five made it necessary for i use these to record what information was shared as representative dan longer and put it i felt that some accountability is necessary to ensure that this up already is not being abused i don't believe on its face it is an abuse of section but i do believe that it could be subject to abuse in the future and therefore this allows us as members of congress to have an ability to track this on a regular basis well thanks to longer course i we've learned that law enforcement very well may have overstepped their bounds christopher seagal fell over the center for applied security research and a frequent guest on this show down some disturbing numbers and it came to the d.-o. g.'s warrantless surveillance tactics of the information obtained via the freedom of information act which we should know took him almost a year to get going found that there were seventeen emergency warrantless wire wiretaps by the d.o.j. in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven there were nine cases two thousand and eight there were seventeen cases but there were ninety one emergency in

but he now tells his board he's no longer up to the ta. abc's dan o'nell has more.>> reporter: rob and tanya, the announcement came with no warning. the edison of current age, the man responsible for changing music, mobile telephones and introducing an entirely new category of computing -- >> reporter: -- resigned. the letter, short and simple. he told the apple board of directors, i have always said if there ever came a day when i could no longer meet my duties and expectations as apple's ceo, i would be the first to let you know. unfortunately, that day has come. just a month ago, with jobs on a medical leave and participating in some ways in the company, apple announced an astounding quarterly result. historically high sales of ipads, iphones and mac computers. share surprises of the company has reflected that success, jumping more than $100 in the past year. after the news of his resignation came out, shares of the company shed more than 5% of their value in after-hours trading. wall street and millions of apple customers will now be watching closely, looking to

foods, which is a major blue chip advertiser, told you you can no longer do this, i expect it will have some ripple effects. >> reporter: dan abc news. >> these hot dogs are not quite as appetizing as the ones in the story. the truth is, you don't -- you're a vegetarian. you don't eat meat. that's just a bun. >> that's not a hot dog. that's a not dog. that's my kind of dog. >> all relish in there for you. i think hot dogs with relish and ketchup are delicious. i'm going to eat this. i don't care who wins the lawsuit. >> i'm going to o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

dan, and independent. caller: i would like to know how much longer the government is going to be allowed to embezzle our social security money. i am 78 years old and we lost our house in florida and it is getting hard to live in this economy. there is no call love. the only kolo we can find is the supermarket -- there is no cola. the only cola you confined is the supermarket. everything, like food, is going up. host: after you lost your house in florida, how did you end up in kentucky? caller: we moved out because we had to go bankrupt and we had it to an -- and a convicted us, one day late after seven years, they put end eviction on and we stayed there and we had to go bankrupt and everything at 78 years old. is this the way the country going to keep running? host: how is life in kentucky? are you in an apartment? caller: apartment. i can't afford a house is no more. i wouldn't buy another house for all the tea in china. host: ypsilanti, michigan, on open phones friday. in victoria, turn down your tv volume. all right, we will move on. gerald, a democrat, st. louis. caller: i would like to talk about obama th

longer. >> 2,000 national guard doing the damage assessment. we want to go to times square and dan harris. >> reporter: good morning to you. so strange to be standing outside of your normal perch, times square studio. we are largely protected here. are other parts of the city as we enter the key hours of the storm, 60-mile-per-hour winds, a lot of flooding. new york is in a double flooding. we have a storm surge, the sea come dmg from the harbor and then all the salt water getting down in the subways, where we have hidden electrical transformers and also, flash flooding from the rain. it's been around a long time and it's not going to let up any time soon. as we entnt the key hour we are seeing more people on the streets, curiosity seekers, taking pictures. not a good idea with the wind and rain starting to pick up more. >> everybody still should stay inside. that is a message for right now. >> it looks like it's not that bad. but it is deceiving. especially the wind. and indeed f you're here in new york that is where we find jim avila up on the roof here. >> we are on the 15th flo

on the island believe that the maryland woman is no longer alive, but they have questions that have yet to be answered. joining me from washington is danton post." dan, good morning. >> good morning. >> what do we know about the search of the house in maryland owned by her traveling companion? >> the fbi searched that last night. they got there, they were there by 9:30. there were more than 12 unmarked police cars in his driveway. he has a very long driveway and it was filled with cars. they were there for at least a couple of hours. and left about 11:00 last night. >> do we know what they extracted from the house? >> no, we don't. i've been trying to find that out this morning. we don't know what they got yet. i know that they talked to the prosecutor in aruba the day before. he said the search warrant was coming and he was interested in any kind of records that could be found in there. >> okay. because we do believe that these two met online, gary having met her there. so with regard to him being in custody, how long can he stay behind bars in arublea? >> on monday, there will be a hearing that i think will be key that the judge will

. >> if kraft foods has told you can no longer do this i suspect it will have ripple effects. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news. >> it's good too. >> let's see. i have dan harris as a rank amateur when it comes to the puns. ah, yeah. i'll push him towards top dog. >> 12. in is a 1 1/2 script. >> how many minutes do we need to exercise now? >> 20. >> a lot more e ming up in our next half hour, the chief suspect in the disappearance of the american woman in aruba detained for another 16 days and we hear from a new witness who saw her the day she vanished. we hear from a new witness who saw her the day she vanished. ay she vanished. it comwith a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn'n'it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow. [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's okay. i've played a pilot

longer. there's plenty of room for him in the race. >> the pawlenty/bachmann back and forth. bachmann folks feel britpretty in the moment, danlks feel pawlenty drew some blood? >> you know, he did what he had to do. you know, he feels he's -- >> leave it all on the field. >> he knows he's got it all on the line on saturday. what was interesting, and i credit david chalian from pbs on this, he noted last night after the debate, he said, what was interesting was that she came very prepared to go at him. not just to count wlaer has he to say but make a case against him. it suggests both of them understand saturday's going to be a very big day for them. >> could it be we're down to a three-person race for all intents and purposes on sunday? that is, bachmann, perry and romney, if pawlenty can't seem to break through? >> don't forget ron paul. i mean -- >> he's there, he's a factor, but is he a nominatable factor? >> no. interesting about ron paul is he's one candidate whom win or lose straw poll, he's the same ron paul the next day. probably not possible as a nominee. >> all right. beth, dan, i got to leave it there. you know wh

longer among us. so may he rest in peace. >> we'd like to remind our listening audience that this is a program with the commonwealth club of california, and we're listening to "double play: how dan white got away with murder and changed san francisco" with reporter and author mike weiss. unfortunately, mike, we've reached the point in our program where there's time for just one last question. and i guess i'd like to know how, how would the city be different today if it were not for these tragedies? >> i don't know that it would be. um, well, i mean, dianne feinstein probably wouldn't be u.s. senator, but i don't know if that has much effect on the life of the city. there wouldn't be streets and buildings named after harvey and george. but other than that i don't think it really would be a different city. a lot of time has gone by. history flows forward, and things go on. and i don't see that on a daily kind of basis it makes much difference. in fact, we've got district elections again, right? i mean, they're back in again. i can never keep track. i don't live in the city anymore. it's such a pity i don't get to vote for the board of supervisors. but i can never keep track of whe

longer lead time. here we are during this short term period. i'm not hopeful. >> andrea, danents have gotten away from the president. what can he do and what is actually possible? he can put a plan on paper, but what is possible here? >> put a plan on paper. it's not going to get through congress, then make it his argument, his fight, taking the fight to congress and shift the blame for the bad situation we are in. nothing short term is going to produce the jobs he needs by election day. >> alex, we are going to shift blame. that's the plan. >> blame shifting. dan brings up an important point. obama had an opportunity to make an argument there's a difference between short-term spending and long-term investment. he didn't do it. now he's forced to talk about it. the american people are tired of it. they don't believe anything is going to work. he has 14 months to go where he's throwing out paper. it's bleak. >> it doesn't anticipate other events. the one hand, the euro is on crisis. on the other hand, look at why they are injecting more money into the euro zone, into the weak

longer among us. so may he rest in peace. >> we'd like to remind our listening audience this is a program with the commonwealth club of california and we are listening to "double play" house dan white got away with murder and changed san francisco with reporter and author mike weiss. unfortunately we have reached the point in the program where there is time for just one last question, and i guess i would like to know how, how would the city be different today if it were not for these tragedies? >> i don't know that it would be. well, i mean

longer controls libya. he needs to relin distinguish power. suddenly, again, libya in the headlines on his vication, dan? >> that's right. and so the president has to juggle not only his domestic agenda, but also foreign policy agenda. this is, though, positive news for the administration this coming some six months or so after president obama first called on moammar gadhafi to step aside. as you pointed out, the president has been getting briefed throughout these developments. john brennan, his counterterrorism adviser has been here on the island. we are told to expect that the president will be getting a briefing first thing this morning. the president also conducted a high-level conference call last night with senior level members of his national security team, including his chief of staff, the secretary of defense, and others, we are told. but, you know, the administration so far has been very careful not to put the president out in front of a camera. obviously because the situation is so fluid. as you pointed out, the president did release a statement last night and also in that statement, the presi