happen in canada and what we saw happen in the streets of london as well and england as well and a great fear the social media we have become so accustomed to use cog be turned against us. it s the new weapon. it s easy, it s cheap, everybody has a cell phone and internet connection. i met with the president of flawct fall. he says you wanted to know why that 30,000 person iraqi army fled from mosul? everybody had a cell phone and they got text message from isis saying if you don t lay down your arms we ll slaughter your families. they took their uniforms off. they dropped their weapons and they ran away. the next step is the social media cell phone part of it that of military percent this very
international viewers. one of the top stories this hour, federal air officials are allowing you to use certain personal electronics on board commercial flights, even during take-off and landing. you still have to switch off your cell phone part of it, the actual making a phone call bit. but video players, games, ebooks, no problem. you ll be able to have those on. the transportation secretary says the public has spoken. and anthony fox says, we believe the decision honors our commitment to safety and the desire to use electronic devices during all phases of the flights. that s is just for the u.s. others around the world will be making their own decisions. the director of the national security agency has been before a congressional committee this week taking direct questions about how his department collects intelligence. journalists who published snowden s leaked documents told cnn he does not believe general
name, would be insulting to hawaiian people. martha: so the federal communications commission is now strongly defending its $2.2 billion program that has become in, known as the obama phone program. acting ftc chair mignon clyburn firing back at conserve i was that the lifeline program is a government handout and claims president ronald reagan would actually be proud of this subsidy. listen. now that i have assurance, i can call our doctor. with assurance wireless in washington you get a free phone and 250 fry voice minutes each month. now that we have assurance, we can keep in touch with our grandchildren. martha: that s nice, right? sounds like a good thing. the program was established in fact during the reagan presidency in 1984. however the cell phone part did not kick in until 2005 in the lifeline program. matt mccall, president of penn
forces are making the advance and that this city itself could be the next target of the gadhafi s counterattack. there has been heavy fighting for the last several days and again today in ras lanuf which is about 200 miles to the west of here. the city was attacked both from the sea with war ships and from the air with gadhafi s by gadhafi s air force. in benghazi itself, over the last several hours, people have been receiving messages on their cell phone part of a prop began ta c propaganda campaign with government forces coming to liberate gadhafi. you have not heard obama make that kind of declaration. how much consensus is there in opposition to colonel gadhafi?