Parked here inside station 94. Just parked. The staon closed yesterday. Theyre essentially out of service. Its going to have a big impact, as you said, on thentire east contraosta Fire Protection district. The district is out of money and they have to liv within their budget. There are still three stations open in oakley, brtwood and discovery bay, but there will n longer be, from my understanding, backup crews for fires or for emergency medic calls. I just think its crazy how its going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year for them. Firetrucks are in and out all day ng. If a fire goes on here, how long will it take for brently or oakwood to get here if theres a re right there . Reporter the answer is response times are expected to go way up districtwide. I talked with theattalion chief who said now without a funding stream and three failed ballot measures the dont have the funding to sustain four staffed fire stations. Everyone will suffer and t
Electronic surveillance program, now the white house is ready to reveal what those changes revelation. This was appointed in the height of the controversy to look at the changes made by the Intelligence Community as they go forward in an era of new technology when all that me mett that is at any moment. Mike viqueira, i have one line from the report, and trust me, im going to release you so you can do what it is that you do so well, which is to sort through it. But this is from reuters. The panel is recommending that new tests be conducted before surveillance foreign leaders. New tests there can be any surveillance of foreign leaders. New dribs. There were dribs and drabs to come, but im curious to know about the timing of the releasee this report to the advisory committee. Jay carney spoke to that earlier today. While we intended to release the report in january given inaccurate reports in the press about the reports contento draw their own conclusions. Ill give it back to you. Terrif
Of changes to the controversial programs. But a president ial Advisory Panel did not call for them to w you the most important once. First of all, ending of storage of telephone records, metadata that is kept millions upon millions of phone calls. Next, new limits on what data government can demand from private companies. We saw this when hezbollah of companies came to meet with president obama. Theyre worried about the trust of their companies and theyre worried about their businesses. This is a key point brought up time and time again. Bilateral relations have suffered among many angela merkel, the leaders of brazil, and you can determine if these are allies being spied on recommend that they not spy on one another. Next, the new public advocate at the secret fisa court. This has been suggested time and time again. When its told it wants to conduct surveillance there is no one there on the ground of civil liberties, a socalled public advocate. And finally the new nsa director should
Tuesday and avoided on the nonc spending. That will be restored. Were going to see 23 billion reduction in the deficit over 20 years. If you add those up the money has to come from somewhere. People who fly will see an increase in ticketing fees. It appears we are having problems with libby caseys live shot coming out of the nations capitol. Well try to reestablish that live shot for you and talk to libby on the back end. A stunner coming in from the federal reserve. Ben bernanke and the other policymakers announcing that the economy has no now improved enoh to ease back on the long running Stimulus Program. Economists feared that the fed would not act before a stronger economy. This will be Ben Bernankes last conference of the year before leaving for the holidays wall street not liking what its hearing from the fed. The dow turning lower as soon as the news broke. Now down two points and sinking lower. Well have more on al jazeera america, and tonight ali velshi will take a look at wh