Friday. Pantsfree friday. Get it right. Stephanie she started with help me. Im having all sorts of technical problems. [ mysterious music ] stephanie oh, look who is here right on time as usual, its jim ward. The good news is thank god we dont need a journalistic goddess, the guy who owns the show sent us the news yesterday that susan rice withdrew. [ laughter ] if only we had a tv. Stephanie right or computers. Here she is news goddess Jacki Schechner. Secretary of defense has authorized deployment of 400 troops to man the turkey syria border. They are emphasizing this is only a defensive mission. Susan rice will meet with president obama at the white house today. He has already accepted her withdraw for consideration to replace Hillary Clinton. She is a fighter but not at the cost of what is right with the country. The president praised her strength of character, and called the attacks on her in recent weeks unfair and misleading. The reaction to the withdrawal were short and dismiss
Closer to a deal to escape going over the fiscal cliff. Good to see you this morning. Welcome again to the program. And we welcome your calls at 186655press. In other big news, the Supreme Court has decided to hear two cases on Marriage Equality but why even bother to hold a hearing . Hey, theres no doubt about it. Under the constitution, it is wrong to discriminate against anybody for any reason. So, of course, gays and lesbians have every right under the constitution to marry each other. There is no doubt about it. Well talk more about that today and a whole lot of other issues but first, we get the latest. Here she is with todays current news update, Lisa Ferguson standing by in our studios in los angeles. Hi lisa, good morning. Hey bill. Good morning everyone. Nothing on the president s public schedule today. He just has his usual briefing in the oval office followed by lunch with the Vice President. The first lady will be visiting the Childrens National Medical Center in d. C. And
Roger al jazeera reporters. We will go to egypt to speak with democracy now s Sharif Abdel Kouddous as well as the treaty to protect journalists. Two thirds of the journalists killed this year were in the middle east. The deadliest country is syria. Then on the last day of 2013, we will look at 10 hopeful things that happened in 2013 to get you inspired for whats to come. We will speak with sarah van gelder, editor in chief of yes magazine. Then we will go to germany. Among them spoke was Julian Assange. Therell be no person and has not been exposed to this ideology of transparency in keepstanding of what is to the internet free. This is the last regeneration. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraq is capping off its worst year of violence since the height of u. S. Occupation. According to the United Nations, civilians and 950 Security Forces have been killed this year, the highest annual total since 200
Roger al jazeera reporters. We will go to egypt to speak with democracy now s Sharif Abdel Kouddous as well as the treaty to protect journalists. Two thirds of the journalists killed this year were in the middle east. The deadliest country is syria. Then on the last day of 2013, we will look at 10 hopeful things that happened in 2013 to get you inspired for whats to come. We will speak with sarah van gelder, editor in chief of yes magazine. Then we will go to germany. Among them spoke was Julian Assange. Therell be no person and has not been exposed to this ideology of transparency in keepstanding of what is to the internet free. This is the last regeneration. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraq is capping off its worst year of violence since the height of u. S. Occupation. According to the United Nations, civilians and 950 Security Forces have been killed this year, the highest annual total since 200
Government will plans setting up Health Care Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care act. Republican governors who have been dragging their feet can no longer treat the reform law like a boogeyman that will disappear if they wish hard enough. Because, if i may borrow a phrase from method man, when the American People elected president obama, they let you know its real. Yes, its really real son. Even the president s political nemesis, john boehner, knows that to be true. You had said next year that you would repeal the health care vote. That still your mission . I think the election changes that. Its pretty clear that the president was reelected, obama care is the law of the land. Now, of course, boehner promptly walked those comments back later that day. That doesnt make what he said any less of a fact. Central to the implementation of that law is the creation of Health Care Exchanges. Now, let me explain. These aca exchanges are online marketplaces. In short, websites. The idea is t