Then to cowspiracy. A vegan diet produces half as much co2 1 11 the amount of fossil fuels 1 13 of water. I realized i had the choice every single day to save over 1100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 square feet of force did land, the equivalent of 20 pounds of co2, and one animals life. Amy as california experiences a massive drought, we will speak to two documentary filmmakers about the link between Climate Change and Meat Consumption. Then we look at how the tsas Behavior Detection Program is being used to target undocumented immigrants, not terrorists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has demanded access to a Palestinian Refugee camp in syria invaded by the selfproclaimed islamic state, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. About 18,000 people have been trapped in yarmouk, just a few miles from outside the capital damascus the stronghold of syrian president bashar alas
Been to arms control expert william hartung, how the Obama Administration has approved more arms sales than any u. S. Administration since world war ii more than half the sales have been to the middle east and persian gulf, with saudi arabia topping the list at 46 billion. Then to cowspiracy. A vegan diet produces half as much co2 1 11 the amount of fossil fuels 1 13 of water. I realized i had the choice every single day to save over 1100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 square feet of force did land, the equivalent of 20 pounds of co2, and one animals life. Amy as california experiences a massive drought, we will speak to two documentary filmmakers about the link between Climate Change and Meat Consumption. Then we look at how the tsas Behavior Detection Program is being used to target undocumented immigrants, not terrorists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has demanded acc
Lagarde, head of the monetary fund. Ill ask her what kind of damage has been done to americas reputation and how that could affect the worlds economy. And former secretary of defense, leon panetta. Is the shutdown hurting our National Security, and what he thinks is different today from the last shutdown in 1996. Policy threats and basically holding the country hostage whether its on a continuing resolution or debt ceiling or raising these kinds of blackmail approaches. Im david gregory. All that ahead on this edition of meet the press for sunday, october 13. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. Wish there were better news to tell you but congress and plt obama are still crawling to the finish line in the race to end the fiscal crisis with the deadline this coming thursday. The focus is now in the senate. In session today, House Speaker john boehner, and on saturday the talks between the house gop an
The conversation that started yesterday between senator mcconnell, the Republican Senate leader, and senator reid, i think, has the promise of finding a solution. I dont want to be overly op optimist optimistic, but theres a lot at stake. It isnt just the Government Shutdown, and thats laid off 7,000 federal employees and denied basic services. It goes way beyond this, as we know. If in four days we default on our debt for the first time in our history, it is going to have a dramatic negative impact. Senator portman, i want to get beyond talking points, i want to get beyond just pure argument. The American People simply want to know, why cant congress do its job . First of all, congress cant do its job unless democrats are willing to talk, and the reason he said it was a breakthrough is because the president has refused to negotiate. Its unbelievable. This is the first time in history that a president of the United States has said, look, im not even going to talk about it. I served thr
Lagarde, head of the monetary fund. Ill ask her what kind of damage has been done to americas reputation and how that could affect the worlds economy. And former secretary of defense, leon panetta. Is the shutdown hurting our National Security, and what he thinks is different today from the last shutdown in 1996. Policy of threats and basically holding the country hostage whether its on a continuing resolution or debt ceiling or raising these kinds of blackmail approaches. Im david gregory. All that ahead on this edition of meet the press for sunday, october 13. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. Wish there were better news to tell you but congress and president obama are still crawling to the finish line in the race to end the fiscal crisis with the deadline this coming thursday. The focus is now in the senate. In session today, House Speaker john boehner annouced saturday the talks between the ho