the legislation introduced by representatives ted poe and so lofgren that requires law enforcement to get judicial approval before deploying drones and explicitly forbidden the arming of these machines to discuss this report i was joined earlier by any step on a bench she's the director of the domestic surveillance project at epic and i first asked her if these new domestic drone programs revelations really aren't all that surprising. we've known that that the f.b.i. has drones we know that they've been using them it actually was reported earlier this year there is an instant now about where we're a little boy was kidnapped and the f.b.i. flew drones over the bunker where he was being held to get a better view on it i don't think anybody really would object to their use to help rescue kidnapped children it's more of when they can be used on a legit maybe wrongdoers or just members of the general public without a warrant without any legal process in order to collect information and really just clock surveillance so did anything new come out from this report we know they reiterated some

there is a house bill that was introduced by representative ted poe and representative connors.there's a hearing on that one. it may take longer. we have had some success in the past. we passed the house twice in 2007 and 2009. we are optimistic. bipartisan.ly for many years, our christianity and -- our christian abbiati was a-- our greatest champion was republican representative. >> the constitutional institution. >> if i could go back to the past to questions. question. a defense to be made about a group that part of the political spectrum loves to hate is the mainstream media. yes, there is a proliferation of state and national level. news editors here and there, citizen journalists. all of that should be applauded. if you look at these cases, "new post,"mes," "washington fox news, they are part of the mainstream media. they are mainstream and large. it is because these are organizations that have at least for the moment deep enough pockets that they can sustain investigative journalism. this is often the result of a lot of hard work. it takes time. it takes money. while yes,

thank you, we go now to mr ted poe of texas. >> thank you. i have three questions. first one, how does al-shabaab use twitter and what do you understand twitter's policy toward al-shabaab? >> my understanding is they have used surrogates to send out a messages on twitter, but i cannot speak to twitter's policies on using, monitoring or targeting al-shabaab on twitter. i will also say much like the number of groups we have seen including ones affiliated with al qaeda have become active on multiple social media forums including this twitter case, a propaganda tool. >> to support that point, al-shabaab needs to use young people, immediate family, savvy and use skills and familiarity with internet social media to great effect, a powerful recruitment tool, we need to respond to that. >> what do you mean respond? >> we need to be smart in how we use information to give you an example when the attack was unfolding, al-shabaab or people reporting to the al-shabaab members were goading the kenyan authorities, the kenyans through their own social media, a step behind the whol

you have individual representatives coming forward to themselves or in the judiciary, congressman ted poefrom houston who was a judge, and a very well-known judge in houston and texas, now in the house of representatives, has said this needs to happen. it is i think a matter of focus and leadership, and congress can nudge. i would respectfully disagree, heavens, while the heavens fall if congress passed a law. i don't think that needs to happen. it's sort of inconsistent with the coding but is not a violation of the separation of powers and if it's the law i think the supreme court of the united states would obey the law. richard nixon of a the law, and if it's the law of the united states, the idea that you got to sink in the marshalls or whomever -- not the marshalls. the response to the judiciary, article iii branch. but send in the appropriate folks to affect this is i think, as chief justice marshall said in marbury v. madison, too extravagant seriously to be maintained. the court will obey the law. but hopefully through nudging, gentle nudging and focusing on what is in the public i

there's a house bill introduced by representative ted poe and representative john conyers moving aheadawell. i think there are at lough hearings on that one. it may take a little longer. we have had some success in the past. we passed the house twice. we're optimistic. >> it actually is bipartisan. for many years our greater champion was a republican from indiana who basically said, look, i'm not doing it because i love the media. i don't like you guys, but i believe in protecting this whistle blowers. >> to et the -- constitutional issues. many see it as a constitutional issue, as they should. [inaudible] >> the apps on the past two questions. and i don't want you to shudder here, but there is -- [laughter] there is a defense to be made of a group that everybody at least part of the political spectrum loves to hate, which is the main extremely media. there's a proliferation of new state websites, state, local, and national levels. citizens journalist. all that have is to to be applauded. when you look at the cases, "the new york times," "washington post." [inaudible] "the wall street

ted poe have texas, and the hon. karen bass of california.as i mentioned, senator orrin hatch of utah we will present later. mr. paulson, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and ranking member. i wanted thank you for holding this hearing today and bring light to an issue that is all too often ignored. it is easy and comfortable to think that sex trafficking happens only asset the united states, but the truth is the exploitation of our children happens every day all across the country and even in our own backyards. i recently visited breaking free , a minnesota organization run by a survivor of trafficking his mission is to educate and provide services to women and girls who have been the victims of abuse and commercial sexual exploitation and while there i had the opportunity to meet with victims and to hear there stories. breaking free has beds that are exclusively used for child trafficking victims, and i was shocked to learn, mr. chairman, that these beds are fall almost every night and they're looking for addit

the underlining bill and as my colleague said, as the founder and co-chair, along with my friend, ted poe of the congressional ports caucus, i'm happy that today the house has this opportunity to pass a water resources bill that will provide long needed investment to our nation's ports and create jobs. our ports and waterways have been waiting for over six years for a new water bill. it's time to end their wait. one of the things i came to congress to do was to fight for the full use of the harbor maintenance trust fund. and to ensure that we address the expanded use needs of ports like the port of los angeles and the port of long beach that see so much commerce but so little of this harbor maintenance funding. do i wish that we had been able to be more addressive in this bill? of course. but the bill we have before us is a huge step in the right direction. congress, i think, is finally recognizing that our ports aren't just gateways, they are engines of growth, prosperity, and of jobs. passing this legislation would be a big victory for our ports, a strong signal that this house recogniz

ted poe of texas. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have three questions gentlemen. the first one how does al-shabaab use twitter and what do you understand twitters policy if any torrid al-shabaab? dr. jones? >> my understanding is that they have used surrogates to send out messages on twitter but i cannot speak to twitters policies on using, on monitoring or targeting al-shabaab on twitter. i would also say much like a number of militant groups including once affiliated with al qaeda they have become active on multiple social media forums including in this twitter case to get information out as a propaganda tool. >> is does anyone else want to weigh in on that? >> al-shabaab attracts a lot of young people who are media savvy and they use their skills and familiarity with social media to great effect posting videos and it's a powerful recruitment tool. i think we need to respond to that. it was very interesting -- the excuse me and let me interrupt you would deal him by we need to respond? >> we need to be smart in how we use information. to give you one example as

i would ask my friend, the honorable ted poe to consume as much time as he may. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i appreciate those comments. it is true, congressman green, you and i are -- our careers have mirrored. we spent time at the courthouse together, you as a defense lawyer, me as a prosecutor. we became judges about the same time. got elected to congress the same time. known each other now almost 40 years and i want to thank you for all that time you have been serving the community of texas and our districts match each other there in the houston area. we share a common boundary. i think it's important that we're wearing purple ties today, if i remember correctly if you take red and you take blue and you mix them together you get purple. how appropriate because this is a bipartisan endeavor that we are trying to show the horror of domestic violence nationwide. not a democrat issue, not a republican issue, it's an american issue. i guess it's a purple issue. e can use that phrase. spent, as you have mentioned, spending time at the courthouse, i saw

i am in an area where ted cruz and ted poe are from, both tea party candidates. i have read an article that says there are over six lobbyist for each member of the senate and congress, for all law makers. the lobbyist are responsible for this. the oil and gas industry are driving a lot of what is going on here. and of course this area of texas is nothing but one refinery after another. you can go 100 miles and see 100 refineries of all different kinds. ted cruz is despicable. is a lawyer who was a personal injury lawyer and he has looked for every way to delay this. as far as i'm concerned boehner is a coward. host: starting with the naval academy tweet. the big news is the navy football game is a go saturday against air force because there had been some questions earlier whether that was going to go or not. on our c-span chat april says -- go ahead lee on the republican line in texas. caller: thanks for taking my call. i've been watching this real close all week. and this morning i finally came to the conclusion what i thought the big problem is and that is afte

we'll go now to judge ted poe of texas for one minute. >> while the attack on the westgate mall in kenya was ongoing, the terrorist group responsible, al-shabaab, was sending out tweets, twitter knew about the al-shabaab account a year before the attacks but refused to take it down. unlike facebook, and youtube that go after these terrorist sites, twitter wants the fbi to tell them when to take down a particular site, and apparently the fbi remained silent for various reps. it's against u.s. law to sport terrorist cozy twister calamites its doesn't allow terrorists to use the twitter account. twitter says it has no way of knowing if an account is run by a terrorist group or not bit twitter has a rule you can't claim to have a false identity on twitter. so either way twist sheer be taken down terrorist accounts. either the terror group is operating the accounts or it's not a and somebody is misrepresenting its. at it time for twister to stop violating u.s. law and giving terrorists a free away to release anywhere propaganda and ahead to the world. i look for answers today. thank you, mr.