what took us 50 years to build since the war on drugs from nixon will take us decades to undo. we are thrilled to be working with koch industries. we are thrilled to be working with the american legislative executive council. we are thrilled to work with interest groups who come to this not just for the economic imperative but with a moral imperative. at the end of the day this is not just about balancing budgets. this is about to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. this is about turning the other cheek. this is about whether or not america is a country that believes in the value of redemption and whether each one of us should be judged for the rest of our lives for the worst act we have done on our worst day of our life. and if we don t believe that rule should apply to us than it ought not to apply to her criminal justice context and that is where i think the opportunities are enormous and i look forward to working with anyone else with whom i was i disagree
damage. with that, the occupation has turned gaza and its streets into destruction. as israel launches a ground invasion of gaza, the palestinian death toll tops 250. we will speak to sharif abdel kooudous in gaza city, then we turn to glenn greenwald on the growing controversy over nbc s decision to pull its veteran reporter ayman mohyeldin from gaza after he witnessed the israeli attack that killed four palestinian children on a gaza beach. he had been playing soccer with the boys an hour before. and then to ukraine where 298 people have died after a malaysian airliner was shot down near the russian border. all sides in the ukrainian conflict deny responsibility. today, the whole world has seen the real face. it is targeted against the entire world. this is a wake-up call for the whole world. we expect an adequate width fonts from the international from the response international community. we will speak with professor st ephen cohen. all that and more, coming up. wel
political asylum as he faces investigations in both sweden and the united states. what is he wanted for here in the u.s.? among other things, julian assange says ,> the release of cablekate u.s. to palmetto cables released all around the world the u.s. cables released around the world. largest that is ever been released. julian assange also response to former secretary of state hillary clinton s recent comment that nsa whistleblower edward snowden should return to the united states to face a trial. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the palestinian death toll has surged as israel intensifies its bombing campaign of the gaza strip. palestinians say at least 27 people have been killed and over 150 wanted since israel launched major strikes on sunday. at least 18 civilians, including around seven children, have died over the past day. israel carried out nearly 300 strikes on tuesday with more
to iraq, we will speak with longtime middle east correspondent patrick cockburn about isis and the new sunni uprising. his new book, the jihadis return: isis and the new sunni uprising. iraq is really disintegrated already. it is still called iraq and america want being called iraq, but if you re in baghdad, particularly if anybody in baghdad, you cannot move from north or west of the city without being in isis-controlled territory or you might be killed. you can t move to baghdad or into the kurdish controlled expanded.h is just they really has expanded. pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald calls the was humanitarian arming of iraq a redundant presidential ritual. we will speak with greenwald about media coverage of the latest attacks as well as what the edward snowden documents reveal about u.s.-israeli nations. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the pentagon has confirmed
to iraq, we will speak with longtime middle east correspondent patrick cockburn about isis and the new sunni uprising. his new book, the jihadis return: isis and the new sunni uprising. iraq is really disintegrated already. it is still called iraq and america want being called iraq, but if you re in baghdad, particularly if anybody in baghdad, you cannot move from north or west of the city without being in isis-controlled territory or you might be killed. you can t move to baghdad or into the kurdish controlled expanded.h is just they really has expanded. pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald calls the was humanitarian arming of iraq a redundant presidential ritual. we will speak with greenwald about media coverage of the latest attacks as well as what the edward snowden documents reveal about u.s.-israeli nations. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the pentagon has confirmed