Today, we have an extraordinary story that predates the apple conundrum. In fact, it predates what most understand to be the beginning of widespread surveillance of u. S. Citizens after 9 11. In october of 1997, Joseph Nacchio was ceo of qwest communications, a major phone company out west. One of his Vice President s told him he had an unexpected visitor. Joe he came in and he said, joe, we have a general downstairs who wants to meet you. Which i thought was pretty surprising, because you know generals dont just drop by. It was a 3star. Sharyl attkisson who was the general . Joe well, his ne is classified, believe it or not. Who it was, im not, im still not allowed to disclose. Sharyl the general was from a u. S. Intelligence agency interested in paying qwest to use its cuttingedge global Fiber Optics Network for classified programs. But to learn more, nacchio first needed a topsecret security clearance. Joe i had my clearance by january of 1998. We received that contract shortly ther
Any secrets held in a terrorists iphone after he killed 14 in california last december. A federal judge has ordered apple to create software to unlock the iphone. Apple is fighting the order. Today, we have an extraordinary story that predates the apple conundrum. In fact, it predates what most understand to be the beginning of widespread surveillance of u. S. Citizens after 9 11. In october of 1997, Joseph Nacchio was ceo of qwest communications, a major phone company out west. One of his Vice President s told him he had an unexpected visitor. Joe he came in and he said, joe, we have a general downstairs who wants to meet you. Which i thought was pretty surprising, because you know generals don t just drop by. It was a 3star. Sharyl attkisson who was the general . Joe well, his name is classified, believe it or not. Who it was, i m not, i m still not allowed to disclose. Sharyl the general was from a u. S. Intelligence agency interested in paying qwest to use its cuttingedge global cl
A man was not defending his home from a German Exchange student when he killed him. Governor cuomo bans fracking in his state, hailed by environmentalists, but criticized by the gas industry. More fallout after a massive sony cyber attack. The u. S. Knows who was behind the breach. The u. S. Has strong circumstantial evidence that the north korean government ordered the attack last month. Sony is dropping that film. The interview has been pulled from release. Theaters wont show it after threats they will be attacked. A lot of developments in the last 24 hours. We hope to learn more details from federal officials later today. This movie is about the u. S. Government recruiting a talk show host to assassinate the leader of north korea. Its a comedy with big name actors who have been promoting it for weeks but now seems movie goers may never get to see this film on the big screen or any screen for that matter. Hello, north korea. Two hollywood heavyweights and one major security controver
The collision happened just north of aspen drive. Almost 4000 customers lost their power. The car was reported stolen by a woman who say her brother took the keys. By 1 00 p. M. , all but about 300 customers were without power. There was no estimated time on when the rest expected to regain service. Coming up at 8, a massive meat recalled. Some 50,000 pounds of pork and beef. Well tell you what to look out for. Two deadly terror groups now rolled into one. The latest extremist to pledge to isis. And a the College Party that came to a crashing halt. Well show you the roof collapse all caught on tape. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] its the chinese near years parade under way in San Francisco. One
On hollywoods biggest night and epic host to get the alist treatment. Was he really the best actor of the night . Good morning, america. Everyone wants to know what it feels like to win an oscar. This guy decided to find out. That was fun. It was fun. They didnt know. No one embarrassed him so they let him in. Well share that with you later and but well begin, though, with that suspected serial shooter in custody this morning. A man who is believed to have opened fire on an nsa building, highways and several other locations in washington over the past two weeks. Abcs david kerley is in washington and has the latest. Good morning, david. Good morning, robin. This all came to a head in the past couple of hours. That shooting at the countrys Top Spy Agency actually happened yesterday afternoon. It is a building on the nsa campus which sits along a highway that was apparently hit by two bullets. It was just hours earlier on that highway that shots were fired at a truck traveling down the r