perhaps thom might take the lead on that. jeff you might have insight as well. >> the private sector has provided a whole new array of privately owned military focus journals. at the same time, the pentagon's own internal official media really only serves internal dod. stars and stripes is a bit of a hybrid. it has some government money and some advertising. it suppose to be editorial independent which causes a lot of important. they do very important hard hitting stuff. at the same time, stars and stripes in an era of the internet, is sort of a failing business model. they are wrestling -- as the troops come home from iraq and afghanistan, they're back in garrison, the stars and stripes don't really matter anymore. that kind of media is going through the same struggle evolution that the rest of us are going through. >> pick up on that. stars and stripes is very important. this was a year when we were deployed army. we had 300,000 american soldiers in europe. the daily newspaper was stars and stripes. thom points out, not onl

ya thom >>> the results of a new audit to show wait times to get an appointment at the veteran healthacility has improved. meanwhile there were managers getting bonuses during the secret coverup of the waiting list. wyatt andrews reports. >> reporter: this list we obtained from the veterans house affairs committees shows $2.8 million going to senior executives with more going to those in charge while care was delayed for veterans. more than $9,000 went to sharon helman while parents died. helman's bonus has been resci rescinded and she's been suspended but her boss susan bowers receives nearly $9,000 despite two ongoing investigations. >> i think we we're going to find the more we investigate you're going see where folks decided to gain the system, fudge the numbers if you will, cook the books in order to get bonuses. >> reporter: in some cases bonuses went to executives despite dockmented problems. $8,200 went to cynthia mccormack, the hospital director in shy ycheyenne, wyoming. there was also a bad boys list in cheyenne for anyone who did not submit false reports. in phoenix debbie

the bright what happens when you put all the bronze album out same thom hartmann every day all in a room with larry king find out after the break. indecision in the ukraine well it appears there is a commitment to a multilateral ceasefire in the country fighting continues again talks the talk of peace though its forces pursued their assaults in the east is foreshadowed in control. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. food since changing the rules writes never. come through pictures of today's news no i phone does not from around the globe. look to the. t.v. . i'm larry king and joining me from washington is the host of r t m eric does the big picture and the syndicated radio talk show host tom hartman tom is also a new york times best selling all his most recent book the credits of two thousand and sixteen in the book you say that the country's in the midst of an economic implosion that could make the great depression seem small are you an economist still lives is come from. i'm a reporter and and a commentator and bear on the block a few times i've read a c

out our facebook page facebook dot com flashman best our team and please tweet out us at any rate at thom hartmann from all of us here at the bus thank you for watching with you next time bright. we profit very large very attractive and now very globally recognized source of oil for the world looking into the future the world's cheapest and best petroleum deposits have been going down we have to use more energy to get this energy industries grow like a cancer base where it's ten kilometers where. and good old area is slated for the remainder of the tour drew from the water that's our wildlife service from the surf fishery. stop this is the end game when it takes two tons of sand to make one barrel of oil you know you're at the bottom of the line and that's where were. we to know ourselves. without and with no pre-determined exit strategy israel's most recent invasion of gaza could last for months the humanitarian catastrophe for the palestinians is incalculable collison hence israel's security is unclear. coming up on our t.v. breaking news some of the victims' remains from the downed a m

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but on thom hartmann in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. secretary of state john kerry is in cairo today trying to hammer out a cease fire to end the now two week long gaza conflict one of the origins of this current eruption of violence and what can we do to create lasting peace in the holy land more on that in tonight's bigger picture analysts question israel palestine in just a moment and as more and more drug companies refuse to sell drugs that are used lethal injections death penalty states are turning to new unproven and potentially dangerous drug combinations should that be a sign is time to do away with the death penalty in america that and more into night special conversations with great minds with actor and activist mike farrell. for tonight's bigger picture discussion we go to the middle east where the death toll keeps mounting as israel's invasion of the gaza strip continues with no clear end in sight although there.

flew into politics is a battle as old as the republic itself tommy break down this has tram drive by thom hartmann bestselling author and host of artes the big picture amazing to have you back on tom so you're its head talk on this was absolutely mind blowing i highly recommend it for anyone who wants to learn more about kind of how this all happened i want to start by breaking down what you found through thomas jefferson's writing that really triggered the american revolution well there had been this this gilded age in the mid seventeenth hundreds in the eighteenth century where the east india company just exploded i mean the surpassed the dutch trading companies from a century earlier and and then there was this crash that happened around seventeen seventy that led right to the american revolution but the thing was when the crash happened the east india company was in such financial trouble that the king of england passed and so did seventy three of the tax act that the you know taxed t. and the the colonists the tax act is widely thought to have raised the tax and see what it actually

blow on thom hartmann in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture it's been more than five years as the housing bubble burst sending the financial industry and the economy into the worst downturn since the great depression but could a new even more dangerous crash be just over the horizon more on that just a moment also the u.a.w. has reached a deal that would allow it to form a union at chattanooga volkswagen run the last election at just five months ago could this be the spark the labor movement needs to reverse the losses of the past three decades and big oil executives and their mouthpieces in washington love to argue that no one green is a choice but they're flat out wrong renewable energy is our only option want to save the human race from a complete climate disaster so what can we do right now sure an energy secure future for america more on that that still take.

do you react to criticism from the likes of the musician thom yorke that you are killing off the musichow do you react to that? we are all about the music, and we are all about the artists. there is a misconception around payments to artists. license holders, record labors -- labels. since our conception, we've paid over $1 billion back to the music industry. half of that alone in 2013. >> thank you very much for joining us. we've got to take a break, but coming up next, a payment deadline looming. the fears of another debt default in china. we will head to beijing after the short break. ♪ >> another crack showing in china's swelling debt load. china correspondent stephen engle is in beijing. what is in focus? is anotherps this example of where the government is not going to intervene and prop up a company, like what we saw with a solar company in march. it was the first onshore bond default and china. the writing was on the wall that other companies could miss payments, as well. i very well could be the next one, a road and bridge company based in the northern promises shinji. this is

thom so that washing his minivan following the rule to use a hoses nozzle. it helps to talk to neighbor about the water use. >> would i talk to them first and something that was excessive waes wasting like myself i'm watering outside and somebody will talk about. the excess use of water. >>reporter: in san jose, david lieu aabc 7 news. >> well bay area weather returning to normal now after strange and rare july thunderstorm. the system generated a number of lightning stlibing around the area. here you see several bolt flash over the giants ballpark in san francisco. about 4:30 this morning. here's a shot of the rain that fell in the thunderstorms aftermath. rain drop bouncing off a car. this was in san rafael. sandhya is here with live doppler 7 hd. sand why all quiet now i suppose. >> it has calmed down dan. pictures so incredible of the lightning storm. there's one thing i can tell you after 21 years of doing weather i never get tired of seeing light new england pictures. here's fv doppler radar. we are not expecting them any time soon. low clouds along th

thom tillus said he opposes impeachment of obama. he wants to win. congresswoman shelley moore capito has come out against impeachment. they are sitting on their leads. so is david perdue in a primary fight to run against michelle nunn in georgia. last, cory gardner out of colorado who does not support impeaching the president. all the other candidates didn't confirm where they stood on the issue. everybody is freezing the ball. why go for the crazy shot of impeachment when you think you will win if you just shut up? >> you want to play it safe. i think you elect this guy. he's going to washington. first thing he'll do is start impeaching the president. that's not going to play well. >> i wanted the democrats to organize push-pulling and make sure every republican for the ticket and every cd in the country has to say for or against impeachment. >> you look at states like colorado, north carolina where there is just enough vote that if democrats did get out and remember in some of the states like north carolina, you already have a push because of thin

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but on thom hartmann in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. secretary of state john kerry is in cairo today trying to hammer out a cease fire to end the now two week long gaza conflict one of the origins of this current eruption of violence and what can we do to create lasting peace in the holy land more on that in tonight's bigger picture panel discussion on israel palestine in just a moment and as more and more drug companies refuse to sell drugs that are used lethal injections death penalty states are turning to new unproven and potentially dangerous drug combinations should that be a sign it's time to do away with the death but only in america that and more into night special conversations with great minds with actor and activist mike farrell. for tonight's bigger picture discussion we go to the middle east where the death toll keeps mounting as israel's invasion of the gaza strip continues with no clear end in sight although there are reports that some sort of temporary ceasefire may be in the works over five hundred fifty palestinians in

thom tillis has had problems because of the unpopularity of the legislature.nk at this point it's still -- it's clearly very much a toss-up. i would not -- i think hagan is in a slightly better position, but that's a tough one. >> i feel that way too and the libertarian candidate. >> low to midsingle digits. >> let's move to louisiana. amy, i go to you because we know charlie, your boss -- i feel like the cassidy campaign has decided they're playing for the runoff. >> that's right. >> is that a mistake? >> well, you mean should he be more aggressive right now? >> more aggressive going for the run in november. if you play for the runoff, you may not get there? >> he may not be the only one making that decision. you still have outside groups that are clearly trying to do that. look, he has to define himself, that's part of the problem. nobody knows who he is. he's just a stand-in right now for a generic republican. >> and he's allowed it to be that way and that's what i don't quite get. it all seems to be about a runoff but who knows what the runoff looks like.

welcome back to the big picture on thom hartmann coming up in this half hour with its hobby lobby ruling the supreme court dangerously expanded the doctrine of corporate personhood but is the worst yet to come and what can we do to make sure that only real live breathing human bein's are protected by the constitution and fifty years ago today president lyndon johnson announced the signing of the civil rights act of one nine hundred sixty four a televised address to the american people. break down that speech and tell you what it says about how much and how little has changed since the one nine hundred sixty s. in tonight's deleted. in about the rest of the news global warming is the challenge of our time and if we don't do something soon to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions the world could be unrecognisable by the end of the century if not mid century but fighting back against global warming is becoming increasingly difficult thanks in large part to a fossil fuel industry that has given a whole new meaning to the phrase revolving door things are especially bad when it comes to america

automatically the big picture on thom hartmann coming up in this half hour for months now fast food workers across america have been taking to the streets to protest for better wages and working conditions but so far congress has done nothing so how are fast food workers stepping up their efforts in hopes of finally getting washington to raise the minimum wage also for the first time in history more than half of the lawmakers now it's representatives are millionaires so should we really be surprised that they're not doing anything productive to help solve america's poverty epidemic more on that in tonight's be able to take. for tonight's green report in what's being called a landmark decision earlier this month the bureau of ocean energy management approved plans for seismic exploration for oil and gas drilling off the atlantic coast decision by the federal government now means that portions of the atlantic ocean coastline that have been protected from drilling for more than thirty years will now be turned into a potential cash cow for big oil and a statement about the decision the surf rid

political parties how do you play it down the middle over there how about you this report the facts like thom hartmann does and will make up their minds well thank you jimmy rupert murdoch no problem who already owns a gigantic media empire in the us and abroad is trying to make that empire even bigger by adding time warner your thoughts on. well you know again whenever capitalism eats itself the big winner the consumer less choice less competition and bad service fantastic and this is going to happen see there's that the thing about that people say well how does this affect me that rupert murdoch is going to own all the media ok well let's see your government wants to invade a country that has a bunch of oil let's say a metric ton tons of oil ok let's just say but they can't just say that's why they want to invade that country so they have to concoct a story and they have to find somebody to sell it to you being go let's get the guy that owns all the media in the united states england and australia hey wait a minute those are the three countries that one along with our rack war invasion so n

i'll leave thom malinowski and david here with you. david is a nominee and, therefore, won't be able to say anything at this point in time. i wanted a chance to introduce him to all of you. as we release the international religious freedom report which we believe is a very important statement that underscores a major challenge around the world, it is also a pleasure for me to introduce president obama's nominee to serve as our ambassador at large for international religious freedom. and he, when confirmed and if confirmed by the united states senate, is going to lead our efforts to make progress on these issues of religious freedom across the globe, and that is rabbi david sapper stein. before we begin, i want to say a few words quickly about the events in gaza and what is happening and what we're trying to do. as you all know, i just returned from the middle east and from paris where i had a series of discussions aimed at deescalating the conflict, ending the rocket and tunnel attacks against israeli civilians and easing the suffering

i believe that you need to bring hartmann.kin -- thom do you know tom hartman? yes, he is someone we are going to be working on. hopefully, he will come and join us for our in-depth booktv discussions in the future. caller: thank you very much. host: that is it? you just wanted to tell us we were right wing and move on? all right. caller: well, no, i think that you need to have balance. host: you don't think that we present lots of points of view? caller: yes, you do, but you spend many, many hours with people who do not answer the bloviate, who just instead of answering the questions. you need to have somebody on to balance them as much as possible. when you have one right wing guest, you need to have one left-wing, sensible person to balance them out the same time. thanksohn in fairfax, for calling in. kenny is in florida, republican line. caller: thank you. we are $17 trillion in debt and we are spending money on these foreign countries? all of these embassies around in these foreign countries. what are we thinking of? when are we going to think about ourselv

that's a current hypothesis for which there's some data, though, frankly there's thom some data for hot of hypotheses for what is contributing to the obesity epidemic. another benefit we've seen is with prescription opiates which turn out to be both extremely addictive and potentially deadly. take a little bit too much, and you stop breathing and die. so for all of the medicines we use, we have to keep track of that risk/benefit ratio. ironically, we underutilize a lot of medications that have a very favorable risk/benefit ratio for people at high risk of a heart attack or who have had a heart attack or stroke, aspirin is only used about half the time. blood pressure is only controlled about half the time. even among those at highest risk, statens -- which are very effective -- are only used about half the time. we have to get that risk/benefit ratio that we're, above all, doing no harm and on balance doing as much good as possible. the fourth is innovation. we need new tools. and while we need new drugs and antibiotics, they're at least 5-10 years away, they may or may not be available

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