amy: never.you talk to any number of politicians, they would take issue with our tough coverage of them. rubio, we wrote about his luxury speedboat and it became a big conspiracy about how "the time"" -- his wife's speeding tickets, and it was that "the times" was trying to take down rubio. so i think it is the nature of our coverage. brian: what is the difference in the relationship that you have with hillary clinton's campaign now versus the way it was in 2008? amy: then, i was a lot younger. i was a traveling person, not any senior role. and i also, you know, when you are traveling all the time -- i felt like i got to know her pretty well because she would come back in the plane. but i did not have the access to the sort of high-level people that i have now. i do not know whether that is a function of being at "the times" or being in just a senior role. brian: how many are new to the campaign and how many of the old faces you saw back then? amy: to their credit, i think they sort of collective

amy: summer of 2013. i am glad i started so early because i had time before the chaos of the presidential campaign to really think about my subject, to get to know the world outside breaking news -- outside the crush of breaking news. richardack in 2013, burke, who used to be at "the t moran, werearolyn talking about this beat. >> hillary clinton left the state department think she wants a normal life. there she was in chicago giving a policy speech, how normal is that? >> is not a normal life for a westchester grandmother to the. -- to be. bill loves to fawn over her publicly and tell the world what a wonderful president she would make. >> she is acting coy the whole time. brian: how does that work? amy: if you ever watch friday night lights, i think of caroline as coach taylor. i think i'm exhausted, can deliver another story, and she just knows exactly what to say to get it out of you. brian: who decides what you cover and when? amy: most of it is reporter driven. "thenk the editors at times" know we a

i'm amy goodman. a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck northern afghanistan with tremors felt as far away as pakistan and northern india. scores of people are reported dead with the toll expected to rise. afp reports at least 52 people have been killed in pakistan alone. the associated press reports at least 12 students at a girls' school were killed in a stampede attempting to flee a shaking building. aid groups are warning the damage could disproportionately impact people already displaced i violence in afghanistan. in 2005, 7 .6 earthquake killed more than 75,000 people. leaders from the european union and the balkan have agreed to a plan to handle the wave of refugees attempting to reach germany and other european countries before winter. the plan ramps up efforts to register the refugees and making room for 100,000 people in reception centers in greece and other countries. nearly 250,000 refugees, many fleeing violence in syria, iraq and afghanistan, have crossed , through the balkans si

i'm amy goodman. this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded to a coalition of civil society organizations known as the tunisian national dialogue quartet. the norwegian award committee says the prize seeks to honor the organizations contributions to building a pluralistic democracy in tunisia in the wake of the 2011 tunisian revolution, which toppled the country's longtime u.s.-backed dictator. >> the quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 when the democratic cessation this democratic organization was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassination and widespread social unrest. it has established an alternative, peaceful political when thet a time country was on the brink of civil war. amy: more on the tunisian quartet after the headlines. house republicans are meeting this morning after california congressmember kevin mccarthy abruptly withdrew from the race for house speaker, throwing congress into disarray. mccarthy's withdrawal came as he faced increasing pressure from the rig

amy: you want me to just? sure. amy: you put the veal in there. >> superthin, paperthin, you can cut it with a fork -- that is how tender it is. they could very fast. once i put it in, i start flipping it. i keep the heat on low. here is the caesar salad we make. we do catering. there is a catering menu online. we are famous for our caesar salad. we have won many awards. we can make tableside caesar salad i do cable at the restaurant. i start flipping this over once it starts cooking. amy: browning up already. is veal something you have to brown all the way through? >> this one is so good, you can cook it a little less. it depends on the person. once we do that, i put a little salt, a little pepper, and then the oregano. a little oregano here. and of course, basil. when you are making this, you use different types of tomatoes. it little bit of parsley. the dish? >> we are. restaurant. amy: can you do it quickly? >> absolutely. >> put it a little higher. this is a very simple dish. you can make this at home. i believ

amy: the u.s. says the rescue mission freed 70 captives from an isil prison, saving them from potential execution. russian president vladimir putin says the u.s. could be open to joint cooperation on bombing missions in syria. on thursday, putin said any military partnership with the u.s. could hopefully lead to a diplomatic opening for resolving the syrian conflict. >> i hope we will be able to. if the military people can come to know agreement between themselves, and they seem to be the most responsible people, it means a certain agreement can also be reached at the political level. amy: putin's comments follow a visit to moscow by syrian president bashar al-assad. russia launched airstrikes in syria last month, saying it was targeting the self-proclaimed islamic state, although, its attacks have hit assad's rebel foes. the group physicians for human rights says russian air strikes have damaged six syrian health facilities this month, killing at least four civilians and wounding six medical staff

i'm amy goodman. last month was the hottest september worldwide and 2015 is now virtually guaranteed to be the hottest year in recorded history. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration said the first nine months of this year have been the hottest such period ever recorded. driven by warmer temperatures, the strongest el nino on record is fueling extreme weather, from typhoons in the philippines to historic summer rains and a looming winter drought in hawaii. this all comes as negotiators prepare for the u.n. climate summit in paris november 30. democracy now! will report live from the summit. former secretary of state and current democratic presidential hopeful hillary clinton is testifying today before the house select committee probing the 2012 attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. the attack killed u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans. the hearing comes after california congressmember kevin mccarthy appeared to publicly confirm the republican

i'm amy goodman.british resident shaker aamer has been released from guantÁnamo after more than 13 years in prison. aamer had been cleared for release since 2007, but the pentagon kept him locked up without charge. during his time in captivity, he claims he was subjected to abuses including torture, beatings and sleep deprivation. , at one point, he lost half his body weight while on a hunger strike. he is en route to london today. in texas 27 women imprisoned at , a for-profit immigrant detention center say they have launched a hunger strike to demand their immediate release. the majority of the women are from central america. there held at the t don hutto residential center in taylor, texas, as they apply for asylum. the immigration and customs enforcement agency denies the hunger strike. this comes as another is held at louisiana's for-profit lasalle detention center for entering its 12th day. in turkey police have raided the , offices of news outlets ahead of sunday's national election. turkish jo

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. commander in afghanistan has altered the u.s. account of the bombing of a doctors without borders hospital whounduz, acknowledging called in the attack. the bombing killed 10 patients and 12 medical staff members. general john campbell said while afghans requested air cover enabling an airstrike requires a rigorous u.s. procedure. the decision to provide burial fires was a u.s. decision made within the u.s. chain of command. the hospital was mistakenly struck. we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. amy: "the new york times" reports general campbell has privately said u.s. troops likely violated their own roles when they called in the airstrikes. ahead of tuesday's senate hearing, dr. margaret flowers was arrested for denouncing the bombing, holding a sign which read, "bombing hospitals=war crime." she joined other members of codepink who wore fake doctor's garb covered in fake blood. doctors without borders has said u.s. forces knew the coordinates

i'm amy goodman. by the end of this century, areas of the persian gulf could be hit by waves of heat and humid they are intolerable to human. from the burning of the fossil fuels, well rich countries in the middle east, cities across the persian gulf could reach a point where people could not safely be outside for more than a few hours. the study comes as catholic leaders from five continents have issued an appeal to negotiators at the upcoming paris climate summit to adopt a transformative agreement to address climate change. the death toll from an early dust earthquake in northern afghanistan has topped 300, the majority of them in pakistan. at least 2000 people were injured. the tremors from the 7.5 magnitude quake were felt as far away as india. the death toll is expected to climb with the devastation in remote villages still unknown. after years of discord, the white house and republican congressional leaders have struck a tentative budget deal to avert a looming default on the government's debts

amy: in a democracy now! special, the legendary singer, poet, and author patti smith joins us in our studio. she will talk about her new memoir, "m train," obama's -- and "just kids" and also talk about president obama's failure animal, performing at the vatican, and her upcoming concert during the u.n. climate talks. plus, she performs live here. ♪ amy: patti smith for the hour. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama has personally apologized to doctors without borders for the u.s. airstrike that struck its hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, killing 12 staff members and 10 patients, including three children, on saturday. white house spokesperson josh earnest announced the apology. >> president obama spoke by telephone with doctors without borders international president to apologize and express his condolences for the msf staff and patients who were killed and injured when a u.s. military airstrike mistakenly struck an

amy: the u.s. bombs like hospital run by doctors without borders, killing 22 people, the majority children and staff. doctors without borders is calling it a war crime and amending an independent investigation -- amending an independent investigation. we will speak with kathy kelly , who wasino strada head of emergency that cares for the were wounded in afghanistan and countries around the world. then the economics of climate change. >> where calling for looking at the root causes of what is driving climate change and also using climate change as a catalyst to build a fair, economic system and what we show in the film is people are doing this very organically. amy: we will speak with naomi klein and phil maker avi lewis about their document rate, "#enough! a campaign to end war and focus on food and health." this as south carolina deals with the thousand year storm. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. doctors withou

i'm amy goodman.he issue of gun regulation is emerging as a hot topic in the presidential or on the presidential campaign trail. on monday, democratic presidential hopeful hillary clinton vowed to curb gun violence. quite it is a leading cause of death for young african-american men. the second leading cause for young hispanic man, the fourth leading cause for young white men. violenceemic of gun knows no boundaries, no snow knows no any kind -- limits of any kind. and when this happens, people are quick to say that they offer their thoughts and prayers. that is not enough. how many people have to die before we actually aren't? before we come together as a nation? ideally, what i would love to see is gun owners responsible gun owners, hunters, form a different organization and take back the second amendment from these extremists. juan: meanwhile republican , presidential candidates have avoided any discussion of gun control in wake of last week's massacre at umpqua community college. donald trump told

i'm amy goodman. as many as 128 people died in turkey saturday when nearly simultaneous explosions ripped through a peace rally in the capital. more than 245 people were injured. the bombs exploded just as a large group of kurdish groups, trade unions, and leftist organizations were preparing to begin a march to protest the resumption of fighting between the turkish state and kurdish militants. earlier today, turkey's prime minister ahmet davutoglu blamed isil for carrying out the attacks. but march organizers have accused the government of failing to prevent the attack. we'll have more on turkey later in the broadcast. iranian state tv has reported "washington post" correspondent jason rezaian has been convicted in an espionage trial which ended two months ago. the decision can be appealed and the sentence remains unknown but the charges carry up to 20 years in prison. rezaian has been held since july 2014 in iran's evin prison. "washington post" foreign editor douglas jehl said he is innocent. >> th

amy: good morning, it's 6:30, i'm amy coveno. your looking live along the seacoast seacoast, here is a look a the top stories on the half hour. mark on the east coast. flooding in north carolina. the schools considering changing from a division two to a division three school. and some parents said they didn't know that until the applications were submitted. and this morning several students were hailed as heroes for saving lives. right now the carolinas -- parts of the carolinas are experiencing flooding. at least five people have been killed because of the storm. meanwhile, the u.s. coast card continues to search for a missing container ship lost at sea. a life preserver from the ship was discovered 70 miles away from the last known position. authorities don't know if it was if this means that the crew had to abandoned ship. 28 crew members are from the united states. the portland press herald reporting four of those americans are from maine, including the captain. let's check with josh judge in the weather center with a look at

i'm amy goodman. the death toll from violence and is really in the occupied territories has increased with new palestinian stabbing attacks and intensified israeli crack down. on sunday, an attacker identified as a 21-year-old arab citizen of israel knifed in israeli soldier to death and opened fire at a bus station, wounding 10 people. the attacker was killed. in an apparent case of racial profiling, a mob of soldiers and bystanders shot and beat a man to death, mistakingly thinking he was the second assailant. the incident comes as israeli forces shot dead five palestinians accused of stabbing attacks, including three in the occupied west bank city of hebron. after sealing off neighborhoods lastly, israel is widening its crackdown on arab areas. more on the conflict after headlines. a u.s. drone strike northwest syria has killed a man the pentagon identified as the highest ranking leader of the khorasan group. the pentagon said sanafi al-nasr, a saudi citizen, is the fifth top khorasan leader killed

amy: good afternoon, i' m amy coveno. meteorologist kevin skarupa tells us how cold it will be today. kevin: at least we have the sunshine. we just have a few high clouds drifting in from the west. not washington dropping into the single digits in the morning. eight to 10 inches of snow over the last three or four days. you can see more high clouds diving in. there might be a stray shower for the north country later tonight. temperatures tonight will not be quite as cold. we are still talking 30' s for overnight lows. a lot less 20' s on the map. the coldest temperature this morning, 14 inland out -- la ndeau. we will have details in the forecast in a few minutes. amy: thanks to the cold weather, some ski resorts in new england are already open! killington ski resort became the first ski resort to open in north america yesterday. only pass holders were allowed on the slopes yesterday. but this morning, it opened to the public. and in maine sunday river opened , today. wildcat mountain fired up the snow cannons yesterday,

amy: now to historic flooding in south carolina. at least nine debts are being blamed on the weather in the carolinas. president obama has signed an emergency declaration for the state. reporter: record rainfall in south carolina. the national weather service says more than 20 inches of rain has fallen. >> i' ve been here since 1986 and i' ve never seen anything like this in columbia, south carolina. reporter: hundreds of -- hundreds have evacuated at >> it' s everything -- my car, my pictures. reporter: 600 members of the national guard were called in to help. kelly leggett tried to save everything she could as water came rushing into her home. >> i was just throwing stuff on beds to try to save stuff. >> this driver lost control of his pickup. the coast guard plucked this woman and her daughter from their flooded home. >> especially having and holding onto a 15 month old daughter. it was incredibly frightening but we made it. reporter: and this man has been using his own boat to rescue people. >> we found a note that said we are i

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amy: good morning, it's 7:30, i'm amy coveno. we begin with a live look across the big lake in meredith. looking peaceful and 43 degrees. here is a look at top stories on the half hour. several presidential candidates stopped by the granite state last nightment among them mike huckabee who hasn't been to the granite state since april. and some candidates have plans today as well. new hampshire runners will be running in honor of a murdered the race in rochester. james foley was killed in 2014. and a massive mudslide. four to six inches of rain fell this week and cars were swept away like pebbles in the fast-moving flow. let's go to chris jarzynka in the weather center. chris: for those who like the cold weather, we've got the forecast for you. there's a shot of goffstown, 43 degrees. these cameras are popping up like rabbits. that's a pretty shot. i'm assuming from our tower cam. right now 30's and 40's and we have some rain showers rolling through the southern and eastern part of the state, at least the rain showers and you can

amy: the u.s. is facing accusations of outsourcing its crackdown refugees who are fleeing violence in central america by paying the mexican government to stop people from reaching the u.s. we will have more with sonia nazario later in the broadcast. in london, the police who have spent more than three years positioned outside the ecuadorean embassy to arrest wikileaks founder julian assange have been withdrawn. assange has been unable to leave the embassy after seeking refuge in 2012 amidst fears he can be arrested and extradited to sweden on sex crimes allegations for which he is never been charged. and he fears that sweden might then extradite him to the united states, where a secret grand jury has been investigating wikileaks disclosures. chilean assange has never been charged with a crime. london's metropolitan police kept officers poised to arrest assange the moment he left the embassy, 24 hours a day, at a cost of about $19 million. while ending their 24-hour-watch the london police vowed to

i'm amy goodman. president obama has officially reversed course and announced he assaulted the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. speaking at the white house thursday, obama described the afghanistan war as "vital to our national security interests" and said u.s. forces will continue to go after al qaeda. >> first, i decided to maintain our current posture of 9800 troops in afghanistan through most of next year, 2016. their mission will not change. our troops will continue to pursue those two narrow tasks that i outlined earlier, training afghan forces and going after al qaeda. but maintaining our current posture through most of next year rather than a more rapid drawdown will allow us to sustain our efforts to train and assist afghans forces as they grow stronger. not only during this fighting season, but into the next one. amy: across the united states military families reacted to the , news. in oceanside, california, the father of an active duty soldier expressed concern over the prolongin

i'm amy goodman. the united states and 11 other pacific rim nations have reached an agreement on the trans-pacific partnership, the largest regional trade accord in history. the agreement has been negotiated for eight years in secret and will encompass 40% of the global economy. corporations, from cargill to boeingom agriculture to have praised the deal. congress now has at least 90 days to review the deal before it can vote on whether to approve it. the deal came after an agreement on drug company monopolies which public citizen said "fell short of big pharma's most extreme." the united states had pressed for longer monopolies on biotech drugs. more after headlines. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan has acknowledged civilians were "accidentally struck" when a u.s. airstrike hit a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz. the attack saturday killed 12 medical staff and 10 patients, three of them children. witnesses described patients burning in their beds. thirty-seven people were wounded. docto

i'm amy goodman. slovenia has called in the army as refugees fleeing violence in their home country are streaming across slovenian territory in a bid to reach northern europe as winter approaches. earlier today, a major fire erupted at a refugee camp about 20,000 people have arrived in slovenia since the weekend when hungary closed its border with relation. in sweden, suspected arson attack has gutted a shelter for asylum-seekers southwest of stockholm, 14 people fled, but none were seriously injured. more than a dozen fires have been reported in accommodations for refugees in sweden this year. benjamin netanyahu is facing criticism for saying the palestinian was the one who inspired adolf hitler to exterminate european juice. netanyahu described as opposed in in between the hillary november 1941 when hitler "did not want to exterminate the, wanted to expel the jews." that since fired the isocide of european jews rejected by most historians. the not these final solution was already underway when the m

i'm amy goodman.defense secretary ashton carter says the united states launched direct action on the ground against the supper can islamic state in iraq and syria. speaking before a senate panel, he outlined the ramped up u.s. campaign against isil. >> signaling we won't hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against isil or conducting such missions directly, whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground. amy: the pentagon is intensifying airstrikes against isil and check the joint chiefs the senate panel he would consider recommending more u.s. soldiers be placed with iraqi troops. operational and strategic impact and we could reinforce success, that would be the basic framework with which i would make a recommendation for additional forces to be: located with iraqians. the kurdish people's protection units are ypg said turkey attacked them over the weekend while turkey and the united states are working together to fight isil in syri turkey is also battli

i'm amy goodman. russia has become the latest foreign government to launch air strikes into syria after carrying out a series of strikes wednesday. the move sparked concern from us officials, who say the russian attacks did not hit isil, but instead hit the rebel groups fighting against syrian president bashar al-assad, including at least one group trained by the cia. the u.s. and russia have long disagreed about the strategy in syria, with the u.s. calling for assad's departure, and russia backing the syrian president. russia became at least the 10th foreign government to launch air strikes in syria this year. other countries include the u.s. britain, canada, france, , australia, turkey, israel, the united arab emirates and jordan. we will have more on syria with columbia university professor rashid khalidi after headlines. in afghanistan, fierce fighting between the taliban and afghan government forces is currently underway in the northern city of kunduz. taliban seized kunduz monday, marking the fi