and laura moye of amnesty international. all three were standing on the grounds of the prison when troy davis was put to death. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> the song written by lewis allan about lynchings in the south. everytime billie holiday singing that song, she would have to throw up afterward, she used to say. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're on the road in madison, wisconsin. we're going to washington, d.c. to be joined by our guests. three people who were there on the night of the troy davis' execution and have since continued to work on the death penalty. kimberly davis is troy davis's sister, and an anti-death penalty activist. ben jealous is president of the naacp. and we are joined by laura moye from amnesty international. we welcome all of you back to "democracy now!" kimberly davis, i know it is a hard day for you, the first anniversary of troy's debt. can you share your thoughts on this one year later? >> this is a tough time both for me and my fa

. >> the release of a new iphone -- we will >> amnesty international and >naacp will join forces to call for a reform of the death penalty system. this is after georgia executed troy davis for the killing of an off-duty police officer. organizations will discuss the impact of his execution and possible government misconduct in other cases. more than a dozen atf and justice department employees could face disciplinary action in canada -- in connection with the botched gunrunning probe called operation fast and furious. the inspector general report says that management failures lead to a legal guns showing a -- up at crime scenes in the u.s. and mexico. it does not criticize attorney general eric holder. >> prince george's county -- police are holding a news conference today after arresting two people for cell -- selling counterfeit iphones. they discovered a operation to sell fake iphone 5s. the real iphones are in stores come tomorrow. verizon employees will be in the parking lot of the silver spring lot just to collect unwanted electronics for recycling. the event is free and open to th

amnesty international have done a detailed report into attacks over last month in 26 different places. now, in 25 of them they say there was no rebel military target to be seen at all in that area, and the inaccurate heavy weapons were used. some just bombs just dropped from aircraft flying overhead, but significantly they said that in one of those 26 cases there was, many of the, a rebel military target that they were going for. interestingly, it appears the syrian regime used a more accurate kind of weapon to launch that attack, a russian-made rocket. that suggests to amnesty, at least that, perhaps when they're going into rebel military targets, they want to be accurate, but when there's shelling residential areas, they actually want to be indiscriminateat. they want to taur few people living there. horrifying for civilians on the receiving end. as are you seeing today, 100 plus people now killed in the violence continuing in syria. >> and, nick, tell me about the significance between a meeting between president al assad and the iranian foreign minister today. >> reporter: well, th

activists have described the situation as desperate and amnesty international has highlighted a recentncrease in heavy bombardments on residential areas. this coincides with a visit to damascus by the iranian foreign minister. he has proposed that observers attempt to quell the violence. from beirut and neighboring lebanon, jim has more. >> another young boy, injured according to this activist video. amnesty says that civilians are the main victims of increasingly indiscriminate bombardments by these forces. heavy artillery is being used routinely on areas that had slipped out of government control. the regime is making good use of its unchallenged air power. the result is massive damage in areas that are under attack. these days that means anywhere in the country. this includes parts of the capital in damascus. this is activist footage from the southern side of the city, where the rebels have been holding out. army troops have moved into parts of the quarter. more than 20 people were summarily executed and a similar number drove by in eastern damascus. investigators say that human rig

pauli reporting right now amnesty international has. to assure julian your songs that he will not face on would extradition to america if he sent to sweden instead of the whistleblowers accused of sex crimes but many see that as a pretext for moving him to the united states where he could face the death penalty and one we can leak spokesman says washington's treatment of a song just an enemy is effectively an attack on the entire world of journalism if he's actually done here you would be treated as an enemy an enemy combatant. and we all know what then tales we do in journalism and the implication was that journalism didn't the truth of there is considered. an enemy we of course awake waiting for the year the us equivalent of the are up a good way getting them for the us population to rise up and the. sense that the human rights have been deteriorating in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's pretty much the time for the us population is real life through the. country is one in every truck i think could s

amnesty international has urges stockham to assure julian as long as that he will not face on water extradition to the us even his and. it's there that the whistle blow is accused of sex crimes but many see that as a pretext for moving him to america where he could face the death penalty and we could be spokesman says washington's the treatment of a songe as an enemy is effectively an attack on the entire world of journalism. if it's actually here you would be treated. as the enemy an enemy combatant. and we all know what that entails we're doing journalism and the implication is that journalism getting the truth out there is considered. an act of an enemy we of course awake waiting for the u.s. acquittal and of the are waiting for the u.s. population to rise up and. the. sense that. human rights have been picturing in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's pretty much the time when he was populations to realize that. there are countries from a very bad track i think that could save the future of the american people. right be sure not to mess up the full interview

of money to run these facilities if we're going to pull out and afghans i mean our troops amnesty international has just come to our shores joining us songs that he will not face on war the extradition to the us he sent to sweden it's sad that the whistleblower has accused of sex crimes but many see that as a pretext for moving him to america way he could face the death penalty and we can expose spence says washington's treatment office on jazz and anime is effectively an attack on the entire world of journalism. you actually did it here you would be treated as an enemy an enemy combatant. and we all know what that entails we're doing journalism and the implication is that journalism getting the truth out there is considerate. of an enemy we of course awake waiting for the us equivalent of the are up a good way coming in for the us population to rise up and a. sense that human rights have been deteriorating in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's pretty much the time would be the us population to realize. that our country is one of a very bad track i think could

has been a decades-long member for people of the american way and a longtime supporter of amnesty international. she not only thinks globally, but acts locally through city meals with whom she volunteers as a meal delivered in new york city where she lives. [applause] turner serves as the chair of the planned parenthood federation of american board of advocates and has testified before congress on reproductive rights, which is her topic here today. besides acting and doing political work, turner is doing one thing -- helping to keep the spirit of molly ivins alive. she was a newspaper columnist whose passion for politics made a religion. turner beens. that is because when former texas gov. ann richards was undergoing cancer treatment in manhattan, she happened to move into turner's apartment building. one day, ivins was visiting with richards and the ran into turner. they invited her out for an evening of laughter, paul stories and giving turner a unique appreciation of -- tall stories and giving turner a ins if appreciation of ivan' you have not already seen the play, the national press club j

s case and they've got a number of plaintiffs involved including amnesty international and some journalists and then we came in as a friend of the court we just wanted to give the court more information about why journalists need to be able to maintain confidential communications internationally the more you're covering foreign affairs or terrorism related subjects the more likely you are to have to do it by phone over international calls in the face amendments not the original face but the face amendments of two thousand and eight make it much easier for the government to and intercept those calls and journalists just don't feel comfortable that they can promise confidentiality in that situation and why did you think it was important to you to step in and back the journalists well because it was a general. you know it was an attempt to challenge the law by a number of people who felt they were affected by it and they had journalists involved but we like to weigh in to talk about kind of the broad public policy arguments about how it affects journalism and what journalism needs under the fi

. >>> amnesty international claims solitary confinement is cruel and inhumane. 3,000 inmates are being held in extreme isolation, with no fresh air or natural light for years and decades. they say california prisons are violating international standards. but correctional officials disagree. >> we follow the national model. >> officials say the conditions are based on the inmate's behavior to protect other inmates. the two prisons listed are pelican bay and corber state prison. >>> authorities raided 2 dozen homes in a marijuana bust in the north bay. 150 law enforcement officers carried out the raid yesterday morning. participating agencies included the fbi and ingrations and customs enforcement. authorities say 300 plants were seized. the threne -- 13 people were arrested. >>> an update on a story you saw here on ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco fire yesterday underwent a double mastectomy. we reported on how the department said her condition was not life threatening and wouldn't allow her to receive donated sick time from her fellow firefighters. the head of the union said she will

it is from amnesty international's collection earlier this year.ers everyone from lenny kravitz to miley cyrus who does a great country cover of you're going to make me lonesome when you go all to raise money for amnesty international. buy that. i'm john fuglesang on "the stephanie miller show" filling in for stephanie all week along with travon free and rick overton. you had a pretty good analogy travon. >> yes i think reince priebus' very drunken speech at the rnc -- >> doesn't it sound his name -- he can't say his actual name. it comes out as i'm reince priebus. [ laughter ] i'm craig. >> i think we should start just calling -- when you go out with your friends at night, you come back like dude, last night we got so priebused we got. >> i was eastwooding everywhere. [ laughter ] >> talking to inanimate objects. >> john: oh, man i'm so priebused. we had one caller who said reince priebus is and an gram for we run ice penis. i didn't do that. my name's fuglesang. i waited to find someone with a goofier name than me. are you my alpha and omega. you

once i did -- i was working for amnesty international as their spokesperson.d human trafficking as one of the topics that really affects women and girls in the world. and i discovered, we discovered that slavery is alive and well. it's just gone underground. it's illegal now thriving. it's a $32 billion a year criminal enterprise, second only, tied with illicit arms trading to the drugs. yet the u.s. government spends in one month more on the war on drugs than it has ever spent on domestic and international programs against slavery since 2000. in one month. and in one month, the u.s. government spends twice as much on military marching bands as it does for a whole year of anti-trafficking efforts. so there's something wrong. i know we have a tough time with our deficit, a tough time with the budget, but people are so important and every one of these people who is safe, right now there's only a one in 100 chance a victim of human trafficking will be saved. when that person is saved, when you meet that person, you meet that survivor and survivors they are, they

i was meeting for amnesty international, and we covered human trafficking as one of the topics that really women and girlses in the world, and i rediscovered that slavery is alive and well, it's just gone underground. illegal now, but thriving, $32 billion a year criminal enterprise, tied with illicit arms trading, and the u.s. government spends more in one month on the war in drugs than it has ever spent on domestic and international programs against slavery since 2000. in one month. and in one month, they spend twice as much in military marching bands as it does fora whole year in anti trafficking efforts. there is something wrong. i know we have a tough time with our deficit, with the budget, but people are so important, and every up with of these people who is safe, right now, only a 1-100 chance that a victim of human traffic willing be saved. when you meet that person, you meet that survivor, and survivors they, they are incredible. but you look into their eyes and you understand person to person viceraly, what they have gone through, being treated lower than an animal and see the br

privilege to sit down with democracy icon aung san suu kyi at a town hall discussion hosted by amnesty internationaler is traveling in the u.s. for 17 days. her first visit here in nearly 30 years. needless to say her journey has been a remarkable and almost unimaginable one. this past april she was eelected to the burmese parliament a little more than a year after being released from 15 years of house arrest. she spoke at length about her time living as a political prisoner behind barb wire and cut off from the outside world. she never felt despair or anger. >> i always thought of my father as a soldier, as a member of the burmese army, as well as the father of the burmese army. and because of that, i'd always had deep affection for the army and i have to say that affection never vanished throughout the years that they kept me under house arrest. and, i must be fair and say that although they kept me under house arrest, they treated me well. most of them treated me as my father's daughter. that is to say, they treated me as a member of the family, albeit a rather troublesome one. >> we also spoke a

and, amnesty international released a report, accusing the syrian military of indiscriminate targeting of civilians. it said the aim may be to punish towns and cities presumed sympathetic to the rebels. bill neely of "independent television news" is on the ground in damascus. we spoke earlier today via a portable satellite uplink. bill neely, thank you for joining us. tell us what you've been observing in damascus. how does the conflict look from where you are? >> well, i was last here two months ago and i would say then that the war was at the doorstep of damascus. i would say right now it's right in the front room of damascus and there's no question that president assad can look out his window any time he wants over this city and see it happening and hear it happening right in front of him. i've spent the last two days on the outskirts of three-- just as i speak there are more explosions in the background there. i've been on the outskirts of three districts in the south of the capital. now, they're not suburbs, they are in damascus city itself, and they are being bombarded relentless

i showed him this amnesty international report on the brutality.an't delegate it and form a committee. should we do something or how we will handle it, the final analysis, that final decision is the president's. so you worry about it and you wrestle with it. you decide we will do this. you don't listen to the drums outside of the white house. it was the epitome of evil for me and the way he treated his own people. what he did his to his neighboring state and the member of the united nations. i saw nothing redeem being him at all. the feeling was mutual incidentally. the congress was against it. they were divided and mainly on party lines. didn't want me to do it. as well as key units of the air force are arriving today to take up defensive positions in saudi arabia. saddam hussein never thought we were going to fight. i think he also believed that if we were going to fight, he would win. i am convinced to this day that saddam hussein would have marched down and taken over saudi arabia and all hell would have broken loose. the war was over 100 hours

and now, the thing that's close to her heart is being an official spokesperson for amnesty international, as shown in this clip she posted on youtube. >> the call for freedom will not stop. >> reporter: while she's now getting attention for her famous love interest offscreen, her major love interest on screen was the girlfriend for neil patrick harris' character on "how i met your mother." the now 32-year-old starlet played opposite george clooney in a european commercial for spresso. but boniadi is not talking publicly. nor did she answer for our comment. the spokesperson for tom cruise has denied all of the allegations in the "vanity fair" report. and the church of scientology has called them hogwash. the church says there was never any project to find a bride for my member of the church. lara? >> linsey, thank you. >>> coming up, josh has "the play of the day." why these guys might just be the luckiest ducks ever. with more birthdays. join the american cancer society making strides against breast cancer walk and help us get there faster. sign up at makingstrideswalk.org. oh, it's so g

has been a decades long member of people for the american way, and a longtime supporter of amnesty international. she not only thinks globally, but ask locally through city meals with whom she volunteers as a meal deliver in new york city where she lives. [applause] >> turner serves as the chair of the planned parenthood federation of american board of advocates, and has testified before congress on reproductive rights which is your topic here today. besides acting and doing political work, turner is doing one thing, helping keep the spirit of mali allies. she was a newspaper columnist whose wit and passion for politics made her a legend. turner knew her. that's because when former texas governor ann richards was undergoing cancer treatment in manhattan, she happened to move into turner's apartment building. one day i was visiting with richard and they ran into turner. they invited her out for an evening of laughter, tall stories and giving turner a unique appreciation of life and spirit. later when market and go, a journalist known to many of us here in d.c. and her twin sister allison wrote th

amnesty international, a standing case related to a challenge of the fisa amendments act.isa was passed to a dozen a, an amendment of the foreign intelligence surveillance act passed in 1978. you have to understand the merits of little bit. >> for those watching on c-span, what is standing? >> whether a party has a right to appear in court and challenge the statutes. the plaintiffs are attorneys, human rights activists, and others who are in regular contact with people overseas, people who might be the subject of electronic surveillance by the federal government, and they are challenging the law that allows this because they are concerned their communications will be picked up. they claim they have standing to challenge the law, their communications will get picked up, and in the course of that surveillance, they have the right to challenge that in court. that is the standing issue. to get to the merits, fisa passed in 1978 and the aftermath about abuses, it set up a system by which the executive branch would have to go to the court in d.c. and get permission when they wan

amnesty international, a standing case related to a challenge of the fisa amendments act. fisa was passed in 2008, an amendment of the foreign intelligence surveillance act that was passed in 1978. you have to understand the merits of little bit. >> for those watching on c-span, what is standing? >> whether a party has a right to appear in court and challenge the statutes. the plaintiffs are attorneys, human rights activists, and others who are in regular contact with people overseas, people who might be the subject of electronic surveillance by the federal government, and they are challenging the law that allows this because they are concerned their communications will be picked up. they claim they have standing to challenge the law, their communications will get picked up, and in the course of that surveillance, they have the right to challenge that in court. that is the standing issue. to get to the merits, fisa passed in 1978, and in the aftermath about abuses, it set up a system by which the executive branch would have to go to the court in d.c. and get permission whe

let me start with the national security case and that is called blabber versus amnesty international. it's actually standing case but it's a standing case relating to a challenge to what's called the fisa amendment act passed in 2008, and was an amendment through a very substantial amount of the foreign intelligence surveillance act passed in 1978, and to understand the standing issue of the stakes at play you have to understand the merits a little bit so let me get into them. >> for those watching on c-span, what is standing? >> the question of whether a party actually has the right to appear in court and to challenge come in this case to challenge the statute. .. just to get to the merits for a minute. it passed in 1978 the aftermath of the expos in the mid 70s about various abuses in the intelligence community and in short it set up the system by which the executive branch would have to go to the court in d.c. and get permission when they wanted to to wiretapping for national security purposes to get intelligence information. this is a way of making sure there was a court that had

amnesty because it weakens the u.s. system. >>> weather related days at san francisco international airport are clearing up now. low visibility due to morning fog and clouds. at the peak from noon to 3:00 p.m., 50 flights were delayed by 70 minutes. the flow control program was called off when the skies cleared up and weather related effects at san francisco international airport and all around the bay. >> especially livermore valley, they dropped off 10 degrees. most of us 5 degrees. cooler today than yesterday. fog is still in the forecast but the days are getting shorter. starting to feel like fall. fall off the coast. patchy now. the fog is breaking away now. in the next few hours it will turn around and push back into many bay area neighborhoods. big ridge of high pressure but up in this area there is a low pressure center. you can barely pick it out. that is enough as it bumps up to the coast to keep temperatures on the mild side all week. tomorrow's temperatures like today. very similar. maybe a degree warmer. when low pressure does that, gets up against the coast, stretches out the marine layer. we coul

amnesties. there would need to be cease-fires. all of that is asserted and you would to discuss any genuine political process. that hasn't started. >> to the extent to which we, we the whole of the international community has been participating, provided a substitute economy and afghanistan to start up allow me to develop so far. is that the incentive? is there some economic incentive that brings them into this process? is it that that's going to solve the problem is it's not constitutional matters in human rights and everything clicks >> we need to start reducing the amount of money these then on afghanistan. >> howell to be sustainable within itself? >> the economic process is one where we have to keep helping the afghans fun the development for 10 years beyond what they get on with developing the mineral resources. at the same time, trying to execute a political process to reduce the pressure in the security forces and wouldn't have to be so proficient if there is a political process. you have to work on all these things at once. i've always said we must make our strategy dependent on the political deal with the taliban because that gives them a veto. you have to be a policy that says, her

counterpunch.com, and slate.com there is an article in there recently that in 2009 internal revenue offered tax amnestyare illegally evading their taxes by hiding in switzerland. did mitt romney benefit from that tax amnesty. >> bill: yeah, did mitt romney apply? mitt romney can very well be part of the 47%. i'm convinced he paid zero taxes in some of those years which is why he won't release his tax return. certainly part of that 47% are people who are very very very wealthy and have good sharp accountants and tax lawyers and enough deductions and loopholes that they are able to avoid any taxes. and of course, like mitt romney bury their money in a swiss bank account or the cayman islands. ike in charleston south carolina. hi, ike. >> caller: hey billy boy. calling you from the fourth most disgusting state in the country, as the poll said that was just released last week 22 years of republican control and we're number 4 on the worst living conditions, the worst roads, worst everything. so-so much for republican utopia. >> bill: i love south carolina, but you are right. the people there just have their