fp brp. . >> hello, i'm libby casey in new york. "america tonight" is coming up next but an update on today's top story. charges were filed against six police officers for the death of freddy gray. the state's attorney announced the decision this morning she says the law applies to everybody including police. intermy administration is committed to creating a fair and equitable justice system for all. no matter what your occupation your age your race your color or your creed. >> tonight all six officers have posted bail. they're charged with assault four with manslaughter, the most series charged against caesar goodson, disregard for another person's life. >> to those of you who wish to engage in brutality misconduct, racism and corruption, let me be clear: there is no place in the baltimore city police department for you. >> al jazeera's melissa chan was in baltimore this morning when news of the charges broke and she joins us live. medicals sa tell us of the city's reaction today. >> lobby, thislibby it is curfew time. and there ha

i'm libby casey >>> i'm antonio mora. we'll have an update on the protests in baltimore and other cities next. cities next. >>> hello, i'm libby casey in new york. "america tonight" is coming up next. first, an update of today's top stories. the curfew is in effect in baltimore after another day of loud but peaceful protests over the death of freddie gray. as night fell many demonstrators left. city officials said the 10:00p.m. curfew will continue when larger protests are expected to take place. there's a protest in philadelphia, after several hours of peaceful marches in the center city this afternoon and this evening scuffles broke out with police when the group tried to block an on-ramp. another protest is underway in cincinnati. baltimore police finished their investigation into freddie gray's death, and turned over results to the city's top prosecutor. details have not been released. police said the investigation has uncovered details about gray's ride in a place van this month. u.s. senator bernie sanders announced

. >> i'm libby casey. we begin in nigeria where the cry bring back our girls is being answered to some degree. >> the nigerian army says it rescued more hostages from boko haram, held in a forest. >> the announcement coming after 293 women and girls were freed from a different base in the area. soldiers destroyed nine camps in sabbeesa and are looking for more >>> rescued hostages are being identified none of the schoolgirls are believed to be among them. we have the story from the nigerian capital abuja. >> nigeria's military say these are some of the 293 women and children rescued, held in severe and inhumane conditions. the military says they are trying to mark out the identities of the women and children. where they come from, how they were kidnapped. many hope that some rescued are the chibok schoolgirls. they were abducted from boko haram in april last year. 219 are still missing. the military say they can't confirm whether some of the rescued are from chibok. >> we will search where possible. not ju

. >> and i'm libby casey. we begin tonight for the urgent need of plain water, food and medical supplies in nepal. 6200 people were killed in the quake thousands more missing and may be stranded in rural areas. >> officials in nepal have no place to store the bodies so they are quickly rm burning bodies. fears are that drinking water that is filthy will lead to cholera. >> sabrina shresta reports. >> accidents get lined up to get looked at by a team of doctors. this woman and her daughters have been suffering from stomach cramps. >> the water is thick and smelly but we have to drink it. >> reporter: many patients have diarrhea and have been vomiting. some in the queue cease seem to be dazed. besides diarrhea, this two-year-old has skin infection. behind him another two year old stairs on. >> he has bad diarrhea. our house is too dangerous to go back to. >> army doctors from bangladesh have come to help out the army. >> one week or more the support will be continued. the long term to prevent the outbreak of epi

libby casey, al jazeera, washington. >>> the senate has a couple of options today.enew it as it extend it or consider the usa freedom act. it curtails the nsa's mass collection of phone data. >> i don't think the privacy community would say it's entirely satisfied with that. but we're talking about one provision, section 215, which is the provision that was used to gather every american's telephone records over a period of seven years with no evidence that it has been used to build any cases. so that's the main thing that people are arguing about today. but that's only a very small piece of the intelligence community's activities and a lot of people are concerned, including people like senator paul and widen, that actually usa freedom doesn't go far enough. >> the fbi has dramatically increased its use of the patriot act to collect information. the agency has been using its authority to sweep up data on people who are not part of any active investigation. the expansion is due in part to more electronic information now being vail. the report also faulted the fbi for

. >>> hello, i'm libby casey in new york. "real money" is next. first an update of the top stories. the curfew is in effect in baltimore, after another day of loud but peaceful protests over the death of freddie gray. we are looking at a live picture this hour. as night fell many of the demonstrators left the streets and went indoors. city officials say a 10:00p.m. curfew will continue as larger protests are expected to take place. there's a protest under way in philadelphia. after hours of peaceful marchers in the city scuffles broke out with police when a group of demonstrators tried to block the on-ramp to internet state 676. baltimore police have finished their investigation into freddie gray's death and turned obvious the results to the stop prosecutor. details have not been released. the investigation uncovered new details about the ride in a police vap this month. u.s. senator bernie sanders announced he's running for president. he's the first independent candidate to enter the race and plans to run as a democrat. a major form of the platform is finance captain. >> i want the

libby casey has more. >> the strength of the conservative victory was really a shocker .oming up, what awaits david cameron's government, an exit of european union and the question of scotland as part of the european union we'll look at the elements that led to the conservative party's winning. >> labor don't really seem to be getting it. they would rather be right than in compromise in power. >> founder of the u.c. independence party he'll talk to us about britain's future. john. >> okay libby casey, thank you. >>> three months later japan would surrender and world war ii would be over. ceremonies were held today across europe to mark the ve day anniversary. dominic kane has more. >> 70 years after nazi germany capitulated, marking the anniversary. the speaker of the parliament, reminded people of the horrors that aadolph hitler an the vermarch. >> today we remember the unprecedented situation, against slavs, against jews. >> that job was left to the big four war time allies. the ussr, britain u.s. and france. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry joined his french coun

. >> i'm libby casey. we begin in paris. long-held french ideals of liberty and security are turned on their head. the french parliament approved a bill expanding abilities to conduct surveillance on civilians. >> the measures set off protests in the streets but not the assembly. the final vote was 438 in favour. the bill was drafted in the wake of the "charlie hebdo" massacre. a french law-maker likened it to what the u.s. congress did after the seven attacks. >> translation: it's a french patriot act. we may have more legal protection than the west. it's a law that enables a massive uptake of data. allowing the expanse of individuals that have nothing to do with terrorism, organised crime or spying. >> the bail has to be approved by the french senate but the new recalls will go into effect in summer. >> reporter: security patrols outside the french parliament ahead of the crucial vote. since the attacks in paris four months ago france has been on a heightened state of alert. and now further increases in national security a

. >> hello, i'm libby casey in new york. "real money" is coming up next but first an update on what's happening in baltimore. within the last half hour they have made a number of arrests this comes after a day of elation, after charges being filed against six officers charged in the death of freddy gray. >> my administration is committed to creating a fair and equitable justice system for all. no matter what your occupation, your age your race, your color or your creed. >> tonight it's being reported that all six officers have posted bail. they're all charged with assault, four are charged with manslaughter. the most serious charged against caesar goodson reckless heart murder. melissa chan joins us live from baltimore. melissa, what's the latest on the ground? >> quell we are past curfew, behind me it's pretty empty right now. that's because the police actually did move in about 20 minutes ago to disperse is crowd. you're about to see some video that we actually shot, of arrests by police, it looks pretty violent in that ar

the vice president read a statement reading: our washington correspondent libby casey joining us livee. reaction starting to pour in. >> absolutely. this is devastating on many levels. beau was seen as a rising star of the democratic party, and there was hope for this man of the future a young man, 46 years old, with a political heritage with his father and carving out his own past. he served as attorney-general and when joe biden became the vice president many thought he would slide into the senate seat. he decided not to and stayed on as the attorney-general and ran for another term in that seat and was looking at becoming the governor of delaware. he hoped to run in 2016. someone that wanted to carve his open path and following a family tradition of service in the democratic party. >> i was there when he gave that speech in denver. one of the things that catapulted him on to a political stage, and one of the things that people were happy about is this was a new generation of war veterans that might work their way to the white house after washington said goodbye it the likes of bob

. >> i'm libby casey. we begin with the closely watched election in the u.k. the votes have been cast and ballots counted in a tightly contested race. 50 million voters stand out across the country to vote >>> some british newspapers show results showing a win by david cameron's conservatives as a shock. others are casting doubt on that prediction. tim friend has more on the race. >> reporter: the exit polls suggest that david cameron will perhaps, once again be prime minister. he's not predicted to have an absolute majority but if the liberal democrats join him in coalition for a second time he might hang on to power. for labour and ed miliband the predictions are not quite so encouraging. polls suggest labor will be down 19 seats from 2010. and the liberal democrats themselves led by nick clegg, have been punished by the voters. just 10 seats, massively down from 2010. it's the scottish nationalist led by nick less sturgeon who appear to be the success story. virtually a clean sweep of scotland. 58 seats up from six in 2010. all this is a prediction. there's

i'm libby casey. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin with a surge of migrants rescued off the coast of italy. 7,000 africans, one was a nigerian baby girl born at sea. >> the migrants are taking to port cities across tilt. but officials there say they don't have room for all of them. they are trying to keep families together. >> not all made it. intercepted by the libyan coast guard at least ten bodies were rescued during the operation. stefanie dekker reports from sicily. >> the italian coast guard said there are still a few ongoing operations in the mediterranean. just an indication of how many people are trying to make the crossing. smugglers taking advantage of the good weather set to last. it takes around 24 hours before themigrants are allowed to come to shosh. shore.they getshore. they get rigorous checks and move on. very difficult conditions. they have been through har harrowing times. we managed to speak to one man on the boat. he said there were 6 palestinians from a refugee camp in syria that has been besieged from

i'm libby casey. >> and i'm antonio mora. a surge of migrants rescued off the coast of italy. 7,000 africans, one was a nigerian baby girl born at

i'm libby casey. >> i'm antonio mora. we begin in israel, where benjamin netanyahu narrowly beat the dead 39 form a influence government. the jewish home party neftali bennett. he starts his fourth term in a diminished position at least in the knesset. >> heading into the election netanyahu was seen as vulnerable but despite a convincing victory he put together a ruling government, and he was forced to make concessions being be convincing lawmakers to join. >> the slimmest being majority, 61 of 120 seats many believe it will stay in effect for long. mike hannah is in jerusalem with the story. >> reporter: it went to the wire. only at the last moment was an agreement reached with the jewish home party. its leader neftali bennett making concession, throwing in his eight seats that gave the israeli prime minister a majority in parliament, a slim majorities of one. the full concessions made will only become apparent in the next few days as netanyahu finalizes the composition of hissing cabinet. jewish home has its roots in th

i'm libby casey. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin tonight in the u.k. where prime minister david cameron is pledging unity and a greater britain after he and his conservative party pulled off a stunning victory in the general election, secured 330 houses last night half of the houses houses -- over half the house he in parliament. >> before the vote, it was suggested the vote would be very close but securing a surprisingly easy victory. >> cameron says he is already working on a new approach to the european union. >> dana lewis joins us from london. preelection predicted a close vote it certainly didn't turn out that way. what happened? >> it sure didn't. 11 election polls said the conservatives and labor would virtually tie on election day. not even close. opposition parties marched confidently on, into utter defeat, all except the tories led by david cameron which scored a majority government. even britain's prime minister was skeptical at first, when exit polls suggested he was way out in front. but david cameron's conservatives defied the odds. >> i

libby casey is here. y. >> public beating of a 27-year-old woman wrongly accused of burn being the koran and a mob beat her to death and set her body on fire. this brutal crime was captured on video and witnessed by countless people. some say this trial has opened the eyes to mob justice particularly in afghanistan. >> it had a big influence on the public perception. it was good that this case was taken very much seriously. lots of cases l women were milkilypublicly killed and not brought to justice. >> the defendants have the right to appeal. in the next hour we'll see why so many people along with her family are disappointed with the trial. john. >> thank you. spacex tested a part of its un unmanned aircraft today. designed to bring the crew to safety in case of an emergency. the test lasted about two minutes. the capsule safely parachuted into the atlanta. spacex is looking to send astronauts into space in 2017. it's safe to say dionne warwick is one of a kind. working withing hal david and burt bacarac

libby casey is in washington with more on that. >> the senate faces two deadlines, june 1st. if it doesn't act by then the patriot act expires, and the memorial day recess that begins. they are getting through a trade bill. all that is left will be dealing with the patriot act. they could do a short-term extension. or they could support what the house has passed which would end bulk data collection. >> the center will come to order. >> supporters of the patriot act says it was put in place to protect the nation and citizens and should be extended. >> following the attacks, the united states improved laws and legal authorities in an effort to better understand the terrorist threat rather than the threat - rather than to treat it as a crime to be handled by civilian prosecution. >> some senators on both sides of the aisle say it gives the government too much failans power -- surveillance. >> i will not let the most unpatriotic accounts go unchallenge said. >> the senate floor was led ranging against the attack ranging from liberal to libertarian. the conversation about governme

libby casey, al jazeera washington. >> the f.b.i. has dramatically increased its use of the patriot act to collect information. an internal review by the department of justice says the agency has been using its authority to sweep up data on people who are not part of any active investigation. the expansion is due in part to more electronic information being available. the report also faults the f.b.i. for taking seven years to create privacy protections. we are learning more about emails sent from a personal account by former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> "the new york times" obtained hundreds of pages related to the 2012 benghazi attack and situation in libya. they include a warning from christopher stevens the u.s. ambassador killed in the attack. clinton said she wants to make all of these emails public. >> it reveals more about how the clinton foundation is funded, including $26 million in previously undisclosed payments for speeches. the money came from corporations universities and foreign sources. the foundation has b

rand paul took to the senate floor for an 11 hour marathon speech yesterday to protest the act, libby caseyorts tonight with the latest from washington, libby. >> david the patriot act expires on june 1st, but the senate faces a choice. reauthorize it let it expire and fade into history, or vote for a modified bill, call the u.s.a. freedom act which made it through the u.s. house. now, as they debate this, it has brought up larger question aability what the government's role should be in security, and surveillance. >> 14 years after the patriot act, and the attacks of 9/11, lawmakers and americans are still grappling with how far the government should go. >> really, i think the debate is whether the patriot act has immediate america saver at the almost $1 trillion. sim rights attorney argued that it has not made the country safer, and he says the cost goes beyond money to civil liberties. >> when the patriot act was put together and rushed through congress a lot of democrats joined because they were told oh, it is okay, in five years we will revisit this, and here we are 14 years later we a

probably this weekend. >> okay, libby casey for us in washington. thank you. >>> now to the latest in the fight against isil. an iraqi tribal leader says isil fighters captured the town just a few miles east of ramadi. the seizure puts isil within striking distance of a key iraqi military base. isil fighters have killed nearly 300 soldiers and pro government militiamen since the groups have controlled the ancient city of palmyra on wednesday. and a group claiming to be isil's newest affiliate said it was behind an attack on a mosque in saudi arabia. 21 killed and dozens more injured. we have more were riyadh. >> the mosque was packed with worshipers at the moment of the explosion. security forces say they're exploring how the suicide-bomber managed to get in the mosque and who he's affiliated with. in the eastern part of the country about two months ago armed men open fired on a shia mosque killing seven people. they also targeted security forces and foreigners. the government in saudi arabia blames groups affiliated with radical groups like al-qaed

libby casey, thank you. >>> a flooding disaster in texas and oklahoma is far from over. at least 21 people have died. and rivers have yet to crest and more homes evacuated and there's even more rain in the forecast. robert. >> hey tony, can you see i'm in a pretty devastated area here and can you imagine this would be the remnants of your home, all of your belongings on the street because of a giant flood? well, it's pretty amazing and if you think about how big houston s. the 4th largest city in america, there are 650 square miles for officials to travers to figure out how much damage and devastation curled. we spent the day with the officials from the city of houston today as they went around some of the baddest neighborhoods like this one to figure out exactly what the cost of all of this is going to be. >> while houston braces for more rain, another water rescue outside of the city. meanwhile, residents and officials from america's fourth largest city are cleaning up and surveying the damage. >> we have to do damage assessments. this is one of the forms that we use t

libby casey is following it. the countdown clock is on what is the latest? >> this is a fight with the republicans on whether to push forward with the patriot act, or change it. it's a bill that the house passed a republican-led house, there were lots of republicans and democrats, called the freedom act, over the bulk collection of phone records. not the content, but who you called how long it lasted. that can be very revealing about you and about what you are doing with your time. now, the big fighter of this has been rand paul libertarian, republican from kentucky, and tonight he ed back against calls to extend the patriot act temporarily. take a listen. >> president obama set this program up. the president obama who was once against the patriot act, the president obama who once said you know what we should have judges the president obama that once believed in the fourth amendment is the president now scooping up your records illegally, and then he faynes concern and says we need to pass a new bill. he could stop it now. why won't someone ask the president

. >> let's bring in libby casey now, and could senator paul's long peach, 11 hours or something, keep either of these bills from being passed? >> not in an immediate literal sense, tony. what he did was a talkathon, a filibuster like talk. and it wasn't a filibuster because he wasn't stopping the senate from voting on the patriot act, but what he did he brought a lot of attention to the issue of government surveillance and balance of civil liberties and securities. and he wasn't alone. there were a couple of other senators republicans and democrats who supported rand rand. rand paul and gave him a little bit of relief. the question is what will the senate get through? they're scheduled to get through the memorial day recess but it's not like they have to go home. they will stick around to get things done, and it looks like they will be here through saturday unless neck get through quick agreements. josh earnest was asked today if they can move forward. and the really issue is whether they can pass the freedom act which is a tweak to the freedom act. >> what we believe is best forward,

libby casey washington. >> this photograph from last night helps illustrate one of the risks a crumbled amtrak train just yards from parked oil train cars. the train company won't say if those cars were empty or full but ali velshi spoke to form he ntsb chairman jim hall. he has been pushing for years to make train cars more safer. >> in 1995 we had on our most wanted list, safer tank cars now. we are in 2015 and we're just finally getting the rules. again we have never in the history, modern history of the united states, invested such a small portion of our gross national product in our own transportation infrastructure as we dar. today. >> so what's the problem? you and can i talk for hours or general infrastructure failing but given that we're producing more oil in america than we've ever produced, the world demand for oil continues to increase, given that we're going to keep on moving oil by rail, who is fighting the idea that we should do this in a better and more safer way? >> well, the industry is making profit off the move by rail, of oil by rail. it's a booming business for the

i'm libby casey >>> i'm antonio mora, thank you for watching. "america tonight" have next. see you again in an hour. [ ♪ ] >>> on "america tonight" bringing harmony to a community. >> in our orchestra and in most orchestra, there's few african-american musicians. why is that, what can we do to impact that. >> in an uneasy time the role music can play. adam may takes the stage with the conductor taking the tune one note at a time >>> also striking a sour note on what could have been a sweet deal for the everglades. >> florida is the next california. california has a situation where they don't have water. florida has water, but essentially you will not be able to drink, utilize the water, because it's too polluted. >> a bid to change swamp land and a key resource in the sunshine state >>> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. the power of the people to tell our leaders what we want what we believe the communities need. it's a bedrock of society, when florida voters stood up to save a resource endangered everglades you'd thing lawmakers would respond, in an area that was so big

congress passed a bill letting law-makers have a say as libby casey reports, it doesn't give power as much power as many would like. >> the iranians must know with the of the iran-nuclear agreement review act congress has become an important player at the table. >> reporter: the senate sending a message to iran and the white house that it is a force to be reckoned with. if the president agrees to a deal with iran, does the opinion of congress matter? >> the clear authority rests with the president. >> reporter: thomas mann of the brookings institution says while congress appears united in wanting a say, that only goes so far. >> it will be almost impossible for the congress to overrule any agreement in the short term that the president signs if the other parties are agreeing to it. >> reporter: under the senate bill the white house must send congress the details of an iran deal as soon as it's struck, and including classified information, and cannot lift sanctions until the house and senate have 30 days to look things over. congress could vote to disagree. >> if congress disapprove. i

. >> as libby casey reports, many are now questioning whether the law should remain in effect. >> reporter14 years after the patriot act and the attacks of 9/11 lawmakers and americans are still grappling with how far the government should go. >> the debate is whether the act has immediate america safer at the almost trillion dollars it has cost to implement it. have >> reporter: this civil right's attorney argues that it has not made the country safer and he says the cost goes beyond money to civil liberties. >> reporter: when it was put together and rushed through congress a lot of people joined because they were told it's okay in five year's we'll revisit there, and we're still talking about it. >> reporter: still talking and weighing whether it should be continued. in 2010 he was awarded fore than $20,000 by the courts because he government wiretapped his calls with clients without a war rent. >> fear and comply ansy allow liberty and privatesy to suffer. >> reporter: it's not what you say, but all of the details about who you call and when is being collected. opponents want the provis

libby casey has more on the debate over the law, and whether it has made america safer >>> 14 years after the patriot act and the attacks of 9/11, lawmakers and americas are grappling with how far the government can goch. >> i think the patriot act made it safer. >> civil rights attorney argued that it has not made the country safer, and says the cost goes beyond money to civil liberties. when the patriot act was put together, a lot of democrats and republicans joined because they were told it's okay. in five years we'll revisit. here we are 15 years, 14 years later, we are talking about it. >> still talking about and weighing whether the key components should be continued. it has first-hand experience with government surveillance. he was awarded 20,000 with the courts, because of government taps with clients. >> fear and complacency allowed power to communicate and liberty and privacy to suffer. now congress debated letting the government collect phone data not what you say, but the details about who you call and when. opponents want congress to let the patriot act expire, and the extent

i'm libby casey. >> i'm antonio mora. "america tonight" is next. i will see you again in an hour. >>> on "america tonight" the fight to stop fracking. >> we are talking about 12,000 fracking wells along the st lawrence river. i could not stand by >>> people that stood up against a giant in their community and found themselves crushed by the law. also ahead - trouble in the neighbourhood. when the natural gas boom brings unwelcome newcomers. >> we are in america and want to know the five or six guys on here, you know who they are, we don't know. >> honestly once we have a court order we have no obligation to knock on the door >>> adam may investigates the land grab under way in new york state and worries about what lies ahead. >>> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen, power political and the resource variety can cause unintended consequences and controversy in many communities. we look at the impacts. in upstate new york where resident were powerless against the rule of eminent domain. it gives the government the right to take your property for the

libby casey, al jazeera, washington. >>> the foreign intent against surveillance court allows the governmento request a warrant to collect any quote tangible things for terrorism investigations. those proceedings are secret and the target does not have to be notified they are being investigated. the fbi has dramatically increased its use of the patriot act to collect information. the agency has been using its authority to sweep up data on people who are not part of any investigation. it's due to more electronic information being available. the report faulted the fbi for taking seven years to create privacy protections. we are joined to talk more about the options on the table right now. the senate is going to debate three provisions of the patriot act today. what are their options? >> right now, there's basically two things on the table. the first is a law called the usa freedom act which was passed by the house a couple of weeks ago, only 88 votes against, so very strong support in the house. a fair amount of support in the senate as well. and the second option is the option which mr. mccon

libby casey explains. >> reporter: the cyber thieves didn't even need to hack into the irs, they hadugh personal information to answer security questions and gain access to more than 100,000 past tax returns. >> the information they needed was simple information. name social security birth date home address. these are things that are pretty much out in the public domain at this stage in the game. in that data is already in the hands of the hacker community. >> reporter: the criminals used the information to file fraudulent returns. it is just one in a series of high profile and costly data breaches in recent months. even the white house is not immune. >> 80% of attacks that we see, are coming from organized crime. now these are people that go to work every day, just like you and i do. they are well staffed. they are well paid. >> reporter: caleb says the business is booming. >> reporter: a credit card is worth a dollar or less however, a health care record can be worth up to $50 in the cyber black market. >> reporter: that's because they contain vital information about a person's ide

libby casey explains. >> the cyber thieves didn't even need to hack into the i.r.s. they had enough personal information to answer security questions and gain access to more than 100,000 packed tax returns. >> the information they needed was really simple information name, social security, birth date home address. these are things that are pretty much out in the public domain at this stage in the game. that data is already in the hands of the hacker community. >> the criminals used the information to file fraudulent returns, collecting nearly $50 million since february. it's one in a series of high profile and costly data breaches in recent months. from retailers like home depot to health insurer anthem, even the white house is not immune. >> 80% of attacks that we see are coming from organized crime. these are people that go to work every day just like you and i do. they are well staffed, they are well paid. >> he says the business of cyber crime is booming. >> on the dark side of the internet a credit card number is worth maybe a dollar or less, however, a health c

. >>> libby casey is in washington libby? >> john, the white house was hoping to see movement today on fast track authority for the president. giving him the ability to go ahead and negotiate the trans-pacific at this point a deal among 12 countries that fuss focuses on asia. it's top priority but today did not go well. >> the senate's vote divided democrats and republicans and in an unusual turn of events and it split most democrats from their command center chief. >> what we just saw here is pretty shocking. >> the senate got 52 votes of the 60 needed to start debating a bill that would let the president move quickly on a trade deal giving him trade promotion authority or tpa. it's part of an alphabet soup swirling around trade issues. >> those following this debate may be put off by some of the initials that we use around here. tbn, tpa, what is it all about? it's about a trade agreement that involves a dozen countries including the united states. >> democrats did not push forward in fear of hurting trade workers. others b

libby casey is here with the story. libby. >> it is an incredibly strange situation. the last time the patriot act was renewed five years ago it faced no push back in the halls of congress. what has changed? edward snowden. the revelations he has put forth over the government surveillance of average americans has been a game changer and now the patriot act is in very real jeopardy of expiring. president obama issued a warning friday from the oval office. >> on sunday at midnight, a whole bunch of authorities that we use in order to prevent terrorist attacks in this country expire. >> reporter: the president joined by attorney general loretta lynch pointed to measures like roving wiretaps. >> i don't want us to be in a situation in which for a certain period of time, those authorities go away, and suddenly we're dark and heaven foshed we've got -- forbid, we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack. >> the president is supporting what is build as a compromise. the collection of phone records be the telephone companies will keep them. be the bil

libby casey is in washington with that part of the story. libby. >> john, fighting over funding for america's rail lines goes back decades. it takes on heightened meaning and new concerns in light of amtrak derailment. americans take close to 600 million trips a year on rail roads, which supporters say are essential arteries for the nation's economies, and rail lines lack basic things - long- long-range budgeting to plan forward years in advance. amtrak has a $52 billion backlog. safety, maintenance and planning for the future go hand in hand. >> we are a growing country with a growing economy. we need to invest in the infrastructure that keeps us that way, and not just when something bad happiness, like a bridge collapse or a train derailment, all the time. >> less than 24 hours after amtrak's crash. a republican left panel agreed to decrease amtrak's budget. it was bristled at that republicans are short-changing trains. >> are you really going to ask? that's a stupid question. listen, they started this yesterday. it's all about funding. obv

libby casey joins us live from washington with the latest on that. libby? >> david, president obama took a moment to address reporters after he warned that the government's ability to track and capture enemy who engage in terrorist activities could be compromised if the senate does not act by the midnight sunday deadline. >> i don't want us to be in a situation in which for a certain period of time those authorities go away and suddenly we're dark, and heaven for bid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack. >> the senate is coming in on sunday to debate these operator act provisions and what to do. now there is the most controversial aspect of it which deals with the mass data collection of american phone records. the house has come up to an alternative to that. the freedom bill that keeps those records out of government's hands say the tell come companies have to hang onto them and the government can get them for specific purposes. but president obama said this are other parts of the patriot act that will expire, roving wiretap

libby casey has more from washington. >> dell government officials say they are winding down parts of the patriot act in case the senate doesn't come up with an extension by tomorrow night. the real wind down begins tomorrow at 4 o'clock as the senate gabbles in. the president is warning that it's a serious situation. >> sunday at midnight a bunch of authorities that we use in order to prevent terrorist attacks in this country expires. >> the president pointed to measures like roving wire taps. >> i don't want us to be in a situation where for a certain period of time the authorities go away and suddenly we are dark. and heaven forbid. we have got a problem. where we could have prevented a terrorist attack. >> the president is supporting what is being billed as a compromise passed by the house. the u.s.a. freedom act, ending the collection of telecom records by the government. instead, telephone companies will keep them. >> you can confer more from the pattern than the conversation. >> reporter: the freedom account goes too far say some. >> none of the reforms, whether the freedom act

but libby casey this may not be fatal but it's certainly a setback for the president. >> reporter: that's right, tony. it was because this ability to fast track a trade deal has to get through congress. this was it's first test going before the full senate. and it couldn't even get past this procedural vote. it needed 60, and it only got 52. and politics makes for strange friends because it was republicans pushing it forward. some democrats are flat-out against what this would ultimately lead to, a trade deal with asia over job concerns and things like that. others didn't like the way that it was being handled today. and republicans pushed back, including senator simmons of santo domingo. >> essentially, what the democrats are trying to do today, trying to block us from getting onto the legislation is throwing their own president under the bus. >> the white house downplayed this josh earnest calling it a procedural snafu and in fact, he used the word snafu over ten times, but it doesn't look good, and at this point it is going to stake agreement to bring it forward to the senate again. >>

the news continues with antonio mora and libby casey. >> >>> government surveillance - we need the safeguardsut we need to make sure freedom of speech is protected >>> a controversial spying method adopted in france giving security broad powers to spy on just about anyone. >> we all have a stake in what happened here in somali. >> john kerry the first secretary of state to visit war-torn somali two decades after a tragic mission in mogadishu >>>

. >> libby casey, thank you. >>> the average student loan debt in the united states $130,000. and older graduates tend to owe more and that includes millions of americans over the age of 55. as rob reynolds tells us now several are making loan payments after they retire. >> student loan debts are a crushing burden for millions of people in the u.s., and not just young people in for 20s. rosemary had a good job a marriage and high hopes when she went back to college in her late 30s for a master's degree in business manage many. and then her life changed. >> i was divorced and i had health problems, and the economic downturn, i no longer had the ability to make the payments. >> the loan amount grew as she made the payments, and now the principle is $135,000. on her income, she can barely afford to pay on the interest every month. >> it's just a constant sword 4 my side and noose around my neck, because it will never go away. >> when will you pay off this debt? >> never. when i die. >> anderson, who is 58, 1 one of the surprisingly large number of older u.s. residents dealing wit

libby casey has that. >> the secret service is charged with protecting the president in the eye of threats, like the drone threat. it's harmless but the secret service has to worry about white house ground being penetrated by a drone. even though they were hard at work the agency was under scrutiny on capital hill under concerns of past behaviours. the new director pledged to clean it up. >> reporter: the secret service says man was nighing a drone over a park, a -- flying a drone over a park a block away. they demanded he land it and took him away. the white house was on lockdown the president was at camp davis. >> i was aware of this. >> reporter: the secret service showed what lookedlike a commercially available model, that can has a camera and can take photos. it is illegal to fly a drone in washington. a day earlier a public campaign was launched that the nation's capital is a no-go zone with a message to leave drones at home. penalties are fines. a month ago a plane was crashed on the white house lawn. the man said it flew out of his control, he was not charged. the secret service di

libby casey is here to tell us about it. >> now survivors face a new crisis disease. drinking waters has been contaminated in many places and unsanitary conditions are widespread. much of the local health system has been compromised. >> quite a few of the villages the health care has totally disappeared. the foreign medical teams in nepal, i think they will start moving out within a week or two. >> reporter: medical supplies are scarce and officials know it is going to get worse without long term support. the challenges facing nepal's survivors. >> up next, the fight of the century and floyd mayweather's long history of domestic abuse. abuse. >> part of our month long look at working in america. "hard earned". >> so if you're a boxing fan for me you know that tomorrow night is boxing satellite when manny pacquiao faced faces off with floyd mayweather. the fight of the century is starting off with an economic boost. andy gallagher has the story. >> it's the neon place in the desert about anything goes. the fight between floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao have the worl

libby casey joins us now. >> tony, that divide has been there for decades and it's not just between gems and republicans. but it depends on where you live in the country. that determines how important you see amtrak is as part of america's way of getting around. well those divisions mean that the fight that amtrak has long had in getting funding through congress and that came to the forefront today on capitol hill. the morning after the derailment, the republican-led house appropriations committee voted to slash their funding. the timing a coincidence. the markup was scheduled but democrats say that the $250 billion cut is the exact opposite of what they need. >> we do know if we don't invest in the capital infrastructure -- >> with accept spending, not safety. and it still has to get through the full house and senate. but yet still democrats fought bitterly to stop it. >> i find it very ironic, as we sit here, they are proposing to cut $290 million from the amtrak capital grants program. i would say that that program is already somewhat insufficient, since amtrak has a $21 billion state

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