and skype is saying the version of skype, skype 5.0, should be released in the next few weeks. this is moments away from us. >> we're becoming more interconnected these days. crazy. >>> coming up on this thursday morning, new debate over how soon to get a mammogram. >>> and burned by a building? sin city's newest resort reflecting the sun and burning people poolside. the mystery of the vegas death ray. next. 33 for those of us who have lactose intolerance, let's raise a glass to cookies just out of the oven. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. easy to digest and with all the calcium and vitamin d of regular milk. [ female announcer ] lactaid®. the original lactose-free milk. it was a mystery to me. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and with less pain, i can do more of what m

the law has to stop decrepit messages from blackberry or networking sites like facebook or skype. >> they should be able to look at facebook because you want to catch the bad guy. >> is your own personal business. finding them on your time, yes. but you don't have to go and buy blackberry to find something wrong because the obama administration is trying to strike a balance between security needs and protecting privacy. >> it might start out that we're just doing facebook and then it goes on to everything. >> if the government is doing something to help protect me and my family, i am for it. >> they want to keep up on the bad guys and the technology they are using. do not expect any of this to happen until early next year. >> i do not know if they are doing it right now. >> they should legalize it. >> any changes will bring up privacy concerns because it will be harder to find out things. it doesn't mean they have to find ways to look into technology to see what we're doing. they should find another way to see if we're doing something wrong or not. >> that brings us to your answers t

. >> reporter: facebook and skype talk about teaming up. published reports say they're expected to join services, allowing facebook members to sign into skype. users will be able to accepted text messages, voice chat and video chat with their facebook friends from within skype. a deal is expected to be announced within the next few weeks. >>> google is giving e-mail users more control of how their inbox is organized. users can turn off the conversation view which groups together related messages. they'll be able to stack them in chronological order like most other e-mail problems. >>> "star wars" fanatics can buy r2d2 phones today. it features widgets, a media and do new app. comes preloaded with "star wars" sounds, ringtones and wallpapers. those are your tech bytes, i'm rob nelson.

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what do you think of the possibility of expanding wiretap laws to include social media like facebook, skype, and twitter? you can e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> bob ehrlich is accusing martin o'malley of using a state agency for political gain. there was a memo saying the economic recovery of maryland slumped in july. the state experienced job growth. that memo was removed and replaced with a more upbeat summary. the earthis calls into play thee the o'malley administration played. ehrlich is accusing o'malley of using the office for political purpose. the governor is not commenting on the matter. wbaltv.com is the place for everything you need to make an informed decision as you choose who to vote for in november. you will find all the results from the primary election and much more. it is all under the politics section of wbaltv.com. it is a senate showdown that has been brewing over night. lawmakers weighing in on an anti-outsourcing bill. >> this could punish companies that ship jobs overseas. kate amara joins us live with more on the story. >> good morning. senate de

the laws were written well before facebook or skype. >> social networks, of video chat, smart phones,hat is how we communicate today. the feds want a new law to make it easier to wiretap new technology. in a statement, the fbi says this has surfaced in national security matters and is placing our country at risk. >> to a point, it makes sense. >> the video chat service, skype, does not fall under the laws. >> it has to adapt to the way society is. >> people should have their privacy. it is freedom of speech. >> initially, i would say no. but i guess it makes me think and want to know more about that. >> the law is still being drawn up as some nations are denying access to messages sent by blackberry. cil.e is the senior coun >> technology has created a treasure trove for communications. wiretapping and other forms of electronic surveillance is at record levels. >> the feds are looking for an easy back door into these applications. right now, is a slow process. packers may also try to target the same back doors. the new law would still require a warrant before they could listen in. >>

people don't have skype, people don't have facebook.nt to say, maybe over here, casting a wide net and looking at everybody until maybe they find something or maybe they don't, but then my privacy has been invaded. >> there is a legitimate concern, i think the government does need to do a better job at explaining what are the current legal authorities, what they can do and what have they been prevented from collecting because of the advances in technology. they haven't done a very good job of explaining that. i testified before susan collins committee on the cyber bill that they're putting on. the government needs to do better in terms of explaining how they're protect this information and what the protections and oversight of congress will be. i think that's an important piece here. >> i agree. >> but is there a reasonable compromise so that the bad guys out there, just to protect my rights and your rights that the bad guys aren't protected as well? >> well, listen, before we get to the issue of compromise, i think we need to get to th

but not the case for kim and jason thanks to skype.m had been keeping in touch with her husband throughout the pregnancy and went into labor and posted it as the status on facebook and in a half an hour jason was on skype right there in the delivery room on the laptop and he watched the birth and they were together that way the whole time and no truth to the matter that they had to mute her microphone. [ male announcer ] as the ceo of hp, carly fiorina laid off 30,000 workers. when you're talking about massive layoffs, which we did... perhaps the work needs to be done somewhere else. [ male announcer ] fiorina shipped jobs to china. and while californians lost their jobs, fiorina tripled her salary. bought a million dollar yacht. and five corporate jets. i'm proud of what i did at hp. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. outsourcing jobs. out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message.

lastly, facebook planning to make a very good friend in skype. according to all things digital, sources close to the situation say facebook and skype are poised to announce a significant and wide ranging partnership that would allow facebook users 500 million of them use skype to call facebook friends and video chat. right now on wall street, we seen stocks fluctuate all day today. but right now mostly lower and this is because of concerns in europe over the debt crisis. but we were seeing hewlett- packard's better than estimated forecast offsetting that a little bit. live at the cme group in chicago, angie lau, bloomberg news. >>> you know, it may not seem like to but new study finds chicago commuters spend less time in rush-hour than residents in other metropolitan cities. the report by the nonprofit group ceos for cities says chicagoans spend 40 fewer hours a year in rush-hour travel. that's because chicago does a better job of creating mixed use neighborhoods where housing is close to work and schools. accessible sidewalks and bicycle lanes a

>> shepard: well, now they're reportedly trying to figure out how to intercept conversations on skype, on blackberry, and even on facebook. tonight, the secret new push for eavesdropping in cyber space. moments of chaos on a passenger plane. >> brace for an attack. >> heads down, heads down. heads down. >> shepard: tonight, more video from the j.f.k. emergency landing, and what we've now learned about the hero pilot at the controls. plus, new details about how the millionaire owner of the segway company just died on a segway. but first, from fox this monday night, the major push in afghanistan. and a big one in to kandahar. plus in marjah, they are stepping up the fight. we are witness. watch this. >> right over here. southeast of us. >> roger. we're going to break. [ gunfire ] hey! >> c'mon! [bleep] >> all right, samuels. [ gunfire ] >> hit that compound. that lower compound there, that is to the mosque seekers. >> look. [ gunfire ] >> hey -- [ inaudible ] i'm trying to bail irvin out. you're going to have to support yourself for a minute. [ helicopter whirring ] >> shepard: "associa

, possibly social networking web sites like facebook, and web-phone conversations on services like skype. the reported proposals have raised concerns among privacy advocates. for more, we turn to juan zarate, a deputy national security advisor in the bush administration. he is now a senior advisor with the center for strategic and international studies. and kevin bankston, senior staff attorney for the electronic frontier foundation, a digital civil liberties group. juan zarate, let's start with you. why would the federal government be looking for new powers to eaves drop on these communications devices, aren't these covered under earlier, preexisting law? >> well, what the government would say, ray, is that this would be a modernization of existing law. the law that was passed and signed by president clinton in 1994, the communications assistant to law enforcement act, which requires telecommunications carriers an providers to allow government access, and have intercept capabilities for communication. the government says now, and i think we know this from experience, that the communicat

. >> let's go to skype, we have got kirsten from larry my, wyoming.amie or are you in houston, texas snx. >> we're in laramie. >> what is your question? >> both of us started this relationship with mysterious debt, credit cards, student loans, car payments and it seems like no matter what we can do we just can't get ahead. i think it's time we go see a nonprofit credit counselor. >> but my concern is we both have good credit scores and i have heard that that can affect your credit scores. >> i love that they're tag teaming. >> and i love that they're working on this issue together. first of all going to a nonprofit credit counseling group will not affect your score, it's all depending on your score. you can go to nfcc.org. and you can go to aicctoday.org. these will refer you to a consumer nonprofit counseling group. they're going to meet with you for one hour. in that hour, they're going to go through with you a couple of things, first of all, why are you here? how did you get in so much debt, how much money is coming in and how much money is going o

now we're going to go to skype right off the bat.iane from tlflagstaff, arizona has a question. >> good morning. i'm a single low income mom with my youngest attending arizona state university. she currently receives the federally funded scholarships, grants and loans. i have met the love of my life and we want to marry. would our joy mean my daughter's pain and change her financial aid? >> first of all, congratulations, diane, to you and your new husband, i hope that that's what you're going to do, because i'm going to tell you, you're actually going to have some impact to your daughter's financial aid package, by marrying, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't get married, but it does mean that on that application form, the fafsa form, they're going to look at that to see what your overall contribution will be. but i urge your daughter to look at scholarships, go to fast web, see if there's any scholarships that she can apply for. and also finaid.org will help you fill out those forms and put in all the information you need so hopef

joining us live via skype, what's your question? >> hi, joe, i heard that bagels are loaded with calories, like over 500, but i love bagels and i can't give them up plus my friend owns a bagel store and she gives me free bagels. so how can i cut calories and still enjoy bagels. >> bagels, delicious but dangerous, and absolutely doable. first see if there's a whole grain variety and typically it will go under the name of either whole wheat or oat brand and that's going to be much better than the refined white varieties. and if you're eating it at the shop, ask your friend if they'll scoop the bagel for you, that means they scoop out the inside, you're going to save yourself about 100 calories of unnecessary dough and when it comes to the topping, you want to request a thin smear, so whatever you want, whether it's butter or jam or cream cheese or peanut butter. nutritionally speaking, peanut butter is your best topping, but if they have low calorie cream cheese, that's a good option. and that's a got option for home. >> now our next

today, "skype" 'tis -- scientist released photos that were snapped by a motion-activated camera in humboldt national for rest. experts used dna testing on the salve a to confirm it is the rare fox. >> today is the second day of the annual sausolito arts festival. organize ares say they aren't sure they can match the 20% growth in attendance over the previous year, partially because of the weather. some artists tell the marin independent journal that they're pleased with sales figures despite windy and cooler temperatures. pablo cruz, the tubes, and dave mason are performing today. on to leigh glaser, and hopefully the complaints department hasn't been get -- >> leigh: it's gone. temperatures are going to be in the $80ss there tomorrow so make plans. here's a great shot from the mount tam cam. a great day at the beaches. and a little sauce lead -- sausolito in the ground. cloud-free thanks to the winds, and the northerly breezes helped to warm us up in most locations. 91 in concord right now. it's 91 -- 91 in antibiotic county, -- in antioch. 90 in concord. half moon bay, the coofl spot, 59,

here to tell us about that is mark joining us via skype from toronto. good to see you. >> good to see you as well. in fact, i'm in las vegas this time around. >> okay. >> welcome from sin city. >> okay very good. >> we've got -- sorry, i couldn't hear you there for a moment. you're right. we have three gift ideas for ipad owners and three for laptop owners. you might start wanting to think of some of these gift ideas that range from $50 to $100. if you are an ipad owner referring to apple's popular tablet, consider a keyboard from apple themselves. it's a hard keyboard that you snap the ipad into and it charges it up at the same time. if you're in one location for a while, a dorm room, and you have to work on an essay or book report, this is obviously a lot more comfortable than typing on the soft screen with your fingertips. this is 69 bucks at apple.com. that's one option there. >> you still have the ipad so it means you want protective case and travel around with it look cool and protect it all in one. what do you have? >> i have a couple options. on

be equipped to comply with a wiretap order which includes providers like blackberry, facebook, and skype. they say they knew -- need new regulations because terrorists are using their phones to communicate online. >>> a federal panel is scrutinizing how well the white house reacted to the gulf oil spill disaster. this panel was appointed by the president and is meeting for two days in washington. incident commander thad allen made his recommendations on how to improve response in the future. this is to eliminate a possible conflict of interest. >>> coming up on abc7 news at noon -- >> i said my prayers. we held on. it was time to go down. >> terrifying moments for passengers. the flight that nearly ended in disaster. a teenager handcuffed on his own living room floor? a police officer goes too far. why his daughter was the reason behind it. get ready for one last -- one less airline. a big buyout and what it will mean for you. first, storm watch continues on this rainy monday. first, storm watch continues on this rainy monday. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare

plan to have all online services to be technically equipped to wiretap blackberries, facebook and skype. the government says new regulations are important because terrorists and criminals are communicating online more often. >>> there will be plenty of pumpkin pie this holiday season. the canned pumpkin shortage is over. heavy rain last year caused a shortfall. the country's top producer says this year's crop is healthy and cans are arriving in stores now. an estimated 80% of canned pumpkin is sold in october through december. >>> the time now 16:12. a new beer campaign kicks off today. the idea behind national happy hour. >>> plus, it's similar to meals on wheels. the new trend for fine dining taking over san francisco. here's a look at some of today's top stories... this is your captain speaking we are fourteenth in line for take off. beep, beep, beep. looks like its bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! should have skipped that second soda. remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs w

. >> they should be able to look at facebook or skype, you want to catch the bad guy in the end, rightobama administration is trying to strike a balance between national security needs and protecting privacy. >> it might start out as, we're doing this one area, we're just doing facebook,nd it moves on to everything. >> if 's something that will help me be protected and protect my friends and family, i'm all for it. >> reporter: the government would like to see these changes in wiretap laws so they can keep up on the bad guys and the technology they're using. don't expect any of this to happen until early next year. >> i didn't know if they could do that. they should definitely legalize it. >> still, any proposed changes to wiretap laws will bring up criticism and privacy concerns. >> it will be hard tore find out things. it means we have to find ways look into our technology to see what we're doing, we have to find another means to find out if we're doing something wrong or not. >> that's it for news 4 at 5:00. >>> news 4 at 6:00 is next. >>> drivers in maryland will soon be among thos

thanks to skype. had been keeping in touch with her husband throughout her pregnancy when she went into labor she posted as her facebook status. >> she is in labor and on facebook. >> this sounds like you >> i know this is something i would do. i don't post a lot of status updates i just spy on other people. within a half hour, jason was on skype in the delivery room on his wife's laptop he watched the birth encouraging and talking to his wife the whole time. >> wow. >> such a cute baby. >> yeah. >> think great. that is a wonderful way to use technology. >> if you have a story idea or comment you would like to share with us e-mail us to our assignment desk editor brian at

now people are using skype to communicate by voice.or entirely texting in ways that completely bypass the telephone company. not just e-mail, but things like blackberry devices that don't use the telephone company at all. so the problem is these companies say they're willing to help, this is when law enforcement knocks at the door and says we have a judge's order, a judge has said we could wiretap this person's communications. give us that tap. the company often says, well, we would like to help, but we don't know how to do that. so this is a bill that would require any communications provider to have the ability to give that access to law enforcement. now, it's one thing to just listen in. it's another thing to decode communications that are often decrypted. so the companies also have to figure out how to decode the messages so the fbi can monitor them when they have a judge's order allowing them to do it. >> they may concern some in terms of privacy. i want to go to an fbi official and what he said to "the new york times". he said we

so, if you are using your blackberry, you are using skype.e is an order for access to that information. if the company doesn't have the capability to unscramble it and turn it over to the government. megyn: how is this idea being received now? >> we detroit was interesting. this was -- we thought it was interesting. it was on the front page of the "new york times" today. it says "u.s. tries to make it easier to wiretap the internet." you back look in august when president bush was pushing for information on the internet it says "concerned raised on wider trying under new law." we are talk about different laws, different specifics, but underlying it the same message. we'll put the put the headlines out there and let them see how the media is handling it. megyn: it's not like i'm going to be sitting at home emailing you a and the next thing i know president obama will be sitting in the east room -- that's not how out goes. >> reporter: basically it will apply to companies here in the u.s. but it would also apply to foreign companies so they wou

they want congress to require companies like blackberry, facebook, and skype to design their network so fbi officials can monitor suspects if the companies are served with a wiretap order. right now those services using what's known as peer-to-peer software are difficult to intercept, because they're not routed through a central hub. according to the "times," the bill, which the obama administration plans to submit to congress next year, raises fresh questions about how to balance security needs with a question of privacy. >>> the bishop of a georgia mega church has broken his silence, speaking to his congregation for the first time since being accused of luring four young men into sexual relationships. in a fiery speech, eddie long vowed to fight the allegations and lawsuits, claiming that the church leader, an outspoken opponent of gay marriage, gave the young men gifts and took them on trips in an attempt to seduce them. federal and state authorities say they won't investigate the allegations because all four men have said they were 17 or 18 when the relationships began. the state

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. >> reporter: skype call, facebook messaging and encrypted texts sent from blackberries are the types of communications the federal government wants to wire-tap more easily. the reasoning -- terror suspects are foregoing phones and communicating more online making them more difficult to track this man, vice president of the center for democracy and technology, says intentionally weakening security could be a recipe for disaster. it impacts everything from social networking to online banking. >> and the fbi is saying, we want trapped doors, back doors built in to some of the basic technology of the internet. it's gonna be a second before the bad guys figure out how to exploit that as well. >> reporter: entrepreneurs who provide such services say the government could stifle innovation and kill business in the name of security. >> if they were to start to wire-tap the e-mail that our customers were sending, that would devastate our reputation. >> reporter: the fbi says access to communication services helped plan the stopped -- helped stop the planned attack in times square in may. exper

in every ten families now needing help, people like clyde hardin, who spoke to us from georgia by skype. he lost his job last year. >> i've worked my whole life. now i can't do anything for my family. >> reporter: hardin has two daughters. >> you don't know what it's like to say, "i'm sorry, we can't afford it, i'm sorry we can't buy the school picture, because i don't have money." you doesn't know what it's like to tell a little girl that. >> reporter: those pictures, a portrait of our country tonight. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >>> and as we head toward the elections in november. as you know, illegal immigration is an issue simmering throughout the country. and tonight it's front and center in the california governor's race. a former house keeper for republican candidate meg whitman of ebay fame. sought out the cameras said whitman knew she was work illegally and did nothing about it. this afternoon whitman answered. >> just last night, meg whitman hit the immigration issue hard. >> we do have to hold employers accountable for hiring only documented workers. >> reporter: toda

. >> reporter: jun doesn't have to pay any telephone charges since the lessons are done over skype, the free internet-based software application. >> english and spanish. >> translator: the lessons only cost about $700 a year, which is easy on my wallet. i'm taking lessons every day. so i really feel like i'm improving. >> reporter: this low-priced e-learning service is provided by rare job, a company based in shibuya, tokyo. the company was founded three years ago. >> -- the latest information. >> reporter: so far the number of online students has grown to more than 36,000. since all the teachers are located in the philippines, the online school can keep tuition low. there are 1,600 teachers registered with the company. all are students or graduates of the university of the philippines. they work part-time and whenever their schedule permits them. >> translator: many in the philippines speak english. labor costs are about 1/10 that of japan's. this business has a lot of potential. >> reporter: another company providing affordable english lessons is alobe, a venture firm in osaka. founde

sergeant jason race was soon in the delivery room watching son logan being born over the internet have a skype. >> it was like he was there, except for the fact i couldn't touch him, you know. but it was definitely-- he was definitely there in the room. he's like,"you're doing great, babe. i love you. i wish i was there." >> glor: kim said he saw everything. it was awesome. it took special permission from the army and hospital to make that all possible. up next on tonight's cbs evening news. whale watchers' delight. why y. >> glor: finally tonightap arb mazing show is unfolding off california from santa monica bay to newport and anyone can watch. all you need is a sture boat and a healthy sense of awe. bill whitaker takes us out on the water. >> reporter: off the coast of southern california, the hunt is on. >> huge. >> reporter: for a rare, upclose look at the largest creature on earth. >> whoa! >> reporter: the 90-foot-long blue whale. >> they're massive! they're huge! >> reporter: in recent weeks the big blues have been putting on a whale of a show. >> this is as good as it gets out here. >

via skype, 9 news now folk to one of the authors of the study. >> it may be true that black riders aresing more powerful motorcycles, wearing helmets more commonly than white riders but despite that they are more lakely to die. >> reporter: the good news is overall fatalities are dropping nationwide. deaths were down 16% last year after going up the previous 11 years in a row. >>> looking at the living well headlines. the faa fda are placed new restrictions on the diabetes drug avandia because out concerns it could cause a heart attack. new patients can get a prescription for the drug but only if they can't control their blood levels with other medications. it will be pulled off the market in europe. the fda says there isn't enough evidence to warrant complete withdrawal in the u.s. >>> about bat laboratories is recalling a million cans of powdered formula because because it may contain a small beetle or larry say. it was sold in various sizes. similar lack is the top selling formula in the united states. >>> congressional hearings are underway for protecting students from concussions

i mean, i video chat, i skype, i text, i tweet, i phone, i woof. - "woof" is a site that i'm launchingt word in social networking. for just $12.99 a month, woof links up all your communication portals so you are always within reach. it's part of the dog pack, as i call it. but look, why tell you when i can show you? i just sent myself a woof. [computer chiming, fax machine whirs] - ryan, you have a woof on line one. - thank you, erin. woof! - okay, here's what we do. i say we just smash all the computers. we destroy the evidence-- no evidence, no case. - wouldn't we get fired for smashing all the computers? - no--okay, not all the computers, just our computers. - that idea sucks. - i don't think that's a good idea. - just don't say no! - mike, you know you don't have to turn us all in. all you need is one scapegoat. - uh, if you turn me in, i'm turning in darryl. - that's just what we need, another black man in prison. you know, let's just-- - nobody's going to prison. okay? um... all right, michael, you need to convince jo to go easy on us, and then we'll all confess once we know our

we talked to spokesman rich taor in washington via skype. >> if for some reason the state of california is able to say what can and can't be sold or marketed, that's not -- the is a reason to believe that stops with one form of entertaient. it could go to movies and books and music. >> reporter: at issue whether violent video games are harmful and whether they should be kept out of the hands of young people like other things. >> by the push of a button, on the computer you literally are killing, hacking, doing horrible things to individuals and after you've done these hundreds of thousands of times, you overlearn the behaor and that becomes part of your behavior. >> reporter: they mainin the voluntary rating system works, along with intervention by parents. >> we do ourart as partners wi parents through our rating system and we strongly believe that is doing the control that need to do. that there really iso need for the government to intervene. >> reporte the supreme court will be deciding wheth young people have firs amendment rights. the case will be heard this fall with a decision s

that would include online services and networking sites like facebook and skype as well as phone systems that deliver encrypted email like the blackberry. the bill is expected to be introduced next year and will require service providers to make the plain text of encrypted messages readily available to police. the administration is targeting conversations involving terrorism crimes and other public safety issues. critics say it's an unnecessary invasion of privacy. >>> san francisco supervisors held their first hearing today on a plan to crack down on fast food meals that offer promotional toys. the proposed legislation would make it illegal for kids' meals to come with prizes if the food has too much fat, sugar or calories. the meals would be required to include fruit and vegetables and couldn't exceed 600 calories. fast food franchise owners say they already offer healthy choices. >> you will see on mcdonald's advertisements, apple dippers. you will see milk chugs, 1% milk and juice. you won't see it focused on carbonated beverages or sugary drinks. >> in the long run you will pay the

ravi placed a skype account on auto answer and says, quote, roommate asked for the room till midnighti went into molly's room. moily wei's computer allegedly used to access the web cam through skype and twitter account suggested a second attempt to peek into the life. two days later, quote, anyone with i chat i dare you to video chat me between hours of 9:0030 and 12. yes, it's happening again. end quote. this followed by a facebook status updated by clementi saying plainly, quote, jumping off the gw bridge. sorry. end quote. the medical xanler's office will conduct an autopsy. sources say the parents of accomplished violinist may have been unaware their son was gay. >> you knew that tyler was gay? >> yeah. because i live next door to him. it was obvious. he had the guy in his room. i saw that. like -- >> did the guy come in more than once? >> i only saw him once. >> was he a student or -- >> no. he was a little bit older. >> reporter: if authorities prove a connection between the death and the alleged invasion of privacy, the 18-year-old will join a disturbing growing trend of young

. >>> they want congress to require companies like blackberry, facebook and skype to design their networks so fbi officials can monitor suspects if provided with a wiretap order. right now communications on those services are difficult to intercept because they're not routed through a central hub. the bill which the obama administration plans to submit to congress next year raises fresh questions about how to balance security needs with the protection of privacy. >>> comedian stephen colbert testified on capitol hill on friday at a congressional hearing on immigration reform. he's getting some mixed reviews. colbert was invited to appear before the committee because he spent a day last month picking vegetables on a farm in upstate new york for his show. colbert's written statement which he submitted before the hearing appeared straightforward. but when it was his turn to speak on friday, the talk show host slipped into character. >> this is america. i don't want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american. then sliced by guatemalan and served by a venezuelan in a spa wher

plans to put forth a bill to allow the government the ability to wiretap everything from facebook to skype even peer to peer sites in the name of making america more safe so does this massive power grab being played.

bill: fred dicker of the new york post, whom we have skype dollars. we've reached out to cuomo, paladino, the calls are out there and if they can join us, we'll take them. otherwise, paladino will be on "america live" and will answer more of this tomorrow with megyn. in the meantime, that's where we are today. talk about a heated race. now talking about this negative advertisement going out across the country. you can tell the way things are moving, 33 days away from this election, and that thing caught wildfire last night. martha: it did and for very good reason. it's a very inflammatory back and forth in this case, but you got to wonder if people look at this and say why are we talking about this, we have huge problems in the state of new york and wells. -- and elsewhere. bill: that a great point are voters going to look at the personal or the state of the country and the state of their own affairs, all of that will be ironed out on november 2nd. martha: what's coming up here is that a new report says that starting next year, rising health care cost

would be subjectcepts peer-to-peer messaging like skype must redesign their service to allow intersentiders of the -- intercepts and, it will be -- they'll be allowed to ease wiretaps on the internet and you can imagine there are a lot of people who disagree with that, and people who say, wait i don't want the fbi looking into my communicating with my wife or best friend and the bottom line is they want to tailor-make it to get into these kinds of devices, and kind out what a potential terrorist or a criminal, drug dealer might be saying or doing or plotting. it is another tool they can put into the arsenal to be sure they can stop any threat to our national security and, obviously it is controversial and there will be a debate to follow, but, according to the article the obama administration is planning to introduce the legislation, sometime next year. back to you. >> all right, we'll head to that, thank you very much, kelly wright in washington. bill: a critical moment in the middle east, could have an effect on the chance for peace there, a construction freeze is in its last day and

in christchurch, we spoke via skype to geologist mark quigley and his partner, candice eagen. >> it was 4:00-something in the morning. the bed was rattling, moving back and forth a bit. my partner said to me, is that an earthquake and i said, yes. it's definitely an earthquake. >> i woke up to the wardrobe -- the mirrors on the wardrobe just shaking. kind of loud noise. quite scared. >> we went into the house and noticed broken pipes. the yard started to flood. we had sand volcanos erupting out onto the ground. we began to drive around and walk around the suburb and noticed big fractures in the roads. there are reports of some damage in the city center. the power lines have sort of tilted intact and are now sort of lying on their side. we just got an aftershock now. we're just feeling another aftershock right at the moment. we just felt one. they're still coming in. >> there were many of those aftershocks reported, including the one right there as we spoke with mark quigley from christchurch. sand volcanos, how about that? official says there have been arrests for looting. this is still

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. -- >> one expert spoke to us via skype. >> they are not finding jobs in the labor market so they ares in the military. >> he has a master's degree but struggled to find a job. soon he will be a marine. >> it has good benefits. it is pretty secure. is -- it is a solid career choice. >> 90% of recruits have -- almost 90% of recruits have of high-school diploma. " if you are choosing to a list, rather than going the -- quite a few are choosing to enlist, rather than going the officer training route. >>> a plot against the pope? a group of men are being questioned and face potential charges. we will have the latest. >> i do not think someone should be able to get into a place like this with a gun. >> a new questions about security at johns hopkins after a murder-suicides. -- murder-suicide. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 6:00 -- on your side. >>> the six men are in custody in london for an alleged plot against the po. >> it was his -- it is an historic visit to the u.k. >> the british authorities are not releasing specifics. the six detainees have not been formally charged. thi

social networking sites like facebook and software that allows direct peer to peer messaging like skype to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order so if a service can encrypt messages they also have to have a way of unscrambling them if they allow peer to peer communication they have to redesign their entire service to allow interception now essentially this means of the government wants to have the ability to know everything you say and do it at all times if they deem necessary but of course they're only talking about lawfully authorized intercepts that's what officials claim but looking back on the past ten years that doesn't make me feel whole lot better under the guise of national security this government seems to think that they can lawfully intercept everything because that's going to stop terrorism but you know what it hasn't been stopped yet can we still stop the government well joining me here to discuss it is julian sanchez a journalist and research fellow at the cato institute joined thanks so much for being here thanks for having me you know one th