local governments as the former mayor of cincinnati, we need to attack the problems of crime and safety in our neighborhoods. and together we can build an infrastructure that is attractive to industry. but this president, his whole program in reality has been anti-capital, anti-serious job creation and government expansionist in nature. ken blackwell, always great to get your thoughts. thank you very much. thank you, gretchen. new changes to the controversial nsa spying program. president obama meeting with key lawmakers on the issue today. we re learning president may reign in spying on leaders and limit access to phone records. these documents follow a month long review of the program. former adviser to the uk s ministry of defense. dan, former secret service agent and gary, former cia and director of concerned veterans for america.
you. right now, david willstein is testifying. we ve got our eye on that. we are also here at city hall in fort lee waiting on governor christie to helicopter in and meet with the mayor face to face and apologize. i will bring you the latest on that. for now, we want to send it back to the studio. look forward to seeing a little bit in the show. we re also following developing news from the white house. got a live picture on the east room where president obama is set to unveil his new program to fight poverty. so called promised zones aimed at improving the quality of life for people in chronically poor areas. we ll carry that live when that microphone has the president behind it. plus, the president meeting privately with a group of senators about reforming the nsa s controversial spying program. we ll have more on the changes that could be on the way.
of the way to screw up traffic, that s the thing that s unforgivable. people would forgive him for playing hardball. that s something relatable i think it s very relatable. this is something that right. this is the putsiest bridge in the world according to the port authority. who can t relate to become stuck in traffic? know they have proof. ze reform lina, we re waiting for that news conference. thank to both of you. checking the news feed this morning, president obama meets with lawmakers today to discuss the controversial nsa spying program. white house officials say that he s gathering information before any final decisions are made on how the nsa moves forward, but the president is expected to restrict the nsa s access to foreign records. he could announce the changes as early as next week.
and creating a federal tech agency that would focus big projects on consumer use and usefulness. the government spends $77 billion each year on information technology. and after the obama care website tanked at first, president obama is said to want a better return on that investment. arthel. molly hennenburg, thanks. now we have an update for you on former first lady barbara bush. she has been discharged from the houston methodist hospital following six days of treatment for pneumonia. the 88-year-old mrs. bush saying, quote, i cannot thank the doctors and nurses enough for making sure i got the best treatment and got back to george and our dogs as quickly as possible. we wish you well, mrs. bush. we certainly do. all right, fox news exclusive. kentucky senator rand paul appearing on hannity last night with a bombshell revelation. he s in the process of filing a massive class action lawsuit against the obama administration. over the nsa spying program.
senator paul wants to bring decisions out to the open, take it to the supreme court, with a massive class action suit. we now have several hundred thousand people who want to be part of this suit to say to the government and to the nsa, no, you can t have our records without our permission or without a warrant specific to an individual. it s kind of an unusual class action suit in the sense that we think everybody in america who has a cell phone would be eligible for this charglass act suit. another republican bernie sanders is focusing his attention on what might be a violation of privacy inside the capitol dome itself. he has written to the nsa chief asking this, quote, has the nsa spied or is the nsa currently spying on members of congress or other american elected officials? spying would include gathering meta data on calls made from official or personal phones, content from website visited or e-mails sent or collecting any other data from a third party