farook went there to meet her in person in 2013. they were later married there and flew back to the united states together in july 2014. malik was admitted to the country on a fiancee visa. america's current visa waiver program can allow extremists to slip in undetected. many continue to exploit the fiancee visa for sham marriages or disappear after overstaying a visa. >> 30 countries in europe, fill out a form, get on an airplane and come to america for 90 days and makes us less safe. there's gaping holes in the program. >> clearly it's golden passport to the u.s. >> frank salifo is director. of the george washington center for cyber and homeland security. >> we are looking at ways to tighten up the visa waiver program. >> we do know that shortly before this incident took place there was a pledge of allegiance from her to al baghdadi and isis. the information that we have would indicate she had a lot of idealistic component coming the country. >> they lived in nearby redlands with their baby daughter. the 62-year-old mother who wor

farook went there to meet her in person in 2013. they were later married there and flew back to the united states together in july 2014. malik was admitted to the country on a fiancee visa. america's current visa waiver program can allow extremists to slip in undetected. many continue to exploit the fiancee visa for sham marriages or disappear after overstaying a visa. >> 30 countries in europe, fill out a form, get on an airplane and come to america for 90 days and makes us less safe. there's gaping holes in the program. >> clearly it's golden passport to the u.s. >> frank salifo is director. >> we are looking at ways to tighten up the visa waiver program. >> we do know that shortly before this incident took place there was a pledge of allegiance from her to al baghdadi and isis. the information that we have would indicate she had a lot of idealistic component coming the country. >> they lived in nearby redlands with their baby daughter. the 62-year-old mother who worked in the building department of a major california hospital als

farook went there to meet her in person in 2013. they were later married there and flew back to the united states together in july 2014. malik was admitted to the country on a fiancee visa. america's current visa waiver program can allow extremists to slip in undetected. many continue to exploit the fiancee visa for sham marriages or disappear after overstaying a visa. >> 30 countries in europe, fill out a form, get on an airplane and come to america for 90 days and makes us less safe. there's gaping holes in the program. >> clearly it's golden passport to the u.s. >> frank salifo is director. >> we are looking at ways to tighten up the visa waiver program. >> we do know that shortly before this incident took place there was a pledge of allegiance from her to al baghdadi and isis. the information that we have would indicate she had a lot of idealistic component coming the country. >> they lived in nearby redlands with their baby daughter. the 62-year-old mother who worked in the building department of a major california hospital als

farook went there to meet her in person in 2013.y were later married there and flew back to the united states together in july 2014. malik was admitted to the country on a fiancee visa. america's current visa waiver program can allow extremists to slip in undetected. many continue to exploit the fiancee visa for sham marriages or disappear after overstaying a visa. >> 30 countries in europe, fill out a form, get on an airplane and come to america for 90 days and makes us less safe. there's gaping holes in the program. >> clearly it's golden passport to the u.s. >> frank salifo is director. >> we are looking at ways to tighten up the visa waiver program. >> we do know that shortly before this incident took place there was a pledge of allegiance from her to al baghdadi and isis. the information that we have would indicate she had a lot of idealistic component coming the country. >> they lived in nearby redlands with their baby daughter. the 62-year-old mother who worked in the building department of a major california hospital also li

. >> reporter: the fbi won't say who helped it hack into the iphone belonging to syed farook who along with his wife killed 14 people in san bernardino last year. the government revealed in a court filing monday that it gained access to the phone without apple's assistance and is no longer asking the court to order the tech company to help. investigators would only say the testing was carried out by highly skilled personnel and that the investigation of the phone's data is ongoing. >> we don't know how they did this, and we don't even know who the fbi is working with. >> reporter: the government's request for help was met with stiff resistance from apple. ceo tim cook argues that helping the fbi would set a precedent if it created a so-called backdoor that would allow investigators to gain access to the iphone. >> we have a responsibility to help you protect your data and protect your privacy. >> reporter: the iphone 5c running apple's os9 system was issued to farook by his employer, san bernardino county. after the shooting, they could not crass the phone's pass code. the agency asked

made a mistake by resetting farook's account password. that reset prohibited the farook's rook's icloud backup comey insists investigators need access to the data on the iphone itself. the f.b.i. director agreed getting it will have international implications. >> pelley: jeff pegues in the washington newsroom for us tonight, thank you. hundreds of police officers today their final respects today at the funeral of ashley guindon in virginia. the prince william county reek cop was shot on saturday while responding to a domestic violence case. it was her first day on the job. guindon was 28. sportscaster erin andrews tells a jury she'll never be the same after being photographed nude in her hotel room. and bill cosby's criminal case has been put on hold when the cbs evening news continues on we asked a group of young people when they thought they should start saving for retirement. then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons wh

the phone was found in farook's getaway car. the feds and apple got on a conference call yesterday about the canceled hearing. but no official word yet from the company. the department of justice released a statement saying it is cautiously optimistic this hack will work. milpitas-based security company fire isaias making a cop -- fire eye says making a copy of the drive to get multiple tries at guessing the pass code because 10 wrong guesses erases the data. >> they probably circumvented or hacked the software that implements the encryption, the security software on the phone, and they are going to try to brute force the code to get into the phone that way. >> reporter: if it works, it will avoid the showdown over privacy. apple has said it's a back door that could be stolen and used as a master key to unlock millions of phones around the world. speaking at a product launch yesterday in cupertino, the ceo said we need to decide as a nation how much power the government should have over our data and privacy. the feds will test o

the fbi believes a locked iphone given to farook by hisy hold information on the december 2nd terror abeing ttack that t getting access to that information has opened up a debate over privacy and data >> we need to decide as a nation power the government should have over our data and over our privacy. >> reporter: on a day when he company's latest gadgets, apple ceo tim cook took a firm stance against >> this is an issue that impacts all of us, and we will not shrink from this responsibility.onth a federal judge ruled in favor of an fbi request for apple to create new special software that would unlock farook's the latest court filing, the government says it will test this new method of opening the phone, and it may not need the tech company's help. >> the, of course, raises questions about why the government has consistently said for over a pmonth that apple and only apple could unlock the iphone,why they are seeking a court to compel the company to do so. >> reporter: if the fbi's plan encryption., the fbi has to file a status report on its investigation by tuesday, april 5th. appl

's unclear what information, if any, will come from syed farook's iphone and whether the fbi will now tell apple how it hacked it, so the tech giant can make the rest of their devices more secure. miguel, nbc news, los angeles. >>> a colorado state trooper was assisting at a snow crash when an suv flew past the officer nearly hitting him u. the vehicle swerved before continuing on. they posted the video as a warning to slow down in inclement weather. >>> 19 million people are at ask of severe weather today. that's a crazy video. that frightens me. bill karins is here with your forecast. >> it's producing the heavy snow in idaho and wyoming is moving into the central plains. it's leaving a nice weather pattern for the west. no problems there. but wyoming is not a good place to be traveling in. 12 to 16 inches of snow. landers is snow ed in this morning. still a little snow left between twin falls. so the severe threat, this is the end of april where we can get these outbreaks. 19 million people in 10 states. it's the southern area with the most turbulent weather. we have wind, hail and

. >>> we're also getting new details on how the fbi was able to hack the iphone of syed farook withoutpple's help. it now appears investigators turned overseas for assistance. here with more. >> reporter: four months after attack, they finally have access to the cell phone of gunman, syed farook. they've been getting help from this israel company, experts in mobile forenzices. the justice department now dropping its court case against apple. sglir >> it's about everyone's phones. >> reporter: daniel gill more, a text expert says many knowledgeable hackers could have gained access. >> if someone has physical access and an unlimited amount of time and money, they will get to the data on the device. >> reporter: he says fbi was trying to set precedent by going public. across the country, law enforcement has hundreds of cases where investigators desperately want access inside locked smart phones. apple says the company will continue investigators but people around the world deserve data protection, security and privacy. david bowdich says i am satisfied that we have access to more answers

farook and his wife tashfeen malik killed 14 people in san bernardino california on december 2. the fbi says the couple was inspired by isis and an iphone farook used for work may have information about possible collaborators. the government was trying to force apple to help. >>> another $25 million for hulk hogan in his sex tape lawsuit. the jury awarded hogan punitive damages in his case against the the former wrestler was awarded 100 -- $115 million on friday which was 15 million more than he was seeking. hogan's safe -- case centered on invasion of i've seen. gawker expects the award to be overturned. >>> all bets are off at least for now, fantasy sports giants fan duel and draft kings have agreed to stop taking bets in new york at least until september. the deal was reached between companies and attorney general eric schneiderman. schneiderman sued the companies last year claiming they were illegal sports betting operations and violated state laws. the companies maintain their matchups are games of skill, not chance. in meantime lawmakers are considering legislation to regu

farook's icloud online backup. still, comey insists, investigators need access to the data o the iphone itself. the fbi director acknowledged getting it will have international implications. >> jeff pegues in the washington newsroom for us. >>> hundreds of police officers paid their final respects today. at the funeral of ashley guindon in virginia. the prince william county rookie cop was shot on saturday while responding to a domestic violence case. it was her first day on the job. >>> she was 28. sportscaster erin andrews tells a jury she will never be the same after being photographed nude in her hotel room. and bill cosby's criminal case has been put on hold. the "cbs overnight news" will be >>> erin andrews today, is suing the man who took the video and the hotel where it happened for $75 million. anna werner is following the case. >> i have to always get treatment for this. >> reporter: the 37-year-old sportscaster cried throughout her two days of testimony telling the jury she has dealt with embarrassment,

apple raged on the fbi kept researching ways to hack into the phone of san bernardino shooter syed farook killed 14 people at a company christmas party in december. the agency got word that it might be possible to break into the phone without help from apple. the feds and apple got on a conference call yesterday about the canceled hearing. but no official word yet from the company. the department of justice released a statement saying it is cautiously optimistic that this hack would work. milpitas-based company fireeye says the most likely method involves making a copy of the iphone's flash memory drive so investigators could get multiple tries at guessing the pass code. currently 10 wrong guesses will automatically erase the data. >> they probably circumvented or hacked the software that implements the encryption the security software on the phone, and they are going to try to brute force the code to get into the phone that way. >> this is an issue that impacts all of us. and we will not shrink from this responsibility. >> reporter: that was tim cook at a product launch yesterday here at

it's unclear what information, if any, will come from syed farook's iphone and whether the fbi will now tell apple how it hacked it, so the tech giant can make the rest of their devices more secure. miguel, nbc news, los angeles. >> well, this may not feel very secure for some 18 million people at risk for severe weather today. looks like a stormy one. and here's the area at risk. it goes all the way from iowa back to areas of louisiana and texas. and now you noticed we've added the enhanced and we'll have to wait and see if they update this to a moderate but this is a large area of the country. multiple rounds of storms but from shreveport to dallas, north included. the greatest threat of tornados is from tyler, texas and southern arkansas and that will be later on this evening. they will begin over the top of the dallas area down to waco. this will be at 11:00 a.m. through the afternoon, the storms intense ify as they move through northeast texas at 9:00. and the tornado threat is greatest this evening. and tomorrow a lot of bands of heavy rain in the south. and now a closer look at y

the father of another victim says syed farook's phone could contain critical information about possible terrorists. >>> president obama will meet face to face with the senate republican leaders who are vowing to block his nominee to the supreme court. the president invited the leaders to the senate and the senate judiciary committee to the oval office to fill the supreme court vacancy left by justice antonin scalia. >>> let's check in with sal on your traffic this morning. sal is going to look at the east shore freeway in this traffic report. >> that's right. you are very good, brian. i taught you well. >> i learned from the best. >> it is one of our busiest roads. >> well, that, too. good morning everyone. the traffic on the east shore, we'll get to that first as a matter of fact. it looks good if you are driving on 90 between the bridge and mcarthur maze. 880 you can see traffic looking good as you drive through the oakland area. on the peninsula on the bay shore freeway we are off to a good start. 4:16. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we had a lot of high clouds yesterday. a r

apple opposes a court order to create software to open farook syad's cell phone. 14 people died when farook and his wife attacked in san bernardino. >>> a tour bus crash in union square that hurt 20 people. abc 7 has learned san francisco police have ruled out brake failure as the cause of that november crash. investigators believe the bus driver might have thought he stepped on the brake while he hit the accelerator while heading eastbound on post street. >> the bicyclists and barricades, it's somewhere that he starts to accelerate rapidly. at some point down the road, he reaches speeds upwards of 45 miles per hour. >> police have issued the driver a traffic citation for speeding. they also say he was involved in a previous crash. they didn't disclose any details about that collision. >>> b.a.r.t. is on track to issue bonuses to nearly 3500 workers. b.a.r.t. agreed to issue $1,000 bonuses. that's part of contract talks to end a strike in 2013. but this round of bonuses is coming up as b.a.r.t. struggles with mek achal problems. not great timing, but some think paying employees and p

sayyed farook. apple's source code which controls the operating system of every iphone. obama said he couldn't address the specifics of the case but he says sometimes compromises might be needed in the interest of national security. much of the tech community opposes apple having to give up its secrets. >> i don't want the fbi to pressure apple to give up source code. there is a lot of stuff that belongs to me. >> the obama administration defended the collection of data about phone calls and e-mails by the national security agency. the agency also tapped smartphones of u.s. allies like german chancellor angela merkel. nobody's data is safe. >> you have to determine you're always being tapped is the way look at it. >> rob reynolds, al jazeera, austin, texas. >> quick reminder, you can get all the news and analysis on our website, the address is aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thanks for joining us on "america tonight," i'm joie chen. this week we marked international women's day, when we commemorate the lives of women.