concussions. and good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. edward snowden, out of the shadows. the man responsible for the largest intelligence theft in our nation s history, giving his side of the story to brian williams, covering his actions and life in russia and 9/11 and even the smartphones we all carry every day. until now, it was largely theoretical for most americans but edward snowden s claims made the government s extensive capability very real. people at nsa analysts can actually watch people s internet communications, watch them draft correspondence and watch their thoughts form as they type. the law says targeting individuals for surveillance requires a secret court order. in practice, snowden claims that doesn t work. the problem is that the capabilities themselves are unregulated, uncontrolled and dangerous. i want to ask you about this device. what can the nsa do with this device if they wanted to get into my life? they can turn it into a micr
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affected by this. one of the things that people want is a silver bullet solution to a simple problem, suicide is not a simple problem. it s a whole range of problems so you need a whole range of solutions. that was an emotional moment in washington on thursday, iraq and afghanistan war veterans sounding an alarm about the epidemic of suicide plaguing our military men and women. on the mall yesterday, vets wounded in combat and they plants flags for each victim in 2014. the statistics this year alone are shocking. the iraq and afghanistan veterans estimate 22 former service members commit suicide every day in this country. that is more than 1900 u sides this year alone. more than 8,000 estimated by the end of this year. joining me to talk about next steps in combatting this epidemic are the leaders, tom tarantino and mankin, a veteran of the wars in iraq and
miles northeast in the indian ocean. the search is on there right now. in fact, a new zealand plane has just returned here reporting an object of interest. governor chris christie meets the press this afternoon after his offices paid lawyers exxon rate him of wrong doing. the federal and state investigations, it is far from case closed. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. the death toll from the landslide in washington has risen to 17. 90 people are still not accounted for. the numbers are expected to change when we get the latest from a press conference that is about to begin in washington state. we go to arlington, washington, where i m joined by nbc s jennifer bjorklund. this is just a horrible accounting and this could turn into one the worst domestic natural disasters in american history. reporter: yeah, it is mind boggling the scope of this disaster as crews sift through the rubble, they are doing a very delicate search. the volume of this landslide is
begins to aggressively modernize we hope to see that turn around. what it s going to take is american people putting that pressure and forcing v.a. to change. it s been really slow to do unde are real challenges for this generation and generations in the past and as a community, all around country we have to come together, make our case that veterans are a key part of this nation s future and that it s everyone s interest to help us. thank you so much, tom tarantino. we ll talk about that in the weeks ahead. amy robach, now of abc and gma announced on good morning america she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. she discovered the disease because of a gma assignment in october to have a mammogram live on the show for early detection, weeks later she shared her diagnosis.