now it is time for john stossel. john: what happened in ferguson is awful. several people shot, several hundred arrested. it s all terrible. do you remember the cincinnati riots 2001 enact 800 people were arrested. the los angeles riots after the rodney king beating, 16,000 arrested. sixty people killed. in seattle, 40,000 people protested world trade, some destroyed stores. 600 people were arrested. there s been lots of conflict in america, worse than what is happening in ferguson. the watts riot in los angeles is an example. and it began after a violent confrontation between white police officers and a black family that led six days of violence and it took 34 lives. at the time politicians said this right happen because police lost control and they didn t have the equipment. in this program we discuss how government always grows and i ve been reporting how the use of s.w.a.t. teams has grown not just in big cities but small towns like ferguson. one specialist who tr
john: is it a mean, mean world? it seems like one when you watch us, we re in a war. terrorist threats to the us us. the ebola outbreak. i am scared. john: it is i mean mean world, worse than ever. starvation is breath taking. massive flooding. this world is about it go through some disasters. john: most people say horrible things are happening, some are, but they have always happened, they used to happen more. look at this chart, deaths in war in middle east now is terrible. but nothing like what happened in 40s and 50s. millions were killed in world war ii, more in korean war, and more by chairman mao in china, compare now, violent death more common today terrorism is up. a graph from university of chicago, first spike is world trade center attack, worldwide, terrorism deaths have sometimes been higher since then, but few americans are killed by terrorists, of 18,000 terrorism deaths last year, 16 were americans. every death is terrible, but is the world meaner
poverty? that s our show tonight. and now, john stossel. in this rich country lots of people are poor. so what should we do about that? spread the wealth, that s the democrat s plan. some americans are plenty rich. we can just tax more and spend the money on the poor. fifty years ago president johnson said america will end poverty by doing that. this administration today here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in america. [applauding] he expanded social security to include more people. expanded the food stamp program. created the job core and more. and look how it s reduced poverty. in the first sten years of the war on poverty, the poverty rate dropped from 17 percent to 12 percent. that s great success. but wait a second. look at the years right before the war on poverty began. americans were already lifting themselves out of poverty without the welfare programs. and now, look at this graph that shows what s happened since the war began, after five, ten y
is it must have. to of every worker in america to have seven days of paid sick leave and everyone in this congress refuses to raise the minimum wage i say this. if you truly believe you can work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 per year, but try it. kelly: and of war on terror. with a combination of foreign policy the with the rash decision of years past but has instigated a mention of al qaeda or islamic extremist of. dell manchin. despite a whole day of reports of yemen they he said is a successful example of his policy to guide is falling to a terrorist? the president suggested now have the opinion. we are 50 years into this venture. 15 years of terror touching a were shores with new generations by eating too costly wars that sought a vicious recession spread across the nation in the world. it has been and still is a hard time for many. but tonight we turn the page. tonight for the first time since then 11 they combat mission in afghanist
communities that we will no longer stay idle or complicit with israel doing business as usual in our parts. not in our name, not anywhere on the west coast. $3 billion of our taxpayer dollarers going to support that. i want to stand up and protest that. i m opposed to it, and the state of israel cannot continue to do this to an innocent, unarmed population. protesters held signs to free gaza and end the bombings. oakland police had a very strong presence here. they stayed ahead of the protesters while they marched, and linedded up in front of the port s main entrance, and acted as a barrier just in case anyone tried to get interest the actual port. there will no problems and this event end peacefully. similar protests will be held in ports of seattle and tax tacoma in the coming days. the governor of missouri declared a state of emergency and imposed a one-night curfew after a demonstration turned violent. protesters were rallying against the killing of 18-year-old mich