coming up on our team president obama tells us he's up how he wants to change the n.s.a. surveillance program but are the proposed reforms anough to silence critics of the latest just ahead and iran suspends part of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief could this temporary deal pave the way for a future troops more on these developments coming up. on the porn industry is leaving the city of angels for the city of san what's behind the move out of los angeles we'll speak with an adult entertainment later in the show. it's monday january twentieth five pm in washington d.c.

and lopez and you are watching r t america well ever since former contractor edward snowden leaked one point seven million classified documents to the world detailing the n.s.a.'s internal structure president obama has been walking the fine line of political fall out during a speech at the department of justice last week the president finally addressed the issue and announced sweeping reforms to the way the national security agency collects digital information but changes include some more oversight by the executive branch reworking national security letters that force private companies to hand over customer information to the n.s.a. and an end to section two fifteen of the patriot act which allows the bulk collection of metadata now some say the president's reforms went too far others say they didn't go far enough was this historic speech enough to weld privacy concerns expressed by civil liberties advocates and lawmakers like ron wyden then rush holt well earlier i spoke with matthew keller grew his legal fellow at the bill of

rights defense committee and i first asked him if he agreed with the statements made by tech companies that this speech was a step in the right direction but it didn't go far enough. i do there was a lot left out of the speech the president made although he did acknowledge a couple of really important points that i think many civil liberties activists like myself really care about specifically connecting the legacy of systemic oppressive abuse of surveillance programs to current data collection institutions that is a good that is a good thing to at least to acknowledge so what major reform would you have liked to have seen announced in this n.s.a. speech well i mean in a dream world what i really like to see is the patriot act or evaluated reevaluated you know. all of the reforms that the president offered in the speech sort of still occurred under the rubric of the patriot act which in my opinion and i think in the opinion of many states. adequately prioritized public safety weighted against

constitutional concerns meanwhile he did take a closer look at one section of the patriot act in that section two fifteen the bulk collection of metadata now he does say that he wanted to reform it and then the way that you and i know it meaning that the government will no longer be responsible for collecting and storing that information as i understand it he wants to put that into the hands of third parties what do you think about that. i think is a good i mean it's a good start section two fifteen and metadata collection are kind of really only the tip of the iceberg of the total amount of information that the n.s.a. collects and processes and it's the it's not simply the n.s.a. that's engaged in data collection i mean it's also the d.a. and it's the f.b.i. and to a certain extent it's the cia although their domestic concerns are a little limited the. thing that i would like to see more of in that i think went on addressed when we focus on metadata collection is internet surveillance and is in person surveillance and it's sort of the convergence between multiple

technologies together when we focus only on metadata collection. the call records you know that we sort of lose the bigger net that is also being cast simultaneously now throughout the speech president obama was trying to balance between defending the n.s.a. and reforming it now i want to play a part of where he's talking about the steps that he had taken in the past to keep the surveillance apparatus is in check and then i'll get your opinions ok we increased oversight and lot of it including new structures aimed at compliance improved rules were proposed by the government and approved by the foreign intelligence service surveillance court and we sought to keep congress continually updated on these activities what i did not do is stop these programs wholesale not only because i felt that they made us more secure. but also because nothing in that initial review and nothing that i have learned sense

indicated that our intelligence community has sought to violate the law or is cavalier about the civil liberties of their fellow citizens so he says nothing violated the law or the civil liberties of americans if that's the case then why call for this massive reform why not stick by the n.s.a.'s policies. well i mean calling for the massive reform comes under ambiguously from the disclosures made by edward snowden and when the president says the n.s.a. hasn't stepped over the line or violated civil liberties that's simply not true in fact there's quite a bit of journalism around the n.s.a.'s use of their data collection systems to monitor their ex-girlfriends and it's like the the history of abuse weighted against the potential for abuse is i think the bigger question the potential for these systems to be abused even with the safeguards that the president is suggesting is still extremely high and that's what really concerns us i think the lack of transparency and the incredible amount of secrecy with which these

organizations operate permit the types of overreaches that can go totally unnoticed until a person like edward snowden comes forward so i don't think that those reforms although they acknowledge the appropriate direction don't do enough to date the structure of the feis accord fiske or for intelligence surveillance court which itself operates in secret and the left the ability of congress actually effectuate meaningful regulations on n.s.a. activity none none of that is really addressed in any real depth now we've talked about reforms being made on a federal level i understand there's also a number of legislations coming up on the state level can you walk us through a couple of those ideas yeah absolutely so there is i think i heard you mention the whole bill the surveillance state repeal act by rush holt that's one approach at the national level i think many activists and people who are just concerned with their civil liberties generally think about where they live and you know the state

individual states and individual communities are the right place to really be active in an individual sense so to that end there is the fourth amendment protection act which came up in california and there's another version of that in washington state about six other states indiana tennessee and more on the way all the time these state level. they ssion prohibit the state from participating in or assisting in bulk data collection not limited only to the n.s.a. but to any federal agency that would undertake it and so that's applying state constitutional privacy standards to the states participation with federal programs but at the same time given those national security letters is there any way to know whether or not those companies are actually participating given the nature of those a classified national security letter so here's the brilliance of it is that it doesn't deal with private conduct like i think the civil liberties concerns around google data collection are one thing and the worth that's a conversation worth having but the fact of the matter is google's never going to kick in your front door you know that's that's the job of the f.b.i.

and so what this legislation does is it prevents the state from providing material resources to organizations federal organizations that are engaging in bulk data collection that means water that means power that means access to roads and access to internet bandwidth so without the state's cooperation these federal programs couldn't operate so when the state withdraws its cooperation on privacy grounds on constitutional grounds it really cripples the programs from going forward and puts the onus on the federal government to come up with better more comprehensive more secure programs that are really going to fit what people in regular communities and regular towns are willing to accept very interesting thank you so much for watching us through some of those state legislations as well as how some of the privacy advocates are responding to the n.s.a. reforms matthew cal a grueling gl fellow at the bill of rights defense committee. well the u.s. supreme court has agreed to take up two cases that deal with the search of cell phones during an arrest the issue at hand is whether police officers first need to

obtain a warrant before searching through a person's cell phone or whether it falls into the same category as any other device found on a suspects person now look a system from two incidents where police searched through phones and found incriminating evidence during arrests which led to more serious charges lawyers of one of the defendants say that the rapid advances in technology require updated laws that take the capabilities of smartphones into account stanford university law professor jeffrey fisher said quote modern cellphones provide ready access to a vast array of personal data and are distinct from the types of possessions such as cigarette packages or footlockers this high court has previously considered thus a search incident to arrest could at the touch of a button become a search of a private and confidential confidential information such as medical records banking activities and work related e-mails now the issue of unreasonable searches and

seizures has split courts across the country six courts have ruled that the fourth amendment allows for cellphone searches three others disagree the law currently in place is based off of the forty year old supreme court decision well before ninety one percent of americans own and store personal information on their cell phones. well the european union has suspended some of its economic sanctions against iran as part of a groundbreaking nuclear deal this could be the first sign that tensions are finally beginning to ease between western countries and the so-called rogue nation and in exchange for these lifts iran has lifted restrictions iran has agreed to scale back its uranium enrichment program the deal lifts the restrictions on the trade of petro chemicals and precious metals it also creates a special banking channel to facilitate payments for goods like food and medicine now this is a temporary deal that will last for about six months while negotiators work on a more permanent agreement but artie's policy has more. from today

a deal between iran and the international community goes into effect that will see iran freeze parts of its nuclear program in return for the easing of sanctions in terms of the agreement they will no longer be restrictions on the rain and exports of petrochemicals the country will also be able to import parts for its auto manufacturing industry and trade in gold and other precious metals the next six months are critical because it is stringless time frame that the international community and iran will need to reach a final agreement that many fear without which could ultimately see the border middle east descend into chaos and possibly even a war what is clear is that there has been good will and the wanting for this deal to work that has overridden the skeptics and the voices calling for fresh sanctions but what is not clear is how the united states is going to maneuver its way forward it has a very fine line to walk on the one hand you have his role there continues to say

that this was a deal with the devil you also have it was congressmen and women who are calling for fresh sanctions but on the other hand you have iran's which essentially the american president barack obama is urging to come to the party and he himself needs to show transparency and commitment are not alienating for example his friend tel aviv in the region so the next six months are going to be critical the hope is that at the end of half a year you will have a permanent deal in place between iran and the international community policy r.t. tel aviv. well the united nations has withdrawn its invitation to iran to join the syrian peace discussions that are set to begin this week the move was welcomed by the u.s. after the last minute invitation from u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon threatened to send syria peace discussions into a spiral the invitation allowed officials from tecton to meet in geneva with a host of western nations the syrian government and its opponents to discuss peace strategies the talks are set to begin on wednesday however american officials

warned that the invitation could have put the entire meeting in jeopardy syria's main political opposition so that it would not have attended if iran and delegates did iran was originally barred from the meetings because it refuses to support accord calling for a transitional government in syria monkee moon says that he was given assurance by iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif that he respects the un's position on the civil war in syria but saudi arabian officials argue that iran should not be able to participate in the talks since its troops are on the ground helping syrian president bashar al assad now that of a taishan was withdrawn the west western backed syrian opposition said that they will take part in the talks meanwhile assad has announced his intentions to run for reelection later this year this could be yet another hitch in a very sensitive negotiation process that is currently underway while negotiators

attempt to broker peace talks your opinions european supporters of the syrian opposition or the so-called jihad wannabes are heading to the country to take up arms an estimated eleven thousand europeans have reportedly headed to syria to participate in the fighting are teases sarah for has more. traveling to syria. and according to one expert the now part of the largest european islamist foreign fighting contingent in recent times. at least eleven hundred. two. hundred it was from this picturesque seaside town in portsmouth this is a group of young men recently left to go and join the fight in syria thousand months ago when you reach the community that twenty three year old man was killed last

fighting on the syrian front line this is the local mosque that if the current a number of his friends attended before they left syria where they joined one of the most radical opposition groups operating in the country isis the islamic state of iraq and show the before he died if it was active on social media placing video as an update so. now in the first interview since his brother's death mr kim kim on exclusively tells r.t. he wants to set the record straight about who his brother really was and why he thinks he went to fight difference between. a uniform just because he was in uniform. just because he was. different. people in uniform. people.

benefit as a country. people like many foreign fighters crossed into syria via turkey it was only once he informed his family he had gone to fight jihad or holy war do you think the young men and. what she has. complete the music debate in the village and especially in the city is interest in this completely wrong concept and wrong wrong idea there other members of the religious community we met in portsmouth agreed and they're under no doubt this toward the major challenges in tackling you think gauge moment social media their friends in other places they get led a path of who this looks interesting and suddenly they're listening to the teaching and i know that our leaders here in paul's with would not support i don't think the problem exists within any of the mosques imports with per se the issue lies in

where if those mosques are not delivering what the youth want. they may look for it somewhere else because the country and europe wise and the syrian conflict of things gauging a young generation like know that the four years ago a member of the my friends we were just ordinary boys you know just never thought about this stuff in this book about you know we're still you know still aware of what's going on in the world but we have to know my brother one this when you're older than me is. going to be about died in about thirty just something that hasn't sunk in for me or a lot of people so i know it's happened but i still hadn't sunk in so the forward for the full force doesn't mean. surf. but pushing from portsmouth in the south to be. the new york police department is in hot water again this week after a police officer beat and bloodied an eighty four year old man accused of

jaywalking on the upper west side con long was illegally crossing ninety six street over the weekend when police tried to stop him now witnesses say that the officer started walking against a wall and started writing him a ticket when he suddenly walked away one for him university law student said it appeared as though the eighty four year old didn't understand english the man was eventually arrested and taken to st luke's hospital with injuries to the head now he was charged with jaywalking resisting arrest obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct mr long's family is considering pressing charges against the officer the n.y.p.d. explains that it has been ramping up the prosecution of jaywalkers in the wake of several traffic deaths in recent weeks. at least fourteen people were arrested over the weekend during a protest against a california court's ruling to exonerate two police officers who are on trial for the death of a homeless man police are reviewing the footage from a local c.b.s. news station whose female photographer called nine one one after being attacked by

a protester while filming the rally. some of the demonstrators began surrounding our news for talking. my photographer was attacked by one demonstrator. are some radical groups out here i was a opportunist the same thing happen anaheim but it's not indicative of who kelly's army is what we're trying to get across to ron thomas kelly's father says blocking cars and causing problems is not what this demonstration is supposed to be about around one hundred fifty demonstrators gathered on saturday in front of a four ten police department to speak out against former police officers manuel ramos and jason elie the protesters believe the death of kelly thomas highlights the systematic problem with police brutality artie's les paul has more. we've seen images after image showing scenes like this. in the enforcement using force to subdue people with guns but tang's tasers pepper spray

or their bare hands but is it just a few bad apples or is there a systematic problem old hard to tell because accurate statistics are hard to come by well the f.b.i. compiled crime information on just about everything and something called the chief of uniform crime report of what you won't find in that report is the number of police shootings that have happened or really any information on police use of force we asked the f.b.i. if they had any recent statistics their response quote justifiable homicide would be the only f.b.i. uniform crime report program data available to determine use of deadly force justifiable homicide is not considered a crime and not all agencies report the data the spokesman tells r.t. that the f.b.i. only collects information if the officer is seriously injured or killed that means

we can find out how many cops were killed by citizens but not how many citizens were killed by cops and when it comes to local police departments again the statistics are murky i would say on a daily basis i receive inquiries from around the country numbering anywhere from five to ten inquiries per day peter granular is a d.c. based attorney that says he hears about police brutality cases all the time he shows us this video of one of his clients on the phone when an officer confronts hand and punches him in the face and missed the first time the second time he hit him in the jaw and we placed him in a cell for at least three to four hours without providing any medical care while he sat there with his jaw shattered but instances like this may not be rare i think that there are many. i mean these were the people would be brutally honest or feel fearful of the pleas they're fearful of making the reports often sound they are real laws but members of the department to whom they were making the report scott

lucas represents a mother that says d.c. police officer mark washington violated her daughter after an investigation into her runaway he came back anyway and he came back in the guise of as we understand anything to conclude his investigation and document injuries photographically and ultimately he had a child disrobe and took some inappropriate pictures prosecutors say there were other nude photos of minors on washington's camera he was arrested in december and after being released on bail his body was found in the potomac river as d.c. police continue the investigation into the case the police chief says they have put stricter recruiting rules in place since but without reliable statistics that document just how common police misconduct is concerned citizens and organizations are taking it upon themselves to find out when they see a police stop that they stop and watch and record that activity and then after they

do so that they that they publish those videos on social media networks and those often spread rather virally looking at these video shot by citizens and compiling media reports benvar kotto puts the pieces together and found police brutality cases are highly under-reported in some of these the larger studies that have surveyed civilian experiences with police about about fourteen percent of them have indicated that they have had an interest in her action with police that was either violent or in which they felt threatened or that there was some kind of misconduct but among those who experience that only thirty percent of them filed complaints with departments the hope is that more people will come forward so policing will be more transparent and those that did force the law will never be

above it in washington liz of all artes. well what happens in vegas could hit adults video store shelves near you in the not too distant future in the wake of a new law in california voters approved that require adult film actors to our protection during intercourse business has taken a nosedive in the l.a. area take a look at this number of applications to make adult films dropped from four hundred eighty to just twenty four between two thousand and twelve and the first nine months of two thousand and thirteen that's a ninety five percent decrease but just because these companies aren't filming in los angeles doesn't mean that production has stopped entirely many companies are making the move to las vegas to conduct business to talk about this potential exodus from california i'm joined now by adult film performer chanel preston hi there chanel thank you for coming back now what have you heard about the industry making moves to las vegas well there's actually been quite a few companies that have already moved to vegas there's been

a couple that have been there for quite some time and some companies are thinking about moving there now but haven't really made the plans yet and what about actors have you heard of any of them making the move to las vegas yeah actually there have been quite a few actors that have moved to vegas as well. i don't really want to move there so hopefully it won't come to that but i have heard of the performers moving there have you ever thought about you so you're not thinking about moving there have you thought of maybe flying there and filming and then coming back i actually do fly there and film there often and a lot of the companies when they move there it's actually cheaper for them to fly performers in versus shooting in l.a. so that's a positive part of being in vegas as it's obviously a lot cheaper to shoot there are there any other incentives other than cheaper costs and the no condom laws that make vegas a perfect place for this kind of industry. well right now they're not enforcing any regulations in las vegas and i personally don't know exactly what those regulations are and obviously in l.a.

they are enforcing those and that's why everyone is going to vegas of course the question is. when will they enforce that in vegas and i think a lot of people are a little worried about moving there because the they know that despite everyone moving there they can still alternately try to regulate the porn industry there well that was going to be one of my questions was what if las vegas follows in las footsteps should we expect the adult film industry to just keep moving because it can't be regulated like that like some people want to well that's the truth up slowly and i think a lot of people want to stay in l.a. and help and fight this because they don't want to have to be moving all the time i mean that's ridiculous uprooting an entire company to a different city is a big deal so a lot of people want to stay in l.a. and they want to fight it sure and now it just says you come down all to condoms or is it a bigger issue regarding los angeles i'm sorry what was that is this issue specifically about the condoms rule in los angeles or is it bigger is there anything else that

points to this issue of people wanting to leave l.a. who obviously l.a. isn't being very friendly to the porn industry a lot of people feel like it's a witch hunt put on by aids healthcare foundation and they're trying to make it a statewide thing now so right now it is to avoid regulation and also it's expensive to shoot no way so if people are trying to go after this and it's expensive it makes sense for some people to move to a cheaper place that is going to try to regulate the industry now i know proponents of the condom law say that it is safer for entertainers and twenty fourteen there were three shutdowns in l.a. after several performers tested positive for hiv where you stand on the issue of condoms. no performers contracted hiv on set every performer they have got a chevy actually got h o b in their personal lives and the point of the testing system is to keep it from coming in we will never be able to regulate what people

do outside of the industry now some people do feel safer using condoms but i don't feel like it should be a regulation las vegas is one of the only places where prostitution is legal was this just the natural choice for the adult film industry since there seems to be more lax kind of legislation there dealing with sex yeah i'm sure that obviously a lot to do with it it's also very close by it's very easy to fly performers back and forth from los angeles to las vegas as well what would you personally say to any people from los angeles that are watching this realizing that this part had this business has a big economic effect on last angeles and as and also on california what what would you say to them well hopefully people can see that there is value in having the porn industry in their city because it does make a lot of money and i think l.a. is hurting themselves in putting on these regulations because

a lot of people are going to leave adult film performer chanel preston thank you so much for coming in and weighing in on this new possible exodus to las vegas thank you. all right let does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america and check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa so for now to follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez and i will see right back here at eight pm eastern. we welcome aaron nate and abby martin to have a terrific hosts on the our team network. it's going to give you a different perspective give me one stock tip never i'll give you the information you make the decision don't worry about how breaking this works it's a revolution of the mind it's a revolution of ideas and consciousness and frustrated with the system the extreme right approach to things would be described as angry i think in a strong. under single.

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