you mentioned meta data analysis. we had, before you know 215 got yanked, a meta data collection program that allowed us to keep a trove of telephonic meta data to be consulted only when we had a run in number that we knew was terrorist related. if in fact you limit the use of a database, in that way, you can take advantage of the analytic capability, and yet prevent for example simply data mining all telephone meta data for the purpose of drawing up a profile of a person. or for other purposes as well. it's how you limit your analytic capability, not how you limit data collection. >> look at analyzing the fourth amendment reasonableness of a collection program depends in part on how the information is handled. how it's processed, how it's retained. so the answer to your question is yes, it is relevant to consider. it's important to consider how it's determined and to look at it under the fourth amendment. you don't have to look far for another example of this issue. and this is where the rubber hits the road a bit on

really crazy on picking alphabet, letters in the alphabet to be by voice and we are down in the meta datamight want to watch films about my favorite actress. i might want to watch a comedy. show me the latest comedies. today we have an enormous amount of content. we have 700 channels. we don't have anything to watch because we don't have the time to go through 700 channels to find it. mr. cook: we are trying to take all of that clutter away and make it simple. in the beginning, we've got netflix, hulu, showtime, hbo, that will be searchable when we start shipping. they will be on there. others will rapidly come. if we can do something to be a catalyst for that, we will do it. meaning if we can see a way to get the world to move in this direction faster by playing a role, we will do it. in particular, charlie, think about the presidential debate tomorrow night. it would be great instead of having a focus group of 100 people, in a room somewhere, telling us what they thought, it would be great to source the american people on it. if you have a convergence of tv and apps, you can do that ins

collecting metadata, comparing the meta data -- you know this stuff. you do all of those things that a lot of our european friends are ringing their hands about. i am less inclined, i might criticize the belgiums for what they did immediately but less inclined to criticize them for what their police did in that 96-hour period. i am more inclined to say you want to have that conversation you thought you had two years ago about electronic surveillance? want to do it now with a better handle on the facts and why this is being done? i thought the soccer metaphor would work better in europe than baseball. and i mean it. that stuff that became so controversial is about controlling the mid field. david ignasious with a wonderful police saying the people are lining up demanding more control. after you establish control of the mid field and you can blunt aatta atta attacks before they get into your airports, why don't you think about scoring goals? get into the attack zone and worry about threatening their goal level. aggressively take this fight to this back t

meta data, who people are calling and texting and when, all of that is the type of data that law enforcement and intelligence agencies need to use to do their jobs. encryption doesn't prevent that. >> you are looking for a lead anin sernandino. when the f.b.i. investigating things in the s phanone when they meet resistance they need to pursue it. it is about acquiring intelligence and information. i think -- >> rick, sorry, we are out of time but the last note the government will file a status update on april 5th. we will have to wait and see if this is over. rick smith and nate cardoza. thank you for being with us. >>> thanks, gentlemen. the presidential candidates are weighing in on the attacks in belgium. this as voters head to the polls as several states and primaries and a caucus. the latest on the gnca trail and what to expect from today's battle for delegates. >>> the last set of wet weather is moving out and will have a look out for what you can expect wednesday and when the warmest day is expected to arrive. >>> a rough commute in berkeley. we look at snellgrade and on this tuesday.

which means monitoring communications and meta data and coordinating with intelligence agencies in europe to see if there is anything we can do to help them. martha: we know salah abdeslam was part of what's called the i.s. external operations wing. clearly there is a direct connection in these actions. we don't know yet about brussels but we know about paris, the work that's been done to this i.s. external wing. when you look at the way the administration has handled this in the united states and how we have gone after isis, is it enough and have we gone after this in a comprehensive enough way? >> the problem begins in places like syria and iraq where foreign fighters are coming in, they are getting trained, further indoctrinated and they go back, particularly to europe, and become operational. first you have got to break the back of isis in the region. many of the things that we do in this country are not done in europe because of concerns about privacy. but i think you have got to change the balance a little. you are already seeing that as the europeans are discussing reform lating th

my favorite example is the 215 program the telephone meta data program.if you can imagine intelligence getting out in front of that and notice the whole purpose of this program is to limit the number of phone calls we listen to. that's the point. is to be selective. but once snowden gets it out it's mass surveillance which we know is impossible in any case but if it were possible to imagine intelligence getting far enough out in front to talk about the 215 program finally got some numbers out and you look at the numbers, the number of conversations got listened to is small. so it's that -- that's the challenge. unfortunately it's hard to imagine that intelligence could be that proactive because always say if you do that you're going to be telling our adversaries about how we do our work. that's right. you are. but that stems eems to be the c you have to pay in the world we live in particularly if you do things that involve your citizens. >> gentleman in the middle, third row, red tie. >> thank you, greg, for a really fun presentation. i am tim tyler, form

it has to be placed in the communication networks and the meta data. it requires huge processing power and international cooperation and coordination on the electronics side. a lot of this can be done person to person. maybe there was little electronic coordination in this case. people are moving back and forth in these neighborhoods and conversing with each other face-to-face. would have to supplement that with lots of local police efforts. >> general, you mentioned this potential use it or lose it moment for these isis related cells. the darker view would be that post the arrest on friday, there's been additional networks created. something that abdeslam suggested to officials. what is the chance that we're underestimating their capability even now? >> i think there's more out there. i don't think there were any new networks created. it's possible they had several different attacks that could be sprung. it's possible they did the maximum they could do right now. there are always additional sympathizers, communication personnel, bombmakers who may not

they don't incorporate -- in this world of increasing meta data -- you would think we could use someld be some experimental stuff. a lot of people come forward, initiati economists say gdp is not a good measure of wealth satisfaction and happiness in the economy anyway and there are other measures out there. the main message is those first three reports advanced, first and second and third estimates take those with huge caution. we showed times when, for example the fed was meeting at the beginning of '08 and gdp was reported splus 0.6% and cut a quarter to 2%. that number would be later revised to minus 2.2%. maybe they would have cutmore. we saw for example second quarter of '92 george bush running for re-election in that time. growth reported 1.4%. lots of complaints about the economy. bill clinton gets elected. in later years that number is revised to north of 4%. let's bring in michelle meyer. michele, i'm a little schocked by hearing this. what do you think? >> it's a big number. 1.3% is large especially more recently when the economy is only growing 2%. you're talking about a

. >> that meta data is still available.t trying to break open that phone and look at that content on that phone. the metadata is still out there. there's no prohibition on the government other than having to issue a warrant to get that information. if there was urgency in this case, why didn't they do this back in december? what are they opening up for the future? we have to be very careful here. >> you wear a disguise going into your "new york times" -- do you go in there as who you are? >> i just think -- i think there is a middle ground. unfortunately what's happened here is this idea that somehow it's absolutionists on both sides. >> they're all whispering, that sorkin guy. >> i'll take it. >> congressman, thank you. congressman chaffetz on the size of right there. >> okay. when we return, jim cramer always on the side of right from the new york stock exchange. we'll talk to the man in just a moment. e*trade is all about seizing opportunity. and i'd like to... cut. so i'm gonna take this opportunity to direct. thank you