As well as his latest project, the new documentary, Long Distance revolutionary a journey with mumia abujamal. [indiscernible] and no way out. Freed american hiker shane bauer rights, solitary in iran nearly broke me. Then i went inside americas prisons. I spent seven months in a prison cell. I thought this was one be better than it is. This is one of eight in a pod. A little over 11 by 7 feet, smaller than any i have ever inhabited. Shane bauer was held in solitary confinement in iran for four months, now his written a major expose on shocking conditions of solitary confinement inside the u. S. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were on the road in san rafael, broadcasting from the Community Media center. Both the u. S. And iran are denying claims of having reached an agreement in principle for direct oneonone nuclear talks. The New York Times reported saturday a deal had been struck between u. S. Diplom
Money still felt disappointed. This is the 37th year that theres been no winner yet. The horse that run got more rest. Speemac they were trying to come to think for a grueling race schedule. The drugs they gave him for that. No one else since has won the triple crown. He gave it what he have. He made his owners very proud. They made 18 million on the horse already. Now he might be priced out of racing. These arent rich enough for him. The fans everywhere might not get the chance to see him in action in person. The owners had indicated that this might be his last year of racing. Theyre on the lookout for a man who is it from jail. The strange thing is the man may have been better off staying behind bars. They explain why. This escape happened before sunrise when it was still dark out. This is somewhat of a trusted inmate that escaped while doing his job. Authorities are on the hunt. They have supervised out site clearance when he went through the jails of daily trash run. When he made a
Today, august 2nd, 2013. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. I am Savannah Guthrie. Matt is on assignment, and so are a lot of other people, because i am here. Yes, you are here. Always good to have you. A little stubl. A little edge in the morning. Good morning, mom. We have a great show for somebody who comes from the voice. Theres a great show. They are ready. Were going to start with a drastic move by the state department. They have ordered the shut down of multiple u. S. Embassies and consulates. Andrea mitchell is our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent and has got the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This is highly unusual. The threat is from one source Officials Say related to al qaeda in the middle east. Mentioning a threat to diplomatic posts overseas. Vague but in the aftermath of benghazi the state department is not taking any chances. Announcing the closing of all u. S. Embassies normal
Designs for their deeds. Us secretary of state john kerry is now visiting beijing as part of a four nation tour hes there to discuss north korea and other key issues with chinese leaders. Terry flew to the Chinese Capital from south korea. Even with foreign minister won the after a meeting with president shes in pain. We know that going for the year the car. Progress in dubai im over that. There are differences but it is. But too late. We were off. I mean i told both our countries can expand cooperation in various fields resolve differences and disputes properly and fully implement a modern relationship between china and the us. Observers believe kerry is likely to have massed his chinese hosts to use their influence on north korea to keep the country from engaging in acts of provocation. Some analysts fear. North korea could take such actions during the upcoming joint military drills between the us and south korea senior officials from north and south korea have met for the second tim
Liftoff south korea launches this rocket into space after two previous, highprofile failures. An International Donors conference is underway right now in kuwait, hoping to raise 1. 5 billion to fund aid projects for refugees displaced by the continuing conflict. Lets go straight to al jazeera s diplomatic editor, joining us from kuwait. Are the pledges coming together . The pledges are coming together. We have certainly seen some very large amounts of money coming in, starting with kuwait itself, where this is being held. They pledged 300 million dollars. Word is that is also being matched by 300 million. Word is that is also being matched by others. If all the information is true, we are close to the 1 billion mark. Add up the other pledges from other nations and some of the you and officials are quite confident it could be close to the figure they are asking for, 1. 5 billion that they will need to fund the refugees. Those in the neighboring countries around syria and those are in th