that s where the obama administration has to direct its attention. michael o hanlon, michelle richardson. thank you both very much. coming up, where s the outrage over all this government snooping? this is an unusual republican story. republicans are praising the program as are most democrats. that has some on the left frustrated. also, republicans are trying to kill obama care in the crib. in fact, its limited popularity is slipping under an assault of negative ads. today president obama made his case for the law and argued it s already working. and you stay classy, newseum. yes, newseum, honoring the most famous anchorman since ted baxter. ron burgundy. it s in anticipation of the new movie, anchorman 2: the legend continues. sorry to see michele bachmann go? don t worry. the republican running for her seat is proving to be pretty entertaining, himself. this is hardball. the place for politics. as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping y
credibility. chris: ed henry, thanks for that. what appears to be the white house expanding view of legal authority has critics on both ends of the political spectrum wondering whatever happened to the self-described most transparent administration in history. jim amp tonight on whether you should be concerned about your civil liberties. the relations of scandals and government agencies have been coming what many see is alarming regularity. whoever said these things come in threes was off by several. increase in government snooping of all sorts, looking at your personal records, telephone records, all sorts of things that historically are considered off-limits. first it was revealed that the department of justice had sized the reports of associated press followed by news that email records of fox correspondent james rosen.
to try to see if he can get her to testify next time. jenna? jenna: very interesting development. we ll see where this goes from here. back to you, mike as we hear more. thank you. reporter: thank you very much. gregg: getting new revel races in the revelations in the justice department snooping scandal. heavy-handed feds rummaging through e-mails of reporters and apparently going after one reporter s parents. details of government snooping kept secret for years. doug mckelway is live in washington with more. hi, doug. reporter: gregg, you re talking about fox s james rosen. in the aftermath of the rosen revelation as bipartisan group of house members introduced legislation designed to protect journalists that obtained information from confidential government sources. we know from papers filed by the u.s. attorney east office, doj looked at long list of phone numbers to find out what rosen knew about classified information given to him and determine
the king and queen will be named during prom on june 1st. cnn newsroom with carol costello begins right now. good morning to you. thank you so much for joining me. i m carol costello. what did they know and when did they know it? 40 years later that simple, iconic question from the watergate era once again hangs over the white house. some republicans are accusing the embattled obama administration of abusing its power and your trust. unlike anything we ve seen in generations. never seen anything quite like this except in the past during the nixon years. i can tell you people who make those kind of comparisons need to check their history. this morning, though, double trouble. the irs accused of targeting and bullying the president s critics and the fbi investigating government snooping on a news agency and even its reporters
california after the state court ruled if it is reached in time of the arrest that cell phone is fair game and something that police whole heartedly support. ability to go in and search and mind the data in the phone is extremely valuable to law enforcement and public safety. this is government snooping in the personal and private of students without a suggestion that there is a relationship to the information found on the phone and crime committed. the state senator was pushing the legislation and arguing that it violates privacy rights. within minutes they can reeve a wealth of personal information and recent locations visited. supporters was warrantless searches say that is the kind of information that stops crime and maybe save lives.