today york police department is under fire from civil rights groups who say they broke federal guidelines on information gathering for over six years informants in the big apple spied a muslim americans watching them pray work and talk on the phone and as art is more important i reports all that peeping came to nothing. in a post nine eleven world it's no secret that the u.s. has exponentially expanded its surveillance practices in the name of national security however recent revelations indicate that local and federal officials have wasted many years and enormous amount of tax dollars and feast no consequences over targeting muslim americans according to court documents the commanding officer of the n.y.p.d. intelligence division has testified that the department's so-called muslim spy program has not produced even one more terrorism investigation in the past six years now the new york city police department following the september eleventh attacks created a demographics unit this according to the press that unit mapped unmonitored muslim owned businesses and also had police officials in

today. 10,000 police departments from across the u.s. are taking part crackdown on drunk drivers. >>> a new plane is being tempttested that could get -- tested that could get you from new york to l.a. in 45 minutes. the plane is flying unmanned and engineers are hoping that it will travel 6 times the speed of sound for five minutes during the test run. >> s that a rocket? >> that's -- isn't that a rocket? >> it's pretty fast. >>> aretha franklin is inducted into the goes bell paul of -- gospel hall of fame. she is one of 6 during a ceremony in tennessee. >>> doctors say billy graham continues to improve steadily. this is happening at a north carolina hospital where he is currently being treated for bronchitis. the 9 p-year-old was admit -- 93-year-old was admitted on saturday for treatment. officials say he is in stable condition and has been taking meals and watching television. >>> we are going need the rain gear for today because the satellite and radar picking up on lots of clouds and the rain is falling. we can see the heaviest stuff in pennsylvania. thunderstorms and lightning strikes across the area. we are dealing with some moderate to light rainfall pushing through

today new york city mayor michael bloomberg said the system essentially puts the city in a different league. we are not the mom and pop police departmentmore. we are next century, we are leading the pack. that's exactly what you would expect us to do. you have our commitment that we will continue to do that. even though we got our first look at the system today. it's in use and making a difference, shepard. >> shepard: what else are the critics saying about this thing, david lee? >> as you pointed out prichesz and civil rights advocates are already distrustful of the nypd. they have many questions about this new system. one of their issues they say is that, yes, it keeps an eye on suspected wrong doers but it also in the process records everyone else we don't have any problems with the department having any strategies thought out for dealing with crime. this system a system that is going to collect information on every day people walking around the streets of new york doing nothing wrong. privacy advocates say one thing they would like to see is some type of overseer keeping an eye on the nypd. the nypd meanwhile says that the video ar