Africa, debate grows in the United States over quarantining Health Care Workers returning from the region. A Doctors Without Borders letters just back from sierra leone is being held in isolation in a new jersey hospital despite showing no signs of having ebola. She says shes going to sue over her treatment. We will speak to a nurse just back from guinea and economist Jeffrey Sachs of the Earth Institute at Columbia University which has a team in guinea. We will also speak to John Hopkins University professor nancy kass about the use of experimental drugs to treat ebola patients. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The governors of new york and new jersey are facing federal pressure to reverse new quarantine rules on medical workers returning from west africa. Under the policy, arriving passengers with the risk of ebola exposure will be placed in a 21 day quarantine. Illinois hasnt limited a similar policy.
Weighing whether to indict officer Darren Wilson for shooting Michael Brown dead. Then to the making of the warrior cop. Do you think theres any validity to the criticism that the United States is increasingly becoming a police state . I think there is some validity to that. Oakland, california. The convention were swat teams from around the bay area and around the world are going to be competing around the bay. Mother jones reporter shane bauer goes inside the urban shield trade show where local Police Departments flushed with department of Homeland Security cash can buy armored vehicles, sniper rifles, drones and more. Shane is the journalist who was held for almost two years in iran. Then to a texas man on trial for filming the police. We will go to austin to speak to Antonio Buehler of the peaceful streets project who was arrested after filming the police. A jury will decide this week if he committed a crime or not. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracyn
He said come home, she said no. A family feud in court. A teenager suing her mum and dat. Good morning, welcome to al jazeera. Secretary of state john kerry is set to meet russias minister, amid a war of words over the standoff in crimeas peninsula. John kerry arrived for talks ontuesday, the high level meeting the first between the two countries since russia september troops to crimea. Ukraine offered little assurance of a peaceful solution. A meeting two the two countrys defence ministers on tuesday epded in a stalemate, one said we have no sign of hope. Lisa stark joins us from washington in a moment. But Jennifer Glasse is in the crimea city of sevastopol. Good morning. We heard from foreign minister Sergei Lavrov before the meeting with kerry. What did he have to say . Good morning, Sergei Lavrov speaking in madrid making clear the russian position is far from the american position. Moscow believes president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted illegally. That moscow was forced to act bec
Americans. No sir. Does the n. S. A. Intercept americans cell phone conversations. No. Google searches. No. Text messages. No. There is no spying on americans, we dont have a domestic spying program. Are you telling the truth . It depends on your definition, i guess of truth. The narc times reports that the National Supreme Court Administration is in fact searching the contents of vast amounts of americans email and Text Communications into and out of the country. That sounds like domestic spying to me. Press secretary jay carney doubled down on the administrations loose definition of the word lying. Joe schmo from kokomo wants to know if he sends and email overseas if its being read, what do you say . Its not being read. The information targeted has to do with terrorist threats or potential terrorist threats emanating from foreign persons in foreign areas. According to the times story, the n. S. A. Collects email and Text Messages and searches them for key words, specifically any info
To hurt us, wherever they are. The president in a wideranging interview. He talks immigration, the fight against isis, midterm elections and reaction and analysis to all, up next. Overseas, new air strikes in iraq. The u. S. Is trying to stop militants from overtaking a site in that country. New polls for the u. S. Senate with a key number coming out of the bluegrass state. Is the challenger ready to knock off the incumbent . Why are scientists saying its going to pass awfully close to earth . Hey there, everybody. Hi noon out east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. President obama held nothing back in an interview with chuck todd of meet the press. The strategy for iraq and syria is we will hunt down isil members and assets wherever they are. I will reserve the right to protect the American People and go after folks that are trying to hurt us wherever they are. If democrats hold the senate, i think that should get republicans to, once again keep that i think wha