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good morning and welcome to aljazeera america on this monday. a group of european lawmakers arrived in washington today and want answers concerning the n.s.a. spying program. a number of reports almost all based on information leaked by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden suggest the u.s. has been spying on many countries and their leaders, including important u.s. allies. the white house denies the report that president obama knew the n.s.a. was eavesdropping on german leader angela merkel. we have the latest. a nine member delegation will meet with senior government officials over allegations of widespread spying against leaders. new allegations surfaced that president obama approved spying on german chancellor angela merkel. according to the wall street journal, the president was unaware the n.s.a. was spying on world leaders and ordered the agency to stop some of the monitoring programs after learning of them. the president assured the chancellor tha ....
than 60 million phone lines in that country over a one-month period. this comes as a european delegation is in washington looking for answers. al jazeera has this report. reporter: at the white house the presidential spokesman refused to be drawn on reports that the you u.s. tracked millions of spanish foe calls but repeated the nsa surveillance programs are being examined. we are doubling a review. we are mindful that some of these disclear us disclosure had tension in our relationships. with new capabilities we recognize there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence. reporter: tensions spiked with reports in germany suggesting president obama was briefed on the surveillance of german chancellor angela merkel s phone in 2010 and fast tracked any information gathered correctly to the white house. in the fast few days anonymous administration officials told the u.s. media that was false. and that a white house review only discovered ....
pieces. why an insurance loophole is preventing some from rebuilding their storm-ravaged homes. good morning. welcome to august america. it s great to have you with us. i m stephanie sy. i m thomas day den. the national security agency is now under fire here at home. both the president and congress are considering changes that would limit the n.s.a. s sweeping ability to collect intelligence. words like constraint, transparency and increased oversight are now used when talking about the future of the nation s spy agency. a bipartisan group of lawmakers is expected to introduce a bill that could curtail the n.s.a. s powers to indiscriminately collect personal information. the u.s.a. freedom act is authored by patrick lahee. it would provide restrictions against who the n.s.a. could target and require the government to delete information it collects accidentally, more aggressively than it does now. the bill has a dozen co sponsors in the senate and 70 in the h ....
good morning. welcome to al jazeera america. i m stephanie sy. the n.s.a. has been under fire for months following edward snowden s disclosure of its mass if collection of phone records in the u.s. and around the world. as alan fisher reports a presidential 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 non-u.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 one-sided. so i think we need gen urine over ....
the president says the u.s. will try again to rescue americans in south sudan. gunfire stopped an earlier mission today. the three u.s. aircraft were about to land in the site of some of the country s worst violence in the past week. four american soldiers were shot. they are now in stable position but just yesterday gunfire downed a u.n. helicopter in the same area. and just two years ago, south sudan became its own country, but it s now ravages by political and he had tick ethnis between tribes. the president says the unrest was started by the former vice president who belongs to a rival tribe. so far hundreds have been killed and there is fear of a civil war in the worlds newest country. with more, a report from south sudan s capital. reporter: a memorial service for the united nations peacekeepers killed in south sudan. they died trying carry out their mandate to protect civilians, but in the end were unable to protection themselves. for their colleagues, it s an ....