President ial candidates appeared for the first time on the same stage thursday night sparring over immigration, Foreign Policy , health care, and president obamas legacy. I think we e should have a debate on health care. She isthe senator says for bernie. I am for barack. I think obamacare worked. Insurance Companies Last year billions of dollars in profit out of the system. How did they make that money . Everyone of those 23 billion was m made by an insurance compy saying no to your health care. Amy we will air highlights from the houston debate and host a roundtable discussion. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, the ten leading democratic president ial candidates appeared for the first time on the same stage together thursday night at a debate at Texas Southern university in houston. It was the third debate of the primary season but marked the first time former Vice President joe biden and se
Office has said there was a drone strike on a nice old hideout killing a number of men. But these people say they were villagers. Who had gone into the mountains to collect pine nuts when you were. All of those killed were civilians each of these houses has lost 2 or 3 men. Their grief is mixed with and go all the Security Services all of the government should listen to us show these men stop this cruel to. Others join in with the chant death to america. While most of the bodies have been brought back for burial the villagers say some people are still missing. But the most that i got my message the government to stop it you shouldnt kill civilians anymore for gods sake stop killing ordinary people. In a statement the u. S. Military has said it carried out a drone strike on the Islamic State target and that it was investigating claims that civilians have been killed whats clear is that in another violent 24 hour period there have been attacks by both the taliban and the u. S. Military a
Damage denying him a date for the next general election and forcing him by law to seek a love of brechts extension from the e. U. If you cant get a deal with the 19 my guest to this week is andrew bridge a conservative m. P. And leading supporter who Boris Johnson now upgrade the law the parliament has put in front of him. And to britain welcomes conflicts of. One of the biggest obstacles preventing a deal between britain and the e. U. Is the irish backstop the socalled insurance policy to keep open border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic the government has promised new proposals well rather well i think theyre already out there also to arrangements have been discussed for over. 12 months a trust a trade a scheme for regular trade its a very relatively small amount of trade that goes across the board about turn of 1000000000 pounds a year but only exemption exemptions for small traders. And checks away from the border but aug 21st the Prime Minister said in berlin standi
But throughout. On iraq. As questions about his death remain unanswered. Safety 1st diplomats in somalia try to figure out how to hold an election next year against a backdrop of violence. Hello theyve had a fairly quiet couple days across central and eastern areas of china now on the satellite you see this bright bundle of cash just pushing actually outer shell gas is Tropical Storm e tag so as a k. Is the way it takes the rain with it so a good couple of days ahead in shanghai also fine and dry and hong kong still feeling fairly humid of course other nations want to see will scout of the interior now they do become a bit more widespread as we head into friday but they dont make much progress so we might actually just see some localized flooding from the system of the ground is so very wet because the rain over the last few months and the rain is pushing further south so fairly unsubtle across much of borneo its that time of year and also quite heavy across into northern sumatra and p
Baghdad as a rocky Security Forces confront protesters for a 2nd day. Throughout wednesday iraqi Security Forces placed a ring of around to korea square the focal point of the protests. But they werent deterred by the show of force they came in large numbers and full running battles in nearby streets and in other neighborhoods their message to government leaders is simple that. Our demands we wont work we wont work if they do not want to treat us as iraqis then tell us we are not iraqi and we will find other nationalities and migrate to other countries that nobody thought we had demanding the change we want the downfall of the whole government that message of bringing down the government will concern Prime Minister other loved his office says he will meet the protesters as well as set up a commission to investigate events including the deaths of demonstrators quite who the Prime Minister will meet is unclear analysts suggest this is not a movement that seems to be led by any Political