blumenthal: i am honored today to speak in support of the hoeven-blumenthal resolution calling for free and fair elections in iran and condemning the government of the islamic republic of iran for its ongoing violations of human rights. these violations are brutal, tangible, real in their impact on individual lives in that country. and our hearts go out to the people of iran, particularly the individuals there fighting for freedom and democracy. the world has watched the arab spring bring down dictators in tunis and tripoli, and the people of iran continue to be denied those basic human rights that we hold dear and should be universal. i also want to thank secretary clinton for her tireless work in this region. she arrived in tunis shortly after we left to consult with all nations interested in aiding the syrian people, and she showed again her dedication to this same cause of human rights through her leadership there. i saw in our meetings with the new generation of leaders that are emerging in the middle east how dramatically the statements we make here, the actions that we take impre

senator blumenthal wants a law to forbid that demand. now on "countdown." >> good evening. this is thursday march 22, 230 days until the 2012 presidential election. movement tonight in the case of trayvon martin, the 17-year-old gunned down by a watch captain. the story, the police chief who decided stand your ground law meant the shooter would not be charged stepped down from his post today. with calls for that law to be amended following this tragedy and a fatal stabbing in miami. a call for a special prosecutor apparently heard by the state's governor, who appointed one tonight. that senator joins us. martin was heading to a relative's home from a convenience store when he was shot dead on february 26 by george zimmerman. the shooter a frequent caller to police insisting he acted suspiciously then attacked him that he only fired in self defense after a police dispatcher told him not to follow the young man. a bag of skittles and iced tea all that was found on martin's body. this tribute in sanford and one tonight as well, many more are planned. also making plans, son for

thank you very much. >> thanks, senator blumenthal. senator mccaskill, patience is once again rewarded. >> thank you, senator lieberman. correct me if i'm wrong, but i think the last time i checked the gdp without us in afghanistan is around $2 billion? and the gdp with us is around $16 billion? does that sound about right? am i off there, general mattis? >> i'd hate to say it's right. but it sounds about right. >> right. and, by the way, thank you both for all of your service and your leadership. i have said repeatedly i am supportive of what we are trying to do in afghanistan. but i have become increasingly skeptical about the infrastructure projects that we are spending money on. and i have followed the saga of surp from my first days on this committee. i have watched it have successes and, frankly, one of the things i've noticed is that while everyone thinks the idea is good, we have yet to have really an objective study that shows the value of a lot of the surp money. now we have for the first time what i'm affectionately calling

republican lindsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal. also u.s.oldiers are targeted in afghanistan and the syrian government attacks its own citizens. we'll ask the panel how the president should handle both hot spots and our power player of the week gets ready for march madness. all right on "fox news sunday". and hello again from "fox news sunday" in washington. all eyes are on super tuesday. washington state headline its caucaus on saturday. mitt romney won 38 percent. ron paul 25 percent. and rick santorum was chose behind at 24 . newt gingrich was last. on tuesday 10 states are up with more delegates at take than all contests combined up to now. joining us from tennessee is former senator rick santorum. welcome back to "fox news sunday". >> guest: thank you, chris, good to be with you. >> chris: good to be with you, sir. ohio is the biggest prize on tuesday and it seems tailor made for you. blue collar and manufacturing and lots of rural areas and big evangelical vote. don't you have to win there, sir? >> guest: we are going to do very, very

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senator blumenthal will tell us about his call to action. one reason why new voter ids are so disturbing is because we want to make sure people access. this is the "war room" and it's only on current tv. >>> sometimes when you listen to the news and you listen to some of these other politicians, they seem a little bit confused about what i'm saying. we are going to continue producing oil and gas at a record pace. that's got to be part of what we do. but an energy strategy that focuses only on drilling and not on an energy strategy that will free ourselves from our dependance on foreign oil, that's a losing strategy and that's not a strategy i'm going to pursue. >> well that was the president today talking about his all of the above energy strategy and calling out republicans for their repeated claims that their drill baby drilling rhetoric will lower gas prices. more domestic production does not mean lower gas prices. and a new report today shows just that. over the last 40 years even has drills has gone up in america, gas prices have not go

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senator blumenthal. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. i want to add my thanks to both of you. and the men and women under your leadership for your really extraordinary service which i had the privilege to see a bit firsthand during my second trip to afghanistan last february with senator mccain and senator graham and others of my colleagues. and as i mentioned to you, admiral mcraven, i was particularly impressed by the really remarkable achievements of our special operators there. the numbers tell a powerful story, but so do the more anecdotal information, particularly about turning over a lot of this work and training the afghans themselves, which i think is a really unprecedented achievement in our military history in terms of special operations. and i hope that we all keep sight of that work and also, general, the work that all of our men and women there are doing despite the incidents that may sometimes cloud the clearer picture that we should have and the appreciation we should always maintain of their service and sacrifice and the achievements are a real success there.

senator blumenthal is next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i want to thank you for your service, general allen, and for the eloquence and the power of your responses today, and my wish is that more americans could hear them firsthand, and they contain some very powerful information that you shared with us during my last visit. information how the success of our special operations, our night raids, particularly the very low rate of civilian casualties. the high rate of successfully seeking targets and degrading the leadership of the insurgents, taliban, al qaeda. you've noted in your -- in materials provided that the ied rate of interdiction and success, tleefrt at least on ou declining. at least over the past month. it's fair to say, is it not, they seek to rely more on the ieds as they find themselves less successful in engaging us in direct attacks. is that correct? >> that is correct, sir. >> and we've heard testimony from others including director clapper, that pakistan has made -- and i'm quoting, i think from him and from the legisl

it's been a great honor. >> senator blumenthal, thank you for taking over here. >> thank you. i'm honored to take over from chairman levin for the final questioning. i think that's the good news. very honored to be with us and thank you as others have for your extraordinary service, both general fraser and general jacoby. i will try to avoid repeating some of the questions. i think i know about most of them. but i do have a number that may elicit some of the same testimony. i want to come back to the aircraft that are being drawn down from the air national guard, a decision that affects particularly connecticut, because we will lose the lift capacity of the c-27j, and 136 aircraft will be lost to the air national guard which i regard as important because connecticut is one of the 27 states that are affected by it, and i wonder if you have done an analysis of what the effects will be of that draw-down. >> senator, thank you for the question. the air national guard is an important partner to u.s. north-com and to norad so in both hats, they're important partners to us. the guard

senator blumenthal? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to you both for your service, your extraordinary service to our nation, in each of your commands and responsibilities and to the men and women who serve under you. general kehler, if i could begin just briefly following up on a remark that you just made about the ohio class submarine which you have said is going to be of strategic vital importance as far as we can see into the future, i probably am paraphrasing you, not quoting you directly, but i agree completely, and i wonder if you could speak to the significance of the ohio class submarine replacement in terms of what its value is, how does it add value to our strategic force and why is it so important to continue building it without further delay, i should stress? >> senator, each of theme nucle brings something unique to the mixture and the strength of the overall deterrent has always been in the sum of its parts. so as we look at this today, and as we go to the future, the inherent survivability of the submarine based

senator blumenthal is next. >> thank you, mr. chairman.and i want to join in thanking you for your service, general alan, and for the eloquence and power of your response today. my wish is that more americans could hear them firsthand. they contain very powerful information you shared with us during my last visit about the success of our special operations, our night raids, particularly, the raids of civilian casualty, the high rate of successfully seeking targets and degrading the leadership of the insurgents, taliban, al qaeda. you have noted in the materials that you have provided that the ied's rate of interdiction and success that we have on our part is declining. the least over the last month. but i think it is fair to say that the insurgents don't necessarily seek to rely more on the program as they find themselves less successful in engaging us indirect attack, is that correct the mac that is correct, sir. >> we have heard testimony from others, including general clapper, that pakistan has made, and i am quoting from the legislatio

driven incidents as we ask is racial profiling alive and well and america i'm joined now by max blumenthal journalist and writing fellow for the nation institute welcome to the show max so while both of these stories are tragic only one of them seems to be capturing the attention of the u.s. media and that is the case of trayvon martin and why isn't this case in california of the iraqi woman nearly as it has talked about that's a good question and i was following the trayvon martin case from the beginning after he was murdered by vigilante. this year is. and it was actually the. groups of the calls that george zimmerman vigilante killer placed to the police the release of those calls several days later that led to this flurry of media coverage where you know the this killing was confirmed as kind of a vigilante assassination and other facts around shame other wadi have not been confirmed yet although it looks pretty clearly like a hate crime this note go back to your country you terrorist was found on her door a week before the killing and then again it was found by her dead body and anoth

an exclusive interview with rick santorum and lindsay graham and richard blumenthal to talk about the u.s.n u.s.nd israel. i'm shannon bream. thanks for watching and have a captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> chris: i'm chris wallace. there are ten states and more than 400 delegates in play. the countdown to super tuesday. with primaries and caucuses across the country, we'll have presidential candidate rick santorum where he needs to win to regain the lead in the republican race. rick santorum a "fox news sunday" exclusive. then, president obama and israeli prime minister netanyahu get ready to discuss what to do about iran. we'll explore how to keep that rogue nation from going nuclear with two key senators, republican lindsey graham and richard blumeen shall. >> the syrian government attacks its own citizens. we will ask our sunday panel how the president should handle both hot spots and our power player of the week gets ready for march madness all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. while all eyes are on super tuesday

. >>> calling it an invasion of privacy, richard blumenthal is writing a bill stopping employers from asking for passwords. >>> a flight in arizona as the 800-pound, 45-foot-long-craft was carried to over 2700 feet in the air by a helicopter. it was released and flew on its own for about six seconds at a speed of 98 miles per hour. wow. >>> and now here's a look at wall street. the dow opens at 13,046 after losing 78 points yesterday. the s&p fell ten, the nasdaq lost 12. the nikkei dropped 115 points while in hong kong the hang seng sank 232. >>> a toll on markets here at home yesterday but there may be a silver lining. at least some temporary relief at the pump could be on the way after worries about dwindling oil demand draggeded the price of crude down 2%. fears of a global slowdown weighed down energy and raw material suppliers the most. those worries also overshadowed news of unemployment applications fell by 5,000 to a four-year low last week. fedex also took a hit after its financial chief warned of slowing demand abroad. shares slipped 4%. >>> diamond foods lost 7% after susp

republican lindsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal. senators, welcome to both of you. the president and prime minister will be wrestling with two questions. what are the red lines, how far each leader will allow eran to go before giving up on diplomacy and second, how committed is each to a military strike in iran crosses the red line. senator graham, what does president obama need to say to prime minister netanyahu to reassure him? >> that i'm committed to stopping iran from getting nuclear weapon not only in words but in deeds. that if necessary we will use military force and they need a common definition of what change, what kind of change would be acceptable on iran's part. >> chris: meaning the red line, how far they are willing to allow iran to go. >> there needs to be a common definition conveyed privately to iran so they know what they need to do. >> chris: does president obama need to go further than he has so far in reassuring the israelis. >> he needs to give a more specific and muscular content. to all options are on the table to say that containment is not

. >>> calling it an invasion of privacy, connecticut's richard blumenthal said he's writing a bill to stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their facebook passwords. >>> and a nasa spacecraft orbit around the moon has sent back images with a view of the far side, with the earth a tiny image in the distance. the images were chosen by fourth graders in montana. >>> the dow opens at 13,046 after losing 78 points yesterday. the s&p fell ten, the nasdaq lost 12. overseas trading, in tokyo, the nikkei dropped 115 points, in hong kong, the hang seng sank 232. >>> signs of economic weakness in china and europe took a toll at markets at home. there may be a silver lining. some temporary relief at the pump could be on the way after worries about dwindling oil demand dragged the price of crude down 2%. those worries also overshadowed news of unemployment applications fell by 5,000, to a four-year low last week. fedex took a hit after its financial chief warned of slowing demand abroad. shares slipped 4%. diamond foods lost 7% after suspending dividend payments to stockholders.

senator richard blumenthal all of >> he announced he is writing a bill that would ban employers for asking for facebook passwords. reports of that surfaced just this past week. the senator says the practice is unreasonable invasion of privacy for people who are seeking work >> stakes and smiles, out eating red meat can make you happy >> out of prison and speaking out >> there was a point where i thought this stuff only happens in movies >> a former suspect in the near death beating of brian stowe tells his side for the first time >> by state senator caught on camera running a red light. why people were not necessarily surprised. >> is friday and that makes me happy but we have big,,,,,,,,,,, >> smile for the camera, at arizona state senator frank stanton laurie busted running a red light. recently the lawmaker has been a vocal critic of the photo enforcement and now we know why. he was cited for the infraction >> i'm not a big fan of those and you have the yellow lights that pop up and all of a sudden you've done it or you stay? >> spoken by a man who has done it before >> if you are heade

charles schumer and richard blumenthal are calling on the justice department and the equal opportunity employment commission to investigate whether requesting social media credentials from someone is a violation of federal law. >> there's a coercive nature here. you want the job so badly if your employer asks, you may be afraid to say no. >> last week facebook issued a warning to employers to not ask job applicants for their password. facebook opposes the practice saying it's a violation of the website's policy and, quote, not the right thing to do. i would agree with that, too. >> absolutely. ashley morrison here in new york. thank you so much. >>> hollywood film maker james cameron completed his voyage to the bottom of the sea. he was about 200 miles off guam when he climbed into a special submarine called the deepsea challenger descending seven miles into the mariana trench, the deepest place on earth. he spent more than three hours under water to explore and film and even tweeted, just arrived at the ocean's deepest point. hitting bottom never felt so good. can't wait to share what

senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you all three of you for your extraordinary and distinguished service to our nation, and particularly general amos, thank you for your endurance and tolerance with us. i know your back must be reaching a point of some pain, anyway, but glad to see you here as senator reed is looking like all of us would like to look with or without that kind of surgery. let me begin also by saying how much i admire and respect the success and i underscore the success of our marines and soldiers in afghanistan where i have recently visited despite all of what we see and emphasize at the ground level in targeting high-level leadership of the taliban, the insurgents, the work done in terms of training and transition. i think the work has been just very, very impressive and i know you testified already to that effect, but i would just underscore it now. i gather that ied, the roadside bombs, continue to be a problem there, and i wonder whether you feel that we are making any progress i

. >> gary blumenthal, war perspectives. mr. ambassador, curious, what is japan doing to recognize the individual workers who made a great personal sacrifice to try and prevent further damage to the rest of the population from the fallout? >> i think you are talking of people who are working in the nuclear site, and also those people worked in the police force, self defense force, fire department people. there are a lot of people who have worked and i think the most -- i should not say, label, but are those workers on the site who have really been there all the time. if they had left it would have been such a disaster. so, i think we should recognize them. i don't know how we can because there are a lot of people. i think maybe their work is going to be done in a group or individual -- i'm sorry, i do not know at this juncture. i say this because this is so difficult. on american side, if i am extending gratitude there are some people up in front but there are a lot of people in the back side who were not seen by us but were on

. >> thank you very much, senator blumenthal. senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i won't belabor my point but i agree with most of what was fat. i want to emphasize how important is that we ensure israel has every evening service to close any capability to ask with respect to iran. you both you agree with that recommendation or suggestion? >> yes, sir. both of us have been proponents for sharing intelligence with the israelis. i'll be going there next week to engage with the israeli intelligence officials and discuss that very point. >> recommit thank you. and also to add him a little bit more, my colleagues have mentioned syria and how the people are enduring serious tax from a solid. earlier this week the head of al qaedl on the slums in the countries joining syria to join the fight against the assad regime. given the president and administration continued to say it's not a matter of if but when we will fail fall, are we prepared for the situations are possible possible state where a car that enjoys the state and refuge and from which to coordinate attacks? what

. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator webb? >> you and i are probably the only people here who would remember this, but i have to say listening to senator bagich's questions about wanting a deep water port in alaska brought back fond memories of senator stevens when i was secretary of the navy many years ago and under the strategic dispersal concept at that time he was pushing real hard for home ports in alaska. of course, at that time we had 465 ships in the navy. but also, admiral, i think your comment about learning how to operate in the persian gulf, that really brought back a strong memory to me from when i was secretary of the navy and we had just started, actually, operating full-time in there, and i remember visiting the u.s.s. stanley in the persian gulf like in 1987. the first thing i would do when i would go aboard ship, it came from my youngster crews at the naval academy when i worked with engineering spaces with the s p snipes was always to go down into the engineering spaces and to ask them the last time their co

senators chuck schumer and richard blumenthal regular calling for an investigation on into the practiceeaks federal employment laws. last week facebook warned employers to stop asking for that information. >>> now 4:55. 56 degrees. coming up, the guilty snack that turns out is secretly healthy. like that. >> i'm all for that. >>> plus, one of the world's most famous directors just wrapped up a journey fit for a hollywood thriller. >>> and "hunger games" fans >>> welcome back, the "hunger games" isn't starving for cash. the blockbuster film made $155 million this opening weekend, making it the third best debut ever in terms of revenue. the "harry potter" finale and the 2008 "dark knight" were the only films to make more. analysts expect the academies film to make as much as -- the action film to make as much as $700 million worldwide. "the hunger games" set a record making it the most revenue on a non-sequel movie. got to see it. >> but there will be sequels. >> yes. >>> director james cam veron is back on ground after traveling to the deepest point on earth. the director of "titanic" fi

. >> thank you very much, senator blumenthal. thank you, senator graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, we have a lot of ground to cover and a short time to get there. start with the big themes here. general allen is thas defining time in the war on afghanistan? >> i believe it is. >> would you awe glgree we have had it right since general mcchrystal have we had the right strategy and resource? >> really not ten year, just will it right the last several years. do you agree with me, dr. miller and general allen, that afghanistan is a center of gravity for the moment in the war on terror? >> i believe it is, sir. >> senator, i do, and given our history there, it's also essential for our credibility in conducting operations elsewhere. >> here's a comment. no one can guarantee success in war or politics. you can do your best. i have great deal of confidence in your plan. i ask my colleagues to listen closely. you've asked good, hard questions, but i have come to conclude that you and your plan represent the last best chance for success in afghanistan. do you both agree

. >> reporter: richard blumenthal and lindsay graham both said president obama needs to tell the israelis specifically what the u.s. will and won't do to support them. they urgeed a strong stance in afghanistan. >> if we leave and it falls back into taliban hands and al- qaeda re-emerges, we'll pay a heavy price. history will not judge us by the day we left but what we left behind. >> reporter: indiana governor mitch daniels hay way of putting politics in perspective. >> when mother nature decides to work her wrath on we mere mortals, you remember how inadequate sometimes the best of human action can be. >> melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all of your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. ight now. >>> it is monday, march 5th, 2012. a beautiful look at the washington monument. some wintry weather moving in a little closer this morning. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> let's say good morning to tucker barnes and get the latest on that. we have some interesti

notice and washington visible artsy journalist max blumenthal says netanyahu so aggressive stance on iran could spell disaster for israel the u.s. and the rest of the world. iran has practical concerns it is going to act in its own best interests own best interest is not to launch a nuclear strike on israel even tinier pardo the head of the israeli mossad intelligence service says that so it's really benjamin netanyahu and acting through a pac which is like their shadow government in washington to alter american policy and move against american interests and they've already done that with sanctions the obama administration has fought sanctioning iran central bank because they knew that it would raise gas prices and oil prices inside the u.s. congress passed it one hundred to nothing this apac resolution and now we have high gas prices and americans don't really understand why and now they're pushing us war for israel to apac netanyahu it seems so messianic and so influenced by a neo conservative line of thinking that he's taking israel down this path of self-destruction. hyping war r

maybe they should take the time to address that probably not going to happen right now and that's blumenthal writing fellow for the nation institute thank you so much. well as we mentioned at the beginning of the show russian elections took place this weekend and there were some changes this year including a three hundred million dollars program to help monitor elections with more than ninety thousand cameras installed at polling stations around the country this was in part a response for calls by many for more free and fair elections there and r.c. correspondents have discovered having those cameras installed at voting centers meant more than an opportunity to try to catch people breaking the rules and also meant hours of good entertainment it was only. full. to use it. but the lections were also about these video cameras here but to make them play and transparent and into at least gave was hours of unexpected intertainment from ordinary russians. these people became the true reality stars of the election even though the world was watching closely they thought no one was looking president e

influence and connections it has there to help it improve its reputation i know we recently had asked blumenthal a writing fellow at the nation institute here in our studios i want to play just a little bit about what his what he said his take on what's going on here pro israel supporters in california playing the same role that pro israel supporters play across the country they donate to political campaigns to ensure that democrats and republicans do pretty much whatever israel wants that and that's especially true for the democratic party where at the base of the democratic party there is increasing dismay and discontentment over israel's policies so what do you think professor mearsheimer do you think this is also a time to try to win over some of those people on the left to who are starting to question some of israel's policies well for sure i mean i think everything max says is true but israel has a significant public relations problem and that problem is only going to get worse with the passage of time because the occupation is going to continue you're going to end up with a greater israel

want to take a deeper look at the extent to which israel drives us foreign policy and earlier mass blumenthal writing fellow with the nation institute stopped by our studios to give us his perspective. with respect to iran it's driving it right now but it's not driving it to its as far as it wants to it's not able to move the red lines to where it wants to go we heard benjamin netanyahu tell barack obama you're you and your us i mean it's a bizarre statement but it means we're basically our interests are the same that is not true with respect to iran iran poses no threat to the united states militarily and four and the obama administration is acting on assessments from the cia from the military and intelligence apparatus that tell him that that a war with iran would be disastrous israel is seeking to use the u.s. as its proxy to attack iran through a pac and what a pac is doing in congress right now is it's given congress an ask meaning they're asking congress to authorize a resolution declaring that the red lines should move meaning that the u.s. will go to war if iran crosses these red line

in-your-face befriending richard blumenthal the connecticut lawmaker announced yesterday he is writing a bill that would ban employers from asking for face the passwords reports employers requiring access to applicants social media profiles service this week the senator says the practice is employed an unreasonable invasion of privacy of but now there is a move to wipe out tuition supporters of the plan not to collect more than 800 fraud signatures from voters the lawful time students assumes that three residents of california and keep a minimum grade point average or perform 70 hours of community service each year the cost to be paid for by higher income taxes on wealthy californians tonight is the night's to raise its? >>> for somebody to win the 200 million meghan million jackpot pbs. you never know. several have come and gone without a winner sell it is now near record level it is the eighth largest mega price since the game started back in 2005 for 40 and 41 other states usually meat packers from indiana. but you about the guest today. but shute in a pool and you didn't even know

. >> prosecutors have noticed, other prosecutors like eliot spitzer, richard blumenthal, want impressive conviction records. >> all these regulations, they will comb the books and find something. >> this could happen to you. they can take any law they think you broke and take you to trial. whether you win or lose you are going to lose because by the time you are done fighting you are broke. >> the government never goes broke. >> they must spent million dollars. >> i heard they spent five million. >> how much money does it take? >> i've had clients that spent $10 million. >> i cannot even imagine how much money they spent prosecuting my husband. >> the feds tried jill's husband jack and lost. but instead apologizing for getting it wrong, they threaten to fine him $37,000 a day. a terrible crime did they commit. trying to build a house on their own property. >> the county gave you permission to build. >> and they inspected the foundation and approved it. >> so you started to build. >> but a government owned drainage ditch was clogged. they asked the government to the fix. >> it they say we

and finally, new york senator charles shumer joined richard blumenthal is n.asking theus tis department to ask to investigate whether companies asking for facebook pass words are breaking the law. facebook saying it violates it's policies and threatens legal action against company that's do so n san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. larry? >> thank you. >> we can see some clouds starting to form there and there is respite today, now, back to the rain. >> there is a nice break. tomorrow is going to be a rainy day for the bay area, this storm is aiming at the north bay. so they're going to just get drenched. yes. there is a live picture right now. you can see clouds gathering and there is still dry except for north bay there are light showers and there is a little bit of green around clear lake area, there are temperatures into 50s and 60s, highlights, sprinkles into north bai. there is rain and showers diminish into wednesday. there is a morning event. there is a storm we're watching going to provide another drenching. saturday's storm just sat there. this is going to be di

i recently sent a letter with senators leahy, whitehouse, franken, blumenthal to john roberts asking them to publicly release one of the court's resolutions which says that the justices will follow the same regulations on outside employment, honoraria and income which apply to other federal judges. the chief justice agreed to our request and publicly released this for the first time since it was adopted in 1991. i applaud chief justice roberts' action. i encourage him and the other justices to continue on this path by releasing all of their ethics rules. there is more work for the supreme court to do to increase transparency and accountability. the court should either adopt a court rtle agreeing to follow the judicial code of conduct, the same ethics code that applies to all other federal judges, or adopt and publicly disclose their own ethics code. many have called for the supreme court to adopt a judicial coved conduct. in response, chief justice roberts vs complained that the justices use the code as one source of guidance but not the only source to decide ethics questions. give t

senators chuck schumer and richard blumenthal calling on the justice department to launch investigationscompanies and law enforcement agencies asking job applicants to submit facebook pass words along with a job application. states in california, illinois and maryland weighing certain types of legislation. at hand the possible violation of two specific acts, the communications act and the computer fraud and abuse act both prevent access to electronic information without authorization. now facebook has already taken a strong stand against the practice saying that they are weighing legal action against any company that involves such practices. but the question of legality still remains on the table. that is what lawmakers are looking into. back to you. >> we heard so much from senator chuck schumer over the weekend saying this is giving somebody the key to your house and letting them read your personal journal. >> a lot of people say it's violating privacy issues. we were talking about it in the newsroom one news producer said she doesn't care she has nothing to hide. >> before you leave t