1-866-55-press. giving. chance to comment on twitter. we want to hear from you on twitter at bp show and we love having you as our friend on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. very important speech today. president obama speaking at the national defense university where he will outline a new policy on the american use of drones. we will be limiting the use of drones particularly against americans overseas. the president s going to announce he is also transferring main responsibility for drones from the c.i.a. to the pentagon where they belong and ending strikes of drones against groups of people where so many civilian deaths have occurred. this of course, comes one day after attorney general eric holder told congress we have killed four americans overseas with drones. back here at home, michele bachmann, as always, has the answer to problems with the i.r.s. her answer is to abolish the i.r.s. and then everybody will just pay their taxes voluntary. of course, they will. w
05/22/13 05/22/13 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] from pacifica, this is democracy now! i was at the top of my game. i gave everything. as soon as my ptsd started getting really bad, they just gave up on me. it was quicker and easier just to kick guys out. this is the thanks i get? other than honorable. the number of soldiers including when it, veterans are being kicked of the service for misconduct also with no benefits as the army downsizes after a decade of war. those with the most combat exposure are hardest hit. then from spying on journalists to spying on activists. because ire today want a part of democracy. america is democracy. as the obama administration faces criticism for spying on journalists, newly released documents show how the fbi, the department of homeland security and local police forces spied on occupy protesters, monitored their online usage, and ample treated their meetings. we will speak with matthew rothschild. a former death row
standing on people buried underneath. as you can imagine, gut- wrenching time to deal with the families and communicate with them and tell them, we moved them to a location and tried to feed them information as we were getting at in. unfortunately, there were people who lost their lives, little children lost their lives. the national weather service has confirmed the 2 mile wide credit hit the category ef5, the highest possible. in a white house address, president obama vowed federal aid for oklahoma s recovery. for all of those who have been affected, we recognize the face a long road ahead. in some cases, there will be enormous grief that has to be absorbent, but you will not travel that have alone. your country will travel with you fuelled by our faith in the almighty and our faith in one another. our prayers are with the people of oklahoma today and we will back up those prayers with deeds for as long as it takes. the federal government is expected to tap a more tha
the number of soldiers including when it, veterans are being kicked of the service for misconduct also with no benefits as the army downsizes after a decade of war. those with the most combat exposure are hardest hit. then from spying on journalists to spying on activists. because ire today want a part of democracy. america is democracy. as the obama administration faces criticism for spying on journalists, newly released documents show how the fbi, the department of homeland security and local police forces spied on occupy protesters, monitored their online usage, and ample treated their meetings. we will speak with matthew rothschild. a former death row prisoner in tennessee is set to walk free. we will look at the case of timothy mckinney. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. authorities in morell, have lowered their estimate of the death toll from monday s devastating tornado. the total dead
in the most geeky way possible. stephanie: you re like oh, my god there goes florida. we were speculating on whether he was sleeping or dead. they had a whole panel of men and they cut away to them one by one and they come to james carvel and he s like stephanie: sleeping or dead. we won t know until they go to him. jacki s healthcare corner right off the top of the show. great medicare stuff to get into with the zombie-eyed granny starver. it is like a basket of gift news. as we all know now, mitt romney has picked congressman paul ryan to be his running mate. both republicans and democrats are rushing to get the word out about what we know about paul ryan. the right, of course, trying to paint him as an economic policy expert focused on fiscal responsibility. we know the principles that built this country and we re going to reapply the principles and get this country right on the backtrack and leave our kid s a better future. the details of ryan s budget pla