as senator ron white and others note, domestic data can be instantly collected. your e-mails and the content in many cases can be scooped up in that. this does implicate u.s. privacy as well. but i think an important thing to note about what senator leahy said about having this momentum and coalition going forward the , program that is being ended was considered an effective by -- ineffective by two government review panels. president obama said he wanted to end it 18 months ago. some members of the intelligence community even indicated they wanted to jettison it. so the momentum for them, there

that appeared to be senator ron white speaking. >> the senators in this rare sunday session have come back early because of a looming deadline at midnight when the patriot act expires, something we never thought we'd get to. >> what they have done is brought a bill to the floor, the freedom act, and opened debate. they needed 60 votes, they got 77. they were able to clear that. we have seen a battle in the past couple of weeks among the republican ranks. mitch mcconnell, the top republican wanted an extension of the patriot act. together he pretty much gave up on that plan realising that he didn't have support. and a man in particular stood in his way, fellow republican and kentuckian rand paul. he wants to see all of this go away. but the freedom act would do a key thing. it would end the collection of american song records. we are not talking about the content of your calls, but it is who you call when you call them and privacy experts say it reveals a lot about people. the freedom act puts an end to that part of what the patriot act has been doing. here is how rand paul talked abou

ron allen at the white house.ing have emerged just as the national conversation on police conduct has escalated. the court is expected to bring down several rulings on when police can use force and some of them may be surprising to you. ari is here with us with more. air, good morning. tell us a little about this. >> good morning. basically i want to talk to you about how these cases are working now. when a policeman stops and questions someone, how do you know whether that's proper or whether it's harassment? the court says it all depends on whether or not there is a good reason the officer had a stop. here's a case in point from this term. a north carolina police officer thought he had a good reason to stop someone, to pull over brady heien who was driving with one single broken brake light. one problem, it's legal in north carolina to drive with one broken headlight. he continued to have a car search. but when the supreme court got involved, they reversed. eight justices ruling this term that because the office

. >> on tuesday, gram and centraleda joined current senators ron and rand paul in calling on the white house to release the information. >> we cannot let pages out, leaving families to wonder if there's further information. we hoe it to the family and cannot let a lack of transparency erode trust to make us feel less secure. >> the 9/11 commission, which inherited the 28 pages was never able to prove complicity of saudi officials. saudi officials wants the information released. the who's has been staying that it is reviewing the material. what is in the 28 pages that is so sensitive. for many americans who come here the issue of final accountability was issued. others say they will not rest until the full story is knep. >> we'll be bringing out the truth that we need. the lawsuit will go on with or without the 28 pages, in a quest for justice for her husband. >> california's pushing to be the first state to raise the smoking age to 21. the state senate passed a bill siting a study. right now you only have to be 18 in california to buy tobacco products. >> melanoma is the deadliest form

ron pollock joins us now along with dr. zeke emanuel who was an adviser to the white house on health care. so ron, let me start with you. you were joined today by somebody who has benefited directly from this law. this court ruling today in real terms to real people, what does it mean? >> it means that they now have the peace of mind that the health coverage they couldn't get before the affordable care act became law, now they know that they are getting significant help, they're get substantial subsidies that make health coverage affordable. and it won't be taken away. and so we have talked to countless people many of whom we've brought to washington to tell their own stories. gwenn was one of them. and they all say that if it wasn't for the affordable care act, they would be uninsured, many of them have major health care problems like gwenn's husband, he had a significant tumor. and if he did not have health coverage, he could not have gotten the care he needed. he ultimately got the care he needed. if he paid for it out of pocket, it would have cost $195,000. but because the affordable care act was there and she was a

and it's her own parents outing her, claiming she's a white woman pretending to be black. nbc's ron allen reports. >> reporter: she's the head of the naacp in spokane, an outspoken civil rights activist, part-time instructor of african-american studies at a local college. and rachel dolezal raised a lot of eyebrows with her answer to this question about race from a local reporter. >> is that your dad? >> yeah. that's -- that's my dad. >> this man right here's your father? right there? >> do you have a question about that? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay. >> i was wondering if your dad really is an african-american man. >> that's a very -- i mean, i don't know what you're implying. >> are you african-american? >> i don't understand the question of -- i did tell you that yes, that's my dad. and he wasn't able to come in january. >> are your parents, are they white? >> reporter: but now, dolezal's parents have come forward to say she's white. >> she wants to recreate reality. she wants to just invent it herself. >> reporter: they say their ancestry is czech, swedish, and german, and that for ye

removal of the confederate battle flag, the same flag embraced by the young white man accused in the charleston church shooting. ron allen leads off our coverage. >> reporter: few symbols in american culture evoke such intense passion. emblem of southern pride and states' rights or the scourge of slavery and racism. today governor nikki haley weighed, in flanked by a bipartisan group of state leaders. >> today we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to say it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. >> reporter: south carolina's house and senate must approve the removal of the flag. and the governor urged them to do that as soon as possible. haley previously defended the flag when running for re-election. >> i spend a lot of my days on the phones with ceos and recruiting jobs to this state. i can honestly say i have not had one conversation with a single ceo about the confederate flag. >> reporter: a growing chorus has been demanding the confederate flag's removal. hundreds at the state house over the weekend. today south carolina senator lindsey graham, running for president, and re

ron allen from columbia tonight. thanks. >>> a stunning reveal from the white house today that over 30 americans are being held hostage abroad. we've never heard that particular number. that information coming out as president obama announced a major change to the u.s. policy on families paying out ransom in the hopes of bringing their captive loved ones back home. we get the details from our national correspondent peter alexander. >> reporter: today's policy shift could give new hope to caitlyn coleman of pennsylvania kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan. she's one of 30 americans being held hostage overseas. this afternoon a contrite president obama conceded the u.s. government at times has failed the families of hostages held by terrorists. >> these families have already suffered enough and they should never feel ignored or victimized by their own government. >> reporter: today he vowed to do better. >> we're not going to abandon you. we will stand by you. >> reporter: while the president insisted the u.s. will not make concessions including paying ransom, the u.s. is willing to communicate with terrorist groups

ron allen. and meanwhile at the white house, president obama is about to announce what the white house claims ise in policy permitting the families of americans held hostage by terror groups to pay ransom privately without fear of prosecution. reuters and others are reporting there has been a long-standing presidential exemption preventing such payments. phil balboni worked closely with the family of james foley during his capture prior to his beheading. the president is now coming out. if you can stand by with me fim, we'll listen and talk on the other side. >> since 9/11 more than 80 americans have been taken hostage by murderous groups engauges in terrorism or privacy. for these innocent men and women, tourists journalists, humanitarians, it's a horror. and cruelty beyond description. for their families and for their friends, it's an unrelenting nightmare that the rest of us cannot even begin to imagine. as a government we should always do everything in our power to bring these americans home safe and to support their families. dedicated public servants across our government work tirelessly t

you put ron paul or rand paul in the white house, what do you think their fbi is going to be doing? they think they're electing people that are liberal in all things but as the commander in chief, they make decisions. i think you put rand paul in there, he'd do it, too. >> i support what rand paul did with the recent bill. but rand paul has said he's against drones -- >> sometimes. >> but they want to drone somebody who robbed a liquor store for $50. >> that's okay. >> part of what we saw in washington is good reform first step. we need to monitor the executive. checks and balances have been eroded. remember dick cheney saying the gloves are off after 9/11? we have, as joan said fully adequate legal measures if we are presented with a false tradeoff day in and day out, that it's either liberty or security. no, you can have both. and you have to get back to recalibrating post-9/11. >> and that moment i think was a good one. one finger may be back in the glove. when we come back nebraska lawmakers voted to end the death penalty, so why is nebraska's governor still demanding executions

without you and also our statistical worth cheerleaders ron ma gill thank you and i also see quentin he will who is also been a comment and mark white thank you for your office space and retail space to hold any committee meetings i hope i'm not noted overlooking anyone so given the tremendous supports i'm going to make a motion to send to forward to full board with a positive recommendation. >> second. >> if i could please i want to acknowledge the community for the hard work and the district i represent has several districts i know it is hard to get the widespread report it is hard to get the community around making our neighborhood stronger and they've been to do that and enhancing on top of the city services this is cit at the first green district i know you'll be a role model and we may be getting the same requests if the future that motion was made by supervisor kim and this motion passes newsom with a positive recommendation moishgz. >> there's no further business. all right. this meeting is >> good morning, everybody. welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008, voters approved a clean and saf

late on a thursday, during the gaza crisis, when i was in my position at the white house, i got a call from wonderment. roni will like you to come over and see me. i said come on over now. he arrived at the white house a later on that evening around 8:30 p.m.. he said that israel needed an emergency supply of more interceptors. the ambassador and the attache rented the subsidies of why they needed it immediately. next friday morning, i went to the oval office to meet president obama. he responded with three words get it done. [applause] secretary blinken: by tuesday just a few short days later, we had an additional 225 million and short fuse funding from the u.s. congress to do just that. the united states and israel might not always see eye to eye. we may have our differences. but our bedrock security relationship is sacrosanct and i'm here to tell you that it is stronger than ever. [applause] secretary blinken: i can tell you another thing this morning. it's at the very top of our minds as we sit at the negotiating table with iran. united states and israel shared a conviction that iran must not under any

white house, state department, and irs, including president obama's e-mail. today before this cyberattack was disclosed, intelligence committee member senator ron wyden told nbc news -- >> i continue to feel that it is very important that we ramp up our efforts to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats. >> reporter: u.s. officials say that this breach is serious, but it could not be the worst case scenario, they hope. that would involve the disclosure of the identities of the cia's covert agents. so far at least, they do not think that the cia covers have been blown. so far, the chinese embassy has not responded to our calls about the hacking. lester? >> all right. andrea mitchell. thanks. >>> a major victory late this afternoon for that little pink pill that some are calling the female viagra. what would be the first drug of its kind on the market specifically designed for women. nbc's janet shamlian has details. >> reporter: this is the medication promising to restore sexual desire to women who have lost it. the little pink pill. tonight one step closer to fda approval after experts said it should be made available to women. but the advisory panel did

as 15 great white sharks spotted off of the sea cliff state beach in naphtha they were shot by a crew will specialize of copper co. in watsonville. >>rob fladaboe: in the oceanfront campus ron fishing pier on friday signs like this one are posted after several young great white sharks will spotted cruising on thursday one of the life guards data reports from a camper with there was a shark sighting the water level rose action in the to see a shark for some tough and that appears to be a sharp a proxmire about 20 mi. offshore after viewing this video the shark experts as many as 15 sharks swimming together about a quarter mile off the beach there is evidence they are following their private and warmer water northward that is unusual for appearing before nor the something that you received, some californians the sharp foundation then headed out in the boat and shot his close-up video of various sharks he says our young horace of adult great wife most about 67 ft. long-- some of the adult-- by all accounts their appeal to with the sign slated to be taken down by the end of the day and. >>marty gonzales: a montana family picked up a dangerous hicks hiker on the way back from ye

she needs to -- the question i think is what ron got her which is what's really in her heart and is she willing to bet the white house on sticking with what she believes in or reinforce these questions about her authenticity in terms of what she's really going to do when she gets to the white house. >> you're up there, patrick. you know the crowds up there. half of these people are liberals on wall street make a ton of money. don't they always vote liberal and make money like conservatives. they've lived that weird by fur kated existence for a long time. >> sure, absolutely. right. no, right. they go both ways. but the question becomes when they have to talk to their people within the banking industry, when they're trying to reach out to people who might be more on the fence what they're wondering is how tough is she going to be, how much will they get into the warren rhetoric and policy? what sort of president would she be? and some of other own people who are those sort of billionaires, multimillionaires who are definitely going to vote liberal, they don't know what to say to friends, colleagues. >> she needs

for years about her race and it's her own parents outing her, claiming she's a white woman pretending to be black. nbc's ron the head of the naacp in spokane, an outspoken civil rights activist part-time instructor of african-american studies at a local college. and rachel dolezal raised eyebrows with her answer to this question about race from a local reporter. >> is that your dad? >> yeah, that's -- that's my dad. >> this man right here is your father? righting there? >> do you have a question about that? >> yes, ma'am. i was wondering if your dad really is an african-american man. >> that's a very -- i don't know what you're implying. >> are you african-american? >> i don't -- i don't understand the question of -- i did tell you that yes, that's my dad and he was unable to come in january. >> are your parents -- are they white? >> reporter: but now dolezal's parents have come forward to say she's white. >> she wants to recreate reality. she wants to just invent it herself. >> reporter: they say their ancestry is czech, swedish and squler german and that for years her daughter has been misleading people.

termer and ron said i would like to come over to see you urgently any time you can see me and i said come over now and he arrived at the white house around 8:30 at night and he told me that israel needed an emergency resupply of more interceptors for the iron dome system and the ambassador and israel's defense attache ran through the substance of what they needed and why they needed it immediately. the very next day, friday morning i went to the oval office and briefed president obama. he responded with three words. get it done. and by tuesday -- [ applause ] by tuesday, just a few short days later we had an additional 225 million in short-fuse funding from the u.s. congress to do just that. the united states and israel may not always see eye to eye we may have our differences but our bedrock security relationship is sackrosanct and i am here to tell you it is stronger than ever. [ applause ] and i can tell you another thing this morning. it's at the very top of our minds as we sit at the negotiating table with iran. the united states and israel share an absolute conviction that iran must not under any circumstances be allow

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ron christie strategies. still ahead, we are waiting rick perry's presidential announcement happening right now. former texas governor make a second run for the whiteutside dallas. we will take you there as soon as he takes the podium. ♪ betty: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. i am betty liu. a look at the european markets and how they are trading. here is guy johnson from london. >> good afternoon. let me take you through what is happening. been a pretty difficult day. most of the main european indices down. the ftse down by 1.3%. of 1%. down by only half it did not start off if i am beingell honest. we have been watching what is been happening with the bond markets pretty closely. lower firstthe gap thing this morning. we came into trade on a fairly negative story. we are off the highs. this is around the point of which the imf came up to make the comments. christine lagarde in the press conference. we have faded a little bit since then. greece will remain front and center. everyone watching closely to see whether or not we get the imf on payment. from thehis afternoon great prime minister of stating he will update the greek parliament t

ron allen nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> in decision 2016, republican presidential candidate, donald trump will stop by maryland. he will attend the 25th annual red whitenner on tuesday. the dinner is a fund-raiser for the maryland republicans party. organizers say trump agreed to attend before he announced his candidacy for president. tickets start at $150. >>> hillary clinton will visit the commonwealth on friday. she will speak at the jefferson jackson dinner. tickets start at $30. the dinner is organized by the virginia democratic party. in prince george's county, your property tax break goes up 4%. the county executive says he will not take legal action ending the budget battle. he wants to raise taxes to pay for education. the tax hike is the first in more than 30 years. it includes a 1.5 cent increase in the park and planning pack. that new budget goes into effect the first of july. >>> more big names headed to d.c. for the july 4th concert. alabama joining the lineup. the capital concert sets the stage for a huge fireworks display on the mall. barry manilow will headline the concert and appearances from k. k.c. and the sunshine band. >>> a mino

white house, state department and irs including president obama's e-mails. today before this cyber attack was disclosed, intelligence committee members senator ron widen told nbcs. >> i continue to feel that it is very important that we ramp up our efforts to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats. >> u.s. officials say this breach is serious but could not be the worst-case scenario, they hope that would disclose the identities of the cia's agents. so far they do not think the cia covers have been blown. so far the chinese embassy has not returned our calls about the hacking. >> that was andrea mitchell. joining me robert knake, the counsel on foreign relations at the national security counsel at the white house. robert, can you tell me, first of all, how big a deal this is and how would you know how big a deal it is forensically? >> i don't think this is actually that much a bigger deal than the breaches at other commercial providers that lost similar information. this information is no different than the kind of credit identity information that's been stolen by criminal groups over the last year. what is going on now in terms is a process the that is t

white house state department, and irs, including president obama's e-mails. today before the cyberattack was disclosed, intelligence committee member senator ron wyden told nbc> i continue to feel that it is very important that we ramp up our effort to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats. >> reporter: u.s. officials say this breach is serious, but it could not be the worst case scenario they hope. that would involve the disclosure of the identities of the sigh's covert agriculture -- cia's covert agents. so far they do not think the cia covers have been blown. the agency has not responded to our koulscalls regarding the hacking. >>> robert knake, former director of cybersecurity policy at the national security council at the white house joining us on the phone. robert, can you tell me first of all, how -- how big a deal this is and how would you know how big a deal it is forensically? >> i don't think this is actually that much a bigger deal than the breaches at anthem, carefirst, and other kmeshlg providers there have lost -- commercial providers that have lost other similar information. this is no different than the kind of credit identity informa

white house acknowledges now there's more than 30 americans held hostage overseas. u.s. president obama acknowledged the problem, families ignored. bullied, threatened with prosecution if they pay ron scam the the new policy doesn't say it's legal for the families to be prosecuted only that no family has been prosecuted for it. the president is promising more information will be shared. one thing will in the change. >> as president i have to consider our larger security. i firmly believe the united states government paying ransom to terrorists risks engaging more kidnappings. i believe the policy puts fewer at rig. >> reporter: critics say the new policy will do that. >> the concern i have is by lifting the long held principle. you could be endangering more americans here and overseas. >> ultimately you are likely to increase the incentives for people to kidnap americans. >> reporter: after they were incentivizing further hostage taking white house officials instead say... >> we will not abandon families. >> changes that will come too late for the journalists. but with more than 30 americans held hostage, their families promised they can focus on fighting to get the family member b

coming up next and a reminder that our interviews with senator ron bernie sanders tonight on prime time as part of our "road to the white" coverage. you can check our schedule online anytime and www.c-span.org. i hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great day. ♪ >> later, reactiongreta: this week, holy and castro -- hooley and castro -- julian castro. we have emily badger, a correspondent with washington post and john prior with politico. jon: i want to ask about the supreme court ruling in the housing case.

ron is watching us from fargo, north dakota. >> i was wondering, did mrs. fillmore, what did she do after she got out of the white house? >> we will come back to your question in a little bit. darrell is in tuscaloosa alabama. >> i want to ask did the white house have plumbing and when did they get plumbing? and the dishes, are they still in use today? >> thank you very much. we learned about heating, what about plumbing? >> fillmore is credited with having the first bathtub in the white house. it is not clear that it is true, and this is the problem whenever you say what is the first in the highest -- in the white house. we know the fillmores established the first bathtub or at least a new bathtub in the white house. >> do you know did religion play a big part in the fillmore's life and presidency? >> abigail is the daughter of a baptist minister and she is raised in a baptist community in rural, upstate new york. they are raised in the middle of nowhere in central new york in a very four-part test a very poor part. she has a baptist. -- g is a baptist. millard has various religious training growing up. but when they g

ron deal. republicans say that he wants this so badly he will take a deal that is not the best deal we can get or entirely wise. i think the white house does feel that constraining iran's nuclear ambitions has been a big goal for the united states. here is an opportunity to get a deal. that is a huge issue to get over the finish line, even with a secretary of state with a broken leg. john: let me turn to political -- sandy: i thought he had a broken arm. [laughter] john: it is fair to say when a president comes in, he has a rod coalition and lots of enthusiasm and the president has to tamp down that enthusiasm for a while. as the chairman, i think your strongest supporters say, you promised me this. you did not live up to this. sometimes there are criticisms from within the party. ken, do you want to weigh in on this? ken: no. [laughter] ken: i think in the end, the last year, ronald reagan was hugely popular. not only among republicans, but respected and sometimes feared by democrats. one of the most effective tools we used was to promise democrats that ronald reagan would not campaign in their district. fair. you tell me any r

white house. always liked perry but so many to choose from. duane tweets following he might as well run, everyone else is. and ronconservatives have no unity, no excitement. well someone is a hater. meanwhile we've got also this growing concern about what is going to happen tomorrow with whole deal with greece to go belly up. that is a point. markets are headed south in a big way, in fact, hsbc chief economist steven king says it is scary way -- see first when i heard that report steven, and then i once again double checked your name, i thought wait a minute. this sounds like a scary novel but your point is what? this will be a scary selloff, why? >> well missense occupational hazards scary things and main concern really is during recovery from the u.s. six years into recovery that is an opportunity to rebuild ammunition that you need to fight the next recession in the recovery, with job quite a long way. and here we are six years into recovery, interest rates still at rock bottom. so given that it was recession comes along eight or nine years, damming is that another recession comes along without ammunition to b

white house was the fact that the entire family was there with her. jacqueline berger: right, the fact that the kids were there with her. exactly. susan swain: ron boynton beach, florida, are you there sir? ron: i am indeed, and thank you for taking my call, and it's a wonderful series. just a couple quick questions. how does eliza respond to -- on the night of president lincoln's assassination, a card was left for her husband as well? and second, just really quick, have any of your guests seen the film, "tennessee johnson," which was a wonderful film done in the '40s with van halen, or van heflin, rather, playing president johnson. it was a remarkable film for the time, and it sort of vindicated president johnson a little bit. susan swain: thanks so much. have you seen the film? kendra hinkle: oh yes, during the bicentennial, we had a special showing of it in the old capital theater, and we had world war ii newsreels go before, as it would've been when it was originally shown. susan swain: his first question about eliza and the lincoln assassination? jacqueline berger: i'm not aware that she was even -- even heard about it. you know, unlike tod

ron. >> good morning. well, what happened is a group of african-american activists in cleveland used an obscure state law to go straight to a judge with evidence against the two whiteolice officers involved in that fatal shooting and the judge agreed there was probable cause to bring charges against both of them. this morning, the startling new development in the death of tamir rice. a judge ruling there is enough evidence to charge the officer who fatally shot the 12-year-old boy with murder. last december responding to a report of someone with a gun, officer loehmann shot and killed tamir seconds after arriving on the scene. it turned out the boy had a nonlethal pellet gun. the ruling made after a group of community activists petitioned the judge to file charges say they did not trust the criminal justice system to act. >> we are encouraged by is the validation of our efforts, we are encouraged that this is a step towards justice. >> reporter: the judge also ruling there was probable cause to charge officer timothy loehmann's partner, officer frank garmback with negligent homicide and dereliction of duty. overnight, the lawyer for officer loehmann saying "the ord