So we begin tonight with a new ruling on the nsa spying controversy. A federal judge ruled at the time legal for the National Security agency to collect socalled metadata from persons cell phone. A week ago another judge ruled it basically violated are rights. John terrett could you tell us . Half us think its a good idea because it keeps us safe, the other half thinks its terrible. And now members of the judiciary. Not just any members of the judiciary, two federal judges, district judges, pretty high up, one in new york, one in washington, d. C, coming to completely different conclusions on basically the same issue. Take a look. In his ruling federal judge William Pauley of new york, connected fragmented and fleeting communications. He said the 9 11 attacks might have been prevented if the phone Data Collection system had existed then to help investigators connect the dots before the attacks occurred. He says the governments learned from its mistakes and has adapted to confront a new
Tonight security is being tightened across russia after i bombing t bombing at a strain station. The blast occurred in volegrad about 600 south of moscow and 400 miles from sochi. The u. S. Condemned the bombing and says it stands with russia against trierrorism. Peter sharp has the latest. Reporter the chaotic aftermath. A body lies on the ground as the Emergency Services scramble to treat services. Officials say a woman set off explosives near metal detectors. The blast captured on camera. The station was packed with thousands of people leaving on the christmas holidays. Translator everything was covered in smoke. After ten minutes, i was able to see again, and there were bodies everywhere. Inside the train station, everything is destroyed. Reporter the attack killed and injured dozens of people. Translator according to preliminary information, the power of this explosion was the equivalent of 10 kilograms of tnt. There would have been many more victims if it werent for the socalled
Concussions in sports we are look back at the year that was. Al from snap chat, social media continues to penetrate every aspect of our lives. With he break down some of the biggest changes in the world. And well take a look back at the notable people who left us this year. Welcome to the special Holiday Edition of consider this. We begin with the stories that made the biggest headlines. The the government shut down that no one really wanted but no one could really stop to the birth of a royal baby who is a long way off from inheriting the throne, but who everybody wanted to talk about anyway. We will start with the top political stories then move on to security, the international scene, and some of the top water cooler stories of 2013. David road, prize winning reporter, and tony karen, senior on line executive producer and Senior Editor at time. Com. Great to have you with us today. I want to start with the government shut down, was arguably the biggest is story of the year. Really d
Fueled much of that spending, then there is the jobs front. The number of americans filing for unemployment is at its lowest level in nearly a month. The Labor Department says jobless claims fell by 42,000 last week, and when you add it all together, watch the stock market sore. I mean at the end of the month, 2. 5 Million People go off unemployment because it is the emergency Unemployment Benefits program. Will end, thats money really spent every day by every recipient. Plus the jobs we have saved are not necessarily the higher paying jobs. In november, in october for example, half the jobs are created were in the retail sector. Or hotel, and restaurant personnel, not career jobs. And not the best paying jobs. It is immaterial proving not going to be a particular date that we see a turn around, and that it wont be a particular statistic, that tells us what is the turn around. So for more on this economy, lets turn to jim, who has been speaking to shoppers, jim, as always great to see
Utah set to fight a federal ruling allowing same sex marriage in that state. Consider this, will it challenge land in the u. S. Supreme court potentially back firing on Marriage Equality opponents. Also, two judges with two as the courts fight it out, what does it mean for the monitoring of your telephone calls. Also a major casino doubles down anteing up employees salaries. And smaly americans, recruited by an american offshoot. Widespread group of american immigrants. Hello everyone, im adam mace, is iting in for antonio mora. Both of these issues could end up in Supreme Court in 2014, were talking about same sex marriage and the nsa telephone program. Just the past week, in utah, scenes like this one became pretty common. By the power invested in me i now pronounce you married in the state you live in with your family. You may kiss. Now, utahs attorney general says hell appeal that ruling by District Court judge robert shelby. He says the states ban on same sex marriage was unconsti