i want off of that list. >> michael oku, al jazeera. >> michael oku tells us he reached out to exacta, that chicago company that offered to sell us all of those lists. the ceo declined to provide a statement. but over the phone, he told our producer that, quote, i can guarantee you that you cannot get lists without a marketing plan and that you, quote, have to agree that the data is for marketing purposes only. well, we decided to follow up on that. we put it to the test. turns out for $400, we bought at list of 6,000 people. we got their names, home addresses and e-mails all of whom bought incontinence products. there were no questions asked julia angwin is a reporter for republic can a and author of drag net nation. interesting title. relentless surveillance. i don't think a lot of people knew what a data broker was but they are curious how do you end up on that mailing list or how does that pop-up ad happen? you take us inside of that. what did you discover? >> first of all, i discovered there were a lot of data brokers. i assembled a list of more than 200 data brokers. most of th

." >> this raises all kind of questions, michael oku tells us he reached out to exact data, the company that recently was going to sell the list. the c.e.o. declined to provide a statement but said "i can guarantee you can't get lists without a marketing plan", given that statement we decided to put it to the test. for $400 we doubt a list of 6,000 people. we got their names, home addresses, their emails all of those people had bought incontinence problems in the past, no questions were askeded. >> there's app alarming report released saying data brokers, firstly, retailers are creating hundreds of secret consumer stores, ranking you on job security o criminal impulses. pam dixon, executive director of the world privacy forum is the author of that report. this sound like credit scores on steroids. >> it's a good way to describe it. what are they doing, what are they looking for, why are they creating all the lists on us? >> it makes a lot of sense. it's a shorthand for a sea of information out there. what is happening is that those data broker lists have become an information commodity.

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michael oku explores dangerous threats. his report wednesday on "america tonight".till to come this hour - inside a boeing 777. the mechanics of a malaysia airlines aircraft. we are picking it apart >>> in the headlines here on america tonight, we are following breaking news coming out of south america. an 8.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off of the northern coast of chile. it triggered a tsunami warning, triggering evacwasz along the coast line. in february of 2010, an 8.8 earthquake struck chile killing more than 300 people. the affordable care act has reached 7 million sign-ups by march 31st. on monday, the final day to enroll, healthcare.gov received 4.8 million visitors and 2 million calls were made to the call center. the white house says the surge in activity included many young adults. their participation is key for the system to work. now to washington ffour more bodies recovered in the mud slide bringing the death toll now to 28, almost two dozen others are still missing. crews say they are concerned they may not find everyone. some new developments regard

. >> reporter: michael oku, al jazeera. >>> the clippers are preparing for their next playoff game.hould the ownership respond? we're joined boy dr. harry evans at the california of bleshgly. we appreciate you being us with dr. edwards. this has to be about the wors worst-kept secret in the league. why wasn't action taken earlier? >> i think that's a good question, and as much as i admire and have tremendous exsent for david stern, i think he dropped the ball on this. donald sterling has work going back decades, the way he treated workers in his own organization, i think this all provided some grounds for at least a shot across the [ inaudible ] so he would be prepared to get in line. >> what can the league actually do here? >> i think there has to be some kind of bylaws that have to do with behavior, and statements, detrimental to the image and integrity of the league and the game. i think the owners can get together and do something, they can most certainly show that it is unlikely that free agents will sign with him, he may not even be able to sign the players on the team now. it

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. >> "america tonight"'s michael oku. thank you. >> after the black on "america tonight", general motors mass safety recall heads to the hill. a grieving mother said the auto maker could have saved her son's life. >> the c.e.o. of general motors will testify in front of the house on energy and commerce. leaders will try to learn why the company took years to recall more than 2 million vehicles with flaws. >> lori jane gliha with what led up to the hearing. >> from a celebrated seat in the first lady's box on the night of the union. >> daughter of a factory worker to the c.e.o. of the large aes automaker. >> the first female c.e.o. of an auto maker faces tough questions about why her company took years so recall millions of vehicles connected to a deadly ignition switch flaw. >> it was feb when the national safety board wasified -- notified and issued a recall. the flaw is linked to 30 frontal crashes and 13 fatalities. laura christian says her daughter died in a related crash in 2005. >> i first contact gm in september 20

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. >> "america tonight"'s michael oku. thank you. >> after the black on "america tonight", general motors mass safety recall heads to the hill. a grieving mother said the auto consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> the c.e.o. of general motors will testify in front of the house on energy and commerce. leaders will try to learn why the company took years to recall more than 2 million vehicles with flaws. >> lori jane gliha with what led up to the hearing. >> from a celebrated seat in the first lady's box on the night of the union. >> daughter of a factory worker auto

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