Consistent with National Security concerns. During the process of preparing this report, we sought and obtained declassification of facts about the still highly classified program in order to allow us to put in context how the program operates. And clarify some public misconceptions. As a result, over 100 new facts were declassified by the government to provide needed context for the programs operation. I want to extend the boards appreciation to the personnel at the office of director of national intelligence, the department of justice, nsa, fbi, and cia who worked constructively with the board in this process. Its the most comprehensive public description of how the section 702 program operates and we believe this description will advance the publics understanding of the program. Turning back to the report, it was adopted unanimously. The board also unanimously offers ten recommendations to strengthen privacy safeguards, and to address these concerns. They are in a number of categori
Nations Largest Teachers Union wants to see education secretary arne duncan resigned from his position. We want to talk about education in the United States and your thoughts on the best way to boost failing schools. Perhaps you will turn to issues with federal policy, or more local and statelevel issues are your interest as well, but overall, the best ways to boost failing schools. Here is how you can weigh in this morning. Host if you go to the washington times, there is a pressfrom the associated about president obama talking about teachers and initiatives for low income areas. Focuses on the education secretary arne duncan pushing for these reforms after the Teachers Union showed a noconfidence vote. Saying that bit this initiative from the white House Centers on efforts to ensure low income and urban districts still have quality teachers. Joining us on the phone to talk about these issues is a reporter for education week. Good morning. Guest good morning, thanks for having me. Hos
Area. Also a man shot to death overnight. Its the size of a credit card but its also very dangerous. The concern from tsa officials this morning, as mornings on 2 starts now. 7 01. We continue to follow developing news in the south bay this morning, where a firefighter has been hurt fighting a wellknown fire in los gatos. No word yet of what sparked the blaze. Ktvus janine de la vega is on the scene. Shes been there since early this morning. Coming up in two minutes, she will tell us the special reason the restaurant was shut down over the weekend and why this only adds to the mystery of what started the fire. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. A big welcome back to dave clark. Good to be back. Nice to have you back. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve is off today. But rosemary is over there. Our warmup will continue for monday today. Low 60s in antioch. 60 60 degrees in livermore. 58 redwood city, as we heed into the north bay, upper 50s t
At ave maria, 90 of the 1,000member student body are catholic. Professors pledge to uphold catholic beliefs. There are worship sites in every dorm, and mass is held three times a day. Its president , jim towey, who worked for the Bush Administration as director of its faithbased and Community Initiatives office, also served as Legal Advisor for the late mother teresa. Ave maria is determined to stay a course from which its president says other catholic institutions have strayed. In an age where modernity has attacked the whole idea of objective truth and the whole relativism that you see thats pervasive in our culture, i guess this universitys not going to be here to be popular. Its not here to try to please everyone. Its here to try to be true to itself and its own catholic identity. Georgetown university, renowned for its academic excellence, has a different view of its catholic identity. All students, though only half of the 7,000 undergraduates are catholic, are required to take tw
Announcer major funding for religion and ethics newsweekly is provided by the lillian endoumt, a private Family Foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. This weekend, pope francis is continuing the push for peace he began during his recent visit to the middle east, as he hosts Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and israeli president shimon peres for a special vatican prayer meeting. Francis says he believes prayer is a key element in the peace process. Earlier in the week, he renewed calls for peace in syria and criticized what he called a globalization of indifference which has numbed people to the ongoing violence and humanitarian devastation caused by that conflict. Meanwhile, francis raised eyebrows with