Members of iraq veterans against the war are pushing the military to do more to help soldiers suffering from postTraumatic Stress syndrome. We will look at the department of Veterans Affairs, how it has paid more than 200 million in wrongful death payments to the families of veterans who died under v. A. Care. They would take a look at the latest u. S. Effort to topple the cuban government. This time from using social media. A new expose reveals usaid securely set up a fake twittermy program and hoped to use to trigger a cuban spring. The Obama Administration defends the program. It was not a Covert Program. It was debated in congress and reviewed by the gao. Those kinds of things dont happen the Covert Programs. It was a program about increasing the level of information the cuban people have and were able to discuss among themselves. And that is part of an effort we undertake not just in cuba, but elsewhere. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, th
The seven for the missing Malaysian Airliner deploys under water scanning equipment in a different part of the southern indian ocean in an effort to find the planes flight recorder. Fears that the ebola virus may have spread to another country in africa, mali. We chart the deadly path of this latest disease. Aaron is here. Aaron, a possible change right at the top for africa. Ill tell you what, watch out, south africa. Nigeria is on the rise. Nigeria releases its Economic Growth numbers. Weve got a special report. Hello and welcome to gmt. Its midday in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, 3 00 p. M. In afghanistan where nearly 400,000 military personnel are out in force across the country in the runup to tomorrows elections. Security is a major issue. It is a significant period for afghanistan. It will be the first democratic transfer of power in the countrys history. A new generation of young afghans will be able to vote for the first time. Elections will be followed by the final facing
Individual of 123,000 all the way up to about 3. 5 million if you look at the amounts an individual can contribute to and party,didates committees, combined. A major influx of big money into the political process. Our organization has estimated about 1 billion to political spending in the next election. And is that a good thing, a bad thing, a neutral thing . Think its i think its disaster for our democracy. Why . We already had a system in which the wealthiest few are able to exert so much more elected systemr and our elected representatives than the rest of us and a like this just makes a bad situation worse. Donald mcgahn, do you agree opinion . No, i dont. Why . Upon a fewed assumption that i dont think are necessarily true. First, the idea that theres going to automatically be 1 billion of new money in elections is frankly, with all respect, ridiculous. People in this country can spend on their owney independent of candidates already. This has been the case for years going back to
[ laughter ] and the nanny on broadway a conversation with actress Fran Drescher, and a career that began with saturday night fever. We begin tonight in afghanistan where voting in the president ial election began moments ago. The election represents the first democratic transfer of power in the countrys history. These are live pictures. Millions of afghans are expected to make it to the polls, but there are security concerns. The taliban is calling the election a sham. The taliban has already carried out a b in of attacks prior to saturdays vote. Its a crucial moment in the countrys history. The past is littered with turmoil especially in recent years. For more on americas involvement here is david shuster. The United States have been trooped on the ground since october 2001. The Bush Administration launched Operation Enduring freedom. Throughout the bush presidency, u. S. Troop levels remained fairly constant at around 30,000. In 2009 in his first year in office, president obama anno
They might try to its scrape. Good morning, i am eric thomas here for kristen sze. Ought latest rainstorm is gone now but it did cause problems. Did it help with the drought situation . Cornell checks it out. Every bit of rain put as small dent in the drought deficit but we have a long way to go. The clouds have moved away but the drought worries are not going anywhere. Wherever you were in the bay area this morning, chances are it was raining. Check out this downpour on the Golden Gate Bridge. On the peninsula, in foster city, there was a steady downpour that complicated the commute. In berkeley hills, there was so much rain it caused power lines to snap leaving two dozen homes in the dark. One of the heavy trees landed on the wire and still a problem in the hills with so many trees anywhere where there is ad wooed area. Pg e was working to prepare the lines. Despite the headaches many were happy to give their umbrellas a work out. Got a lot rain. Thats good. Good. It is good for ever