being spied on, that many so cell phone conversations were being listened to? , of course, it s possible. the president is a very busy guy who doesn t normally worry about intelligence collection details. that said, certainly a lot of staff at the national security council i think had to be aware. i think part of the challenge here is we re hearing part of the debate. reality is, there s a great deal of espionage in europe. only a small portion is conducted by the united states. the members of the europeanian union spend a lot more effort spying on each other than nsa does on any of them. who s the client? where it s one dimensional. this is a specific question regarding merkel and other foreign leaders. had who is this intelligence intended for if the commander in chief is kept in the dark about tapping the cell phones of foreign allies? well, certainly all intelligence goes to feed decision making in every country. your top military civilian
never spoken with law enforcement. no. even following your interview with mr. crump, you didn t then go to the police? no. even after hearing part of your interview on national television or hearing about it, you didn t go to the police. no. and apparently the police hadn t contacted you. no. they were trying to find me. pardon me? they were trying to find me. what makes you think that? because they just had my well, fake name, diamond eugene, they couldn t find me. how did they have your fake name? by the parents with you speak up? by the parents. the parents did not know my real name. they only knew me as diamond.
three feet above the average high tide. they are watching for the threat of flooding throughout this area. keep in mind when you look at the radar, we are on the eastern side of the storm, the northeast quadrant, the southeast quadrant, the worst part of the storm to be in as it churns rain throughout the wrar. george howell, still dark and rainy there. we ll see how it progresses when the sun comes up. heavy rains in texas causing several buildings to cave in. part of the roof collapsed at a lubbock motor inn motel. we are hearing part of the roof at the heart hospital gave way and the rain may have seeped into patient rooms. no one was injured. for more on the storms andrea peterson is tracking the storms. we are dealing with tropical storms from what was tropical storm barbara. that went into oh the gulf, dissipated, but the moisture is out there and has formed
sure exactly when it would end and when the fat lady would sing. and panetta lectured congress, saying the relationship between the administration and congress is now one of his biggest disappointments. we need to find solutions. we can t just sit here and [ bleep ]. we can t just sit here and complain. we can t just sit here and blame others. we have got to solve real problems facing this country. this country is facing some real threats in the world. that s right. we had to [ bleep ] secretary panetta. we joked about this as an issue during our interview with secretary panetta. we didn t have to bleep him then, but we did have to bleep him yesterday. anyway, just ask yourself, though, confirmation hearings, they may not be decisive, but they do matter. ask yourself while john brennan and jack lew are frankly having an easier confirmation process. no wasn t exactly going through scot-free, but they had good hearings. they aced the hearing part of
football in five years. ravens linebacker ray lewis says those are the hits that you get praised for because that s the way the game of football is supposed to be played. the new rule goes into effect over the weekend. it should be interesting. the nfl releases d.v.d. s talking about big hits and we hear about sounds of the game that reflect big hits and we find out they re illegal. tough to play. coming up on kilmeade & friends, ed gillespie will be joining us, chris wallace and steve doocy. separately because we have a deep rivalry. and another will be there because she s a lawyer and she s smart. back to steve and gretch. thank you very much. thanks, brian. florida and the federal government are spending billions of dollars to save the everglades and now we re hearing part of that plan includes paying ranchers to flood their own farms. what is that about? well, we ve dispatched orlando salinas joining us from our bureau to explain what that s about. you re talking about a pr