Damien shields as you will find out, is an engaging young scholar. He is an archaeologist i trade. He is an historian by emotion and he gets the way you have to do all of those things. Lets not just have the false divide between archaeology and history, and pretend that objects and place dont matter. It is just some words on a piece of paper. It is all evidence of how history unfolded and impact on us today. Yesterday was a great pleasure of mine. I picked up mr. Shields. We went over. He did a seminar for my graduate students. He dazzled everyone. We went over to Stones River National battlefield and i managed to not lose him totally. We got over to franklin just in time. It was dusk. The perfect time to take a man who has studied Patrick Cleburne so often. All of this means we a unique opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we dont take in here in tennessee. We have civil war historians aplenty. Sometimes you can shake a tree and a bunch will ho
Southern mexico. The parents of the missing students continue to hold out hope that their loved ones are still alive. We will go to guerrero and mexico city for the latest. U. S. , attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. If i have the honor of being confirmed by the senate, i will wake up every morning with the protection of the American People my first thought. As Senate Democrats consider putting off her confirmation hearing to the shock of many until next year am a when the republicans are in control. We will speak to her former law school classmate, kimberle crenshaw, of the africanamerican policy forum. We will also talk about crenshaws campaign to include girls and women of color in president obamas my brothers keeper initiative. Interesting meeting led by Valerie Jarrett yesterday. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Death toll from the Ebola Outbreak in west africa has topped 5000 with another 14,000 stricken with ebola. The W
Hospital bed to the sports biggest stage. We begin with a look at todays eye opener. Your world is 90 seconds. It has been a tough year. Roger goodell reflects on a bruising nfl season. Now its game on for super bowl xlix. Its really getting close. We can feel it. Ready for game time. Were excited for the opportunity and it will be a great matchup. With deflategate everyone will be keeping his eye on the ball. This is my job, to protect the integrity of the game. Say it aint snow. A new went r storm is affecting nearly 100 million people. Folks in boston are trying to thaw out as another storm moves in. Two men, one american one russian claim the world record Long Duration balloon flight. The pilots expect to land in mexico today. Hes out, mitt romney the gop candidate for president in 2012 wont be running for the nam nomination next year. But Chris Christie is still considering it. Which means this video that went viral just went viral. The record setting performance at the wing bowl.
It has been a tough year. Roger goodell reflects on a bruising nfl season. Now its game on for super bowl xlix. Its really getting close. We can feel it. Ready for game time. Were excited for the opportunity and it will be a great matchup. With deflategate everyone will be keeping his eye on the ball. This is my job, to protect the integrity of the game. Say it aint snow. A new went r storm is affecting nearly 100 million people. Folks in boston are trying to thaw out as another storm moves in. Two men, one american one russian claim the world record Long Duration balloon flight. The pilots expect to land in mexico today. Hes out, mitt romney the gop candidate for president in 2012 wont be running for the nam nomination next year. But Chris Christie is still considering it. Which means this video that went viral just went viral. The record setting performance at the wing bowl. This guy eight 444 wings. All that look at this. Thanks to the winter deep freeze a thrill seeking dare devil
About his explosive report on how the nations thirdlargest city runs a secret interrogation facility. We will also speak to a woman who was held inside. And we will look at the connection between the Chicago Police department and guantanamo. In 2003, Richard Zuley oversaw one of the most brutal interrogations on record at Guantanamo Bay. But he tested versions of his interrogation techniques in chicago for 30 years. Then to the middle east. As the Islamic State seizes 220 christians in syria while u. S. Led Coalition Airstrikes have reportedly killed over three dozen people in iraq including at least 20 civilians, earlier today, isis posted a video showing members destroying ancient artifacts inside a mozilla museum mo resume days aftersul the Historic Library was destroyed. We will go to the iraqi city and speak to electric cockburn. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Two u. S. Led Coalition Airstrike