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>> we may be on the verge of a escalation in the fight with isis terrorists. >> the family of american aid worker kayla mueller has received proof that their daughter was killed. >> she wanted people to stop this fighting that has killed so many people. >> u.s. officials cannot confirm exactly how or when kayla mueller died. >> isis has always been one step ahead of the u.s. government and of rescuers. >> but this is the tip of the iceberg of what may be coming giving our experience with isis. >> what is not possible to call into question is that isil regardless of her cause of death, is responsible for it. >> it is another reminder that they'll stop at nothing. >> this is just one family that is dealing with something that isis has been carrying out for months now. >> president obama about to formally ask congress for authority to use military force against isis. >> i think he has the support of
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congress. >> as lawmakers prepare to debate new war powers to combat isis, an american hostage in isis hands has been confirmed dead. the family of kayla mueller said today they received confirmation that she is dead. the white house confirmed muller's death but could not confirm how or when she died. any minute now, her family members are expected to make a statement in her hometown of prescott arizona. just moments ago, john mccain delivered emotional remarks of condolence to the mueller family. >> on behalf of the people of arizona and the united states congress, i want to express the deepest condolences to kayla's parents marsha and carla mueller, her loving family and
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many friends. our thoughts and prayers are with you. >> president obama said in a statement that muller epitomized all that is good in our world. the president vowed that no matter how long it takes the united states will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for kayla's captivity and her death. the evidence of mueller's death came in the form of a photograph. the injuries are not inconsistent with injuries that could be sustained in an air strike, though the cause of death cannot be determined. four days ago, isis claimed that kayla was killed in a jordanian air strike in raqqah. her death brings increased urgency to a debate over war powers. one that's taking place this week on capitol hill. president obama is expected to send a request to congress for
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an authorization to use military force against the self-proclaimed islamic state leading to the first war vote in congress in 13 years. that request is expected by tomorrow at the latest. joining me now is nbc's correspondents. what has been the reaction in jordan do this new corroboration that kayla mueller is in fact deceased and may have been killed in a jordanian air strike? >> i think it just compounds the sense of mourning that was already here because of the loss of their pilot in those horrific circumstances. with isis you have a sense of waves of pain caused by isis that kind of wash around the world because there is this terrible loss of kayla and as was mentioned before that the terrible killing of the jordanian pilot.
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it was that killing which has led to jordan and now the united ed arab emirates that are stepping up the air attacks on isis. what the jordanians say very clearly is you cannot trust isis. you cannot believe what they say. isis misled the world about when that pilot died. the jordanians believed he died a full month before isis said that he had been killed and they even believed that isis was busy negotiating for his release even while knowing that he was dead so the jordanians say you cannot trust isis. you cannot believe anything they say about what happened to
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kayla. how would isis know if it was the case that she died in an air raid what kind of plane or nation had actually dropped that bomb? >> thank you for the update. joining me now is amanyman and brian katulis. we're awaiting the mueller family's remarks. i think a lot of people thought kayla mueller had been the lost hostage being held in syria. there is still one more american austin ties. there's been horse trading sort of behind the scenes between various groups inside syria.
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some of these american hostages weren't initially kidnapped by isis, but other terrorist groups operating in the region. how did that end up in isis' hands? >> for the past several years as the state of syria began to collapse and state institutions collapsed, there was a spike in the kidnapping of western workers whether they be aid workers or journalists. the individuals who are actually carrying out the kidnapping may have been either you know criminals, local criminals, gangs trying to trade them up for a quick buck. and they would ultimately do that not necessarily with political motivations, but then they would kidnap them sell them up the food chain to others. >> the muellers kayla was a student at northern arizona university and campus ministry
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among all the different organizations that she was involved in. since then i have kept up with her and know her and her family. they have asked some of us to come and give you a few words of ways that we know kayla -- maybe words that aren't so scripted. if i can get through it i think they said about two minutes for each of us. as far as syria goes when kayla was at campus ministry she was part of a just peace group. he we would talk about peace through justice. you can't have peace without justice. we would have a simple dinner and we would read books and talk about articles through a variety of lenses. together a group of us traveled to guatemala to hear their stories and just keep that conversation going. so when kayla was in syria, i tried to follow what she was doing, and i would read her posts and it was really like
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keeping vigil because it was so difficult to read about the horror that was happening in syria and to see the pictures that she would post. i have a few words from some of the things that she posted in march of 2013. she said i want to tell the world about the situation in syria. there's no fuel. there's no electricity. there's no food. this is the situation. there's shelling explosions gunfire, violence. no one's working. there's no jobs. people are just surviving day-to-day living for the sake of living. every human being should act. they should stop this violence. people are fleeing. we can't bear this. it is too much. i hope you can tell the entire world what i have said here and what i have seen. that's what we're doing. we're telling the whole world. kayla asked us. i think you saw one of her quotes when they said where is the world. we can say we're right here syria. we have heard. we have seen your suffering reflected in kayla's eyes and we
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have seen it and we intend to do something about it. and then we were thinking about having an attack and many of us were writing kayla saying what do you think about this military suggestion? there was no word from kayla. i had just seen her in may when she was home. then we got word that she had been kidnapped. we have taken that long journey with her where we were forced to hold our breath. you know all these stories about kayla, she sounds so -- >> okay. i think we're having a problem with the audio feed. that was the beginning of some remarks from family and friends of kayla mueller sharing their stories about the aid worker. we'll go back to that presser as soon as we can get the audio back up.
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but it is a very emotional biography when you look at what kayla mueller did not just for syria, but latin america. this is a woman who cared about being a global citizen, who went to syria to be able to give the answer, where was the world in syria. she went there to say, we're right here. america is right here. >> she represents everything that is good in humanity. here is this young person who grew up in the united states not compelled by anything than her own desire to help the world and chose to go to a place like syria where there was a lot of suffering. her words resonated very loudly. you can see how impactful she was in the simple facebook posts. >> let's listen back in. >> kayla would stand on her head. those of us who know her and know what a free little spirit she was, we just delight in that
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that kayla remained kayla. they tried to silence her. they locked her up. they kept us silent out of here but now she's free. even in captivity and that she is grateful. her light shines. we thank you. syria, we hear you. we're going to do something. >> hi. my name is erin street and i'm here to talk about kayla mueller. kayla was my closest friend my kindred spirit. i'm going to miss her more deeply than words can express.
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kayla was joy. with her, life was always fun. a memory that always makes me laugh is when her car broke down a half a mile from our house. instead, we turned on bob marley on full blast on the radio and we started pushing that chariot home. our last road trip together was january of 2010. i was moving from illinois to arizona and she joined me and my two cats as our traveling companion. it was a difficult journey as i was leaving my -- >> okay. we are clearly having some audio problems. we will return to that press conference when we get the audio back up.
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i want to bring in brian katulis katulis. they are drawing attention to the situation in syria and saying this is a moment to of course, celebrate the life of kayla mueller but also to not lose focus on the country of syria and what is happening there. as one of them said syria, we hear you. we are still here. in terms of that situation, i wonder from your point of view are we getting any closer to truly listening to the syrians and resolving this conflict? >> unfortunately, no. first, i think it is tremendous to hear the testimonials from kayla's friends there and her basic decency is something that i think many americans identify with. when i go to the middle east it is recognized. un unfortunately in syria today, it is still in the middle of a very vicious civil war. >> i hate to interrupt you, but we're going to have to go back to this press conference.
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>> there have been many long good-byes and release of tears that have been residing in deep places over this last two days. it has been interesting to observe the bitter of the sweet that is the situation. i have been reflected on how i will do the same thing very soon. good-byes have never be too hard for me. they don't seem to be something in need of being made difficult or complicated. sometimes i get a feeling if i will or will not see a person again, but moving on is as much a part of life as breathing. good-byes come with a package. although good-bye is just a see you later, later might be awhile. as the french say, c'est la vie.
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we're living in a better world because of her. i'm going to end on a quote that reminds me of her. peace is not something you wish for. it is something you make. it is something you do. it's something you are, and it is something you give away. thank you. >> hi. i'm lori. >> i'm jerry. >> we're kayla's aunts. this is a statement from kayla's aunts, uncles and cousins. first we would like to thank the media for your patience. second, we would like to thank the fbi agents that have been working with marsha carl and the family. we have been amazing. we want to thank everyone for their love support, and prayers at this difficult time.
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it has been a stressful time for our family and also for the world. what can we tell you about kayla? kayla was a combination of marsha and carl. she was generous caring compassionate like our sister marsha. she was strong driven and passionate like our brother-in-law carl. she was the best of both of them. she had a quiet calming presence. she was a free spirit. always standing up for those who were suffering and wanting to be their voice. even as a little girl kayla was a bright inquisitive, kind little girl. at a very young age, kayla knew her passion. she knew her calling. a lot of people never have the opportunity -- >> okay. brian katulis, to go back to the debate over syria and the challenges that are facing the
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syrian people there is new debate about the authorization of the use of force in syria. there have been 5,000 bombs dropped in the air war against isis and they seem to have made little difference. how much do you think that might change? >> what we see happening with the jordanian forces reports of them amassing ground troops across the iraqi boardrder, more and more countries in the region are stepping up. but back in congress it is long overdue. it's been six months since air strikes began in iraq and five months in syria, and i think there are some serious questions about what these air strikes are having especially in syria. the biggest question is who is going to be the ground forces that these air strikes are supporting. we don't seem to have one in syria right now. >> okay. it appears that the press
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conference featuring family and friends of kayla mueller has finished up. there was some incredibly emotional testimony to the degree that there was testimony reminiscing, i guess you could call it about kayla mueller's life. erin street said peace is not something you wish for. it is something you make. indeed, that idea that peace is an active process and that resources need to be allocated to peace is a concept at this moment in time given the contours in america and whether to get further involved in syria and i guess internationally. whether you think jordan and its sort of renewed vigor in the fight against isis can bring in a broader coalition. >> the lady who was speaking early on who said that there is no peace without justice, i
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think the testimony of people like kayla through their lives is they struggle to try to shed light on what is happening in syria so that the international community can do something based on justice, not about policy and politics. we're seeing a paralysis to address the situation in syria because of politics. all of this humanitarian disaster that we have seen it has spilled over into every country around in the region and yet the international community is unable to do anything to just stop the fighting. >> indeed has become -- the calculus has gotten trickier begin that assad continues the barrel bombing. he is the lesser of two evils. >> the conflict is such a proxy for regional issues.
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all of that has created this paralysis whereby nobody really wants to address it and solve it in a meaningful way to end the suffering. everybody is looking out in geopolitical interests where they stand. it sheds light about what i was saying earlier. here is this young woman going into a dangerous zone. this notion that young people don't care, young people aren't moved, i think her life really just shatters that myth. >> i want to bring in now on the phone diane foley who is the mother of american journalist james foley who was killed by isis. diane, thank you so much for joining us. i know revisiting this painful moment is a difficult one. i have to ask you as someone who has been through this experience what it is like listening to the family and friends of kayla mueller hasas they try to make sense of what happened and offer some sort of eulogy for her
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life? >> we are heartbroken for the mueller family. we know the pain of losing such a beautiful young american. now we have lost four americans. all in syria to shed a light on the awful darkness and suffering there. exceptional americans, really some of the best of america. we are truly heartbroken for the mueller family. >> i want to ask about the circumstances in and around these hostages. families are told they can't speak about the hostages while negotiations are ongoing. kayla mueller in particular. most folks did not know her name or anything about her until just hours, days ago. how difficult is that for family members who i'm sure want to alert everybody and call as many resources towards freeing their loved ones as soon as possible?
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>> that is very controversial. it is very hard to know. we all had choices as family. we were told that the media silence was recommended. for us the foley family the captors then threatened us if we went to the media, so we went through the media several times and then went back into silence because we feared it would threaten jim's life. in retrospect for us for the foley family we regret that we kept it so in the dark really because i think if our country had realized that so many young americans were being held in syria, perhaps the result would
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have been different. >> i know you have been critical in the past about the u.s. government and the way it sort of managed your son's hostage taking. what should have and could have been done different? in syria, it is unclear who he is being held hostage by. what could and should be done differently? >> well i really think the white house is very aware that this can be handled better. that is why i applaud the hostage review committee that is currently undergoing a full review of what happened and my hope is that this will clarify the hostage policy for american hostage families the lack of communication between families between agencies and even between our allies was one of
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the huge problems. i am very hopeful that this hostage review will at least present some very good recommendations to the white house. i call on the white house to act on those. >> diane foley -- go ahead. >> this kidnapping could truly happen to any american. isis has made it obvious that they want to keep kidnapping western westerners. i think it is something as a country we need to be very clear on what our hostage policy is. >> diane foley, mother of james foley, thank you so much for joining me. i know this is difficult stuff to talk about. we appreciate your time. >> thank you so much. >> brian katulis, to go back to this broader question about the authorization of the use of military force and how much change that may bring to the
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current battle against isis, i would love to get your thoughts on the practical iterations of the debate. >> first, it is hard to make that jump after hearing mrs. foley and everything but getting back to policy i think it really is important because if we're going to try to learn anything from the disaster that is syria and the threat that isis poses, it's that we can't see cheap partisan politics really distort the policy. i'm afraid that's what we're going to see happen in the next couple weeks. it seems the obama administration will present today some sort of formula to authorize the use of force. last year, both the republican and democratic parties themselves were divided internally about what to do about syria.
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if you look at the votes, it was split within both parties. i think that's the moment we're in right now. we as a country are really uncertain about how much we really want to get involved here. i think those splits within both parties are reflecting that reluctance we have as a country of do we really want to get deeper into what could be a very big quagmire. we'll see how this debate is handled in congress. i'm glad the administration is finally presenting some sort of plan for the authorization, but i hope it leads to a greater coherence, especially on our syrian policy which is in disarray. >> the white house's proposal may include no geographic limitations. it would end in three years.
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the next president would not have the authority to extend it. so some important caveats there in terms of geography. after the break while marriage equality is legal in alabama today, more state judges are refusing to issue the licenses to make them legal. we will look at judicial defiance next on "now." ttack didn't come with a warning. today, his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before your begin an aspirin regimen.
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religious opposition to marriage equality. by 2012 president obama evolved and announced his personal support for same-sex marriage. but a new report reveals the president supported marriage equality far earlier and concealed his position for political reasons. in 2008 opposition to gay marriage was particularly strong in the black church. as he ran for higher office obama accepted the counsel of more pragmatic folks like me. it also reveals something deeper about the politician of marriage equality. the president's endorsement and the historic gains at the state level can't come until 2012. that progress, however, is proving tougher in states like alabama where marriage equality remains deeply unpopular. as of this afternoon, 43 counties in the heart of dixie are refusing to abide by a
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federal court order to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. a hearing will take place on thursday. joining me now is former national press secretary for the obama campaign ben le bolt and frank bruny. we talk about public opinion. the majority of this country supports gay marriage but certain pockets of this country deeply do not support gay marriage. 27% of alabama residents don't support it. from your vantage point as you look at this nationally, how disconcerting is it for the broader struggle of equality that states like alabama are so firmly and publicly opposed to marriage equality? >> on one hand it is a reminder of how diverse and how divided
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this country is. when you look at generations, when you look at younger people and you take things like religion and geography out of it you see a majority supporting gay marriage. you see a trend line that only goes in one direction. all of this is informed even among opponents that theiry're going to lose. they may be buying a little time but they're not buying much. >> 13 remaining states still outlaw gay marriage eight of which are in the south. do you think this is something we see again before the eventual historic tide shifts everyone in one direction? >> i will say it is strange to see judges defying the rule of law. isn't that their entire purpose on the bench? we also forget how quickly these
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social changes happened. civil unions were just legalized in vermont in 1999 or 2000 followed by marriage in massachusetts and public opinion has gained about 20 points on this nationally in less than two decades. we have never seen perceptions of social policy change so quickly. when you see in some of these statements gay marriage being legalized, all of the dire predictions about what will happen what people will see happen is actually nothing. just loving couples lining up trying to marry each other. the dark clouds and locusts will not appear. >> frank, to that end, when we talk about shifting perspectives and opinions on marriage equal equality equality, obviously the nation as changed in theory as far as we knew until today that our president evolved quickly. he was more of a supporter in the beginning than everyone thought. how damaging of a revelation is
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this in your mind? >> damaging, i don't know. it's a little bit upsetting in the sense it confirms how cynical this can all be. we knew the president behind the scenes supported gay marriage and was staying mum for political purposes. this is one of those times you sigh and you are sorry to learn that politics does trump values. i don't think it is hugely damaging because i don't think it is a surprise to most people. >> ben, i would ask as someone who has worked on the campaigns, how much was it shared in the circle that this was his position in the public? >> i think by the reelection campaign it was obvious he wanted to come out and publicly
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support gay marriage. but going back to the first campaign, he was out there campaigning to repeal don't ask, don't tell. i think he'll be remembered as the president who did more to advance gay rights than any other. this is really the presidency under which the tide turned. >> well he also has a vice president to thank for that as well does he not? i wonder if the president was secretly happy about the vice president getting over his skyis. >> it wasn't that far away. it was more of a timing issue than anything else. >> he was at the top of the alpine. thanks as always for your time. just ahead, this is how some restaurants are now serving food for real.
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if you were wondering what you were going to be talking about at happy hour tonight, here is a sampling. jeb bush's chief technology officer deletes some offensive tweets from his past. but first the drones are taking over. there was the recent surprise landing on the white house lawn and a near collision at london's heathrow airport. celebrities are using drones to get their engagement rings delivered. china's alibaba is testing drone delivery of ginger tea so paying
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customers. a new website designed to stop drones from flying over your home and looking into your window here at home. back with me is ben le bolt and judy gold. it is a great panel. >> yes. >> oh my god. i love both of you so much. >> we all love you. let me first start, joy, with the drone thing. i think drones represent end times because we no longer are going to be forced to talk to or interact with humans. i want no fly zone. where do you stand on that? >> people can't stop bumping into my one on the sidewalk and they didn't drive. they're going to bump into things. what if they go too high and hit a plane? i don't trust humanity with this technology. >> i happen to anticipation. this generation doesn't know what it is to long for something and wait for it.
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you know? i can't believe -- my kids they come home. my son hugged me the other day and i feel something. he is texting someone behind my back. >> the drone is going to hug you. >> a drone can hug you and apparently drones deliver food to customers from restaurants. i'm not sure a mechanized mobile object delivering a coke or glass of wine is what i think of when i think of a nice evening out. >> it sounds like great customer service to me. >> are you a drone, ben? >> we were promised a certain future in "back to the future 2" and it has final appeared. the hover board is going to come out next. >> ready to get into your de
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delorian. jeb bush hired a recent technology officer. he apologized for several tweets he deleted after he was hired by jeb's right to rise pack on monday. new study confirms old belief, college female art majors are sluts. science majors are also sluts, but uglyieruglier. this dude was hired to be the social media guru for jeb bush's campaign. >> wow, he is really an evolved -- do they do their due diligence? what are they thinking? >> apparently the bush campaign requested him to delete these. >> we're not old fuddy-duddies.
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okay. here is your new version of sexist. >> his name is ethan zayhor. i think this is actually a problem. the last thing the republican party needs is for its nominee to have someone on staff as a social media guru tasked with the idea of bringing in a new coalition of voters under the tent. >> it does speak to a larger issue for jeb bush who last reason for any office in 2002. he is not practiced in the present art of campaigning when social media is so important and it is so imbedded in the progress. first of all just with the ethos of his party's base he's not going to make it into the social
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media landscape. >> these were public tweets. they were up until just a few days ago. they have literally gotten deleted this week. you would think that it was something the campaign would have looked into. >> this wasn't some obscure employee. this happened to the romney campaign in 2012. they let somebody go a few days after hiring him after reading a string of vicious tweets they have sent over the years. there's an archive. it is called twitter and facebook. i don't know that he's going to last. >> given that this is beginning of what is supposed to be a new chapter, if we're already looking back 50 20 -- >> a conservative republican
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that is homeophobic, that's unbelievable. >> if bush is relying on his tried and true political gurus and team, i don't know that their gears are well oiled for a modern campaign. >> i hear they're going to have a my space page. >> we're going to go big on friendster. is your samsung smart tv spying on you? no way. actually maybe it is. the electronics giant was forced to push back on akccusations that its smart tvs are monitoring living room conversations. this is straight out of 1984 literally. there are chapters in "1984" that envision a distopian future where the televisions can listen
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to your conversations. >> it can track what types of tv you watch and when you watch tv. the notion that it can listen to what you're saying sounds crazy. this is one thing that voice recognition technology does well. my voice recognition technology doesn't recognize my voice nor does it recognize what i'm telling it. >> you have that ma lifelifious base. please be aware if your spoken words include personal and sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party. >> i never talk about personal stuff in any own home. i only talk about what's in the newspaper. >> not here. >> that's what i used to go.
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it was fine. then we got the remote. how lazy do you have to be? get up. you want to know why there is so much heart disease? because people just sit there. >> and yell at tv terrible things. do you think there is something to be said for constant surveillance? the flip side of the jeb bush social media debate is that everything -- technology is permanent. it is here to say. we move inexorably forward. the tweets live on forever. things that you say in your living room may be captured and transmited toted to a third party. >> people get outraged by the notion of the government surveilling you but how open we are to corporate surveillance and how much we allow of our personal lives to be -- every time you send an e-mail, suddenly all the ads on your
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g-mail account have captured that. i have found that to be an interesting dichotomy with people. the fact that samsung is doing it won't elicit as much outrage as the government doing it. >> what is your take on that? do you think that is informed people's comfort level one way or the other on you know tv surveillance? >> well i think too on the consumer side with a lot of these companies you see people actually opting in to share that type of information or to make that information not only available to the public but to their other friends on social
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media and to the big tech companies. as companies and the government figure out how to try to have more targeted conversations with individuals and consumers, there is a big privacy tradeoff. you'll see that debate continue to play out. >> i personally will say i am intrigued by the idea that all the things i yell at the tv that the tv may now be listening to those things. those screaming tirades. >> for protective services. >> or maybe the programming will change if they can upload my user feedback. >> i have literally rooted against every single character on "the walking dead." now i'm horrified that they'll know i want to be eaten. >> we're going to leave it there. the scintillating segment is coming to a close.
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thank you guys all for your time. you can catch "the reid report" on weekdays. he said he did not attend so many sex parties each year. just a few sex parties each year. more than on that just ahead. on that just ahead.
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gets the impression that was frenetic activities. it was four times a year for three years. nothing more. four times a year -- nothing more. he admits to attending several libertine libertine parties. for me it was clear that i was there as a prostitute, she said adding i felt like an object. he could face up to ten years in prison and a $1.7 million fine. that's all for "now." good evening americans, and welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. let's get to work. >> why would we want another trade deal that hasn't been good for american workers?
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