. >> antonucci was fired when his employer suspected him and another instructor josh robinson of embezzlingprosecutors say they turned to arson to destroy the evidence. and that antonucci talked two other employees, also karate instructors, into helping them. antonucci says it was all robinson's idea. no one will ever know because robinson died in the fire. >> i was just a coward. i didn't really want to participate but i wasn't willing to say, no, i'm not going to do this. and if nothing else guilty by association but i'm also guilty by action, unfortunately. >> while antonucci is facing anywhere from 7 to 21 years for his crime, the prosecutor is asking for 15. the judge is expected to make his decision within a matter of days. >> at this point i'm just looking for mercy. i'm saying, hey, this isn't me. i'll never do anything like this again. i won't so much as run a stop sign again. i just look for mercy from the court system. i'm still hoping for a miracle in some way, shape or form that can get me less than seven years. >> while antonucci waits for his miracle, one thing he can count o

here to discuss this, i with and to bring main rashad robinson, have josh barrow back, politics editorry brosnahan of coalition for the homeless. thank you for being here. mary, i want to start with you. this is your life's work. you focus on homelessness. talk to us about some of the things that have exacerbated homelessness in this city and what we can learn from that in terms of how to tackle homelessness nationwide. >> well, i think everyone was just appalled by what the times had on its front page all this week. andrea elliott has done in one felled swoop what many of us are trying to do for decades, show how grindingly difficult it is for a child to stay together, stay on track, and actually make something of themselvthemselvesn school. in new york city, since michael bloomberg took office, homelessness increased nearly 80%. in the mid-2005, he decided to cut off all access to federal resources to house homeless families. and you can see, since he did that, the numbers have just skyrocketed. new york city is unique in that we have a right to shelter. but mike bloomberg cut off al

we will discuss the future of privacy and surveillance state with deedee myers, eugene robinson, katy kay and joshff in the white house. is john podesta the man for the job of reviving president obama's second term agenda. "the new york times" mark leibovich joins us for a look at john mccain's ongoing metamorphosis and what it important tends for the grand old party. all that when "now" starts right after this. helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare. homework to take care of. it's thursday december 19th and this is "now" live from washington, d.c. >>> two days after a federal judge ruled nsa's bulk collection of america's phone data almost certainly violated the constitution, a white house review board released over 300 pages of recommendations urging 46 specific changes to the way the u.s. collects data on its cit

josh green senior national correspondent for bloomberg business week, which this week looks at the few things, only 8.5 of them that went right. anchor of world news america katie kay and gene robinson. >> talked about electronic stop and terrif and frisk. we're at a crossroads. big questions before us, what kind of democracy we want to have. the electronic frontier is very much that, a frontier. i wonder how much you think we have enough robust internal debate and dialogue over these issues. >> we're having more than we have. you talk about a crossroads. the nsa went straight through that crossroads, ignored the stop sign and went straight through it. so now we're trying to roll it back. it's somewhat disingenuous, i think, for the president and the intelligence officials and heads of committee say of course we should have robust debate about security versus privacy, when, in fact, they didn't want us to have a debate, know this stuff. if it hadn't been for snowden we wouldn't know it. i think this is significant. this report is much tougher and more comprehensive, more detailed and more grounded than i had expected it to be frankly. recommendations are pretty tough. >> dee dee, fr