some as snoopers charter would be given another push by the government or the intelligence and security committee said the proposal detailed bills that need to help authorities track online activity of citizens and retrieve personal web data want to surf earth looks at how such measures could power up national security. the main area of concern surrounds this the draft communications data bill and proposals in it that critics say could see the public left wide open to having their facebook accounts or twitter e-mails read anything that they visit online the websites that they gayety logs by the government now understandably those plans have proven hugely controversial with critics labeling it the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest report by the intelligence and security committee and they'd like to see a nationwide surveillance regime implemented now the government say that they need to do this to catch criminals and stop terrorism but there's lots of the members of the public saying where are safeguards when it comes to what we do online also speak more about this i'm now

will be given another push by the government intelligence and security committee said the proposal details the bill is designed to help authorities try. and retrieve data. looks at how such measures could power up national security. the main area of concern surrounds this the draft communications data bill and proposals in it that critics say see the public left wide open to having their facebook accounts or twitter e-mails read anything that they visit online the websites that they gate logs by the government now understandably those plans have proven hugely controversial with critics labeling it the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest for four by the intelligence and security committee made like to see a nationwide surveillance regime implemented now the government say that they need to do this to catch criminals and stop terrorism that there's lots of the members of the public saying where are safeguards when it comes to what we do online will seek more about this i'm now joined by professor and sneakily to the director studies security and intelligence studies at

tuesday february 26th the house homeland security committee will hear testimony on security at u.s.ders and how to improve it. that is at 10:00 a.m. in room 311 of the cannon building. wednesday february 27th at the u.s. capitol the late civil hts become the first african american woman ever honored with a statue in statue area hall. the unvailing begins at 11:00 a.m.. thursday february 28th the house committee on education and welfare holds hearings on school standards and whether schools are doing enough to measure teacher performance. that is at 9:00 a.m. in the ray burn building. and on friday march 1st at nasa headquarters. nasa advisory committee will hold hearings on the spread of unmanned aircraft systems by civilians in the united states. that is at 8:30 a.m.. that is your capitol run down for the week of february 25th. you can find more on myfoxdc.com and on twitter. i'm tom fitzgerald we'll see you next week. >>> as many of you know the oscars are tonight and for many people one of the highlights of the event is of course the fashion. so what will the actors and actresses

of all service members, but some in congress, including the chairman of the house homeland security committeeall, say they will introduce legislation to require the fort hood victims receive the purple heart and other benefits they say they are now being denied. terry? >> thanks, brian, for that important story. we'll keep you posted on it. >>> it is time now for our closing arguments, tackling the issues the president confronted in the state of the union address. confronting gun violence, the troop drawdown. which do you think is most important to our country right now? tell us what you think at the "nightline" facebook page. tweet us @nightline and thanks for watching abc news. we'll see you here tomorrow.

don't think in the two plus years that i've been a member of this committee for the homeland security committee or the subcommittee on homeland security that we ever had you in front of us, and you and i have not talked about the topic of the national bioscience and growth facility. i was really reluctant to do that today, budget giving no option because our time is up. and lets you release the funding that they had funding within the next, the contract expire. and so the last time we're together, september i and decemr study, you indicate it was now time to cut bait. you took a very significant step and authorized the transfer of real estate from the state of kansas to the federal government, -- around to allow the transfer of the land so that this facility could be built. and you have the authority once again to take another step, which is to release the $40 billion this congress has appropriated to meet the state's funding to complete the central utility pad. and i'm anxious to know if you're ready to fish or cut bait? >> sir, we've been working very closely with the state of kansas on that,

the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest report by the intelligence and security committee and they'd like to see a nationwide surveillance regime implementing now the government say that they need to do this to catch criminals and stop terrorism but there's lots of the members of the public saying where are safeguards when it comes to what we do online will seek more about this i'm now joined by professor and sneakily to the director studies security and intelligence studies at the university of auckland thank you very much for joining us you are in support of the draft communications data verbal i heard you describe yourself at a recent talk is the skunk at the picnic if these fees and these proposals are so unpopular why are the government pushing them through all the time when the government is pushing them through because the government realizes that they're needed some thirty million people use the internet to communicate with each other each day in the united kingdom people in this country fully accept that for more than a hundred years. their telephone conversations

the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest report by the intelligence and security committee made like to see a nationwide surveillance regime implemented now the government say that they need to do this to catch criminals and stop terrorism but there's lots of the members of the public saying where are safeguards when it comes to what we do online will seek more about this i'm now joined by professor and sneakily to the director studies security and intelligence studies at the university of akron thank you very much for joining us you're in support of the draft communications data bill i heard you describe yourself at a recent talk of the skunk at the picnic if these keys and these proposals are so unpopular why are the government pushing them through all the time when government is pushing them through because the government realizes that they're needed some thirty million people use the internet to communicate with each other each day in the united kingdom people in this country fully accept that more than one hundred years. their telephone conversations are likely to be m

and chair of the house homeland security committee.nice to have you in person -- >> thanks for having me, jenna. jenna: we've heard different numbers. we've heard hundreds have been released, thousands have been released, what are we talking about here? how many? >> we really don't know. we know hundreds have been releaseed. i sent a letter to director morton demanding answers in terms of how many people have been released, what is the background, what is this policy that you're doing that you didn't notify congress about and, you know, what is the criminal backgrounds? we're hearing that some of these people released have violent criminal backgrounds. jenna: we're hearing from the white house -- jay carney spoke about this yesterday -- saying that the white house has no input on this plan, this is up to the department to make that decision. what do you think about that? >> it's very interesting how napolitano announces this at the white house, tries to tie it to sequestration, a scare tactic that they've been doing all week long -- je

congressman michael mccaul is chair of the house homeland security committee. >> when you release these peop and expect them to show up at a court proceeding at a later date we found before about 90% of them don't even show up. >> reporter: besides georgia, we did learn that many releases were in california, arizona, and florida. scott, immigration advocates tell us the cost per day of this supervised release is about $14 whereas it costs $164 a day to keep these detainees in jail. >> pelley: mark strassmann in our atlanta newsroom. mark, thanks very much. the world-renowned pianist van cliburn who started playing the piano at the age of three died today at his home in fort worth. the cause was bone cancer. van cliburn became a superstar as a 23-year-old from fort worth, texas, when he won the 1958 international tchaikovsky competition in moscow. it was also unexpected the soviet judges went to the soviet premiere for approval to award him the prize. and he was honored back home with a ticker tape parade. cliburn was treated like a rock star with sold out concerts and when "60 minutes"

on wednesday, february 13th, the house homeland security committee opens hearings on new perspectivesm. in the cannon building. thursday, february 14th, following the bombing of a u.s. diplomatic building in turkey in september, house appropriations committee holds a hearing on embassy security. begins at 9:30 a.m. on friday, february 15th, office of the united states federal trade representative will open hearings on foreign countries that ignore u.s. copyrights. that's your capital rundown for the week of february 11, 2013. you can find more at myfoxdc.com or on twitter with #capitalrun down. i'm tom fitzgerald. see you next week. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] over a third of a day's fiber

tuesday, february 26th, the house homeland security committee will hear testimony on security at u.s.rs and how to improve it at 10 a.m. in room 311 of the cannon building. wednesday february 27th at the u.s. capitol the late civil rights icon rosa parks will become the first african american woman ever honored with a statue in statuary hall. the ceremony and unveiling begins at 11 a.m. thursday, february 28th, the house committee on education and welfare holds hearings on school standards and whether schools are doing enough to measure teacher performance at 9 a.m. in the rayburn building room 2175 and on friday, march 1st, at nasa headquarters nasa's aeronautics advisory committee will hold hearings on the spread of unmanned aircraft systems by civilians in united states at 8:30 a.m. at 300e street southwest and that's your capital rundown for the week of february 25th , 2013. you can find more on www.myfoxdc.com and reach us on twitter with #capitalrundown. i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll see you next week. director's voice: here we go. from the top. and action for over 75 years people h

will discuss the issue during the first one of our series which is on the help and home and security committee itself. a second half will focus on another issue. this is one we have been very instrumental in addressing, and securing our nationwide seeking network. -- nationwide public safety network. we were here on the development and implementation -- we will hear on the development and imputation and how we can work together to ensure success. tomorrow the work force committee will have a conversation about how states can best develop an innovative human capital strategy for our nation and work force and our jobs and to ensure that every child in our nation has affected teachers and we have great school leaders and that we do everything we can do to meet the work force means across the nation. governors are leading to ensure that all students regardless of race or income or is a code have the ability -- or is the code have the ability to receive a zip code have the ability to move on. we will speak about some of the big issues, the extensive damage many states have received from national di

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at the "new york times," "the washington post," senator tom carper, chairman of the homeland security committee, told "the hill" newspaper that the white house will likely unveil a cyber security proposal sometime after president obama's state of the union address. >>> and add "the washington post" to the list of u.s. newspapers coming under attack from chinese hackers. just this week "the new york times," bloomberg news, and "the wall street journal" all reported their computers had been compromised. security experts say china started targeting american news organizations in 2008 to monitor their coverage of chinese issues. >>> the next hour of the cnn "newsroom" begins right now. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm don lemon. getting close to the top of the hour and topping the news right now, officials in alabama say the man holding a boy hostage in an underground bunker is allowing the delivery of potato chips, toys, and medicine. jinly lee dykes grabbed the 5-year-old boy from a school bus saturday after fatally shooting the driver. funeral services were held for the driver who is being hailed

on wednesday, february 13th, the house homeland security committee opens hearings on new perspectivesed states' successful missions against top al-qaeda leaders. that's at 9:30 a.m. in room 311 of the cannon building. 30, february 14th, following the bombing of a u.s. diplomatic building in turkey and the consulate attack in september the house appropriations committee holds a hearing on embassy security at 9:30 a.m. in room 140 of the capitol. on friday, february 15th, office of the united states federal trade representative will open hearings on foreign countries that ignore u.s. copyrights at ustr headquarters at 9 a.m. at 1724 f street northwest in washington and that's your capital rundown for the week of february 11th, 2013. you can find more on www.myfoxdc.com or on twitter with #capitalrundown. i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll see you next week. assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for