The big game. Welcome to al jazeera america, im stephanie sy. The n. S. A. Has been under fire for months following Edward Snowdens disclosure of a massive collection of phone records in the u. S. And around the world. As al jazeeras John Siegenthaler reports a president ial panel is calling for changes in the way the n. S. A. Does business. The 46 recommendations spelt out in the 300page report are surprising and sweeping. The panel, chosen by president obama, is urging that the n. S. A. Stop collecting and mining phone calls from americans. Advisors say that Surveillance Program creates risks to public trust, personal privacy and civil liberty. They urge that spying on foreign citizens, and World Leaders must be carried out by a duly enactive law or special order. We need to ensure intelligence sources are supporting foreign policies, that we are weighing the risks of rewards and activities, to ensure that we are focus the on the threat to american people. The president has been clea
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Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff ukraines parliament voted in a new government today and
Planes hunting for the airliner, why Mother Nature may derail the ascertain for flight mh370. Explosions and gunfire. Russia tightens its grip on crimea, in what could be a last stand for ukrainian soldiers. Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Ive from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. Its 3am in Washington State where rescue workers have been searching through the night for victims of a massive mud slide. It happened saturday morning, 30 miles north of seattle killing three people. Rescue workers say they heard voices crying for help from beneath the debris. The state governor declared a state of emergency after a mountain of mud flowed. Rocks, debris hit the area northeast of seattle. 2 miles from here. Its pretty much everything that is gone. This man was driving when the slide hit. I was coming down the hill. I saw the darkness, like someone wants to grab you and everything was gone. Like three seconds. Three people were called by a wall of mud, 80 feet wide and deep.
Im ali velshi, and this is real money. [ music this is real money, you are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi, or hit me up on facebook. Tensions escalated in ukraine, and markets from europe to america fell in response. News reports of a clash and actual russian forces, not just russian backed rebels inside ukraine sent the dow falling 100 points. The dow, in the end closed 50 point or 0. 3 lower by the close. A broad are s p sea soared. It was basically flat at the close. Market losses were substantial in europe. German and french exchanges saw drops of 1. 4 and 0. 7 respectively. The flight out of stocks pushed the u. S. Treasury higher, driving the yield or interest payable on a 10year bond to lowest levels this year. What set the markets off were reports of ukranian forces firing on a Russian Armoured column crossing into Eastern Ukraine. Thats where the ukranian military are battling prorussian separatists who seized contr