The center had censored its own writers on the topic of israel. And as republican president ial candidates come out against raising the minimum wage we , speak to nobel Winning Economist joe stiglitz about rewriting the rules of the American Economy an agenda for growth and shared prosperity. Is as low as 45 years ago, halfcentury ago, says something. In economy that does weve had technological change, globalization, all of these things which are supposed to make our economy better and stronger and yet at the bottom, they havent had a pay raise in a halfcentury. It is not a living wage. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 7500 Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by. U. Sled usled warplanes have launched an offensive against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in northern iraq. The offensive seeks to retake mount sinjar and surrounding areas from isil. Last year, isil trapped tens of thousands of yazidi
Syria. This was of the scene moments ago in new york. The c. I. A. Direct or is calling the attacks in paris a wakeup call. In a new isil video posted this morning, threats of attacks in washington. France raided des of homes to find those responsible for the paris attacks. The countrys Prime Minister saying that officials there knew fridays attacks were imminent that that more may be in the works. We mow operations were being prepared against france and other european countries, as well. The france military dropped bombs on raqqa, isils de facto capital. It has been a busy day of police raised in france and belgium with tha. What is the latest . It has been very busy, more than 160 raised across the country overnight, raised that are just wrapping up. They ever saying they found a cache of weapons, rifles, even a rocket launcher. While these bombings are taking place by the french military, we have thin tense effort in france and belgium to find suspects in this case. Theres also been
Heritage foundation and whether it can prevent attacks by isis and al qaeda. They also discussed the San Bernardino shootings. Announcer we have about an hour and a half scheduled for this event. I would like our panelists to speak about their area and then we will have time for questions and discussion at the end. End. So if you have questions, please keep those in mind. I will come back up after panelists talk and then i will recognize people. We have microphones, so if you would wait for a microphone, before you ask your question. Just state your name and affiliation. Hopefully, we will have plenty of time for a great exchange. I really believe there will be so many things worth talking about. This is something i have really wanted to do for a long time. When president obama first came into office, they first asked me and other analysts about what was changing. We used to joke and say it is kind of bushlike. In many ways, you see many of the instruments and practices that the Obama
Wanted to do for a long time. When president obama first came into office, they first asked me and other analysts about what was changing. We used to joke and say it is kind of bushlike. In many ways, you see many of the instruments and practices that the Obama Administration used were virtually identical to what the Bush Administration does, except the use different they use different verbiage. But it looked pretty much the same. Over the course of the first half of the president s administration, i really think you saw the president put his stamp on how to combat transnational terrorism around the world, with taking troops out of iraq. With the surge shaped in afghanistan. Publishing a new counterterrorism strategy, which i think was not just a piece of paper, it really reflects how the administration sought to combat global transnational terrorism worldwide. And, when we analyze that document we were actually quite critical and we said, to be blunt, we do not think this will work. W
Charges for not reporting it. That leak has been going on for months leading to Health Problems about the environmental effect. Prosecutors are taking action. John henry smith is here with details. What repercussions could the charges have . The charges are misdemeanours, and any fines would be small for a company that reaps billions in revenue. It would be a 75,000 fine for failing to report the league, and 1,000 per day for each day of the week. Juxtapose that against an unfolding disaster that could reach outside californias borders. Reporters this family is among 13,000 that had to leave their homes to escape a methane gas leak that spewed 80,000 of methane gas into the air since late october. Our 13yearold daughter has been sick. And missed school. And has a horrible cough. Now four misdemeanour criminal charges have been signed against the California Gas Company, and accuses the company of releasing Greenhouse Gases and reporting it leak for three days. This came as a lawsuit was