states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of chancellor merkel. is not and will not in the future. those are the key phrases here. so, we re not doing it now and we won t going forward, but did we in the past? has the united states monitored the chancellor s phone calls in the past? nedra, we are not going to publicly comment on every piece of policy and we have made clear that the united states gathers foreign intelligence of the type gathered by all nations. so, no comment on the past. we don t still do it, we won t do it again, but why were we doing it before, and who knew about it? the wall street journal reports now that the nsa was doing this basically on their own? the white house cut off some monitoring programs after learning of them, including the one tracking ms. merkel. this quote suggests that president barack obama went nearly five years as president without knowing his own spies were bugging the phones of other
now to the fight over the secret surveillance by the nsa. a new poll shows the public growing more weary that the government could go too far in its surveillance programs and violate privacy rights. for the first time now, a majority, 56%, now say they are worried the u.s. monitoring programs will go too far. it s the first time it s gotten over 50%. that sentiment reflected last night on the floor when a polarized vote brought together a strange coalition of the very liberal and very conservative. the vote on that bill would have significantly curbed the nsa s data collection program. it was sponsored by michigan republican justin amish who is one of the more defiant members in the house. longtime democrat john conyers joined him and co-sponsored the amendment. the house narrowly defeated the measure. it was 83 democrats joining a majority of republicans to beat the bill. it was so close the house speaker john boehner himself had to cast a vote.
privilege the rejection rate drops to one to three and then you only have one kid with lightning bolts coming out of their head. that s the tradeoff here, chris, when you take a look at what s hapwing these features that are being considered at the moment. parents are trying to do one thing, they re trying to make sure they can protect their kids and kids they want to protect their freedoms in this. teen companies are trying to balance that teng here. this company right here lets parents know where their kids are, but the kid has to hit a button on their phone to allow that to happen. and mymobile watchdog monitors text, e-mails and calls. so, that s some of the balance that they re doing. the company also says here, chris, that their service has resulted in over 300 child predators being arrested or convicted. so, some positive to these monitoring programs. can we go back to the graphic with the lightning bolts coming out of the kid s head. i see an action figure. we were thinki
horrible disaster, but right now the seafood has not been affected. coastal states are putting in monitoring programs to monitor the quality of the seafood, but we don t want people around the country not to buy good gulf shrimp or come to beaches because right now there is no impact. people along the coast make a living in the summer months. jamie: absolutely. they re concerned without a doubt. we have crews and reporters on the ground monitoring that situation of fisheries and such. thank you for the perspective from an environmental science point of view. professor ed overton, nice to see you. thank you. eric: may day rallies taking place in major cities across the country this past weekend. tens of thousands of protesters angry over arizona s new controversial immigration law. looking at protesters who filled the streets in dallas yesterday. throughout the country, emotions are raw about this. both sides of the debate speaking out and making themselves heard. i think it s g
it s throwing more doubt into the whereabouts of the plane and it s 239 passengers and crew members on board. after reaching its last confirmed location of the gulf of thailand, u.s. investigators now believe the boeing 777 was in the air for up to four more hours? meaning the plane may have traveled an additional 2,200 miles or as far as the indian ocean. to the board of pakistan. that information is based on data automatically sent from the plane s engines to the ground from the boeing s 777 monitoring programs. the journal reports, quote, this. u.s. counterterrorism official are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner s transponders to avoid radar dedetectivion.