it would allow us to evaluate the testimony better than skype. i have done skype examinations. it is better than nothing. you have to work out the details in advance. >> maybe i can speak with the mayor's representatives, and at the break we can figure something out. i think that is what they would want as well. >> thank you. before we let you go, and there may be some other questions -- are you telling me that she could be available on july 18 or 19, either live or by skype? >> yes, commissioner. >> any other questions while we have heard? if you would not mind sticking around a few minutes? >> absolutely. mr. kopp, this is a witness from home you submitted a declaration on the sheriff's behalf. i do not know exactly how this would work, to share in the cost of the ticket to bring ms. lopez here. >> not at the present moment. if the mayor were to reinstate his pay, pending the outcome of these proceedings, would be able to get that done. there is the willingness. there is just not the resources. >> i understand. any questions for mr., regarding this issue? -- for mr. kopp, reg

>> i don't remember if i did by phone or through skype. but i got that from my brother. and also, i was talking with linnette and linnette said, i have to talk with ross and he's not answering my phone calls. so i text him, answer linnette calls. >> did you send this text while you were talking with your brother? >> you know, i do not remember. at that point i was already with theo because i pick him up at 5:30, so we were already at home, maybe i was in skype. >> ok. what i'm trying to figure out, did your brother give you the advice and immediately after that you sent the text? >> yes, yes. and actually we didn't talk any more because we were like so scared that someone is listening, someone is the big brother around and watching all this. he was right. >> were you on the phone with anybody else on your cell phone while you were talking with your brother on skype? >> no. the only people i was talking with was linnette, ross, and that's all. >> ok, my question was a little different. it was when you were talking with your brother on skype, were you talking with somebody

what has potentially changed here with skype and the skype that you and i might use to talk?have come a long way talking about flame and stuts next. i'm already to get off the internet. not really. skype had the money to do it to begin with they would have done it this way because it is truly a performance issue. they were relying on too many other computers assets not owned by skype for communication. when microsoft bought it they centralized architecture and better performance under their control. by centralizing that you have now centralized the ability to intercept conversations both data and video. jenna: ah. >> once you today that i can put software and now i have a central point just like we do with phone companies, a central office to monitor the communications because what happened before it was very risky. you actually had to break in legally, plant software and monitor the conversation from the actual computer. and that's a very risky operation. jenna: this may make it less likely screen freezes when we talk but also mean someone could be listening? so there are so

that is what skype is known for. what a private conversation? i will see you on skype. this country was the on our right to be left alone to pursue all the good stuff and just because the government claims we're doing it to fight crime, why now put a bug in everybody's house and everybody's car and everybody's building. that is now how you go things. we have a system of checks and balance. get a search warrant. >>arthur: what they are saying they are going to get the warrants. >>randy: we both know --. >>arthur: it sounds great. everyone grows. but we give up our privacy all the time. ship it is fairly new. fairly new. there are drones flying up over ou heads. they are in our mail. they are in anything we want any time they want. the companies are. corporate america is. and nobody seems distressed about it at all. all these people who are so concerned about the government's too big but they are all up in our stuff. i don't understand yes are upset about one thing and not another. >>arthur: we always fighting motions on this. the cops should have been able to break down

out there where we just don't know for sure yet last month microsoft could be bought skype last year something like eight billion dollars which is you know just a fraction of what bill gates has but they bought skype last month microsoft was granted a to develop technology that they could implement in skype and other voice over ip platforms that pretty much says we're going to install something that will let us record anything happening over skype not just taking their chat logs actual video audio they can take that and they can give it to law enforcement and you don't ever have to know it's completely silent and they receive the rights to do this and when they've been questioned about it this week and last week microsoft and skype. the p.r. people are just dismissing these questions entirely so ferrigno we know that they can do it we know that they probably will do it but are they actually doing every know they're not going out and seeing it but it's good are. you really because it was updated there are get out column slash usa you gotta read all of andrew blake's literary masterpie

a patent to develop technology that they could implement in skype and other voice over ip platforms that pretty much says we're going to install something that will let us record anything happening over skype not just taking their chat logs and actual video audio they can take the and they can give it to law enforcement and you don't ever have to know it's completely silent and they receive the rights to do this and when they've been questioned about it this week and last week microsoft and strife in their p.r. people are just dismissing these questions entirely so for right now we know that they can do it we know that they probably will do it but are they actually doing or a no they're not going out and seeing it but it's good archie dot com les usa the real article that was updated there are three dot com last year with a you got it read all of andrew blake's literary masterpieces are always keeping us up to date and we don't always have time to. hear our if you ever do sorry and you're like that's going to wrap it up for for this hour of the news we're going to be right back here

chat but then some people also skype instant message i hope someone still uses am and i would like to meet that was like yeah because they're locking themselves clearly because no one else that you know you know you have their own battery we grew up with that i had to throw it out there. but if you're using skype it's devising then turns out you're going to screw it so they've acknowledge they have a bug that's affecting their users and the instant messages sent over skype are being sent to run random to random contacts even contacts that you have never ever connected with before and so they're rolling out to try to fix up the issue but really ok no seriously one i'm so glad i never figured out how to use sky two what if this happens to teach at my entire life what day it was like crumble around . my house for me it's like my only contacts and skype or like my parents so we were just immediately be horrible because i never actually you know like chat with anybody on skype it's just like like the people that i call the right yeah that that who was on there do see for me really i think

this went on by skype. you're watching basically a skype -- >> have you been drinking? be careful.rtment. >> tell us about -- how does it work? >> it's supposed to be on skype. fiona doesn't see people in person. that's too uncomfortable. and she really only wants to do three-minute sessions because that's all she can sustain, you know, that will sustain her attention. but we also have, like, for meryl streep, she is a gay conversion therapist working on fiona's husband, kip, who's not officially gay. >> but kind of. >> but is. and he's running for congress so he has to get straightened out. by her. >> what's great about this is there is no script. right? this is a whole improv deal? >> >> the direction is the story? >> we have story arcs and we outline the stories. the actors come in and we improvise. >> just do your magic. >> you told us before, but our listeners would love to know how you got meryl streep to do "web therapy." i love this story. >> i saw her and she said, i like that "web therapy" thing you do. you know, that's funny. how do you do it? i explained it. and i said,

i do not have any other problem with the testimony being by skype. we are not convinced that the of itself would be valid, and we are not sure if that is a risk we want to take, given the validity of the oath. >> let us say that we take the testimony. we get the transcript. we send the transcript to ms. lopez. she signs the transcript, under penalty of perjury. does that obviate your concern? >> i think it would. >> great. thank you. i apologize. this is the third time i have asked you to come up, and i appreciate your willingness. indeed. do you have any objection to bringing the transcript, if this occurs by skype? we have a transcript that is transcribed in san francisco of the testimony that would occur in caracas. have ms. lopez review the transcript and sign it, under penalty of perjury of the state of california. >> i have no problem. i apologize. i should have figured that out, that it should have said under penalty of perjury of the state of the laws of california. i am sorry. >> i know this may sound mechanical, but is there a way for you t

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because i never actually chat with anybody on skype it's just like the people that i call yeah. yeah i was on there to see for me really i think this is. because you know i just feel like things are boring lately there's no yeah there's just not enough going on i mean the world so wonderful and i really think that we need some spice in our lives so yeah. i sent my friend talking crap about my other friends to that front i mean do it do it do it please don't do it i mean you only hear it and it was already hilarious of people make mistakes you know they're very but it really takes that are made out if you have too many windows you really want to say it out you know like i want to say something about jenny and then instead of sending it to sam i sent it to jenny and i read it to you about the regular i don't know how that actually had an article i know but actually one of our guests told me this horrific story where his phone did that it sent like a text to the wrong person it was a text about his girlfriend and it went to it was a it was a disaster and i went to his girlfriend an

especially skype.aving a dick tracy phone with a see the face or the facial expression. >> it seems to me there is no limit. you can see things that you did not expect to be able to see. >> a smile, it goes great. it has changed the entire life, the outlook. their families respect them more. s their opinions. they talk to them. >> you do not need a camera anymore, right? >> they say now they are not left behind. they know what is going on in the world. they know where they are. >> ok, there's only one thing wrong with that report -- i want all those kids here in the studio so they can teach me how to use technology because i'm struggling to keep up as well. speaking of going high tech, europe's tallest skyscraper was officially unveiled in london. the cost was even higher. the price tag is more than $2 billion. there is no doubt the views from inside are breathtaking, but the shadow it casts on the city is sparking debate over whether it is an architectural triumph or tragedy. >> the shard rises as if

oh, i didn't mean to turn off our mark, on our skype there. looks like we lost that connection with him. hopefully we can get him back and he can help us out and figure out how to navigate our smart phones so we can maximize that battery life. how about other tech ideas you might have or even reviews from mark salzman. you can follow mark on facebook, twitter and linkedin. >>> when you see the wound, you will wonder how this man survived. that's a knife blade right there embedded in his neck. we will tell you how it got there and how lucky he is to be alive. >>> a massachusetts prison guard is lucky to be alive today. he is recovering after an inmate stabbed him in the neck with a home played knife. inmates call it a shank. look at the x-ray right there. doctors say the blade barely missed his spinal cord by a half cent meter. the surgery to remove the knife took six hours. he and two other unarmed guards were monitoring 93 inmates when he was shanked. >>> in a terrifying car crash in new jersey, captured by traffic cameras, set up to actually

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is skype spying on you with your own web cam? here to explain is lauren simonetti from fox business network. >> good morning patti ann. a message to skype, the on-line chat service may be spying on you but not telling you. for years law enforcement have been working to build back doors for spying then skype was resisting. in june they were granted a patent for legal intercept technology to copy conversations. one can assume skype is spying on you but it's impossible to say for sure. >>> slightly happier note i suppose if uz want to sleep on the plane you can lie flat on some place. >> it is bankrupt but still shooting for comfort. american airlines will be the first to put flat seats on the transcontinental flights starting next november. americans will put the seats first air bus a 321's that fly between new york and california. you can get a good night sleep. >> not bad if you want to pay for it. >> are we coming to the end of an era of cash registers? >> j.c. penneys is trying to boost the line the latest is cutting cashiers a

so "right this minute" we have jeremy, michael and melissa via skype. jeremy, tell me what you were feeling when you were walking into the gym and then you realized it was your son walking towards you? >> when i first walked into the gym, i didn't know what was going on. they had him hid behind the screen. as soon as he came around the screen and i saw him walking for the first time, it's a feeling you can't describe. only thing i could tell you, one of the most proud moments of my life, to see him. knowing the pain he had to push to to get to that point. knowing the determination it took for him to make that happen. i was a very, very proud father. >> melissa, did you know he was going to therapy for this? or was this like a complete surprise? >> i had to remind myself not to post the videos on facebook because i wanted to update family members. it was harder whenever he would call and talk to him, i wanted to say, hey, guess what your son is doing. i did what i needed to and kept it in secret. >> what have you guys done since you have been back with m

. >> i know you guys have a ton of questions, via skype from tennessee, we have mark brown via skype. did you discover the "hannah montana" body spray worked as a repellent? >> my girlfriend just happened to have an na montana body spray on the table and i reached it out. >> why do you hang out with the raccoons in the first place? >> they hang out with me. i'm a likable person. >> have you ever thought of putting the raccoon down? >> that's a pretty good idea. i may try that in the future. >> why do you let them keep coming on your lap? >> he's been coming around since he was a little bitty fellow and sts sometimes he scratches on the door and let him in the house, has his way, i feed him, he bites me and brings blood and goes his way. >> raccoons are known to have diseases. aren't you afraid he may give you something? >> he can't give me nothing i don't already have and got rid of. >> before i go, i want to do one thing. >> yeah. >> see this right here? >> yeah. >> it used to feel like barbed wire. now, it's soft. "hannah montana" shampoo. >> oh, man! >> awesome. thank you so much.

so "right this minute" via skype, we have tony harrison and desiree.me back to the show. >> hi. >> tony, i understand that your dream is about to come true? >> yes. i have actually gotten word that katy perry has reached out. >> did you get a phone call? how did this happen? >> my brother happened to get in contact with people higher up sent an e-mail saying katy perry has been contacted and she will be most likely flying me out to l.a. >> oh! >> september 6th. >> nice! >> oh, man! that's awesome. >> wait, are you going to be on her arm? are you going to be in the audience? >> she's going to try to have me for the vmas. if i'm not feeling well she'll have a personal conversation with me via skype or something like that, if i'm sick or in the hospital. but i'm going to make sure that i can go. >> so how did you feel when you got the news? >> my smile went from ear to ear. i did not expect this to be happen, to be honest. the fact that it is happening is seriously a dream come true. >> have you done any oar of the things on your bucket list? >> i was act

but authorities pushed for changes saying skype secured allow criminals to communicate secretly. skype security changes have been held by law-enforcement, the strongly criticized by anti surveillance activists. one of five self-described anarchists accused of it tempting to blow up a cleveland area bridge has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against four others. the five were detained in april after allegedly planting and detonating what they thought were active bombs. it turned out there were fake, supplied by fbi informants. anthony hayne agreed to a plea deal that was the received a maximum sentence of 15 years in return for his testimony. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show with a look at one of the masterminds behind efforts to defeat president obama this november, and restore republican control of washington. karl rove, the man once known as bush's brain, helped found two groups that plan to raise hundreds simmons of dollars for television, radio, and online attack

we have russell via skype. how were you feeling as you realized you had this frozen packaged product that seemed to be contaminated? >> when i first saw it, i thought it was a piece of loose skin. when i zoomed in on the photograph, i had this really bad feeling in my stomach this was not a piece of skin. then i saw a piece of wing. i was all grossed out. >> have you figured out what type of bug it is? >> it's like a big fly, like a dragon fly. >> did you reach out to public? >> they were asking me details on what type of fish it was, what type of bag it was in, whether the bug was inside the bag or sealed package. i'm guessing they're trying to trace exactly where this package came from. >> what did you do with that particular piece of fish? >> that looks even bigger now. >> wow, it does. >> still grosses me out. i'm glad it's frozen. >> what do you hope publics does? >> find the source of where the fish came from and guarantee it couldn't happen again after finding out how it happened. then take the fish back