Inside to registered to vote. We will hear from dr. Martin luther king jr. s eldest son, and we will speak to one of the few republican members of congress who went to selma this weekend, alabama senator Jeff Sessions. I am on free voting. Things happen in two weeks or more before the election, and oftentimes people are, you know urged to go to vote and vote before they are ready. Amy and we will go to the Edmund Pettus bridge, where on sunday more than 70,000 people marched for Voting Rights today. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracy now . Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A group of 47 republican senators has released an open letter to iran in a bid to disrupt the obama administrations attempt at a nuclear deal. It was spearheaded by senator tom cotton and signed by a number of potential 2016 president ial hopefuls, including senators marco rubio, ted cruz and read and rand paul. It reads in part, we will consider any Agreement Regarding your
That kind of costco warehouse, something last seen from raiders of the last arc starts to glow. It is something you have learned in 2007 or 2008. You have to treat this as a tapestry. That is the only way to consider it. One of the things you told me was that intelligence is like putting together the puzzle without the box. It is like putting together a puzzle that there are no edge pieces and you do not get to see the cover on a box. There are a whole bunch of puzzle pieces that do not belong to this puzzle. If you can talk to someone who has glimpsed the cover of the box, and that is the detainee, it eliminates an awful lot of things you may already possess but cannot quite fit into the pattern. In this case, the man who drew the cover of the box. The movie is about the information to get Osama Bin Laden. Theres a lot more to this story. That is the destruction of al qaeda. The enhanced Interrogation Program was key in destroying al qaeda. Osama bin laden came 10 years later. We had
Let me especially thing your outstanding principal. [applause] there are all kinds of notable guests here but i just want to mention a few. First of all, our outstanding secretary of the department of homeland security, and janet napolitano. [applause] our wonderful secretary of the interior ken salazar. [applause] former secretary of labor, hilda solis. [applause] two of the outstanding members of the congressional delegation from nevada, steve and gina. [applause] your own mayor, carolyn goodman. [applause] we also have some mayors who flew in because they know how important issue we are to talk about today is. Maria from arizona. Qassim from atlanta, georgia. Rick from phoenix, arizona. And ashley from fresno, calif. [applause] than all of you are here, as well as some of the top labor leaders in the country. We are so grateful. Outstanding Business Leaders are here as well. Of course, we have wonderful students here. [applause] those of you have a seat, feel free to take a seat. I
The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We thank you once again that we, your creatures, can come before you and ask guidance for the men and women of this assembly. Send your spirit of peace as they visit their families and constituencies back home. May their hears and hearts be ears and hearts be open to listen to those whom they represent. Bless the people of this great nation with wisdom, knowledge and understanding that they might be responsibly participate in our american democracy by making their interests known to their representatives. Please keep all who work for the peoples house in good health that they might faithfully fulfill the great responsibility given them and their service to the work of the capital. Bless us this day and every day and may that is done here be done for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair
Institute hosts this 90 minute of that. Good morning. Welcome to this mornings panel. Separating fact from fiction. I am a member of a task force on detention and interrogation policy. Captain bigelows recent film sparked controversy. Recentryn bigelows film sparked controvery. Its graphic depiction of eight torture. For the most part, the outrage has come from the left. You are a conservative like me, when you see the washington left with the hollywood left, your temptation is to sit back and destroyed a fight. And enoy the fight. That is why many of the cia and defenders and supporters stayed out of this debate. I interrupt while the progressives are fighting it out. But the fact is, culture matters. Many americans will form their opinions based on what they see on the silver screen. It is important for those who know the truth to set the record straight and separate fact from fiction. Today, we have a distinguished panel to help us do that. Three veterans. There were directly involv