Activist naomi klein. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Moment of bipartisan unity, house lawmakers have voted to authorize the arming and training of Syrian Rebels fighting the Islamic State. The senate is expected to pass a legislation today. The Obama Administration has lobbied heavily for the measure as part of its ramped up offensive against the Islamic State which has claimed swaths of both iraq and syria. The vote came as president obama sought to provide reassurance the offensive will not involve Ground Troops in iraq. Be clear. To the American Forces that have been played to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. Support iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. As your commanderinchief, i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. Obamas comments came one day after general martin dempsey, o
People say they are happy to see every drop. Resembled a waterfall of embers as fairly strong gusts blew sparks from power poles overnight as a result of the mix of rain and dust that built up during the dry spell. One major reason why nearly 12,000 people across the bay area lost power. The chp is worrying about another impact, the one on the road with the oil thats built up. It definitely percolates up once we get the wet weather because, obviously, oil is a lot lighter than water so it rises up and it definitely poses a slippery hazard. Reporter he makes deliveries around San Francisco, even the slightest bit of rain can make his job more dangerous. You have to be more careful when youre driving around because you have to watch for pedestrians and when youre unloading the truck, slippery. Reporter in fact, you told me you almost fell a couple times . Couple times. Reporter against the backdrop of this extremely dry year, everyone we spoke with welcomed the rain, however little. I th
Indefinitely. Sponsors are not happy with any association. They are not walking away from the sport. Maybe that nfl is weathering athletes this financial storm. Look at what else is happening. Australia uncovering a plot to behead people in sydney. The market powers ahead on cheap money, as far as the eye could see. Varney and company is about to begin. Stuart cto of pepsi. The latest head of a big nfl company. She says she still supports Roger Goodell as commissioner. This after one quote that sums up how sponsors will ultimately respond. In a world where you cannot get a big audience anymore, where in the hell not argue going to go . Obviously, we do not condone violence against women a month but how is it the right thing to do for our shareholders to pull out of the nfl . My question is about women. Will they continue to watch nfl games. A lot of women, a lot of men have big problems. No one condones sexual violence, Domestic Violence, child abuse in the case of adrienne peeters. I
Cris another hit on the tail end of this one. Give the guy credit, pretty amazing. Just flatfooted, looks at the last second to get that ball in there. He is going to have a little trouble getting out of bed tomorrow morning. They havent always sacked him, but they have had plenty of hits on him. Al a flag thrown as Jonathan Dwyer makes the catch. Referee holding, number 73 offense. Tenyard penalty, remains first down. Al ramon foster. Well, the bears will go to detroit next week. Then they have backtoback home games against new orleans and the giants. It would behoove them to build up early currency. When you look at their schedule down the line, four of their last six games of road games. Cris id say 30 is a little currency. Al its a little currency. Thats whats upcoming for them. And the season will end in Soldier Field against green bay. From the 48. And roethlisberger fires deep downfield. Thats caught. Thats brown. To the 26 yard line. And for brown, a total now of eight catches
And a good friday morning, everyone, im clof clodan kloef. Im reena ninan. Voters in scotland rejecting independence from britain. Citizens who did not want to break up the three century old union are celebrating today. On the other side, voters who wanted independence seen openly weeping in the streets, draped in the scottish flag. Hamish mcdonald has the reaction. Reporter some pretty heartfelt reactions on both sides this morning. In the end, the result was fairly definitive. 55 of voters in scotland said that they wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom. Thats a large number of people who wanted to be independent. 1. 6 million voters said yes to scottish independence. Bitter divisions emerged, and they arent sold necessarily just by this vote. But leaders on both sides are saying that now that weve had this referendum, kscotland and the United Kingdom must come together. Is the Independence Movement dead . Reporter not necessarily. Remember that during the campaign, british pol