of changes to the controversial programs. but a presidential advisory panel did not call for them to w you the most important once. first of all, ending of storage of telephone records, meta-data that is kept millions upon millions of phone calls. next, new limits on what data government can demand from private companies. we saw this when hezbollah of companies came to meet with president obama. they re worried about the trust of their companies and they re worried about their businesses. this is a key point brought up time and time again. bilateral relations have suffered among many angela merkel, the leaders of brazil, and you can determine if these are allies being spied on recommend that they not spy on one another. next, the new public advocate at the secret fisa court. this has been suggested time and time again. when it s told it wants to conduct surveillance there is no one there on the ground of civil liberties, a so-called public advocate. and finally the new nsa
the big game. welcome to al jazeera america, i m stephanie sy. the n.s.a. has been under fire for months following edward snowden s disclosure of a massive collection of phone records in the u.s. and around the world. as al jazeera s john siegenthaler reports a presidential panel is calling for changes in the way the n.s.a. does business. the 46 recommendations spelt out in the 300-page report are surprising and sweeping. the panel, chosen by president obama, is urging that the n.s.a. stop collecting and mining phone calls from americans. advisors say that surveillance program creates risks to public trust, personal privacy and civil liberty. they urge that spying on foreign citizens, and world leaders must be carried out by a duly enactive law or special order. we need to ensure intelligence sources are supporting foreign policies, that we are weighing the risks of rewards and activities, to ensure that we are focus the on the threat to american people. the president
but atmospherically this is a horrendous day for the president. politically i thought it was damaging to the president. today was predicted to be the worst day of the presidency and donald trump knows it. they wanted watergate and they got a water balloon. everything they learned we already know. howie: the president hitting back at a news conference. no collusion, no obstruction. he s a leaker, and frankly james comey confirmed a lot of what i said and some of the things he said just weren t true. howie: the media hardly buying his claim of complete vindication. comey also going after the new york times. that report by the new york times was not true, is that true? in the main, it was not true. i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. howie: leaking, does that undermine comey s credibility? does the media care about the allegations about tv s popular dad or are they treating it as old news. this is mediabuzz. it wassed a bu
but atmospherically this is a horrendous day for the president. politically i thought it was damaging to the president. today was predicted to be the worst day of the presidency and donald trump knows it. they wanted watergate and they got a water balloon. everything they learned we already know. howie: the president hitting back at a news conference. no collusion, no obstruction. he s a leaker, and frankly james comey confirmed a lot of what i said and some of the things he said just weren t true. howie: the media hardly buying his claim of complete vindication. comey also going after the new york times. that report by the new york times was not true, is that true? in the main, it was not true. i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. howie: leaking, does that undermine comey s credibility? does the media care about the allegations about tv s popular dad or are they treating it as old news. this is mediabuzz. it wassed a bu