americans now earlier i was joined by a good dear abbas's a staff attorney at the council on american islamic relations which is also taking part in the lawsuit against the obama administration. i asked what he hopes this lawsuit will accomplish well we're trying to restore n.s.a.'s traditional function and i say was set up to not to spy on americans and their communications it was as part of the military it was seen as a agency that was foreign walking and what's happened in the years since nine eleven is has dramatically shifted to now where we can see from the recent revelations that an essay is pursuing and receiving orders to collect a vast amount of information from the major telecommunications companies and so we want to see that that practice ends and one of the ways that the lawsuit seeks to accomplish this is by revisiting a fifty a half century old decision and p. versus alabama alabama had passed a law forcing the disclosure of membership rolls that. maintained and the supreme court said that that was unconstitutional because when we know who we associate with when the government knows who

substantial we'll see what happens that was good a robust staff attorney at the council on american islamic relations. so we know of the federal government's interest in our telephone and internet communications but as you might expect a law enforcement is interests interested in what we say over the phone or send via e-mail they're interested in where we drive our cars to today the ele a.c.l.u. release an explosive new report on license plate readers which the group says is the most widespread location tracking technology you've probably never heard of a mountain on top of police cars or bridges and light poles license plate readers are in wide use in several cities across america capturing photos of virtually every driver's license plate along with a timestamp and a location tag now all of this data these millions of license plate photos all of it was being used to track illegal activity but the a.c.l.u. alleges that simply being stored giving law enforcement access to location information of millions of innocent americans in maryland of the over one million license plates read only forty seven wer

without trial of those forty five are being force fed mando would walid from the council on american islamic relations says the real problem at the prison is the indefinite detention. just ridiculous and to see if they're having some sort of a loose accommodations by. basically torturing the people at night instead of the day it makes the situation you know no better and this discussion about more speedy you know this is only a symptom of the bigger disease in which there are over eighty individuals in guantanamo bay who are being cleared of any wrongdoing and they're being held indefinitely against their will and really want a person gets the state we need to be worse but they've really given up hope that they can get any type of justice and this is really the bigger problem with the bigger issue at hand that we really need to be addressing held in total secrecy complete isolation and no access to the outside world you can find out about those held in company and oh by israeli intelligence and the toll it takes on the prisoners. also are he was digging deeper more than ten million barrels of oil were

sleep deprivation against detainees to and the strike abraham hope her from the council on american islamic relations believes they won't stop until there are real improvements at the facility. our position has always been that it's wrong to force detainees that's a position of the international legal experts it's a position of medical ethicists it's a position to have every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong the only reason these people are carrying out this hunger strike is because they feel desperate they feel that nothing will ever change for them you have to give them some hope somehow that the situation is going to change otherwise what do they have left. a journalist been shot down in russia's restive dagestan republic by identify gunmen the man who was the political editor for a newspaper into regent was reportedly wanted by militants because of his work. reports. to be i have was shot dead fifty meters from his home in russia's region of dagestan

fleet deprivation against the detainees to end the strike him cooper from the council on american islamic relations believes they won't stop until there are real improvements at the facility. our position has always been that it's wrong to force feed detainees that's a position of the international legal experts it's a position of medical ethicists it's a position of every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong the only reason these people are carrying out this hunger strike is because they feel desperate they feel that nothing will ever change for them you have to give them some hope somehow that the situation is going to change otherwise what do they have left. time for world news update and we begin in canada passengers are being rescued from a friend a commuter train in toronto after heavy rains triggered widespread flooding hundreds have already been helped out of windows by emergency services and taken to safety on dainties now the intense downpour had

without trial of those forty five are being force fed abraham hooper from the council on american islamic relations believes the pro das won't stop until real changes are made at the facility. our position has always been that it's wrong to force detainees that's a position of the international legal experts it's a position of medical ethicists it's a position to have every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong the only reason these people are carrying out this hunger strike is because they feel desperate they feel that nothing will ever change for them you have to give them some hope somehow that the situation is going to change otherwise what do they have left now is no lab to the situation at guantanamo activists are trying to show the public just how bad force feeding really is abby martin look at one such attempt in breaking the set some viewers might find a following food it's upsetting. case you still don't realize how horrifying this procedure reall

trial of those forty five are being force fed in mondo wood will lead from the council on american islamic relations says the real problem at the prison is the indefinite detention. just ridiculous and then to see if they're having some sort of religious accommodations by. basically torturing the people at night is to makes the situation you know no better and this discussion about for speeding you know this is only a symptom of the bigger disease in which there are over eighty individuals in guantanamo bay who are being cleared of any wrongdoing and they're being held indefinitely against their will and really want a person gets the stage we need to be worse but they've really given up hope that they can get any table justice and this is really the bigger problem with a bigger issue at hand that we really need to be addressing. inmates in jails on the u.s. mainland are also angry at their conditions thirty thousand prisoners have started refusing wheels across california in protest and being subjected to long periods of isolation as we report online also for you at our t.v. dot com digging deep wel

humane treatment and being held for years without trial in mali made from the council on american islamic relations says indefinite detention is real problem at the prison just ridiculous and to see if they're having some sort of religious accommodations by. basically torturing the people with names to makes the situation you know no better and this discussion about force feeding you know this is only a symptom of the bigger disease in which there are over eighty individuals in guantanamo bay who are being cleared of any wrongdoing and they're being held indefinitely against their will and really want a person gets to the stage we need to be worse but they've really given up hope that they can get any type of justice and this is really the bigger problem with the bigger issue at hand that we really need to be addressing. now it's one of the basics of being a consumer that you get what you pay for but people in britain are finding their electricity bills are a few pounds higher power they don't even receive it's to cover the massive amount of anarchy which is being stolen from the grid and according

hunger strikers complaints remain unaddressed in mom to wood while live from the council on american islamic relations says indefinite detention is the key issue that's led prisoners to take such drastic action. just ridiculous and to say that they're having some sort of a loose accommodations by. basically torturing the people at night instead of the day makes the situation no no better and this discussion about force feeding you know this is only a symptom of the bigger disease in which there are over eighty and of vigils and guantanamo bay who've been cleared of any wrongdoing and they're being held indefinitely against their will and really want a person gets to the stage where they need to be forced but they've really given up hope that they can get any type of justice and this is really the bigger problem or the bigger issue at hand that we really need to be addressing. now moscow is gearing up for its first mayoral election in a decade and just one hour remains before the city's life and commission closes its doors for the registration of candidates and the vote itself is scheduled for septembe

using sleep deprivation against detainees to end the strike him hooper from the council on american islamic relations and believes they won't stop until there are real improvements at the facility. our position has always been that it's wrong to force feed detainees that's a position of the international legal experts it's a position of medical ethicists it's a position i have every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong the only reason these people are carrying out this hunger strike is because they feel desperate they feel that nothing will ever change for them you have to give them some hope somehow that the situation is going to change otherwise what do they have left on line and r t dot com right now you can check out toronto's to wrench old trauma a month's worth of rain in one day we got eyewitness accounts and dramatic photographs of the storm that has swamp the city leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. also online school shooting ram

sleep deprivation against detainees to and to strike it were him hope for from a council on american islamic relations believes it won't stop until there are real improvements at the facility. our position has always been that it's wrong to force feed detainees that's a position of the international legal experts it's a position of medical ethicists it's a position of every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong the only reason these people are carrying out this hunger strike is because they feel desperate they feel that nothing will ever change for them you have to give them some hope somehow that the situation is going to change otherwise what do they have left and stay with us for more world news after short break. i would rather asked questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. welcome back this is already coming to you live from mosco

hunger strikers complaints remain unaddressed and mando would waleed from the council on american islamic relations says indefinite detention is the key issue that's led prisoners to take such drastic action is just ridiculous and then to say that they're having some sort of religious accommodations by. basically torturing the people at night is to makes the situation you know no better and this discussion about force feeding you know this is only a symptom of the bigger disease in which there are over eighty individuals in guantanamo bay who are being cleared of any wrongdoing and they're being held it indefinitely against their will and really what a person gets the stage we need to be worse but they've really given up hope that they can get any type of justice and this is really the bigger problem or the bigger issue at hand that we really need to be addressing. and now take a look at some other stories from around the world in turkey and anti-government protesters has died in hospital bringing the death toll from the ongoing unrest to five nineteen year old student spend seven weeks in a coma a

end hunger strike let's discuss the situation with abraham hooper from the counsellor on american islamic relations he's been advocating against this force feeding is going on there hi thanks for being with us have you had any response from president obama about this than no not really other than to say that they're going to be force feeding them only during night time hours during the month of ramadan i mean our position has always been that it's wrong to force feed detainees that's a position international legal experts position medical ethicists it's a position i have every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong i mean everything you say that i take in their house by their little concession i guess as they say the u.s. government now says this is only going to happen at night because of ramadan you take any comfort in that that at least some of what you said has been heard. i don't think if you were told that well we're not going to abuse you during the d

positions within our department of homeland security and what not which is from the council of american islamic relationsh is an umbrella group for the muslim brotherhood. so, yeah, i don't blame the republicans at all for being a little bit skeptical of this guy who is trying to jam sugar-coated bills down people's throats and put these appointments in that are not congressionally regulated. agencies like the epa or the sec, what not and that, you know, basically what this is, they're trying to take away our rights, and like we're idiots or something to speak out against him and his decisions and exercise our rights as citizens and our representatives to represent us as is citizens and gently nudge us towards socialism, you know, which all of his other policies and, you know, the liberal party seems to be headed towards. and thank you for your time. >> host: okay. harlan from boulevard, california, thanks so much for joining us. victor has this point, join us on our twitter handle, c-spanchat. we've been asking senator reid to get rid of the filibuster for two years, they've abused it. we have cameras b