Amy the muchanticipated film, snowden, about one of the most wanted men in the world, hits theateters this friday. Today we spepend the hour with academy awarardwinning filmmakr oliver stone and t the actor who josephnowden, gordonlevititt. The e films release e comes amt a steppedup campaign for president obama to pardon snowden befofo he leaveses offie in january. If not for these revevelatio, we wouould be worse off. Yes, there are laws in the books that s say one thingng, but pers thisis is why the pardon n power exists for the exceptions, for the manyny things that may seem unlawful in letters on a page, but when we look k at them morally, ethically, whwhen we lk at the results, it is obvious these were necessary things. These were vital things. Amy and we will speak with wikileaks editor sarah harrison. In 2013, she spent four months with snowden and the russian airport. Fororking as a contractor the intelligence agencies, he was able to understand this isnt necessarily they are
In honduras, and Bernie Sanders critique. Then to vulture funds in argentina. Ive never had anybody be angry. [indiscernible] amy journalist greg palast will join us to talk about how billion Republican Party donor paul singer has just made billions of dollars by profiting off argentinas economic crisis. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear plant. On march 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast of japan, killing 20,0000 people. Another 160,000 then fled the radiation in fukushima. It was the worlds Worst Nuclear Disaster since chernobyl. At least 100,000 people from the region have yet to return to their homes. A full cleanup of the site is expected to take at least 40 years. A representative of the families of the victims spoke during fridays Memorial Ceremony in tokyo. For those who remain, we are
Amy what is your response to Linda Sarsour singh the head of the gop should be condemning what donald trump says about muslims . Understand the condemnation thing, technique, sometimes it is more effective than others. As an american muslim, i want effectiveness more than, frankly, making me feel comfortable. And right now if rains prebus was to condemn, condemn, condemn every silly statement that has come out of weather trump or other candidates over the past eight months, it would actually end up empowering those individuals in the party and weakening the more moderate and balanced more sophisticated nuance voices. Lindathe trum supporrs, i kn you hav expresd yourore afra of hisupporte than yo some of his statements, what is your sense of what is happening in terms of the ang and the fury he is unable to marshal at many of his rallies . Youre watching people cheer on an american fascist. He has asked people to pledge to him. We have seen this publicly. I dont think there are rallies,
After giving his acceptance speech, he raced off to address londons refugees welcome rally. We will go to london to speak with new left review editor tariq ali. He has known Jeremy Corbyn for years. Then is oklahoma about to execute an innocent man . We will look at the case of Richard Glossip and speak to sister Helen Prejean it was played by Susan Sarandon and dead men walking. Clear, i do not want to be a martyr, i want to live, but of the worst happens, i want my death to not be in vain. If my execution ensures no other innocent man is and death chamber, im prepared to die for that cause. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. European Union Officials are holding emergency meetings on the influx of refugees following germanys unprecedented decision to institute temporary controls on its border with austria sunday. Germany shut down trains between germany and austria and instituted a spot check on car
Longtimeodds were 201, socialist Jeremy Corbyn is elected to head britains labor party on an antiausterity, antiwar platform. After giving his acceptance speech, he raced off to address londons refugees welcome rally. We will go to london to speak with new left review editor tariq ali. He has known Jeremy Corbyn for years. Then is oklahoma about to execute an innocent man . We will look at the case of Richard Glossip and speak to sister Helen Prejean it was played by Susan Sarandon and dead men walking. Clear, i do not want to be a martyr, i want to live, but of the worst happens, i want my death to not be in vain. If my execution ensures no other innocent man is and death chamber, im prepared to die for that cause. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. European Union Officials are holding emergency meetings on the influx of refugees following germanys unprecedented decision to institute temporary contr