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And so forth. The bigger shock was that nsa ininuded its intelligence haul netanyahus private communications with members of congress 3 and american citizens. This isnt just ungentlemanly. Or simply a violation of the separation of the legislative and executive branches. Its unconstitutional. Its illegal. Federal law explicitlylyforbids the government from spying on its citizens. No president has the authority to waive the law. The constitution requires the president to enforce the law. The other troubling aspect is the reaction of many members of congress. Theyre comfortable with nsa conducting widespread collection of citizen communications. But theyre outraged upon n learning theyve been spied upon. These politicians arent loyal to the constitution. Theyre okay violations of federal law. 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Later uthoff drives and throws it down with the left hand. 4739 iowa steal. Takes it all the way for the layup and the foul. He misses free throw. But iowa didnt need it for this comeback win. 8371 3 now for some nfl. Its the 17th time in their storied careers, Peyton Manning and tom brady face offas the patriots and broncos look for the super bowl0 2nd quarter. After brady threw an interception. The broncos convert it to points as manning finds daniels for the 12yard touchdown146 broncosthen 4th quarter. With just over 90 seconds to play. On 4th 10, brady going deep for the patriots b gronkowski and he hauls it in for the 40yard gain. Now 17 seconds left, patriots now with 4th goal and brady finds gronkowski for the 4yard touchdown. 2018 broncosso the patriots go for the 2 point conversion. Brady throws over the middle and its deflected and intercepted by the broncos bradley roby. Final score are going to the super bowl 3 now lets find who they will play as heisn trophy winning quarterbacks square off. The panthers cam newton and the cardinals carson palmer. For the first time in nfl history. 1st quarter. Newton fakes the handoff, then he flips it to the panthers ted ginn on the reverse. Ginn breaks a tackle, then cuts back and takes it across the field and into theendzone for the 22yard touchdown. N. Panthers lead 10 to nothing. Later. Panthers 3rd 8 on their own 14. Newton back to pass and rifles one down the middleto the panthers corey brown who breaks a tackle and brown will take it 86yardsfor the touchdown. Cardinals have yet to score. Its 17 nothing. 2nd quarter now. Cardinals finally showing some life as David Johnson powers up the middle forthe 1yard touchdown. Finally on the board. 17 7 panthers. Cardinals just continue with down the cardinals defense. To win it 49 to 15. The panthers are joining the broncos in the superbowl 50. 3 3 3 3 3 3 Winter Weather advisories go into effect tonight through tomorrow evening for southern sharyl hello. Im sharyl attkisson. Welcome to full measure. Today we begin with a story of charity and excess. There are more than 1. 5 million nonprofits or Public Charities in the u. S. In 2013 they report a collective 1. 74 trillion in revenue and 3 trillion in assets. You dont have to pay normal taxes. The i. R. S. Exempts them because of the public good they do. But for some nonprofits, it appears charity bebens at home. With big executive salaries that seem belie the altruistic nature of their mission. In 2012, Roger Goodell earned a handsome 44 million as commissioner of what was one of the most unlikely nonprofits around. The nfl. It was almost laughable that the nfl wawastructured, its corporate offices as a not for profit organization. Sharyl congressman Jason Chaffetz heads the House Oversight committee. He says the irs exempts the from income taxes because of their philanthroanpic missions. Not to pad executives fat salaries. Why do you think these groups thth want to pay executives so much, or feel that they need to, structure themselves as nonprofits . Rep. Chaffetz oh, it can save them millions. Untold millionons of dollars are saved and not paid into the federal treasury by structuring as a not for profit organization. I think a lot of people would be surprised by how much money the executives are bringing home putting in their own pocket. Sharyl experts estimate the nfls nonnofit status cost taxpayers over 15 million in lost tax revenue its most recent tax filing year, 100 million in the past decade. Chaffetz raised the issue of dour away the testimony chaffetz raised the issue of exorbitant nonprofit salaries last september at a fifiy heheing into controversies over planned parenthood a nonprofit Womens Health and abortion provider. Cecile richards is the groups in 2013, your compensation went up some 240,000. Compensation baseline were showing based on tax returns is 590,000. Correct . Cecile richardrd thats not my annual compensation. Actually my annual compensation is 520,000 a year sharyl its not just planned parenthood and the nfl. There are eyebrowraising salaries in nearly every sector of the nonprofit universe. The humane societys ceo Wayne Pacelle can put on the dog with income upwards of 400,000 in 2013. 3. American Civil Liberties union ceo Anthony Romero earnea very civilized 497,000. Franklin graham, ceo of f the Christian Aid Group samaritans purse and son of evangelist preacher billy graham received a divine 880,000 for his wallet. In 2012, goodwills thenpresident john miller pulled in a bountiful 3. 5 compensationn and in higher education, u. S. Public College President s averaged salaries of 428,000 last year. What about public universities and colleges . Are there similar concerns with thosos rep. Chaffetz when the american taxpayers are having to subsidize and fund these organizations, at the same time parents are struggling, myself included, ive got two in college, to pay these high tuition rates, why should the university be making millions of dollars . Sharyl in a class of his own Ohio State University outgoing president gordon gee, whwho chalked up 6 million in compensation in 2013, the year he departed. When it comes to Health Care Nonprofits Kaiser Health plan has 20 executives who make over a million dollars. Chairman George Halvorson took in a healthy 10 million in 2013. And half thehebamacare nonprofit coop insurers, including the Louisiana Health cooperative, are going belly salaries are farrom anemic. The louisiana coop managed to find 1. 3 million for interim ceo terry shilling in 2013. Various nonprofits have argued they mususpay big salaries to attract topnotch talent to stay profitable and preserve management stability nonprofit quarterly says salaries less than average might leave an organization concerned about attracting and retaining the highly skilled and motivated Staff Members needed to achieve the goals. But chaffetz argues theres no bigger job t tn managing the coununy. So he has a bold new idea nonprofit executives shouldnt have a bigger salary than the president of the United States 400,000 a year. What if they say were gonna get far less talent if we start limiting our salaries . Rep. Chaffetz if you can be the president of the United States, managing a 3. 9 trillion dollar budget and all the headaches s at goes with it, for 400,000 a year,o can organizations. Sharyl at that planned parenthood hearing, democrat Elijah Cummings said for Profit Companies also get tax break, even those convicted of crimes, and called republican criticism of nonprofits hypocritical. Rep cummings these are hugege companies thth are actually guilty of breaking the law and their ceos make millions of dollars. Republicans never criticize the salaries of their ceos. Republicans targeted planned parenthood which provides essential high quality care to millions of american women more aggressisily than all these companies combined sharylz but theres at least one case of outrageous pay where Many Democrats and republicans see eye to eye the Mortgage Loan firms fannie mae and freddie mac. In july, mel watt, who heads the federal agency overseeing them, approved a scandalous hike for ceos timothy layton. They were making 600,000 apiece. Their raise . 650 to 4 million each. Congress moved quickly to block the increase. Rep. Chaffetz if you want to change your structure and be a for profit organization, make all you want. Im not trying to dictate this. Im just saying if youre taking the advantage of the subsidy that comes from being a not for profit, then youre not necessarily going to bring home a seven figure paycheck. Sharyl tired of all the criticism, the nfl gave up its nonprofit status last april after 73 years. Theyll lose millions in tax benefits. But theyont have to publicly sclose goodells big salary, anymore. The week of thanksgiving, president obama signed the bill into law suspending the controversial compensation packages for nonprofits fannie mae and freddie mac. Those ceos are rolled back from millions to 600,000 a year. More than the president makes. Still ahead on full measure, billions of dollars have been released to iran. Some fear it will be spent to both support terrorism and fuel a growing fight among arab states. And, well visit the only state capital in the u. S. To file for bankrurucy. What brought down harrisburg across america. Aryl in the last few weeks a involving the u. S. And iran. U. S. Sailors captured and released. U. S. Hostages,ome held for years, also released. Nuclear guidelines met and sanctions ended. Iran has emerged as a new entity free to engage in world trade and with around a hundred billion dollars released by y e u. S. S. The questiti is, does giving that kind of money to the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism make the u. S. And world safer or more dangerous . We spoke with juan zarate, a Terror Financing expert and senior aisor at the center for Strategic International studies. He was Deputy National security advisor during the george w. Bush administration and is authorf treasurys war the unleashing of a new erera of financial warfare. I looked on the state Department Website and iran is still listed as the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. In the u. S. View. Isnt there some concern that some of that money were releasing can go saight into e terrorism fununl . Mr. Zarata its a huge the fact that iran, the regime itself, which is unrepentant in its policies, and c certainly continues to support terrorist groups around the world, as well as regimes like t the assad regime in syria, will now have a windfall. This is an economic windfall. The world bank has said so. The iranians have said so. And theyre going to o e that money to support theiei proxies. To s sport their allies. And weve already heard from hasan nisrala, hezbollah secretary general and president assad of syria, that they expect capital. They expect funding. They expect support from iran at this point. Sharyl in your personal viewpoint, what does that mean for us . Mr. Zarata that meansnsot only have we taken theheilitary option off the table, weve taken on our most if i have economic pressure and Financial Measures off the table as well. We may designate certain individuals or entities here or there for other sanctions but we have now in this agreement reinjenthing the iranians into the financial system. Sharyl is there a downside to the hostages release and in the regional for all this happening . Mr. Zarata i think everyone is incredibly happy. And certainly pleased for the families of hostages that were returned. I think the problem, though, is the perceptiti that the ministration has now made it a practice of prisoner swaps or sws of hostages for other things that the hostage takers want. And though it seems to be an isolated case, its now become a bit of a practice. Youve had the bergdahl case and the cuban negotiations. Youve youve had other instances with iran where the hostage takers are in essence rewarded and given something in return for what theyre doing. And that has enormous policy implications and certainly creates incentives for regimes like iran or Even North Korea americans, if in fact they think they can getet something valuab in return. And its not a surprise that the day that that prisoner swap happened, you had three americans taken hostage in baghdad. From what appears to be iranianbacked militias in that country. Sharyl the administration believes its made a great deal and helped make the u. S. And world safer. And the analysis you give is a different picture. How could they be so opposite from one another . Mr. Zarata well, i think everyone hopes that the deal is a positive step. And not only constraining the Iranian Nuclear program. But perhaps a window into a new relationship between the u. S. And iran. Thats the great hope that this administration has had with this deal. That its a cornerstone for the are a approachment raprochment or new relationship with iran. I dont see evidence that that is going to happen and i worry at what weve done to front load these benefits of this giving thengm so much of the capital back early, giving them so much say as to how this then progresses, given them a say as to how the regime actually unfolds on the ground doesnt do much to ensure our leverage long term. And at the end of the day, best case scenario, iran can simply have a patient path to a nuclear progogram thats more legitimate, thats better funded, with a regime that hasnt really changed but is more emboldened and enriched and able to disrupt u. S. Interests around the world. Thats where i have trouble with where were headed with this deal. Especially a time when iran seems more aggressive, more blagojevich rant and certainly more blagojevich rent and more willing to attack u. S. More belligerant and more willing to attack u. S. Interests. Sharyl has the iranian deal made the u. S. Safer . Mr. Zarata this is not a moment where the Iranian Regime will transform itself and become a good citizen of the world. Regime is seen as an openingg to the world to take advantage and enforce reinforce and strengthen the power of the regime. Sharyl who advised george w. Bush says bush did not oppose making a deal with iran. The question is, will this particular deal succeed in making iran change its behavior . Still to come on full measure well visit one citth may be a canary in a coal mine. 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They convince city leaders to use bonds to borrow what looks like easy money for projects. But the cities can end up in ch deep debt they go bankrupt. Some of those e ties claim theye the victims and blame the wall street middlemen who make money on the whole deal. Wjla has our story. Chris you believe wall street took advantage of the city . Mayor papenfuse i think there was no question wall street took advantage of the city. Chris eric c penfuse is the current mayor of harrisburg, pennsylvlvia. In 2011, he watched his city become the first and still only state capital in American History to file for bankruptcy. Mayor papenfuse nobody wanted to stop the gravy train because everyone was profiting off the borrowing. Chris harrisburgs troubles began with, of all things, a broken down incinerator. In 2003 longtime mayay stephen reed decided to borrow money to fix it, by issuing bonds. One way a city can borrow money is by selling bonds. So called munibonds are tax free and aractive to some investors. Just like a mortgage, the city promises to pay the moneneback on a certain date, with interest. But harrisburgs incinerator burned far more money than trash as the city borrowed, and in eight years, the incinerator racked up nearly 400 million in debt, eight times the citys annual budget of 50 million. In 2011, harrisburg went belly up. Attorney Mark Schwartz is a former bond attorney who represented harrisburg during its bankruptcy. Mark schwartz wall street is more liable than h harrisburg. That mayor didnt put a gun to anybodys head. Chris wall street banks make a lot of money on commissions when brokering bond deals between cities and investors. Between 2003 and 2007, the harrisburg incineratororonds paid out 16 million in fees, with a big chunk going to wall street bankers, lawyers and consultants. For them harrisburg was a cash cow even as it was going bankrupt. Mark schwartz the motivation is you make a lot of money as an underwriter. I was in the Municipal Bond business as a bond lawyer and second a as an underwriter. You dont get paid to not do deals. Chris the art of the deal was film, the wolf of wall street, where unscrupulous wall street brokers got filthy rich off the backs of investors. Move the money from your kwlinets pocket to your pocket. But make clients money at the same time it is advantageous to everyone, correct . Mark schwartz my clients were parttime councilmen and fulltime grandmothers. What kind of financial sophistication is there . Theyre lucky if they can understand how their Home Mortgage works let alone the intricacies of the bond stuff. To make matters worse bonds issued by cities are not subject to strict federal oversight. Making the industry according to schchrtz largely selfpoliced. Wall street gets to keep its millions and the people of harrisburg have a broke city . Yeah. Absolutely. Same as detroit. Same as puerto rico. Chris puerto rico rang in the new year by defaulting on its debt payments. The u. S. Territory is struggling with more than 72 billion in debt

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