Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Ndependents, 202 5853882 Law Enforcement, 202 5853883. Au can send us say tweet tweet or find us on facebook or an email. President obama was asked about the militarization of the police force. [video clip] about of the great things the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military. Nd domestic Law Enforcement that helps preserve civil liberties. It helps ensure the military is accountable to civilian direction. That has to be preserved. , i think1 understandably a lot of folks saw communities that were illequipped for potential terrorist attacks. That they should have proper equipment to deal things that could arise in local communities. Some Law Enforcement did not that they can operate in the midst of a disaster. Some communities needed to be prepared if there was a chemical attack and they did not have hazmat suits. Having said that, i think it is probably useful for us to review , howhe funding h
Embargoed in the parl wants of washington, but the thing that you need to look at, the metadata collection, the most controversial one from Edward Snowden, that came through the course of last year. What will he do about it . We know that his own administration came back with they hold the data itself. But not going forward. We know its not enough for many advocates, many civil libertarians in this country, and where will the president go on that . Where will he go with the socalled National Security letters issued by the fbi to the Communications Companies requesting information without any sort of judicial review . Will there be constraints on that as well . And back to the metadata collection, will there be review for when they two to the secret court, the court that hears Law Enforcement in the Intelligence Community. Their request for intelligence warrants the tools that they need to fight terrorism and Law Enforcement. The advocate on that, the privacy advocate that speaks up for
How long have we been working at bloomberg and never had a chance to sunset together . Since the reagan years. This is a first. We were talking about it yesterday. Im thrilled be sitting here with you. Were talking about cut rate cornerbacks, the football this weekend, a lot of people are the big spenders on these know, the it as you super bowl is coming to new jersey. It will be in the meadowlands. They will be freezing. We will be watching from the comfort of our homes. We will get back to that in a minute. T is time for the news the top business stories from around the world. Morgan stanley profit fell 70 due to costs of bank securities. And litigation. The bank achieved this gold on costcutting and reducing capital used by the tracing trading. Smog hit hazardous letters in chinas steel producing region. Pollution is 17 times the safe level recommended by the world health organization. The Chinese Government has asked local authorities to reduce illusion by up to 25 over the next th
With u. P. S. The stock going to take a hit this morning after lowering their Fourth Quarter guide ax, a hangover from the Holiday Shipping fiasco. And shares of intel are sliding after Fourth Quarter earnings missed estimates and warning of flat revenues for the rest of this year. And speaking of earnings Morgan Stanley, General Electric, and amex making big moves today, well break them down with you. But first up, u. P. S. , the Package Delivery Company Expects Fourth Quarter earnings of 1. 25, well below forecasts. U. P. S. Said its been negatively impacted by higher costs driven by a surge of shipments during the Holiday Season. The company said it deployed 30,000 more temporary employees than it had planned for. Their peak delivery day volume up 7 1 2 from what they expected. As i just said on twitter, their models, jim, nowhere near on plan. I want everyone to go to u. P. S. Kicks off peak week they put out a press release. December 16th, 2013. Where they said, look, our peak day
President say today what would you have liked to have heard the president say . My biggest concern with the Edward Snowden thing, which he notissed i saying it was it right disclosures and wanted to acknowledge that Edward Snowden tried internally to blow the whistle and remind his peers about weaknesses administratives structure. That is one of the main reasons that he did what he did. He needed an outside perspective. To be honest i do not think our has done structure this very well. Theyd need to acknowledge they should talk to us the whole time. We appreciate the time. We are going to indiana in a moment. If you missed the speech this afternoon, we will have it for you at 8 00 eastern in its entirety. Though ahead. About i had a comment the last caller was talking about snowden, and the president dismissed that kind of. I feel we should be doing something about snowden rather than just let him take asylum in russia. There is not much we can do about it. A stretch of been our relati