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>> that's right. so that's sort of like, what's that flying over my listing, right? this really took off, get this, with the bp oil spill. they used drones to basically check out the breadth and width of the bp oil spill. that's when drone usage really took off. now, you're right, the faa is saying, hey, you cannot fly your drones below 400 feet. it's the equivalent to the model airplane rules. but watch this, people doing their dishes suddenly see a drone at bird's eye view. >> but ed, how do you stop them? is the faa kind of powerless? it reminds me of the internet and congress being so behi...

The senate breaking filibusters to fill key cabinet posts. jay johnson was overwhelmingly confirm as homeland security secretary. he's considered a key architect of president obama's anti-terrorism policies including stepped up drone usage in terrorist hot spots. three former penn state administrators will be in court for a pretrial hearing today. they are accused of covering up the jerry sandusky child sex scandal. the defendants each face multiple charges including perjury and failing to report child sexual abuse. sandusky is currently serving a 30 to 60-year sentence for sexually abusing ...

Action around what exactly is going on in the middle east. it doesn't exist. >> there isn't much. we're in washington at least focusing on the next four. we're already talking about iran, strategy there. when we do talk, there has been a reawakening of discussions of drone usage and of actually the kind of completely invisible to most americans actions to take out targets with casualties we would hear about if done by soldiers. we're hearing a little more about the way the war on terror is operated. not as much about afghanistan as we spent -- not just expensive. that was supposed to be the an...

Camera, right to congress, that has oversight for our military. they tear ones who declare war. they're the ones that raise moneys for our military and provide for rules and regulations of our millionth by the constitution, should be able to then see post facto and watch to make sure that we have not gone too far. that's happened before as you know. and so therefore that's when you can review the processes if it has to remain classified. >> representative davis, and not implying here this is a major scandal at all, but the saying does go that the cover-up is always worse than the crime. >> rig...

Overseas. the approval through the roof, 83%. we look at drone attacks against americans suspected of terrorist activity. again it's through the roof here, approval at 79% . does the white house have a lot to answer for when it comes to what type of program they've been running and the fact there have not been checks and balances in place for the last several years in regard to what some would say is an overused program? >> well, i think the white house is correct in its drone usage, even against a u.s. citizen who has decided to turn his or her arms against us. as a matter of fact u.s. law pe...