More fallout from reports the u. S. Spied on the germanys chancellor. Claims say president obama knew about the nsa phone tap and approved it. The u. S. Says its not true. There are reports the eavesdropping started in 2002 before Angela Merkel was lected. This morning elected. This morning the senator called on the nsa to come clean on nsa programs. I think the revelations from snowden and the secrets that have been revealed are damaging our bilateral relationships with germany, with mexico, with the other countries where the suggestion is that we have listened in. I think we have repair work to do, and i think we have hard questions we need to ask of the nsa about what is happening in the program. A much different view from the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee. Congressman peter king says america should stop apologising for the nsa. The reality is the nsa saved thousands of lives not just in the United States, but throughout french and germany and europe. The french
President obama clarified his position on the new diplomatic efforts for syria today. We have Mike Viqueira with us live to provide for details, mike, what is the view from washington . Reporter tony, all eyes in washington are on geneva. John kerry there with his russian counterpart trying to come to an agreement to collect Syrian Chemical Weapons and destroy them. They met late last night and theyre continuing to meet today the last that we heard. President obama in the oval office in one of these photo ops that were familiar, he was with the premiere of kuwait. This is the only sound we heard from the white house today trying to keep a low profile all across town, staying on the talking points and trying to let kerry do his work. They dont want to interfere whatsoever. He the president said he and the premiere of kuwait is sitting in the white house, and they believe it was important for the International Community to respond. Obama i repeated what i said publicly, just that any agr
The fifth-seeded Pioneers struggled to generate possessions as top-seeded Notre Dame pulled away in the second half for a 13-6 victory in the NCAA semifinals before 32,269 at Lincoln Financial Field.
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