in a new report, human rights watch and the american civil liberties union, warn that "large-scale surveillance is seriously hampering u.s.based journalists and lawyers in their work." the report is based on interviews with dozens of reporters and lawyers. this is ryan ross, chief investigative correspondent for abc news. feel sometimes feel, or i like we are operating like someone in the mafia. you have to go around with a bag of quarters, or that drug dealers, throw away the learner phones. these are steps to take to give trail.n electronic it makes journalists feel like we are criminals, like we are doing something wrong, and i do

in a statement, the american civil liberties union said instead of a watchlist limited terrorists, theernment is secretly blacklisting people as known terrorists and giving them an impossible task of having themselves prove themselves innocent. invited them,ow and said without speaking to the contents of the article, the wife system is an important part of the defense to protect americans against additional attacks. before an american may be included additional layers of screening are applied to make appropriate. for more, we are joined by jeremy scale. jeremy, -- well, for more, we're joined now by jeremy scahill and ryan devereaux of the intercept. their new article is, "the secret government rulebook for labeling you a terrorist". ofst, how did you get a hold this book? >> we need to be careful and protecting our sources, so we will not talk about the way we got the documents, that the document itself has been fiercely and actively cap secret by the obama administration, and the principles upon which this document was based were fiercely guarded as well by the bush administration. e

where was the american civil liberties union about that? isn't it strange that they have been remarkably silent? willy-nilly, we have been willing, through one method or another, to give to the media whatever shred of evidence that exists. most of it is not evidence. the interesting thing is what happened the other day, just for example. one thing the media had not had yet was a large document that had 715 pages in it about miscellaneous documents. i was asked, and so were the other members of this committee, to vote for this willy-nilly without the discussion of a single page or document. that is hardly the way you conduct a good hearing, is it? but that is the way we have been working. fortunately, that was defeated. another thing that happened the other day is a question i read is a good one. i wanted to know whether counsel could advise me as to whether or not the articles of impeachment should be specific. should each article involve a singular subject? i thought it should. counsel never opened their mouths. we never got that far. the

. >> reporter: the american civil liberty's union has brought up concerns about whether or not law enforcement agencies would use drones for search warrants or surveillance. at this point, the police say they are still in the research phase and just plan on using its for the bomb squad. they are still working on writing up guidelines on the uses. it has not been flown yet. the department has to go through the lengthy process of getting approve from the federal aviation administration to have it in air space. reporting live, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> a shortage of officers could force the san jose police department to eliminate its motorcycle traffic unit. the 11 motorcycle officers may be redeployed to patrol car units. police are caying the change because there are not enough officers to respond to emergency calls. the department has struggled to maintain officers since the passage of measure b which cut pension benefits. >>> a woman missing on mount hamilton all night was found safe this morning. santa clara county sheriffs office says christina puckett disapp

. >> tonight the american civil liberties union is calling for executions to be suspended after last night's botched are lethal injections in arizona. it took almost two hours to convict joseph wood. it should have taken ten minutes. witnesses say they watched wood gasp for air and convulsion hundreds of times. jan brewer ordered a review of the state's execution procedures. she said wood didn't suffer. this is the third prolonged execution in the u.s. this year are. >> new tonight, neighbors in southeast d.c. made themselveser heard on a new project to change the community. they went to a public hearing which has been proposed to be built at buzzar are d's point. the city is considering a land swap with developers. in order to get the property, d.c. would trade the reads center on 14th street. >> it's a summer tradition for families and fans. how much longer will there be a redskins training camp? we asked fans about the name controversy as camp got under way tonight. for many, the team name is one they have been proud of for years. there also seem to be room for change. >> you're r

this man is with the american civil liberties union. >> there's no way is 10 or 14 or 16 or 17-year-old child can grasp the complexity of the immigration law. the government pays for an attorney to prosecute every child going through immigration the the question is do we want them to present it by themselves, is it fair to have a lawyer make the case? >> the mass most of central american children is a challenge to the obama administration policies on human rights and the treatment of refugees. >> just as the obama administration calls on syrians to take in refugees for others to take in afghanistan gan or refugees from africa, and now we are being asked to do the same for what is undoubtedly, in part, a massive refugee crisis in central america. and the history will judge whether, you know, we were hypocrites or true to the basic principles and values of our country when it comes to people flees violence and persecution. 50,000 migrants with women and children have fled. some say there'll be 90,000 by years end. >>> in the canadian province of newfoundland fishing supported communities,

in the wake of this latest government spying revelation the american civil liberties union has announced that a coalition of forty five civil and human rights organizations have written to u.s. president barack obama demanding a full public accounting of these latest surveillance crop this is in question now according to the intercept the five american muslim citizens that had their e-mails monitored by the n.s.a. and the f.b.i. including a records university professor who is also president of the american iranian council an attorney who represents clients in terrorism related cases the executive director of care of the largest muslim civil rights organization in america the national chairman of the american muslim alliance which supports muslim political candidates and a long time republican party operative who formerly served as a lawyer for the department of homeland security none of the men have been charged with a crime in connection to the apparently monitoring the still kill one of the five americans targeted tells our team he has no idea what would leave the n.s.a. or f.b.i. to t

my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union but i am here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar. the first thing i need to say as we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made. they will be up shortly and nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. annual to the 26th supreme court the view from the press gallery program which is sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers, and the administration of justice. i have a few other preliminaries in addition to food before we begin. importer. to arnold for are hosting us again maybe the eighth or 10th year. and thanks to marcia tucker, their pro bono coordinator for helping to host us and help with all the arrangements. thanks to c-span which is in the back for covering us again this year. you will be able to see the rebroadcast of this program and various odd hours for the next few days and then it will be in their archive where you can watch it on your computer at y

the library's draconian rules were so awful that the american civil liberties union sent a letter saying how bad they were and increased dramatically and completely out of proportion to the offense, the suspensions that would be imposed on supposed violators. and finally, the hours -- this is with respect to access. the hours that the library was opened, the library attempted to cut every single evening session at branches from 9 o'clock where they closed to 8 o'clock and it was only through our alerting the public and the supervisors and others that it pull mostly back from that as well as some saturday morning closures. and, of course, they continue to have poor hours at the main and no increases for the biggest branches such as richmond. with respect to violations of law that involve violations that involve conflict of interest, the city librarian in september was found in violation by the fair political practices commission for not reporting donations from the friends [speaker not understood] friends whose finances he was supposed to look out for. therefore, there are a number of sun

and initially the gang didn't sit too well with the rap metal duo who along with the american civil liberties union brought a lawsuit against the f.b.i. and the justice department they claim their constitutional rights of free speech and due process were violated by the report in the judge's fourteen page opinion he stated that his court does not recommend any particular course of action for local law enforcement to follow and said operates on a descriptive rather than prescriptive assessment of nationwide gang trends the group called the ruling un-american and says they will continue to fight the clearance of the juggalos of the gang title a boom bust is coming up next here on r t aaron eight joins us now for a quick preview what's up erin highlands you think you know coming up on boom bust chris of martin's that is on the show the brains behind pete prosperity dot com sat down with me to discuss his series the crash course and boom bust favorite gin young only only in the program as well and she's one of the founders and of the foundation the big bandish and she's live on the program and she's br

investigation was launched in two thousand and eleven following a complaint filed by the american civil liberties union about the city's policing tactics as a result the city's police department will now be placed under federal supervision to ensure those changes are made. all right well european regulators are a little perturbed with the way google and other search engines are implementing a recent ruling from the european court of justice the new privacy law which launched in may had search engines scrambling to implement the new rules but now regulators are getting complaints from free speech advocates and those who want their most embarrassing moments are raced from the internet for good artes in the france explains. according to europe's top court people have a right to be forgotten by search engine results meaning that if a person feels a search for their name produces results that are out of date irrelevant or excessive they can request those results be removed by the search engine so search engines complied sort of since the law was implemented back in may these search engines handling of right

my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union, but i'm here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar and the first thing i need to say is we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made as i speak and are going to be up shortly and nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. so welcome to the 26th annual the supreme court view from the press gallery program sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers and the administration of justice. i have a few other political naers in addition to food before we begin. first our thanks, to arnold importer in whose room we are gathered. they are hosting us again for i don't know maybe the eighth or tenth 84 and thanks to marsha tucker, their pro bono coordinator for helping to host us and help with all the arrangements. thanks to c span, which is in the back for covering us again the year. you will be able see the rebroadcast of this program at various odd hours for the next now day

my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union, but i'm here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar and the first thing i need to say is we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made as i speak and are going to be up shortly and nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. so welcome to the 26th annual the supreme court view from the press gallery program sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers and the administration of justice. i have a few other political naers in addition to food before we begin. first our thanks, to arnold importer in whose room we are gathered. they are hosting us again for i don't know maybe the eighth or tenth 84 and thanks to marsha tucker, their pro bono coordinator for helping to host us and help with all the arrangements. thanks to c span, which is in the back for covering us again the year. you will be able see the rebroadcast of this program at various odd hours for the next now day

my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union.i am here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar. we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made as i speak. nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. welcome to the 26th annual supreme court review from the press gallery program sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers and the administration of justice. ponsoe administration of justice and the court's lawyers. i have a few other preliminaries before we begin. thanks to arnold and quarter in the spacious quarter room they are gathered. they are hosting us, i don't know, for the eighth or tenth year. thanks to marcia tucker the pro bono coordinator for helping to host us. thanks to c-span which is in the back for covering us again this year. you will be able to see the rebroadcast of the program at various odd hours for the next few days. it will be in the archive where you can watch it on your computer

justify include facebook postings or relatives already on the list. , hina shamsi of the american civil liberties union said -- a funeral has been held in new york city for eric garner, an african-american father of six who died after police placed him in a chokehold. confronted him because he was selling bootleg cigarettes. graphic video of the incident shows an officer pulling garner to the ground by the neck and then holding his head against the pavement. as other officers crowd on top of garner, he repeatedly says i cannot breathe. garner soon stops moving. he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. on wednesday, bishop kareem evans address the mourners at redland baptist church. >> this is an awesome task onlyse brother eric is not family. but he is not only is he family, but he is one that you consider close family. >> the officer who used a chokehold has been moved to desk duty in order to turn in -- and order to turn in his gun and badge pending investigations. the new york city police department says it also plans to overhaul training procedures in the wake of garner's debt. four emergency re

in a statement, the american civil liberties union criticized the proposed changes, saying -- the department of homeland security says it is increasing security measures that overseas airports with nonstop flights to the united states. anonymous u.s. officials have cited concerns about bombs being smuggled onto u.s.-bound planes. the heightened security measures will take effect at airports in europe, africa, and the middle east. jay nixon governor the missouri has vetoed a law requiring a 72 hour wait for abortion. missouri had been poised to become the third state forcing women seeking an abortion to wait three days after consulting with their doctor. periodaid the waiting was based "on a paternalistic resumption that rape and victims are somehow unable to grasp the them."that has befallen a new laws taking effect in georgia. it massively expands weapons permits in public places. owners takews gun weapons into bars, churches, and government buildings, and schools under certain conditions. nemo in new jersey, republican governor chris christie has vetoed a measure that would have reduced th

. >> joining me now, the director of the american civil liberties union. >> it's nice to be here. >> we're pleased with the legislation. we're supporting the legislation, we think there can't be a fast enough action to correct what happened with hobby lobby last week. >> the irony here is that what happened to bring us to hobby lobby was a supreme court case that found that people smoking peyote for religious regions could be fired. the congress didn't like it, so they passed a bill. it's that law which got us to hobby lobby, and we're using another law to correct the supreme court decision. >> that's true. but that said, i support this, we should correct this. >> you think it's the right thing to do? >> yes, we have a situation that's unpress tented. an employer could invoke its religious beliefs to deny its employees a benefit guaranteed by law. we've never seen the law interpreted that way before. >> there's a whole host of questions about how far this goes, that the lower courts are going to have to sort out. >> there's a host of questions about the contraception cases and there'

the american civil liberties union discusses the class-action lawsuit that group has filed on behalf of thousands of children who have crossed of the u.s.-mexico border and could be deported. and a smith -- hannah smith looks of the concept of religious liberty in how it is being debated. rban talks, clark u about efforts to increase security at overseas airports with direct flights to the u.s. plus, your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. it is live saturday and every day at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. following washington journal, enough -- the national governors association continues its summer meeting in nashville. we will hear a discussion on health care reform with tennessee governor and the vermont governor. that event is tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. later in the day, a special session with mary fallin and mr. hickenlooper. they will talk about job training and education ideas. that starts at 11:45 a.m. >> tune in this weekend for the harlem book fair. saturday ate starts 11:45 eastern on c-span2. by ed royce on foreign policy issues, including afghanistan and iran. thi

. >>> the american civil liberties union today announced that san francisco police have agreed to stopwarrantless searches of cell phones. this comes after the u.s. supreme court found that violated constitutional right to privacy. the deal to stop the searches is part of a settlement with the city attorney's office. in exchange, civil rights activist whose phone was searched by police without a warrant has agreed to drop his lawsuit. in a statement today, an aclu spokeswoman said, quote, our cell phones carry a wealth of information and paint a detailed picture of who we are. we don't surrender our right to privacy simply because we choose to carry that information around with us or because we have been arrested. san francisco police also issued a statement about the supreme court decision saying, in part, prior to this decision, every agency could conduct these searches. san francisco is no different. this decision is now case law and every agency must follow this decision. >>> new at 5:00, the old eastern span of the bay bridge is coming down, but all that steel could soon be going

for example, a lawsuit filed today by the american civil liberties union and other groups saying these kid all deserve a lawyer and he's pushing back to say, look, i'm enforcing, i'm going to be tough on enforcement, to leave himself room to come forward on dealing with those here illegally. it is the same conundrum he's forced the whole time. alien eigates the left but does bring over the right. >> a lot of officials are upset they didn't push for comprehensive immigration reform during the first four years of the obama administration when there was a democratic majority in the house. do you hear a lot of that griping, they should have pushed at that time when they had those majorities? >> look, they did health care reform, and -- >> why can't you do more than one -- why can't you do more than one controversial thing? >> i think basically the -- at that point, there were a lot more red state and red district democrats and they threw up their hands and say, we have taken enough tough votes. health care is important to hispanics too. they're one-third of all the uninsured in the country

school because we are having a public forum about this and have the president of the american civil liberties union who will come and address this issue, free-speech and sexism. they said, all it was about was sexism and ours was about a message, free speech, appropriate speech, offensive speech. basically they brought the school to its knees. all of these people came. a school district was forced to admit they made mistakes. that story when national. alice kelly requests with t-shirts that the gross have come up with, and it was a creative way of resolving the situation calling public attention to inequities. yet he instinctively the school tried to take away these young girls' voices were as they had been giving the boys' voices for over six months. that was a story where did not have to do anything except make the world aware of what they had done and what was going on in there have been others like that as well. my columns are distributed nationally one day a week. write three columns a week for primarily our audience, one is sent out nationally, and i think that most of these stories have a na

college students have now joined the naacp, the american civil liberties union, and the justice departmentudge to block portions of the state's strict new voter i.d. law. we're talking photo i.d. at the polls and a student i.d. will no longer suffice. a full week chopped off early voting. no more same-day registration. the list goes on. states with similar laws already on the books are watching this north carolina challenge very closely, as are civil rights groups. one naacp leader calls it the new jim crow, quote. this is also a very important issue for voting advocacy groups like rock the vote. audrey gellman is their spokesman. she's also a contributing editor for "marie claire." one thing about being american is the right to vote is presumably given to you when you turn 18 years old and given to you at birth. one they think i found interesting is that when you study this issue, and i have done it from a journalistic side, it's very difficult to see this widespread idea of voter fraud. one thing that is often bragt up, especially in the conservative circles, is this idea that 35,000 peo

and the american civil liberties union. -- c-spanly hosted firm in hosted a law washington dc. thur spritzer. the chief legal counsel of the american civil liberties union. arnold and porter. facing major lawsuits. spritzer, torthur have allowed arnold porter to sit -- host him on the supreme and c-span allowing it and they spoke with one of your producers and with your c-span director, it seems to me that this last vestige of hope is gone. host: i want to ask you a favor. when you get through the next time, turn the volume down. that was an event that we hosted. we cover events around this town all the time that are hosted and sponsored by different organizations, whether it is a law firm or heritage foundation or the center for american progress and we put those events on, as we have for the last 35 years. it is not an event that we particularly hosted, but we put it on the air, as is our mission. we let you make up your own conclusion. thanks for the call. want to make sure we clarify that one point. congress going prime time. you may have noticed a number of hearings taking

paul and the american civil liberties union talking about let's do something of that mandatory minimumsem is changing? >> i think so. >> and you the questions are raised in "the divide." >> july 16th. >> 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. >> exactly. the premiere tomorrow night "the divide" on we tv. stay with us on "cbs this morning." >>> newest hitting sensation that doesn't wear a uniform. >> you have seen this logo in a major league baseball player's [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the world called for speed... ♪ ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ♪ ...intelligence... endurance... affordability... adaptability... and when the world asked for the future. staying ahead in a constantly evolving world. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. hey, i'm headed to mcdonald's -- how do you take your coffee? [ sarah ] with an egg white delight mcmuffin. [ jill ] 1 cream, 1 sugar 1 egg white delight mcmuffin. [ sam ] large mccafe coffee -- and an egg white delight mcmuffin. [ male announcer ] mcdonald's mccafe coffee mad

american civil liberties. before that an attorney in private practice and director of legal services for the american arab discrimination committee as well as legislative counsel at the american civil liberties union. a veteran of the fight for digital privacy and also one of the driving forces behind the digital due process coalition. we actually have several members represented onstage. also to my left we have nick jones, who is an attorney at the legal and corporate affairs group at microsoft where he provides legal and policy advice on a range of issues related to legal compliance and government access to data. he's also been on the other side. before joining microsoft he was director for counter-terrorism of the national security council staff at the white house and also previously counsel to the assistant attorney general in the national security division at doj. he's also spent more than seven years working on capitol hill including five and a half at counsel for the senate judiciary committee. my immediate left, david leiber, privacy policy counsel for google where he works on privacy and data security issues. i hear occasionally those come up at google. previously he was an associate at e

when you hear rand paul and the american civil liberties union talking about let's do something of thatident. >> so the system is changing? >> i think so. >> and you the questions are raised in "the divide." >> july 16th. >> 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. >> exactly. the premiere tomorrow night "the divide" on we tv. stay with us on "cbs this morning." >>> newest hitting sensation that doesn't wear a uniform. >> you have seen this logo in a hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. ♪ >>> baseball's best will take the field in minneapolis for the all-star game. six of them will swing bats made by bats called tucci lumber. vinita nair shows us how the mom and pop organization managered to break into the big league in two years.

when you hear rand paul and the american civil liberties union talking about let's do something of that president. >> so the system is changing? >> i think so. >> and you the questions are raised in "the "tth. >> 9:00 p.m. tomorrow heth >>actly. the premiere tomorrow night "the divide" on we tv. stay with us on "cbs this morning." >>> newest hitting sensation that doesn't wear a uniform. >> you have seen this logo in a major leagu take the field in minneapolis for the all-star game. six of them will swing bats made by bats called tucci lumber. vinita nair shows us how the mom and pop organization managered to break into the big league in two years. good morning. >> big names like louisville slugger and rawlings has dominated major league baseball. an upstart in new orleans is stealing some of that business. tucci lumber has put bats in major leaguers' hands. >> reporter: pete tucci has a batting cage attached to his office. this is where he's always felt the most comfortable. was it your dream to play in the major league? >> absolutely. since the time i can remember my dream was to play

american civil liberties. before that an attorney in private practice and director of legal services for the american arab discrimination committee as well as legislative counsel at the american civil liberties union. a veteran of the fight for judicial privacy and driving forces behind this. several members represented on stage. also to my left we have nick jones, who is an attorney at microsoft where he provides legal and policy advice on a range of issues related to compliance and government access data of he's also been on the other side. before joining microsoft he was director for counter-terrorism of the national security counsel staff at the white house and also previously counsel to assistant attorney general in the national security division at doj. he's also spent more than seven years working on capitol hill including counsel for senate judiciary committee. my immediate left, david leiber, privacy policy counsel for google, works on privacy issues. previously ecommerce and privacy practice and worked as legislative aid to dick durbin. to my right, americans for tax reform and executive director of civil liberties project. she researches not only privacy but impressively geeky issues su

very reputable organization the lawyers' committee for civil rights under law, and the american civil liberties union. that found that in this progressive town, 90% of those arrested for smoking marijuana were black. i can't tell you exactly why but it probably has a lot to do with where the political -- the police -- forgive me, police presence is most likely to be. but these figures fly in the face of figures that show that blacks and whites use marijuana at the same rate. i don't know whether members appreciate what a, quote, drug offense, and that's what marijuana offense is, means. to a black kid. it's the end of his working life. he's likely to carry around a stereotype based on his color and often his gender if he's a black boy or black man. he won't be able to explain away this drug offense, marijuana offense, though it is very likely. that is what got the city council to pass this amendment, so anyone who messes with us on his issue is meddling with a serious racial issue in the district of columbia. and we are demanding that you stay out of this very serious affair. the amendment was passed

american civil liberties. and an attorney in private practice and director of legal services for the american discrimination committee as well as legislative council at the american civil liberties union. a veteran of the fight for judicial privacy and is also a driving force behind the digital due process coalition. we have several members represented on stage. also, to my left we have nate jones who is an attorney in the legal and corporate affairs group at microsoft where he provides legal and policy advice on a range of issues related to legal compliance and government access to data. he's also been on the other side before during microsoft he was a director of counterterrorism and previously, kocouncil and natiol doj and spent more than seven years working on capitol hill including five and a half as council for the senate judiciary committee. my immediate left, david leiber, council for google where he works on privacy and security issues. that issue does come up occasionally at google. and worked as a legislative aide to dick durbin. and then to my right, katy mckau live. researches digital privacy and impressively geeky portfolio of issues including spectrum allocation and int