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U. S. Capital demanding congress rein in the nsa. The controversial surveillance programs are damaging u. S. Relations with foreign countries. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden shows the u. S. Tapped the phones of as many as 35 world larsd. I know leaders. I know countries spy on each other. Embassy on embassy. If we, the nsa, hacking into the cell phone of angela merkel, that is completely deleterious to our relationship with our own allies. Our jean meserve has more from the protest. In washi...

Gaps and nerve Agent Program and an initial plan to destroy them. The declaration was in line with its International Agreement led by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. The organization hopes to eliminate all of syrias chemical weapons by mid 2014 reporter syria is reportedly meeting an ambitious deadline set by the organization for the w whohibition to destroy lethal stockpiles by next year. Syria handed over the details of its poison gas and nerve Agent Program thursday ...

Welcome to Al Jazeera America. I am Morgan Radford in new york. Demanding answers. Germany is sending Senior Intelligence officials to washington after leaks reports accuse the nsa of spying on the german chancellors cell phone for years. A major mag claims that the u. S. Has been tracking her phone even before she became chancellor. Once more, her number was on the spy list when president obama visited berlin earlier this year. Protesters took to the streets just outside of the capitol to deman...

In how we can reduce the prison population without increasing the risk to our communities and also thoughts on how we can look out for the safety of our prison guard population. Where they themselves dont feel that they are captive by the prisoners. You bring up a compassionate situation. We welcome your insights. I think evidence shows that if you committed murder you are not likely to commit murder after 65 but if youre a sexual predator you could be out on that playground once again. We welco...

Holding hearings on fixing a broken tax code and building a new system that works in todays Global Digital economy. On tuesday we are going to have a hearing on how to protect taxpayers from incompetent and fraudulent repairs. Now there are other issues like Identity Theft and taxpayers rights that we will have to examine. Senators nelson and harden have put a lot of time and effort into solving these challenges in this committee will need to take a hard look at the issues surrounding multiemplo...

Term limited after eight years in office. [applause] i am steve barnes. The rules for the debate as always were agreed upon by all of the candidates prior to the debate and they are these, each nominee will have one minute to respond to questions in the candidates will have 30 seconds for rebuttal if they elect to use those 30 seconds, and at the conclusion of questioning, each candidate will have one minute for closing statement. The order of candidate questioning was determined prior to the de...

Sanders that we are putting kids on a pathway to prosperity and building a skilled, qualified workforce at home so everyone has opportunity. Making sure the communities our kids grow up in are safe. These are the things i will focus on and prioritize as governor and these are the things i spent the last two years talking about in the state of arkansas. Mr. Jones, you have one minute. Jones thank you to the moderators. Sarah, thank you for being here for the first time. This has always been about...

Heisman trophy. An overwhelming yet controversial choice. Tonight we now have a better idea of why a teenager opened fire at his Colorado High School. The sheriff says karl pierson meant to till as many as he could. Paul beban has the latest from centennial, colorado. Here outside Arapahoe High School another press conference from sheriff Grayson Robertson saying it will be his last, press releases from here on out, but giving tremendous detail and insight into what happened in the events leadin...

More french troops arrive in neighboring mali to launch a offensive against rebel fighters. President barack obama has unveiled the most sweeping gun proposal gun control proposal in the u. S. For two decades. It follows the death of 20 children at last month in one of the worst Mass Shootings in american history. They are urging congress to reinstate a expired ban on assault weapons, limit ammunition background magazines to 10 bullets, mandate background checks for all gun sales, and impose har...

Algerian soldiers have surrounded a gas facility near the border with libya. Two people and killed. Gunmen are holding about 40 people inside. We have spoken with some of the hostages. Its not clear if there were speaking underdress. Duress. The but the photographer decided not to show their faces. This is the gas field where the workers are being held hostage. Its run by british, norwegian, and algerian companies. The nationals are being held from algeria, ireland, japan, france, and the United...