why today in news we're breaking right now on "the lead," the freedom of the press foundation has announced that snowden has the board of directors. the former u.s. analyst who gave the infamous pentagon papers to "the new york times" back in 1971. mr. ells berg, thank you so much for being here. why has the organization decided to add snowden to the board of directors even though he's not actually a journalist? >> well, i'm not a journalist either. in fact, i'm a source. the same sort that he had ward snowden has been. and he represents the values, i think, of the freedom of the press foundation, freedomfoundation.org. it's essential to the first amendment, freedom of the press, and of speech. you can't have investigative journalism in the foreign policy or so-called defense area

leaks have been good ones and not all of them have been in the name of what the freedom of the press foundation stands for? >> look, judgment has to be exercised in terms of what the public needs to know and ought to know and what has been withheld and there may be individual aspects of that where judgments may differ. but remember, we heard these same warnings at the beginning, middle, and end of -- i should say, at the beginning and middle of the prosecution of chelsea manning over a matter of years. blood was on people's hands and so forth. at the end of the trial, they have not produced one scrap of evidence supporting those assertions that anything or any person has been harmed as a result of those revelations, which was the largest since the pentagon papers and the largest until edward snowden. now, as far as i'm aware, the government has not produced one

the more popular edward snowden becomes also out this week the freedom of the press foundation announced that mr snowden will be joining their board of their nonprofit organization it's a group that was started by the man who leaked the pentagon papers daniel ellsberg i spoke with jesselyn radack the national security and human rights director of the government accountability project just a short time ago and i first asked her what snowden will be doing for the freedom of the press foundation well i think. he'll be weighing in first of all it's a huge huge symbolic moment he is participating in civic society in the united states despite the fact that the u.s. has tried so hard to sideline him and freedom of the press foundation is an amazing organization because they are trying to foster safe and free journalism that protects both journalists and sources so i'm sure he has a lot to add to that discussion so does this mean that he will be remaining involves and participating in future or a whistle blowing accounts and leaks well i mean in terms of the future leaks he no longer possesses a

and he represents the values, i think, of the freedom of the press foundation, freedomfoundation.org. it's essential to the first amendment, freedom of the press, and of speech. you can't have investigative journalism in the foreign policy or so-called defense area without, putting it very bluntly, leaks of classified information because the secrecy system and classification system has been so abused, always, that the information that the public needs to know to be the sovereign public and to have an influence on these policies is routinely classified no matter what he conceals. so he's acted. he's put his life on the line. i admire him, personally, very much. he's a hero of mine. and we're very proud, actually, to have him join us on the board which also includes, by the way, journalists who have been the channel into journalism for the revelations he's made which, in turn, have led to about half a dozen legislative proposals for reigning in the nsa and i think he's been a very valuable citizen. >> mr. ellsberg, what do you make of the critics that say even if you believe the metadat

as a member of the board of the freedom of press foundation.hat group was founded by daniel elsberg who famously leaked the pentagon papers during the world war ii war. >>> we could find out more about who knew what in the scandal over the closure of lanes on the george washington bridge. the port authority of new york and new jersey which indicates the bridge is set today to answer questions from the senate transportation committee about the closure now linked to two top aides to new jersey governor chris christie. christie, for his part, did address the scandal during, again, his state of the state address, saying his administration let the people of new jersey down. >> i'm the government. and i'm ultimately responsible for all that happens on my watch, both good and bad. without a doubt, we will cooperate with all appropriate inquiries to ensure that this breach of trust does not happen again. >> state lawmakers are ramping up their investigation into the lane closure, and whether christie may have lied when he said he knew nothing about it.

journalists glenn greenwald and his fellow whistleblowers on the board of the freedom of the press foundation read the full story on our website. and a fishing net company is tasked with developing a remedy for space junk war on the revolutionary plans for a clean up in orbit at r.t. dot com. right from the scene. of the. first street to you and i think that you're. on our reporters' twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. a time of economic unease and deep welfare cuts british politicians have been holding back when it comes to immortalize and their colleagues on canvas and sculpture leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab artist polly boyko has the details. they say a picture is worth a thousand words but in the case of the u.k. parliament it's more like a quarter of a million pounds it's been revealed that since ninety ninety five m.p.'s have splurged two hundred and fifty thousand pounds on commissioning portraits of fellow parliamentarians to adorn the walls of the houses of parliament behind me take for example work and pensions secretary ian duncan smith his portrait cost ten thousand

journalist glenn greenwald and his fellow whistleblowers on the board of the freedom of the press foundation read a full story on our web site r t v dot com. and a fishing net company is tasked with developing a remedy for space junk more of the revolutionary plans for a clean up in orbit at our team dot com. right from the scene. first for you and i think that you're. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. to be in the know what. now u.k. finance chief george osborne has issued a stark warning to the e.u. saying it needs urgent reforms to regain its competitiveness and britain could leave the bloc if it fails to do so let's get some details from march's laura smith who is in london for us so long as we can see is some very strong words from chancellor what has prompted this well i think the why it's pretty easily summed up by an analogy that george osborne used to the beginning of his speech on wednesday where he said europe's like a burning building with no exits basically he sees the political bloc as the falling behind india and china overspending on welfare becoming less and less comp

the nsa the more popular and worsening bekah it's all throughout this week the freedom of the press foundation announced that mr snowden will be joining their board of their non profit organization. the group that was started by the man who leaked the pentagon papers daniel tells bart. i spoke with just one race at the national security and human rights director of the government accountability project thus the start time ago. he first asked her what's known and will be doing for the freedom of the price foundation. well i tink it that day you'll be waiting and oppressive i like to hear each time a hitch as a symbolic moment that he is anticipating and subject to finally be in the united states despite the fact that the us has tried so hard to sideline him and freedom and a price foundation is an amazing organization because they are trying to foster heat and free journalism that protects both journalists and sources so i'm sure he had a lot to add to that discussion so does this mean that you will be remaining in balls and participating in future a whistle blowing at accounts and weeks. i mea

he's been named to the board of the freedom of the press foundation which was founded by the man who leaked the pentagon papers. >> he's put his own life on the line. i admire him. and we're very proud actually to have him join us on the board. joining me now from washington is wolf blitzer who is host of cnn's "situation room." thanks for being with us. there was a panel appointed by the president for recommendationings on what to do about this dustup. and they were really grilled by the senate judiciary committee. just wanted to get your take on how that went on what the optics were and whether we'll actually see anything come out of that. >> well, i think we are going to see some proposals. the president's going to put forward a series of steps he's taking following the recommendations of that five-person panel of the committee yesterday. you see some of those representatives there. one of the representatives on that five-member panel. the president will deliver a speech outlining those reforms he's willing to accept. the publicly announced reforms presumably there'll be other thi

. >> i understand that, of course, you're a member of the freedom of the press foundation, and a nonprofitpport public interests in journalism. it was announced this week that snowden will join you on that board. i've got to ask, how will he do that? have you spoken to edward snowden? >> you know, we're -- he will be communicating to us by encrypted channels here. he will be an active member of the board. i'm very proud of that. i would say when it comes to protecting, defending, supporting the fourth amendment to the constitution and the first amendment, edward snowden has done more than any member of congress, any official in the united states, going up to the president himself. >> daniel elles berg, coming from us, that's a powerful statement. thank you very much, sir, for joining us today. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the price of fruits, vegetables, vegetable juice, and nuts. it could also soon skyrocket. we'll tell you why. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, when

. >> edward know den will join the executive board of the nonprofit freedom of the press foundation, joining daniel elseburg and glenn greenwald. the group was formed less than a year ago with the goal of supporting and defending public interest journalism. >> the trial is underway for four charged in the massacre as kenya's west gate mall, charged with helping the gunman who opened fire. those gun men killed 67 people. a group with links to al-qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack. the court heard testimony from a guard outside the mall when the attack began. >> egyptians are standing in lines and remaining steadfast in the face of violence casting their ballots on a new constitution for their country. 11 were killed in fighting between security forces and supporters of the former president mohamed morsi on tuesday, the first day of voting. this is the third time in three years that egyptians are going to the polls to vote on a referendum. if the new constitution is approved, there will be presidential and parliamentary elections in the summer. relations at the university

press. nine foundations pledge $330 million to prevent the sale of artwork in the institute of arts.ering selling some of its art to help detroit pay its $18 billion in debt. still as much as 500 million dollars may be needed to fully protect the collection. >>> the tech company announced it purchased the company nest for 3.2 billion in cash. nest makes high tech thermostats and smoke detectors but some people say nest products are too smart. the thermostats can detect when you're home and when you're away. information google will now have access to. >> from the "usa today," a new study says drinking just 200 million grams of caffeine a day with improve your memory and what you're finding one cup of strong coffee but more isn't necessarily better. those who drink 300 million grams of caffeine experience the same effects. researchers say the source of the caffeine doesn't matter. >>> time for politico. willie geist? >> mike, let's talk virginia senate race. one of mitt romney's increasing looking like he is running for senate in virginia and talking about ed gillespie who ran the rnc

foundation. she has her own press secretary. there has been some turn over there.he clinton orbit perhaps like no other other than mr. clinton. >> of course. >> bill clinton to whom you are referring. i think i have. thank you. see you in 15 minutes on the lead. coming up here, obamacare enrollment. this is on the rise. administration numbers showing that it mitt the $3 million mark. 900,000 people signed up in the fertile three weeks of this year. the deadline is march 31st. now to the hottest stories. we get to this couple. leaving california going about their day. now she is looking around and locking the door and oh! do they not even. >> jay carney shaved. every couple has a proposal story. most don't start with a police stop. >> they put handcuffs on him behind the back and the cops pulled something out of his pocket. >> romantic much? the boyfriend worked with the police in massachusetts to set up the fake traffic stop. officers went so far as to cuff him. you see what happens next here. a couple of people coming around and friends and family and witnessing a

. >>> some detroit bankruptcy creditors were pressing to sell the afrt collection to help pay debt, but today a dozen charity foundationsdged more than $330 million to keep that from happening. >>> we know that the nsa spies on private citizens here and overseas by collecting their phone records, but does that make the united states more secure. the non-partisan think tank says the collection of phone records has no prevention of terrorist attacks. >>> warrior, statesman, and to some war criminal. those are some of the words being used to describe the israeli leader who died after eight years in a coma. nick schifrin reports. >> reporter: they said good-bye to a man who's own history mirrors israel's. >> translator: an exceptional soldier, a man who charmed us all, even the most difficult hours. >> reporter: they remembered his long military career, and the nickname he used his whole life, arik. >> reporter: he understand that in matters of our existence, we must stand firm. >> he had a north star that guided him. a north star from which he never in my observation, never deviated. his north star for the survival of the

foundation for having me today. especially peter for the invitation. thank you all for coming out in the rain to hear about my book, "blinking red." i look forward to q&a about other pressing intelligence community topics. "blinking red" is an attempt to make the authoritative object is history of the most substantial restructuring of the u.s. intelligence community since its foundation in 1947. the aim in 1947 of course was to create essential intelligence agency that was, this sounds familiar, too many of you who have studied 9/11, but to make sure pockets of the u.s. government did not have information that is shared with other entities that the government might for tile at a particular attack or security threat on the united states. the national security act of course created the national security council and the defense department. the creation of essential intelligence agency really laid the foundations for the modern american intelligence community. the fault of the national security act of 1947% is seen to give the central intelligence date many responsibilities for originating the variety of intelligence entities across the federal government, but not enough autho

revitalizing the economy and laying the foundation for peaceful reunification will be the key focus of president pack in the year two thousand fourteen entering the new year's press conference which lasted for more than eighty minutes he got the impression that she really is putting greater emphasis on economic or plot line station s the word economy less use than those twenty four times to be exact. history shows us for economic revival i station will be based on it to read your free hand which was unveiled by president park today. toyota a meaning out of me. but it's a total jacuzzi total. we come to a leak somewhere. take the ugly hand. come to a cut scene. it is doable. the system going to look good on top. new books to give a care package the president wants to normalize abnormal practices in society and set up the structure first round economy starting with reforms and the sector. they continue apace for creative economy she also failed to create an economy that analysis domestic demand and exports by supporting s enemies and fostering the five major service industries sectors of health education course and finance software. so professor von can you explain

according to the think tank, the heritage foundation, in order to protect the olympic villages in and around sochi, we learned from the ap according to the associated press, 37,000 police officers will be involved. they're all going to be in a huge sealed-off zone with surveillance cameras and jet fighters flying overhead. but it's still far from clear that they'll be successful in protecting the game because the terrain is difficult. the russian security forces stand in need of improvement. there is evidence we are told that some of them have been bribed to let bombers slip through in past incidents. now in academic papers the heritage foundation said one of the biggest threats that exist in the run up and during the games is the so-called lone wolf. a single person, man or woman, it doesn't matter, operating on their own without back up is one of the major threats. while it may be easy to protect sochi itself because of the zone they're throwing around it, as we've seen in volgograd at christmas deadly violence that simply can't be ruled out between now and the end of the games. especially given the cheer size of the country. just look at that. that's

press offices. who could forget that kid mile scott got to be a super hero for a day in san francisco. the make-a-wish foundationking the boy's dream come true. but staging a real life batman event cost $105,000 in public funds. so now two philanthropists are coming to the city's rescue. think will pick up the tab for bat kid's adventure and that's tonight's speed read. thanks for being with us tonight. now i want you to go to gretawire.com. that's where we discuss a lot of matters that we had here on the show. the issue is about whether it's al qaeda or football. you name it it's right there on gretawire.com. talk about everything that happened on the show tonight. we alsos have a special question that we're posting for you. richard sherman, you saw the game last night, didn't you, the san francisco seattle game. is he a jerk or just misunderstood. you can vote in gretawire poll. up next bill o'reilly. good night. >>> tonight on "red eye." >> coming up on "red eye." is this the world's greatest canine escape artist? shocking new claims say he is headed to cuba to bust terrorists out of gitmo. and how crucial wa

viable legal foundation and raises serious threats to privacy and civil liberties and has limited value. this goes further than president obama did in his speech last friday and white house pressretary jay carney said the administration disagreed with the board's analysis of the legality on the program. >> we disagree on the board's analysis of the legality of the program. >> and a new fox news poll shows 68% of americans are glad the programs have been made public by edward snowden. i would rather focus on the threat posed by snowman. >> that was america's dog, jasper. i got to put that up since greg is not here. andy, do you have your running shoes? i want you to take your victory lap all-around central park on the nsa program. >> let's start here. the report de bunks the idea if we had the program we could have stopped 9/11. the example they usually use is a failure to detect the terrorist in the u.s. prior to 9/11. the report says as many people have said including me that the failure came from a lack of federal sharing not a lack of surveillance. can we roll that clip? >> there is another terror attack and people say why don't we make these changes? it could have prevente

pressing intelligence community topics. "blinking red" is an attempt to write the author at a timive objective history of the most substantial restructuring of the u.s. intelligence community since the foundations in 1947. the aim in 1947, of course, was to create a central intelligence agency that would, in the sense, sound familiar to any of you who studied 9/11 if you make sure that pockets of the u.s. government did not have information that if shared with other entities of the government might foretell of a particular attack or national security threat on the united states. the national security act, of course, also created the national security council, and the -- defense department. the creation of the central intelligence agency really laid the foundations for the modern american intelligence community. the fault of the national security act of 1947 was that it seemed to give the central intelligence agency many responsibilities for coordinating the variety of intelligence entities across the federal government, but not enough authority to do the job. so let me break it down for you just, if i could. the cia, of course, is famous for two missions you're all familiar with. covert action

where printing presses were turning out the broncos' afc champion t-shirts, 36,000 shirts overnight boxed up to be sent all over the country. >> the big win has netted peyton manning's foundation for youth a $25,000 donation. eight companies came together offered to donate $800 to the payback foundation for each time that manning shouted omaha during the game against the patriots. we did the pamath. 31 times during the game. omaha steaks and the life insurance company everybody knows it, mutual of omaha. >> they had that nature specials. i was a child. but it was long before you were born. long before christina was born. >> good morning to you both. you know what, we have a good looking day shaping up. especially if you want to get outdoors, you have to day off, take the kids out. 48 degrees in san francisco, we're at 40 in the east bay, 41 degrees along the peninsula headed toward mid-70s. just about everywhere in the low 70s in the east bay and san francisco for today, then a cooldown and showers move in. we're going to have to wait for the showers. the cool down might arrive sooner than you want it to. i'll break those numbers down. >> you have to wait for you to tell us. t

flimsy title one legal foundation and so and so we need to fix that error and we need to get we need to get this chairman to reclassify ambiguously and people can go over to free press. and basically send a note to the commissioner about that jim carr thanks so much for being with us. thank you tom. and the best of the rest of the news scotland thinks they've found the solution to voter turnout problems lower the voting age six months ago the scottish government lowered that nation's legal voting age extending the right to vote to sixteen year olds and seventeen year olds for the first time ever leading the charge for a lower voting age in the u.k. is the electoral reform society which believes that increased youth participation in the voting process and in government will force politicians to be more aware of the youth vote and the issues that affect young people joining me now to talk more about the effects of a lowered voting age in the u.k. and if the same could happen here in the us is katie goes chief executive of the electoral reform society katie welcome. thanks for joining us. why is lowering the voting age an important thing to do. we think the government

foundation, detention and interrogation. to be led by well respected senior cia advised by senator warner and who passed away as you know in 2012. according to the press release at the time, the group was tasked with assembling data and formulating positions on the quote complex after controversial question that define addition, detention and interrogation, unquote. do you know when and why the panetta review group was disbanded? >> senator, first of all i respectfully but vehemently disagree with your characterization of the cia's cooperation with this committee. i am fully prepared to come forward to this committee at any time to request my appearance to talk about that study. and i think related to the issue that you just raise in terms of the question, all committee members are received is some information that i have provided recently to the chairman of vice chairman on this issue and i look forward to addressing these matters with the committee at the appropriate time and not a say threat assessment. >> thank you, mr. brennan. i believe that's appropriate. >> actually come it doesn't fully answer the question. and i'm not sure i do know actually