says spying on friend is commonplace. all nations do this. but if you do it you want to be successful and good at it. to do it and be caught is the worst of all possible worlds. reporter: the u.s. had no immediate reaction to the allegations of spying on germany. as to the allegations of spying on u.s. citizens, particularly muslims, senior officials said it is wrong to assume that anyone is spied on because of religion. brian ross, abc news, new york. the new orleans mayor who led his city through hurricane katrina has been sentenced to ten years in prison on a slew of corruption charges. ray nagin convicted of accepting cash, vacations and gifts during his two terms from business owners looking for city contracts or his support for various projects. nagin insists he did nothing wrong. and the new england patriots are willing to turn over personal records on aaron hernandez. the team is balking on providing
children who have come across mexico, possibly at the hands with the help of coyotes and others, they re still here, they are children, often without parents. what can we do to deal with them in a humane way, that is consistent with the values of texans, no matter what your political party is. wayne slater, thank you so much. senior political writer, dallas morning news. appreciate you as always, very, very much. now this. ten years in federal prison. that is the sentence. the former new orleans mayor, ray nagin received today in a bribery scandal. the disgraced politician locked out of court this morning after this came down. he also has to pay restitution to the tune of $84,000. a jury found ray nagin guilty of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other favors from businessmen seeking city contracts and favorable
senate has given president obama a blank check. a stunning fall from grace in new orleans. former mayor ray nagin who became the face of the city during hurricane katrina has been convicted on federal charges of corruption and bribery. nagin was accused of accepting more than $500,000 in payoffs including first class trips to jamaica and manhattan in exchange for millions of dollars in city contracts and he was found guilty on 20 of the 21 counts against him. each charge carries a prison sentence from 3 to 20 years. sentencing is scheduled for june 11th, until then, he is on home confinement. to an nbc news exclusive. alleged nsa leakerer snowden may have obtained that information when he swiped a password from a civilian colleague using trickery. what happened was the colleague entered his password on snowden s computer and he didn t know but snowden was able to capture it.
maintains that the program beginning under george w. bush is legal. a federal jury convicted new orleans mayor ray nagin of bribery, fraud and money laundering. he was accused of accepting free money, free vacations and truck loads of granite for his family business in exchange for millions of dollars in city contracts, before and after hurricane katrina. nagin still insists he is innocent. he faces between 3 and 20 years in prison. ted kennedy s widow may be getting a new job. president obama is nominating vickie kennedy as postal board of governors. its members choose the postmaster general and oversee the agency, which is facing huge losses. this must be confirmed by the senate. the country s two biggest cable tv providers may become one by the end of the year. comcast agreed to buy time warner for more than $45 billion. the move unplugs charter cable s attempt to buy time warner. comcast will have to drop 3 million customers to get federal
convicted of corruption in the city s nearly 300 year history. convicted a short time ago of essentially selling his office and profiting personally as companies scrambled to clean up hurricane katrina he took the gold. he lined his pocket as neighborhoods sat in ruins as the very people who put him in office and entrusted him mourned the nearly 2,000 people that died. a short time ago a jury found him guilty of taking bribes, guilty of money laundering, guilty of wire fraud and guilty of lying on his taxes. he raked in things like cash, luxury trips to hawaii and jamaica for his family and free cell phone service for his family and high prices for granite slabs for a company he owns. in exchange he handed out millions upon millions of dollars in new orleans city contracts. all told it could add up to many years in prison. right now, he s on house arrest until sentencing day we believe will happen sometime in the