Assault rifles, arrest over 100 people gathering for a peaceful march to oppose construction of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline and protect a sacred site from destruction. Well go to the standoff at Standing Rock for an update from activist and journalist Sacheen Seitcham. And the ongoing standoff and the pipeline protest. Because i have 40,000 people watching. Everybody knows you have the vehicles surrounded. If youre watching amy that is actor Shailene Woodley. We will speak to her about her arrest and strip searching for protesting the north Dakota Access pipeline. And we will go to deia schlosber , the awardwinning documentary film acre and producer who was arrested on october 11 while reporting on a, change protest Climate Change protest. She is charged with three felonies and faces 45 years in jail. We will also speak to our colleague, filmmaker josh fox. His latest piece, the arrest of journalists and filmmakers covering the dakota pipeline is a threat to democracy and t
Revolutionized Sitcom Television norman lear. I think of donald trump as the middle finger of the american right hand. The American People, you know, we are in a democracy and the democracy depends on an informed citizenry which would be a well led and informed i dont think we have a media generally that informs. Amy at 94 years old, norman lear is still going strong and speaking out. The creator of many sitcoms including all in the family and the jeffersons joins us to talk about his groundbreaking tv shows, this years president ial election, how he ended up on Richard Nixons enemy list, and the new pbs documentary about his life that is airing tonight just another version of you. , all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The planet has crossed a new threshold. The average Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere throughout 2015 were 400 parts per million. This according to the World Meteorological organizati
So here is dean rusk from february 18, 1966. [chatter] i guess thats your water. I dont know. I drink more water than you. Sen. Fulbright would the committee come to order. We are very pleased this morning to have our distinguished secretary of state dean rusk. Hes one of the most dedicated and hardworking Public Servants as i have ever known. I am also personally pleased to have a mr. You mr. Secretary and i enjoy our meetings, even though on occasion we have had different views on affairs. As everyone knows, you appeared in Public Session already. About two weeks ago and as much as i like listening to you, i was hopeful that we might have cooperation with the administration to the point where we could have at least two official witnesses who might help us develop for the American People, and the congress, the facts and policies of the about vietnam. As you know, the vietnamese war has become a major affair. And the secretary of defense has declined to appear in Public Session, accord
Vietnam and its communist government is famously secretive about its state-sanctioned executions. But while there is a lack of data, rights groups believe it has one of the world s largest death rows.