Was spied on by that agencies. The Obama Administration is giving consumers more time to sign up for health care coverage, a six week extension. This will help them avoid new tax penalties. The move comes after the troubled rollout of the president s overhaul of the health care plan. That is it for your update. Check us out at aljazeera. Com. We will see you then. Check. Lz welcome to al jazeera america. Stories. A Bipartisan Group of lawmakers plans to introduce a bill that could strip the nsa of om of its powers. If passed it ends the agencys ability to bulk collect phone records and restrict who it can spy on. Fighting in syria blocked u. N. Inspectors from access to two chemical weapons facilities, a setback in an attempt to rid syria of chemical weapons. Inspectors did not say whether the Syrian Rebels or the government was responsible for the delay. Negotiations for access are under way. Abortion right supporters in texas are celebrating a legal victory after a judge found provis
Contacts and those of millions of citizens of countries including germany, france and now spain. Consider this what are the real costs of our spying operations. Also, is there a way to slow the aging process . A New Discovery has thrilled the medical community. What are the real complications involved implications. Can Trading Cards in soccer bring peace . Afghanistan. I am antonio mora. We begin with the latest in the nsa controversy. Ambassador to spain, james costas it was called after reports of 60 medical spanish phone calls. The European Union met behind closed doors. German parliamentians would like to know why they tapped chancellor Angela Merkels phone calls. We are not considering our chancellor as a terrorist. Therefore, i would say they have to think about or to reconsiderk. Lz . Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie here are the top stories. A Bipartisan Group of lawmakers plans to introduce a bill that could strip the nsa of om of its powers. If passed it ends the a
Child sex abuse. Rick perry says a federal ruling will not stop ongoing efforts to protect women. A federal judge has tossed out some abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature this summer calling them unconstitutional. The new rules were scheduled to take effect tuesday. The states attorney general is appealing the ruling. Those are the headlines at this hour. I am john seigenthaler. Consider this with antonio moro is next. I will see you here with the news and you can get the latest on aljazeera. Com. The white house back pedalling after more nsa backlash. International leaders deannouncements reports that the u. S. Monitored their phone contacts and those of millions of citizens of countries including germany, france and now spain. Consider this what are the real costs of our spying operations. Also, is there a way to slow the aging process . A New Discovery has thrilled the medical community. What are the real complications involved implications. Can Trading Cards in soc
What gave you the idea to do this book . What connection does it have with politics . Of a quirky paid hobby for 15 years. I have written a weekly football column for espn. Me tohers have asked write a book about football and i was flattered, but i thought, what could i add . There have been plenty of good books about teams and coaches and players. I realize the book that had not been written was a book assessing the role of football in american society. Young boys, teaching them how to be men, a lot of positives, public enthusiasm. There are a lot of negatives. Corrupting effect on publication education, public subsidies and so on. I wanted to seek an answer to the question, is football fundamentally good or bad for us . Secondarily, how should it be reform . Book, i noticed to get some strong personal opinions. I want to read one. This is in the middle of a paragraph. Today, most politicians are hacks what brought all that on in one paragraph . Wax congratulations for being able to p
Paragraph . Congratulations for being able to pronounce oleaginous. You are in a small minority, knowing that word. That is in a section, a chapter where i ask whether football has become a cult. You see some evidence of this presented in the book. I am talking about coaches, coaches who have become revered figures in american life. In some cases, justifiably. For instance, if all men were like tony dungy, the world would be a better place. I think coaches have become substitute father figures for a lot of american society. We dont believe in politicians anymore, businessmen, clergy, intellectuals, etc. Coaches still seem like people who practice tough love. They seem like a good father would be. I think that has a lot to do with their high standing in society. You start out talking about a coach that you seem to like a lot. Who was that . Frank beamer of Virginia Tech. I knew that portions of this book would be very critical of football. I wanted to give a constructive example, too, a