snowden said after he left the united states soil can be absolutely corroborated. >> you know how well the russians treat them. we do. i suspect they got something. >> maybe you suspect. but we don't know. and you don't either. >>> welcome back to "third rail", we'll move from free speech to what is a high price to pay for equality. california's quality aims to bring into law a gender pay gap deal. is it better in theory than justice. >> the californian fair pay act requires women to be paid a similar amount. >> it will create problems. >> until you have a way to paper. >> let's bring in john fund, a columnist for the national review, and editor for spectator. faisal patel, from the national security programme at n.y.u.'s brennan center. the idea here is that the law would say if there's a female checkout clerk at a wal-mart in sacramento, and she finds a male checkout clerk at wal-mart. she can petition the company to pay her, because it's substantially the same work. what do you think? >> it's a good idea. there has been a persistent gender gap in wages. a reason for that is that it'

don't think anything that edward snowden said after he left the united states soil can be absolutely corroborated. >> you know how well the russians treat them. we do. i suspect they got something. >> maybe you suspect. but we don't know. and you don't either. >> i've seen people sittin' there for 10, 11 months and not even know why they was in jail. >> if you don't have any money, you're finished. >> you get mental scars from this. >> how many kids have they thrown away? >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >>> welcome back to "third rail", we'll move from free speech to what is a high price to pay for equality. california's quality aims to bring into law a gender pay gap deal. is it better in theory than justice. >> the californian fair pay act requires women to be paid a similar amount. >> it will create problems. >> until you have a way to paper. >> let's bring in john fund, a columnist for the national

handle is@snowden. citizen 4 hits twitter. >>> there are certain news events when you examine the coverage them reveal much about the larger story: the disaster that structural the hajj pilgrimage in mecca is an example of that reflected through the lenses of saudi and airanian media. two tloningz of pilgrims met at an intersection called nina. what happens next is unclear. what we know is hungry of lives were lost. one of the reasons for the confusion journalists say is they were denied access to the scene for up to seven hours. the larger story is the geo politics of the region, news reports coming out of riyadh and a bit of bad press given it happened in a place muslims consider sacred and saw e arabia and iran are fighting wars by proxy elsewhere in the region. our starting point this week is mecca. >>> the city of mecca is home to 2 million people and the kaaba considered by most to be the holiest site in islam. during the hajj, the city's population can more than triple. this is not the first time crowd control has fallen short with lethal results. when the story broke, imag

edward snowden's nsa spying. paul brennan reports. >> every day, business is conducted between the united states and europe. all supposedly protected by a transthrarng transatlantic privacy agreement called safe harbor. but now it's been decided that safe harbor can't be trusted. >> penl data anything in which a living individual can be identified. so that ranges from something as simple as an e-mail signature block to details in a life read database for example. >> in 2013 former cia contractor edward snowden leaked classified documents of covert snooping of u.s. intelligence agencies. it was those revelations that brought max shrem to bring these cases to court. transfers uses data to service outside the eu. whether it's a digital photograph, or a credit card details or indeed multimillion dollar business deals all that data has to be stored on servers such as this. more often than not they are not in the european union, they are cited in the united states. the european union promised to match the u.s. privacy rules. safe harbor is worthless. facebook insists its doing in wrong a

source the second snowden. the important point you found citizen u.s. is relying -- you found is the u.s. is relying on intelligence and find the targets and a lot of innocents are being killed. >> it shows the white house and pentagon the portrayal of the drones being surgical ways of is not true. nineout of 10 people they killed in drone strikes were not the intended target. we don't know who they were. maybe they were taliban, but maybe they weren't. congress needs to get involved and ask questions about who we are killing and is it making us safer or less safe? >> you argument the u.s. is depending on unreliable signals and intelligence in making choices and that is hampering our ability to gain the kind of intelligence from the targets the united states needs in order to fight these groups. the question is how easy is it to capture these guys in hostile territories? >> this is not smart. the former chief intelligence officers the people who killed osama bin laden he just was the defense intelligence agency chief and say its is counter-productive. you can whack somebody with a dr

january. >>> the european parliament has taken a surprising stand on edward snowden. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >>> the mean union has chosen a blogger for the prize for humanrights. sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for insulting islam. his case has drawn international attention with calls for saudi arabia's team to pardon him. the eu says his fight for freedom of speech makes him the perfect recipient. his canned is living in calendar. who says it gives him a message for hope and courage. >>> policy and procedu >>> president obama called the king to discuss with the king and they vowed today maintain a strategic partnership. the ki

. >> general, thank you very much. >>> the obama administration said its policy on edward snowden has not changed, despite a strong signal of support from the european union. the e.u. europe yawn passed a resolution to protect him from extradition, calling him an international human rights defender who should be shielded from prosecution. snowden lives in asylum in russia. he is facing espionage charges in the u.s. for leaking documents. in a tweet, he called the e.u.'s vote a game-changer. >> the state department is expected to release another batch of hillary clinton's emails from her time at secretary of state. last week, the emails came up during her marathon hearing before the house benghazi committee. the f.b.i. is investigating whether she handled classified information by using a private server. the monthly email releases are expect to continue through january. >>> a california court rejecting a right to die lawsuit brought by three terminally ill patients who wanted doctors to prescribe fatal medications. the court said physicians break the law if those drugs are prescribed. it w

other revelations appear on a long set of articles. who broke the news about edward snowden's leaks more than two years ago. leaked by someone identifies only as the source. one some people are already calling the second snowden. many of the drone articles are written by journalist, who says the leaker wanted the public to know how the u.s. administration decides to assassination people. >> the finality of the bucher rackky of assassination is so clear, in these documents the cold corporate words that they use to describe killing people. the basics of man hunting. 11 of the terms they use. the tyranny of distant. is another term they use. >> arab features. to describe people that they are looking at from thousands of feet above. slighteds include details about the program from 2011 to 2013. other key claims president obama has the ultimate sign off approving drone strikes but the system for creating portraits of suspects known as baseball cards and targeting them depends largely on inferior reliance. the civil liberties union say they are eye opening. >> one of the most controversy

began being questioned after edward snowden's disclosure of nsa spying. a statement was issued that said: but more than 3,000 companies, including apple, google, and microsoft rely on the safe harbor agreement. the ruling could force tech companies to significantly change the way they do business in europe in order to avoid breaking european law. >>> for the first time in three years there is no ten commandments monument on oklahoma's capitol grounds. the monument was removed late last night. the state supreme court ruled in june the display violates a law that public property cannot be used to promote religion. officials say they moved the monument late at night to avoid protests. >>> the financial trouble in one of the world's favorite tourist spots. >> i'm taking a closer look at chinese investments in the caribbean. ♪ >>> schools in one texas district are scramming to replace a u.s. history textbook this week after a student told his mom it referred to slavery as immigration. >> they had africans and african americans as workers, implying pay, as if we had come here willingly

details in a library database. >> in 2013, former c.i.a. contractor edward snowden leaked classified documents revealing the scale and intrusiveness of covert snooping. it was those that prompted campaigner to bring the case to the european course. it was focused on the europe. whether it's photographs put on social media websites, credit cards or mutti million deals, all has to be stored on servers such as this. more often than not, if they are not in the european union, they are cited by the united states. under the agreement america decided to match the rules. what is clear and acknowledged by the court is spay agency suggests overrode and ignored rules. safe harbour is worthless. safe harbour insists it did nothing wrong. it declined a request and says iand governments ensure that they continue to provide reliable methods and resolve issues relating to national security. >> binding corps rules and consent for data. another solution is to make the spy agencies accountable. if i'm spied on. there's not an avenue. that is fundamentally imbalanced. if the u.s. commits an act. europea

identified only as the source, one some people are already calling the second snowden. many articles were written by a journalist who says the leaker wanted the americans to know. >> the banality of it is to clear, the cold, corporate words they use to describe killing people, the basics of manhunting is a term they use. the tyrrany of distance. arab features to describe people they're looking at from thousands of feet above. slides include details about the drone programs in afghanistan, yemen, and somolia from 2011 to 2013. another claim, president obama has the ultimate signoff for drone attacks. the aclu says it's eye opening >> it has been the use of lethal force and the rules under which it's carried out and the consequences. the government has claimed the authority to use lethal force based on vague changing standards including in places outside of armed conflict. >>reporter: and there's this. these documents raise serious concerns body about whether the u.s.a. has consistently violated law. on thursday, the white house responded to the stories saying the u.s. goes to great lengths

website the intercept, edited by journalistses he had greenwald who broke stories of edward snowden years ago. identified as the source, some are call the second slow den. many articles were written by an author who wanted to let the public know how the u.s. administration decides to assassinate people. >> it is so clear in this documents, the cold corps relate words that they use to describe killing people, the basics of manhunting is one of the terms that they use, the tyranny of distance is another term that they use. slides provided by the course include details about the u.s. drone programs in afghanistan, yemen and somalia from 2011-2013. other key claims, president obama has the ultimate sign off approving drone strikes, but the system for creating portraits of suspects known as bible cards and targeting them dependency large "on inferior and unreliable intelligence. the american civil liberties union said the articles are eye opening. >> one of the controversial aspects of the u.s. counter terrorism operations in the last 10 plus years has been the use of lethal force and ru

, edward snowden, leaked privacy documents of covert snooping by u.s. intelligence agencies, and it was that that brought this case to the european court. on facebook, the transfers use data as a service outside of the eu. whether it's the digital photograph that we put on the media website, or credit card details, all of that data has to be stored on servers such as this. but more often than not, here in the europe, they're cited in the united states, and in the safe harbor agreement, america decided to match the privacy rules. and if american sky agencies continually override and ignore privacy rules, safe harb senior worthless. facebook insists that it has done nothing wrong, and it operates within laws. but a it statement saying that it's imperative that the eu and united nations governments pride lawful data transfers and resolve any issues related to national security. model contracts, binding corporate rules or our own consent, for data to be transported. of course another would be to make the u.s. spy agencies more accountable. >> if i get spied on by the usa, there's no way to

techniques or something? >> the concern is, since the edward snowden revolutions about the program which allegedly allowed the u.s. to snoop on data being held in the u.s. the concern was european citizen data could also be surveilled in this way. the european court was therefore prepared to make this ruling. the idea is it means european citizens are pretexted to european standards. >> more widely, i think this is something about an agreement called safe harbor. can you explain that and how it affects others. >> apparently it affects something like just over 4.5 thousand businesses. safe harbor is an agreement that was set up back 2000, under which companies certified they were holding european citizens information lawfully. now what that means for companies that instead of self certifying, it doesn't stop the transfer of data, but it means they are going to have to jump through quite a few legal hoops. >> and they must have been prepared for this sort of thing, here? >> yeah. >> the court ruling might come as a surprise on the day, but there have to be contingency plans. >> it doesn't

signature block to details in a library database, for example. >> reporter: in 2013 edward snowden leaked classified documents revealing the sheer scale of the snooping by intelligence agencies in the u.s. that prompted this man to bring his case to the national court. whether it's a digital photograph that we put on our social media websites, credit card website, or multi-million dollar business deals. all of that data has to be stored on servers such as this. now under the safe harbor agreement, america promised to match the european unions privacy rules, but what is now acknowledged by the europe yoon court is that american's spy agencies routinely override and ignore european privacy rules. safe harbor is worthless. facebook insists he has done nothing wrong. it issued a statement saying: it includes such things such as model contracts, binding corporate rules or our own consent for data to be transmitted. or to make the u.s. spy agencies more accountable. >> if i get spied on by the nsa, there is no place to go in the u.s. so if the u.s. can reform their privacy act, so that either e

. >> the safe harbor law began being questioned after edward snowden's revelation of spying. more than 3,000 companies, including apple, google and microsoft rely on the safe harbor agreement. the ruling could force tech companies to significantly change the way they do business in europe in order to avoid breaking european law. >> customers who stayed at seven patch trump hotels are warned they have been the victims of data hacks. hackers gained access to its front desk and computer systems between may of 2014 and june of this year at two new york locations as well as miami, chicago, hawaii, las vegas and toronto. trump hotel officials say an independent investigation has not found any evidence of customers information being misused. >> artists from around the world are painting murals to shine a light on human rights in iran as part of a campaign to bring attention to jailed journalists and artists there. organizers hope the project will put pressure on iran. >> artist ron is mixing colors and creativity in brooklyn to support journalists in iran. >> my mess is that you can't ha