and as we walked by, they were waiting. and i thought, okay, the general is behind me, because they had a sign. and then i thought, i should go back and talk to them. so i went back and asked them if they watched democracy now! . and they said everyday. and i asked why they watch and they said that its objective and they cover war. it is not about whether you are for or against war. is it about the media? just come to be is a huge kitchen table that stretches across the globe and we all sit around and debate and discuss the most important issues of the day. war and peace, life and death. anything less than that is a disservice to the men and women of this country. they can t have these debates. they rely on us as civilians to have the discussion that leads to the decisions about whether they live or die or whether they are sent to kill or be killed. anything less than that is a disservice to society. host: one of your writings is the corporate media. that s what you call i
doesn t seem that interested in this line of questioning i was told today. fascinating. we ll have you back on. parents who lose children in national clamalamity. they come to represent a pain that is difficult to ignore. you may remember cindy sheehan who lost her son casey sheehan in the iraq war. it was written, quote, the moral authority of parents who bury children killed in iraq is absolute. many observers believe president bush s refusal to meet with cindy sheehan was the beginning of his presidency unraveling. that brings us to patricia smith, the mother of sean smith, who was killed in benghazi. the tragedy of benghazi is not the tragedy of the war in iraq but is her moral authority any less than sheehan s? is her desire for answers about what happened to her son, is that somehow less important?
0 her head. i think that is what everybody is looking forward to finding out more about. drew and sunny, thank you. of course cnn will be there live. i m brooke baldwin here in cleveland. send it to washington. the lead with jake tapper starts now. good afternoon. the prosecutor in the cleveland kidnapping case is giving a press conference. let s listen in. the county prosecutor will also engage in a formal process in which we evaluate whether to seek charges, eligible for the death penalty. capital punishment must be reserved for those crimes that are truly the worst examples of human conduct. the reality is we still have brutal criminals in our midst who have no respect for the rule of law or human life. the law of ohio calls for the death penalty for those most depraved criminals who commit aggravated murders during the course of a kidnapping. in the meantime, i ask for everyone s patience to avoid damaging the investigation or the victim. the victims in this case have gone
guest: we are supposed to be protected by the constitution and there are checks and balances on power. host: in the book war and peace, life and death, it is the role of the media to provide a forum for this discourse. to do anything less is a disservice to the men and women of this country. guest: that is right. i just flew in from denver. when we flew into the airport, many people hold up signs when you come out. as we were walking, there were soldiers there. and as we walked by, they were waiting. and i thought, okay, the general is behind me, because they had a sign. and then i thought, i should go back and talk to them. so i went back and asked them if they watched democracy now! . and they said everyday. and i asked why they watch and they said that its objective and they cover war. it is not about whether you are for or against war. is it about the media? just come to be is a huge kitchen table that stretches across the globe and we all sit around and debate and
passing. rest assured that we are praying for you and that we will continue to work hard to end this violence. god bless, barack obama. maybe this is where we will find the answer to the question of a parent who lost her shoeld. the woman whose son emmitt till was lynched in mississippi in 1995. the name we have for cindy sheehan, whose son u.s. army specialist casey sheehan has killed by enemy action during the iraq war. the name we have for sabrina fulton, whose son trayvon martin was shot by george zimmerman in sanford, florida. the name we will now have for cleopatra pendleton, whose daughter hialea was shot in chicago. the name is world changer. the name we will call them is survivor. that s our show for today. thank you inform laura and byron