07/08/13 07/08/13 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] from pacifica, this is democracy now! i have the u.s. and other countries are saying this is a military coup, that we are coming out to say it is not a military coup for you and coup. tension source in egypt following the military s ouster president mohammed morsi. at least 42 morsi supporters were shot dead outside the army barracks in cairo were morsi is reportedly being held. we will speak with sharif abdel kouddous in cairo, then host a discussion on the future of egypt. nick arauca in venezuela offer asylum to national security agency leaker edward snowden. to thenounced governments of the friendly nations of the world that we have decided to offer the international humanitarian right younglum to protect this snowden from the persecution that has been unleashed from the most powerful imperialist in the world, against a young man who only spoke the truth. we will speak with the guardian s glenn green
at least 42 morsi supporters were shot dead outside the army barracks in cairo were morsi is reportedly being held. we will speak with sharif abdel kouddous in cairo, then host a discussion on the future of egypt. nick arauca in venezuela offer asylum to national security agency leaker edward snowden. to thenounced governments of the friendly nations of the world that we have decided to offer the international humanitarian right younglum to protect this snowden from the persecution that has been unleashed from the most powerful imperialist in the world, against a young man who only spoke the truth. we will speak with the guardian s glenn greenwald in brazil. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. deadly violence is continuing in egypt days after the military ouster president mohammed morsi. earlier today, at least 42 people were reportedly killed at the military site where he is being detained. th
coming up. all that plus i am absolutely geeking out a little bit over what i think is the coolest car ever. the tesla. i will tell you why it s so cool but also why it s so important. but tonight we begin with a man who i believe is the most dangerous politician on the american right. in october 2007 i sat in the media gallery of the united states supreme court and watched the solicitor general of texas argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a mexican national, jose, who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in houston. he won that argument and he was executed by texas on august 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the united nations and the international court of justice. at the time, i had no idea who this man arguing on behalf of texas was. but all i could think was holy crap, this guy is good. it was one of his nine times arguing before the supreme court and he was witty, incredibly fast on his feet and clear
also tonight the terrifying prospect that one result of the bankruptcy of the city of detroit could be the thousands of potential personal bankruptcies caused by the slashing of retirees pensions. a full discussion on that is coming up. all that plus i am absolutely geeking out a little bit over what i think is the coolest car ever. the tesla. i will tell you why it s so cool but also why it s so important. but tonight we begin with a man who i believe is the most dangerous politician on the american right. in october 2007 i sat in the media gallery of the united states supreme court and watched the solicitor general of texas argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a mexican national, jose, who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in houston. he won that argument and he was executed by texas on august 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the united nations and the international court of justice. at the time, i ha
i will tell you why it s so cool but also why it s so important. but tonight we begin with a man who i believe is the most dangerous politician on the american right. in october 2007 i sat in the media gallery of the united states supreme court and watched the solicitor general of texas argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a mexican national, jose, who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in houston. he won that argument and he was executed by texas on august 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the united nations and the international court of justice. at the time, i had no idea who this man arguing on behalf of texas was. but all i could think was holy crap, this guy is good. it was one of his nine times arguing before the supreme court and he was witty, incredibly fast on his feet and clearly had a brilliant legal mind. it is to this day one of the most impressive displays i have ever seen before the court a