The Academy Award winning filmmaker oliver stone joins us in the studio with his partner Peter Kuznick to talk about their new book and tv series looking at the classified america we were never meant to see. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Israel is continuing to pound the gaza strip with airstrikes amidst fears that israel could launch a Ground Invasion. At least 21 palestinians have died in the most recent round of violence while three israelis died on thursday. Israel said it launched 150 airstrikes overnight while palestinians fired a dozen rockets into israel. Among the casualties was the 11 monthold son of a bbc arabic journalist. An Associated Press photo showed jihad misharawi clutching the wrapped body of his baby, who was killed by an israeli round that struck his home on wednesday. White House Press Secretary jay carney told reporters thursday speaking later thursday, mark toner said the onu
Youre getting plenty of sleep right . Are you getting plenty of sleep . Yes. Brown chinas new leader will head both the communist party and the military. We assess the change at the top in beijing. Suarez and we close with the story of volunteers stepping up to help victims of Hurricane Sandy in the borough of queens in new york. Theres people who have been without attention for a long time. Some with, some without running water. Definitely without power. You know, so as time goes, it gets worse. And im afraid if we dont like, really get this situation under control. Brown 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 by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by t
Newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill House Republicans today offered their counter offer to the president s plan for a deal both sides say is needed to avoid yearend tax increases. The move was the latest volley in an increasingly tense face off between the two branches of government. With 28 days left to come to a deal on the nations fiscal cliff, the white house is holding firm on its proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy. Spokesman jay carney. The obstacle remains at this point the refusal to acknowledge by Republican Leaders that there is no deal th
Ifill the link between brain injury and sports, new evidence ties repeated blows to the head to longterm damage. We take a look. Brown ray suarez looks at the firestorm over israels announcement it will expand settlements in the west bank. Ifill Elizabeth Brackett looks at how one Chicago School is dealing with the transition to new statewide standards. I really did find that the kids do understand more, and they learn more. Theyre more interested in what theyre learning. Brown plus, as Global Carbon dioxide levels hit record highs, we analyze the increasing difficulty of combating Climate Change, with Carol Davenport of the national journal. 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 by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of
My thought at the time was thats one, thats two, threes coming, maybe even four. And given what we know about what happened in paris i thought theres a good chance im going to start hearing rifle fire. In among the debris on the ground what you were seeing were people. Its tragedy, the blood, the destruction, that stuff i wouldnt wish on anybody to see. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. What is going to be a very, very big news morning today. Were following two big stories
this morning. In politics we got a big endorsement last night, jeb to ted. But first, the terror attacks in brussels. Breaking overnight, police have identified three of the suspects involved in yesterdays terror attacks in belgium. Two of the suicide bombers were brothers and a massive manhunt is under way for the third man. We go live to brussels for the latest on that. Plus, joe, we have the results in the president ial race this morning, donald trump is the projected winner in the winner take all arizona p