lz a cnn commentator. lz granderson is a cnn kpl commentator. i'm glad you guys are calm.s will be fiery. there he is. then candidate barack obama basking in the cheers an estimated 200,000 germans. remember, the point was that obama in a post george bush world would respect our allies, be more international president. well, it is a good thing he is not in berlin right now and germans are furious. they are even sending a high delegation to washington to demand answers. lz, right to be spying on everyone else, including allies? >> well, we have to look at entire time line of this conversation. assuming it begins with this administration. it begins with the previous administration, once again. we have to remember, when we went into iraq, we went in with us, the uk and a handful of countries, including australia. there were several countries against us. we will a policy post 9/11 that if you weren't for us, you were against us. i'm not surprised to find out we were spy awning france and germany. if you go back in time, those two countries were vocal about not invading iraq at

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lz and ben furgason. we are told the senate has taken the lead. trying to come up with a bipartisan solution to reopen the government and avoid a default. ben, let's get back to the protests though. i want you to listen to this. this is outside of the white house today and then we can talk about it. >> i call upon all of to you wage the second american nonviolent revolution. to use civil disobedience and demand this president leave town. to get up. to put the koran down. get up off his knees and to figurely come up with his hands out. up. >> ben, really? really? >> you found the krcrazy guy. congratulations. there are 360 million americans. and you find the crazy guy. of course i don't agree with that guy. did you actually think i would sit here as conservative and act as if in any way i agree with the ridiculousness of that guy saying barack obama should leave town. there are dumb, stupid people in the world. congratulations, you just confirmed it. but it is not the majority of american conservatives or republicans that believe what that crazy gu

hello, lz, you first. al libi standing trial in the u.s.? >> i think so. let me back up. on the goal of this trial. what is seen is that in civilian cases, they are convicted much quicker and much more effectively. i think a new york university did a recent study since 2001, 90% prosecution rate in terms of terrorists brought in on u.s. soil and being prosecuted. where we've only had seven in the military fashion. but i think the key difference here is, in the military trial, the main purpose is to extract information. not necessarily to get a convict. where as in civilian trial, they try to get a conviction. so i think ultimately, the question is, what is the purpose of him coming here. and to convict him or figure out how much he knows. >> and anna, i spoke wrong there. you're in boston, correct? do you think he should stand trial in the u.s.? >> i hope he does. i hope he does, because i think here we have a fair and effective trial. i think that's what the american people want. he's been nabbed. detained under the law of war. and i think, yes, we should have this trial

lz >> >> >> >>> welcome to al jazeera america. stories. a bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to introduce a bill that could strip the nsa of om of its powers. if passed it ends the agency's ability to bulk collect phone records and restrict who it can spy on. >> fighting in syria blocked u.n. inspectors from access to two chemical weapons facilities, a setback in an attempt to rid syria of chemical weapons. inspectors did not say whether the syrian rebels or the government was responsible for the delay. negotiations for access are under way. >>> abortion right supporters in texas are celebrating a legal victory after a judge found provisions of the abortion unconstitutional, ruling that the measure restricted a woman's action to abortion clinics. the government will continue efforts. >> penn state university is paying $60 million to 26 young men abused by a lecturure. it comes a little more than a year after jerry sandusky was put in gaol for 45 counts of the child abuse. "consider this" is up next. you gone go to aljazeera.com for the la

question have to got to try to address the bigger problems as quick lz as we can.ss a real problem in a bipartisan way and offer reassurance to people says a lot about both of you. it also sets an camp for the rest of us we can follow as we work through the problem. again, i want to thank my friends for maybe creating a crack in the stalemated, to speak, we can get the others done in the days and weeks ahead. >> chairman yield back. >> thank you colleagues, who have come to present and like my good friend from oklahoma, i esspecially want to thank mr. wilson mr. moran. i had spoken earlier with mr. moran and signed on to the legislation. and will vote tomorrow for the federal employee retroactive pay fairness act. in the meantime, all -- even though people are as sure as we pass this and if it goes to senate and becomes law they will be paid. as we speak, the figure that has been continuously put forward here inside is that 800000 federal employees around the united states of america are furloughed at this time. some people, when they're furloughed begin looking as