am i right, abby? >> yes.n with a rare congenital disease and it primarily impacts my vision as well as my -- several other impacts but i have a shouldn't and i have to have brain surgery rather regularly and without notice so i have a lot of hospitalizations that are very expensive. >> now,5a congressman, when yo hear abby, who you've known for a year, tell what this plan and what this means to her, some of the responses that i've read that was tweeted back to you after you had tweeted the question you raised, deborah tweeted, i was able to get health care when i was recently employed for a year and i have a pre-existing condition. thanks, mr. obama. robert says, our 19-year-old college student son had a knee operation covered by our health insurance saving us $15,000. thank you, ahca. my mom's insurance had to continue covering me and saved me $5,000. you're hearing firsthand from abby, from tweeters, personal stories, how this really means to the average american person. this is not political spin. >> that

you know i don't know abbie i mean what's been said is that he left hong kong he's now in the transit lounge in moscow and according to what we read in wiki leaks who said he's apparently and what the team you know the foreign minister of ecuador has said he's applied for asylum in ecuador and conceivably from sort of what you read between the lines possibly in other countries as well what's interesting about that is of course julian assange has asylum from ecuador and he has it on the grounds a grounds recognized by the united states that whistleblowers are entitled to asylum under the refugee convention it's a it's because it's the allegation that they're being persecuted because of political opinion so that i think he has a very good claim that claim would trump any extradition form and any interference in that claim is really considered outside the bounds of a treaty that says that asylum and people apply for asylum or to be protected as i understand it the u.s. government made his travel documents invalid present a difficulty for him to travel moving forward i think it presents n

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do you think that it could be fair to be called a civil war at this point well what's interesting abbi is that the u.n. envoy in iraq martin kobler has really been sounding off the alarm on this saying that he believes this systemic violence is ready to explode at any moment back in may coulter said that the situation was on to acceptable saying that quote small children are burned alive in cars worshipers are cut down outside of their mosques but abby this doesn't quite seem to be getting much traction in the u.s. with the administration and the media choosing to focus more on the civil war that's taking root in syria instead well i'm not surprised at all considering that the administration will probably have to admit their role in destabilizing the country for the last ten years of course they don't want to talk about it but i mean are the tensions really. similar between the two countries well yes i mean keep in mind that iraq and syria share of very large border with song referring to it as the fault line each country has factions that are quarrelling over very similar issues of co

that's right abbie we are in a week for a bradley manning's court martial here in fort meade maryland today centered around the two hundred fifty thousand diplomatic cables that were leaked to wiki leaks the prosecution alleges that manning sold because cables but manning says that he admits to leaking the cables he says he didn't steal them we heard testimony today from state department officials some of the testimony we heard testimony specifically about this database called that center of diplomacy this database that's used by the defense intelligence community supposedly this is where these cables came from where they were taken for a couple of interesting things we learned that as much as seventy five percent of the documents are administrative so you know that means a lot of the documents probably weren't too explosive in terms of what they contained another interesting thing is that according to the testimony today there was no proof that manning hacked into the database or hacked into the computers that in order to obtain this information that it was readily. attainable to him

producer amir and david what do you have for us today hi abbi first to iraq where the surge in sectarian violence continues since april alone two thousand people have been killed in ethnic clashes between sunni and shiites to break it down really quickly and april there were seven hundred twelve people killed this according to numbers put out by the u.n. last month in may that number rose to one thousand and forty five people now abbie that made it the deadliest month since the height of violence during the u.s. occupation in two thousand and six and so far for this month three hundred and thirty three civilian casualties have been reported by the iraq body count project you know completely astounding amount of casualties and deaths going on in that region a mere totally under report of the corporate press do you think that it could be fair to be called a civil war at this point well what's interesting abbie is that the u.n. envoy in iraq martin kobler has really been sounding off the alarm on this saying that he believes this system of violence is ready to explode at any moment back in

worth this point well what's interesting abbi is that the u.n. envoy in iraq martin kobler has really been sounding off the alarm on this saying that he believes the systemic violence is ready to explode at any moment back in may koger said that the situation was beyond acceptable saying that quote small children are burned alive in cars worshipers are cut down outside of their mosques but abby this doesn't quite seem to be getting much traction in the us with the administration and the media choosing to focus more on the civil war that's taking root in syria instead well i'm not surprised at all considering that the administration will probably have to admit their role in destabilizing the country for the last ten years of course they don't want to talk about it but i mean are the tensions really similar between the two countries well yes i mean keep in mind that iraq and syria share of a very large border with song referring to it as the fault line each country has factions that are quarrelling over very similar issues of course in both iraq an

kyle is breaking the news and abby hunts man. abby, you're passing the street, right?ou see a baby, it's about to tumble down two floors, are you that heroing? are you going to stand there and catch that baby knowing one false move and it could die? >> it's so different reading it and putting it in prospective when you see exactly how far the baby fell, i mean, the chances of it slipping through your arms is actually very, very high. that aside, though, i think you always go with your gut instinct and you want to catch the baby. i mean, especially in her position. he's a well-known woman. if anything happens, a lot of attention would be put on the story. you want to save the baby. that's what i would do. >> mark lamont hill, are you the great baby saver? you might have the guts. i've got a baby daughter. i assume i would have the guts to do what she did. >> your hands -- >> how are your hands? >> you got quite big hands. he has big hands. he would be all right. mine are quite delicate little things. i would like to think with four kids i would do what she did but i got

property well for more on this i was joined a short time ago by political commentator sam sax and abby martin host of breaking the sat i first asked sam what these charges mean for snowden. well this is what snowden was expecting i mean he went to hong kong he's been very vocal that is he's fully expecting the government to come down hard on him like they've come down on all whistleblowers over the last few years especially the obama administration but snowden has a leg up on a lot of these whistleblowers mess of fact that he released these documents he made himself public he went out he made his case for why he release these documents so this is going to be played out in the public eye on like say what happened to bradley manning who was picked up never had a chance to defend himself in the public eye and has just been sitting in prison that's going to probably complicate the government's case against snowden is that we know why he did this and there's a lot of support behind him doing this ok laviolette citizen you do you think that this is a surprising move that the government would

i never would have. >> reporter: ryan says women like abby should expect something else. high pressure sales tactics to play on her insecurities and a sell sell sell meant pamt. are the gyms looking for easy money? >> memberships are huge, and personal trainer. >> reporter: remember that email abby got minutes after inquiring about a membership. what you don't know, the gym offered to waive her initiation fee. >> but i had to sign up for training sessions, which were $100 a piece. >> reporter: you had to. >> in order to get the initiation fee waived, yes, i did. >> reporter: ryan says the name of the game is signing folks up for long term up front contracts with anticipation new members will never clock a single burned calorie on the treadmill. >> i'm sure there are trainers out there strictly to make a buck. >> reporter: what do you get for your money? i recently worked out with ryan in the south florida gym. he put me through the ringer. and confessed something you won't want to hear. ryan admits he and other trainers like him seek relately enjoy watching you sweat and

and thank you so much michael ratner center for constitutional rights appreciate your time thank you abbi. and still had on tonight show nestle has responded to my story about their corporate takeover of the water station to find out what they had to say and whether the response backs their record. he. says. let me let me i want to know what all the let me ask you a question. here on this network is what we're having the debate we have another name so. if you feel this is a suspect standing there together you're in a situation where being i don't want me to talk about e-mailing me. so you guys may remember that a few weeks ago i called out nestle the largest food company in the world which raked in almost twelve billion dollars and share profit last year i criticized the company specifically for its corporate takeover of water because you see nestle owns multiple brands of water in this one right here on spring in fact bottled water might just be nestle's most lucrative product well shortly after that video aired this network received a vaguely threatening letter from nestle accusing me o

that's right abbie we are in a week for a bradley manning's court martial here in fort meade maryland today centered around the two hundred fifty thousand diplomatic cables that were leaked to wiki leaks the prosecution alleges that manning stole because cables manning says that he admits to leaking the cables he says he didn't steal them we heard testimony today from state department officials some of the testimony we heard testimony specifically about this database called that center of diplomacy this database that's used by the defense intelligence community supposedly this is where these cables came from where they were taken for a couple of interesting things we learned that as much as seventy five percent of the documents are administrative so you know that means a lot of the documents probably weren't too explosive in terms of what they contained another interesting thing is that according to the testimony today there was no proof that manning hacked into the database or hacked into the computers that in order to obtain this information that it was readily. attainable to him ba

here is abc's abbie boudreau. >> reporter: it is a two letter word.never did tie think i would tell my precious baby, no. no. but now, it feels like that's all i say. no, no, no, no, no, no. first time mom/actress, who appeared in desperate housewives and full house is something parent wouldn't dare. you try not to say no. >> yeah, i just don't like that evil mom who was always represe reprimanding my child. marla says her 15-month-old daughter got so used to hearing no she thought it was fun neap. >> it got to the point where she was laughing in my face. my knows can turn into, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. like that. >> my husband. his no. when weep f first started. none of the noes was working. she turned to extreme measures and stopped saying no most of the time. experts say it helps. >> absolutely wonderful idea. you are saying no all the time. here is how it works. instead of saying no to erving. you pick three non-negotiable nos. for marla, standing in the bathtub, no no. same for throwing food from the high chair. and trying to eat the dog's foo

but only with your guys help so how did twitter dot com and check me out at abby martin and guys that'sur show for you tonight please come back again and join us to break the that tomorrow. good laboratory. was able to build most sophisticated robots. found anything tim's mission to teach me. about humans and. this is why you should care only. whistleblower edward snowden is sitting in transit at a moscow airport. also though dismissing the conspiracy theories of u.s. officials. meanwhile the u.s. is trying to throw the world off. saying it's. terrorists. that extremists even use them in the. u.k. has more bad news in store for the british public. another. billion pounds from government.

producer david what do you have for us today hi abbi lots of news for you today first to turkey where the riots and harsh police crackdowns continue we're now learning that warriors and specifically sorry are being heavily targeted you see just a short time ago a group of turkish attorneys authored a press statement decrying the mass detentions of their clients many of which were protesters as a result fifty lawyers were arrested dragged on the floor and held in prison before being released ten hours later now as you can imagine abbi this certainly sparked outrage amongst the legal community there and fact if you take a look at this picture right here you'll see exactly what took place yesterday when thousands of black robed turkish lawyers stormed out of their courthouses and marched in protest against the rough treatment of their colleagues does places like the situation is getting more and more tense by the day can you give us a sense of how many have been injured thus far well unfortunately it's actually a lot higher than you would think turkey's human rights foundation has report

abby huntsman, is there something about the english accent that makes you americans lose your marbles as though they can't understand a thing he was saying because he was speaking english. >> the fact that that marriage lasted 14 months is the most shocking of all. we found out that he divorced her via text message, apparently they did that in europe is. that more common in europe than it is here, piers? >> this is a revelation that he divorced katy perry by text message. interestingly, when i interviewed russell last week, there was a bit we didn't air. i met katy perry at a party and she described him in a very unusual way and this is what i told russell. i met her at a party and she was very nice but did call you rasputin. >> the mad russian monk whose influence over the royal family brought about the revolution in russia. >> why would she use that analogy? >> i don't know. rasputin, he was a powerful bloke, wasn't he? i like rasputin. >> is he the modern day rasputin? >> i love russell brand. he's hilarious. watching that morning joe, that's reality television. he's constantly thi

and thank you so much michael ratner center for constitutional rights appreciate your time thank you abbi. still had on tonight show nestle has responded to my story about their corporate takeover of the water they can find out what they had to say and whether the response backs their record . they were ready to do anything for their country to me is to love the country more than yourself if you joined the military for any other reason that you're probably not going to have a good day they were tools in the hands of the state now they live remembering the past which is impossible to get rid of. the war. but oh ever good people get hurt. and i've heard good people empty silent. a lot. but would prefer not to be sometimes i feel like. i should have died over there. but for those. i saw some people who had time. there is cheaper than therapy. we speak your language i mean some of the will not advance. news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little tune to angola's keep these stories. for you here. to try to alter the spanish. visit i too. all tito is c

going to break in the set i'm abby martin well antinuclear energy activist in california are celebrate the closure of the senate over a nuclear plant but what many people are having this is a victory as new questions are rising new concerns have surfaced like who will front the bill of the estimated three billion dollars it will take to close the plant and of course there's the question over what to do with the estimated three million pounds of radioactive fuel stored at the site feel that so radioactive in fact that containment center for this type of material doesn't even exist of course begging the question of why it was being used in the first place so that leaves the beautiful southern california coast with probably no choice but to host this highly radioactive material for decades to come despite plants closure unfortunately the closing of the santa no free plant is bittersweet because while the risks of a full blown nuclear meltdown are now in nil there's still a large mess left in its wake this should serve as a stark reminder to the rest of us of a dangerous and counterproduct

green update of the week i'm joined now by brad friedman editor of the brad blog what is up brad hey abbi how are you i'm great brad so do you sympathize with b.p. here or do you think i'm going to harsh on him i know you haven't been harsh enough and frankly nobody has and but after i finish i'm going down to the sidewalk and i'm going to write b.p. socks that will show you better not bad you might jail time yeah well bring it the fact of the matter is b.p. signed a settlement agreement dealing with this oil spill and two hundred million gallons into the gulf the worst oil spill in the history of this planet and now they want to go back on the terms of the settlement agreement fine let him try let him take as a court so far the courts have said no you're wrong b.p. of course they can afford to continue challenging that in court the people who can afford to challenge it are the people whose livelihoods you know were killed by this oil spill they can take out you know the guy who runs a shrimp boat can take out an ad in the new york times in the washington post to make their case and that'

producer david what do you have for us today hi abbi lots of news for you today first to turkey where the riots and harsh police crackdowns continue we're now learning that warriors and specifically sorry are being heavily targeted you see just a short time ago a group of turkish attorneys authored a press statement decrying the mass detentions of their clients many of which were protesters as a result fifty lawyers were arrested dragged on the floor and held in prison before being released ten hours later now as you can imagine abbi this certainly sparked outrage amongst the legal community there and fact if you take a look at this picture right here you'll see exactly what took place yesterday when thousands of black robed turkish lawyers stormed out of their court houses and marched in protest against the rough treatment of their colleagues deflations like the situation is getting more and more tense by the day can you give us a sense of how many have been injured thus far well unfortunately it's actually a lot higher than you would think turkey's human rights foundation has report

green update of the week i'm joined now by brad friedman editor of the brad blog what is up brad hey abbi how are you i'm great brad so do you sympathize with b.p. or do you think i'm going to harsh on him. no you haven't been harsh enough frankly nobody has been after i finish i'm going down to the sidewalk and i'm going to write people use it with. brad you might time yeah well bring it the fact of the matter is be peace. settlement agreement dealing with this oil spill and. two hundred million gallons into the gulf the worst oil spill in the history of this planet and now they want to go back on the terms of the settlement agreement fine let him try let him take as a court so far the courts have said no you're wrong b.p. of course they can afford to continue challenging that in court the people who can afford to challenge it are the people whose livelihoods you know were killed by this oil spill they can take out you know the guy who runs a shrimp boat can take out an ad in the new york times in the washington post to make their case and that's kind of the problem here that's really th

card on behalf of a spouse who's a foreign national the sacket gay marriage case i'm sure you know abbieas to do with proposition eight which was a referendum voted on in california back in two thousand and eight and which voters decided to ban gay marriage within the state so abbie there is still a lot at stake here in the coming days that could dramatically change the legal and political landscape for gay rights going forward. or if you're wondering what i'm doing when i'm on urgently on twitter be more and if you like what you see you can go in there you'll find all my tweets linking the segments in the show as well as really thoughts i have about the day well so please help us get a break in the set running theme and what are the crucially on the hashtags we're going to get to run on the twenty us via but only with your geysers help so how did . where dot com and check me out at abbey martin and guys that's our show tonight please come back again and join us to break this from our home. page is the perfect material it's a lie you make just a small change and you get a totally differe

abby, what's going on in texas?one of the things that's been a real problem in texas is you've always had this fight over the white vote, right? which we were eluding e ing tin the rest of the south as well. and texas' demographics are changes rapidly and i don't think the political strategies and institutions have been able to keep up with that shift. you're talking talking about the 2010 texas governor's race was a guy named bill white, former mayor of houston, kind of well liked with the business community, is running a race that by all accounts this is going to be the race, right? this is the time. and, you know, his campaign was focused very, very much on convincing white voters. when you look at the demographics you're wondering, well, why? i think the other thing to remember, texas hasn't built as many political and kind of civic institutions as a lot of other states. so you have this gap in bringing people into the political process, a real lag. you haven't had in the last, you know, two decades, at least on

abbie boudreau, los angeles, abc news. >> just wait. >> i know.ositive parenting. here are tips instead of saying the word no. it's all about redirecting. instead of no, you can't have a cookie. it is almost dinner time. let's wash the dishes and set up the table. >> don't say no too much. but when you say it -- >> mean it. >> mean it. >> be consistent. consistent end. impressive. febreze air effects eliminates tough odors for good. and try febreze stick & refresh. designed to stick to eliminate odors anywhere. simply click, peel off the strip and attach to surfaces in your house. febreze stick & refresh, another way to breathe happy. and attach to surfaces in your house. given way to sleeping. tossing and turning have where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep, and lunesta eszopiclone can help you get there, like it has for so many people . do not take lunesta if you are allergic to anything in it. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving or engaging in other activities while as

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ok before it's abby martin the breaking of the set now is the world update where the e.u. has decided to perspire on further talks on turkey's membership of the block for at least four months ultimately bowing to pressure from germany and other capitals have criticized for cracking down on government protests at least twenty people were arrested in the city on choose day for their alleged role in a tight on police during the violence up. u.s. president barack obama and his afghan counterpart how many cards i have agreed to open talks with the taliban just a day after a brazen assault on the presidential palace in kabul by the militant group the two leaders also supported the recent opening of a taliban office in qatar where a future negotiations can take place for extremists and three security guards died in tuesday's attack after militants used fake i.d.'s to get into the high security zone in the center of the afghan capital. a chinese space capsule carrying three astronauts has now returned to earth landing safely in northern china and it's fifteen day mission the space