without any of the good news that night counteract it. bill: those lines cross towards the end of may and they crossed the first week of june when all of this started to hit the fan. we are just getting rolling. this is about as rare as they come. the head of the nsa talking about his agency s surveillance program and how he believes it s kept americans safe. we ll talk to one of the lawmakers taking part and ask them what he wants to hear from general alexander. you will see that coming up live. martha: did attorney general eric holder lie to congress? it s a big issue. new details on what eric holder is saying now and the latest on the possibility of furnlg are you charges. the comairpman of the judiciary committee joins us on that now infamous testimony. why was it necessary to subpoena the telephone records. did you seek the ap s assistance in the first place and if not