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>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. a new law is drastically changing how the government spies on americans. the freedom act puts a stop to the collection of the government's bulk phone collection. this is a big change from the patriot act. >> the bill is passed. >> after two days of what president obama called a quote needless congress passed a bill tuesday restoring most of the provisions of the patriot act. the security legislation passed in the wake of 9/11, but one important change, the bulk collection by the government of million of americans' phone records will soon be a thing of the past. here's what will change over the next six months the government's ability to collect and monitor

phone records in bulk without cause will be phased out. after the phase-out the government will need a court order to obtain phone records and even then they have to be records of specific investigation targets. >> it passed the most significant surveillance reform in decades. we've done it by setting aside ideology setting aside fear mongering to protect the security of the united states, but it will also protect the privacy of americans. >> the nsa's once secret bulk collection powers was the most controversial part of the patriot act. portions that expired sunday night. but under this new legislation many of the elements of the patriot act provisions live on including espionage investigation and the bureau's ability to eavesdrop on suspect who is discard their phones to avoid detection.

still, the american civil liberties union calling it, quote, the most important surveillance reform bills since 1978. it's passage is no longer going to give a blank check. they also warned that the monitoring will have consequences. the homegrown terrorists. they understand the digital environment. >> they will now resume towards the first step of phasing out the program over the next six months. the obama administration goes on to say that the physical acts

required to restart the bulk collection program could happen within a day. however it might take up to four days for a quarter to verify that metadata programs are still legal under this new law. >> something we reported yesterday, the fbi is reportedly using a small fleet of planes to spy on americans. the associated press said that the planes are equipped with video and cell phone surveillance equipment. the planes are registered to fake companies. the bureau will only say that the planes are being used in ongoing investigations. community leaders have now seen security camera video of a police shooting in boston. police shot and killed a man after they say he lunged at them with a knife outside of a pharmacy on tuesday. there are reports that the dead man may have been planning to attack officers and behead one of them. the man had been under- 24-hour surveillance by an undercover

task force. >> this is the weapon that the police say the 26-year-old suspect was holding. a black military-style knife that they say he pulled on them in a cvs parking lot yet yesterday. >> the fbi said that it had been tracking him for some time but recently something changed. >> the level of alarm brought us to question him today. i don't think anybody expected the reaction we would get out of him. >> boston's police commissioner said that he was ordered to put down the knife. >> he kept retreating, verbally giving commands to drop the weapon drop the weapon, and at some point the individual came close to where their lives were in danger. >> the suspect was shot twice. once in the torso and once in the abdomen. he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. his brother took to social media with his version of the events. he said he was confronted by

three officers at a bus stop and shot in the back three times. the police arresteded a man david wright who may be connected to the case. >> we'll continue until we're satisfied that we've obtained all the evidence that there is to obtain. >> a man charged with wounding two police officers at a ferguson missouri protest is due in court this afternoon. jeff which williams faces a assault in gun charge after two police officers were shot during a protest in march. one officer was shot in the face. the other in the shoulder. the rally called for sweeping reforms in ferguson where unarmed black teenager michael brown was shot dead by a white police officers. oil prices are sliding today after a report showed a slight increase in u.s. stock piles. that's good news for consumers at the pump, and it comes where all eyes are focused on vienna.

patricia at a sabga is here. we can't have a conversation without talking about saudi arabia can we? >> absolutely, tony. as you well know, saudi arabia is by far the dominant power in the 12-member cartel. now the last time opec met oil prices are sharply deblessed. and they continued without you had can cutting production. now sr. said its keeping the taps open to defend its market share against u.s. shale oil producers. the kingdom is in great position to do this because it's production costs are among the lowest in the world while u.s. shale oil is relatively expensive to produce. and many u.s. shale firms have cut spending and new drilling as prices have dropped. but it's not just the u.s. that the saudis are under cutting but

opec rivals iran. that's why many suspect mr. there was a political incentive driving the saudi pricing strategy. today iran needed the oil to balance its books and it's oil is fetching half of that right now. tehran is grappling with international sanctions but has indicated it will start pumping more oil if it reaches a final deal with the u.s. and other world powers over its nuclear program earlier this month. and it's not just opec companies trying to balance its books in the face of oil prices. non-opec producers like russia are also getting squeezed. >> if i listen to all that, patty, i would say that chances are slim that we would see a production cut announced at the end of this meeting. >> no one is expecting a production cut. and you have to be clear why this is. the saudis and the other gulf members of opec are in a very good position to weather these depressed prices because they have massive stashes of cash, if

you will, to cover any shortfalls in their budget. >> patty sabga with us. good news, payroll processer adp said that companies have added 200 200,000 jobs this. the city council gave its tentative support to the measure last month. the ordinance would take effect with the first raises next summer and reach $15 by 2020. greek officials are meeting with european creditors. they're trying to reach an agreement to release billions in bailout funds. if an agreement want be reached we have reports from athens. >> given what we know from the moment there appear to be three major differences between the

proposal that the greeks summited on monday night and that summited by creditors 24 hours later. the biggest of those three seem to be that the greeks are proposing that they spend no more than $1.5 billion on repaying debt this year. that would rise, that would double next year and rise there after. but for now the greeks want something of a reprieve. they want to limit how much of this economy which has been struggling to bring back into growth that they spend on repaying foreign debt. however, the credit righters are proposeing that the greeks spend $6.5 billion beginning this year. this i think would be a deal breaker for the greeks. if there is one reason why this government was elected, it was to reschedule the debt and to be repaid over a longer period, and that some of the primary surplus could be spent on reinvestment in the economy to create growth and jobs.

because there are now two documents on the available the greeks want to see theirs adapted for the basis of trucks. also in the meetings that will take place hopefully this week among finance ministers in the eurozone. and the third difference, the perceived revenue gap. they think they'll have a revenue shortfall their creditors think it will be twice that. they have got to arrive at an agreement in how to plug that gap. >> it is being called radicalization gone viral. the house is learning how isil uses social media as a propaganda tool, also on the program. >> new questions have surfaced about a 1999 prison guard murder here that may have landed the wrong man on death row.

>> the pentagon insists that shipments of angle tracks pose no threat to public health. lawmakers in washington are asking what more can be done to stop isil and other extremist group from recruiting members through social media. john terrett is live for us. look are lawmakers of making garland into a wider problem about radical indication radicalization on the internet? >> you got it. that's exactly what they're doing. in garland texas two men turned up wearing armor and

carrying assault weapons. they shot at people and the police brought them down. they discussed not only garland but rein accident similar to it in the united states and around the world and then broadened the discussion how to how these things quickly go viral. how is it that terrorism these days is promoted on the web planned on the web and celebrated on the web. they concentrate is, and i think most people really don't know a lot about it. here's mike chairman of the homeland security committee and he's talking about the so-called dark web. that bit that most of us can't see. >> do we have any idea how many communication is taking place in dark space? >> no, we don't. we're past going dark.

the ability to know what they're saying in encrypted communication situations is struggling. >> that is michael steinback. he's a man who spends his entire life immersed in this sort of thing. in the course of the hearing he said that the fbi is concentrating on the dark space because they realize how important is it. >> john, did you hear any solutions on how to intercept messages from people who are seeking to harm americans? >> yes he said what you don't need is a widespread police separation on this, but you need to concentrate your serves working along side internet

providers who provide it to people around the world. >> going to these providedders for access to stored information or communication that is ongoing. we're not looking to going through a back door or being nefarious. we're talking about going to the companies and asking for their assistance. >> but nothing in life is that simple, and mike steinback went on to say that those service providers they provide encrypted service for those who wish to use the dark web. once the fbi does approach the service provider for the information, they get it, the fbi headquarters, but guess what, they have to start their day on working out how on earth to unencrypt what is encrypted on their screens before them. >> thank you. a death row enmate is getting

one more chance to hold off his execution. robert pruitt was convicted of murdering a prison guard but was given a stay to conduct dna tests heidi zhou spoke to him. >> did you kill officer neagle? >> no, why should we believe you? >> i don't know, why should you think that i did it. >> who is daniel neagle, president of the local prison guards union spoke at the texas state capital calling for prison reform. local papers quoted him saying someone will have to be killed before the texas department of criminal justice does anything about the shortage of staff in texas prisons. neagle would be dead 13 days later and robert pruitt was charged with his murder. pruitt's attorney said that his client was framed. there were others who would want

neagle dead. >> he was in the process of writing a grievance regarding a variety of matters occurring at the mcconnell unit. >> three correctional officers were arrested for laundering inmates drug money. the state saying that pruitt was framed by rogue guards does not hold up. but the day he was to be executed a texas court was having second thoughts. >> how close were you to the death cameber. >> about ten feet. >> an unexpected stay of execution giving pruitt's legal team 30 days to initiate new dna testing on the metal shank used on officer neagle.

the handle wrapped with masking tape has never been tested. >> our principle hope is that there are skin kills on that masking tape, and that those cells have not been too degraded to allow a genetic profile to be constructed. >> if someone else's that is found on the weapon that could reopen the investigation. >> how convinced are you of pruitt's guilt? >> i wouldn't have charged him if i wasn't. >> why should we believe your word now? where is your credibility? >> i guess i have none. i mean, you're right. you said it all. i've been device convicted of murder. >> if you have no credibility why are you fighting this? >> because i didn't do it.

>> do you deserve to die? >> no, not for this. >> rates of melanoma, deadly forms of skin cancer are on the rise and the cost of treatment could increase in the coming years. but new programs could cut the diagnosis by 20%. it's not clear if the spike is because more people are exposed to the sun or more simply being diagnosed. children in foster career among the most vulnerable in society. recent investigations reveal they're prescribed psychiatric medications three to four times more often than others. >> what is incredible about california's foster care system they're children are given

anti-psychotics. doctors have limited resources and options and they have to deal with children who have very complicated trauma issues. we're at a college camp because we spoke with a person who came out of foster care system. >> i felt like i wasn't in control of my body. i felt like a zombie. at times my mouth would get swollen because i was having a bad reaction to the medicine. i would tell the staff and they would tell me i was faking it. >> you can get a sense of how tough the situation can be. we'll go into greater depth in the report later this evening but the closer look at california is just the tip of the iceberg. there are 49 other states out there and some of them with less transparency than other states. this is a systemic problem across the country. >> you can see melissa's report tonight. a new chapter for fifa coming up next on al jazeera america. fans wonder hogue soccer

governing body will choose to be sepp blatter's successor. and we sit down with a famous photographer chester higgins. .

>> a decision that could not be made. look i'm not in blatter's shoes. but if it was a choice, it didn't seem to be a good idea that this took place. >> who should replace blatter the campaign group. believes someone with huge global influence. kofi annan to offer reassurance to everyone. >> we made a proposal back in

january when we launched in bruce he wills that there was the implementation, the creation of the implementation of the independent reform committee. and that needs to be lived by led by someone like mitt romney, he took over the ioc in salt lake city, and did he a great job there. >> it's not sure if he'll hang around as they try to find a susser. of course none of this is going to be resolved quickly. the question in global football is whether it's actually possible. laurence lee al jazeera. >> quarter winning photographer chester higgins has been travel to go ethiopia for decades. his latest work pays homage to the country's spiritual heritage and unique landscapes.

we sat down to talk about his new exhibit. >> my interest in photography was from the heart to, photograph people who i love and cared about. >> chester higgins picked up his first camera while in clock. landing jobs with national magazines and the new york sometimes. he has photographed politicians artists, and just plain folk in the u.s. and around the world. but it was an encounter of an emperor that sent him on a quest to document the beautifully of the ancient land of ethiopia. >> i fell in love with the people the culture the history, the unique continues of the place. i feel like being in a situation where i'm a majority, i'm not a minority. >> through the decades higgins an american, an foreigner has managed to convince ethiopians to trust him and he captureed

their intimate moments. >> if i could get to this point i would make a polaroid of them and give them that polaroid because it built binges of trust and then it allows that person to see how i see them. >> that approach is reason why higgins calls himself a culture anthropologist who works with a camera. >> you can see randall's whole report tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. a solum memorial for slaves who lost their lives in a shipwreck. many gathered on the shores to mourning slaves who were board the san jose when it cap capsized 1794. that's all of our time from this newscast. thanks for being with us. i'm tony harris in new york city. the news continues next live from london.

>> hello, i'm lauren taylor. this is the news hour live from london. coming up, amnesty use accuses military of abuse and war crime. renewed fighting in donetsk. ukraine's government and separatists blame each other. >> we have all the