Welcome everyone to viewers in the United States and around the world. Yes, it is friday, so happy friday. Im amara walker. Former President Trump is set to speak at an Alabama Party dinner in montgomery. He will likely have more to say about his arrest and arraignment on four charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump carefully enunciated his plea of not guilty before a Magistrate Judge. After the Hearing Sources tell cnn that trump was, quote, pissed off. Chris wynn has more on thursdays historic events. Reporter in an historic move, donald trump was charged with conspiring to overturn the results of a 2020 election which prosecutors say fueled the violence riots on our Nations Capital on january 6, 2021. This is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Reporter trump appeared before a Magistrate Judge thursday. He is charged with Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceed
attempts to undermine the democratic freedoms of this great nation. reporter: and this is just the latest case of possible spying tactics by china. earlier this year the u.s. accused the chinese sxwoechlts of using a surveillance balloon to capture imagery on u.s. military sites. a spokesperson for the chinese embassy accused of u.s. government of hyping the cases and that this is a groundless slander and smear of china. the incident putting further pressure on an already strained relationship. jen sullivan reporting. let s bring in shawn turner, former director of communication for u.s. national intelligence. sean, go thank you so much for joining you. based on what we know about these two sailor, what concerns you the most and how will the chinese government use this infor
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you have a big heart. today there are daunting challenges for the nsa surveillance program and the collecting of american phone records. cnn learned the federal watchdog group that focuses on privacy issues concludes the program is illegal and also has minimal value in fighting terrorism. the bulk collection of phone records was one of the secret spying tactics revealed by snowden, the form her contractor who blew the lid off intelligence gathering. the obama administration is said to have it wrong according to iran s foreign minister. he talks about the sixes month nuclear deal and says a never agreed to dismantle anything. the white house version, both underplays the concessions and overplays iranian commitment. i m not interested in that. i m simply saying why don t we all stick to what we agreed?
clubs. miami beach police say they did not, carol, provide that unauthorized escort. so there s a lot going on with justin in miami right now. of course, we re just beginning to sort it all out. i ll let you get back to it. nischelle turner reporting live for us this morning. also just in, first time jobless claims appear to be leveling off. claims rose by 1,000 applications last week to 326,000. that was lower than what many economists had predicted and some say it could be a sign firings have leveled off after the holiday retail season. today there are daunting new challenges for the nsa surveillance program and the wide net it casts in collecting americans phone records. that was one of the secret spying tactics revealed by edward snowden, the former contractor who blew the lid off the nation s intelligence gathering. cnn has learned a federal watchdog group that focuses on privacy issues concludes that the program is not only illegal, it also has minimal value in