2014. Theanna goldman follows behind the scenes wrangling of the u. S. Senate over potential budget agreements. First, extensive Team Coverage on our cover story the price of privacy. We begin with the National Security agency. We have learned the nsas book collection of phone collections is unlikely is likely unconstitutional. It raises the possibility that the program may be thrown out. The Legal Process is just of one of the many places they have been forced to engage in the wake of Edward Snowden. The disclosures that some are hoping to stop with a special offer to the former intelligence contractor. Phil mattingly has more on the story. Officials have made clear since Edward Snowden was charged in june that they wanted him to return to the u. S. To face trial. Was floated publicly yesterday by a senior nsa official in a 60 minutes segment. Amnesty my personal view is it is worth having a conversation about. I would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be considered
Good morning. Im jose diazbalart. The first focus. The crisis at the border and the high stakes meeting at the white house. A border summit. In a few hours president obama will meet face to face with three Central Americans leader. The president s of el salvador, hondur honduras, and guatemala. Theyre running among other reasons because the violence. You know, estimates those three countries alone house 70,000 violent gang members. Families like this say they lost two brothers to gang violence. The mom and her two Young Children took the trip to the United States. They were one of the first flown back. You see the brothers killer is looking for them. Theyre in hiding for their life. Its prompting the administration to consider a new proposal to grant refugee stat it us hundreds or thousands of kids from honduras so they can come legally to the United States and skip the thousand mile trek that is already so horribly dangerous. Its a death sentence for some. That brings us the morning.
Trump tower with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, the big meeting here today at trump tower will be with retired admiral james stravedes, being considered for the role of secretary of state, the ever expanding role of potential candidates for the president elect. This meeting today comes after a busy day filling out appointments to the trump administration. As you mentioned, tonight trump will formally introduce Terry Branstad as his new ambassador to china. He appointed wwe executive Linda Mcmahon to head up the Small Business administration and general john kelly will become the next secretary of Homeland Security. But the appointment that is raising eyebrows today is that of scott pruitt. Hes currently the attorney general of oklahoma and has been a big critic of the epa. He will now become the administrator of that agency. Hes also someone who has often criticized the Science Behind climate change. So a busy day for trump, no doubt, and that busy day comes on t
Plus, the special counsel gets a new look at what might have been in the president s head before he fired james comey. Welcome to the lead. Im Brianna Keilar in for jake tapper. Desperate times in the wake of hurricane harvey. Amid the devastation, piles of debris, pulverized homes and pieces of peoples lives gone. This all piled up on the curb, this including waste and chemical concerns in the wake of the storm. Plus, beaumont, texas is a city that was driven out by the flood. There is no Drinking Water there. It is slowly coming back on. Brian todd made his way to beaumont. Brian, most of the problem is this water system. Are crews close to restoring it . Reporter were not sure, brianna, and we got some bad news from the government. Well show you as we take a look at this facility here. The nachos river right here alongside beaumont is continuing to rise. Its 7 feet above its record stage and the government says it may stay at that level for the next week. That has triggered an Emerg
Advisor George Papadopoulos. He pled guilty earlier this year and told the f. B. I. He did offer to arrange a meeting between mr. Trump and russian president vladimir putin. Republicans meanwhile will likely double down on the possibility that a special counsel could be appointed to investigate the Clinton Foundation and the controversial uranium one deal. Florida republican congressman ron desantis will be taking part in todays hearing. Well get his take in a moment. Lets begin with Catherine Herridge who is live on capitol hill. Good morning. Thank you, eric, good morning. The Justice Department sent a twopage letter to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee will the attorney general will be testifying an hour from now in the room behind me. It laid out options saying the uranium one deal as well as the Clinton Foundation are under review and the Justice Department is considering whether to open investigations formally, provide Additional Resources to ongoing investigations an