natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish the death penalty in california and pursuing the goal of reforming capital sentencing procedure. before we start with the first question, we have a short video. i have been told that this is a video from the former warden of the mississippi prison. >> it is clear that the execution will take place and something happens. they may not come out and say that they did this, but they will tell the victim -- i am sorry. and then they say, i did this. and i leaned down to whisper in his ear, and i thought i could reach them because i wanted to make certain that he is at peace with themselves. i said it is not important for you to confess to this crime and is not important for anyone in this room. the only thing that is important is that you let your god know the truth. and he looked at me and he sai

the american civil liberties union wants class-action status for 142 people who got half pay after their discharge for being gay. >>> an alabama man was put to death by lethal injection yesterday for the 1994 shooting of a store clerk. it was the nation's third execution this week. >>> some time today a nasa satellite the size of a bus will plummet to earth. it's not known exactly where it will hit. most of the spacecraft is expected to burn up on entry, but 26 large chunks are expected to survive. >>> and illinois is launching a campaign that may lead to the feeding of asian carp and invasive species threatening the great lakes to people facing hunger. yesterday a public tasting event featuring the fish was held. there are still some major obstacles with the program, including how to harvest the fish and distribute it to the public. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow jones opens at 10733 after plunging 391 points. the s&p sank 37 points. the nasdaq dropped a whopping 82. taking a look at oversea s trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei

the american civil liberties union and the electronic privacy information center are among the nine groups asking the federal trade commission to look into how the social networking giant collects data about its users' online activities. the groups are worried recent changes to the site give facebook far greater ability to share users' personal information with businesses. >> susie: many teens have been back to school for about a month now. while they deal with their academics, many also work after school and on weekends to earn extra money. in tonight's "kids and cash," the benefits and drawbacks of having a job as a teenager. here's neale godfrey, c.e.o. of the children's financial network. >> in some families, there's not an economic choice-- many teens work after school or during the summer because they must. i'm an advocate of teens working. however, you need to help your children balance work and school and time off. beyond that, i don't believe it's a good idea for a teen to work during the school year. a summer job, however, is a good thing. a good job for teens is one where they w

natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish the death penalty in california and pursuing the goal of reforming capital sentencing procedure. before we start with the first question, we have a short video.

. >> so you both believe the american civil liberties union is solely doing this to make the united statesbad in the eyes of the world? >> they have done before and they are doing it again. >> i agree with that. >> but this is much more important. now walgreens has fired a pharmacist who defend himself during an armed robbery. here's the man, okay? he has a license to carry a gun. >> right. >> what state is this? >> michigan. >> benson harbor. >> robber goes in. it's on videotape. >> right. >> okay. tries to shoot at this man, the pharmacist, okay? the pharmacist then shoots at the robber. doesn't hit him though, right? >> nobody is hurt. >> to nobody is hurt. and walgreens fires the pharmacist. >> for carrying the gun. >> what is this? >> for carrying the gun. they said you didn't tell us about this concealed gun. by the way, he got the gun in 2007, after an attempted armed robbery at the same walgreens. >> so walgreens is saying you didn't tell us you had a permit to carry. >> you are out that way. >> but there's also a walgreen policy, i understand, that you don't escalate, right? >> he

narrator: their files were now accessible to state and federal officials, and that's when the american civil liberties union entered the fray. >> there is insufficient oversight of the fusion centers to ensure that they are only collecting the appropriate information. >> narrator: mike german's cautions come from his own experience as an undercover agent for the fbi. >> they were contacting other local police agencies and even the joint terrorism task force, the national security agency, unnamed military intelligence people. so, the information was being disseminated very broadly. >> police spied on local peace organizations... >> 53 people were wrongly labeled as terrorists. >> maryland state police spying program... >> narrator: it was an embarrassment to the state of maryland. >> i think this is an example of the sort of cowboy excesses that you can get into if you do not have a properly functioning and professionally run fusion operation within your state. >> narrator: the files of tens of thousands of americans have been put in national databases. >> this is one case with the maryland state police, but

the american civil liberties union has filed suit on george's behalf, claiming his constitutional rights learning arabic, that's really, really dangerous grounds. >> reportertben wizner is thp litigation director of the aclu's national security project. he represents george. >> we've seen abusive and intrusive searches that go far beyond any legitimate security rationale. we've seen extreme individual cases where travelers have been arrested for reasons that have nothing to do with legitimate security. >> reporter: wizner is particularly troubled about another post-9/11 aviation security measure-- the government's "no fly" list. the list is a subset of the terrorist screening database maintained by the fbi. its purpose is to keep terrorists off commercial aircraft. >> american citizens can find themselves on a no-fly list with no meaningful opportunity to get reason for why they can't be able to fly, without having a chance to have a hearing to get themselves removed. i think what we've seen, over the last ten years, is a massive overreaction to the last threat in a way that has violated

the american civil liberties union issued a statement today condemning the killing.ent's authority to use lethal force against its own citizens should be limited to circumstances in which the threat to life is concrete, specific, and imminent. i want to bring in our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. we've been talking about this throughout the day. there's been a law in the books since the 1970s which bans the u.s. government from assassin e assassinating individualing. clearly awlaki was a bad guy but how does the united states legally ju legally justify killing him? >> i think in fact that ban on assassinations has been gone and it's been gone for a long time. the legal justification for this act is the congressional authorization for the response to 9/11. passed right after 9/11. it's the legal justification for the iraq war, the afghan war. it basically says we are entitled to defend ourselves militarily against al qaeda. and that has been interpreted by both the bush administration and the obama administration as justification to attack the individuals who ar

and laura murphy, the washington legislative director for the american civil liberties union. 's the role of government in protecting citizens while maintaining their rights? and what kind of balance needs to be struck? >> well, first of all, protecting the citizens from violence is the role of law enforcement and when it's overseas it's the role of military and it's also the role of a concerned citizenry. so the government has enormous powers but they must use those powers to protect us consistent with the corns tuition and bill of rights. and that's one area where we think the post 9/11 world has done some harm to our civil liberties, our right to practice the religion of our choice, the right to be free from government surveillance, the right to equal protection of the law. so the role of government is very clear but it also has to be done with checks and balances so that the government does not overreach while they're defending our safety. host: your thoughts object role of government? >> basically, i agree with laura. i think we want to strike a balance. we want to keep pe

the american civil liberties use uv union is seeking class action status for 142 former servicemembers who only got half pay after the military discharged them for being gay. the obama administration says it does not defend the reduced pay but that the court cannot rewrite military regulations. >>> all right. roberta gonzales now with that cooldown as promised. >> we had a little bit of a cooldown at the coast and the bay today. but inland temperatures cooled ever so gently, try 2 degrees. that was inland. right now some of the numbers from the mid-60s in san francisco to 93 degrees in concord. but in a moment, i'm going to show you even a wider span of temperatures right here in the major crow climates. take a look at this. it's our live cbs 5 weather camera. this is what's causing the cooldown. many people look at that and they say, ha ha! that's relief. that's a finger of fog working its way into the bay underneath the golden gate bridge and on top of it, as well. but it's a pretty compressed deck. this is what it looks like on our satellite and all day it kind of played hit and mis

. >> this morning, laura murphy from the american civil -- american civil liberties union discusses civilsus security since 9/11.