Should be bombing iraq and syria simultaneously. Holds a summit on combating islamic medalists militants, we will speak to Phyllis Bennis about expanding attacks in iraq. And who is paying the prowar pundits . Regularlyem on tv pushing for war with isis. They are identified as former u. S. Generals. What is left out is who they work for now. Military contractors that stand to benefit from another war in the middle east. Then the ebola crisis deepens in west africa. In the hardest hit countries, guinea, liberia, sierra leone, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them. Toll nears 2500, we will speak with laurie garrett. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An International Summit on combating militants from the Islamic State has opened in france bringing together around 30 countries from the usled coalition. The Obama Administration says several Arab League Countries have s
Mcdonnell and his wife. The jury is made up of four women and eight men. The senate is expected to vote on the nomination of Robert Mcdonald to be the next secretary of on the next secret veteran affairs. To fix the troubled agency. Later, the rnc will hold their fire harry reid rally on capitol hill and aimed at getting voters to elect republicans to the senate in the upcoming mid terms. That is going to do it. A tuesday edition of way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Flares have turned night into borrowed daylight in the skies over the gaza strip. Today was supposed to be a ceasefire it didnt work. Intense fighting prevented investigators reaching the crash site of mh17 for the second day running. Much more substantial
sanctions will come into place across broad sectors of the russian economy. Two americans are fighting a for their lives. The spread of a dangerous illness like ebola is no longer somebody elses progress. Now threemonth examination by the New York Times clams t
Time. This is going to be the rest of the obama presidency. Turkey is a very important player in this. Today i ask the world to join in this effort. This is so different from a year ago. We see signs that this side could be reversed. What is so important for moderate voices to speak out. America stands for something different. We believe right makes might. A fourth hostage was beheaded at the hands of islamic terrorists. Hours ago a group associated with isis in nigeria released video of a french terrorists, speaking at the u. N. Today, french president called the beheading cruel and could yward. It is the first execution outside isis in syria. Its own coalition of willing extremist. This latest Development Just hours after president obama spoke directly to an issue of violence and kacarnage. This group terrorizize all who they come across in iraq and syria. Mothers, sisters, daughters, have been subjected to rape as a weapon of war. Innocent children have been gunned down. Bodies have
Terrorism but we do know that a jihadist flag black with arabic writing was displayed in the window with the hostages are being held. Several local Media Outlets report they were contacted by the hostages. They had two demands. An isis flag and a meeting with the Prime Minister. Here is Prime Minister tony abbott. Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society. Nothing should ever change that and thats why i would urge all australians today to go about their business as usual. And as we watch, this is some of the hostages, at least five of them were able to escape. There are dozens more inside. Word from the white house, the president has been briefed on the situation in australia offering any assistance if necessary but obviously some really, really key questions were looking at here. Also breaking news halfway across the world in belgium. Ap and bbc reporting that four armed men entered a building and police sealed off the area. No information if they tr related or not. As we loo
Start washing up here on shore. The oysters have declined. A lot of the oyster men had quit. I know im just a little guy. I dont have much chance but im not going to give up. Plus the fight to save the Postal Service gets some star power. Im danny glover and i believe the Postal Service is one of our most vital institutions. Were hoping with public pressure to turn it around, stop the changes. Now more than ever we need the Postal Service to thrive and innovate for the future. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. We start with breaking news. President obama just finished what turned out to be a rather major speech at todays white house summit on battling violent extremism. The president immediately addressed the threat of isis. This isnt our challenge alone. Its a challenge for the world. Isil is terrorizing the people of syria and iraq beheads and burns human beings in unfathomable acts of cruelty. We have seen deadly attacks in ottawa paris, and now copenhage