We will speak with Jeremy Scahill and reporters Ryan Devereaux and cora currier on the assassination complex, the kill chain, and manhunting in the hindus. An unprecedented glimpse into obamas drone wars. Reversesresident obama course on afghanistan. Maintaining our current posture through next year rather than a more rapid drawdown will allow us to sustain our efforts to train and assist afghans forces as they grow stronger. Not only during this fighting season, but into the next one. Amy the longest war in American History has been indefinitely extended. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has officially reversed course and announced he assaulted the withdrawal of u. S. Troops from afghanistan. Speaking at the white house thursday, obama described the Afghanistan War as vital to our National Security interests and said u. S. Forces will continue to go after al qaeda. First, i decided to
Fingernails to do her part so he could never harm another family again. Reporter as kostka stared stone faced coynes family gave heart written ofing victim impact statements wanting to remember the 67yearold retired nurse who had battled cancer as a loving mother and grandmother not a murder victim. Her blood is running alive and thriving in my veins not sustained on a window curtain or stored in a cold dark room. The anger and trauma of what i have experienced will never go away. Reporter prosecutors say kostka a heroin addict was looking for a quick fix when he broke into coynes home where she caught him rifling through jewelry boxes. She was repeatedly stabbed and over powered in an attempt to fight back. I know that if you had just asked her she would have helped you. She did that for everybody. Reporter instead prosecutors say he left and cashed in her winning Lottery Ticket for 152 the rage and pain what this monster did to my family i allow it to strengthen me. Reporter barbara
We have new developments on all this weeks big stories. President obama has spoken out for the first time on those Hillary Clinton emails saying he first heard about them on the news. In madison, wisconsin, there are protests after the shooting of an africanamerican teenager by a white Police Officer. The teen was unarmed, but Court Records show he was party to an Armed Robbery last year and police say he attacked the officer. An independent investigation will examine the evidence. All this in a week where the Justice Department revealed a pattern of racist practices in ferguson, missouri, against the backdrop of that extraordinary ceremony saturday. President obama leading 40,000 people in selma, alabama, 50 years after that bloody confrontation on the Edmund Pettus bridge. We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs, and the chasing rod, tear gas and the trampling hoof, men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would s
President obama has spoken out for the first time on those Hillary Clinton emails saying he first heard about them on the news. In madison, wisconsin, there are protests after the shooting of an africanamerican teenager by a white Police Officer. The teen was unarmed, but Court Records show he was party to an Armed Robbery last year and police say he attacked the officer. An independent investigation will examine the evidence. All this in a week where the Justice Department revealed a pattern of racist practices in ferguson, missouri, against the backdrop of that extraordinary ceremony saturday. President obama leading 40,000 people in selma, alabama, 50 years after that bloody confrontation on the Edmund Pettus bridge. We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs, and the chasing rod, tear gas and the trampling hoof, men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay true to their north star and keep marching towards j
President obama has spoken out for the first time on those Hillary Clinton emails saying he first heard about them on the news. In madison, wisconsin, there are protests after the shooting of an africanamerican teenager by a white Police Officer. The teen was unarmed, but Court Records show he was party to an Armed Robbery last year and police say he attacked the officer. An independent investigation will examine the evidence. All this in a week where the Justice Department revealed a pattern of racist practices in ferguson, missouri, against the backdrop of that extraordinary ceremony saturday. President obama leading 40,000 people in selma, alabama, 50 years after that bloody confrontation on the Edmund Pettus bridge. We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs, and the chasing rod, tear gas and the trampling hoof, men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay true to their north star and keep marching towards j