and kate martin director of the center for national security studies, a civil liberties advocacy group. how big a concession was it for the president? we'll hear the details later this week, no doubt, kate martin to decide to rein in this bulk collection program? >> it's a significant step. it's the president saying to his intelligence community, you haven't made the case that you need this authority and i'm going to limit it. so it's an important recognition. you know, he did it after who separate -- two separate outside reviews which said that this particular authority wasn't needed and hadn't actually been effective in doing anything. >> ifill: gary schmitt a significant step or going too far? >> definitely a significant step. when the president made his speech a month or so ago, he called the program important. he said that nobody had broken any laws and that it was an important tool for counter terrorism. but yet he he has put together a proposal that will make the system for collecting this kind of information a little less flexible and have a little less information to go with.

martin luther king, jr. i'm sorry, that brings us to the end of round one. the store boards are working. kateis is the 200-point round we're going into. again, 100-second round here. i'll give you updates on the time as they give them to me. it begin with this. this coming tuesday marks a special election for a house seat in florida pitting republican david jolly and democrat alex sync against each other -- >> bill young. >> they're vying to fill bill young's seat. e-cigarettes promoted as a safer alternative to bakko cigarettes were banded in public spaces by this major u.s. city this week? we'll call time on that. it's los angeles. los angeles banned them in public places. first lady michelle obama will be making her third solo trip outside the u.s. when she visits what country later this month? kate. >> china. >> china is correct. >> under a minute left in this round. 200-point question. to the delight of hypochondriac, president obama will field questions -- >> web m.d. >> 200 more points for kate. after the state's supreme court ruled that it this was actual i -- that this activity was a