going to put american lives in danger. nbc s ian williams is in hong kong, where snowden was last seen before he disappeared. ian? reporter: from a wet and wind-swept hong kong. edward snowden is believed still to be here and in hiding one week after revealing himself as the source of one of the biggest ever intelligence leaks. snowden is believed to be in a safe house somewhere in this teeming, rain-swept city of 2 million people, where hundreds marched to the u.s. consulate saturday support ed snowden! reporter: in his support, demanding the hong kong government defend him, a sentiment that seems to have wide support here. hong kong s leader has responded for the first time, with a pledge to follow established local laws. the territory, ruled by britain until it was returned to china in 1997, has a well-respected legal system with considerable independence. but beijing has the final say in sensitive extradition cases. state newspapers there have
sources and methods that are going to put american lives in danger. there s no question about it. we know now that because of his disclosure, that the terrorists, the bad guys around the world are taking some different tactics, and they know a little bit more about how we re gathering information on them. and i think it s important that we bring him to justice. are you skeptical, senator udall, of the government s claims, the head of the nsa saying this has done real damage, that it harms national security, and with these programs, that terrorist plots have been foiled? david, if i might take a moment before i answer your question, i did want to say that my thoughts are with all the victims of the wildfires we ve had here in colorado. and i want to ensure them that i know the federal government will be there for them, just like the federal government was there for the victims of hurricane sandy and the recent tornadoes in oklahoma. we stand together as americans. i hope americans w
him before that public hearing. let s talk a little bit about eric holder, the attorney general of the united states. he says that this investigation into the leak was required because it was one of the most damaging leaks in u.s. history, an a.p. leak that put american lives in danger. do you agree with him? the scope of this is what s stunning. the breadth of this net, the time that it went, the number of people that it covered, that s just not the american way. to have a chilling effect, which is the word we keep hearing again and again, of the government spying on the media is just not the way we do things in this country. look, if you have probable cause to go after somebody, and you want to go in and look at a very narrow scope, there are sometimes justification for doing that. but as it s been laid out, as we re hearing from the irs, and we re hearing from the attorney general and what they re doing with the media, and benghazi,
w that? changing the trend lines? does the nature of the sequester change trend lines? it doesn t and still going up adding more and more debt and deficit to the load of the country and should be concerning to all of us. there s a lot of smoke and mirrors on both sides not getting to the getting the root of the problem. hey, close the loopholes, reform entitlements and get it done. we agree on more than we think. let s talk, pete, quickly about some of the dangerous politics going on. dhs released hundreds of illegal immigrants in advance of the sequestrati sequestration. i.c.e. officials say they plan to release as many as 10,000 and broad discretion in the various argss in terms of how to implement these cuts. the political grandstanding that could potentially put american lives in danger, shouldn t the agency heads be fired on the spot for doing that? well, they should be held to
i am. i don t use it very often. did you change your password? a lot of people did overnight. drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. you re a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it s 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. i m 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew