user. it looks like the national security agency is secretly using tools that allow internet users to track consumers. it shows the nsa and british koufrnter parts are piggybacking on technology advertisers use to target advertising to people they consider suspicious. it not only allows them to monitor a person s web habits it guides hacking software to the computer. the documents show they are using tracking technology for mobile apps and operating systems to help it locate mobile devices around the world. they declined to comment on the reports but issued a statement quote as we said before nsa within the lawful commission to protect the united states uses intelligence tools to understand the intent of foreign
any systemic changes that i had a problem with. but as the speakers pointed paul ryan pointed out, i believe the score on this will actually reduce the deficit. and that is a move in the right direction. yeah, and i was speaking to some democrats on the senate budget committee today, and they have said that. i think the numbers seem to bear that out from what we understand. it is new numbers. i think the piecemeal votes, people can debate that out. i do want to turn to the nsa surveillance. it s a controversial issue for a lot of people. but also increasingly nonpartisan. as you know, the washington post reports the agency now is using google s tracking technology to spy on many people, and there s a senate hearing that i want to play some sound from. take a listen. how do you connect the dots? and that s the issue with the meta data program. there is no other way that we know of to connect the dots. and so that gets us back to do we not do that at all? given that the threat is
crows and the relatives haven t take know comfort in the report and saying there is holes in the investigative finding ands they are trying to cover it up. it could be updates were vague. the families are desperate for a explanation and some have challenged the investigative team publicly in the news conference. investigators say this is the only report in the dea frankly it will remain a mist row to what really happen in the last fateful moments. tough for the families,dom, thank you. nwe ll attack a live picture of the house floor our national capitol. even the house rowels meeting that was starting northerly an houring on and democrats showed up to protest. the debate is happening and gettingurn way moments ago. they are talking about an amendment to delay obama careñr
fuel, so states raise less at the pump. minnesota, nevada, oregon and washington are all considering plans to bill drivers by how much they drive. some are already testing the tracking technology. any plan to raise taxes is bound to be controversial anywhere. the idea that government puts g.p.s. on your car raises additional privacy concerns. the fox business network rich edson is on the controversy in d.c. could these piloted programs really come it fruition. states and cities have been testing systems like this for a decade there are draw backs beyond privacy concerns especially the cost of installing a tracking device in every car. still, a report detailing oregon s trial period system is workable and practical, this report said. a genuine alternative to the gasoline tax. other reports claim state governments could create programs to address privacy and costs, shep. shepard: what about other options, rich? the federal government or states could increase the
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with breaking news on wall street. a dramatic rescue and equally dramatic reaction on wall street. the stock market skyrocketing today on new that is the federal reserve and other central banks are taking direct action to prevent a financial meltdown in the euro zone using the their resources to keep money and credit flowing amid the staggering debt crisis. it s the largest coordinated move of its kind since 2008 when similar action brought u.s. credit markets back from the brink. let s go straight to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. a banner day on wall street today. just a stunning rally. we re ending the day, the dow up 482 points. this is the best point gain for the dow we ve seen in two and a half years, this all coming after the central banks stepping in and meeting this relief rally. investors seeing it finally these monetary policymakers get it. what central