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the president responded today to growing criticism about the government's new health care website, problems, glitches, left many americans unable to sign up for health insurance. what can be done to fix it. today the president promised solutions and soon, but there are many questions. mike viqueira joins us live from washington. mike what was the president's message? >> reporter: at this point there is no denying there is many problems with that online marketplace. today the president took to the rose garden to promise that those problems are going to get fixed. the president played pitch man in chief of the new healthcare law. >> here is the bottom line. the product, the health

insurance is good. the prices are good. it is a good deal. people don't just want it. they are showing up to buy it. >> reporter: but if mr. obama knows how many people have succeeded in signing up, he isn't saying. >> there's no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow. people have been getting stuck during the application process. and i think it's fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than i am. >> reporter: he suggested applying for the exchanges the old fashioned way. >> the phone nba is 1-800-318-2596 -- >> please say the same of the state you are calling about. >> reporter: maryland. we called the number moments after the president spoke, but there were problems there too.

the president just said to call this 800 number if you are having problems with the website. >> yes, sir. due to the high volume, we are having problems with our program right now. >> so i need to fill out that application online before i speak with you on the phone? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: republicans are now turning their fire on the website's rocky rollout. >> they have had three or four years to get this ready. god only knows how much money they have spent, and it's a failure. >> this problem is ridiculous. >> reporter: the administration has brought? outside experts, a tech surge of the best and brightest. the deadline to sign up is march of next year or face a fine.

>> the law is clear if you do not have access to affordable health insurance you will not be asked to pay a penalty. we're focused on making sure that millions of americans do have access to affordable health insurance. >> reporter: problems have reached such a state that consumer online has advised its vibe -- subscribers to stay away from healthcare.org until they can get it ironed out. >> mike viqueira at the house. thanks. . in our next half hour we talk to a technology expect about the problems, and what it will take to fix them. 28 countries are meeting in ukraine.

also on the agenda, attempting to put together a peace conference on the syrian crisis. new leaders gathering just as new allegations of u.s. spying on its ally france appeared in the newspaper. >> reporter: the timing could not have been worse as u.s. secretary of state john kerry stepped off of the plane in parent he was emimmediately embroiled in an embarrassing controversy between the u.s. and france. the nsa has spied on millions of french citizens. not only suspected terrorists but also leading political and business figures. at the end of a day of rapid developments, mr. kerry offered this explanation. >> as president obama said very clearly in a recent speech that we gave just a few weeks, he said we in the united states are

currently reviewing the way that we gather intelligence. and i think that's appropriate. and our goal is always to try to find the right balance between protecting the security and the privacy of our citizens. >> reporter: earlier the us in had prompted this angry response from the french foreign minister. >> translator: i have summoned the u.s. ambassador, he will come to the foreign ministry this morning. he knew about this since june, and we already took action, but it seems we need to take it further. it's unacceptable, and we need to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: this was supposed to be the day that john kerry briefed officials about progress in the middle east, instead he is facing new questions about u.s. spying on allies. only last month, mr. kerry was

describing france as america's oldest ally. but these latest revelations would have sent a chill through us-french relations. according to the newspaper, 70.3 million phone calls were intercepted in a 30-day period after january this year. the french public are shocked. >> translator: the french authorities were not informed then america must be held accountable. >> translator: to target a specific individual that is potentially dangerous, but to target the whole population, that's is a problem. >> reporter: the documents came from edward snowden who has been given a haven in russia. he is wanted onnest -- espionage charges in the united states. >> joining us now is julian

sanchez. julian welcome back. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> 70 million telephone calls from french folks in a month. what is the u.s. collecting? >> the article is a little bit vague about what exactly is collected there. it talked about records of phone data being created and watch lists being used to trigger automatic recording. it's not clear that's 70 million phone calls, but the way that nsa surveillance has always worked, the model is, especially when you are dealing with communications in a foreign language, is to have a wide aperture, so suck in a whole lot of stuff and filter through it later. what that means is very often you are targeting whole big blocks or regions and then going through afterwards and throwing

out the stuff that doesn't meme useful. they do things like key word analysis, voice print analysis, and that involving sucking in an enormous amount of data on the front end. it is surprising that they were able to do this without the french's government's knowledge. i wonder if this is really case. >> is 70 million -- analyzing or backing up 70 million communications from people in france an balanced approach in your opinion? >> it's hard to see any balance here. when you talk about the realestic capabilities of the groups we're dealing with. this is the kind of approach that you can call balanced only if you prevent people from seeing the scales. >> right.

we don't know what the information is being used for. isn't that a part of the problem? >> yeah. they because talk about terrorism when they try to sell these powers, but it is foreign intelligence broodly. which can mean foreign economic development, and only a relatively tiny fraction is real terrorist threats? >> are the french doing the same thing, spying on us? >> i don't know if they are spying on us. they are certainly spying on their citizens. he said france does have kind of an nsa-style surveillance operation. so a lot of the countries that are -- you know, complaining about these recent set of revelations either are doing

very similar things or are cooperating with the u.s. when they can do so in secret. >> so are we just to a point now where this sort of thing is becoming acceptable or not? >> well, i hope -- it clearly isn't acceptable to the public once it is made public. we can tell that people aren't satisfied with that, in the same way that we wouldn't accept in the u.s. being told that china or france or any other country is intercepting our communications -- >> but we'll accept our own country doing it so far? >> well, we'll see. there's an incredible push back. we say don't worry americans it's only foreigners we are spying on without restriction.

france didn't get to vote on whether that would be spied on. >> julian it is great to talk to you. thanks very much. >> thanks. authorities are investigating another school shooting today. a 13-year-old student shot two students, then killed the teacher before turning the gun on himself. the school ises and four miles east of reno. melissa chen joins us now with more. >> reporter: we know very little, but we know the incident took place at 7:16 am about 15 minutes before school was about to shot. the student shot and killed one teacher, a math teacher, a very popular teacher, and people are saying he was a hero, because he

was asking the student to put down the gun when he himself got shot. >> the student was pointing a gup at the teacher after the teacher told him to put it down. and then the student fired a shot at the teacher, and the teacher fell and everyone ran away. and while we were running we heard about four or five more shots. >> reporter: in addition the two students who were injured, one was shot in the shoulder, the other in the abdomen, they were taken to the hospital in critical situation. their situation was upgraded shortly thereafter to fair and serious condition. >> preliminary right now, that less than three-minute time frame by the time the first officers arrived on scene, the shooting -- the incident was over. >> reporter: and so you can well see that there is very little

information that we have. this is early days and as is the case with a lot of these incidents there are more questions than answers. we know the school is closed for the rest of the week. we're not sure if it is going to open next week. and just to put a little bit of context in this, this is the 16th school shooting in the country so far this year. >> all right. militia chen reporting from nevada. thank you very much. management and transit workers in san francisco are talking again. negotiations resumed earlier today. later in the program we'll have a live update on the status of the talks. wedding bells are ringing across new jersey today. >> i now pronounce you loving partners in matrimony.

>> reporter: these two say life as a couple with three children just got a lot easier. >> our kids can now say, yeah, my parents are married. >> reporter: until this ceremony their relationship was only recognized as a partnership. now that are entitled to health care, survivorship and joint tax filings. >> we have been trying to figure out how to be two women with three children and how to deal with our tax returns for years. and i think our tax attorney has a lot of work to figure it out as well. >> reporter: the new jersey governor said he opposes same-sex marriages but would not

continue to oppose them. >> from his standpoint it's smart politically. from my standpoint from the lbgt community and residents who supported this, it wouldn't have made a difference in the end. marriage equality is here to say, and the governor recognized that. >> reporter: meredith and leona were legally married in new york, but for many tying the knot in new jersey meant a lot to them. >> speak now or forever hole your peace. >> this is unlawful in the eyes of god. >> well, sir -- well, sir -- would you please remove that person. >> the struggles continue. i mean we're married and happy

to be so, but it's not legal in all states in the united states, and there are a lot of people who -- who still even in the states where it's legal don't believe that it's correct or proper. >> reporter: more couples had hoped to get married on monday, the first day same-sex marriages become legal in the garden state. but they must wait at least 72 hours after applying for a marriage certificate. i'm meteorologist kevin corriveau. it is going to get chilly tonight across the northern planes. we're parts of north dakota as well.

what is going to happen is that is going to slide down here towards the southeast and we could possibly get between four to six inches. we think iowa to illinois could be the problem there. >> all right. kevin thank you. brush fires in australian mountains why authorities are worried about the danger of a mega fire. jpmorgan reportedly agreed to the largest settlement in history between a bank and the u.s. government. "america tonight". >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected.

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associating a several for several weeks now. jonathan betz looks at where that money could go. >> reporter: it is a record $13 billion settlement for jpmorgan and here is how it could potentially break down. $4 billion for freddy mac and fanly may. $5 billion in penalties to the government, and $4 billion to homeowners. so who will actually get this money? early looks points to people who are behind on their payments and underwater. there are a chance that people who have been foreclosed upon could get a cash payout. analysts point out $4 billion for home owners is not nearly as big as it might seem.

still supporters say it is certainly a step in the right direction. stock ended this monday mixed. weighing in on the market lackluster earnings from mcdonald's. investors also seemed reluctant to make any big bets ahead of tuesday's monthly jobs report. the numbers are usually afford around the first friday of the month, but they were delayed more than two weeks by the government shutdown. >> the economy has been adding jobs but at a very close pace. the unemployment rate has developed because people drop out of the work force more than getting unemployment payments being made. >> we'll have complete coverage

of the september jobs report tomorrow mon -- morning. newly released video appears to show kenyan soldiers luting after the mall attack. >> reporter: without fanfare or formality relatives and friends of those who died at the westgate mall marked a month since the attack. >> in the aim of allah -- >> reporter: it was a dignified ceremony. with almost 79 victims the pain crossed ethnic, cultural, and religious values. this woman bothed her nephew and his fiance. >> what they did was to be united even more.

and that is the spirit that we want to echo for this nation. >> reporter: kenya has seen attacks before but the indiscriminate killing and blood spread have shaken the country. kenyans unofficially praised the solders. but the latest pictures show the soldiers carrying shopping bags out of the supermarket. an act that most see as luting. and a profound violation of trust. back at the ceremony, one month later, families celebrated the lives of those killed. they planted trees, one for each of the victims, but the questions still haunt them.

this couple's son was the first to die. >> reporter: the act of terrorism, people who are inhumane, who have no value for life, who have no direction, people who do not concern us over anything, they just kill us. they are not affray -- afraid to kill everybody. >> reporter: the garden will grow as the authorities uncover more bodies. -- ceremony was very much about honoring the victims. but questions will inevitably resurface as the family and countries search for the truth about what happened at westgate.

firefighters in australia are trying to prevent several fires into merging in one big fire. dry strong winds are in the forecast for this week. well jessica taft is here with sports, and one of the greatest baseball managers of a generation is hanging it up, right? >> yeah, absolutely. jim leyland has decided to step down as the manager of the tigers. he has lead the organization that had lost 12 seasons before his arrival to two world series appearances and three division titles. the 68-year-old said he is not retiring.

he just doesn't want to be in the dugout anymore. he has been in baseball for 50 seasons. and in football the season is over for quarterback sam bradford. here ishe play in yesterday's loss to the panthers. he has an acl injury in his left knee. he is just 18-30-1 in his three and a half years in the nfl. that is a look at your sports headlines at that hour. i'm jessica taft. we'll have plenty more on al jazeera america after the break.

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york, and here are the top stories. police are searching for a motive after a shoot schooling at a middle school in sparks, nevada. two people are dead. a student shot kailed a teacher and then turned the gun on himself. witnesses say the teacher was trying to protect students when he died. new spying allegations have

emerged about the national security agency. the nsa intercepted phone calls and text messages in france about 70 million times in just a month. the report came just as secretary of state john kerry arrived in paris for a meeting. president obama folk with france's president this afternoon and acknowledged there are legitimate questions on this issue, and in the rose garden today . . . >> let me remind everybody the affordable care act is not just a website. it's much more. >> president obama lashes out at critics, and says the white house is working hard to fix the website glitches. many americans say they are interested in visiting the federal healthcare exchange website, and those who managed to get on to the site say it hasn't been such a bad

experience. 22% of uninsured americans say they have visited the health care exchange and another 42% intend to do so. 56% said they health heal health -- healthcare.gov easy to you. about 40% said the opposite. david thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> what is the problem with the website? >> i think anyone who claims to know the problem even if they are working on the website themselves is not to be trusted. because one thing you learn in software engineering is one problem can mask another. so peeling off the layers can take longer than you think. >> senator john mccain said what the united states needs to do is

get a big plane, and load it up with the top techs from silicone valley and bringing them to washington to fix the problem. would that be a fix? >> it would be a fix. if it were possible. >> who worked on this website and what went wrong? >> well, i would point to a problem in management, coordination, procurement and contracting. what happened was -- it was -- the entire website was contracted out to something like 55 different contractors -- >> that just right there sounds like a huge mistake. >> i would say that, yes, you definitely have too many cooks in the kitchen -- >> why would anybody do that? >> it's the consequence of procurement today where you have embedded contractors that bid on

these contracts years in advance, and get tied into contracts that can never be rescinded and kr cohave cost overruns, and they bilk the government of money -- [ technical difficulties ] >> other problems that you can tell? >> yeah, in addition you also have the issue that these contractors built pieces that had to speak to private insurers who may themselves had antiquated systems that needed to communicate. so what you had was a huge crazy quilt of systems speaking to one another, and no one directing them. >> you could assume that when you have 50 contractors and the millions and millions of dollars that were spent on this, that somebody would have tested it and figured out it wasn't ready for prime time. >> all software has bugs and all

product launches have problems, but any failure at this level should have been anticipated -- >> that's why you beta test, right? or not? >> even more beta tests. the sorts of problems they are seeing were probably known to some people were rollout. >> so it is fixable? >> i think it is fixable by the right people. how much can they override the bad process in place, bring in the best and brightest -- >> who are the right people? do you want to name a few? >> well, i have worked with plenty of them. >> yes. >> they are mostly employees these days and would never ever work for the government or these contractors, because they have terrible reputations -- >> but their government needs

them. >> yes, and that speaks to the need for government reform. the way that procurement and contracting and privatization have evolved here, it has become a very toxic process, and why would a programmer want to get involved in that? >> all right. david, let's good to see you. thank you for joining us. secretary of state john kerry has been meeting with foreign ministers in paris, pushing for the establishment of transitional government in syria. >> it's very hard to see how iran can be constructive in their abscess to come -- for the purpose of the negotiation. so they accept geneva one and want to be constructive in

helping set up a transition government, that's a different issue. >> kerry said syrian president has manage to hold on to power because of support he is still getting from iran and the lebanese group hezbollah. a female suicide bomber attacked a bus in russia today. dash cam video captured the moment as the bus exploded south of moscow. officials say the bomber was a 30-year-old woman from a muslin region of the country. the bombing is raising concerns of stepped up violence in the months before russia hosts the winter olympics. transit talks are back underway with an official says they hope to have service restored as early as tomorrow.

thousands of commuters have been facing jammed roads and long bus lines. while both sides investigate, the transportation safety board is investigating this weekend's deadly accident. lisa any update on this afternoon's talk between bart and the union workers? >> reporter: yes, we have spoken with both sides in the last hour. and they would both like to reach an agreement tonight. if the agreement could come within the next 20 minutes, bart says it could save the morning commute. bart needs about 13 to 18 hours to get the trains ready for a commute. a union spokesperson said before

the weekend the two sides were apart on about five or six issues, and now they are close, but just two proposals remain. >> this is about everybody. this is somebody an employer who is willing to force a strike and a crisis in the community to not give in on the issues of safety, the 8-hour day and good working conditions. >> reporter: a bart spokesperson tells me after the accident this weekend where a bart train killed two bart employees, both sides redoubled efforts to try to reach an agreement. john? >> reporter: lisa what is the situation now with the commute? is it another difficult night? >> reporter: for the commute, yes, it's a difficult night in terms of people finding other

ways to get home. the roads have been gridlocked since about 4:00 this afternoon. one man woke up five hours earlier than he needed to be there to try to get on a bus, and some of the buses were full. >> thanks very much, lisa. california has been given another additional month to find a solution to the overcrowding prison populations. over the summer the judges said california state prisons still had 9600 more inmates than allowable. a battle over abortion and women's rights is being fought in texas. planned parenthood and others are trying to stop the strict abortion laws from taking place

next week. >> reporter: state attorneys are defending a new law that would require abortion doctors have admitting privileges within three miles of their clinic. >> they are doing it to put abortion providers out of business. >> reporter: the attorneys contend the restrictions violate a women's constitutional right. >> no other medical specialty is forced to deal with these rules. >> reporter: meanwhile the state of texas say the restrictions protect women's health and protect the unborn life. thousands of protesters on both sides rallied on the capitol. the debate culminated in a

13-hour filibuster. >> after five months, that's a long time. >> the law's authors have said they wish to end -- abortions n texas. it is estimated that 22,000 texas women will lose access to abortion each other as a result. >> that puts low-income women, and women in smaller communities, that puts their health at risk. >> reporter: without the courts intervention many more clinics are expected to close. turning now to washington, d.c., joie chen standing by to tell us what is coming up on "america tonight" at the top of the hour. hi, joie. >> hey, diop, tonight we have a really big story about the one

that very nearly got away, the story of one of the great treasures of the desert. archaeological experts tell us that this is one of the last few spots in the world where there are still discoveries to be made. unfortunately profit tiered have moved in. >> i got a phone call from an attorney that doesn't ever call me. and he says here is the deal. i have a friend of mine who went to law school for me. and he is the private attorney for mongolia, and they are going to file a suit against a man who

has these phones. >> we'll look for that, joie, thank you very much. hip hop diplomacy, break dancing a message of peace. ♪ news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the boarder. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america.

pollution levels have hit a dangerous level in one of china's cities. small particle solution is at record 40 times higher than international safety standards. winter usually brings poor conditions to the area because

of the weather and burning of coal. from iraq to the united states members of the first step crew in bagdad are traveling to the u.s. to spread their message that art can create peace. detroit is one of their stops. >> reporter: on a sunday afternoon the sounds of hip hop music emanate from the walls of the national museum in dear born, michigan. and these young men who traveled here from iraq are taking center stage. ♪ >> reporter: they call themselves the step crew. it's a group of six men in their early 20s who have embraced urban american hip hop culture through dance. >> it's an opportunity that i just can't express. we're really thankful for the opportunity. >> reporter: he was first introduced to hip hop through an

african american u.s. soldier serving in a small town north of bagdad in 2006. it was a brief onetime encounter that changed his life. >> he was like come here. and he goes like watch. i go, like how did this get up? you know? it was something that really inspired me. >> reporter: six years later he and his dance mates made their way to the u.s., and auditioned for a nonprofit in st. louis missouri that provides dance training to young people from around the world. after 12 months of training, the group emerged with new steps and a name. the step crew is now displaying their talents across the us. some of them literally risked

their lives to break dance in their iraqi homeland where just dancing in a public park could make them a target for extremists. but they believe that hip hop is art. >> these guys, especially the two from bagdad have been using hip hop as a way to -- get a positive message to young people, and try to find ways to go beyond ethnicity and confessional differences and find a way to uniform around a common art form. >> i guess it's inspiring to express myself more, because it's different here than iraq. so just imagine if they could do it, i could do it too. >> it's what hip hop is. it brings people together. >> reporter: they will spend next week performing in both

boston and new york. they hope to one day share what they learned back in iraq. it was big news in the nfl a legendary baseball management steps down. >> yeah, we got a little bit of everything tonight. the tigers were in a dead spin for 12 seasons, they finally coaxed jim leyland out of retirement and he brought the team back to their winning ways, and now he is stepping down. leyland say he is not ready to retire from baseball, simply his position in the dugout. he was emotional too when he was addressing the media, following his talk about his career in

baseball that extended 50 years and started in detroit. >> i have been blessed. this organization will move on. i think he is the best baseball executive in the business. to all of those people in the front office, i love ya -- i probably didn't spend as much time with you as i could, but i was thinking about you, and i know how hard you work. and i appreciate everything you do for me, and your loyalty to me. and i can't imagine the true hopes i have had in the last eight years. to be retired from managing, and get a back to come back and manage this organization is -- is an unbelievable thrill. >> a lot of love there. the fall class sick set and the first pitch is just two days

away. game 6 would have been legendary but for all of the wrong reasons. but this year's red sox keeps on coming. and since the american league won the all-star game, that means the red sox get home field advantage. both the cardinals and boston red sox have won two world series championships in the last ten years, with the red sox beating st. louis in 2004 and winning again in 2007. the cards won in 2006 and 2007, and this will mark the fourth time in history that these two franchises will meet in the world series. the cardinals hold a 2-1 edge in the other meetings. bud adams, jr. has passed

away in his home. he founded the houston oilers, he controversially moved them to tennessee and changed the name to the titans. he oversaw 21 playoff teams during his tenure. he is also credited with helping form the american football league in 1960, and shaping what is now the nfl today. keeping with the nfl theme, sam bradford's 2013 year is over. he tore his acl in his left knee. there -- week seven in the nfl is almost complete, and we have seen many injuries to key players. i spoke with anita marks on her

thoughts on who she thinks will be standing on top of the podium at the ebb of the season. >> obviously looking ahead at week 8, we're looking at all of the standings, and who is the best team in the nfl right now, a lot of people would say it's the kansas city chiefs because they are undefeated, but you have got to go with the seahawks. there's no payton manning on their squad that is putting the team on their shoulders. they are smart quarterbacks, they don't turn the ball over often, and they manage ball games. and they have great rushing attacks. and they have two of the best defenses in the nfl. now also they have had growth home-field advantage. the two most difficult places to

play in the nfl is quest field for the see hawks and arrowhead stadium. but the see hawks will get percy harvin back this coming week. i think he is going to come back after the bye week, but he is a game changer. he can help out on special teams. he can really help that offense, and he is a game changer. i think the road to the super bowl through the nfc goes through seattle, nobody is going to be able to win on the west coast, and i think they win the super bowl this year. >> there you go. for much more on go to aljazeera.com and click on the sports page. the giants are looking for their first win of the season. minnesota has a new qb there

under center. the net score is 3-0 giants. >> all right. jessica good to see you. kevin is back with the weather right after this. >>introduces... "america tonight". >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. what happens when social media

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hello. again. earlier john was mentioning the pollution going on in china. we had mentioned this last week as well. i want to take you to this website, it's airqualityindexcn.org that gives the hourly readings of what is happening in china. look at the difference between japan, south korea, and china. this is fairly decent air over here. anything red, purple or deep red indicates hazardous or extremely hazardous pollution. anything up to 500 is where it cuts off. what we saw was actually four times the hazardous level in the region. it's anything down here towards beijing and shanghai.

if you are traveling to china you may want to check out this website, because it is very, very dangerous in this part of the world. we're now following typhoon francisco. last week's storm brought a lot of problems to japan. this one, we think is going to weaken considerably over the next day. we're going to see a track of the storm very close to japan, but nothing in terms of landslides and flooding and mud slides. we do have some warnings and advisories out. freeze warnings really for parts of wisconsin, illinois, indiana, also towards iowa. that is going to of course go into the night and we'll see the temperatures dropping considerably. this doesn't factor in the wind

chill. you see a low in chicago of about 32 degrees. with the wind chill it will feel more like about 21 degrees. so that will be a problem for us there. here across the new england area, we have showers coming in to play. this is the front that is also going to be bringing rain to new york and boston on wednesday evening. so for the first world series game, i think we'll have rain until about 7:00 p.m. that's a look at your national weather. >> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm john siggen that will, and

here are the top stories. >> despite all of that, thousands of people are signing up and saving money as we speak. >> president obama defends the affordable healthcare act, and he said that a team of experts are working on the website to fix the glitches. the nsa is spying on perhaps, and that outrages officials in paris remain they intercepted phonecalls and sex messages 71 times in one month alone. it comes as secretary of state, john kerry,