means it could have been collecting their minute data as well earlier today i spoke with rachel levinson wildman counsel at the brennan center i asked her if everyone with a cell phone could potentially be a part of this lawsuit as senator rand paul alleges. i think as a legal matter this is still a little undetermined the n.s.a. has been a little closed mouth about which companies it's actually collecting from and we know in part from the presidential review boards report that came out a couple of weeks ago that they may not be collecting from all companies there's kind of some number that isn't public yet so i think it's hard to say that literally every single person with a cell phone is necessarily being affected by this certainly we know that a lot of americans are sure now how likely is it that a class action lawsuit like this could realistically result in a change where others monetary or otherwise i mean i think you know it has some legs what's required for a class action suit is that there be a group of people who kind of have some claims of question of law in common that it's more pract

the two of them were in a jail cell to dell are together thank you so much for joining me rachel levinson wildman counsel at the brennan center. and today the senate made history confirming janet yellen as the first ever female chair of the federal reserve but the controversy surrounding wright point had nothing to do with her gender artie's perry and boring reports. janet yellen has officially been confirmed as the first federal reserve chair woman she sailed through the senate confirmation process and a record eighty nine days thanks in part to harry reid invoking the nuclear option making it significantly easier to pass judicial and executive branch nominee only fifty six senators voted for yellen tonight that's a four less than what ben bernanke he managed to get just four years ago if the senate rules had not been changed she would not have had the votes necessary to be confirmed tonight sense one hundred seventy five it took a three fifths vote or sixty out of one hundred senators to pass nominees now with the nuclear option it only takes fifty one and democrats currently control fifty five

the two of them were in a jail cell to dell or together thank you so much for joining me rachel levinson wildman counsel at the brennan center. well i know i've done it before i bet you probably have to you read something on facebook that was posted by somebody you probably haven't talked to in years and it really gets your blood boiling well our tears a marriage david explains why in these moments you might want to keep your fingers off the keyboard. if you have a facebook account then at one point or another you've probably found yourself in the following situation you're typing your status update you're all set to post it and then common sense kicks in and you realize that posting it would be a huge mistake maybe it's too personal or controversial but for whatever reason you do leave it feeling a sense of relief that no one will ever be able to see those words but what if that's really not the case you see facebook calls you were on posted thoughts self-censorship and it's a behavior that the social media side wants to discourage the company wants you to post anything and everything you're th