He was cleared for release eight years ago in 2007, but the pentagon refused to set him free until now, this coming we will sunday. Speak to his attorney Clive Stafford smith. Then to benghazi. The fact is, we have four dead americans, was a because of a protest or guys out with a walk and decided to kill some americans . What difference, this point, does it make . It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. Amy as Hillary Clinton prepares to testify again today on capitol hill for up to 10 hours about the 2012 attack in libya, which killed four americans, we will speak to friends of two of the men killed in benghazi. The first, we go to st. Louis where six predominantly black churches have been set on fire. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Last month was the hottest september worldwide and 2015 is now virtually guaranteed to be t
Of state Hillary Clinton comes out swinging, attacking the surging Bernie Sanders who focused much of his message last night on the economy. I believe the power of corporate america, the power of wall street, the power of the drug companies, the power of the Corporate Media is so great, that the only way we really transform america and do the things that the middleclass and workingclass desperately need is through a Political Revolution when millions of people begin to come together and stand up and say, our government is going to work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. Amy we will spend the hour airing highlights from the debate and speak to a roundtable of guests. Green Party President ial candidate jill stein, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist les payne, author d watkins and zaid jilani of alternet. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Five democratic president ial candidates faced off tu
Actually fundamentally opposed to one another, wouldnt see eyetoeye on practically any other issue across the social and political speck spectrum and yet they all believe in breastfeeding. The point im showing is they all believe in Breast Feeding for fundamentally different reasons. They appropriated the symbol of breastfeeding but for many, many different reasons. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome. My name is im a Vice President here at the cato institute, and ill be your moderator today. Thank you all for a coming out to the first cato event of 2016. Today were going to spread the new years cheer and take the chill out of your bones with an indepth look at remote controlled executions, the creeping surveillance state, and the seeming permanence of the presidency. So, merry new year. Our focus today is the extraordinary new book by charlie savage. Power wars, inside obamas post 9 11 presidency. Charlie has been with the New York Times since 2008, an
We begin with israeli air strike killing. Several fighters died in the attack near the Israeli Occupied golan heights. Hezbollah released a statement saying the israeli helicopter fired the missiles. Syria carried out several air strikes and attacks. Two reporters are covering the story. Lets start with Nicole Johnson in beirut. Reporter this is a major hit against hezbollah, currently fighting on the side of the Bashar Alassad regime in syria. Six of their figures were taken out. Two were senior commanders one includes mohammed isar and another is the son of imadd, a previous commander who had been assassinated. It was a big pit against hezbollah. Not the first time they have been hit, but certainly one of the biggest hits carried out about israel in terms of the caliber of this. Now, hezbollah has confirmed this has happened they have told us that therell be retaliatory action they have said that they can carry this out any place at any time. Also the situation on the border between
Address. We begin tonight in syria with reports of an israeli air strike killing several hezbollah fighters. The lebanesebased shia group says the attacks near the israeli heights hezbollah says an israeli helicopter fired the missiles since the war stated in syria israel carried out at least seven trikes inside syrian territory. Two of our reporters are covering the story tonight. Lets go to Nicole Johnston first in beirut. Reporter this is a major group against hezbollah which is currently fighting on the side of the assad regime inside syria. Six of their figures were taken out. We know that two of then were senior commanders, one of them includes mohamed isar and another one includes the son of of a previous commander who had been a formerly assassinated. This was certainly a big hit against hezbollah. Not the first time that they have been hit. But certainly one of the biggest hits carried out by israel in terms of the caliber of this. Now, hezbollah has confirmed this has happene