He was cleared for release eight years ago in 2007, but the pentagon refused to set him free until now, this coming we will sunday. Speak to his attorney Clive Stafford smith. Then to benghazi. The fact is, we have four dead americans, was a because of a protest or guys out with a walk and decided to kill some americans . What difference, this point, does it make . It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. Amy as Hillary Clinton prepares to testify again today on capitol hill for up to 10 hours about the 2012 attack in libya, which killed four americans, we will speak to friends of two of the men killed in benghazi. The first, we go to st. Louis where six predominantly black churches have been set on fire. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Last month was the hottest september worldwide and 2015 is now virtually guaranteed to be t
I wrote about facts, not what i believe. Of course in the First Administration he gained after he went into training after the assassination recovery inch your 70s, thats no small accomplishment. We do thank you, tom, for this special look, and as he does say, its a very factbased, very interesting focus on a period of the president s life that we dont often see as clearly. We do thank you again for coming to join us, and thank tom. Thank you for having me. [applause] up next, author and think tank president , Arthur Brooks. The former french hornist, tunnel social scientist, talks about his research on charity, happiness, and Free Enterprise. The head of the American Enterprise institute is the author of four nonfiction books, including New York Times bess sellers by Gross National happiness and the road to freedom. Arthur brooks, where did the phrase, Gross National happiness, come from . Guest the phrase comes from the government of beaut buttan, who 30 years ago read the process of
Star state reporting on the impact of low oil on jobs and the economy in the great state of texas. First, lets get to bob in the heart of all the action down at the nyc. I can hear smashing in the background. All those records being smashed again today. I believe its been the best twoweek gain for the s p in three months and im just looking at the leaders here. Energy and materials are on fire. Once again. At that level this will be a new historic closing high. Well see if we get there here. Intraday inteks for new highs, theres a bunch of them. The s p 500 is an at intraday by semiconductor index, i mentioned this all week its been at historic highs. Midcaps have been historic highs. The nasdaq is at a 15year high. The russell is close to new highs as well. Well be keeping an eye on that. Leading the charge as mandy mentioned is energy and will we see brent up very strong this morning and close west texas intermediate. We get some of the more volatile names up. Danbury, halliburton, b
We have elizabeth saying for those of you at home, we want you to be part of this conversation. And let us know what makes you happy and what the connection is between money and happiness. A wife and jacked up truck. Happiness, its the most valued human emotion, for some, its a strong sense of wellbeing, and for others, they think that more money will make them happy. What do you want out of life. To be happy. And to live a long happy life. Whats going to make you successful and happy . What will make you feel successful and happy . Right now, money. Lots of money. All right, but does more money lead to more problems . According to a gallop poll, income has risen over the last 12 years, but happiness has not. Wellbeing is for income, but once our basic needs are met, what makes us happy . And is happiness the same arounded world . Joining us from los angeles, rocco bellic, director of happy, and hes from los angeles, and author doing Extensive Research on materialism and happiness, and
Many people on the website theyre giving a grace period. If you were in line yesterday waiting to sign up and the system told you you had to wait, you could sign up actually by the end of today. Here are obamacare statistics brought to you by cmx. More than 50,000 were on the site. Its only designed to handle that many people and then put you in line. 1. 2 million visitors over the weekend. What officials havent said how many people signed up in the last minute flurry. President obama expects 2 million by january 1st, half of those would have private insurance and the other half government or medicaid or chip. And this is halfway to the goal that the administration projected a couple of months ago and doesnt sclu include the millions of americans who had their health care canceled. The mandates have been delayed and the botched rollout of the website and the numbers are far below what they hoped. The Administration Says it will get better as the website improves. 2014 a lot more goes i