Nsa Surveillance Program is coming under increasing criticism in washington from an unlikely bipartisan coalition. We will speak with republican huggers member Thomas Massie of kentucky and democratic congressman or her john conyers of michigan on their efforts to tracking everyom phone call in the United States. It is my fear that we are on the verge of becoming a surveillance state, collecting billions of electronic records on lawabiding americans every single day. Then, a National Strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast food and retail sectors spreads across 7 cities. [indiscernible] we cannot support our families on what we make. Workerill speak with one who went on strike. He is a father of three who works at both burger king and pizza hut. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is reconsidering plans for a summit with russian president Vladimir Putin next
How congress should vote. If you are a member of congress, what questions would you be asking the president this week . Here are the numbers you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages, twitter, facebook, or simply email us at journal c span. Org. This syrian question leading all the major papers. Heres the front page of the Washington Times that is the question many members of congress are asking this week, amid what is being called a threeday media blitz on syria. This included Denis Mcdonough going on five of the sunday shows yesterday. We want to play you a bit of what he said in one of those interviews. [video clip] collects ive talked to members of congress, not a single one has rebutted or refused the intelligence. Everyone agrees that on august 21 assad used chemical weapons against his own people. The question is a very simple one. Should there be quantum that should there be consequences for him using gas and chemical weapons to kill more than a thou
Damage is done. Clean up efforts are underway after the bay area got a lot of rain at once. A live look outside from our Richmond San Rafael bridge camera. The roads are slick still. It could be a problem for tomorrows commute in the morning. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama dates. We have Live Team Coverage of the damage the storm left behind. First we will go to the Broadcast Center and leigh glaser with a look at live doppler 7hd. Yes, it looks like the storm system has moved on toward the east. In fact, the north bay took the brunt of this storm. It is definitely starting to dry out this evening. You can see on live doppler 7hd and we will take you to some locations that are still reporting a little light rain near cloverdale and over toward the lakeville area and also in the east bay, oakland is reporting a little light mist and drizzle. Walnut creek and san ramon and even toward sunnyvale they were reporting heavy mist and drizzle. In santa cruz it is all over there
Pick and wants to play in the National Football league. No major sport in the u. S. Has had an active player who is openly gay. Tahman bradley has more. Reporter this 24yearold, 62, 260pound College Football star is set to make history. Michael sam is expected to become the nfls first openly gay player. The defensive end talked about his sexuality with espns outside the lines. I came to tell the world im an openly proud gay man. How does it feel to say those words to the world . Its a load off my chest. Reporter his decision to come out is bold. Hes expected to be chosen in the early rounds of the nfl draft this may, entering a league with an extremely macho culture and a history of homophobic controversies. Analysts say the team that drafts sam will face unusual challenges. Hes bringing baggage into your locker room. So, when you think about michael sam, all of a sudden, can the players handle the Media Attention that theyre going to get . Reporter current and former nfl players appla
7hd and wesome lo some locations that are still reporting a little light rain near cloverdale and over toward the lakeville area and also in the east bay,eporting ae is reporting a little light mist and drizzle. Walnut creek and san ramon and even toward sunnyvale they were reporting heavy mist and drizzle. In santa cruz it is all over there as well. Once the storm decided to move it moved quickly and thats exactly what happened. Boy, the threeday totals, these are preliminary ones. You can see the trajectory in the north bay over six inches in santa rosa and over 11 inches at Mount Saint Helena a and close to an inch at sfo airport. Lesser for livermore and san jose. Was it enough to put a debt in our percent of normal . Well not too much. Only 40 of normal for santa rosa and 37 of normal for San Francisco. San jose still very low at 28 of normal. I do want to mention that santa rosa this time last year was at 102 of normal. We have more rain in our forecast coming up this week. Well