>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. critical shorming, california takes emergency action, with water levels running dangerously low. >> climb through only to see that i was actually in her bedroom and she was in bed with half the building on top of her. >> return to northridge. look back to the devastating california quake 20 years ago and what has changed. cyberin security. the president changes the rules but the spying will go on. there's gold in those mountains, cinematic gold by those at sundance.

the film festival at 30. and we begin with the drought emergency that's in effect tonight in california. the governor telling citizens they need to be prepared to cut back on their use of water, and that it could be that way for a long time. the announcement comes on the heels of a wildfire still burning in the foothills of los angeles. >> it's important to know we still remain guarded january 17th, it still feels like it's summertime. and so we guardedly, guard it as we continue to move forward, as we still continue to have that offshore wind push, that we're dealing with. >> the fire has already charred 2,000 acres. some residents still can't go back to their homes tonight. the governor says california could be facing the worse drought on record.

melissa chan joins us from willits, one town suffering from this drought, melissa. >> john up here in northern california the challenge is not so much fires but a water shortage. we're here in willits, because this is the first town in the state to have mandatory water rationing. families have to cut back and limit themselves to 150 gallons per family of 4. part of the reasons is willits began looking at its reservoirs and realized they had only 100 days of water left. they decided to respond to it. earlier we were at the reservoir in willits, we were able to walk where there was usually plenty of water. they told us where we were standing would usually be 16

feet of water above us. a dire situation and for the residents here the governor's dlaifertion of -- declaration a state of emergency couldn't have come sooner, john. >> how are they enforcing those rules? >> what we found out when we spoke to officers they are actually quite busy dealing with another problem in this part of the state which is marijuana plantations. illegal marijuana plantations have flourished in the past ten years and there is a connection to the drought. a lot of residents here actually blame these marijuana plantations, for the irrigation. these massive amounts of marijuana taking from rivers and ponds and streams and a lot of residents are upset about these, and they really will have to depend on residents enforcing

that themselves. because they are busy dealing with other issues. >> in other parts of california agriculture may suffer as well. is there a sense how the farmers are going to have to deal with this other than marijuana farmers? >> well john, that's a very good question because aside from that illegal problem, they are telling us this is heavily agricultural, there are vin yards here. and there has been a shift in the past decade here of of more seasonal crops, vineyards but also trees, almond trees, pistachio trees. they have become more lucrative for farmers. farmers have to make an initial investment and wait four or five years before they can cash in on the crops. part of the problem when you have crops it throws a major

curve ball, just to keep these trees alive. john. >> all right, melissa chan in willits, california. thank you. this is the at which time anniversary of the northridge quake. a lot has changed since then including technology that could give people a warning. jennifer london explains. >> when the earthquake hit. at 4:31 we were sound asleep. the thing that woke me up was my wife screaming. the volume of the earthquake was horrendous and then it suddenly stopped and it was like there was this death silence for about a second and then you could start hearing everybody screaming in the complex. >> 20 years ago robin dunn woke up in the northridge earthquake's epicenter. his three story building pan caimecaked on top of him.

the fire department drove past us, thinking it was a two-story building. >> dunn was a gas company technician so he turned off the company's gas main, and dug in the rubble to try to reach an elderly neighbor. >> i climbed through only to see i was in her bedroom with her in bed, with tons of debris on top of her. >> the northridge earthquake killed 57, 2700 were left homeless. the magnitude 6.7 quake had no warning but two decades later -- >> we really dodged a but. >> thomas says there's a system that could give californians a

heads up before the shaking starts. the system would send an alert to your smartphone showing you where the quake began and how soon it will reach your location, as well as the duration and intensity of the shaking you can expect. >> the thing people don't like about earthquakes is when it starts to shake, you have no idea when it's going to come. this system is going to tell you, relax and enjoy it, it's okay. >> a similar system is already online and working in japan. here in california it's still only a prototype. heaton has an idea why it's not in use here. >> if washington, d.c. had been destroyed by an earthquake we would have had a system long ago. >> resigninresign refining a syt gives californians something they haven't had before, a time to prepare. >> it's the ability to turn something that's useful to

everybody else. >> a warning system that today would give me a 45-second head start would be beneficial. >> an understatement from a survivor of the most deadly earthquake to hit california in 20 years. jennifer london, al jazeera, northridge, california. >> now to president obama's plan to change the way the country spies in the u.s. and around the world. he responded to critics after thousands of nsa documents were leaked to journalists over seven week. mike viqueria has more from the white house. >> after months of controversy and deliberations, the presidential deferred and kicked these to congress. perhaps the most significant change the president put forward how the government handles that metadata the record of millions and millions of telephone

communication. while admitting legitimate concerns about potential abuse, he defended nsa programs. >> we can't unilaterally disarm our intelligence. the power of new technologies means that there are fewer and fewer technical constraints on what we can do. that places a special obligation on us to ask tough questions about what we should do. >> addressing the most controversial program, the president says he wants to end government collection and storage of americans' telephone records suggesting a third party outside government retain it or have the phone companies hold it themselves. but even mr. obama sees potential challenges to both approaches and both would take time to get off the ground. in the meantime the president said he will take immediate

steps. starting now each request for data must undergo review from the foreign intelligence surveillance court. the president will not stop the fbi from issuing national security letters, request from information from private companies with no judicial review. but he does propose more public disclosure of their use. mr. obama also wants a new advocate for the right to prieives on the secret fisa court. the president says he will put an end to the practice unless there is a, quote, compelling national security purpose. >> and the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if i want to know what they think on an issue, i'll pick up the phone and call them rather than turning to surveillance. >> the president are criticized

edward snowden. >> if any individual objects to government policy can take it into their own hands to publicly disclose classified information then we will knot be able to keep our people save -- not be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy. >> and congress will have to sign off on a lot of this. reaction is mixed at this point. those on the left the president's national a-- natural allies. libertarians on the right meanwhile in the libertarian wing of the republican party say the president's proposals fall far short of the mark. back to you. >> mike viqueria thank you. david aueerbach, welcome. what did you think of the president's speech? >> i was somewhat disappointed and somewhat unimpressed.

he didn't go as far as he had asked in august. >> what was missing? >> he was addressing only one of the literally dozens of programs, the section 215 phone records collection. he did not address at all the issue of mass collection of actual e-mails, mass collection of 200 million text extion marijuana per day, the hacking of google and yahoo's data centers to collect e-mail accounts. none was mentioned in his speech. >> how would you address that? >> i think there needs to be an open conversation about what surveillance is and is not legal because by all appearances a lot of what the nsa is doing really is illegal. and throwing a bone to one program, to sort of enshrine its legality, while leaving these other programs in the air and not mentioning them in the

speech today. >> what is mentioned is the fisa court and that overseeing body. obviously you don't think that's enough. >> the fisa court had no knowledge of what was going on, the fisa court was used in section 115 but the fisa court consists of 11 judges hand picked by chief justice john roberts someone with whom obama himself says he disagrees with many civil liberty issues. you are looking at a secret court with no advocacy for the adversary that has, at most, i believe, a 1% rate of rejecting warrant applications. so there's still this question of whether this court is actually providing meaningful oversight even in the cases where it is used.

>> david auerbach, good to see you. started with one man and millions of top secret documents. david shuster has the story. >> he is one of the most famous whistle blowers in decades. yet edward snowden began his leaks just seven months ago. on june the 5th glen greenwald reported in the guardian that the national security agency had been collecting the phone records of millions of verizon phone customers. next day the washington post revealed details of an internet surveillance program. nine companies including google, facebook and apple had been giving nsa direct access to all user data. die phi ant president obama said the math was simple. >> you can't have 100% security and also 100% privacy around

zero inconvenience. >> a few days later, snowden took to the air waves and identified himself as the former nsa contractor fueling the now public debate. >> i sitting at my desk certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone. even if you are doing nothing wrong you are being watched and recorded. >> and added that nearly anything can be held indefinitely. >> the storage capacity of these systems increases every year. >> the british verg of the nsa known as the gchq had intercepted communications of world leaders in 2009. another guardian story reported that the gchq was working with the nsa to track data around the globe and the nsa was secretly helping to pay for it. the washington post reported the agency had broken its own

privacy obligations more than 2700 times. president obama insisted edward snowden was no patriot. >> mr. snowden is accused of 27 felonies. he can appear here and make his case. >> in october a german newspaper reported that snowden documents appeared to indicate that u.s. intelligence agencies had been listening to cell phone calls of german chancellor angela merkel. then main communication links for yahoo and google. the story underscored the nsa's ability to spy on packed powerhouses without their knowledge. at the end of the year snowden told the washington post he had already won because as many leaks had fueled a vigorous and high profile public debate. david shuster, al jazeera.

>> later on jake ward will show us how tech companies make money with your data online. now to cyber-attacks. stores and commerce at risk as hackers continue to strike. mark schneider reports. >> it's looking more like target and neiman's aren't the only retailers hackers are going after. cybersecurity firm intel crawler, says it has alerted other retailers about breaches. six that have not been named. it's the same type of software that was used to steal millions of customers information from target. >> atm, cash, that's it. i can't do no other way. >> you have an atm card but you don't use it at the store? >> i don't trust it, people can walk by the scanner and get your information. i don't do that anymore.

>> a cybersecurity firm out of dallas isite partners, said it began noticing the malwear. sends out the stolen information and deletes the files but the firm won't say if that specific information attacked target neiman's or other retailers. characterize a new identified malwear associated with point of sale investigations, they put out an information to retailers on how to protect. suggesting copy cats will use similar and easy to find software to steal from comerdz. mark schneider, al jazeera dallas. >> up next, it was considered the safe restaurant. now a coordinated attack takes a

heavy toll in averages tonight.

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giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> a taliban suicide bomber attacked a popular restaurant in kabul afghanistan yesterday. four u.n. workers were among the 16 people who were killed. jane ferguson has the story. >> three attackers targeted the restaurant at close to 7:30 on a friday night when it was likely to be at its busiest. first was wearing a suicide vest which he detonated at the door of the restaurant. allowing the other two to enter with automatic weapons, opening fire on diners. it is unclear if many of the diners even managed to escape.

we just returned from the area where they were still taking bodies away. now this restaurant was extremely popular with diplomats, u.n. staff and high ranking afghan officials because it was considered to be one of the few safe restaurants in the city. it had reinforced steel doors, a lot of security there and it's also in the diplomatic area in the latter of the city, very close to many western empeaces, so it was considered to be safe as well as the area that it was in. clearly not safe enough. >> james ferguson reporting -- jane ferguson reporting. >> the president of uganda says, he will not sign a bill that requires life sentences for homosexuals. the pill would have punished gay people who repeatedly have sex. uganda's president says he would support a revision of the bill. earlier this month, antigay

legislation have been passed in nigeria. vladimir putin says russia does not yow law loam owe sexual relationships but he says, quote, leave our children in peace. detroit has one of the highest homeless rates in the country and of the 700,000 people that live there nearly 20,000 of them live in the streets. bisi onile-ere has the story. >> addicted to heroin and crack cocaine six years ago he lost it all. he turned to the streets of detroit. for years, he was among the city's nearly 20,000 men, women and children who were homeless

in a city with an estimated 80,0080,000 abandoned structure, davis often found refuge but in 2012 he wanted out. >> something had to change because i wasn't happy you know. >> davis turned to the shelter. he beat his addiction. he landed a job and just two months ago he moved into the shelter's brand-new permanent housing complex located here across the street. he joins dozens of others who have recently regained their independence without descraig too far from the -- straying too far from the support system that helped them get on their feet. >> i still use the resources they have. i don't think they will turn me down for asking for help. >> how is it going today down here? >> nobody wants to have to ask for help. it's hard to ask for help. and so if we can help people retain their dignity in the process, that's a gift.

>> reverend faith fouler is executive director of cast community social services. they provide transitional and permanent housing to nearly 300 people. the organization began renovating this once vacant structure two years ago. this past november, they opened their doors to 41 tenants who use 30% of their income to pay for rent. >> i just keep on trying to get a chance. >> the latest count of homeless in droi detroit is around 19,000 people, dropping by 2% from 2010 to 2013. volunteers are aware there is still a whole lot of work to do. >> if we are successful here the notion will be that it will be a diverse community of working and middle-class and substance-free and that they will then school each other. and inspire each other. >> it's a campus concept that

could breathe new life into an old west side detroit neighborhood. reverend fowler says workers working with shelters as far away as international. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. david wildstein a former appointee of governor christie says he will share information if granted immunity. hand he over an e-mail that said it was time for traffic problems in the town of fort lee. 17 people and three governmental agencies have been subpoenaed. prying eyes, it's not just the nsa that's capable of learning all about your personal life.

a colorado gunman could have been stopped before killing a classmate. one school security guard's blistering critique.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. here are the top stories. a record dry spell. california officials warned there could be more wildfires, like that burning outside of los angeles. a drought emergency is in effect and the governor is asking californians to conserve water. the company responsible for the chemical spill has filed for bankruptcy. water restrictions have now been lifted for most residents. in a major speech president

obama says he is limiting collection of phone data and wants agencies to get correct okay before accessing the data. following leaks of documents describing nsa surveillance programs. >> it was clear to me in observing our intelligence operations over a period, currently in place. >> and the surveillance revelations have caused outrage all over the world and in his speech the president proposed to limit surveillance on dozens of world liters. phil itner reports from london. >> reaction in europe range from caution but mild approval to outright skepticism. on the website of the british paper that broke the snowden leaks, comments were overwhelmingly negative. few believe change will come and even if it does it will not apply to europeans, just

americans. it has been an issue on this side of the atlantic, that mass surveillance of americans shows a double standard and often violates the stringent laws on privacy established at the court of human rights in strassburg, france. jim says nonamericans are furious at the nsa's perceived bias against them. >> well, they'll say that american citizens of course they have a right to privacy, they don't believe that's true for europeans or people outside the u.s. at all and of course that's going ocause immense concern for people here in europe. >> despite the leaks first being published in the u.c. the public debate so far has been mild. critics say that's because the british version of the nsa the government communicates mawrs works in connection with washington sharing the very same data that is mined by america. where today's speech may find

greatlier interest is the tapping of angela merkel's phone infuriated the country. they think the changes don't go far enough. despite president obama's attempt in this speech to calm fears and eliminate anger the damage the nsa spying story caused is great. it will take significant action to restore the faith of many europeans who now question america's friendship. phil itner, al jazeera, london. >> it's not the government tracking people online, exrairgses are doing it too. -- corporations are doing it too. science and technology reporter jacob ward reports. >> they seek to track everything about you, your movements your connections with other people,

your behavior in every room of the house. edward snowden's leaks continue to reveal the scope of the surveillance state but what's truly enormous is the open market for data, and it is data that users give up every day, by checking in with foursquare and doing google on their homes. >> the nest thermostat uses the information to turn the heat on and off and the company's price of says it will only use its services to improve. >> american civil liberties union of northern california. she says tech companies are what makes the nsa's surveillance possible. information are hope islessly loose and outdated. >> most of our prieives data hasn't been updated since the

1980s. the government has now been able to reach into the treasure drove of data with very little oversight. >> the biggest tech companies make their money, think of google and facebook selling your information. but each new product could pose a risk with their relationship to their customers. >> they essentially understand that they have a covenant with their customers, the customers are going to leave. >> in the wake of the nsa revelations, companies like google sought to make public statements about their desire to protect their customers privacy. but they have steadfastly opposed the new laws which seek to restrict that privacy. right to know act was based on

european union, and how the data is used. the proposed law died last year in the face of overwhelming opposition from the very tech companies that objected so strenuously to the nsa's behavior. >> they see themselves as being able to navigate between their business model and their need to maintain their customers trust without any help or with the government. >> it took a supreme court ruling and an act of congress to bar law enforcement from recording phone calls without a warrant. and now the law is years behind the companies that track us wherever we go, whatever we do. jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> robert ray reports.

>> in charleston west virginia today the company that's blamed for sending chemicals down the elk rir has filed for -- river has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. assets and liabilities were between 1 million and 2 million. freedom industries also owe 2.4 to the irs and they owe over 90,000 in property taxes to the county here, there are over 2 dozen class action lawsuits that will being halted because of the fires today, on december thrurnl of 2013, chem string? they now owe it. seeking permission to borrow 9

million. we spoke out to the spokes mawfn and she declined to speak directly but says they were trying to remedy the situation. some of the doctors in the area saying that children under 5 may not want to touch the water or bathe in it because of problems that could arise. they think there's not enough data here in west virginia. john henry is here with sports. john henry. >> good evening to you. in past sbsness right fielder has among other things swam with sharks and biked the country of bolivia. he told our michael eaves how he came up with that idea. interit started about three

years ago when i took a trip to new seeld with my wife, there was a trirm we already wanted to go on. and there was a day on the itinerary, that was pretty much be open. if i could give back and meeting some young kids in new england, major league baseball saw that and contacted me about going to south africa. we made a difference in south africa. >> what was the mow important part of your aspect to south architecture? >> it's important to meet new cultures and see how they do things, it is trait great. even other countries around the world, what level of italian did you see among sell of these younger players?

>> i would say it is owblght not the talent that we had in the united states but better than we expected. >> in the continent of africa, especially in the western part of the continue nentd, are turning away from basketball, in hopes of getting scholarships. could turn to baseball as a way to get to a better life and maybe even earn an education in america? >> we're trying to,. >> growing football. >> you were also in south africa around the time of death of nelson mandela.

>> we could tell something in the air was different, people were trying to get to his house to lays roses and flower and people had blocked in within a two or three-block residence. you want to have something to say and it's all positive. >> mark best of luck in the future. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> that's power meaps speaking with melancon. 16 saves as they had healt -- he the playoffs for the first time in many years. >> for students at the esteemed international high school at lafayette everyday is a fight to suceeed

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we'll have either a rain snow mix or more snow further north. it's a very cold air, that polar vortex is going to slide a

little bit further to the south and push some of that cold air down. it will stay warm in california but in the east coast temperatures falling quickly. places around new york, a couple of inches of snow in central new york and pennsylvania even up into maine. in fact we look at our low temperatures to start out on saturday expect them in the 30s and 40s in parts of the northwest a cold 27 for denver. east coast you're going to start your morning mainly in the mid 20s.

>> i'm phil torres, coming up this week on techknow... >> a mystery, deep in the heart of the rain forrest >> we haven't seen something actually build them... >> it's been really frustrating >> it's a spidery clue that has our team of scientests stumped... join our journey to peru... then, it looks like chicken, tastes like chicken, >> that's good.... >> but it's not... the foamy inovation that's making hardcore meat eaters happy. >> techknow on al jazeera america >> new information on last month's shooting in a colorado high school. a security person working at the

high school says the attack could have been prevented. paul beban reports. >> the school should have and could have done more to prevent this tragedy. that's when carl pierson shot claire davis. claire davis would die of her wounds eight days later. the security guard's name is cameron russ and in a lengthy facebook post last night, he daylights what happened before and after the shooting. the school officials warned about ernz poo, that he had been -- about pierson, and on that facebook posting, they said individuals such as clarl

pierson was known for a long time. russ goes on to say he overheard school officials saying, we will read about that kid, carl pierson, just not aa at arapaho. he is the only member of the school security team not to return so far, that's raising a lot of questions among parents and teachers. a lot of questions about is information being withheld, why handy russ returned to school just a little month ago. >> photofinish our picture of the day and holiday on ice, we'll take you to south korea's huge ice fishing festival.

>> good evening, my name is morpgd. coming to you live from new york city. a break through, for people

suffering from diabetes. >> the needle prick is uncomfortable, the test kit is cumbersome. that's why medical companies are looking for a different way. >> measures the glucose level in tears. this prototype looks and feels like a regular lens, but inside it we have a miniature glucose monitor. >> measures glow coast measures once every second. can be sent to a smartphone or computer, tells whether action is needed. considering building tiny lights into the lenses to alert the

wearer. microsoft announced a similar type of lens in 2011. another contact lens, help customize the treatment of people with glaucoma. google says its diabetic smart lens is at an early stage of development, likely to be five years before it's available to the public. it does reflect a growing interest in putting tiny microchips into medical devices, improving our health. al jazeera. >> ice ficialg from the very young to -- issue fishing from the very young to very old. >> it's become a winter tradition in huatchon.

tens of thousands come every day each with his or her own individual fishing style. to this frozen stretch of river a couple of hours drive from seoul. >> it's fun. this is my third year here. sometimes we come here twice a year. the whole family. and there's the fun of eating as well. >> the common factor in the hunt for the prize trout, rewarded with the arrival of the fish truck. each day 3 to 8 tons of farmed fish are added to the dammed-off river. when fishmageddon arrives it's all about being in the right place at the right time. >> it's my third time, i've got three already, you know. >> if that is not enough of a challenge you could always try this. it's cold enough let alone dressed like these guys.

>> the idea here is to catch the fish by hand. success means a wet fish down your tee shirt. the fish could be roasted raw or, still wiggling. ever important to its economy. >> this year around 1.4 million people are expected to come. each tourist is estimated to spend about $50 so we're talking about around $60 million for the natural economy. >> crowded, far from natural, but obviously fun, this festival is the perfect way to clean up a season. >> relative low profile event the a place where box office hits are made. our rob reynolds reports.

>> thousands are directors, actors, film industry, deal makers and journalists are in this tiny ski resort village sundance, the independent showcase was founded 30 years ago by actor robert redford. >> our job and our role is to create a space and a platform to bring new voices and new ways of seeing the world using independent film to this place. >> but sundance isn't all about art. it's also about money. >> sundance is big business for the film industry because every year there is some undiscovered jewel that ends up being brought and sold in the marketplace and becoming a huge box office hit. >> film making was expensive. no film company would bankroll a

film about alzheimer's. >> the struggle to make a movie like this is insane. >> turning movie dreams into realities. 20 of the films premeager this year at sundance got funding through kick starter. the online crowd sourcing platform. with crowd sourcing individuals can appeal online for funding from a large community of internet users. these are scenes from drunk town's finest. >> where are you going to school? >> calvin college in michigan. >> that sounds fancy. >> a coming of age set on the navajo reservation. >> people from the netherlands, france, mexico, canada, you know like all these places like i've

never even been to. but they believe in the project enough to donate money. so it was really an awesome experience. >> rosato why bennett got money for alive inside. >> i could never had a way to find money and that is really powerful. >> a powerful tool helping tell powerful stories. rob reynolds al jazeera, park city, utah. >> let's bring in david polan, editor in chief of movie city news. thanks for being here. how exactly are some of these films chosen for sundance? >> the process is a combination of straight movies being submitted. over 8,000 films are submitted every year to sundance. then there's kind of another tier the festival doesn't like

to talk about too much but ends up making up a lot of films in the festival, people who know people, connected with other projects going on with sundance outside of the festival itself who have the right agent, right person. those have a little bit of influence going into it but it's a mixture, 80% somebody who knew somebody and 20% things that just came over the transom. >> connections with people who came over the transom but what about the time? why do people jockey for screen dates? >> it's a jockeying to get in early. almost all the action really happens in the first four or five days. by tuesday the city starts emptying out essentially. you can go in main street in park city, unwalkable and then all of a sudden you can eat in any restaurant you want. it changes completely. if you are not there the first

three or four days you're likely not to be a sold movie coming to sundance. >> what are some of the films we all know and love? >> probably sex lives and videotape, tair tarantino's resr dogs. came out of nowhere and got a huge sail. precious just a few years ago came out of sundance, a movie with a lot of questions whether it was salable, ultimately they got oprah and tyler perry involved and it became a big movie. people keep going and looking for them. >> let's look at how technology has affected this, has online streaming companies affected

sundance? >> there's a ton of companies coming into sundance, not just the big ones like that but a lot of distributors 30 or 40 new ones. video on demand that's become the biggest outlet for sundance are festival movie. mostly it's video on demand. a lot of people are in that business including netflix and amazon and yahoo but the question of whether they've changed the game or not is really not significant. the significance is so many players in the marketplace. >> what is a good showing at distance? the is it a career -- is it a career maker? >> it can be or it can be very confusing. there's very thin air and there's a real sense that sometimes movies can get overly praised and loved add sundance. you put them in front of a real

audience and nobody wants to see them. it's a dangerous thing that happens at a screening at sundance. >> david polan, editor of movie city news. jeb bush is a candidate for president in 2016 but not everybody is happy about it. his own mother barbara bush, doesn't want him to run. while she believes he's the best candidate, there are others out there. this is not the first time a first mom has rejected her son into the white house. then he tweeted saying, what day is mother's day? asking for a friend. michelle obama tweeted, she was in the 50 plus club. there will be a birthday bash in the white house. thanks so much for watching.

i'm morgan radford. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. here are tonight's top stories. at least 16 people were killed after an afghan suicide bomber hit a restaurant in kabul. a u.n. spokesman says four staffers were among those killed. there's been mixed reaction to president obama's change at the national security agency. on friday he ordered the spy agency to limit the collection of records and end the spying on world leaders. don't go enough to protect american privacy. the company