Economy . After so many months of bumping along the bottom, will 2015 be the happy new year well be cheering for when we count down to midnight on december 31st. Thats the big question we have today as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Already one potential candidate, jeb bush has announced hes actively exploring a run for the white house. Others like Elizabeth Warren have backers pushing them towards the field. The 2016 president ial race is starting to take shape and it is not even 2015 yet. John kasich served in congress for 18 years. He is now the governor from the buckeye state, ohio. Governor, good to have you on the program. Thanks so much for joining us. Glad to be with you. So many people talk about you as perhaps a candidate. Will you throw your name in the ring . Maria im focused on the budget here in ohio. Thats all im thinking about now. Weve got some good Economic News last week. We are up about 285,000 jobs in the last four years, which is really great. Our unempl
The possibility of expanded unrest. We will go to ferguson for the latest. Then 50 years ago today, fbi director j. Edgar hoover called the rev. Dr. Martin luther king, the most notorious liar in the country. Dr. King, what is your reaction to the charges made by J Edgar Hoover . Well, i was quite shocked and surprised to learn of this statement for mr. Hoover questioning my integrity. Frankly, i dont understand what motivated the statement. As Martin Luther king prepared to go to oslo to received the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago, the fbi ramped up its efforts to discredit the civil rights leader. We will speak to the yale professor who uncovered an unredacted copy of the fbis socalled suicide letter when to king. The letter threatened to expose kings alleged Extramarital Affairs if he did not commit suicide. And then, no debate and the new war. One in 89. That is number of antiwar voices indicted on the high profile sunday talk shows to talk about u. S. Attacks on iraq in syria. All
Sanctions. One of the top intelligence personnel within the Israeli Intelligence field i wont name names, but this person was asked directly by a congressional delegation that visited over the weekend what the effect of sanctions would be . This person answered it would be like throwing a grenade into the process. Lou the mossad says kerrys statement is untrue. A Statement Released today reads, quote contrary to the report, the head of the mossad did not say he opposed sanctions on iran. The remarkable efficacy of the sanctions imposed on iran over the last few years in bringing iran to the negotiating table. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman bob corker, present at the meeting and here he is further rebuking the kerry claims. Some this weekend over the same issue, we have heard no one, no one say if congress were to weigh in on the final agreement, it would have anything it would in any way destabilize the negotiations. Lou the committees former chairman, senator bob menendez
Washing over the darker portions of a war. The vietnam war bitterly divided america. We must admit past mistakes. And we must learn from past mistakes. Because that is how we avoid repeating that mistake. Chuck hagel talks about mistakes made in the vietnam war. Retired threestar Lieutenant General Daniel Bolger, author of the new book why we lost a generals inside account of the iraq and afghanistan wars. Up. That and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. And china, the worlds two largest polluters, have agreed to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next decade. President obama unveiled the details with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. Also announce the United States has produced a new goal of reducing our Greenhouse Gas emissions by 26 to 28 below 2005 levels by 2025. It is an ambitious goal but an achievable goal. Whichl double the pace at we are reducing carbon emission in the United States. It put
This week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. Good morning. Im martha raddatz, and breaking right now, it has apparently happened again. A third american murdered by isis in a disturbing and graphic tape released just hours ago. The terror group claims it beheaded 26yearold peter kassig, a former army ranger from indiana captured while working with an aid group in syria. Chief investigative correspondent brian ross joins us now with the latest. Good morning, brian. Well, good morning, martha. U. S. Intelligence officials are working at this hour to formally authenticate that video, but the gruesome images posted by isis leave little doubt about what happened. A former u. S. Soldier in iraq, kassig went back to the mideast to syria as an aid worker featured two years ago by cnn. We each get one life and thats it. You get one shot at this. Reporter during captivity kassig converted to islam and changed his name from peter to abdulrahman. From their home in indiana, his parents, paula