mr. obama was told back in 2010. germany is sending senior intelligence officials to washington. this morning, senator jean shehay says the nsa needs to come clean about its. surveillance programs. the reflations from snowden and the secrets that have been revealed are doing significant damage to our bilateral relationships with germany, with mexico, with the other countries where the suggestion is that we have listened in. so i think we have repair work to do, and i think we have hard questions we need to ask of the nsa about what s really happening in this program. this morning, the chairman of the house homeland security had a different point of view. the reality is the nsa has saved thousands of lives not just in the united states but in france and germany and throughout europe. the french are someones to talk. the fact is they carried out spying operations against the united states, both the government and industry. as far as germany, that s where the hamburg plo
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 the s
hardly any staff. i can t put my head around it. reporter: this woman who lives nearby asked us to hide her identity after complaining about the care at the home for 20 years. she says the past few days have been the worst and she called for help. the staff isn t over there. what s going on? reporter: when authorities arrived they found 14 patients inside including amputees, the bedridden and mentally impaired with only two workers caring for them. a janitor and a cook. it s kind of hard to fathom i mean you know they re human beings here. and we just leave people behind? reporter: the patients were moved to other facilities or in with family all said to be doing okay. authorities are now searching for the staff who abandoned their posts and their patients. and for the neighbors, that s the sickest part of all. hopefully some people are going to have their eyes open what s been doing on over there for the past 20 years and you know it s just ridiculous. repo
we have a lot of news to cover in the next hour. we have everything from big money and politics, big fines for people who try to smuggle big money in to bart. we are going to go in depth. what is next? what can lead you to prevent another strike? how is the public reacting to all of this. specifically what will we do? operators who walked out on more than a dozen seniors. bryan webb tells us if it weren t for a concerned neighbor, the situation could have been much worse. bryan, theate chris crosses a care facility shut down for two days still filled with patients but hardly any staff. it upsets me. this woman who lives nearby asked him to hide her identity after complaining about the for 20 years. she said the past few days have been the worst, so she called for help. the staff isn t over there, what s going on. reporter: when authorities arrived, they found 14 patients inside including amputees, the bedridden and mentally impaired with only two workers caring f
get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month s payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends october 31st. you know, talking about human beings here. they re unable to care for themselves. they re bedridden. they re in wheelchairs. more than a dozen people abandoned at a bay area assisted living home just days after it was ordered closed by the state. good evening and thank you for joining us. police say the owners cleared out leaving 14 people still inside. lisa amin ghoul ezian joins us live from the facility tonight. how did authorities even know to go there today? let me tell you, ama. this facility is right in the middle of a neighborhood, so those who live on this street called police and they say they see a lot of patients, they don t seem to see anybody else here. valley springs manor is off limits and cleared out tonight. this ambulance carried the last of the 14 patients. authorities say the facility s owners left behind