my editor to get the guardian behind it in a very fast way. >> june 5th, 2013, the day edward snowden blue the whistle on the nsa. first the guardian reported on a secret fbi order backed up by a court requiring verizon and other american mobile providers to hand over metadata, logs of domestic phone calls in the u.s. and to numbers overseas. the next day june 6th the washington post told the world about prism, a data mining tool so sweeping that the agency's own domentsd and diagrams called it the nsa's number one source of raw intelligence. and the nsa wasn't the only organization with some explaining to do. other intelligence agencies, mi-5 and gchq in britain and the googles and yahoos and verizons, who opened their books, had their feet put to the fire. all those stories and more to come came from just one source, one leak. >> what we have learned from this massive outpouring of documents is just how secret surveillance operations have been. the extent to which the government has kind of taken free rein in what they believe they can do in the language that has been put in place.

edward snowden to give back what he took last year. little by little americans are learning more about what their government has been up to around the world, and at home. flapper had plenty to say about the value of what was taken and the man who took it. what i do want to speak to, as a nation senior intelligence offer, is the profound damage that his disclosures continue that us ca. the director of national intelligence james clapper appeared before the senate yesterday. what snowden has stolen and exposed has gone way way beyond his professed concerns. as a result, we have lost foreign sources including some shared with us by valued partners. >> in blistering testimony, he told the committee the snowden leaks pose a greater threat to national security than terrorists. it is evidence to me that most of the documents stolen by mr. snowden have nothing to do with the privatesy rights and civil liberties of american citizens. or even the nsa collection program. it is hard to verify the claims but it is clear the view from the intelligence agencies and the administration they serve

edward snowden's leaking all this sensitive information six months ago propelled this debate, generated this debate, and as a result of this enormous debate that's been going on here in the united states and around the world, the president of the united states has now come forward with a series of reforms. >> the president took ownership of this issue because of the snowden leaks. what i'm suggesting is that absent snowden, there are routine mechanisms in place that are routinely used by our intelligence community to evaluate themselves and to improve their posture in terms of how they do business. >> but don't you think the president was already thinking about this, because he was getting a lot of grief from his laughed-about drones, and that when he gave a speech to the national defense last may, that is clearly something he was thinking about. i think snowden added a different level. >> it was a double punch. drone, snowden, i've got to embrace this. >> i don't think i can imagine this speech today, the need for this speech, the intelligence reform panel, the urgency. the turning of

edward snowden. >> attorney-general eric holder says the u.s. is willing to talk when it comes to discussing criminal charges. the catch - edward snowden must take responsibility your for leaking top-secret information, in other words plead guilty. edward snowden defended his actions during a live internet chat. i spoke to our own john terrett about the story. >> edward snowden spoke to the world via the internet site of his defense team. there was a dozen questions asked. some questions and answers were better than others. we selected three for you, the question asks was: edward snowden replies: >> second question: the reply: finally the third question: >> edward snowden gave a longer answer but i've whittled it down to: >> i should say, it's edward snowden's lawyers that say threats have been made against him by intelligence agencies, al jazeera america has no independent information on that subject. how interesting that edward snowden should be elevated to the level of a national debate on the day he gives the internet chat from the privacy and oversight board and the attorney-

the man, 28-year-old linden wesley, to a woman named navahcia edwards, age 25. edwards is a former employee of the tcf bank and a chase bank in the same area. >> we learn that through the fbi that she had been caught embezzling between $20,000 and $30,000. she was brought in by the bank investigators and had confessed but agreed to make restitution. this woman had worked at the bank before. she was listed as an associate of the male customer who was in prior to the bank rob we, and that she had been in some financial trouble in the past. >> edwards is charged with theft, but she could escape conviction if she pays the money back. detectives discover in an effort to raise more funds, edwards has a new job. she has an online website advertising her as an adult model and x-rated actress. >> it's not often we're investigating a bank robbery suspect and are an escort. with seminude photos of themselves on the internet. so that was a first for me. >> police now believe edwards plotted to rob her old bank to pay back her debt and then some. through tracking edwards' credit card purchases,

east coast. >>> plus, calls for mercy. two prominent newspapers demand nsa leaker edward snowden be allowed to return to the united states. >>> and wrongful death lawsuit. an nfl player murders his girlfriend, then kills himself. why his mother is blaming the team for it all. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta. you're in "the situation room." >>> well, if you live in the northeast, you're about to get hit very hard. a monster storm threatening nearly 100 million people across 22 states is barreling towards the region right now with some of the fiercest conditions only hours away. cape cod and long island are facing blizzard warnings where winds are already gusting up to 40 miles per hour while new york city and boston could see as much as a foot of snow each. cnn has team coverage across the region but we begin with our frederick pleitgen in boston where conditions are so bad, the airport is about to stop all flights. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, we are feeling the conditions getting worse really by the hour. right now, the snow is getting a lot heavier. also, we'

our. breaking news on r.t.e. edward snowden could have the chance to stay in russia indefinitely a russian lawmaker says the n.s.a. whistleblower will be offered extended asylum more on this story just ahead. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife appeared in court today they stand accused of perceiving gifts from a wealthy c.e.o. for political favors the party was at the hearing and brings you a special report coming up and in switzerland the syrian peace talks could end before they even start today representatives of the government and the opposition failed to meet face to face we'll bring you all the details straight from geneva later in the show. it's friday january twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i live here and david and you're watching r.t. america. we begin today with breaking news that russia plans to extend its offer of asylum to former government contractor edward snowden beyond august which is where when his one year temporary asylum was such the end this is all according to remarks by russian lawmaker alexy push cobb who spoke today at the world e

. when we come back, we're going to talk about edward snowden. david shuster has been collecting information about the nsa laeseaker, and we'll talk t jacob ward who will talk about the private sector and how much information they have on you. the news of the day plus so much more. answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. you are returning to our continuing coverage of the nsa controversy

" was one of the first journalists edward snowden reached out to. >> he has brought to light lies. >> investigators clouded. program. >> a u.s. judge ruled the collection of domestic telephone unconstitutional. >> only a check on those in power is if we the public know what we are doing. >> edward snowden remains in exile without a u.s. passport, facing espian acknowledge charges. for some, he's a traitor, for others, he is a patriotic whistleblower revealing government excesses.

disaster. >> tonight - from international fugitive to nobel prize nominee. can edward snowden ever come home? is it time for the u.s. to make a deal? >> we heard the number 1.7 million documents. if you printed them all and stacked them they would be more than three miles high. >> and priceless penny. >> all on six. n.b.a. superstar on young players that inspired him to get off the hardcourt on to the sideline. >> i never thought i would be a middle school coach. it happened, and i'm enjoying it. >> good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm joie chen. it is not a stretch to say that atlanta never deals well with weather emergency. speaking as someone with a lot of affection for the city, what is going on now is incomprehensible. we hear 10, 12 hours, people stuck in their cars to finally give up and walk a couple for hours to the icy roads home. children forced to spend the night at school, taking shelter with teachers. family teaching at stores. all because of the unusual, but not unprecedented blast of cold and deadly weather. some is nature's fault. it turns out that some of what h

out that edward sciences which was down 27% last year might have the ingredients for a textbook bottom, the kind i tell you about in get rich carefully. edwards slashed and burned its guidance last month. it can often be a sign that a buying opportunity is at hand. sure enough, edwards rallied 7%. that's textbook since the beginning of the year. this company is rapidly growing in the heart valve products but they're worried it could face stiff competition. however, today we found out that edwards won a big patent infringement lawsuit over this product. edwards will get 394 billion dollars in damages if everything goes through and now they're seeking a permanent injection to keep the other products off the market. always willing and eager to listen to the other side of the story on this show. i'm thrilled to have mike muson. he's the chairman and ceo of edwards life sciences. welcome to "mad money," sir. >> hey, jim, happy to be here. just call me mike. >> okay, mike. fair enough. mike, here's the deal. maybe we just got lucky today but this has got to be -- this lawsuit win, i k

, passengers on board a russian research ship are finally going to head home. >>> edward snowden should get asylum as the "new york times" surprise editorial that claims the nsa leaker deserves a deal because he did the country a great service. >>> snap chat users you've been hacked. 4.6 million user names and phone numbers leaked online months after snap chat was warned about a major security hole. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in for carol costello. she has the day off. just minutes ago, a new pulse of the economy according to the labor department, jobless claims fell last week to 339,000, that's better than expected, and the lowest weekly level in a month. alison kosik is in the new york bureau. good news to start a new year. >> it is good news to start the new year, what it basically shows is layoffs are slowing. the trick is we want to see more jobs being offered out there, more hiring going on. for that we look to the big cahuna, the government jobs report. that comes out a week from tomorrow, january 10th, the forecast is

concerned with civil liberties, how is it all of this on grand scale edward snowden and syria and all of the s's, affects us in v vermont. so there is a federal organization that happens to be in vermont because it happens to be in vermont. it is in wiliston. it is 150 people who sit at computers and they process every police query nationwide of a potential illegal alien. that is their job. it is part of i.c.e. which is part of homeland security. and inside that group is b.r. g b.r.a.g. bioterrorism something something group. and they process all the applications that have to do with people seeking jobs with type one or type two bio agents. people associated with cdc or high level public and private sector research. there is a law called the patriot act that says you cannot work in biological or chemical fields unless you are cleared and if you are not cleared you are called a restricted person. so i started doing research because i wanted to know how many restricted people are there. that is a good question, right? i e-mailed the fbi private affairs office, e-mail people i know,

succeed democrat ralph north ham. >>> in a rare interview, edward snowden is making new accusations about the nsa and the united states spying techniques. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: edward snowden leveled his latest accusation at america's national security agency, the nsa. that it has been spying on foreign companies too. >> reporter: does the nsa spy on siemens, on other successful german companies, for example, to have the advantage of knowing what is going on in the scientific and economic world? >> i don't want to preempt the editorial desessions of journalists. but -- decisions of journalists. but i will say there is no question the u.s. is engaged in economic spying. if they think things will be interesting to the national interest of the under the circumstances they'll go after that. edward snowden said he is no longer in possession of nsa documents. what he had he has already given out to a few, select journalists. his legal adviser said it is unlikely edward snowden will return to the u.s. to face felony charges, but attorney general eric holder says while the

. >> definitely. >> information provided to greenwald by former nsa contractor edward snowden. it reveals how the government collects phone data, and spies on world leaders. all of this is a concern for privacy advocates along with many americans, but the nsa maintains the program is nothing to fear. according to them they aren't monitoring calls or after the contents of your e-mail. the data helps them to connect the dots between those wish to go harm americans. >>> recommendations it says will improve, not impair the agency. and ready to weigh in is journalist glen greenwald. welcome to the stream. >> great to be with you. thanks for having me. >> yes, take listen to this, president obama discussing the process. >> i'm taking this very seriously. this is the debate that needed to be had. the question that we're going to have to ask, can we accomplish the same goals that this program is intended to accomplish in ways that give the public more confidence that impact the nsa is doing what it's supposed to be doing. >> so here are some of the recommendations. the president plans to

some form of clemency for edward snowden. is there any reason to think president obama would want to green leniency to someone who stole countless secret highly cl classified documents? we'll get to that. and president obama, what might he be watching on his flight home? reporters spotted "madmen" dvds on his plane. stick around for that. but, first, barack obama is a social media savvy president. the idea for his january 2011 town hall was pretty simple. went like this. people would submit questions on youtube and the rest of america would get to vote on those questions. what would be asked to the president. but when it came time to answer them, the president didn't end up responding to the most popular questions. he answered what his team described as, quote, a selection of them. and there was a reason for this. the reason why obama didn't want strict majority rule when it came to question selection for his town hall. because when all the votes were counted up, 99 of the top 100 questions were about the same politically sensitive subject. marijuana and the war on drugs. and there w

now. >> hello. welcome to "countdown." i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. are standingorters by a crossed the world and ready to deliver stories that will drive your day. we'll get stills from the world's largest jewelry maker. airline hide will have those numbers. we are also following microsoft news for the new ceo candidates. i'm getting tough on bank capital. and in sydney, the poor job numbers. sweetest have the story of the day. more regulation on sugar that affect profits. we will take a look at those numbers. china. the government is urging people to stay inside. breakingget to numbers. the jewelry rocket maker is releasing its numbers. >> we know the brands well. not living up to expectations in the third quarter. we are staying shy of just 3 billion euros. analysts expected just over $3 billion. it is a misstep there. the gross is also a miss. sales are rising nine percent in certain currencies. many have been hoping to see double digits. double digit growth is not out of their grasp. china, this is where they said they are expect in it to be the slowest year in lux

look at edwards noted, the man who broke the nsa spy scandal that dominated the in 2013. >> first, this news in brief. >> the apprentice runner-up says he's sending reinforcements to the anbar province after fighting killed more than a dozen people there. that reverses a previous decision to withdraw troops and hand over security operations to local police. it isn't the majority sunni and many residents feel marginalized by the shia led government. >> there's a new mayor for the first time in a zÜrich. -- in new york city. bill de blasio is the first democrat to occupy city hall at nearly two decades. he takes over from billionaire is this man, michael bloomberg. >> about 900 campers have fled a large bushfire that has rooted out a popular vacation spot in australia. the lays is burning out of control about 50 kilometers from australia's third-largest city, brisbane. the nsa scandal was big news in 2013 and at the beginning of the new year, the story is not going away. >> it has taken a new and disconcerting twist as well trade tech giant apple has denied it helped u.s. spy agenc

broadcast from new york were two young legends in training, north carolina born 30-year-old edward r. morrow in vienna and 34-year-old william shire in london. soon to join cbs on the scene radio team were 26-year-old eric exceptor ride and 21-year-old charles calling wood of michigan. nothing was really more memorable to many during the war years for media than edward r. morrow's nightly reports for cbs radio. with a voice that god might have envied he began each broadcast with this phrase, "this is london." he was toot ordered the long pause between this and london made the drama before the news itself was shared. he didn't close his broadcast with a then popular parting phrase shared among londoners in 1940 who endured a night of nazi bombardment in the blitz "good night and good luck." after world war ii they continued their shade and shunned the newly emerging technology of television. cbs had to turn to a 31-year-old douglas edwards to host the first television broadcast from 1948 to 1962. i really found no characteristic closing line from edwards, but his replacement, someone

one from edward snowden, that came through the course of last year. what will he do about it? we know that his own administration came back with they hold the data itself. but not going forward. we know it's not enough for many advocates, many civil libertarians in this country, and where will the president go on that? where will he go with the so-called national security letters issued by the fbi to the communications companies requesting information without any sort of judicial review? will there be constraints on that as well? and back to the metadata collection, will there be review for when they two to the secret court, the court that hears law enforcement in the intelligence community. their request for intelligence warrants the tools that they need to fight terrorism and law enforcement. the advocate on that, the privacy advocate that speaks up for the public's right to privacy. and overall, the president expected to emphasize the need for further transparency, and the overriding theme, as the technology advances by leaps and bounds, del, and allows the intelligence commun

greek airports as they push into southern europe. welcome back to countdown, i am an edwards --anna edwards. >> at least 80 billionaires are sending a double's we are joined by one -- descending on davos. we are owing by one. camila -- a flagship casino in manila. thank you for joining us. ,ou said you want to focus more that the growth will come from the ports. but this year, it was the casino that led the drive. >> i think casinos will have stronger growth in 2014 and 2015. growth, get on to the we have to talk about the big players in the casinos. you are saying in asia, it is four times the amount. the whales or vop's -- vip's are bigger in asia than in the u.s. million hong kong per hand. >> when people talk about asian gambling, they talk about macau and singapore. how does the philippines fit into the mix? . we are trying to fit in. most of our revenue comes from chinese highrollers, either from singapore, taiwan and china. that is what drives the market and that is what we cater the business to. we have to grow our infrastructure. we have a competitive facility. other than -

down for direct. n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden to reporters asking russian authorities for more protection amid mounting death threats. it is thursday morning here in moscow international. world headlines leaders over ukrainian opposition of cold on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence however the city's and battle center remained a blaze overnight let's show you these are live pictures now of the burning barricades defining the police and rioters with thick black smoke also covering the city right now i just i am in the morning let's get this report here from correspondent peter all of. there is a standoff again between riot is and riot police there's a line of fire a wall of fire separating the two that's being set alight by the by the riots is burning tires and sick black acrid smoke separating the two sides there's a steady stream of people moving from independence square over to where the flash point is currently is currently and what we're seeing is those people are coming they're carrying a lot of of rudimentary weapons some have held it some with homemade bod

vicious nor'easter. >>> plus, pleas for clemency. what does nsa leaker edward snowden think about the growing support for his return to the united states? his legal advisor is here to respond. >>> and hitting the slopes. russian president vladimir putin hits the slopes hoping to convince the world the winter olympics will be safe. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta. you're in "the situation room." >>> first, a massive nor'easter now a dangerous arctic blast is piercing the northeast as much of the region struggles to dig out from up to two feet of snow, bone-chilling temperatures are setting in. tonight, it's expected to get down near zero in new york's central park and below zero in boston, but it doesn't stop there. parts of the midwest could see some of their coldest temperatures in 15 to 20 years, where highs by monday will likely be in the negative, yes, negative double digits. cnn has team coverage of this story, including the bitter forecast, but first, let's get to our frederick pleitgen in boston, where the focus is shifting from the snow to this deep freeze. what can

lawmakers and suggested russia may have helped edward snowden get a hold of the intelligence documents and leave the country. we want to begin with those developments. democrats -- the li host: also, join the conversation on twitter or post a comment on facebook. and you can also e-mail us -- host: the headline in "the new .ork times" this morning leaders on the sunday shows saying edward snowden may have gotten help from the spy services while he at the national security agency building -- excuse me, facility is the word i am looking for -- in hawaii before he leaked the document. i want to show you what my grog -- mike rogers had to say, republican who sits on the house intelligence committee. chairman of the committee. he was on "mid-the press -- "meet the press." was ast of all, if it privacy concern he had, he did not look for information on the privacy side for americans, he was feeling information with pat -- that had to do with how we operated overseas to collect information to keep americans safe. that begs a question. and some of the things he did were beyond his te

al jazeera" is next. >>> edward snowden did help the "new york times" keep the public informed on what i consider to be very important matters. >> i would say it is the most secretive white house that i have ever been involved in covering. >> during the run-up to the iraq war, abramson was the d.c. bureau chief for the paper, which she says ransom seriously flawed stories. >> we were, i think, not diligent enough. >> i talk to her about the future of the paper and about accusations that the paper is too far left. welcome to "talk to al jazeera," jill. >> thanks so much, john. >> tell us what it's like to be the editor of "the new york times" for the last couple of years. did you dream about this? >> it's something i have dreamed about since i've been a professional journalist. i never expected that i would actually have this job, but some part of me always, yes, certainly dreamed of working for "the new york times." i grew up here in manhattan. my family actually had two home delivery subscriptions to ""the times"," because my mother was a passionate puzzler, but she couldn't stan

come on this since edward snowden revealed this to the world. we got to asking the question did edward snowden win in effect? here's what we found. >> my name is edward snowden -- >> reporter: in the seven months since he burst on the international scene. >> the public is owed an explanation. >> reporter: edward snowden made some of the secretive aspects of america's intelligence gathering public knowledge. phone data. eavesdropping on leaders of u.s. closest allies and tapping into the very back bone of the internet. uproar at home and abroad led the president to lead an expert reform panel and now he'll announce which of their recommendations he'll accept. snowden accomplished much of what he was fighting for a point he's been none too shy to point out. >> the conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and the government that regular late it. >> reporter: jane harman served on the house intelligence committee for eight years. when you look at what snowden be inthe ended to do, expose this, right, to the

samuels and michael edwards are being held for the fistfight they had on the basketball court. >> drop it! >> officer deed is the investigator who will talk with the inmates and determine who started the fight. >> we have certain behavior patterns that inmates must abide by according to the title 15, which is given by the director. and when they violate this, i have to write a written violation report 115, once it's written, the inmate is logged, inmate is served and heard by the hearing lieutenant. i'm serving inmate edwards a 115 and inmate samuels a 115. they had a fistfight on the yard friday, the 30th of march. they've both been charged with battery on an inmate because one inmate received serious injuries. oh, it's a serious 115. it's an a-1 offense. this is a real serious 115. they could lose up to a year of credit earned. where's jamie at? when i go up there, i just talk to individuals like i would talk to you right now. we're going to serve this man his paperwork and see what happened. >> you want it right now? >> officer deed, this is officer carson's section. i have a 115 fo

contractor, edward snowden, leak thousands of secret documents. we get more from this on white house correspondent kristen welker. >> reporter: the new allegations are stunning. today, three top lawmakers suggested nsa leaker edward snowden may have had help. on "meet the press," house intelligence chairman, mike rogers, pointed the finger at russia. >> some of the things that he did were beyond his technical capabilities. >> you think the russians helped snowden? >> i believe there's questions to be answered there. i don't think it was a gee whiz luck event that he ended up in moscow under the handling of the fsb. >> and do you agree with chairman rogers, that he may have had help from the russians? >> he may well have. we don't know at this stage. >> reporter: house homeland security chairman, mike mccal shall, wouldn't say who he thinks helped snowden but also says he doesn't think snowden acted alone. >> i don't think mr. snowden woke up one day and had the wherewithal to do this all by himself. i think he was helped by others. >> reporter: the white house wouldn't comment,

marijuana will be legal in all 50 states. when we come back, why not clemency for edward snowden. there's only so much you can do to prepare for an all-out assault like that. we hunkered down, we braced ourselves... we just didn't have the numbers on the ground. what did we do? we used our navy federal cashrewards card to fly in reinforcements. nana. hoooaah! alright nana! 4 million members. 4 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> issue 2, whistleblower or felon. the editorial board of the new york times has decisively weighed in on the case of edward snowden, the former nsa, that's national security agency, contractor who seven monthsing a leaked reames of information about nsa's surveillance programs to the press, and by proxy to the world. mr. snowden fled the u.s., first to hong kong, then to moscow where he has temporary asylum. the u.s. government has charged mr. snowden with espionage and theft. this past thursday the new york times described mr. snowden as a whistleblower, not a criminal. "considering the enormous value of information he has revealed mr. snowden deserves

for direct talks. and n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden reportedly asking russia. protection amid mounting death threats. from moscow its aussie international with me rule research we've got your top headlines for this hour. leaders of the ukrainian opposition have called on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence over the city's embattled remains a blaze overnight these are live pictures we're showing for you right now in fact it's proximately eleven am there in the ukrainian capital the latest report from there with correspondent peter on. looking independent square where the speakers are continuing to deliver their rhetoric from the stage just as you might be able to hear that over the top of of me talking now we have seen a a distinct decrease in the amount of people on the streets on thursday compared to wednesday now that's because wednesday was a public holiday it allowed more people to come out but what those people have left that were here yesterday that were here on wednesday well they've left more barricades better built barricades and certainly far more secure barr

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. >>> an nbc exclusive tonight. new secret documents from edward snowden, revealing how spies can snoop on-sites like youtube and facebook without permission. tonight, governments are trying to predict the future. >>> and cold weather, the largest gathering of its kind in the world. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. a state of emergency has been declared in the city of new orleans. schools and government buildings will be closed tomorrow, and it's not hurricane season. instead, this is about a big winter storm, and from new orleans right on up the coastline, there are watches and warnings posted tonight in a number of southern cities that are not equipped to deal with the snow and ice from this storm. 800 flights have been cancelled in advance from san antonio all the way to new york's la guardia. the haul hallmark of this winter thus far has been the reach of winter so far to the south. and up north where schools will also be closed tomorrow from pittsburgh north to st. paul, it has been a costly winter for those trying just to stay warm at home. we have both north and

mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. 6:00 in london this thursday morning. bloomberg reporters are standing by around the world ready to deliver stories that will drive your day. we have details of a slide in stock prices. manus cranny has been digging into bernanke's policy decision. and also looking at nintendo in desperate need of a power up. we will look at what the company is doing to boost its profits. anothernovo with purchase. hans nichols is in berlin. big on the super bowl with the new ad campaign. and caroline hyde on facebook shares. >> let's tell you what is coming up on bloomberg this morning. .e have some big interviews we have andrew griffin that will join "countdown" after the earnings break. we will also get results from menezes.'s ivan >> china manufacturing shares -- david with us from hong kong. good morning. >> good morning. it is a confluence of factors really. asia welcome to big declines on wall street. it is all of the uncertainty out there. you have a lot of these unexpected moves. you have new zealand that was not expected to move. of course, it is all a

internet documents provided by edward snowden reveal that the project is part of a nearly eighty million dollar research program called penetrating hard targets civilian computer labs have long been working in the field of quantum computing a cutting edge science requiring a large shielded rooms known as farraday cages to create supercomputers that have far more capabilities than classical computers we all use today despite the amount of money and attention devoted to their quantum computer projects it appears the n.s.a. is no further along in research that then top civilian labs but experts believe a fully functional quantum computer could be built within ten years with code breaking capabilities that could render all forms of online and corruption unreliable. that would have significant impacts on the security of banking medical and financial transactions all across the web well beyond two major newspapers around the world began the new year by taking a stand for edward snowden first the guardian's editorial board on wednesday made a case for a pardon of edward snowden arguing

breaking news on r.t.e. n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden takes part in a live q. and a lots of people asked their burning questions to snowden including a question about his reaction to president obama's n.s.a. speech we'll take a look at his response just ahead and the capital of ukraine has seen countless clashing between protesters and riot police now a tense cease fire has been declared while opposition leaders negotiate with the government the latest from ukraine coming up. and the syrian peace talks have just wrapped david two in switzerland but with the two sides warring over assad's power in the country will the syrian government and rebels even be able to come to an agreement in geneva bring you more from switzerland later in the show. it's thursday january twenty third four pm in washington d.c. i mean you're a david and you're watching r t. and we begin today with breaking news with a special q. and a chat conducted by former government contractor edward snowden today snowden gave a number of curious people out there the chance to have a conversation with him by offe

. >> on the record, nsa leaker edward snowden speaks out in an online chat. we'll talk to his lawyer. an exclusive interview with nbc's ari melber, holder says clemency is not an option. >> clemency, a simple no harm, no foul, i think that would be going too far. >> and in the midnight hour, "today" show anchors let loose. and the speaker of the house gets real on his presidential aspirations. >> listen, i like to play golf. i like to cut my own grass. you know, i do drink red wine and smoke cigarettes and i'm not giving that up to be president of the united states. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we begin with the sting of deadly blasts across cairo. six people now dead in the bombing hitting the central core of egypt's government, coinciding with the third anniversary of the so-called arab spring. ayman, you were there in cairo and experienced all of it. there's a difference to these bombings though today. tell me what is the importance of the targets. >> what we're seeing in egypt unfold is a low level insurgency targeting the government and security services belonging

natural resources down. edward's life sciences, peabody energy and tera data both down 26%. newmont mining got religion in 2013. the hope of a new mine. why was the stock cut in half? newmont has three big strikes against it. first, if you want a miner you want one with growth and newmont's is paltry particularly versus rand gold, the most successful player left. owning an individual gold stock has been a nightmare because you don't know if it's going to go up or blow up. if the price of gold rises maybe your stock doesn't go up with it. that happened a lot. gold itself, after a decade of going higher it got hammered last year. long term investors need to have some gold exposure as an alternative currency. truly newmont is not the way to play it. second loser, cliff's natural is very close to home situation for me and my charitable trust. as one of north america's leading iron ore producers, it seems to be an excellent ship in the global recovery. that's the rationale behind vale, the brazil based mineral giant, even though iron ore hasn't plummeted as much as the bears thought it would, t

yesterday, what do you think the role that edward .nowden played in this the president downplayed his disclosures and what it meant to the process. what do you think the role is of edward snowden am in the debate? caller: mr. snowden did the right thing the wrong way. he brought it to everyone's attention and opened up a lot of people's eyes as to what is really going on. i think we're going to see a lot more come from mr. snowden. he can'tppointed that do it from our shores. host: that is tom from vermont. this is president obama in one of the few times he mentioned snowden speak yesterday. we needed a more robust public discussion about the balance of security and liberty. what i did not know if the time was within view -- weeks of my speech, an avalanche of unauthorized disclosures would spark controversy that his continued to this day. that we have an open investigation, i will not dwell on mr. snowden and his actions or his motivations. i will say that our nation's thense depends in part on fidelity of those entrusted with our secrets. if any individual objects to government poli

pardon edward snowden for his role leaking information about the spy agency's activities. it is argued that he's a whistle blower who deserves better than a life of permanent exile. an editorial in the paper of record concluded by stating, quote, president obama should tell his aides to find a way to end mr. snowden's vilify indication and give him an incentive to return home. coming up, glen greenwald, the first journalist to break the story will respond to that editorial. first, kentucky senator rand paul is here with an exclusive announcement involving a major lawsuit against president obama. senator, others have filed but your class action lawsuit is the first of its kind. this takes it to a new level. >> the question is whether you can have a single warrant apply to millions of people. we thought what better way to illustrate the point than by having hundreds of thousands of americans sign up for a class action suit. about six months ago we began this call. we have several hundred thousand people who want to be part of the suit to say to the government and the nsa, no, you

demands are not met the city can expect more rage in the streets. >> this morning edward snowden will host his first live question and answer session on his website, this as the government task force will recommend sweeping changes to how the nsa operates. let's check in with peggy bunker who joins us live in studio. >> good morning. a big day for edward snowden and the nsa as public pressure to change policies has mounted when snowden released top secret u.s. government documents about secret programs, now today snowden is holding a live chat and q and e to offer his perspective on nsa reforms. here is the website. noon pacific. freesnowden.is. people who would like to submit questions to answer can do so via twitter using #ask snowden. some call him a national hero for exposing the programs. others say his leaking of documents has put american troops in danger and given aid to terrorists. >> he ought to return to the united states and face the charges against him. >> recently support for snowden has grown. "time" called him their runner up for the 2013 person of the year. there is n