Bakken oil fields of north dakota creating appliance on creating creating pipelines on the rails. Until were proactive instead of reactive people are going to keep dying. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. The down side of north americas oil boom. Two of West Virginias townd were evacuated after an explosion of tankers carrying tons of crude oil from the Bakken Oil Fields of north dakota. It is an important resource but Sheila Macvicar found out in her investigation it also Shows Growing evidence of a new danger on the rails. Reporter massive explosions rocked the scene of mondays Train Derailment in fayette county, West Virginia. Ive never seen anything like this. Reporter where trains caught five after jumping the track during a snow storm. Oh my god. The force of the explosion so close to the communities of montgomery and mountain carbon with their thousands of inhabitants are raising questions about the safety of the tens of thousands of trains that are transporting an increas
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Good morning. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The n. S. A. Has been under fire for months following Edward Snowdens disclosure of its mass if collection of phone records in the u. S. And around the world. As alan fisher reports a president ial panel is calling for changes in the way the n. S. A. Does its business. A surveillance review report is due to be published but is pushed out by the white house. The highlights the n. S. A. Will no longer keep a phone database, it will be held by the phone companies or a third party. The agency can no longer ask parties to build a backdoor, and the n. S. A. Should not spy on nonu. S. Citizens outside the u. S. Because of their religion or political views. The scope was revealed by whistleblower. He said any changes need strong support. The congressional committees are completely cooptive, worth else and impotent even if they have the incentive to do so. Courts have been onesided. So i think we need gen urine oversight. The other o