >> that's correct. >> in a document cnn was able to obtain, a secret, classified document about these programs and telling us more about them, we've learned a little bit more about the dozens of attacks that have been thwarted. in this document, a highlight is a point that says in recent years intelligence gathered under them has contributed to the disruption of dozens of potential terror attacks here in the homeland and in more than 20 countries around the world. we are working to provide more information on this. this is the kind of thing we want to learn more about. i can tell you that also in that document it mentions one specific case, that's the case of najibullah zazi, who had plotted to bomb the subway in new york. this document says that that attack was thwarted with the help of this surveillance program, alison. >> athena, what about learning details of other specific threats that maybe weren't in the news. what are the chances we'll hear those specific details, knowing that they're supposed to be so secretive? >> reporter: that's very interesting, alison. we know they want to give more data, as that statement pointed out from the document. they're working to see what other kind of data they can provide about other cases because certainly the american public wants to know, wants evidence these programs have helped keep america safe. so we're told by members of the congress that some more information about other cases could trickle out in the coming days. we're also told by people in the intelligence community that some of it is going to have to remain secret. s that the difficulty here. how do you adjust it by program if so many details have to remain secret. that's what they're trying to balance out. that's what we'll be looking for this week. alison? >> athena jones in washington, thanks. it's been one week since edward snowden's bombshell revelation that he was the source of the surveillance leaks. the big question now is where is he? cnn international correspondent nic robertson is on the trail in hong kong. nic, snowden left his job. he left his family. he left his girlfriend. headed to hong kong last month. any indication he's still there? >> reporter: it's very hard to say. i mean, really, the trail went cold almost a week ago right now. the hotel that he was staying n in, that became clear late sunday, and he checked out of that same hotel early monday morning. really, we don't know where he is since then. however, on wednesday he did talk to representatives, journalists from the south china morning post. although they won't say where they met him and they haven't released any photographs of meeting him, the indication seems to be that they did meet him here in hong kong. as far as we know, until wednesday he was here. we certainly know the british government is saying he can't get on a flight to go there. they haven't reported him leaving by any legal means, in terms of people who cross the borders every day. but the indications are he's still here somewhere. is he really hiding from authorities? perhaps not. perhaps he's just hiding out from journalists because he has said he has -- essentially willing to put himself at the hands of the courts and the people of hong kong. >> are there any mor leaks coming, do you think? >> certainly, security analysts believe that there's the real potential for it, and he himself has said that, while he had access to all this security data, he had access, for example, to the names, locations, and roles of cia operatives around the world, the stations that they operated out of, and even covert operatives. but he has said that he's not willing to -- that it's not his intention to endanger people to put that kind of information out, but it's clear that he does have a vast trove of information, and that's been indicated by "the guardian" blogger glenn greenwald, who has indicated that what we've seen so far is only the tip of the iceberg. so i think that everyone is expecting there really could be more to come out. who's he going to call with it and who's he going to want to tell it to, we don't know that at the moment. >> given the revelations about the surveillance programs, nic, is it becoming clear how some terror suspects, how they may have been tracked and even caught? >> reporter: the najibullah zazi case is the one that's been profiled, and the details that we know about that, zazi went to pakistan in 2008, august 2008. he met with somebody there called ahmed. ahmed also hosted an al qaeda cell leader from britain in november of the same year, 2008. i was in manchester, england, when that cell leader and other people from that cell were arrested because they'd been in contact with this person, ahmed, in pakistan, and that was something that had been picked up by british intelligence in working with the nsa. we understood that at the time. we also later understood -- this was back in 2009 -- that when najibullah zazi was caught, it's because the account, the e-mail account of ahmed in pakistan was being watched, and that led, after these arrests in the uk, that led to triggering suspicion about zazi when he contacted it. so you have these arrests in the uk that seem to result from this as well. you have the arrest of zazi, and there was also another operative in norway who was also in contact with this ahmed e-mail person in pakistan, and he also was picked up, again, through, it appears, this same technique. and this same data trolling. so here you have three cases, not just zazi planning to attack the united states, but a manchester plot in britain and a plot in norway as well. over to colorado, where firefighters say they've turned the corner on what's being called the worst wildfire in that state's history. the black forest fire is 55% contained this morning, and no more lives have been lost. but authorities say the damage that's already been done is catastrophic. >> it looks like a nuclear bomb went off in some of those areas, and you can't even recognize whether it was a house or some other kind of structure. >> another large wildfire is 40% contained, and others continue to burn. across colorado, more than 1,000 people are battling the flames. our george howell is in colorado springs. george? >> reporter: the grass is still green, his home still standing, and mike is back to his regular routine after the mandatory evacuation has been lifted. how does it feel to be home? >> it's good. we left during the mandatory on wednesday, and then they put a mandatory on thursday night, which is a little nerve-racking. but our boys and my wife were able to pack some things up. so we felt pretty comfortable with leaving when we did. >> reporter: just down the road, it's an entirely different story for trevor miller, who still can't return home. >> i see everything packed up there in the back. >> everything in the back is my brother and i's stuff. we had three other cars too that left our house, and those were all packed with our family supplies. we had about an hour to grab everything that we wanted or needed before leaving our house. >> reporter: some 38,000 people were forced to evacuate earlier this week as firefighters struggled to protect property and hold the line against the wildfire. so far, more than 15,000 acres have been scorched, but firefighters have been able to gain ground. late friday, mother nature stepped in with much needed rainfall that colorado governor jog h john hickenlooper said had a big impact. >> i was standing right there. it's the first time my grandmother always said you're too stupid to come out of the rain. i was too happy to come out of the rain. >> reporter: officials announced saturday they didn't lose any structures or lose any ground overnight. proof that firefighters are gaining the upper hand. >> we want the fire to come out and fight now. wre we're ready. we're staffed. we're equipped. show yourself, and we'll take care of it. >> reporter: firefighters out here are optimistic about fighting this fire, especially with all the weather that has moved through over the weekend, but it is a missioned bag because these thunderstorms, they bring lightning, and lightning can obviously start new fires. that's a big concern. it also brings rainfall in several different areas, heavy rainfall, and that is welcome news as firefighters keep up the fight. alison? >> george howell, thanks. so springfield, missouri, where more rain is expected today after heavy storms saturday triggered flashed flooiflo floding. this suv got trapped by the rushing waters. as much as nine inches of rain fell in just a few hours. water rescues were reported as well as flooded homes. kspr reports traffic on the freeway slowed to a crawl as water swept over the roads. where exactly is that storm headed? could flash floods wash out your father's day? let's bring in meteorologist jennifer delgado in the cnn weather center. what is the sunday forecast? >> hi there, alison. the sunday forecast means more rain, especially for parts of the midwest, an area that does not need more rainfall. we do have flood watches in place, as you can see, for areas including parts of southern missouri as well as into kansas. that is wide receivafter all the down yesterday. flash flooding is the number one weather related killer out there. so don't risk trying to go and cross these flooded roadways. it's just too dangerous, certainly can be deadly. over the last 24 hours, eight to ten inches in some areas just to the north of springfield. four to six in parts of kansas. as we go through the day, yes, we'll continue to see more showers and thunderstorms popping up. with that, some of these locations, we could still see roughly four to six inches of rainfall as we go through the next 48 hours. we're also going to be looking for severe storms to pop up into the midwest and across the plains. that includes parts of kansas all the way into parts of south dakota. some of these severe storms with it could be bringing damaging winds as well as hail. for the northeast, we didn't forget about you on father's day. let's go to a live shot coming out of new york. you're starting out with clouds now. it's dry now. maybe you need to run to the store for a little last-minute shopping for dad. you'll see rain moving in. scattered showers around the northeast, and a few popping up around florida. atlanta, we'll keep you sunny. same for the west coast. want to point out temperatures getting a little bit warmer. el paso, you're going to be the hot spot with 100. 95 in dallas. 91 in albuquerqualbuquerque. 90s and 80s in the southeast. one area we're concerned about is for the u.s. open. looks like today we're going to see rain out there. already starting to work in parts of pennsylvania. rain can have a bad effect sometimes on golfing. even if it is father's day. happy father's day out there to everybody. >> is jennifer delgado, thanks. president obama heading to europe tonight. he's going to meet with other world leaders in it belfast, northern ireland, for the g-8 summit. the violent conflict in syria is expected to dominate the agenda at the two-day gathering. mr. obama then heads to germany where he could face questions about the controversial u.s. surveillance programs. former president george w. bush safe at home now in dallas after an in flight scare last night. he was on a flight from philadelphia to his native texas when the pilot reported smelling smoke. the flight was sent to louisville, where it landed without incident. bush made it 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