hase pakistan -- uzbekistan about 2000. russia still has far less. in the soviet state, anyone charged with anti-soviet propaganda -- it got murky. a lot of people were thrown into site -- prison camps or psychiatric wards. there are those who say they were just expressing opinions. in the new russia, it is not that straightforward. a lot of people are unlawfully convicted. some humans rights organizations say there are thousands of people unlawfully convicted. they could be imprisoned for what they would say our trumped up charges, the human rights are trumped- say r up charges, the human rights activists. as far as political prisoners are concerned, the definition are prisoners of conscience, people who are generally there only because they tried to express their opinion, perhaps at a rally, a political opinion, and were detained for nothing other than trying to express their free political opinion. >> thanks for that. , to south sudan, where fighting is on the rise between government troops and soldiers loyal to the former vice president. the rebe

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>> melissa mollet hases a story from the live desk. >>> special cranes are being brought in after yesterday's deadly train derailment in the bronx. take a look at some of the video we have for you this morning. what we know is they're going to be removing rail cars so that repairs can begin. four killed. this happened at 7:30 yesterday morning. two people now were actually onboard. >> hit the window. >> i screamed at my two friends that we're going over. >> the national transportation safety board arrived yesterday. they have a team on the scene. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >> the deadly derailment is one in a series this year. a poyer cable failed suspending service to to new york city for an hour and a half. close to the spot of yesterday's derailment. no one was hurt in that incident in may. an eastbound train in fairfield, connecticut, derailed and struck a westbound train. 72 people were hurt. investigators say this happened just arrow head stadium in a parking lot during the game. they believe the man went to his car only to find a stranger inside. that led to a fight. at

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hase is no question the law a lot of flaws. under normal circumstances, some been andaws might have might still be addressed. it is very difficult because the law has been polarizing as it has been over the last 3.5 years. it has been very difficult to make the kinds of adjustments one would normally at from a piece of legislation this size. it is part of the reason we are where we are. an editorial cartoon showing the president with a bunch of contraptions generally called obamacare and he says, he does not want to return this and he just wants it repackaged. what do you think he is trying to say here? of the difficulties, he has laid a very complicated and laidre system something even more complicated on top of it any wonder why people do not understand it or why it is difficult for health supporters to explain it. to make it more calm gated, you have a polarized congress who cannot even do the smallest fixes to it. it is not even imagine -- matter of repackaging. there are a lot of small things both sides would like fixed an

. >> somebody hases to pay for it. if it's not young people it's anybody with a job. taxes will go up because the bill will be massive. they will force young people to buy in and employed people to pay more, period. they have to. >> penny? >> under the existing system we were paying for the young and healthy to get into a car wreck and go into the mrnl room. taxpayers were already paying for it. for them to have affordable health care at a base minimum of what the package could be, some of it could be $50. it will be able to lessen the burden. >> a young person would rather have catastrophic care with with a high deductible because odds are they aren't going to get sick at a young age. if they got cancer or this a car accident they would be covered. this doesn't give them the option. >> it does, if they sign up. >> no, it doesn't. >> if they sign up at the base level, yes. they are able to have catastrophic coverage. >> why are people losing coverage they like? it doesn't meet the, quote standards in the law. >> there is an improved standard. >> you have to take the p

with us to discuss it is the former head of security at mozilla firefox and current .hase head of securityichael, let's start with you. i think the average person sees this new headline and says, "i don't get it." what exactly is target telling us? >> unfortunately, we are seeing a huge rise in cyber crime attacks on retailers. target has been breached. they have credit card data that has been stolen. they have pu debit card dated tt was stolen. the latest information is that 's were stolen. in theory, the encryption should work if everything is done correctly, but there's a lot of devil in the details. these breaches happen for a reason -- there was a weakness. that same type of thinking or weaknesses could be present in the way they did their encryption as well. >> pin's compromised but encrypted -- what do you think of that? >> i would totally agree. just to say that it is encrypted is not enough. is the algorithm unique for this system? we have had other cases where passwords, e-mails have been encrypted, and it used a common be veryon, and it would easy for someone to do an attack aga

that is despite the fact that own struggle.its its income has dropped some 63% hase 2008 and its revenueallen about 4.2%. so the bigger story here is a for retail.nment as for these redemptions, people close to the matter say it has everything to do with the five-year redemption or lockout theod and could be a bet on retailer going forward. >> and what's happening there, subject?re on the >> well, most of all of this this $3.5 billion being pulled from the fund relates to capital efforts raised by goldman sachs in 2008 when both the fund and sears, for that matter, were cylinders. goldman raised roughl roughly $3.4 billion as new esl partners. the fund requires investors to keep their money invested for years, an unusually long lockup. according to our source, these theytors signal that intended to redeem under terms of the fund according to the source, esl has a full year to pay out the money. and that's what's happening here. large unusual, it was a chunk of change that went in five years ago. it is now a very large change coming out. the fund had about -- has about about $5 billion. >

court hase consistently held that the discretion is a function of the president's under the take careclause. example, in heckler versus cheney, the court held that an instituteefusal to for seedings -- proceedings characteristics of a prosecutor in the executive branch. that decision has long been regarded as the special province of the executive branch in as much as it is the executive who charged by the constitution laws be care that faithfully executed." finally, i hope we can distinguish between failing to laws and following the explicit dictates of the law. some here contend that the decision not to defend the defense of marriage act violated the take care clause. in fact, the president made a subsequently vindicated by the united states supreme that the act was unconstitutional. pending, hese was continued to comply with the law. decision not to defend the law was not novel. indeed, congress itself recognized this possibility. congress understood that sometimes the administration's duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed might include recognizing that a particular

if it hasn't changed since the law hases passed. >> the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to people and let them keep what they've got. >> i am sorry that they are finding themselves this is this situation based on assurances they got from me. >> sound off on facebook and twitter throughout the hour. we bring back our studio audience. here you have the irs scandal, nsa, benghazi. >> the nsa was key. that was a moment when barack obama lost people on the left who care about civil liberties and privacy. it wases key because the libertarian wing of the party, the rand pauls were able to defend civil liberties. it was an opportunity to define which party is standing up for privacy rights. if not this administration who can we look to? it was a rising moment for the libertarian wing. we also learned we are lied to a lot. how many think we are lied to throughout the year? you are hesitant. >> i'm hesitant about the use of the word "t lie". >> if you like your plan you can keep it. benghazi was because of a youtube video. >> i don't like the word lie when it comes

it hases nothing to do with his constitutional right to free speech.ur right protects us from government involvement. the fcc didn't come to a&e and say to take the show off the air. >> that's not true. in d.c. where i live private employer employers aren't allowed to take into account factors in hiring and firing. i'm not the the government. >> this is not about free speech. >> you have the right to have a mohawk but not -- >> you are missing something. >> this is about money. this is about a contract. a&e hired robinson and the rest of the family to be on a show. if they believe his behavior will affect his ability. >> true. >> to profit for the network, they have every right. >> more than belief. >> hold on. we are talking about principles here which is where are the civil libertarian liberals who stand up for the right of people to offend? al goldstein, the pornographer just died. people said he had the rights. >> it's unfair to lump all the liberals together. most of the liberals are saying what he said was obnoxious, terrible but he has a right.

that has always been a problem that it hase fact had to deal with 11 different regions. i think you will see fps -- david mentioned the national weapons training protective program which is the x-ray and magnetometer training program pso's. this will require additional training. compare that to the current requirement of eight hours training and eight hours that is combined with 40 hours of refresher training every three years. that is a positive development. the delivery of this training -- that has been a problem and it has been slow getting it out. stretched-thine inspectors should not be doing training. that should be their mission, and they are starting to turn over tor sp1 to turn it certified contract security instructors, and we think that is a great idea that will allow for cost efficient and faster training. an active shooter training -- f ps needs to be doing more with that. other agencies are well ahead of fps in terms of training their contract security officers to respond to active shooter incidents. i have talked with several contractors, and they basicall

vaccinated against polio, measles, and other infectious diseases over 83 -- 82,000 children. , jordan haseseradicated them a long time ago from our radical history. there are concerns over the increasing number of jobseekers as they compete with jordanians for low-wage jobs. usually80,000 jobs occupied by jordanians have been taken by syrians. this figure is not worth -- since this exceeds 13% of the population of only 7 million. tensionscreated social . in the energy sector there is a demand on electricity. with the large number of syrians present in another part of the kingdom. what made matters more in theging was the drop gas supplies to major due to the interaction of the gas pipeline in the past two years. this further exasperated this position which resulted in an energy bill that reached 19% and 22% of our gdp and 2012. compared to an average of 10% over the past decade. water has been a scarce resource. we were are one of the poorest countries in terms of water resources and the added strain on the infrastructure requires rehabilitation and the expansion of water and wastewater net

in -- it hase been been about a little over four years since the recovery began, 4.5 years. recovery.n a slow there are a number of reasons for that. of course, that is something for econometricians and historians to grapple with, but a number of factors have contributed to slower growth, and include, for example, the observation that financial crises tend to disrupt the economy, affect innovation, new products, new firms. we had a big housing bust, so the construction sector has been while.epressed for a we had continuing financial disturbances in europe and elsewhere. we have had very tight, on the whole, except in 2009, very tight fiscal policy. people do not appreciate how tight fiscal policy has been. at this stage in the last recession, which was a much milder recession, state, local, and federal governments had hired 400,000 additional workers from the trough of the recession . at the same point in this in state,the change local, and federal workers is minus 6000. -- -600,000. there is about a one million difference. there are a lot of headwinds. all of that being sai

if we do not curb some of this hase, this program exponentially increased in cost. we are spending money we do not have. i owe a responsibility to everybody in this country to make sure we are doing these programs effectively. host: we have this on the second point. guest: no. this farm bill is designed to be for every farmer, whether you are 100 acres or 2000 acres. we have tried to put together a farm bill that is good for american forms no matter what size it is. no. we have farmers fail all the time in our economy. none of these programs rewards people that cannot farm well. we do not want a program that rewards farmers that cannot farm well. farmers that provide the safest and cheapest food in the world to american and global families. host: independent caller is up next. caller: i am so angry. i was born into a family that had nothing. when we were kids we had to do without. their our children in this country that are doing without food in their stomachs. there mother has to go to work. there is no work for some of these women. they are trying to raise their f

existed hase that been removed and nothing has been built on its paces. needs to be reinstated. .here should be support there are many administrative barriers. canada and south korea it is eight days to obtain a permit. all these things need to be taken into account. tom asking the government of 2014.-- the first standards should set requirements, but they'll only work if there demanded by the business community itself. therefore, their preparation must go on with the involvement of professional communities themselves. i suggested that a national council of professional skills be set up and not one under some kind of an agency, but as a truly independent authority and this work should be contributed to by leading business professionals and associations. over the next two years, this word should approve the entire package of new professional centers and i am asking our colleagues from the business community to not avoid doing this work. it serves your interests. of entire system professional education needs to be readjusted so as to match the requirements

been with general motors 33 years, has really been a superstar at gm, risen through the ranks and hases known to have really helped in general motors turn around since general motors filed for bankruptcy and then came back. she's really helped to sort of develop its product line and helped with customer satisfaction. so this is making news today. this should go into effect january 15th when dan ackerson is expected to step down. the timing of this is also very interesting. what happened yesterday was the treasury announced that it sold its final chunk of gm stock. you have to remember, when uncle sam bailed out general motors, it wound up pumping in $49 billion into the automaker. here is the thing. it got back less money, $39 billion. guess who got stuck with that difference right there -- taxpayers, $10 billion. were out $10 billion. jack lew said the alternative could have been worse. others say it was a small price to pay for saving 1.2 million jobs and keeping the great recession from becoming the great depression. one of the great fears was that gm's failure could have wiped out s

recovery hase u.s. been better than most. it does not been good or satisfactory. we still have a aber market where it is not easy for people to find work. a lot of people cannot get the experience into the labor market. given all of the things that we have faced, it is perhaps in retrospect, somewhat tepid. >> [inaudible] >> thank you. you talked a bit about risk of policy. congress is set to pass a budget deal. they have not done much to reduce the deficit. it looks like they're not going to do anything until then -- after the next presidential election. did you talk a little bit about that? are they pressing for a bigger deal and reducing the u.s. debt burden? thank you. i do not address specific fiscal action. i will say a couple of things. one is relative to where we were, it is nice that there has been a bipartisan feel and that it looks like in the past -- it passed in both houses of congress. what i haveionally recommended in testimony on the which is that it eases the fiscal restraints in the next couple of years where the economy needs help to finish the

if we do not curb some of this hase, this program exponentially increased in cost. we are spending money we do not have. i owe a responsibility to everybody in this country to make sure we are doing these programs effectively. host: we have this on the second point. guest: no. this farm bill is designed to be for every farmer, whether you are 100 acres or 2000 acres. we have tried to put together a farm bill that is good for american forms no matter what size it is. no. we have farmers fail all the time in our economy. none of these programs rewards people that cannot farm well. we do not want a program that rewards farmers that cannot farm well. farmers that provide the safest and cheapest food in the world to american and global families. host: independent caller is up next. caller: i am so angry. i was born into a family that had nothing. when we were kids we had to do without. their our children in this country that are doing without food in their stomachs. there mother has to go to work. there is no work for some of these women. they are trying to raise their f

one hase can do what no done for japanese or others have done for. -- and now french and italian. this is what drove me to take the plunge from the frying pan into the fire. claws thaty wear her her clothes and now i am going to your restaurant. -- wearing her clothes and now i am going to a restaurant. i grew up in los angeles as a public high school kid. early boyfriend, went to the democratic convention in l.a. in 1960. floor of then the convention when john kennedy was nominated for president. my personal light bulb went off and i just knew i wanted a career in politics. it took me 32 years to run for congress, the first elected office i fought for since junior high school treasurer. of i was -- i was a congressional aide for a long time. i worked in the carter white house. i was in private law practice, which is very boring. i ran for congress, served for nine terms, left for the third term to run for governor of california, which i lost, and then left because the opportunity to be the ceo of the wilson center is enormous. hamilton.eded lee it is extraordinary. it is a big in

council twice in the last three years, once for bribery and then a second time also financially , hased abuse of power talked continually about his struggles with alcohol and drugs and continues getting elected and reelected. oldink he is 78 to 79 years . the only election he ever lost was the one he ran while he was literally waiting to go to prison. [laughter] it is verynk possible. again, depending, david -- you make a good point. we explored a great deal in our paper about acts of oppositional culture that are already very skeptical of either the media or the establishment generally speaking and how advantageous those context can be for scandalized candidates. >> we have some questions on that side. franklin. i wanted to play off david's point at the end of a couple rounds ago on the republican senatorial committee. i want to direct it at caitlin for the 2016 round. german previous is facing all kinds of efforts to shift the party. in a broader context of the party, the goal of the parties to nominate ineluctable, strong best candidate that unifies the party and marches onto victory

that has always been a problem that it hase fact had to deal with 11 different regions. i think you will see fps -- david mentioned the national weapons training protective program which is the x-ray and magnetometer training program pso's. this will require additional training. compare that to the current requirement of eight hours training and eight hours that is combined with 40 hours of refresher training every three years. that is a positive development. the delivery of this training -- that has been a problem and it has been slow getting it out. stretched-thine inspectors should not be doing training. that should be their mission, and they are starting to turn over tor sp1 to turn it certified contract security instructors, and we think that is a great idea that will allow for cost efficient and faster training. an active shooter training -- f ps needs to be doing more with that. other agencies are well ahead of fps in terms of training their contract security officers to respond to active shooter incidents. i have talked with several contractors, and they basicall

the last ready minutes washington journal, we want to go back to your thoughts on edward snowden hasingrter that he accomplished his mission, and is -- has already won. what do you think about that? thatwriting in that story he interviewed mr. snowden non which mr.14 hours in snowden restored to himself as a russian house cat. "i didn't want to change society, i wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself." was for student -- was for the public to the able to have a say in how they are governed." this statement from edward am not trying to bring down the nsa, i'm working to improve the nsa, i'm still working for the nsa right now. they are the only ones who do not realize that." our first caller, what do you make of what he had to say? caller: good morning, and merry christmas. many people say that snowden went about it the wrong way. well, this is one individual that i tried to write to my congressman about something that was wrong. at the time, i was in the military. tw elite of valuation were very were veryerry were -- derogatory because my congress and go

hase is no question the law a lot of flaws. under normal circumstances, some been andaws might have might still be addressed. it is very difficult because the law has been polarizing as it has been over the last 3.5 years. it has been very difficult to make the kinds of adjustments one would normally at from a piece of legislation this size. it is part of the reason we are where we are. an editorial cartoon showing the president with a bunch of contraptions generally called obamacare and he says, he does not want to return this and he just wants it repackaged. what do you think he is trying to say here? of the difficulties, he has laid a very complicated and laidre system something even more complicated on top of it any wonder why people do not understand it or why it is difficult for health supporters to explain it. to make it more calm gated, you have a polarized congress who cannot even do the smallest fixes to it. it is not even imagine -- matter of repackaging. there are a lot of small things both sides would like fixed an

cookies, candies, candy canes, you know, so after everyone left, we made our trip around the hospital hasingough to have him overseas. i know christ smas a specialty. what did it money to you to have him home? >> it meant a everything. we have a supportive family. a big family. it gets bigger and bigger. i'm sure it will be different for me because in a time of such joy, it's also a time to reflect on those less fortunate and the soldiers serving abroad especially my son and you know i was just saying. it's just not the same. he's always, he's been away from home for years, but always made that effort to be the family for christmas. >> keep the perfect record. >> eia. >> well, triumphs, leslie, it's so happy to see the both of you. eneye this time together. we thank you for your service. >> we will send it over to willie. >> that's a great story. thanks, savannah. >>> we know leslie wouldn't give back her christmas gift. if you have something you want to return. a money columnist for good house keeping magazine. carmen, good to see you. >> good morning. some places have better return policie

the judiciary committee hases held no hearings and is -- has held no hearings and hasn't even considered any measures which have been proposed to make us safer from gun violence. for example, we must make a priority of ex tendsing the brady act to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals and we should take action on h.r. 1565, the public safety and second amendment right to protection act, which would expand the brady background check requirement to firearms sold at gun shows and through commercial advertisements. we should also consider bills such as h.r. 1318, the youth promise act, which is designed to promote proven crime prevention strammings. with respect to the bill before us -- strategies. with respect to the bill before us today, i commend the gentleman from north carolina for introducing the measure, to extend the term of the current statute. firearms act le continues to help protect public safety and we should re-authorize it while also working to update and improve it without delay. i therefore urge my colleagues to support h.r. 3626 and i reserve the balance of my time. t