however, of course, isis has been taking some hits. not just on the various front lines. in, for instance, northeastern syria, in western syria as well with the syrian government forces making some advances, but also in iraq and then you had in raqqa the raid on jihadi john. so the international community has been stepping up its efforts against isis. not clear how much of a difference this will make, but it s certainly something, these attacks here in paris, that will further embolden the international community to further crack down on isis. fred pleitgen, place de republique in paris. france remains in a state of emergency and this gives the government, the state authorities in this country a lot more power, more surveillance power, more detention power, powers if possible, suspects. but while this is all going on, authorities in neighboring belgium are hunting for a man with a suspect link to the attacks. they ve issued an international
american phone records in mass. kentucky senator rand paul has called it the government s illegal spying on americans. in fact senator paul has been a driving force in the tough debate over parts of the law, specifically focusing on the nsa surveillance power. it s a bipartisan issue. democrats and some republicans pushing for an extension, saying that the patriot act tools are necessary to keep them away from terrorism. mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill. mike what happens at midnight eastern? caller: well, at this moment they are finishing up a procedural vote on a bill that will fix these problems. the problem is it s oem a first in a series of votes. so here s what is due to expire in about five hours. collection of phone records, phone numbers, date and length of phone calls, roving wiretap authority which would allow the
military air base. interpol intensifying the search for this woman, samantha lewthwaite, known as the white widow. she s wanted in connection with the 2011 terror plot. it s unclear if she is the woman officials say was involved in the kenya mall massacre. nsa analyst caught red handed misusing the agency s surveillance power, including spying on their significant others and love interests. the agency s inspector general says since 2003 there have been a dozen substantial agencies where agency employees were caught spying on spouses and on flames. after five months of testimony, the michael jackson wrongful death trial is finally in the hands of a jury. deliberations began thursday, continue at noon eastern today. the singer s family is suing concert promoter aeg live for billions of dollars saying the concert promoter hired conrad murray and is responsible for michael jackson s death. it may not be long before
systems that are continuing to do what they ve been authorized to do by law. then you have to have the second question, which is should this be legal or can we make improvements here, the surveillance power, the information and ability to control it in the hands of private contractors. a lot of people were surprised through some of the disclosures, surprised to see it in this important way. that wow someone who no longer works for the c.i.a. has this kind of systems operational axis and all the other people who are claimed to be secrets, but maybe aren t secrets, maybe are over-classifying which hurts our protection of secrets this is one of those onions where as you peel it, you think we should have more oversight and maybe the blackwaters and booz allens of the world shouldn t have the final say on some of these questions. if over-classification has been the word of the year before now, then declassification will be the word of the year going
mother, he is active in raising awareness of the need to remove unexploded land mines. he is also scheduled to meet with senator john mccain on the issue. clearly the prince is really here because i m also in the capital. we all remember his last visit to the u.s. when what happened in vegas did not stay in vegas. so do you think harry s wild ways will again make headlines? or will he make the queen mum proud? virginia brown says, he s young and healthy. let hill have fun goofing off. like us on facebook. while you re there, check out the political playground for some good clean fun. up next, a story in danger of flying under the radar. what with all the harry news, the government wants more surveillance power. think access to your cell phone calls, texts and they just might get it. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.