Hell beides to do it, an amazing speaker but hes got own. O it on his [multiple reporters speaking] his at a going to take t slow pace. Take a break and try to figure out what we need to do to get this country moving. Would you bring that up . I would hope not. Looking for words, integrity, create so much trouble. I dont think so, to be honest with you. Or said when it would be . I did not. Affair . Ing about an well, then thats their that way. O interpret this is something that i think is important to the american anybody in leadership, male or female, should be a man integrity. That is nothing personally about anybody. Thats kind of an assumption, when you reference livingston. He talking about . I was here at the time, and it was total chaos here. I dont want to see that happening again. Now, were oom just members urging paul ryan to run . No. Heres nothing about the next speaker or anything. Its about taking this in a slow way and see if we can find Common Ground and thats what we
Failed. We ask, whether you support continued u. S. Military efforts in syria. If you do, give us a call. Tell us why. If not, give us a call. Also tell us why. You can catch up with us on social media, twitter, facebook or email. A good saturday morning to you. We are talking about the shift in strategy in syria, taking up headlines around the country today. Here is the front page of the financial times. U. S. Abandons project to create syrian rebels. Obamas options narrow in syria. The New York Times, the u. S. Ends effort, admission of failure, plan to provide weapons to groups fighting isis. The decision to scuttle a central piece of the strategy to confront extremists was made after mounting evidence of the Training Mission had resulted in no more than a handful of american coached fighters and comes amidst russias fourfold forceful entry into the syrian conflict, a move president Vladimir Putin we will be talking about it for the first 45 minutes of todays program. For more on th
Take us back 40 years ago and how we got here. Guest it is because critical commodities like oil pose unique National Security and economic challenges. The dynamics that created the ban 40 years ago are still relevant today. The fact of the matter is that it limits the ability to export u. S. Produced crude oil. What that does is ensures we have adequate supplies here at 9. 5. We still import Million Barrels of Petroleum Products every day. Even though we are producing record amounts of oil, we are still the largest importer of oil in the world. Would give huge profits to Oil Companies. Right now, the production discount, the production boom in the United States has resulted in a slight domestic price to scout for certain types of domestic produced oil. Right now, refiners are enjoying a discount and sharing that with in the form of water prices. What producers want is to export the discount overseas to china and india. That will raise gasoline prices for american drivers. Host do we c
Executives will be prosecuted. Too big to jail . We will speak to a woman whose 16yearold daughter died in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch, as well as longime consumer advocate ralph nader. 50 years ago he wrote the Ground Breaking book, unsafe at any speed the designedin dangers of the american automobile. Motors knew about the defect in 2004. They kept getting feedback of fatalities, crashes, airbags not going off, engines being shut off. They covered it up. Amy and we will speak to university of Maryland School of law professor Rena Steinzor, author of, why not jail . industrial catastrophes, corporate malfeasance, and government inaction. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal investigation into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Under the deal General Motors , agreed to pay 900 million as
Amy federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal probe into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Gm will pay 900 million but no executives will be prosecuted. Too big to jail . We will speak to a woman whose 16yearold daughter died in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch, as well as longime consumer advocate ralph nader. 50 years ago he wrote the Ground Breaking book, unsafe at any speed the designedin dangers of the american automobile. Motors knew about the defect in 2004. They kept getting feedback of fatalities, crashes, airbags not going off, engines being shut off. They covered it up. Amy and we will speak to university of Maryland School of law professor Rena Steinzor, author of, why not jail . industrial catastrophes, corporate malfeasance, and government inaction. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Federal prosecutors have agreed to