program said to have begun under president bush in 2006 and to have continued to this day under our current president. chief intelligence correspondent live in washington. reporter: that s right. chief alexander was the key to this whole thing. it was his relatively to answer specific and direct questions about surveillance that led them to call him in march. does nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? no, sir. it does not? not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently they could collect but not wittingly. that s now a very famous exchange and clapper is being
of this? i make that people like president bush as an ex-president not as a current president. i could say i actually like him as an ex-president. he seems like a nice person. he is doing great things for wounded warriors but i didn t care for him as president. to me that just reflects this. it s not a question do you think with hindsight that he was a good president. megyn: we played some of the soundbites, president bush when his portrait was unveiled at the white house and president bush at his library opening. guy a is very charming. whether you like his policies are not. he clearly loves america and talking about the country. the other thing, he has been very respectful of president obama which can only have helped him on the left and right. they have hugely gone up with independents.
clinton killed investigations into several sex scamps in recent years. on the surface, the people who are reporting this, self-described whistleblowers say this is cofferup. today we will speak with a former state department senior adviser how evidence being offered and how secretary clinton s team handled it. and more delays in the fort hood shooting trial as we get reports about major problems between major nidal hassan and the lawyers assigned to assist in his defense. hear what they are saying about his client. is america growing nostalgic superior the last administration? interesting results of the new poll numbers for george w. bush, next. i am also pleased, mr. president, when you are wandering these halts as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will be able
right now obama is not that popular because of the scandals that are making them question the president. those approval ratings is not taking out the champagne for. it has to hurt for obama. megyn: do you think this affects the next presidential election in any way? the rights of george w. bush the reconsideration of george w. bush and how great or bad he was. he seems to be going in the right direction. does it change things as we look forward to 2016? that is good question. i really don t know the answer to it. there may be some reflection if the numbers go up for president bush. there may be fondness for what he represented. we saw some of this with ronald reagan with george h.w. bush who celebrates his birthday today. what i think what overrides is stated of the economy and what you wanted to see
more later. first, the irs came under targeted and now a class action lawsuit accusing the irs of illegally grabbing millions of private medical records, 10 million americans. they are saying potentially affected by this, one out of every 25 adults may have had their records affected. we ll investigate that charge after the break. after learning they are collecting phone company, we will speak to a company saying the feds cannot spied spy on you. he has helped soldiers in afghanistan protecting their information and now he is trying to do the same for you. plus is america going to solve it for the previous administration. new poll numbers for former president george w. bush. whatever challenge has come before us, i will