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alexander. any foes? damn it. he would have enjoyed that. on the platform here, you have a niece of alexander's, a brother of alexander's, and the daughter of alexander. we loved him a year ago, barely. it seems like too long ago and no time at all. we -- all of us have different personal stories as well as professional stories to share. i think this evening you'll hear a little bit of both. the book we're talking about is a wreck, a road trip through political scandal dahl, corruption, and american culture. you'll hear about alexander's fondnd for road trips, his enduring quest not really to get through political scandal and corruption if you reveal it. and his love affair with american culture. which comes through strongly in the pages of this book. a little background you know. the book is coming out now. you heard he died a year ago. he was working on the book until the day he died. it was pieced together partly thanks to the process that he and jeffrey developed the counter punch at the end
alexander. any foes? damn it. he would have enjoyed that. on the platform here, you have a niece of alexander's, a brother of alexander's, and the daughter of alexander. we loved him a year ago, barely. it seems like too long ago and no time at all. we -- all of us have different personal stories as well as professional stories to share. i think this evening you'll hear a little bit of both. the book we're talking about is a wreck, a road trip through political scandal dahl, corruption, and...
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a first for alexander too. he wrote with a beautiful easy style. his prose could be ironic and also savage. he was learned that never overbearing cultivated that never patronizing. he respected and enjoyed people at all social levels. he loves dogs. under the example who could resist the lure of journalism. none of his sons did to the initial gloom of our mother patricia who knew first-hand it didn't ring home regular slabs of bacon. his body wore out when he was 77 of his mind stayed sharp until his last. the day before he died he dictated a column for the irish times for patricia. he never lost faith in humanity know where instincts never fail to see the humor in life. i think for alexander those words apply just as well to him including the terminal, at the dictation of a column -- the very last column in this case to alexander's daughter daisy within days almost hours of his life. alexander i would say although he wrote pungently about politics and about everything the human condition he had a very well-dev
a first for alexander too. he wrote with a beautiful easy style. his prose could be ironic and also savage. he was learned that never overbearing cultivated that never patronizing. he respected and enjoyed people at all social levels. he loves dogs. under the example who could resist the lure of journalism. none of his sons did to the initial gloom of our mother patricia who knew first-hand it didn't ring home regular slabs of bacon. his body wore out when he was 77 of his mind stayed sharp...
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with keeping of the spirit of alexander. i hope that the crowd who were at the memorial last year will forgive if i begin the way i began then. which is recalling what you would hear every morning if alexander stayed with you in your home. you would be barely awaking -- at the crack of dawn thinking of all things that lay before you, tasks, trials, tribulation for the day. you would hear -- not from the bed in the guest room, alexander didn't really like sleeping in guest room bed. he much preferred laying on the couch in the living room. you would hear rising from the living room a voice. an unmistakable voice saying "so, are you ready to greet the day with unbridled optimism ?" i think we should all just meet him in that right now? are we ready to greet the day with unbrielded optimism? [cheering and applause] fair enough. i want to thank power house arena for putting out a gorgeous book. all of those that helped in pulling together the book will hear more about the book in a minute. also thank c-span who interviewed alexa
with keeping of the spirit of alexander. i hope that the crowd who were at the memorial last year will forgive if i begin the way i began then. which is recalling what you would hear every morning if alexander stayed with you in your home. you would be barely awaking -- at the crack of dawn thinking of all things that lay before you, tasks, trials, tribulation for the day. you would hear -- not from the bed in the guest room, alexander didn't really like sleeping in guest room bed. he much...
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on the platform here you have a niece of alexander, a brother of alexander, and the daughter of alexander. we lost him a year ago, barely. it seems like way too long ago and no time at all. we, all of us, have different personal stories as those professional stories to share. i think you here a little bit of both. the book we are talking about is "a colossal wreck: a road trip through political scandal, corruption, and american culture" you will hear all of it about alexander's fondness of road trips, is enduring quest, to get through political scandal and corruption but to reveal it. and his real love affair with american culture, which comes through strongly in the pages of this book to a little background just so you know, the book is coming out now. as you heard he died a year ago. he was working on this book pretty much till the day that he died. and it was pieced together partly thanks to the process that he and jeffrey had developed in counterpunch wherever you at the end of the year they would publish a column of the pieces of the preceding 12 months. this that enable alexander to
on the platform here you have a niece of alexander, a brother of alexander, and the daughter of alexander. we lost him a year ago, barely. it seems like way too long ago and no time at all. we, all of us, have different personal stories as those professional stories to share. i think you here a little bit of both. the book we are talking about is "a colossal wreck: a road trip through political scandal, corruption, and american culture" you will hear all of it about alexander's...
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alexander's family cry tears of the war i great things out there that have read or hear the core of what the ground alive is a story made for a movie is playing out in real life. one of the wonderful drama and a lot of these policies i think sometimes you don't need both. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle activism politics in a cold place and a whole lot of media publicity what is greenpeace all about today is it is smug and self promoting bully or a brave environmentalist group opinions vary and it's a very center of the debate surrounding organisations such as greenpeace the question whether they have the right to operate outside the law. to cross greenpeace i'm joined by alexander mccurry us in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst and a washstand we cross to marc morano he is the publisher of climate depot and a former staffer of the us senate environment and public works committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime on alexander if i go to you first in london i was reading th
alexander's family cry tears of the war i great things out there that have read or hear the core of what the ground alive is a story made for a movie is playing out in real life. one of the wonderful drama and a lot of these policies i think sometimes you don't need both. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle activism politics in a cold place and a whole lot of media publicity what is greenpeace all about today is it is smug and self promoting bully...
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to cross a greenpeace i'm joined by alexander mccurry us in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst and a washstand we cross to marc morano he is the publisher of climate depot and a former staffer of the us senate environment and public works committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime on alexander if i go to you first in london i was reading the daily mail a couple of days ago and they had an article about greenpeace and russia and the arctic oil platform and i must say that the article was what rather pro greenpeace and very anti russia and then i read the seventy or so comments at the end of the article and my goodness the article was very much out of touch with whoever wrote the article and the editorial line of that publication a lot of people thought that greenpeace has gone too far it's a publicity stunt they made sure there were so many different kinds of nationalities on that operation to get in. maximum media effect what do you think about this i mean because greenpeace is doing this for publicity obviously to what
to cross a greenpeace i'm joined by alexander mccurry us in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst and a washstand we cross to marc morano he is the publisher of climate depot and a former staffer of the us senate environment and public works committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime on alexander if i go to you first in london i was reading the daily mail a couple of days ago and they had an article about greenpeace and russia and...
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. >> se viene alexander y se va lloyd sam . >> erik alexander mediocampista, y que entrara a darle, no se , como llamarlo , no es para fortalecer que hace bien superior a new york red bulls . >> en todas sus líneas, vemos este a nivel de lo mejor del encuentro . >> que en este momento genera para buscar que otro compañero anote un tanto , el trabajo es importante . >> ahí está en más la pelota la busca thierry henry . >> que tiene gran partido . >> quien se roba la atención pegguy luyindula . >> zapatazo por robles, contacto con amaricua y la falta a este egresado de uc davis . >> que se pierde y trabajando ya solo esta thierry henry . >> este (...) . >> no alcance a ver quien es el hombre que se va . >> este número 16 jugador de estonia . >> si como de la colonia la merced . >> que?. >> por cierto estuvo 2012 con new york red bulls que defendio en 97 ocasiones el mejor lindenpere . >> también enviado a chicago fire en mejores negociaciones . >> anticipa que tiene otro gran juego falta fuerte . >> si para amarilla . >> claro ya era mucho no . >> por cierto ahora , mira se ven p
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to cross greenpeace i'm joined by alexander mccurry us in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst and a washstand we cross to marc morano he is the publisher of climate depot and a former staffer of the us senate environment and public works committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime on alexander if i go to you first in london i was reading the daily mail a couple of days ago and i had an article about greenpeace and russia and the arctic oil platform and i must say that the article was what rather pro greenpeace and very anti russia and then i read the seventy or so comments at the end of the article and my goodness the article was very much out of touch with whoever wrote the article and the editorial line of that publication a lot of people thought that greenpeace has gone too far it's a publicity stunt they made sure there were so many different kinds of nationalities on that operation to get maximum media effect what do you think about this i mean. greenpeace is doing this for publicity obviously to what degree it's d
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spying agency behind sweeping global surveillance is to leave his job keith alexander is the n.s.a.'s longest serving director and has vigorously defended the snooping program as lawful and essential for national security his departure next spring is likely to have been spurred by the snowden leaks as marina my experience . and who has made it indiscriminate global surveillance and data gathering part of the fabric of america is leaving his position general keith alexander director of the national security agency is reportedly stepping down from his reign within the next six months it would be hard to deny that this unexpected exodus would be happening if not for whistleblower edward snowden general alexander's eight year tenure at the n.s.a. came under a worldwide criticism earlier this year after snowden a former n.s.a. contractor revealed details about the n.s.a.'s global gathering of telephone e-mail and social media data foreign embassies the united nations and even heads of state were allegedly targeted by america's dragnet surveillance political activist and author eugene pury
spying agency behind sweeping global surveillance is to leave his job keith alexander is the n.s.a.'s longest serving director and has vigorously defended the snooping program as lawful and essential for national security his departure next spring is likely to have been spurred by the snowden leaks as marina my experience . and who has made it indiscriminate global surveillance and data gathering part of the fabric of america is leaving his position general keith alexander director of the...
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he strangled me. >> alexander got away from her husband. she could have got out the front door and escaped. she did not have her car keys and the garage door was stuck. >> what did you think you were going to do with it. >> i thought that i was going to protect myself. >> did you think you were going to have to shoot him? >> he saw my weapon at my side. whim he saw it, he was even more up set and that's when he threatened to kill me. >> how is he going to kill you if you're the one with the gun. >> i afree. i thought it was crazy, too. >> why didn't you run out the door. >> there was no other way to get out the door. >> what if you ran around him and went out the door. your life would have been easy today. >> yeah, but the law says i koe don't have to do that. >> she believes she stood her ground and fired the gun into the wall. it was enough to scare her husband and he left the house with his two young children from a previous relationship. alexander was safe from her husband, but not from the law. she was arrested. and found guilty. >>> t
he strangled me. >> alexander got away from her husband. she could have got out the front door and escaped. she did not have her car keys and the garage door was stuck. >> what did you think you were going to do with it. >> i thought that i was going to protect myself. >> did you think you were going to have to shoot him? >> he saw my weapon at my side. whim he saw it, he was even more up set and that's when he threatened to kill me. >> how is he going to...
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director admitted he lied now america's top spy i has been nicknamed alexander the great a reference to all the influence and power he has amassed during his tenure but many say that changing the face of the n.s.a. will likely prevent journalists from continuing to report about america's questionable surveillance practices when greenwald who initially broke the n.s.a. spy scandal has personally promise that there are many more bombshell. exposé is to reporting from new york where in a fortnight arctic. reporting events in syria is becoming too dangerous for many with the killing and kidnapping of journalists are forcing more and more to stay away from the conflict a team from sky news arabia went missing on thursday following dozens of abductions at least twenty five journalists have been killed in the conflict and difficult as it is to get inside the tribal zones to explain what's happening artie's marie international made it to one of the rebel controlled areas but tell your brother next to the syrian lebanese border is just eighty kilometers from the capital damascus but it is li
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yeah well oiled is strategic for everyone at this point and i think i want to agree with alexander i'm not alleging what they did here on this platform with the eco terror i'm referring to or what the co-founder patrick moore said what they did at the crops the golden rice crops in the philippines in august that is more along the lines of eco terror but yes i mean what greenpeace is getting a curve here what they've tried to do over the decades is pick cheap easy politically expedient targets where they're not going to get a lot of blowback and i don't think they counted on russia i don't think they count on your government being prepared and doing this to them and i think alexander try right again and that the charges will probably be dropped or at least they'll plead to lesser charges here and i don't think the piracy is going to hold but i think the idea of the message behind what greenpeace is doing is what patrick moore the founding member has said this is an anti human agenda oil is the lifeblood of our modern civilization greenpeace is on record as trying to stop carbon based en
yeah well oiled is strategic for everyone at this point and i think i want to agree with alexander i'm not alleging what they did here on this platform with the eco terror i'm referring to or what the co-founder patrick moore said what they did at the crops the golden rice crops in the philippines in august that is more along the lines of eco terror but yes i mean what greenpeace is getting a curve here what they've tried to do over the decades is pick cheap easy politically expedient targets...
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director admitted he lied now america's top spy i has been nicknamed alexander the great head of reference to all the influence and power he has amassed during his tenure but many say that changing the face of the n.s.a. will likely prevent journalists from continuing to report about america's questionable surveillance practices when greenwald who initially broke the n.s.a. spy scandal has personally promised that there are many more bombshell exposes to come reporting from new york marina for nine r.t. . now later breaking in the sand also turns its attention to the spy chief and the events that proceed to his departure here's a preview. you know after all those tours of duty that combat zone of checking people's facebook likes and their yahoo address books you can understand why he wants some down time it's pretty ridiculous because what they initially told us at first back in march james clapper the director of national intelligence told congress that they're not collecting any data at all on u.s. citizens clearly a wide perjured himself or congress should be in jail based on our existi
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>> thank you. >> general, alexander. i hope you're familiar with the inspector general's letter to me in which he provides certain detail about 12 documented -- potentially or willfully abusing their surveillance authority. the details are alarming to me. so i have that followup question. the cases about nsa employees stationed a rode. it does it set the mechanism to catch the kind of conduct at the domestic facilities are somewhat insufficient. what else could account for the disparity? >> it is much more difficult to track a foreign number and understand when something is doing something on a foreign number that sin appropriate. those can oftentimes be misleading statements by the analysts for saying i'm looking for a and it's a girlfriend. in the united states it's different. against a u.s. number or e-mail address. those are flagged. the system automatically cease you're doing something against the the foreign number overseas you don't get the flag. it's an extremely important point note even on a foreign person if w
>> thank you. >> general, alexander. i hope you're familiar with the inspector general's letter to me in which he provides certain detail about 12 documented -- potentially or willfully abusing their surveillance authority. the details are alarming to me. so i have that followup question. the cases about nsa employees stationed a rode. it does it set the mechanism to catch the kind of conduct at the domestic facilities are somewhat insufficient. what else could account for the...
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let me say to general alexander, and to director clapper. i'm a new member of the committee, as you know. i have learned so much in this amount of time. i is had the out most respect for not only what you do each and every day but the people and the team you direct each and every day. having said that, i have to tell you that the american people have lost confidence in what we do. i think that at some point per accepting become realty even though reality may be something totally different and not based on the facts as you know it or laid out today. my comment we should ear on transparency. to the extend we can make declassified information so the american people can understand what you do the better off i think all of us will be. where i come from. i think we need to reform the programs not just dismantle the program but i think there are ways question make them much more transparent. it for example, on the fisa court, can you explain how the one goes about getting a warrant and goes before the fisa court currently? and is that an adversaria
let me say to general alexander, and to director clapper. i'm a new member of the committee, as you know. i have learned so much in this amount of time. i is had the out most respect for not only what you do each and every day but the people and the team you direct each and every day. having said that, i have to tell you that the american people have lost confidence in what we do. i think that at some point per accepting become realty even though reality may be something totally different and...
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director admitted he lied now america's top spot i has been nicknamed alexander the great a reference to all the employees and power he has amassed during his tenure but many say that changing the face of the n.s.a. will likely prevent journalists from continuing to report about america's questionable surveillance practices glenn greenwald who initially broke the n.s.a. spy scandal has personally promise that there are many more a bombshell. exposé is to come reporting from new york where enough or not r.t. . in syria government jets have bombarded the eastern city of daraa follows the killing of a top military commander he was shot by a sniper during clashes between the army an opposition forces and while reporting on the war in syria become increasingly dangerous with attacks on journalists forcing warm water for the country of his reform for notion of managed to get into one of the rebel held strongholds but tell your brother next to the syrian lebanese border is just eighty kilometers from the capital damascus but it is like a state within a state. security forces police and even
director admitted he lied now america's top spot i has been nicknamed alexander the great a reference to all the employees and power he has amassed during his tenure but many say that changing the face of the n.s.a. will likely prevent journalists from continuing to report about america's questionable surveillance practices glenn greenwald who initially broke the n.s.a. spy scandal has personally promise that there are many more a bombshell. exposé is to come reporting from new york where...
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director admitted he lied now america's top spy has been nicknamed alexander the great a reference to all the employment and power he has amassed during his tenure but many say that changing the face of the n.s.a. will likely prevent journalists from continuing to report about america's questionable surveillance practices when greenwald who initially broke the n.s.a. spy scandal has personally promise that there are many more bombshell. reporting from new york marina for not r.t. . now ireland set to leave its international bailout program says the country's prime minister the eighty five billion year emergency aid came after the banks collapse in twenty tanev bottom and tax rises and spending cuts to qualify for it and even when they're relieved of a bailout burden there are still here is of punishing hysteria had for the irish public well for in this let's now talk to richard boy barretts a member of the irish parliament for the people before profit alliance thank you so much was a very for joining us here in that so. the teashop or the irish prime minister says that there is finall
director admitted he lied now america's top spy has been nicknamed alexander the great a reference to all the employment and power he has amassed during his tenure but many say that changing the face of the n.s.a. will likely prevent journalists from continuing to report about america's questionable surveillance practices when greenwald who initially broke the n.s.a. spy scandal has personally promise that there are many more bombshell. reporting from new york marina for not r.t. . now ireland...
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host: alexander from maryland, a republican caller. feel like theyy should not endorse spying and other countries and even our allies. i feel like it's important we knwo ow what's going on. --etimes our allies can be sometimes we need to know these things. host: yunnan chancellor merkel of germany? -- we should continue this, even on chancellor merkel of germany? caller: yes. it can be done more professionally and carefully on how we go about doing it, instead of doing it haphazardly and -- i'm looking for the word. in a professional manner. that's what i think. host: by that do you mean without being caught? caller: well not necessarily by being caught. if there is some type of issue that arises or flags that pop up, go aheaed and spy. if they do get caught spying and a case is brought about it the us can turn around and say, this is the reason we spied on you. host: james is next from minneapolis, a republican caller. caller: i love this, and this is hilarious. the nsa was made to spy on foreign countries. we get mad when we spy on o
host: alexander from maryland, a republican caller. feel like theyy should not endorse spying and other countries and even our allies. i feel like it's important we knwo ow what's going on. --etimes our allies can be sometimes we need to know these things. host: yunnan chancellor merkel of germany? -- we should continue this, even on chancellor merkel of germany? caller: yes. it can be done more professionally and carefully on how we go about doing it, instead of doing it haphazardly and -- i'm...
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well they certainly asked the questions i asked members of the delegation about keith alexander march in congress where he said there was no mass collection of data on whatever sharing that was european intelligence agencies themselves handed out the information to the n.s.a. now on camera members of the e.u. delegation would say you alexander made a statement just yesterday and they didn't have time to process those allegations but they did say they had been trying to get answers from washington and massive bailouts of european citizens for months and there was silence and one of these days they finally did get the chance to meet the director of the n.s.a. himself keith alexander and ask him about the spying programs the answers that he gave not satisfied that delegation. going to get from information. on the question of games or to reduce and of course not to have information about. medical cannot be just to fight against. well the chair of european parliament's foreign affairs committee whom i also had the chance to speak with said alexander talked to them about european agencies s
well they certainly asked the questions i asked members of the delegation about keith alexander march in congress where he said there was no mass collection of data on whatever sharing that was european intelligence agencies themselves handed out the information to the n.s.a. now on camera members of the e.u. delegation would say you alexander made a statement just yesterday and they didn't have time to process those allegations but they did say they had been trying to get answers from...
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with that, i'll turn it to general alexander. thank you for the opportunity to provide opening comments today. i have a prepared statement, but as you know, i won't be able to read it as well as i can just tell you what's on my mind. i'll talk from the heart so that you know what we're talking about here from an nsa perspective as what i think you and the nation needs to hear. first and foremost, i've had eight-plus years at nsa. they are among the finest people in this country. what they do every day for this nation is unherald. we don't get a lot of fanfare, but it's absolutely superb. saturday, i had the opportunity to work, again, which we've done every weekend since i've been there, to support our troops in afghanistan who are under threat of an attack. we do that all the time, people in there supporting our troops, the military operations, and in an eight-plus years, no one person came up to me and said i have to work tonight or the weekend. they always come in. they protect our troops. they protect this country. they have
with that, i'll turn it to general alexander. thank you for the opportunity to provide opening comments today. i have a prepared statement, but as you know, i won't be able to read it as well as i can just tell you what's on my mind. i'll talk from the heart so that you know what we're talking about here from an nsa perspective as what i think you and the nation needs to hear. first and foremost, i've had eight-plus years at nsa. they are among the finest people in this country. what they do...
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alexander the basic question is what in the world are you thinking? >> i have to pause you there because the way you started, honestly, i got frightened when you were saying those number. i think there's a big miss conception. like the way somebody can decide to ride a motorcycle, they can ride a bicycle and skip that scooter stage and go right away to the big bike. but when they fall on the big bike they probably are not going to die but most likely break a leg and so forth. this is where our sport is so different. we can't afford to fall and so forth. so to really take an emphasis on the preparation that has gone into this, you know, for me i did 1500 sky dives in the first two years before i did my first base jump. flying wind tunnel. so when i actually did go and do my first base jump i didn't have a doubt in my mind if i could pull it off or if i could do it because to some extent i had done all my training and rigging so rigorously, i'm not allowed to make those mistakes that in skateboarding and in snow boarding or in motocross you are entitled
alexander the basic question is what in the world are you thinking? >> i have to pause you there because the way you started, honestly, i got frightened when you were saying those number. i think there's a big miss conception. like the way somebody can decide to ride a motorcycle, they can ride a bicycle and skip that scooter stage and go right away to the big bike. but when they fall on the big bike they probably are not going to die but most likely break a leg and so forth. this is...
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the good news is that the meeting that senator reid and i had with senator alexander and senator mcconnell give me a bit of cause for optimism. clearly the talks are. >>> these are the senate democrats discussing the failure of the senate to get clot injure today. susan collins, republican from maine, will be speaking at that same podium soon. i want to bring if brianna keilar, who is at the white house. brianna, senate democrats clearly trying to tell the american people that we reached out, we tried, they won't come to the table. what's going on here? >> well, right now the future of whether the debt ceiling will be increased and how perhaps the government will be reopened is very uncertain. this is a sort of bad turn of events today here in terms of moving towards a solution miguel. you have one bill, which would have just extended the debt ceiling for more than a year, pushed it beyond the midterm elections, because it is such a political hot potato issue, it becomes different to deal with. that bill failed on basically a party line vote in the senate. you have that, but the other thin
the good news is that the meeting that senator reid and i had with senator alexander and senator mcconnell give me a bit of cause for optimism. clearly the talks are. >>> these are the senate democrats discussing the failure of the senate to get clot injure today. susan collins, republican from maine, will be speaking at that same podium soon. i want to bring if brianna keilar, who is at the white house. brianna, senate democrats clearly trying to tell the american people that we...
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. >> director keith alexander. >> reporter: demand for intelligence gathering reform are growing on capitol hill over the wake of revelations of massive information gathering. there has been crafted buy partisan legislation to end the collection of puck phone records and the government only focus on foreigners who pose threats. 12 years later the continuing disclosures of nsa surveillance has pushed them to try to rein in the broad sweep of intelligence gathering. appearing on pbs last night. >> there has to be a balance between privacy and security. the nsa and their supporters in the congress have said let's forget about privacy. let's forget about civil liberties. i can't do that. what has made america a different country is our court reports for these types of issues. what the nsa has been doing is a lack of oversight and has destroyed trust with our allieser particularly those in europe. >> front and center in a rare public hearing with the head of the nsa, general keith alexander and head of intelligence james clapper. he did not denial gas stations that the u.s. lived in on the priva
. >> director keith alexander. >> reporter: demand for intelligence gathering reform are growing on capitol hill over the wake of revelations of massive information gathering. there has been crafted buy partisan legislation to end the collection of puck phone records and the government only focus on foreigners who pose threats. 12 years later the continuing disclosures of nsa surveillance has pushed them to try to rein in the broad sweep of intelligence gathering. appearing on pbs...
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hugh alexander is now exhausted trying to stay afloat and alive. and then -- >> hey, no. hey! >> conditions seem right for another rescue attempt and alexander appears for the second time. as the life guards swoop in, you can hear the cheers from the relieved crowd from up above. but it's not over yet. >> all of a sudden we saw the victim come out of the cave, the life guard grabbed him and got on to the jet ski and they took off only to fall off the back end because of another swell that washed him off. >> it's a nightmare that just won't end. luckily, this time there's a life guard tethered to a life ring and alexander has the help he needs to survive. >> they managed to get out before the next big set came in. >> cut, cold, exhausted, but alive. alexander is taken to the beach for medical attention and later recounts his ordeal. >> i had cuts above and below my eyes and under my chin. for two and a half hours i was sure i was going to die. just like being tossed around in a washing machine. >> miraculously, he suffers only minor injuries. but the trauma he endures is certai
hugh alexander is now exhausted trying to stay afloat and alive. and then -- >> hey, no. hey! >> conditions seem right for another rescue attempt and alexander appears for the second time. as the life guards swoop in, you can hear the cheers from the relieved crowd from up above. but it's not over yet. >> all of a sudden we saw the victim come out of the cave, the life guard grabbed him and got on to the jet ski and they took off only to fall off the back end because of...
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we offer but unable to secure appearances from representatives sesenbrunner, leahy or general alexander for tonight's program. joining us for congress' response is julian sÁnchez. shane harris, senior writer of "the watchers." and bob genier. john, we're seeing movement in congress now to bring about change, some restrictions to what the intelligences can do. there was an attempt to rein in abilities. but it didn't go anywhere. what changed now and why is it different? >> there have been leaks and certain information that has been piled on. there was significant attempt back in the summer. what surprises people is that more people sided with reining in the nsa than we expected. including people who traditionally might not have been on that site. i think the revelations about monitoring foreign leaders communications may be plays into this to some degree. i think there is a growing anxiety amongst some members not only that the nsa may be going too far but maybe they themselves have not been completely briefed or maybe not availed themselves of the information to find out what those pro
we offer but unable to secure appearances from representatives sesenbrunner, leahy or general alexander for tonight's program. joining us for congress' response is julian sÁnchez. shane harris, senior writer of "the watchers." and bob genier. john, we're seeing movement in congress now to bring about change, some restrictions to what the intelligences can do. there was an attempt to rein in abilities. but it didn't go anywhere. what changed now and why is it different? >> there...
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thank you very much >> alexander thank you. we're going to move on. >> my immigration story is similar to a lot of entrepreneurs. i came to the united states to pursue a masters in technology. i love my experience being part of the education system and getting a masters and learning from people who were innovating things themselves and teaching students how to do. being able to be there and being able to be a part of this is incredible. i moved to the valley area to an internship here. my very first job was a start up. trying to take an idea it was so inspiring. being able to experience that desired me to start my own business. i came over on the student visa and working for different employers i was tied to the employer who was definitely very limiting. the process take a long time. but finally, i was able to get a gastrocard and start my own business. that's important and being able to be a part of this in this debate on immigration reform is critical. personally immigration reform t is important for me. i care a lot about fi
thank you very much >> alexander thank you. we're going to move on. >> my immigration story is similar to a lot of entrepreneurs. i came to the united states to pursue a masters in technology. i love my experience being part of the education system and getting a masters and learning from people who were innovating things themselves and teaching students how to do. being able to be there and being able to be a part of this is incredible. i moved to the valley area to an internship...
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alexander, honey alexander holding the family bible for that. men. as she would do three days later at the official -- the formal moderation, which is also presided over by chief justice joe henry. alexander by that time had been sworn into times. the night of the two in the more traditional ceremony on the legislative plaza just a street. the first woman that i think i would read about here was harney and the second is the wife of tennessee attorney general bill leitch, donald h. who on the day of the coup, just to give you a flavor for why this is so interest to me, there's a lot of coincidence, and maybe call it lot of coinc, and maybe call it serendipity. bill leitch and his wife donna celebrated the birth of their son. their baby was born not morning. bill leitch had just come back from washington. you set there arguing the case before the u.s. supreme court. the pinnacle of a lawyer's professional life. and yet he was getting calls from the monday night before and he was incredulous that this release of 52 prisoners who set in motion that gover
alexander, honey alexander holding the family bible for that. men. as she would do three days later at the official -- the formal moderation, which is also presided over by chief justice joe henry. alexander by that time had been sworn into times. the night of the two in the more traditional ceremony on the legislative plaza just a street. the first woman that i think i would read about here was harney and the second is the wife of tennessee attorney general bill leitch, donald h. who on the...
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the nsa past rector general keith alexander will be departing from the surveillance organization within the next few months. reuters reports that alexander will retire by the upcoming march or april while his civilian deputy will leave by the end of the year. alexander's eight years at the nsa have recently been overshadowed by the revelations from edward snowden which showed that the organization has been collecting data and conducting wide-ranging surveillance on u.s. citizens. speaking of that, this week, we learned of another bulk data collection program being run out of the nsa. based on documents provided by edward snowden, the nsa is collecting and storing millions of personal e-mail address books and instant messaging buddy lists, including those belonging to americans. basically, the way it works is someone logs into their yahoo! or gmail or facebook account, and the company's servers, which are often located overseas, transfer the lists to them across the internet. it is in this transit that data links housed overseas that the nsa scoops out that information. since this collec
the nsa past rector general keith alexander will be departing from the surveillance organization within the next few months. reuters reports that alexander will retire by the upcoming march or april while his civilian deputy will leave by the end of the year. alexander's eight years at the nsa have recently been overshadowed by the revelations from edward snowden which showed that the organization has been collecting data and conducting wide-ranging surveillance on u.s. citizens. speaking of...
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alexander said that data was passed to the u.s. by european intelligence agencies. >> to be perfectly clear, this is not information that we collect the on european citizens. it represents information that we and our nato allies have collected in defense of our countries and in support of military operations. >> reporter: now, there is strong sentiment in congress to rein in the powers of n.s.a. by prohibiting the mass collection of phone records but intelligence cheestles warned today, scott, that could put the country at higher risk. >> pelley: they made history again today on wall street. the dow jones industrial average was up more than 111 points to close at an all-time high of 16,680. the s&p closed up nearly 10 to a record 17 fon and change. we say that's history, but history isn't all that rare these days. that is the 32nd record close of the year for the dow. the 33rd for the s&p. senior business correspondent anthony mason is here. anthony, what companies are leading the way? >> reporter: it's not really any one stock lea
alexander said that data was passed to the u.s. by european intelligence agencies. >> to be perfectly clear, this is not information that we collect the on european citizens. it represents information that we and our nato allies have collected in defense of our countries and in support of military operations. >> reporter: now, there is strong sentiment in congress to rein in the powers of n.s.a. by prohibiting the mass collection of phone records but intelligence cheestles warned...
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alexander won 78% of the vote against a libertarian candidate who wanted to abolish the i.r.s. i mean, to some people, it just looks like you're using your campaign fund to enrich your family. >> alexander: well, somebody has to do that work, steve. >> kroft: so, you kept it in the family? >> alexander: well, i kept it with somebody that i can trust and if one can't trust their daughter, then who can they trust? >> schweizer: i think it's the kind of nepotism that, in large parts of american society, we frown about. i mean, in corporate america, a lot of corporations have policies that relate to nepotism and the hiring and firing of individual people. but congress has created this domain that allows them to decide whether something is ethical or whether something is good. and it's another example, unfortunately, where the rules that apply to the rest of us don't really apply to members of congress. >> kroft: in january, senator david vitter of louisiana introduced a bill to try and rectify the situation. it would prohibit members from paying relatives with campaign or leadershi
alexander won 78% of the vote against a libertarian candidate who wanted to abolish the i.r.s. i mean, to some people, it just looks like you're using your campaign fund to enrich your family. >> alexander: well, somebody has to do that work, steve. >> kroft: so, you kept it in the family? >> alexander: well, i kept it with somebody that i can trust and if one can't trust their daughter, then who can they trust? >> schweizer: i think it's the kind of nepotism that, in...
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but first to a big night of boxing here in moscow where bloody mia klitschko beat russian alexander pivot can by a unanimous decision to retain his undisputed world heavyweight crown record not on young reports. as an exam to come yet no. i see. still the champ down still a gentle man. named he's sixty first professional win the state double the heavyweight division and retain five of the sport's major belts russian contender xander bullock given suffered his first ever defeat but despite poor knock downs was keen to stand his feet on a slow us thing about finishing up the fight around some great round and i could feel i could feel that. made calling connection and impact of the punches got affected by it and got affected by the impact of the punches and but surprisingly there are still on his feet and not just on his feet heels he was moving forward to the punch so he was really really tremendous heart and until the very last second of the fight he was trying to to make this final one lucky function nothing else unfortunately little was really all the russian had to go for films of heart
but first to a big night of boxing here in moscow where bloody mia klitschko beat russian alexander pivot can by a unanimous decision to retain his undisputed world heavyweight crown record not on young reports. as an exam to come yet no. i see. still the champ down still a gentle man. named he's sixty first professional win the state double the heavyweight division and retain five of the sport's major belts russian contender xander bullock given suffered his first ever defeat but despite poor...
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>> in every case for valid cases let me go to general alexander. >> those reports are inaccurate and wrong. >> "the new york times" is wrong in its article? >> absolutely. here are the facts. what they have taken is the fact that we do take data to enrich it. what is not in front of the statements is the word foreign.
>> in every case for valid cases let me go to general alexander. >> those reports are inaccurate and wrong. >> "the new york times" is wrong in its article? >> absolutely. here are the facts. what they have taken is the fact that we do take data to enrich it. what is not in front of the statements is the word foreign.