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Collecting and storing americans personal email address books and instant messaging buddy list. More details on this later in the show. Its wednesday, october 16th. 5 00 p. M. In washington, d. C. I am samesex. You are watching rt. We begin on capitol hill. A deal emerged from the senate after a night of negotiations and after the Credit Rating agency fitch put u. S. Treasury on rating watch negative. A move that usually precedes a credit downgrade. We are on capitol hill. It looks like the deal...

New information about the speed and where it may have gone down. No parent wants to hear your child has autism but you cannot be afraid of the a word. Detecting the autism and they say parents should screen infants as early as 18 months after a new survey shows that autism is on the rise. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, seven days ago many had never heard of the river valley in Washington State but that changed after a devastating mudslide took off oso and leavin...

Fellow americans in their privacy being protected while providing our intelligence agencies with the authorities they need to acquire foreign intelligence that is so important to our National Security. The bill passed by the house last month would make some significant changes to the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that we believe will help us meet these two objectives. Among other provisions, the bill would prohibit bulk collection of information under section 215, the N...

Further ensuring that individuals privacy isnt properly protected without sacrificing operational effectiveness. To that end, we support the usa freedom act as an effective means of addressing the concerns that have been raised about the impact of our activities while preserving the authorities we need for National Security. We are urge this committee to give the house bill serious consideration as expeditiously as possible, consistent with this committees elaborations. We are ready to work with...

The bulk metadata. To be clear, the president called for this transition not because the program was illegal or was being abused, but rather to give the public greater confidence that their privacy is being appropriately protected while maintaining the tools that our intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies need. The bill would also provide Greater Transparency to the public concerning intelligence activities and authorize the Surveillance Court to appoint independent amicus so alternative view...

Former National Security advisor tom donlon and c. E. O. Deputy director is key member of the group that advised the president how to reform the nsa. All that plus our own panel of analysts. 60 years of news, because this is face the nation. Good morning again, the House Intelligence Committee chairman mike rogers has been out front from the beginning defending the nsa programs since they first came under fire, mr. Chairman, welcome. Thank you. Schieffer i want to ask you about the president s s...

Schieffer it wouldnt be summer without a scandal or two and well get analysis on the latest in the Anthony Weiner saga from gather, dee dee myers, and michael gerson, columnist for the washington post. Sports columnist Bob Nightengale of usa today and bill rhoden of the New York Times are here with the latest on the baseball steroid scandal. And well have a report from seth doane, whos just winding up a visit to north korea on the 60th anniversary on the end of the korean war. Spies, scandals, a...

Flooding just keep coming. More deaths in houston as radar shows another storm rolling into town. And then the politics lead for nine years this man was two heartbeats away from the highest office in chbt land. Now former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, republican illinois indicted. Feds say he agreed to pay 3. 5 million to someone to compensate for and hush up something. What possible skeleton could he have in his closet that would take millions of dollars to hide . Good afternoon, everyone. Im j...

United States Senate play far too many games with a piece of legislation critical to the National Security of the United States and Civil Liberties of the american people. We start the hour with nbcs luke russert on the hill. Luke, what is in these changes that the house really objects to here. Reporter well what they say is on may 13th they passed a bill usa freedom act with 338 votes that was overwhelmingly bipartisan. This came after months much painstaking negotiations and the senate has no ...

Of beau biden the son of joe biden who succumb to brain cancer at the age of 46. His death highlights both the dangers of brain cancer that kills an estimated 15,000 adults a year and the tragedies that too often have befallen the biden family. We begin with chris jansing. Reporter beau biden was in some ways just like his father. Good evening. Im beau biden. And joe biden is my dad. Reporter with a familiar name and equally familiar smile. But beau biden was very much his own man. He didnt want...