protesters demanded answers today in the nation s capitol. more tension over the scope of the u.s. government s secret surveillance programs. both liberal and conservative protesters gathered to protest what they say is unlawful government spying on americans. signs saying t stop mass spying and thank you, edward snowden. jean meserve was there. marched through the streets of washington to the reflecting pool at the base of the u.s. congress. their message, nsa mass spying should stop. i m here because of our liberal principles in this country that are being severely curtailed. and not just privacy but that is the issue today. we re here at this rally to restore our constitutional rights, our first amendment, our fourth amendment and we re here to restore balance to the way that our lives have been turned up and get our privacy back, get our safe space back in our private life. the protest ers protesters da message, calling for full disclosure of what the nsa is doing
i m morgan radford. turning the tables, hundreds of americans say it s time for the microscope to point in the other direction. protesters took to the streets to demand congress vet the nsa. protesters came to protest and, press disappointment with the nsa. documents show the u.s. tapped the phones of as many as 35 world leaders. jeanne meserve has more. in washington hundreds gathered to protest against the national security agency s surveillance programs. the man who made them public was called a hero. former nsa analyst edward snowden was in russia but sent a statement. it s about power, control and trust government. it s about whether you have a voice in our demack rity or decisions are made for you rather than with you. the protesters message to the government is you ve been listening to us, so now hear this. it bothers me because we don t know what s going on. every time you send a tweet or email or take a picture or do anything involving data or phone calli
hardly any staff. i can t put my head around it. reporter: this woman who lives nearby asked us to hide her identity after complaining about the care at the home for 20 years. she says the past few days have been the worst and she called for help. the staff isn t over there. what s going on? reporter: when authorities arrived they found 14 patients inside including amputees, the bedridden and mentally impaired with only two workers caring for them. a janitor and a cook. it s kind of hard to fathom i mean you know they re human beings here. and we just leave people behind? reporter: the patients were moved to other facilities or in with family all said to be doing okay. authorities are now searching for the staff who abandoned their posts and their patients. and for the neighbors, that s the sickest part of all. hopefully some people are going to have their eyes open what s been doing on over there for the past 20 years and you know it s just ridiculous. repo
we have a lot of news to cover in the next hour. we have everything from big money and politics, big fines for people who try to smuggle big money in to bart. we are going to go in depth. what is next? what can lead you to prevent another strike? how is the public reacting to all of this. specifically what will we do? operators who walked out on more than a dozen seniors. bryan webb tells us if it weren t for a concerned neighbor, the situation could have been much worse. bryan, theate chris crosses a care facility shut down for two days still filled with patients but hardly any staff. it upsets me. this woman who lives nearby asked him to hide her identity after complaining about the for 20 years. she said the past few days have been the worst, so she called for help. the staff isn t over there, what s going on. reporter: when authorities arrived, they found 14 patients inside including amputees, the bedridden and mentally impaired with only two workers caring f
apricot way. we were told that the facility was shut down with more than 20 elderly and disabled residents still need. katy utehs was at that facility, speaking to one staff member who stayed behind. reporter: heather he was clearly exhausted and emotional, one of three staff members who stayed behind to care for all these people. at this hour the sheriff s offices is working to obtain a search warrant because this could become a case of elder abuse. the sheriff s office is working to identify all the people who lived there, account or them and find out where the staff went and who the owners are? maraus rolland is the cook at valley manor community care home in castro valley, where more than 20 people, elderly, disabled and mentally ill were abandoned. the management and everything, they just bailed out on the people, so me and my co-workers we stayed until we got help. reporter: help came 48 hours later, had that time rolland and two other employees struggled to car