it was provided by the british government. this is something that we had an indication it was likely to occur. it is not something we requested. they may not have opposed it either. i think the white house has caused credibility. they have been offering with a deficit of trust from the area of surveillance for the past few years. they have been saying one thing publically to congress and to the courts. they have been taking place behind closed doors. the washington post meantime reports that there is another privacy issue emerging about drel phone data. if you are arrested can the police take your cell phone and rifle through all of the desks e-mails text messages, voice mails call records.
nature of its dependency on the united states. if it had done that, done its homework, i would have expected a much stronger condemnation of the protests at the embassy, just as we saw from libya and yemen. we haven t that in egypt. andrea, you have great sources behind the scenes. what are you hearing as jim just said, no one knows truly what to expect in just a minute tomorrow as the so-called peaceful protests are encouraged with president morsi. just today dozens of people injured together. what i think our other team members on the ground have been reporting is, tamron, it is completely unpredictable. a sfas a spark can set things off. there can be an organized drel in the middle of the group, and they can use public anger over that video, the hateful video that hillary clinton and the president denounced in the strongest possible terms today to set off the rest of the crowd.
senator marco rubio. and elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight and reform committee. plus, dana bash and jeff zellny of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is staft of the union. the economic headlines were ominous. retail and car sales are strong. but initial jobless claims falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march. then there was this iffy forecast for europe from the managing director of the international monetary fund. we are seeing light recovery blowing in a spring mind, bwind we re seeing some dark clouds on the horizon. if, as the economy goes so goes the election, then it was a worrisome week for the president s re-election team. joining me now president obama s senior re-election strategist david axelrod. good to see you. good to be here again. let me show you and our viewers the nbc news/ wall street journal survey
and good morning to you from the fox news room and good morning to you jenna lee. jenna: good morning to you jon scott. glad you re with us, ebb. we have brand new details about the treasure trove of bin laden s hideout, senior intel officers say it s enough to fill a library, a small college library, in fact, calling it the most significant amount of intelligence they ve ever gotten in the war on terror. all this as we learn more about the final tape the al-qaeda leader made just before his death. steve centanni has more on this. steve. reporter: intelligence officials are working around the clock as we speak analyzing that treasure droaive of trove of drel intense seized at bin laden s compound. among the items were videotapes showing osama bin laden usama bin laden huddled on the floor, under a blanket, watching himself on tv. bin laden was killed one week ago in a bold commando raid ordered by the president after intense