alex thomas. coming on. the back. well i'm john martino washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. startling revelations about the n.s.a.'s snooping capabilities it reignited the debate about balancing national security and civil liberties president obama once promised the most transparent administration ever so there's no time we said goodbye to the policies of the bush years more on that in just a moment and many women denied being feminists at the same time they support many of the most fundamental principles of feminism when and why did the name for a social movement become a dirty word at least on the right i'll ask gloria steinem is a nice conversation with great minds.

alex thomas. crime. coming up. where it chooses to be homeless no one chooses to be a mass sorrow. isidro's for the show to. get in the six pm get out six b six. they were. trained. to be the class people i'm. sure biggest. it's tough to think about all of them homes. and to know that many may not only been lost to won't have never been me but they're also due to for closures that never should have. welcome back to the kaiser report max kaiser time now to turn to mark mcgowan also known as the artist taxi driver mark it is a pleasure to have you on the show thanks for having me mike you have a huge following of people watching your videos now i want to talk to get right into this. you know william hague he has said that there's nothing to fear in the u.k. from these advanced spying technologies like prism if you're normal and what's it all about. so if you're normal like to i mean i mean ok so my primary purpose is i'm anonymous so like a lot of people like i make i make videos you know but you speak to me you know let me stop you right there because one of the stars they are invol

. >>> "now" with alex wagner is next and alex is live on location. >> hello, thomas! in chicago with a great big friday show. up first, a wide ranging conversation with former president bill clinton. why he is slightly bullish on immigration reform and what he thinks about the culture of cooperation in washington. >>> then i'll talk with another clinton -- chelsea clinton joins me to talk family, women and equal pay. >>> plus, we will ask david axelrod about the white house decision to intervene in syria. and president obama's surveillance dilemma. >>> all of that when "now" starts coming up right here from the windy city. want younger looking eyes that say wow? with olay, here's how. new regenerist eye and lash duo. the cream smooths the look of lids... softens the look of lines. the serum instantly thickens the look of lashes. see wow! eyes in just one week with olay. see wow! eyes in just one week ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. ta

alex wagner is coming up next. >>> hey, thomas. >> what are you doing over there? saying the teleprompter where i read off script and everything that's supposed to be there is not there so i'm reading it off this piece of paper. we're going to be talking about edward snowden and we're talking about the nature of intelligence gathering in the u.s. and the military surveillance complex. we will talk access with "the guardian's" spencer ackerman. plus, the president is reminding the public and congress that nobody will get everything they want when it comes to immigration reform, but will anybody get anything at all? we'll discuss all of that coming up next on "now." we all have on. that perfect spot. a special place we go to smooth out the ripples of the day. it might be off a dock or on a boat. upstream or in the middle of nowhere. wherever it may be, casting a line in the clear, fresh waters of michigan lets us leave anything weighing us down back on shore. our perfect spot is calling. our perfect spot is pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. a regular g

alex, what's coming up? >> lots of stuff, lots of stuff, thomas, we're going to be talking about the nsa's surveillance and barackposition on that. and the surveillance hooks are out. and we're going to get reaction to the news from our panel and shayna katidal from the center for constitutional rights. and education secretary arne duncan talks education and working moms and senator jeff merckly joins us to discuss the endangered middle class in another three minutes. ♪ [ male announcer ] moving object detection. ♪ blind spot warning. ♪ lane departure warning. safety, down to an art. the nissan altima with safety shield technologies. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ where we've switched their fruits and veggies with produce from walmart. it's a fresh-over. that's great. tastes like you just picked them. so far, it's about the best strawberry i've had this year. walmart works directly with growers to get you the best-quality produce they've ever had. all this produce is from walmart. oh, my gosh. i'm shocked. [ laughs ] i know where i'm going to be shopping for strawberries now. find fresh berries and all your q

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alex wagner is next. >>> but joy ann reed is filling in for this monday. >> hey, thomas. how are you?i'm doing great. monday is over. now you have to -- after your show you have to watch my google plus hang-out on air. >> are you going to answer spy questions? >> it is all about marriage equality today. >> that's important. >> we'll talk spies later. >> that's a bet. that's a plan. thank you, thomas. >>> all right. what's another monday without a new surveillance program leak? is edward snowden's latest spy revelation distracting us from the debate we should be having? we'll ask the guardian's ed pi l kl dington. >>> and we'll talk syria and preview the president's putin immediating with chuck todd. >>> bo biden joins us. >>> all that when "now" starts after this. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. we're not in london, are we?

thomas roberts is back. 11:00 eastern. monday morning. and you can catch me tomorrow right before "disrupt," in fact, 2:00 eastern right here on msnbc. now with alexxt. alex, what have you got coming up? >> i am psyched for karen's biology lesson. that's all i'm going to say. psyched, america needs it. thank you, my friend. and hello, craig. happy friday. house republicans defect on the farm bill. frogs leaping out of the wheel barrow by the dozens. we'll discuss whether it will cost john boehner his job. plus, john mccain is begging his party not to obsess over the dang fence. does the house have its own plan to kill the bill? >>> and mayors are planning a strategy to move the ball forward on gun safety at their meeting in las vegas today. we will speak with the president of the u.s. conference of mayors, philadelphia's mayor, michael nutter. all that starts in a mere 180 seconds. chantix... it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. [ mike ] when i was taking the chantix, it reduced the urge to smoke. [ male announcer ]

alex, thanks for that. >>> now, back here at home, a series of bomb scares across the country in the last 24 hours that grounded planes and shut down campuses. abc's pierre thomas is in washington with the latest on the mysterious wave of threats. and people want to know what's going on here, pierre. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the fbi is racing to find behind those threats, which disrupted the lives of thousands over the last 48 hours. in richmond, virginia, a bomb threat shuts down the city's airport for 3 1/2 hours tuesday. the threat came in by phone. the caller claiming to be with the taliban. >> a security guard came by and looked at me and said, ma'am, you're going to need to put down the coffee and leave the building. >> reporter: around the same time at princeton university in new jersey. >> developing news out of princeton, the campus remains evacuated after a bomb threat. >> reporter: students and teachers were evacuated after separate bomb threats against multiple buildings on campus, displacing thousands. >> something's going on. and it must be something showing up that they're shutting everything down. >> reporter: and in atlan