later prove the nsa was doing exactly that, which, the top national security official in the united states government, falsely denied to the nat and the public. so when you hear things like mr. snowden. -- not telling the truth when he says sitting at his desk he could have wire tapped anyone. i guarantee you that's exactly what the nsa analysts have the capability, and the evidence -- don't rely on my word or his. a program which we reported on

have made a points of mainstream publications, new york times, washington post go to the united states government before they print things. you don't like that. it isn't so much i am opposed to the idea of advising the government. what i dislike about the process is one that results in the suppression of information that the public ought to know because it's news worthy has has happened so many times before. >> can you describe the excitement and the fear that you felt when you had this information in your hands? and you knew that this was going to go public? journalist? >> it was really overwhelming. i mean on the one hand, there was a huge amount of excitement. i have been working on surveillance and nsa issues many years and the difficulty has been you don't have the instruments to make the public aware of what is going on. suddenly in my laugh -- lap, there were all of the instruments in the world i could ever dreamed of having but i knew it was an enormous responsibility to the source, to the public, to my colleagues at the "guardian". >> why not dump all of the information to the public and

the united states government and its military did not want blacks to prove themselves in war because they knew that this was just another step for them toward demanding full citizenship rights. so, the united states government, the military did everything it could to keep blacks out of combat roles and then, when they were in them, after the war, they demeaned and deniggrated their accomplishments and 1 of the areas in which this happens is the refusal to give appropriate recognition in terms of medals. >> well, geoff, talking about recognition. we asked our communicatety why so many of these african-american were unsung and what prevents us from acknowledging their sacrifices. is it ignorance, racism? lauren, ozzie writes: and kumm on facebook says: >> geoff, bringing this back full-circle, we talked about the protagonist of the american nairatives. how do we ensure focus lie the harlem hell fighters don't become a side kick or footnote? how do we make them as protagnists and why is that so important for today's recognition to recognize them as such? >> well, i think that they should

maybe that is the reason that united states government forced him there. i don't know what their motive is, but i know the reason he is in russia is not because you chose to be there. it is because he was trying to get out and was brought -- blocked by doing so. the hoover part of the question is important. we do have a history of systematic surveillance abuses over many decades by democratic and republican administrations. it should teach us a lesson that we don't want the u.s. government being able to monitor our communications because we know that it will be abused and that the victims of that abuse will be our nation's minorities and marginalized groups. host: the book is "no place to hide." we appreciate yo this is the process of massive telecommunication reform. at that time you basically have rocks is. you had a box for forecasters. a box for telephone companies. a box for long-distance cable, satellite. our view was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and promote competition, believing that the competition there would be

there is a lot of expectations that there might be a rescue now that the united states government is taking a very keen interest in the development. so, the people are hopeful, nigerians are hopeful and families of the victims, they have their hopes high just because the united states is now involved. >> pastor, there is a very real concern that what we are seeing is to nigerians, some are suggesting had these girls been taken in the south, there would have been a much quicker military response and a much faster response from the government. are they correct when they make that assumption? >> well, that is a very wide speculation. as much as the politicians try to divide the next, i must tell you, del, that nigerians are united whether they are christians or muslims, whether they are from the south or the north. it is the the politicians that try to bring a division. it is the same kind of passion and the same kind of interest that the people have in the south that they also have in the north. so, it's not accurate to say that maybe it's a different situation. we are dealing here with

crisis and the situation that jimmy carter had found himself in was very critical of the united states governmentitten about it a couple of times since. this was unlike anything i had seen. this was a whole history. 12 ofk you brought back 13 volumes that existed then. later we ended up with 90 volumes and all. but it was an extraordinary insight into the history of overthrowing the popularly like a leader of iran, reinstalling h.e sha and the cooperation the cia gave what the dreaded secret police of iran. it was every intimate detail was included. they had some documents in their entirety that hadn't even gotten to the shredder and other things they were able to print out that were still in electronic form that showed u.s. government shahion to pressure on the as a revolution occurred in iran. dealnited states did not with itself well. u.s. government at one point during the hostage crisis considered releasing these touments, but chose instead try military rescue. so these documents were essentially put a lie to every defense that have been given for the u.s. role in iran over 30 or 40 yearpe-r

immigrants came to the united states and the united states was the place of invention and entrepreneurship and i hope we can maintain that. and steve jobs gives me hope that, if the government gets off their backs, can get it done. >> the problem with expertise has issues. and i mentioned the new coke idea. no one into the world knew better about soft drinks than coca-cola did. >> guest: their test showed new coke would work. >> guest: the problem isn't just in the public sector but the private sector. reminds me of the bill gates story. at the height of microsoft ascending and someone asked what he is worried about in terms of competitors and gates was wasn't worried about companies like ibm or sony getting into the market what he worried about was a kid in this garage doing what he did a generation earlier. and all of these industrial steering projects are forward directing saying this is where we have and we can make decisions about the future. in the case of george mitchell -- fracking was around for ever. it was around by a hundred years. but frack and horizontal drilling and improvements that produce the results that were not predictable by anybody. exonn didn't know.

he needed to be in a place where he felt secure that it united states government had detected what he was doing, they would be unable to operate easily guessed him to stop him from doing this. if you got to iceland, the u.s. government could have pressured the icelandic government to turn him over. if you got to ecuador, the cia operates very freely and that would or and they could have stopped him. hong kong was a place that gave him some degree of security because the u.s. government does have a hard time operating there , but he wanted to be in a place that had political values that he felt come bowl with. hong kong has this climate of dissidents -- there was this massive protest against the chinese government. he felt like it was this perfectly calibrated lays in which to be. the public record is clear that he is in moscow. because he just to be there -- he was trying to transit out of moscow in order to get to cuba and fly on to ecuador. he never got out of moscow because the was government revoked his passport. host: where will snowden -- what will snowden do when his temporary

united states has used particular legal designations. after careful deliberation and consultation with the nigerian government, the united states decided in june 2012 to designate boko haram's top commanders as specially designated global terrorists. which allowed us to implement an asset freeze, a travel ban and a prohibition on providing weapons or material support to these designated individuals as relevant. in june 2013, we decided to add abubakar sha cow, boko haram's official leader, to our rewards for justice program with a $7 million reward for information leading to his arrest. in november 2013, after implementing and assessing these earlier steps and building on our long record of security cooperation, and shortly after nigeria and the united kingdom made their own designations we also designated boko haram as a terrorist -- a foreign terrorist organization. our approach reflected our evolving assessment of boko haram's threat potential, the utility of additional sanctions of different types, and our close coordination with our partners. significantly while nigeria had been reluctant to seek international attention to the boko h

but that they might come down through bats and a company into the united states effort. a government for company being set up test trade with the indians, that would then establish the united states presence and the british would not come down off. so we subsidize the for company. and it is a disaster. the encroachment occurs right where the for companies located because they are terrible at trading. part of it is the leaders of the fur company, and by each time to time by the time you get into the 1800's the work is almost comical. it really is. subsidies are disastrous, but they're is a chemical element that we need to think about. he gets the idea that we need to sell the indians ploughs and farm equipment when the indians are really hunters and gatherers . mckinny is determined to sell of farm equipment and he says, we need to branch out and cultivate. he buys several grosses and then also even that chinese mandarin dress. and he is surprised that the indians don't want to buy the chinese mandarin dress and all this paraphernalia that he has put into his fur trading operation. we

you, google can collect google searches, yahoo can collect their yahoo e-mail, versus the united states governmentystematically collect all your information, the government that can put you into prison take your property and even can kill you, which is why the bill of rights in the constitution limits what you can do, we think of that as being particularly and uniquely threatening. >> there are a lot of kids students that you walked through as you came into your studio. do you think those young people in high school and college understand what you're saying do you think they've gotten the message? >> completely. what has fascinated me from the fallout of the story, the reaction to the story really doesn't break down on partisan lines. democrats and republicans either dislike or support the reporting i've been doing, and what edward slirm does, ideologic lines, younger people, who overwhelmingly view snowden as a hero, understand the internet in the way older people don't. people have been inspired by what he did and by the 800 number that has resulted. >> joining us is john schindler, john work as

united states? the united states is against it, but the american government is isng business, and there united leadership coming to houston as well. businessnies are doing . is it sustainable in the long run? do we expect any change in the united states policy on this issue, according to the realities on the ground? >> i am going to answer the first question with regard to independent kurdistan. a couple of points. without a doubt, the vast i kurds inf iraq the kurdistan regional government area would like to go independent. that said, it is easier said than done because there is not the full recognition of whether iraqi kurdistan could be viable within itself. a lot of americans have seen this in "the new york times" and "the washington post." they go over, and look at the marvelous development. in all of those skyscrapers and hotels there is a 90% vacancy rate. all the moneyis going into construction, it is a bubble. politiciansurdish blaming the central government in iraq, then you have other reachedying the money -- there are always rumors that someone invested it, they did not have liquidity, and so

united states. the united states became the place of invention and entrepreneurship. i hope we can still maintain that in steve jobs and others give me the sense that her current group the government will get off their backs can get the job done. >> host: finally with his goes to is the problem with the idea of expertise. i mentioned the case of -- no one in the world knew more about soft drinks developing them in advertising them than coca-cola did. no one in the world knew as much as they did. they were the worlds foremost experts experts in their test shows that would work. everything they did woodwork. all the experts agreed at this problem of expertise is in just in the hoblick sector but also in the private sector which reminds the of the story about bill gates and the hype of microsoft's ascendancy. someone asked him what he worried about in terms of competitors and gates said he wasn't worried about big companies like ibm or sony or the people getting into the market and beating them at his own game. what he worried about was some kid in his garage somewhere doing what he had done a generation earlier. that's the problem i think of predictability. all these subsidies in al

>> the government is more predictable in china than it is in the united states. the government in nevada is very easy to work with because we are the industry and the town. gaming, tourism is everything in the state of nevada. the political environment is extremely friendly and understanding of that industry. the federal government in the united states is much more unpredictable and unfriendly to business than the government in china is to business and china. ironically, as ironic as that may be, as counterintuitive as it may be. it is true. you can ask any american businessman that is in both places. >> my thanks to stephanie ruhle and steve wynn. let's move from casinos and gaming to art and entertainment. the movie director jj abrams rewarded star wars fans may name the cast of the "star wars" movie. relatively fresh faces are going to join original members of the franchise, including harrison ford and mark hamill. the film is due out for release in december of 2015. star wars was the inspiration behind dale may's exhibition called "lego wars." dale may joins m

. >> i stopped because the united states government decided to revoke my passport and trap me in the moscow airport. so when people ask why are you in russia, i say, please, ask the state department. >>> and that's exactly what the "today" show did. >> well, for supposedly a smart guy, that's a pretty dumb answer, frankly. >>> gr day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we'll have more on edward snowden, afghanistan and a lot of other issues. >>> but first, the world lost a powerful voice for freedom today. maya angelou died at her home. she was 86. a look at this truly phenomenal woman. >> ladies and gentlemen, maya angelou. >> best selling author, prolific poet -- >> i wrote this piece for every human being on earth. >> reporter: -- and so much more. maya angelou was an activist, actor, nominated for a pulitzer, and tony for her role in the mini series "roots." but angelou's place on the world stage didn't come easy. her life struggles fueled her work. >> you can stumble and fall and fail and somehow miraculously rise and go on. >> reporter: born in st. louis, missouri, in 1928, her

he needed to be in a place where he felt secure that it united states government had detected what he was doing, they would be unable to operate easily guessed him to stop him from doing this. if you got to iceland, the u.s. pressured could have the icelandic government to turn him over. if you got to ecuador, the cia operates very freely and that would or and they could have stopped him. that gavewas a place him some degree of security because the u.s. government does have a hard time operating there , but he wanted to be in a place that had political values that he felt come bowl with. hong kong has this climate of dissidents -- there was this massive protest against the chinese government. he felt like it was this perfectly calibrated lays in which to be. the public record is clear that he is in moscow. because he just to be there -- he was trying to transit out of moscow in order to get to cuba and fly on to ecuador. he never got out of moscow because the was government revoked his passport. -- whatere will snowden will snowden do when his temporary asylum expires? guest: it is un

capability could get into the hands of either toernment that was hostile the united states for some segment or part of the government that wanted to use those weapons in a destructive way against the united states. that means we cannot simply rest on what we have done so far in dealing with a nuclear threat dndo capability. we need to think about a threat that could become quite real in the next 10 years. another area we have to watch closely is syria. some of you will remember in the 1990's, chechnya was a recruiting and training ground for extremist radicals who came from europe, learned how to fight, and then went back to france and germany and other places and carried on the terrorist struggle over there. or recently, we saw some somali toricans go to some only -- somalia. we made cases against them because they were plenty to carry the fight into the united states. there is now a fairly significant number of westerners who are going to syria to fight. some of those will come back to the west. they will come back to europe and united states. they will have learned new techniques, tactics. perhaps some of them wi

will the united states government, the healthcare exchange ring a bell? was that the plan all along? charles payne and dagen along with adam and charlie. i want to first of all thank charlie for filling in the past couple weeks. couldn't get back a moment too soon.

and applause) >> jon: my guest tonight, he was the first chief technology officer of the united states government2009 to 2012. his new book is called "innovative state: how new technologies can transform government." please welcome aneesh chopra. (cheers and applause) >> jon: all right, new. exciting! >> jon: indian clooney! was i wrong? no, "innovative state: how new technologies can transform government" i guess my question would be why haven't they? what's taking new technology so long? is government technology immune to some extent? >> well, let's put ourselves in some historical content, john. >> jon: you and i? yes, sir! >> jon: all right. if you look back throughout history we've had long periods where the federal government actually led the private sector in the use of technologies. one of the founding technologies for i.b.m. had its origins in a census government employee. >> jon: what? yes, sir, did you know that? the 1870 census. >> jon: sure, i knew that. yes, sir. >> jon: so why did it fall behind? >> if you take the long view, we have been there for a while, it's the last 20 years w

i've been asking the united states government, the press has been asking the united states government for a year now. if after a year they can't show a single individual who has been harmed in any way by this reporting, is it really so grave? is it really so serious? can we really trust those claims without scrutinizing them? i would argue we can't. we should be open to it. it's fair, the possibility exists. if this has caused serious harm, i would like to know about it. >> keith alexander has said you have done, quote, significant and irreversible damage to the nation. he said there is, quote, concrete proof that terrorist groups and others are taking action and making changes and it's going to make our job tougher. and this amounts to telling our enemy our playbook. >> so what's interesting is that we see the exact same language, the exact same accusations being leveled against whistleblowers, against any critic of any government program throughout history, throughout time. >> what are you doing in russia? >> all right. so this is a really fair concern. i personally am surprised tha

how do you prevent nigeria's government from overreacting? >> well, the united statesber of years of experience now of fighting insurgencies in iraq and afghanistan. we and our allies have a lot of painful lessons learned about how to work successfully with the local population, how to invest in both economic development and in political inclusion at the same time that you're fighting on the militant insur jgency. the hearing that i chaired two years ago focused on urging the nigerian government the reach out to, and include the traditional communities in the north na have been excluded and haven't seen the benefits of health care and political and economic opportunity. so when that reconciliation work, development work is not done, then a heavy handed military response is to be at risk of flaming the insurgency, and that may be largely what happened. >> what is the next immediate step that the united states government should do? >> well, i am sharing a hearing this tuesday of the african affairs subcommittee to hear the witnesses explain what is being done and to expl

i think the united states government needs to do more.mbassadorship of international religious freedom. it's been vacant for eight months. the president three months ago said he looked forward to appointing to someone to that position. we've got to get moving on this because these incidence are getting worse. people are dying and the bad actors feel more emboldened to do more and more. there's no coincidence that the nations that we fear the most, nations like iran and north korea and the failed states around the horn of africa are also nations where the worst acts of religious discrimination are taking place. we have to do something now as individual citizens we need to go to social media and write our politicians. i'm jumping on the #savemarion. we need to raise our voices and the united states government needs to do more. >> we thank you for your input. you have compelling pieces on foxnews.com. we'll keep an eye on all of these issues. thank you. >> thank you. >>> did public pressure force a major bank to backtrack on a controversial

accessld be selling the of classified material that is still in from the united states government, wouldhat be a crime? >> it would be. it can be complicated but in general, fencing or selling stolen property is a crime. >> so if i may newspaper for fill-in the blank and i still still a material, is that legal because i'm a newspaper reporter? >> if you are a newspaper reporter and hawking stolen jewelry, it is still a crime. >> if i'm hawking material i'm not legally in possession of for personal gain and profit, is that not a crime? harderink that is a question because it involves a newsgathering function. it could have first amendment implications. it is something probably better answer by the department of justice. >> james coney being questioned by mike rogers, who by the way, says he will leave congress and the, radio talkshow host. glenn greenwald? >> immediately after that hearing, politico asked mike rogers from another there was any doubt anyway, but specifically who were you thinking about when you are engaged in that colloquy in he said, glenn greenwald. the headlines in poli

like, for example, the united states government imposed the sharia constitution. that was the will of the people. we were all about democracy. the united states government gave our blood and treasure to impose systems of law that denied equal rights to women and to gaze and anon muslims. and, you know, wouldn't it have been something, wouldn't it have been amazing if the u.s. government had gone in and said, we are actually for freedom. we are here for real freedom, not just political talk and sloganeering, but we are going to stand for a society that allows for equality of rights of all people and the freedom of speech, and we are not going to allow islamic law and have that kind of influence, that kind of hegemony in the government because it is inimical to notions of human rights to which we are committed. then we would have offered a viable alternative to them, but i think a lot of muslims would have supported. muslims, as you can see in the islamic world and the fact that there is always this pendulum swinging back and forth an islamic society between the impo

will the united states government, the healthcare exchange ring a bell? was that the plan all along? charles payne and dagen along with adam and charlie. i want to first of all thank charlie for filling in the past couple weeks. couldn't get back a moment too soon. look what this guy was working on in my absence. clever. very, very clever. >> that cost me a lot of money. those graphics don't come cheap. >> what do you make of this now whether that was the plan all along. >> i know the plan is, i think, by the way, no secret. the plan is single payer. that's what they would love to do. the most watered down version. that's their whole goal and this is the only way they could actually get to it this plan they went through. the obama administration bragging and the only one in 100 years that can do it. we all know the goal. as far as the individual sites, though, failing, i think it's an embarrassment because you think of all the pressure that the white house has put on republican governors for not, you know, not playing along and not participating and setti

ten years before edward snowden revealed his bombshell, that the united states government was electronically spying on people on a massive scale. >> i didn't do anything right away because i was scared. >> reporter: there was mark klein, who accused the nsa of doing the same thing. the 69-year-old says he felt relief that another person would corroborate his story, but with actual nsa documents. >> when he came, i was delighted. it was a personal vindication for what i was saying. he also revealed the programs that were vastly bigger than i understood at the time. >> reporter: as a san francisco-based at&t technician in 2003, he installed splitters that sent a copy of communications data to a secret room set up by the nsa, in his office building. >> i knew right away, that was completely illegal because they weren't doing anything selection process. they weren't using any warrants. >> reporter: klein kept company documents after retiring and finally told his story in 2006. he received some media coverage and wrote a book about it in 2009. enter snowden who blew the lid off the nsa. snowden t

we are dishonored with over 200 children have been killed in the name of the united states government and that dissent for a form of being patortic. beautiful smile! >> this quote, if you don't understand white supremacy than everything you thought you knew will confuse you and i would like you to explain this quote and second how is that relevant today. >> i think that question is for you, brother. which one was it? >> i don't know -- >> it sounds like something he would say. >> it is a thought he could have it. >> if you missed not just the fight but how it shaped so much in the modern world and nation state and david brian davis and daniel rogers and others allowed us to see how deep it cuts. you see? and so du bois is part of that band. >> he said many times in many context that the problem with the 21st century is a problem with the color line and that is saying you don't understand the 21st century unless you understand the role white supremacy played. >> a lot of blues before that. one of the greatest cortez every win. >> it seems like a non-starter in the century i was born in

the other theory is that the internet is this global means of communication an if the united states governmenturning it into this mass you big quittist system of surveillance which they are doing you really can't segregate what they are doing to americans verse nonamericans tk makes the internet weakened it makes it so that all communications that take place electronically over the internet are known to the nsa, collected, monitors and store and that is what sneeden thinks we should have known it about and i find it hard to believe that anyone would say we would remain better off to remain ignorant of what our own government is doing to the american people. >> stephen: these are not all internet. >> they are telephone, internet. >> stephen: telephone isn't internet. >> good point. >> stephen: did i just win the argument. >> you won that part of the argument. >> stephen: thank you very much. >> con gattlations. >> stephen: where is my pulitzer? (laughter) hold on one second. we've got to go to a commercial break. but we'll be right back with more glenn avo: when cold refreshment calls... coors

it's also the line of the united states government, the european union, that russia has been activelyg some of the militants, if not sending in special forces operatives or intelligence officers. that was definitely the case in crimea, moscow saying they hadn't sent anyone in, then admitting they were green men. the ukrainian army is not going in. there was some explosion of violence described when many died in a blaze, but tensions are definitely mounting there with the pro moscow rebels planning to occupy administrative buildings following a classic temp play here. >> coming up, we're going to go to moscow for more on the violence in eastern ukraine, and also the knew accusations russia is leveling against ukraine just this morning. >> bombings in kenya have left several people dead, the latest in the capitol of nairobi, explosions ripped through two crowded buses sunday. explosive devices were flown from the side of the road. it came after another deadly attack in the city. officials are trying to find out who is to blame. >> bombs on two buses in the capitol nairobi exploded short

am really, really happy that the nigerian government has accepted the assistance from the united states government. there is a lot that we can do to help them try to address not only the general security issues in the north but really try to help them find the girls that were abducted. >>> sanders went on to say that hosting the world economic forum is a positive thing. she says it galvanizes support for those security efforts. >>> there is pushback in ukraine. this time against russian president vladimir putin. pro-russian separatists are ignoring a request from putin to put off the vote to separate from ukraine. >> vote is scheduled for sunday. >> yet, putin ask that it be suspended to encourage dialogue with the west. separatist leaders say no, saying people there want to move ahead with the referendum. jonah hull has the latest from donetsk. >> reporter: the people's republic of donetsk has as a result of the nammus vote decided to go ahead with the referendum scheduled for may 11th, this soming tunnelled. we have come from a press conference where that was announced by the chairman of the peo

obviously it's going t to be upo others in the region as well as the united states government. >> world cup fever is glowing. but what happens when they're off the pitch as wells a on it. more on that. >> reporter: in new york, thousands of bridges in the united states has been deemed unsave by the federal government. why isn't enough money being spent on repairing critical infrastructure. >> and the plans for a league that would revolutionize women's cricket. stay with us. true business-grade internet comes with secure wifi for your business. it also comes with public wifi for your customers. not so with internet from the phone company. i would email the phone company to inquire as to why they have shortchanged these customers. but that would require wifi. switch to comcast business internet and get two wifi networks included. comcast business built for business. >> in another sign just how brutal things are in syria, government in opposition forces have been targeting medical facilities. that's according to the group physicians for human rights. they say since the war began in 2011 ne