Now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate. I want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the agree asans in any way a matter of going back to the talks that they someh condone or accept the settlements. The palestinians believed the settlements are illegal. The United States has said they believe the settlements are not helpful and are illegitimate. Despite calling the settlements illegitimate, john kerry refused to demand an end to the construction, saying israeli expansion would be off limited as much as possible. Concluded study has former palestinian president Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned to death. The team of swiss scientists who examined his remains say their findings moderately support poisoning as the cause of death. On tuesday, arafats widow called for an investigation where he fell ill one month before dying in 2004. Speaking to al jazeera, forensic scientist David Barkley says he believes arafat was poisoned. If i was a judge and jur
Nations debt. What it means for hundreds of thousands of working americans. New details on the investigation into the Navy Yard Shooting. What was the motivation . Were live in washington. Plus, securing a chemical weapons stockpile. Its a challenging effort even here in the u. S. So can we expect quick action in syria . Well take you to one of the deadliest places on earth right in americas heartland. And is democracy alive again . The u. S. Hasnt talked with iran since the hostage crisis in 1979. That could change as soon as next week. Well talk live with a man who personally negotiated with iran for years. But we begin with developing news out of kenya. An investigation is under way to find out who is responsible for an apparent terrorist attack at a luxury mall in nairobi. At this hour, the kenyan government says as many as 11 people have been killed and at least 40 others wounded in the horrific attack this afternoon in kenyas largest city. The u. S. State Department Says it has a
Ns Surveillance Program is coming under increasing criticism in washington from an unlikely bipartisan coalition. We will speak with republican huggers member Thomas Massie of kentucky and democratic congressman or her john conyers of michigan on their efforts to tracking everyom phone call in the United States. It is my fear that we are on the verge of becoming a surveillance state, collecting billions of electronic records on lawabiding americans every single day. Then, a National Strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast food and retail sectors spreads across 7 cities. [indiscernible] we cannot support our families on what we make. Workerill speak with one who went on strike. He is a father of three who works at both burger king and pizza hut. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is reconsidering plans for a summit with russian president Vladimir Putin next m
Nsa Surveillance Program is coming under increasing criticism in washington from an unlikely bipartisan coalition. We will speak with republican huggers member Thomas Massie of kentucky and democratic congressman or her john conyers of michigan on their efforts to tracking everyom phone call in the United States. It is my fear that we are on the verge of becoming a surveillance state, collecting billions of electronic records on lawabiding americans every single day. Then, a National Strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast food and retail sectors spreads across 7 cities. [indiscernible] we cannot support our families on what we make. Workerill speak with one who went on strike. He is a father of three who works at both burger king and pizza hut. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is reconsidering plans for a summit with russian president Vladimir Putin next
Widespread corruption threatens the president ial and the provincial elections that are set for next april. Free and Fair Elections are essential to establishing a stable government. A repeat of the widespread Election Fraud that we saw in 2009 would undermine afghans faith in their government, setting back the country. Corruption hinders afghanistans economy. The Mining Sector could tap the posits of Industrial Metals by attracting foreign investment, but that will not happen with the corruption in afghanistan. On the security front, pakistans military and Security Service continues to complicate matters by supporting the taliban. They are a double dealer. They undermine our primary objective of bringing afghanistan under the troll of a democratically elected government. Iran continues to support the taliban and using the Banking System to circumvent sanctions. Just yesterday, it was announced president karzai had agreed to a longterm friendship and cooperation pact with iran. We need