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of the five senators who introduced the legislation to crack down on oil spectators, senator richard blumenthald he is joining us from washington. senator thanks for joining us. we had senator bernie sanders on a couple of weeks ago about this subject, but the actual introduction of the bill was today? >> it was today. and the reason for it is very simply that the markets are not working, and in fact talking about drilling the -- one reason why drilling is not the answer, at least right now, is that the market -- supply and demand -- we have more supply now than a year ago, and less demand, but prices are much higher and the reason is that we have speculation in the markets, traders, hedge funds, betting that the price is going up, gambling, and at the same time earning profits when there is a rise in prices from higher prices at the pump that we pay. our bill very simply cutting through the agency acronyms is basically to tell the agency that has responsibility and hasn't been doing its job, that it has to use the emergency powers that i should exercise to restrain speculation, impose limits o

republican lindsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal. also u.s.oldiers are targeted in afghanistan and the syrian government attacks its own citizens. we'll ask the panel how the president should handle both hot spots and our power player of the week gets ready for march madness. all right on "fox news sunday". and hello again from "fox news sunday" in washington. all eyes are on super tuesday. washington state headline its caucaus on saturday. mitt romney won 38 percent. ron paul 25 percent. and rick santorum was chose behind at 24 . newt gingrich was last. on tuesday 10 states are up with more delegates at take than all contests combined up to now. joining us from tennessee is former senator rick santorum. welcome back to "fox news sunday". >> guest: thank you, chris, good to be with you. >> chris: good to be with you, sir. ohio is the biggest prize on tuesday and it seems tailor made for you. blue collar and manufacturing and lots of rural areas and big evangelical vote. don't you have to win there, sir? >> guest: we are going to do very, very

. >>> calling it an invasion of privacy, richard blumenthal is writing a bill stopping employers from asking for passwords. >>> a flight in arizona as the 800-pound, 45-foot-long-craft was carried to over 2700 feet in the air by a helicopter. it was released and flew on its own for about six seconds at a speed of 98 miles per hour. wow. >>> and now here's a look at wall street. the dow opens at 13,046 after losing 78 points yesterday. the s&p fell ten, the nasdaq lost 12. the nikkei dropped 115 points while in hong kong the hang seng sank 232. >>> a toll on markets here at home yesterday but there may be a silver lining. at least some temporary relief at the pump could be on the way after worries about dwindling oil demand draggeded the price of crude down 2%. fears of a global slowdown weighed down energy and raw material suppliers the most. those worries also overshadowed news of unemployment applications fell by 5,000 to a four-year low last week. fedex also took a hit after its financial chief warned of slowing demand abroad. shares slipped 4%. >>> diamond foods lost 7% after susp

. >>> calling it an invasion of privacy, connecticut's richard blumenthal said he's writing a bill to stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their facebook passwords. >>> and a nasa spacecraft orbit around the moon has sent back images with a view of the far side, with the earth a tiny image in the distance. the images were chosen by fourth graders in montana. >>> the dow opens at 13,046 after losing 78 points yesterday. the s&p fell ten, the nasdaq lost 12. overseas trading, in tokyo, the nikkei dropped 115 points, in hong kong, the hang seng sank 232. >>> signs of economic weakness in china and europe took a toll at markets at home. there may be a silver lining. some temporary relief at the pump could be on the way after worries about dwindling oil demand dragged the price of crude down 2%. those worries also overshadowed news of unemployment applications fell by 5,000, to a four-year low last week. fedex took a hit after its financial chief warned of slowing demand abroad. shares slipped 4%. diamond foods lost 7% after suspending dividend payments to stockholders.

senator richard blumenthal all of >> he announced he is writing a bill that would ban employers for asking for facebook passwords. reports of that surfaced just this past week. the senator says the practice is unreasonable invasion of privacy for people who are seeking work >> stakes and smiles, out eating red meat can make you happy >> out of prison and speaking out >> there was a point where i thought this stuff only happens in movies >> a former suspect in the near death beating of brian stowe tells his side for the first time >> by state senator caught on camera running a red light. why people were not necessarily surprised. >> is friday and that makes me happy but we have big,,,,,,,,,,, >> smile for the camera, at arizona state senator frank stanton laurie busted running a red light. recently the lawmaker has been a vocal critic of the photo enforcement and now we know why. he was cited for the infraction >> i'm not a big fan of those and you have the yellow lights that pop up and all of a sudden you've done it or you stay? >> spoken by a man who has done it before >> if you are heade

an exclusive interview with rick santorum and lindsay graham and richard blumenthal to talk about the u.s.n u.s.nd israel. i'm shannon bream. thanks for watching and have a captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> chris: i'm chris wallace. there are ten states and more than 400 delegates in play. the countdown to super tuesday. with primaries and caucuses across the country, we'll have presidential candidate rick santorum where he needs to win to regain the lead in the republican race. rick santorum a "fox news sunday" exclusive. then, president obama and israeli prime minister netanyahu get ready to discuss what to do about iran. we'll explore how to keep that rogue nation from going nuclear with two key senators, republican lindsey graham and richard blumeen shall. >> the syrian government attacks its own citizens. we will ask our sunday panel how the president should handle both hot spots and our power player of the week gets ready for march madness all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. while all eyes are on super tuesday

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charles schumer and richard blumenthal are calling on the justice department and the equal opportunity employment commission to investigate whether requesting social media credentials from someone is a violation of federal law. >> there's a coercive nature here. you want the job so badly if your employer asks, you may be afraid to say no. >> last week facebook issued a warning to employers to not ask job applicants for their password. facebook opposes the practice saying it's a violation of the website's policy and, quote, not the right thing to do. i would agree with that, too. >> absolutely. ashley morrison here in new york. thank you so much. >>> hollywood film maker james cameron completed his voyage to the bottom of the sea. he was about 200 miles off guam when he climbed into a special submarine called the deepsea challenger descending seven miles into the mariana trench, the deepest place on earth. he spent more than three hours under water to explore and film and even tweeted, just arrived at the ocean's deepest point. hitting bottom never felt so good. can't wait to share what

in response to recent reports about this practice, connecticut senator richard blumenthal is proposingll to make that illegal. while applicants can deny it there are those that can't say no. >> employers have always been able to view the public accounts facebook, twitter, any other social networking sites. applicants are being pressured for access to their private information. the aclu weighing in saying people are entitled to their private lives: >> for more on that, joining me now, the director of the aclu's speech and technology project. where did the idea come from that your facebook isn't private? >> some people think the idea facebook privacy is already and oxymoron, people are exhibitionists and equate privacy with secrecy. when we talk about privacy, we talk about not keeping things secret from everyone but having control over our information. people use facebook the way they react with people in their lives. i have different information available. it's understandable why employers might be tempted to get access to this, just like to see what dvd's are in your closet. >> there

senators chuck schumer and richard blumenthal regular calling for an investigation on into the practiceeaks federal employment laws. last week facebook warned employers to stop asking for that information. >>> now 4:55. 56 degrees. coming up, the guilty snack that turns out is secretly healthy. like that. >> i'm all for that. >>> plus, one of the world's most famous directors just wrapped up a journey fit for a hollywood thriller. >>> and "hunger games" fans >>> welcome back, the "hunger games" isn't starving for cash. the blockbuster film made $155 million this opening weekend, making it the third best debut ever in terms of revenue. the "harry potter" finale and the 2008 "dark knight" were the only films to make more. analysts expect the academies film to make as much as -- the action film to make as much as $700 million worldwide. "the hunger games" set a record making it the most revenue on a non-sequel movie. got to see it. >> but there will be sequels. >> yes. >>> director james cam veron is back on ground after traveling to the deepest point on earth. the director of "titanic" fi

. >> reporter: richard blumenthal and lindsay graham both said president obama needs to tell the israelis specifically what the u.s. will and won't do to support them. they urgeed a strong stance in afghanistan. >> if we leave and it falls back into taliban hands and al- qaeda re-emerges, we'll pay a heavy price. history will not judge us by the day we left but what we left behind. >> reporter: indiana governor mitch daniels hay way of putting politics in perspective. >> when mother nature decides to work her wrath on we mere mortals, you remember how inadequate sometimes the best of human action can be. >> melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all of your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. ight now. >>> it is monday, march 5th, 2012. a beautiful look at the washington monument. some wintry weather moving in a little closer this morning. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> let's say good morning to tucker barnes and get the latest on that. we have some interesti

in-your-face befriending richard blumenthal the connecticut lawmaker announced yesterday he is writing a bill that would ban employers from asking for face the passwords reports employers requiring access to applicants social media profiles service this week the senator says the practice is employed an unreasonable invasion of privacy of but now there is a move to wipe out tuition supporters of the plan not to collect more than 800 fraud signatures from voters the lawful time students assumes that three residents of california and keep a minimum grade point average or perform 70 hours of community service each year the cost to be paid for by higher income taxes on wealthy californians tonight is the night's to raise its? >>> for somebody to win the 200 million meghan million jackpot pbs. you never know. several have come and gone without a winner sell it is now near record level it is the eighth largest mega price since the game started back in 2005 for 40 and 41 other states usually meat packers from indiana. but you about the guest today. but shute in a pool and you didn't even know

. >> prosecutors have noticed, other prosecutors like eliot spitzer, richard blumenthal, want impressive conviction records. >> all these regulations, they will comb the books and find something. >> this could happen to you. they can take any law they think you broke and take you to trial. whether you win or lose you are going to lose because by the time you are done fighting you are broke. >> the government never goes broke. >> they must spent million dollars. >> i heard they spent five million. >> how much money does it take? >> i've had clients that spent $10 million. >> i cannot even imagine how much money they spent prosecuting my husband. >> the feds tried jill's husband jack and lost. but instead apologizing for getting it wrong, they threaten to fine him $37,000 a day. a terrible crime did they commit. trying to build a house on their own property. >> the county gave you permission to build. >> and they inspected the foundation and approved it. >> so you started to build. >> but a government owned drainage ditch was clogged. they asked the government to the fix. >> it they say we

and finally, new york senator charles shumer joined richard blumenthal is n.asking theus tis department to ask to investigate whether companies asking for facebook pass words are breaking the law. facebook saying it violates it's policies and threatens legal action against company that's do so n san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. larry? >> thank you. >> we can see some clouds starting to form there and there is respite today, now, back to the rain. >> there is a nice break. tomorrow is going to be a rainy day for the bay area, this storm is aiming at the north bay. so they're going to just get drenched. yes. there is a live picture right now. you can see clouds gathering and there is still dry except for north bay there are light showers and there is a little bit of green around clear lake area, there are temperatures into 50s and 60s, highlights, sprinkles into north bai. there is rain and showers diminish into wednesday. there is a morning event. there is a storm we're watching going to provide another drenching. saturday's storm just sat there. this is going to be di

senators chuck schumer and richard blumenthal calling on the justice department to launch investigationscompanies and law enforcement agencies asking job applicants to submit facebook pass words along with a job application. states in california, illinois and maryland weighing certain types of legislation. at hand the possible violation of two specific acts, the communications act and the computer fraud and abuse act both prevent access to electronic information without authorization. now facebook has already taken a strong stand against the practice saying that they are weighing legal action against any company that involves such practices. but the question of legality still remains on the table. that is what lawmakers are looking into. back to you. >> we heard so much from senator chuck schumer over the weekend saying this is giving somebody the key to your house and letting them read your personal journal. >> a lot of people say it's violating privacy issues. we were talking about it in the newsroom one news producer said she doesn't care she has nothing to hide. >> before you leave t

. >> john: richard blumenthal says cigars pose a serious risk to public health. >> unfortunately nobody has done the research. they are not educated by cigars. they don't have any idea about the concept whether you are a blue collar worker. you get together and have a conversation. >> john: they do stink but they can't tell consenting adults and cigar lounge, it appalls me. thank you can rocky. my next guest sold marijuana for 15 years. then a few months ago, the feds came. greetings from the windy city of chicago. people here sure are friendly but some have had a hard time understanding my accent. so to make sure people get every word of the geico savings message i've been practicing how to talk like a true chicagoan. switching to geico could save you hundreds of dollars on car insurance... da bears. haha... you people sure do talk funny. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> john: biggest job today is drug dealing. interesting that word dealing. sounds nasty. i buy beer at 7-eleven, nobody calls the clerk a dealer, they call them salespeop

. >> and richard blumenthal from connecticut says that cigars is a serious threat to public health. >> you know, unfortunately, nobody's done their research, they're not educated by cigars, they have no idea about the concept of cigars and something whether you're a blue collar worker, whether you're a ceo, a doctor, get together. have a conversation. >> well, they do stink, but that the government can't tell the difference between consenting adults and a cigar lounge or walking humidor and public appalls me he, thank you, rocky patel, and next, people who sell marijuana, my next guest sold it for 15 years and a few months ago, the fed came. >> the big egest illegal job is drug dealers. and using that word how nasty. i buy beer at a 7-eleven, no one calls the clerk a beer dealer or cigarette dealer. they're called cashiers or salesmen, but marijuana sellers are dealers and pot is illegal. because it's illegal doesn't mean it's not sold, a lot is sold. 55 million sold every year according to the drug czar office. and one person who sold drugs until recently was lynette, what did you se

senators chuck schumer of nock and richard blumenthal of connecticut held a news conference today. they say they are troubled by a recent report in the associated press that claims some private and public agencies are asking people who are looking for jobs for their facebook passwords as part of a background check. the senators want investigations launched by the department of justice and the u.s. equal employment commission to determine if the practice is legal under federal law. >> we believe employers have no right to ask their job applicants for many things. for their house keys. for their diaries. why should they be able to ask them to do the electronic version of the same thing? >> on friday, facebook warned employers not to ask job applicants for their passwords to the site. the company threatened legal action against applications that violate its long-standing policy against sharing passwords. >>> and coming up next, in her first television interview, the wife of the u.s. soldier accused of gunning down 17 afghans talks about her husband. we have matt lauer's exclusive inte

. >> reporter: democratic senator richard blumenthal and republican senator lindsey graham both said president obama needs to tell the israelis what the u.s. will and won't do to support them while also supporting israel's desire to defend against a nuclear armed iraq. they urged a strong stance in afghanistan, too. >> if they leave and it falls back in the taliban hands and al-qaeda reemerges, we'll pay a heavy price. history will not judge us by the day we left but what we left behind. >> reporter: the trail of destruction left behind in the midwest was the top story on face the nation. indiana governor mitch daniels had a way of putting politics in perspective. >> when mother nature decides to work her wrath on we mere mortals, you remember how inadequate sometimes the best of humans action can be. >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> 10 states will hold nominating contests tuesday. 419 convention delegates are at stake and many of them are coming from virginia, but this year virginia's primary is notable for who isn't competing. we're joined by fox 5 political analyst ma

senators chuck schumer and richard blumenthal said they are troubled about reports that employers areb applicants for their facebook passwords. the associated press reported that some private and public agencies have been asking job seekers for their social media credentials. facebook is warning that it may take legal action. >> the business week begins with recalls in automobiles. portia is recalling 911 coupes. they have a flaw that could cause the fuel line to disconnect. general motors also recalling more than 6000 vans and suvs. that recall involves certain 2012 chevy express and gmc savanna lands as well as suburban and uconn x l suvs. they say test to determine the deer shaft could potentially causing a loss of steering. reports of mishaps and i recall but if you own one of those cars take note. there could be released. when it comes to soaring gasoline prices or oil industry analysts say that prices may not go much higher because crude oil prices are starting to ease up a little bad and there's plenty of supply in refinery capacity. according to the latest lundberg survey, gas

. >> prosecutors noticed that other prosecutors like eliot spitzer, rudy giuliani, senator richard blumenthal won high office by wrapping up impressive conviction records. >> the regulations around here t they will comb the books and they will find something. >> this could happen to you. they could take any law that they think you broke and take you to trial and whether you win or lose you are going to lose because by the time you are done fighting it you are broke. >> of course the government never goes broke. >> they must have spent a million tax payer dollars going after you. >> i heard they spent 5 million. >> the amount of money it takes bankrupts the typical person. >> i have had clients who spend $10 million. >> i cannot even image how much money they spent prosecuting my husband. >> the pedestrians tried him at lost. but instead of apologizing for getting it wrong they threatened to fine him $37,000 a day. what terrible crime did the government say jack and jill committed? trying to build a house on their own property. >> the county gave you permission to build. >> yes, they did. >> a

senator richard blumenthal a democrat from connecticut says he is working on a bill that would stop employersedia pass words. >>> these pictures are proof that even super heroes are not above the law in montgomery county. police pulled over a black sports car in silver spring, maryland on wednesday. the driver was dressed in a full bat man costume. it happened on route 29 at prelude drive. apparently there were notation on the batmobile. montgomery county police posted pictures of the unusual traffic stop on their facebook and twitter pages. one of the officers is even smiling in one of the photos. doug is here now with the final check of the forecast. >>> and your secret identity, remains safe with us, my friend. do not worry. your secret identity is safe. lamborghini by the way, a pretty cool car. out there right now a great day. notice it was a convertible, perfect day for it. tomorrow however put the tops back up. keep the windows up. we'll see some rain across the area. out there right now 80 degrees with a gorgeous afternoon, winds out of the east at 7 miles per hour. around the region

republican lindsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal. senators, welcome to both of you. the president and prime minister will be wrestling with two questions. what are the red lines, how far each leader will allow eran to go before giving up on diplomacy and second, how committed is each to a military strike in iran crosses the red line. senator graham, what does president obama need to say to prime minister netanyahu to reassure him? >> that i'm committed to stopping iran from getting nuclear weapon not only in words but in deeds. that if necessary we will use military force and they need a common definition of what change, what kind of change would be acceptable on iran's part. >> chris: meaning the red line, how far they are willing to allow iran to go. >> there needs to be a common definition conveyed privately to iran so they know what they need to do. >> chris: does president obama need to go further than he has so far in reassuring the israelis. >> he needs to give a more specific and muscular content. to all options are on the table to say that containment is not

the democrats chuck schumer -- of new york and richard blumenthal of connecticut are asking attorney general eric holder to investigate whether the practice violates federal law. facebook is warning employers not to ask job applicants for their passwords to the site saying that it violates their right to privacy. surely one that will get a lot of attention there. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a new exhibit is now open at the strathmore about an american diplomat and artist who was forced out of the foreign service during mccarthyism in the 1950s. the exhibit is called a singular view, art and words of john payton davies jr. he was a med am of freedom recipient. it was destroyed when senator mccarthy accused him of being a communist. once davies was fired he moved to peru and became an artist there. joining us is his daughter tiki davis. welcome. >> thank you. >> you are an old friend of ours here at channel 4 because you used to run the press office until recently at the kennedy center. you know -- we know you and i just did not know this side of your life. tell us a little

senators chuck schumer of new york and richard blumenthal of connecticut are calling for an investigatione practice to see whether it breaks federal employment laws. an increasing number of companies are asking would-be employees for their passcords during job -- passwords during job interviews, and that's raising concerns about privacy. >> we believe employers have no right to ask their job applicants for many things. for their house keys, for their diaries. why should they be able to ask them to do the electronic version of the same thing and get their facebook passwords? >> last week, facebook warned employers to stop asking for that information, claiming that it violates that company's long-standing policy against sharing passwords. >>> a 4-year-old child is recovering this morning after getting a foot caught in a metro escalator. it happened at the dupont circle station. we're told the 4-year-old's foot was stuck between a step and the side skirt of the escalator. a police spokesman says that crews stopped the escalator and removed the shoe. the child of taken to the hospital as a pr

a democratic senator from connecticut, richard blumenthal, is writing a bill that would stop the practiceployers asking applicants for their facebook or other social media passwor passwords. he basically says, and i think a lot of people agree, it's an unreasonable ininvacation of privacy. and he says the practice seems to be spreading which is why a federal law, a nationwide law really needs to address them. he does say he would put in an exception and that is that his bill would, for example, have exceptions for some federal and local law enforcement agencies, or even national security departments. as you can imagine as well, chris, the practice has also allowed a lot of privacy advocates whether or not it is actually legal is actually still unclear. that is, there is a gray area. but we'll see whether or not this bill gets pushed through. >> cnbc's mandy drury. thanks. >>> two years ago to the day, president obama signed the health care reform act into law. mitt romney is ramping up calls to repeal it. right now he's speaking in louisiana, giving a speech built as a major attack agains

chuck schumer of new york and richard blumenthal say they're troubled by a recent report that employersre asking their job applicants for facebook passwords. they want the commission to determine if the practice is legal under federal law. >> we believe employers have no right to ask their job applicants for many things. for their house keys, for their diaries, why should they be able to ask them to do the electronic version of the same thing? >> on friday, facebook says it may take legal action to try to prevent employers for asking for passwords. >> pinterests is causing concern about what is legal and what is not. on pinterest, people post pictures of whatever you find to be interesting. there could be a legal problem if the picture posting is one they did not take. someone could put up a picture of the best pizza ever, let's say, but if the picture comes off the restaurant's website, could they be sued for copyright infringement. >> it's very unclear, it's very gray, it's a new technology, it's a brand new social media site right now and the lawyers tend to say -- the ones i've talk

narts chuck schumer of new york and richard blumenthal of connecticut say they're troubled by recent reports that employers are asking job applicants for their facebook passwords. they want the department of justice equal opportunity commission to determine if the practice is, in fact, legal under federal law. >> we believe employers have no right to ask their job applicants for many things, for their house keys, their diaries, why should they be able to ask them to do the electronic version of the same thing? >>> on friday, facebook said it may be taking legal action to try to prevent employers from asking for passwords. >>> 6:26 right now, still to come on "today in the bay," police arrest the suspect believed to be responsible for the killing of five people. >>> plus the search for sierra lamar continues more than a week after her disappearance in morgan hill. we will have the latest coming up in a live report. >>> and sunshine and 60s today, but you're singing in the rain yet again tomorrow. looks like wednesday, thursday, all the way through the rest of the week. i'll let you kn

democrat connecticut senator richard blumenthal says he is deeply troubled by reports of employers asking a bill that would ban it. mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> we'll keep you posted on that one. mary snow from washington. now it's time for keira li

but connecticut senator richard blumenthal said you can always tell what the justice are really thinking or what they're going after based on questions they ask. blumenthal, a democrat as well, personally argued four cases in front of the high court. we'll have more on this very feisty american debate going on in "america's newsroom". bill: we mentioned the economy. there is breaking news on the jobs front. the number is out on initial claims. 359,000. claims have to be below 375 or below 350 in order to signal a significant drop in unemployment. others would argue you have to be below 300,000 for the number to draw significantly lower. back in december of '07, weekly claims 317,000. the you see the peak at 659,000 at the height of the economic meltdown. stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business network. to you, sir, i say good morning. >> morning. bill: what do you make of this? >> this is something of a disappointing number. in fact it looks like the downtrend in new jobless claims has stalled. worse yet, it stalled at a relatively high level. when you have got 35