How to respond to the threat posed by the Islamic State group . That is the question the United States and other World Governments are trying to answer today. The rebel militants who have seized control of portions of syria and iraq have been condemned by western powers, even condemned by other extremist groups like alqaeda. The United States says i. S. Is beyond anything they have seen before. Lets turn our attention to libby casey in washington. Libby is there any indication that the u. S. May expand i its operations against Islamic State. Were hearing a lot of concern over just how powerful and deadly the Islamic State may be at this point. The question is what can be done right now . And while were hearing a lot of concern, its unclear how much muscle the United States is willing to put behind its words. We heard a warning from chuck hagel yesterday. I want to give you a sense of the language he is using. Take a listen. They are beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a
Nuclear talks stall again. Tonight the grand jury in the Michael Brown case has made a decision on whether to charge the Police Officer who killed brown. We expect to hear what it is at 9 00 pm eastern time, and well bring that to you live. But we begin with the shakeup at the white house. Chuck hagel unexpectedly submitted his resignation. Jamie macintyre has more. Reporter the sense you get from talking to senior officials is that president obama felt it was necessary to shake up his National Security team, and that defense secretary, chuck hagel was the cabinet member most out of step with the president. He performed the duty of welcoming the new Zealand Defense minister just hours after stepping down. I have submitted by resignation as secretary of defense. President obama who turned to the former enlisted soldier to manage the war portrayed the decision as mutual. We determined that having guided the department through this transition, it was now an appropriate time for him to con
Waj, there are a lot of wid wideranging opinions on this topic. There are boys who say they should have been born girls, and vice versa. Weve gone to our community who said, do a show on this, but some are not happy, like mally, seriously, were talking about tran transgender, have we solved all other problems . And if mainstream lgbt movements were less about party, pride floats, we would have more solutions. Recent violence against transgender women have put an uncomfortable spotlight towards the transcommunity. 700,000 transgender People Living in the u. S. Face discrimination. They are four times more likely to live in poverty. Many say they just arent seeing enough gains while the gay and Lesbian Community are making a hughuge strides. So is the t in lgbt overlook overlooked . We have our guests. Welcome all of you to the stream. Tyler, i want to start with you. Introduce transgender people to americans. So many people dont even understand what this word means. Well, thats a good q
Call producer and cohost, wamg waj is wajahat ali is here. You mentioned allegations of 600 rise in torture in mexico, and we asked is torture justified by the mexican military and government because of this, quote unquote, war on drugs. Our Community Says indeed its not. A sharp rise in allegations of torture have many questions the countrys escalated crime. Complaints shot up 600 since 2003 according to a report by Amnesty International. Human Rights Groups say its because there is more pressure by the government to get more results. 64 of mexicans surveyed by amnesty are scared of being tortured if taken into custody, calling into question whether the practice has become an institutionalized aspect of the judicial system. So what is being done to address the spike in alleged torture, and what are the implications for fighting crime in mexico. Were joined by a senior associate in mexico. On skype from london, a campaigner at Amnesty International out of mexico. He has worked with sur
Our dij call producer and cohost, wamg waj is wajahat ali is here. You mentioned allegations of 600 rise in torture in mexico, and we asked is torture justified by the mexican military and government because of this, quote unquote, war on drugs. Our Community Says indeed its not. A sharp rise in allegations of torture have many questions the countrys escalated crime. Complaints shot up 600 since 2003 according to a report by Amnesty International. Human Rights Groups say its because there is more pressure by the government to get more results. 64 of mexicans surveyed by amnesty are scared of being tortured if taken into custody, calling into question whether the practice has become an institutionalized aspect of the judicial system. So what is being done to address the spike in alleged torture, and what are the implications for fighting crime in mexico. Were joined by a senior associate in mexico. On skype from london, a campaigner at Amnesty International out of mexico. He has worked