Of course, we will get to all of the days news but bill logan has a chilly forecast. I stepped out the door this morning in my ears were called. Temperatures are in the 40s. Unfortunately, it is going to feel even colder by tomorrow. I will explain what i am talking about in just a second. First, lets take a look outside. Remember what this looks like last saturday, everyone getting ready for the flotilla. Looking down into the channel from dave sonnens islands and the harbor. There are showers showing up on the east coast and we will find those getting more numerous as we go through the day. Look for a 30 chance of showers showing up. Mostly from tampa south. 48 in bartow. We will get up to 59 in st. Petersburg later on today. Not Much Movement in the thermometer. It will feel kind of raw with those wins coming in and out of the north at 10 miles per hour. We will see that 30 chance of showers mainly from tampa bay south and then we will clear out by sunday. More details on the foreca
Scarcity. Then after 400 days in prison, egypt releases al jazeera reporter peter greste. I cant you how relieved we are that peter has left egypt and is on his way to be reunited with his family. It is a day of mixed emotions. We have to focus on the fact that Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy are still behind bars, 400 days after being taken into detention. And that injustice needs to come to an end. There guilty of nothing, apart from great journalism. In the middle of the biggest Football Game and the Biggest Television Event of the year the nfl teams up with the no more campaign to run an antiDomestic Violence psa. Is everything ok . Given emergency are not . Yes. And youre unable to talk . Right. Is someone in the room with you . Just say yes or no. Yes. Ok, it looks like of an officer about one mile from your location. More than half of the nfl players who have been accused of Domestic Violence during Roger Goodells tenure as nfl commissioner have gone without punishment from the
Peace prize in oslo, dr. King gave a major address in london on segregation, the fight for civil rights, and his support for Nelson Mandela and the antiapartheid struggle in south africa. The united kingdom, the United States decided tomorrow morning not to buy South African goods or to buy South African gold, investors and capitalists would withdraw their support for the racial tyranny that we find their, then apartheid would be brought to. Today, dr. Kings city temple address, december 7, 1964 in london. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today is the federal holiday honoring dr. Martin luther king. He was born january 15 1929. He was assassinated april 4, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in memphis, tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor, organizing the Poor Peoples Campaign to address issues of Economic Jus
Administrations use of waterboarding. Ive come to believe firmly that torture is wrong under any circumstances. It is not something that a Civilized Society should sanction. It is something that we as americans should oppose. John kiriakou is the only official to be jailed for any reason relating to the torture program. If we are going to make prosecution or initiate prosecution, those prosecutions cant just be against the people who blew the whistle on the torture or who opposed the torture. We havent even investigated the torturers. John kiriakou for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Islamic State is claiming kidnapped aid worker kayla mueller, its last known remaining american hostage, has died in syria. On friday, isis claimed mueller was killed in a jordanian airstrike on the city of raqqa. Muellers family says it has yet to see proof and maintains hope she is still alive. Jordan has
Killing of unarmed African American teens, we look at a film premiering at sundance called 3 1 2 minutes. It tells the story of how on november 23, 2012, four teenagers pulled into a jacksonville gas station to buy gum and cigarettes. They were soon confronted by michael dunn, a middleaged white man who pulled in next to them in the parking lot. Dunn demanded the boys turn down the music they were playing, and became angry when they refused. He pulled his gun from his glove box and shot at their car 10 times, even as they tried to drive away from the danger. The shots rang out 3 and a half minutes after dunn had arrived. One of boys, 17yearold jordan davis, was killed. Today we will spend the hour with his parents, lucia mcbath and ron davis. Trayvon martins father text me, i want to welcome you to a club none of us want to be in. It is time to pick up where dr. King left off. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy g