District and working with that role officials. People have to understand we are wellprepared and we have been preparing for a month now. We are working with the cdc and federal government. They expect the new guidelines to be announced soon. With all of the pressure building, the white house today said president obama welcomes officials drawing up new guidelines as long as they are based on sound science. Thank you. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon is condemning plans to Quarantine Health workers returning from the ebola zone. Words, the world must isolate the virus, not country not countries or workers. A nurse was quarantined with a toilet ando sometimes no food because she volunteered to fight the disease. She is being allowed to self quarantined. Despite the public backlash, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie stands by his decision. I know she did not want to be there but i have a bigger responsibility to the public. The cdc changed its guidelines to match Different Levels of exposure a
Also coming up, the hunt for potential life in outer space takes a step forward. Astronomers say they have discovered the most earthlike planet yet. It is only a mere 500 lightyears away. We had to algeria as the country awaits the results of its president ial election. Hes poised to hold on for a fourth term. Lets begin with the search and rescue efforts in the tragic ferry accident in south korea. Hundreds of passengers are missing, most high school students, after the ship sank on wednesday. The search for survivors is officially still going on, but hopes of finding any are quickly fading. Friends and family standby in shock. Andrew is covering events for us. It is 8 00 in south korea. Night has fallen. Walk us through the search and rescue efforts. The days event started on a grim note. South koreans woke up to find the death count has risen dramatically. We now have possibly 28 confirmed bodies which appear to have floated up from inside the ship wearing life jackets. That means t
U. S. President Barack Obama Says he has made no final decision on airstrikes against syria over the alleged chemical attack last week. He said a wide range of options are still being considered. He said whatever decision he made, there would not be any, quote, american boots on the ground. Both listen to what he had to say a few minutes ago. I have had my military and our team look at a wide range of options. We have consulted with allies, with congress. We have been in conversations with all the interested parties. In no event are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground. We are looking at the possibility of a limited act that would help make sure that not only syria, but others around the world understand that the International Community cares about maintaining this chemical weapons ban and norm. That is president barack obama talking a few minutes ago cross over to washington, and to our correspondent there. We heard an excerpt of what presi
Exposing the nsas past surveillance capabilities. The director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to the u. S. Senate and the senate said, are you collecting data on minds of americans . He said, no. The very first sure he we did show they were collecting story we did showed they were collecting data. Is ann, Hasan Rouhani upgraded as arends to president replacing mahmoud ahmadinejad. If you want the right response, dont stick with a ran in the language of dont speak with a ran. We will speak with trita parsi. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration has announced it will keep 19 embassies in north africa and the middle east closed from to a week due to fears of a possible military threat. Ramped up security measures were in place over the weekend that some of the 22 diplomatic posts shattered by the concerns. Saxby chambliss, the Top Republican on the Senate Intelligence commi
08 05 13 08 05 13 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] from pacifica, this is democracy now been an awful lot of chatter out there. Chatter meant conversation among tourists about the planning going on, very reminiscent of what we saw pre9 11. The United States closes 19 embassies in north africa and the middle east rep to a week, citing intelligence gathered by the National Security agency. We will speak with Glenn Greenwald. Two months ago he began publishing a series of articles exposing the nsas past surveillance capabilities. The director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to the u. S. Senate and the senate said, are you collecting data on minds of americans . He said, no. The very first sure he we did show they were collecting story we did showed they were collecting data. Is ann, Hasan Rouhani upgraded as arends to president replacing mahmoud ahmadinejad. If you want the right response, dont stick with a ran in the language of dont speak with a ran. We will spea