director was before the senate judiciary committee earlier this summer and as you remember we were told that the spying was necessary and if it's captured dozens of terrorist plots disrupted some fifty terrorist plots what would mr english said before the senate judiciary committee earlier this year is that quote at most one maybe what was just maybe maybe one book collection of maybe one maybe one or maybe one was was intercepted exactly. exactly so you know they throw everything into the box and say we've stopped this we've stopped that in the other but but when it comes down to it there's very little to show for this would you agree with that karen because again it's the n.s.a. for n.s.a. sake it sounds like to me what is going to repeat it once more is that the united states is being run by remote control by a group of corrupt companies and these companies want the n.s.a. to find out secrets trade secrets from all the companies in the world this is this is what they're doing this is unacceptable the american people deserve a better government than this ok on that point we're going t

we know that because on october 2, 2013 the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator leahy, asked the n.s.a. director, keating alexander the following question. "in our last hearing, the deputy director, mr. english, stated that there's only really one example of a case where but for the use of section 215 both phone records collection, terrorist activity was stopped. was mr. english right?" to which the director, alexander, respond, "he is right. i believe he said two, mr. chairman." so congress has authorized the collection of millions of law-abiding citizens' metadata for years and it has only solved two ongoing f.b.i. investigations. of those two investigations, the n.s.a. has publicly identified one. and in fact that case would have easily been handled by obtaining a warrant and going to that telephone company. it is the case of an individual in san diego who was convicted of sending $8,500 to so imlal in support of a terrorist organization claiming responsibility for the kenyan mall attack. the american phone records allowed the n.s.a. to determine that a u.s. phone w

the senate judiciary committee will hold hearings, and they want to make sure that their voices are heardcongress is divided into those who demand a drastic overhaul of the spying programs and those who suggest a bit more oversight. one of the day's biggest stories -- this was not really possible because so far, any like that is shed on those watchers was through the whistleblowers. >> the nsa has been under fire for its overseas activities. revelations that it has been eased -- eavesdropping on allies including german chancellor angela merkel. we begin with the reports that barack obama said to angela merkel he had no idea what was going on. richard becker doubts the claim. >> the united states and the united states and their relationship with other countries is based on the notion of american exceptionalism. and there is an american exceptionalism, that no other country in the world spies on everyone else, feeling free to intervene with other countries and the fact that this has come to light shows the real nature of the relationships, and even among the allies they are in competition w

i just want to say that, as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, it's been my great honor for 15 or 16 years to work with the senator from vermont. he's an extraordinary person, an extraordinary leader, and on one of the most important committees in the united states congress. i see senator barrasso is on the floor here. i have about a ten-minute statement, but if his schedule allows ... i'll proceed. thank you. mr. president, in just a short time, a little over an hour, the senate will come to consider two judicial nominees. i'll speak to one of these nominees from the state of illinois. the other i'm sure will be addressed by other members of the senate. but i rise today to speak in support of the nomination of andrea wood to serve on the u.s. district court for the northern district of illinois. ms. wood has the qualifications, integrity, and judgment to be an outstanding federal district court judge. i was proud to recommend ms. wood's name to the president of the united states to be considered for this position. and i was prouder still when the president concurred in that

senate judiciary committees plan hearings on those programs so they want to make sure their forces are heard. one of the main messages of this rally as watch the watchers. the question is, is it really possible? so far, and he liked that has been shed on the watchers was three whistleblowers. >> more details and updates on the battle for privacy and ask her and analysis -- and expert analysis. a suicide bombing killed six people in southern russia on monday. dozens more injured. it went off in a packed bus. we retrace the events of the sad day. >> october 21 started as any other monday. people woke up with places to go. heavily using the bus stations like this one. but for several people needing bus number 29, they never could've foreseen how quickly their lives would change. the route ran without incident from morning until afternoon until one person got on board. a 30-year-old woman, that is when things took a tragic turn. anna stasia was on her way home. she was laughing and talking with other students. the middle of the bus saved her life. >> when the bus hit, everything went flyin

ability to track americans' cell phone locations, but general keith alexander told the senate judiciary committee that the nsa leaves tracking americans' cell phones to the fbi. he said that may change in the future. the senate hearing was on proposed reforms in the nsa's surveillance programs. >> coming up on the "morning news," charges in a road rage case. a biker accused in the motorcycle gang attack of an suv makes bail as we hear his side of the story. this is the "cbs morning news." side of the story. this is the krshs cbs. "cbs morning news." heart healthy, huh?! ugh! actually progresso's soup has pretty bold flavor. i love bold flavors! i'd love it if you'd open the chute! [ male announcer ] progresso. surprisingly bold flavor for a heart healthy soup. [ crashing ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! and better is so easy withrning you cabenefiber.o somethingt better for yourself. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves complete

it's perfectly appropriate for the president and the senate judiciary committee and blogger and lowly journalist like me to make arguments. that's what we did. i think it was a good thing. john roberts. there is one phrase i regret. and thank you for point thing it out. the problem isn't it would have been unprecedented to validate the center piece of president obama -- that's the right way of putting it. it would have been unprecedented to invalidate an ak of congress that was s&l piece of social and economic legislation that was deliberated extensively and as ifed by congress. randy, you know a proponent of judicial activism. i think the court is wrong to strike down affirmative action and abortion law. i don't share your institutional vision that dpowrt should be in the business of invalidating act of congress. the court is on most tenuous grounds when it strikes down act of congress. they generally represent national consensus. i think chief justice roberts was move bid the vision when he cited oliver wendell home holmes. i think this is an important point of disagreement too. you

joining me democratic senator from vermont and chair of senate judiciary committee. tor, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be with you. >> senator, we know you're going to conference on three different bills. i think there's some consternation or concern in progressive circles about how you square one bill that has no funding for snap, one bill cuts by $39 billion and the senate farm bill that cuts by $4 billion. seems the republicans have moved the goalpost. are you confident you can go to conference and come out with something reasonable in terms of cuts to s.n.a.p.? >> we're going to have to come up with something reasonable in standard & poor's or we're not going to have a farm bill. some of these same house members who have supported enormous subsidies for well heeled agri businesses, those that paid for well-heeled lobbyists, they are not going to get things they think they cut out the most defenseless people in america. it's not going to pass. i would suggest they look at what happened in the senate. we brought republicans and democrats

actually in a separate bill that was passed by the senate a couple of years ago by the senate judiciary committee. so the bill is i think fairly modest. it frankly doesn't go as far as i would like but it would make a huge step forward in terms of bringing the law into kind of what ordinary people would think ought to be illegal and not. and most importantly will really take the penalty scheme and make it a little less crazy. one of the problems that people have is that the law is really disproportionate in its penalties. >> you know i cannot help but think about the edward snowden disclosures and what that's taught us about the nsa and the kind of gathering there is. and i look at this sort of legislation and i wonder are we looking at the wrong side of the ledger? >> in what way? >> well, just in this, in this environment where the checks and balances are applied in some way, where you know, in the meantime, there are all these indications that the nsa is collecting huge amounts of data and you know we're looking at individuals here. when the nsa is gathering a rather big glut of information it

he told the senate judiciary committee that 70% of nsa workers are on furloughs. >> this is a dream land for foreign intelligence service to recru recruit. particularly as our employees already, many of whom subject to furloughs driven by sequestration are going to have greater financial challenges. >> unlike the impact with monuments, wre may not see the effects on intelligence for weeks or months. >>> federal employees are filing for unemployment benefits because of the shutdown and furloughs. they are urging all workers to file initial claims online because of increased demand. in maryland the department of labor says it's already getting more unemployment claims than usual from federal workers. and virginia's unemployment commission plans to provide a special paper application for federal workers. >>> advocates for the head start program marched on washington to ask congress to stop cutting its budget. the program lost 5% of the funding through sequestration earlier this year. now the government shutdown is keeping grant money from being processed and distributed. head start proeduca

for example, the senate judiciary committee is focusing on surveillance issues.thousands of workers are off the job not getting paid. house republicans tried to fund the government in stages starting with parks, city of washington, d.c. the first attempts failed and they'll try again today. >> it's not about the parks. it's about the affordable care act. so, urge our colleagues to see this for what it is. it's pathetic. >> sonar this week the house passed four bills to fund the government. but, they are refusing to chip away at the health care law. i'll be watching live as representatives react to this continued shutdown. i'm working on this story for you at 7:0. >>> some california members of congress are refusing to be paid until the government shutdown is over. the congressman says they won't take his paycheck until furloughed federal workers get paid. dianne feinstein says her paychecks will go into escrow until the shutdown is over. barbara says she'll donate her salary to charity. >> congressman is accepting his as well, barbara is accepting his as well. >>

we're past the senate judiciary committee. we need to get to the floor of the senate and the senate's got a lot more going on, of course, it's been a little difficult to get their attention on this. but we're optimistic we should get to floor of the senate. not before the end of this year and early next year, there's a house bill that's introduced by representative ted po and representative john conyers that is moving ahead as well. i think they'll have hearings on that one. i think it will take a little longer. but we've had some success in the past. we passed the house twice, 2007, 2009. so we're optimistic. >> it is bipartisan. mike pence, republican from indiana who basically said, look, i'm not doing this because i love the media. in fact, sometimes i don't like you guys but i believe in protecting whistleblowers. >> a constitutional issue. so many conservatives see it as a constitutional issue which they should. >> build upon sort of the answers on the past two questions. i don't -- i don't want you to shutter here, but t

washington for the director of national intelligence today making comments in front of the senate judiciary committeeapparently in an effort to persuade congress to consider the effects of the government shut down. we will have that for you. and former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez, the nfl first serial killer. witnesses put in at the scene of yet another murder. we will have that for you tonight, but we begin with up president abandoning the high ground and taking control of the moral swaps. the president ordered the closure yesterday of the world war two memorial among many others despite the memorials website confirming it was established and constructed with private funding, and it does not stop there. a veterans group from ohio was told by the national park service that they risk being arrested if they tried to go into the park. the park service confirming that it was the white house that ordered that access be blocks to the park. the national park service, those agents chose not to block the veterans entry into the park. the ac l.j. threatening the white house with a lawsuit fo

the senate judiciary committee heard testimony on the state's controversial stand your ground laws.rayvon martin's mother told the panel the laws don't work and their purpose should be clarified. she said florida's stand your ground law emboldened george zimmerman. >>> in northern california more than 1,000 people marched to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy bay sheriffs deputy. the death of andy lopez is a flash point. the growing concern about police overreaction and racial profiling. the deputy who killed lopez thought his pellet gun made to look like an ak-47 was the real thing. >> my concern is that i'm an african-american woman in a community that is terrorized by police. >> this guy is a veteran cop who didn't distinguish between a toy gun and real gun. it's frightening. >> reporter: the protests came on the same day that andy lopez family and friends said goodbye at his funeral mass. the fbi has joined the investigation in to his death. >>> delta airlines pilot is in custody in utah charged with groping a minor during a flight last weekend. 45-year-old michael

on wednesday, a day of the week, general keith alexzander told the senate judiciary committee that inand in 2011 the nsa tested its ability to use cell site data to track americans. explain the test information was never used for intelligence analysis and that it remains the fbi's job to use locational data when authorized by a court. that is a long sentence. but one democratic senator wasn't pleased saying the intelligence leadership has decided to leave most of the real story's secret even when the truth would not compromise national security. speaking of threats close to home. >> we thought we were going to see a broken mirror. it is a metaphor for the cold war i think. deborah, you claim to be an attorney. is there anything wrong with the nsa testing its capabilities like this? >> big brother is watching us. we don't have a regional expectation of privacy in our phones. but a lot of my clients have a big problem when they are arrested and their cell phone is taken from them and sometimes the prosecutor will get a search warrant to go through their phone. all i have to say is like

the aclu is now backing bipartisan legislation from the chairman of the senate judiciary committee andlican congressman who was an architect of the patriot act. instead of allowing the courts to continue saying everything is relevant to an investigation in allowing the government to collect everything and use it later, it will say that you have to show some nexus to an actual terrorist. >> reporter: while the president has championed a weekend terrorist threat, today the head of the nsa justified the sweeping surveillance programs by emphasizing the growing threat from global extremists citing 2,300 deaths this month alone, bret. >> kathrine, tonight news in the hunt for benghazi suspects? >> yes. we were first to report here on fox a key suspects in the attack have ties to the al qaeda senior leadership. and what we also understand through our contacts is that about half a dozen target packages were approved but have not been acted upon by this administration. and tomorrow we're expecting a news conference on capitol hill. senior republicans from the senate and the house side on the s

jeff sessions who is on the senate judiciary committee, basically said that johnson is not really the job and referred to the department of homeland security as perhaps the most incompetent in the federal government. there are still tough feels up on capitol hill. and that might make johnson's nomination a difficult one. that is supposed to get rolled out this afternoon at 2:00. but i have to tell you, jay johnson maybe the least of the president's concerns right now. there's been a flood of articles come out in the last 24 hours about glitches with the obama care program. house speaker john boehner's office has been putting out a lot of those stories and e-mails to reporters. and a lot of people here in washington in the curve stiff movement would like to see kathleen sebelius out the door at health and human services. but right now they say sebelius is not going anywhere. a lot of challenges with this president even with the shutdown over. >> is it thought by the white house that this is going to be piling on. because a lot of republicans themselves admitted that they missed an oppo

speaking before the senate judiciary committee, general keith alexander said the mass collection of cell phone location information may be a future requirement, but not one currently in place. a chnology entrepreneur has revealed the full story of why he shut down his encrypted e- mail service earlier this year. closed lavabit in august after refusing to comply with a government effort to tap his customers information. levison has not confirmed the fbi was targeting edward snowden, who used lavabit's services, possess instead of just targeting snowden, the government effectively wanted access to the accounts of 400,000 other customers of lavabit, forcing his decision to close. he spoke out after a federal judge unsealed documents in the case on wednesday. i can august and he was under a gag order, levison appeared on democracy now! for his first broadcast interview. >> i think if the american public knew what our government was doing, they would not be allowed to do it anymore. , which is why i'm here today in d.c., speaking to you. my hope is the media can uncover what is going on witho

knows for sure how long the federal government will be shut down but i feel strongly the senate judiciary committee has to continue its work on this important subject because it does involve the security of the united states. i consulted with senator grassley about this. i appreciate director of clapper and general alexander proceeded to the hearing today as scheduled. ramps certainly -- are doing their jobs despite the need to with shutdown of the federal government. that said i have decided to discuss with senator grassley the postponement of the weekly business committee meeting tomorrow in light of the government shutdown even though we have judicial emergencies. i am hoping that those of us who like isobar on the appropriations committee will be able to get back to passing bills and are concerned that we are now in a sober. by law by the end of last month the house of representatives this was supposed to send appropriations bill so we could vote up or down. they have peaked yet to send over a single one. maybe instead of looking for slogans we ought to pass these appropriations bills are voted

i think we could see certainly some tough questions when he comes before the senate judiciary committee, wolf. there are already some senior republicans on that committee raising concerns. we've heard from jeff sessions, the ranking republican. we've heard from john cornyn, another senior republican on the committee who is also the senator of a border state of texas. the concerns they raise is johnson doesn't have management experience and he doesn't have law enforcement experience. he does, as the former top lawyer for the pentagon, wolf, have some management experience. there are 10,000 military and civilian attorneys beneath him, but he really had a lot more to do with terrorism. identifying certain al qaeda targets and if it was okay for the u.s. to pursue them to kill them. so happy he really has a lot of experience with terrorism. i think since you're seeing immigration reform going to be something president obama is pushing, we expect that to be a bit of a partisan fight that you're hearing from republicans who are sort of honing in on really the issue of border enforcement and w

the senate judiciary committee heard testimony on the state's controversial stand your ground laws.yvon martin's mother, told the panel the laws don't work and their purpose should be clarified. she said florida's stand your ground law emboldened george zimmerman to kill her son, when was not committing any crimes. >>> in northern california more than 1,000 people marched to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy. the death of andy lopez is a flashpoint. the growing concern about police overreaction and racial profiling. the deputy who killed lopez thought his pellet gun made to look like an ak-47 was the real thing. >> my concern is that i'm an african-american woman in a community that is terrorized by police. >> this guy is a veteran cop who didn't distinguish between a toy gun and real gun. it's frightening. >> reporter: the protests came on the same day that andy lopez' family and friends said goodbye at his funeral mass. the fbi has joined the investigation in to his death. >>> delta airlines pilot is in custody in utah charged with groping a min

. >> that's what the senate judiciary committee did. it heard from both sides. >> these laws aren't a license to be a vigilante or behave recklessly. they protect law-abiding citizens leaving a place. >> john lott railed against the notion that a racial disparity has emerged since florida had the law and others facted. >> blacks make about 16% of the population but account for 31 of the defendants invoking stand your ground laws. black defendants justify their actions -- to justify their actions are acquitted almost 8 percentage points more often than whites. >> the association of prosecuting attorneys is recommending changes to the law because it says they negatively impact public safety and stymy prosecutors. >> mcbath hopes the changes come before another family loses a child. >> now, i face the very real possibility that my son's killer will walk free, hiding behind a statute that let's people claim a threat where there was none. i spoke to lucille mcbath and i asked her about the message that she was trying to send to congress. mrs

director of national intelligence james clapper talked about last week at a hearing before the senate judiciary committee. here is a bit of what he had to say then. [video clip] >> i have been in the intelligence business for about 50 years. i've never seen anything like this. my view, this, on top of sequestration cuts that were , it series the damages our ability to protect the safety of the nation and our citizens. i would come and you senator feinstein's superb statement yesterday on the senate floor, outlining her concerns with which i completely agree. this is not just the beltway issue. affects our global capability to support the military, support diplomacy, and to support our policymakers. the danger here is that this will accumulate over time. the damage will be insidious. , theday that goes by jeopardy increases. this is a dreamland for foreign intelligence service to recruit, particularly as our employees, already many of whom are subject to furloughs driven by sequestration, are going to have, i believe, greater financial challenges. we spend our time with counseling services for employees t

as chairman of the senate judiciary committee i'm going to speak further on that. i couldn't help but think i was asked by a friend in vermont, what's going on? i said, well, you know we had hundreds of hours of committee meetings and votes and all. hours and hours of debate in the house and senate, and we passed the affordable care act. the tea party is totally opposed to it, even though it passed in the house and senate and signed into law by the senate. we're opposed to it, they say. and they did two things that they thought would knock it out. one, went to a republican-documented u.s. supreme court it -- republican-dominated supreme court and said let's knock out this law. the supreme court said no, they upheld the law. they ran a candidate for president of the united states, well-qualified person, but his main thing was get rid of the affordable care act. he lost badly. now throughout all this time, and 40 votes to get rid of it, they never say what would we give for an alternative. most parents like the fact that their children can stay on their insurance whi

nice person but the types of questions they were preparing for apps she went before the senate judiciary committee would be described as the types of questions she would have gotten in law school just to demonstrate that she didn't have what they considered a very strong grasp of basic law. they were worried that she was going to be strong intellectually wasn't going to be an influence on the court. even if they thought she believed the same they did and thought that she was radically against them, she was their ideal candidate. the reason you have a smart nominee on the court is the very reason your political opponents don't want the person to be there. i will give you another interesting example and that is does anybody know who the three most slated appeals court judges are? one is on senior status right now. pose near is number one by far. frank easteraboard his number 2 and harvey wilkinson on senior status for a little while now has been at least at the time when i was writing the book, and in a class by himself and easterbrook, not as far, galaxies away, the interesting thing is if you look

for tonight's politically correct correct and senator ted cruz yesterday the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the stand your ground laws in that hearing senator cruz made this claim about race and the stand your ground shoot first laws. in florida the data show that african-american defendants have availed themselves of the stand your ground defense more frequently than have anglo defendants cording to press reports. fifty five percent of african-american defendants have successfully invoked the stand your ground defense and prosecutions compared to a fifty three percent raise in the anglo public population this is not about politicking this is not about inflaming racial tensions although some might try to use it to do that. cruz is basically saying the african-americans benefit from the law as much as whites do first of all kirk cruz is pro trail of the racial disparity in florida's stand your ground law is very misleading the numbers he cited were compiled by the conservative daily caller publication and they only look at the rate of successful florida claims based on the

both appeared before the senate judiciary committee on june 19. both reported out of the committee by unanimous voice vote. i'd like to briefly discuss their backgrounds and qualifications. colin bruce nomineed to fill the judicial vacancy. michael mccuskey is also one of my appointments, an outstranding federal judge. i am sorry that he's going on senior status, but he felt, and i did, too, that colin bruce would be an excellent replacement to succeed him in that position. mr. bruce has worked in the u.s. attorney's office for the central district of illinois since 199. he currently is in a position he has had since 2010, the man i selected jim lewis hired him as his first assistant. it was about two months ago that jim lewis, the district -- the u.s. district attorney came by my office with colin bruce. we talked about a number of things and then he said incidentally, i don't know what i'd do without colin bruce. he is such an extraordinary first assistant. when he finished his presentation, i said, jim, would you stick around for a minute. i sa

in another incident, at the last judiciary committee hearing, senator hey -- leahy took alexander to task and said you're saying there were 45 plots foiled through the program. that's not right is it? no, senator. it's not. it can't be that we can expect congress to do a good oversight job and the court to do a good oversight job when the truth is so hard to get. and again, the way to get the truth and is not throw out the court or throw out the court process all together. i'm not tughting it at all. what i'm suggesting is transparency a root toward the truth and we need more. >> let me ask you this. we talked about how no recipient of the 702 ever challenged it. it seems like part of the cfght at the public discourse level is not about the government. it's about private sector form and -- firm and the extend to which they are or not looking out for the privacy right of the customers. i think our general approach is that i'm not opposed to having a conversation about laws governing what companies are and not allowed to the data they collect. i think it's important we do not divorce t

republican senators sessions and grassley introduced legislation to reduce the number of seats on the d.c. circuit. in 2006, they were joined by a distinguished group of eight judiciary committee democrats who include -- who made the same argument. these included the chairman, senator leahy; senator schumer, senator feingold, senator kennedy, senator feinstein, senator durbin, senator kohl, senator biden. so when president bush nominated peter cas keisler to the d.c. circuit, the democrats wrote the chairman a strong letter. let me read from the letter. >> we believe that mr. keisler should under no circumstances be considered," the democratic senators said, "much less confirmed by this committee before we first address the very need for that judgeship and deal with the genuine judicial emergencies by the judicial conference." the democratic senators argued, "first, the committee should, before turning to the nomination itself, hold a hearing on the necessity of filling the 11th seat on the d.c. circuit to which mr. keisler has been nominated." they cited a number of objections by senators to the need for more judges on that circuit. then they argued -- this was six years ago

we are passed to the senate judiciary committee. we need to get to the floor of the senate.the senate has a lot going on. it has been difficult to get their attention on this one. we are optimistic we should be able to get there. if not before the end of this year, early next year, there is a houseboat that is going to be -- a house a bill that is going to be introduced that is moving ahead as well. i think they will have a hearing on that one so it may take longer. we had some success in the past. we passed the house twice, 2000 7, 2009. we are optimistic. it actually is bipartisan. for many years the greatest aampion was mike pence, republican from indiana, who said i'm not doing this because i love the media. in fact, sometimes i do not like you guys but i believe in protect and the first amendment. see it asnservatives a constitutional issue, which they should. the pastld upon answers, i do not want you to a defenseut there is everybody of a group loves to hate, which is the mainstream media. yes, there is a proliferation of the state andt national level, new ventures he

judiciary committee tookng, senator leahy alexander to task. he said, you are saying there were 54 plots foiled through this program. that is not right, is it? no senator, it is not. that we can expect congress to do a good oversight job. the way to get the truth is not to throw out the court or to throw out the process altogether. i am not adjusting that at all. what i am suggesting is that transparency is root towards the truth. we need more of it. nolet me ask you this. recipient of the order has ever challenged. it seems like part of the conversation at the public discourse level is not just about the government but about private sector firms. do you think part of this conversation should be looking at reform of our privacy laws and not just reform of what the government is doing but maybe reevaluating private sector information sharing? >> that has been the topic of a lot of conversation. i think our general approach is that -- i am not opposed to having a conversation about laws, governing what looked -- governing what companies are or no

we are passed to the senate judiciary committee. we need to get to the floor of the senate. the senate has a lot going on. it has been difficult to get their attention on this one. we are optimistic we should be able to get there. if not before the end of this year, early next year, there is a house bill that is going to be introduced that is moving ahead as well. i think they will have a hearing on that one so it may take longer. we had some success in the past. we passed the house twice, 2000 7, 2009. we are optimistic. it actually is bipartisan. for many years the greatest champion was mike pence, a republican from indiana, who said i'm not doing this because i love the media. in fact, sometimes i do not like you guys but i believe in protect and the first amendment. >> many conservatives see it as a constitutional issue, which they should. >> to build upon the past answers, i do not want you to shudder, but there is a defense to be made of a group everybody loves to hate, which is the mainstream media. yes, there is a proliferation of new websites at the state and nation

what is important you take a look at hr15 which is a combination of what passed in the senate judiciary committee plus what passed unanimously in the house of representatives in homeland security which has security, border security and some of the -- important to the house leadership. and that combined is a bipartisanship bill that has the support of a very large number of cosponsor z, as i told you in my remarks. >> reporter: currently about 21 million undocumented immigrants -- >> there's only 11 -- [inaudible] >> okay. there's -- will not be -- >> i don't count on that. >> okay. what i'm saying they will not be covered under obamacare. and would the immigration reform -- those already undocumented do not qualify. period. >> reporter: would you want them to be covered -- [inaudible] >> would democrats be willing to provide votes if and when the house republican leadership brings bill to the floor for policy you support or the forthcoming kids act or the comprehensive bill or nothing for democrats? >> i think democrats have knead clear when we are ready to vote for a common sense fix to the brok

secretary of homeland security, of course, he has to be confirmed, and a top republican on the senate judiciary committee has already called johnson's nomination, quote, deeply concerning. carol? >> jim acosta, reporting live from the white house this morning. >>> thousands of people in the san francisco bay area are scrambling to find another way to work this morning after rapid transit workers went on strike for the second time this year. the sticking point, b.a.r.t. officials want to change rules for things like overtime and scheduling. >> we were this close, and yet at the last minute, they threw in a management rights clause to take away our rights as workers. >> there is room to move on financials. and there has been room to move on work rules. we want an agreement that works for everyone. >> b.a.r.t. is the fifth-largest transit system in the united states, and 400,000 people use it each and every day. >>> are spdrs invading your car? it is almost halloween. this is no treat. toyota says it's recalling almost 900,000 vehicles because of potentially dangerous problems that can be triggered by spide

very bright but the types of questions they were preparing for her when she went to the senate judiciary committee, described as the types of questions you would have gotten in law school just to demonstrate they had a very strong grasp they were worried they would not be strong intellectually or to be its influence of the court so even if they thought they thought the same or favored radically against them favor the ideal candidate. you want a smart nominee on the court the same way they don't want those people to be there. does anybody knows the three most cited appeals judges? >> poster is number one by far harvey wilkinson on senior status at least at the time was number three. poster is in a class by himself not as far but galaxies away but the interesting thing is if you look back to look at the ratings when they renominated cover those three judges got the three lowest ratings of any circuit court nominee that has been confirmed to since the beginning of the current administration's. 50 votes of the panel is you can be voted as law qualified or unqualified. added 15 votes posner got eight t

as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, i believe nothing in this bill should limit the authority of the secretary to protect our farmers from deceptive business practices. and we just need this certainty we have to have in this. we can do it. you've got the leaders. you've got the men and women at this table in both parties who can do it if we really want to. i hope we will. thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for your kind words. >> gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. mcintyre. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we all know the road to this farm bill conference has been long, and i know we're glad this day is here. i do want to thank the leadership from both the house and senate for your hard work and your consistency in bringing us to this point. the farm bill is critical to my home state of north carolina as agribusiness continues to be the number one industry as it has been since colonial days. in fact, employing approximately one out of every five north carolina -- north caroli carolinaresidents. i along forward to us moving thi

spying programs the senate judiciary and intelligence committees planned hearings on those programs so they want to make sure that their voices are heard actually one of the main messages of this rally is watch the watchers but the question is is there really possible because so far any light that's been shed on the watchers was through whistleblowers in washington i'm going to check on. the n.s.a. has been under fire for its overseas activities as well revelations that it's been eavesdropping on key allies including german chancellor angela merkel got europe outraged it's since emerged that president obama has told markell in a phone call that he had no knowledge this was going on i asked charlie mcgrath from wide awake news about what else might have missed the president i. it could be a lot i mean you know our n.s.a. our security induction complex our security state our alphabet agencies that are watching the people of this country in the world they seem to taken on a life of their of their own i find it hard to believe that the president and states doesn't understand who it's terri

spying programs the senate judiciary and intelligence committee. hearings so they want to make sure that their voices are heard congress is now divided into those who demand a drastic overhaul of the spying programs and those who suggest. a bit more oversight now one of the main messages of this rally is watch the watchers some people are asking is it really possible because so far a new light that's been shed on the watchers through whistleblowers. the other cities but under fire over its overseas activities as well this past week revelations that it's been eavesdropping on including the german chancellor angela merkel about outrage in europe however we've been getting reports to the president obama told in a phone conversation he had no knowledge of what was going on to civil rights richard but he does. the united states'. relationship with other countries is based on this notion of quote unquote american exceptionalism and there is in fact an american exceptionalism that no other country in the world spies and everybody else and all of and all o

spying programs through the senate judiciary and intelligence committees planned hearings on those programs so they want to make sure that their voices are heard actually one of the main messages of this rally is watch the watchers but the question is is there really possible because so far any light that's been shed on the watchers was through whistleblowers in washington i'm going to check on. as the syrian conflict spirals deeper into civil war civilians are increasingly becoming targets in the military standoff state media employees are being marked for death by the rebels who want. the voices silenced charges policy about some of those under threat. these pictures were a long time coming syria's state t.v. headquarters in flames but the attack occurred just hours after rebel groups warned they'd showered damascus with mortars. and young women turn call for i think their main goal is to intimidate people to stop us from working they want us to think twice about working for syrian t.v. like other employees of syrian state t.v. this woman is afraid to show her face she is one of the names