Surveillance powers, the nsas own internal audit reveals the agency has broken its own privacy rules and overstepped its Legal Authority thousands of times a year. Then we go to cairo where the Muslim Brotherhood has called for a day of rage after more than 600 people were killed on wednesday. The one thing people will not stand for in the long term is to have this kind of regressive Security State inflicted upon them. Once the targets of this authoritarian apparatus moves away from the islamists and starts imposing itself on other parts of egyptian society, then perhaps,e might see, once again a Popular Uprising against that kind of crackdown. We will speak with Sharif Abdel Kouddous in cairo and p. J. Crowley, former state Department Spokesperson, who is called for the u. S. To suspend military aid to egypt and call the ouster of Mohamed Morsi a coup. Then, didnt eightyearold spy for america . We look at how u. S. Allies in yemen used a child the place electronic chips on the man he
Banned from competing for life. Ray suarez examines the impact of an athletes fall from grace. Woodruff and we remember a statesman and a proud liberal, president ial candidate and senator George Mcgovern. Your colleague in the press, some of them referring to me as the conscience of the party. Others talking about me as the peacemaker in the race. And still others as the elder statesman. Thats quite a triple crown. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by with United Health care i got help that changed my life. Information on my phone, connection to doctors who get where im from. And tools to estimate what my care may cost so i never miss a beat. Were more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. Thats health in numbers. United health care. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these in
Exposing the nsas past surveillance capabilities. The director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to the u. S. Senate and the senate said, are you collecting data on minds of americans . He said, no. The very first sure he we did show they were collecting story we did showed they were collecting data. Is ann, Hasan Rouhani upgraded as arends to president replacing mahmoud ahmadinejad. If you want the right response, dont stick with a ran in the language of dont speak with a ran. We will speak with trita parsi. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration has announced it will keep 19 embassies in north africa and the middle east closed from to a week due to fears of a possible military threat. Ramped up security measures were in place over the weekend that some of the 22 diplomatic posts shattered by the concerns. Saxby chambliss, the Top Republican on the Senate Intelligence commi
08 05 13 08 05 13 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] from pacifica, this is democracy now been an awful lot of chatter out there. Chatter meant conversation among tourists about the planning going on, very reminiscent of what we saw pre9 11. The United States closes 19 embassies in north africa and the middle east rep to a week, citing intelligence gathered by the National Security agency. We will speak with Glenn Greenwald. Two months ago he began publishing a series of articles exposing the nsas past surveillance capabilities. The director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to the u. S. Senate and the senate said, are you collecting data on minds of americans . He said, no. The very first sure he we did show they were collecting story we did showed they were collecting data. Is ann, Hasan Rouhani upgraded as arends to president replacing mahmoud ahmadinejad. If you want the right response, dont stick with a ran in the language of dont speak with a ran. We will spea
Jennifer im jenna jameson. Tonight in the war room, it is a wild world. Cat stevens knew it, so should we. [ theme music ] jennifer so the president won reelection on the promise of strengthening the middle class, and creating a equitable domestic economy. And that message is now forming Foreign Policy as well. Senator john kerry laid out his vision at the Senate Confirmation hearings yesterdays, and it relies as much on economics as diplomasy. We know that american Foreign Policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone. More than ever Foreign Policy is economic policy. The world is competing for resources in global markets. Jennifer the obama kerry Foreign Policy doctrine might be its the economy stupid, and in fact it is really a economic strategy. Much of the violence was driven by individuals Financial Insecurity as a result of the poverty. Look at the arab spring which economic grievances lead to political revolution. A fruit selling started that protest by lighting himself