Pieces. Why an insurance loophole is preventing some from rebuilding their stormravaged homes. Good morning. Welcome to august america. Its great to have you with us. Im stephanie sy. Im 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 nations 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 house. Meanwhile, senator
8 58 p. M. , a huge object believing to be a meteor right fell on a farm. 75 years ago, martians innovated the planet or people listening to the radio thought they did. A look back at the war of the World Broadcast that caused widespread panic across the country. Good morning. Welcome to Aljazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Good to have you with us on this wednesday. Two hours from now, the health and Human Services secretary will testify. Many are saying she should be fired. Kathleen see bellous will be asked to explain the failure of the health care website. We have more on what she might say today. Good morning. You know, Kathleen Sebelius probably not going to get a warm and fuzzy eception. She has become a focal point of criticism not only for the Failing Health care website, but for obamacare itself. One of her top two lieutenants provided a warmup act. I want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. A member of the Obama Administration apologize f
Oversight of the nsa. You are looking live right now at the House Intelligence Committee holding a hearing on that very issue. Witnesses include the director of national intelligence, james clapper, who sounded a wri note on the outrage over u. S. International spy efforts. I have to say, chairman rodgers, some of this reminds me a lot of the classic movie kasa blanka, my god, there is gambling going on here. The same thing. Indeed it is. The president faces an uproar including from chancellor mer l merkel, whose cell phone was tapped. The administration has denied the president knew the extent of the spying. And the president said last night he has ordered a fuel review. In an interview on the new fusion network. The National Security operations generally have one person, and that is to make sure the American People are safe and im making good decisions and im the final user of all the intelligence they gather. What we have seen over the last several years is their capacities continue
Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie cy. The 2013 election brought major surprises, but for avid political watchers and the offyear voting was a tasty appetizer for the main courses to come, next years midterms and the race for the white house two years later. Voters picked new leaders in cities and states across the country. Most of the National Focus was on new jersey and virginia, where governors were chosen. New jersey incumbent Chris Christie was reelected in a landslide. Hes viewed as a Top Republican challenger to Hillary Clinton in a potential 2016 president ial matchup. In virginia a powerful clinton ally, Terry Mcauliffe narrowly beat republican ken cuccinelli. Virginia has been a battleground state in the last two elections. New york city elected its first democratic mayor in more than two decades, bill de blasio. In detroit mike dugan is the citys first white mayor in 40 years. Al jazeera has all the election details. In a race widely seen as a refe
Right here. You asked a question, im going to answer it. Its a false choice to stay its obama care or nothing. There are numerous proposals, including the one im a cosponsorof. I yield back, sir. Let me take the time back. Are you serious what you just said . Are you really serious . After what we have gone through. After what we have gone through in the last 3. 5 years . Have you you can sit there and say that you had a legitimate alternative after these years . Weve gone through 44 votes, 48 votes now of you trying to dismantle this legislation. You ka ul that cooperation . I dont. Yep, thats one way of putting it. Welcome to morning joe, everyone. It is october 30th, the day before halloween. Thats how harold and i were on education. It wasnt that, kill the mood. We have pulitzer please historian john meacham. Are you going to do the Jonas Brothers right now . I did it earlier. I proofread it. No one proofread the Jonas Brothers. Thats a shame. Msnbc visiting analyst. Former democra