Hello and thank you for joining us. Im andrea roane. The National Security agency surveillance techniques are continuing to stir controversy and grab headlines. Ko im shows us how a federal judges ruling on the issue dealt a serious blow to the Data Collection program. Reporter president obama sat down with the c. E. O. S of more than a dozen tech firms at the white house to talk about the problems with healthcare. Gov and the nsa surveillance practices. On monday federal judge richard leon issued a 68page opinion saying the program that collects phone records of millions of people is probably unconstitutional. He added, quote, i have little doubt the author of our constitution James Madison would be aghast. The government says the so called met take data can help identify potential terrorists without infringing on privacy. Former nsa contractor Edward Snowden exposed this and other secret monitoring programs earlier this year. Top executives from Companies Like apple, facebook and goo