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Data collection by the nsa and others say until there is proof of abuse this is necessary. where do you come down? >> i think its problematic any time you have the federal government collecting thatch data on every american out there. its one thing to say well, its just a few pieces of data here or there but you can tell a lot about somebody when you collect information on who they are calling and who is calling them every single day for months or for years at a time. when you leave within a par...

Did have authority over the guard in his state, but not more authority than federal law and the u.s. department of defense and the president of the united states. on june 26th of this year, the supreme court threw out the federal law that forbid federal recognition of marriages by same-sex couples. that same day as the ruling, the u.s. defense department announced that it would take all necessary steps to bring defense department policies and practices in compliance with the ruling. so the rulin...

And the president of the united states. on june 26th of this year, the supreme court threw out the federal law that forbid federal recognition of marriages by same-sex couples. that same day as the ruling, the u.s. defense department announced that it would take all necessary steps to bring defense department policies and practices in compliance with the ruling. so the ruling was the end of june. by mid-august, the defense department announced that their computer systems and their operating proc...

In every state, the governor is technically the commander in chief of his or her states national guard. but the guard is part of the united states military. and so, yeah, governor wallace did have authority over the guard in his state, but not more authority than federal law and the u.s. department of defense and the president of the united states. on june 26th of this year, the supreme court threw out the federal law that forbid federal recognition of marriages by same-sex couples. that same da...

Controls apparently were consistent with recommended settings. pilots in that deadly asiana crash last month in san francisco also using auto pilot and auto throttle. investigators are looking now at whether the operating procedures -- theyre looking at the auto procedures, i should say, to see what went wrong. heather: heres some good news for you. one pennsylvania based toy company is bucking a decades-old trend by making its toys almost entirely in the u.s. and then selling them to china. a r...

We were just fortunate no one got hit. >> god almighty. that hit right there. >> you okay? >> yeah, im fine. it took out the front of my vehicle. >> are you serious? >> yeah. >> there was some other pieces ended up hitting the ground. theres one of them. you can see by the size of my shoe how big that is. >> the blast leaves its mark on the first responders of this small texas town. >> it was the closest call ive had. weve had some hair-raising experiences. this one stands out from the rest of t...

Im talking about 20 foot long pieces of pipe that come through there like helicopter blades. we were just fortunate no one got hit. >> god almighty. that hit right there. >> you okay? >> yeah, im fine. it took out the front of my vehicle. >> are you serious? >> yeah. >> there was some other pieces ended up hitting the ground. theres one of them. you can see by the size of my shoe how big that is. >> the blast leaves its mark on the first responders of this small texas town. >> it was the closest...

Weight of the plane. >> normal approach with an aircraft like this and then touching down and then going like that straight across your runway. >> i just saw you tip that nose up a bit. is it -- always remains upwards? >> should be up and that nose gear would be the last to touch down. >> whats troubling, in the final four seconds the ntsb says the plane shifted from two degrees nose up to three degree nose down. >> does this open the door at all to the possibility of human error? >> well, there...

Its used in identification of mass disaster victims and innocence project and paternity testing as well. >> is the dna profiling and comparison method using str youre going to talk about that your lab uses accepted in this scientific community as being reliable? >> yes, it is. >> is your lab, fdle, been accredited and been through all the hoops in terms of their accreditations or findings that theyre proficient, et cetera? >> yes. we are an accredited laboratory. >> i want to talk about the labo...

The standard operating procedures and when the speech is determined to be natural we would check the other aspects of conditions. for example, the duration must be at least 30 seconds after blank was removed. usually we can do meaningful analysis if the voice sample is 30 seconds, one minute, maybe up to three minutes or so. after three minutes the performance hits the ceiling. when the speech sample drops down to 14 seconds the examiner has to conclude the voice is -- the duration is not good e...