Well, i hope youll all join me in thanking ambassador cui. [applause] a live picture now from the new America Foundation here in washington. They host a discussion looking at the Obama Administration and the press, more specifically a new report by the committee to protect journalists which investigates press Freedom Conditions during the obama presidency. Leonard downie is the journalism professor at Arizona State university and former executive editor of the Washington Post to other speakers included Senior Correspondent for the Washington Post. This is live coverage on cspan2. It should start shortly. Hello, welcome in america. Im managing editor at new america which means i added the new digital magazine weekly walk. Im actually here to welcome you to this event. The Obama Administration and the press. If you havent had a chance to see this report, which i have come it made me want to rename the group that wrote it Community Protect sources. Its all about protecting sources but tho
Guaranteed failure. We hope within the scope of these conversations we are able to move the ball forward. They will have to decide what the scope is. How much we want to fight off and shoe as part of these negotiations. That will be one of the early decisions we try and reach. The good news is that we hope that our republican colleagues have learned the right lesson from the debacle we just went through, unnecessary pain. It did not have to be that way. We are hoping that our colleagues will put down the clubs and recognize that this negotiation should be between the two budgets and no one should try to gain advantage again by threatening to shut down the government or default on our debt. If we can put down the clubs and have a serious conversation, maybe we can advance. Murray,re calling pat saying that you are going to look for Common Ground. Common ground is different than compromise. When of the areas where there might be Common Ground is to try to get rid of some or all of these
Prolific transparency activists, ryan shapiro, reveals he is suing the nsa, fbi, and Defense Intelligence agency in an attempt to force the agencies to open the records detailing how the u. S. Secretly helped apartheid south africa capture leadingandela in 1962, to his 27 years in prison. We will also speak with ryan shapiro about why the fbi considers his Academic Research on the Animal Rights movement a threat to National Security. 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 preparing to ask congress to reform the National Security agencys own collection of phone records one of the most controversial nsa practices exposed by Edward Snowden. The New York Times, setting an end officials, says the proposal would leave the bulk data in the hands of phone companies. To obtain specific records, the nsa would seek permission from a judge in the form of a new kind of court order. While the ns
C. E. O. Of the Washington Posts parent company, Donald Graham. Warner i am the shooter, declared Army Major Nidal Hasan at the start of his trial in an attack that killed 13 at fort hood, texas. We look at todays opening arguments and early testimony. Ifill the pentagon eased financial pain for its employees by cutting unpaid furlough from 11 days to six. Ray suarez discusses the budget cuts and Terror Threats with deputy secretary of defense Ashton Carter. Our effort to deal with the current budget situation, we believe, has to be driven by strategy. That is, a view of the future. Terrorism is one of those things thats going to be around. Warner and more than 1. 5 Million People have fled the bloody syrian civil war. We have an ontheground report from the worlds second largest refugee camp in jordan. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william a
We look at todays opening arguments and early testimony. Ifill the pentagon eased financial pain for its employees by cutting unpaid furlough from 11 days to six. Ray suarez discusses the budget cuts and Terror Threats with deputy secretary of defense Ashton Carter. Our effort to deal with the current budget situation, we believe, has to be driven by strategy. That is, a view of the future. Terrorism is one of those things thats going to be around. Warner and more than 1. 5 Million People have fled the bloody syrian civil war. We have an ontheground report from the worlds second largest refugee camp in jordan. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program