Some of the programs that expired sunday night. Tracie potts is live for us. Do you think lawmakers will come to an agreement . Its possible but the thing theyre dealing with is the nsa has already been collecting these phone records, so theres got to be some transition time for that program to wind down if theyre going to turn it over to the phone companies and that issue, how much transition time is what lawmakers are debating today. The nsa could no longer go out and say send us all your phone records. Reporter today a final vote on holding the records for six months before the phone Companies Take over. Some of the senate want to double that to a year and require phone companies to notify the government if they plan to store records for less than 18 months. My concern is theyre going to compete to each other to see how can hold it the shortest. Reporter the house is unlikely to approve any changes. The white house is frustrated. They have had a year and a half to exercise that prer
It. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. This is our Western Addition of the broadcast. The u. N. Security council is now calling for a ceasefire between israel and hamas as the conflict in the middle east intensified on this its fifth day. 17 more people were killed today by israeli airstrikes in gaza. That makes at least 125 who died since the bombing started tuesday. Today, israel also shelled positions in lebanon. The rocket fire from hamas into israel has been stronger than expected, but so far no israelis have died. Today, the Israeli Defense forces warned people who live close to hamas locations in the northern part of the gaza strip to evacuate. And israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will not rule out a Ground Invasion. Cbs news correspondent Holly Williams is in gaza and has a vivid look at what the shelling sounds and feels like. Reporter the Israeli Military is pounding the gaza strip for the fifth nigh
There is also dramatic new video that shows the cokouachi brothers immediately after the Charlie Hebdo attacks. It shows them calmly returning to their getaway car before celebrating their actions and then firing shots at police. [ shots ] meanwhile, the Worlds Largest intelligencesharing network will meet next week to discuss its efforts to fight terrorism. The u. S. Australia, canada britain and new zealand, collectively known as five eyes will take part. And french lawmakers have voted in favor of extending air strikes against Islamic State militants. Here at home the white house is responding to criticism that it is refusing to refer to the paris terror attacks as radical islam. White House Press Secretary josh earnest explained why the Obama Administration believes it would be wrong to do so. The first is accuracy. We want to describe exactly what happened. These are individuals who carried out an act of terrorism, and they later tried to justify that act of terrorism by invoking
Surfaced showing the gunmen in the Charlie Hebdo attack. Officials say the weapons came from abroad and theyre looking into people who provided the gunmen with substantial financial backing. Whats happening in paris, though, is having an impact right here at home. Lawyers for boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking to delay jury selection for a month because of comparisons being made of the two attacks, including the comparison of brothers being involved in each attack. Meanwhile, though the fight against isis does intensify. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and other congressional leaders met with president obama yesterday. Senator mcconnell says the president is working on sending congress a new authorization for the use of military force against isis. This as french lawmakers voted to extend air strikes against isis in iraq. Nbcs ron allen is in paris for us today. Ron, so whats been the reaction to the magazine so far, and where are the officials with the investig