i'm amy goodman. the 2013 nobel peace prize has been awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, i hate how when -- ha based group tasked with enforcing the chemical weapons convention. the group recently sent inspectors to dismantle syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. the nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the canadian short story writer alice munro s written 14 story collections. she is the first canadian woman, and the 13th woman from any country to win the literature prize. human rights watch is accusing rebels in syria of killing at least 190 civilians during a coordinated attack in a rural area this summer. in a report, the group says the abuses by antigovernment forces likely amount to war crimes. researcher unveiled the findings. >> in our latest report, you can still see their blood. human rights watch has an opposition offense of that began august 4 in the countryside that armed opposition groups entered into a series of villages. in the course of one d

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show with news in the case democracy now! has been following closely. herman wallace, a member of the so-called angola 3, has been released from prison after being held for nearly 42 years in solitary confinement. he was taken directly to the hospital where he now lays dying of advanced stage liver cancer. wallace and two others were in prison for armed robbery, then accused in 1972 of murdering a prison guard at the louisiana state penitentiary, known as angola. the men say they were framed because of their political activism as members of one of the first prison chapters of the black panther party. the dramatic series of events on tuesday began one federal judge brian a jackson of the middle district court of louisiana ordered wallace's release and overturn his conviction. jacksonrder, judge called on the state to "immediately release mr. wallace

i'm amy goodman. have a link to one article at democracynow.org. when we come back, we will be joined by max blumenthal who is written new book called, "goliath." ♪ [music break] >> perform tuesday on the national mall as part of the rally called "the national day for dignity and respect." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we end today show with israel. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu is continuing a public campaign to cast doubt on diplomatic engagement with iran. speaking before the when general simply, netanyahu accused the new iranian prime minister hassan rouhani of deceiving the world about iran's tiger program. was a wolf in wolf's clothing. rouhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing. a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community. >> for more we're joined by analyst max blumenthal, best- selling author of, "republican gomorrah: inside the movement that shattered the party." his new book is, "goliath: life and loathing in greater is

i'm amy goodman. congress approved an 11th hour deal late last night to end the 16 day partial government shutdown and pull the nation back from the brink of an default. the spending measure passed the senate and house of representatives after republicans dropped efforts to use the legislation to force changes in the affordable care act. obama signed the spending bill last night. >> once again i want to thank the leadership for coming together and getting this done. hopefully next time it won't be in the 11th hour. one of the things i said throughout this process is, we have got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. >> the spending bill offers only a temporary fix. it funds the government until january 15 and raises the debt ceiling until february 7. we go to washington dc where we're joined by longtime democratic congressmember john conyers of michigan, ranking member of the house judiciary committee. he has served more than 48 years in congress, longest ever by any african american. welcom

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the obama administration drone and targeted killing policy will come underscore need today at the united nations. the u.n. special repertory human rights and counterterrorism is scheduled to present a report that concludes at least 400 pakistani civilians have been killed by u.s. drone strikes over the past decade. victims have been deemed probable noncombatants. the report also looks at u.s. drone attacks in afghanistan, iraq, libya, yemen, and somalia as well as israel's use of drones in gaza. the u.n. report comes at a time when u.s. drone policy is facing unprecedented public criticism. earlier this week, amnesty international said some drone killings in pakistan may amount to war crimes. human rights watch criticized u.s. drone strikes in yemen. on wednesday, and pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif urged u.s. president barack obama to end drone strikes in pakistan. >> pakistan and the unit

i'm amy goodman. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been awarded the-based in -- the organization was established to enforce the 19 97 chemical weapons convention. it recently sent inspectors to carry out the dismantling of syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. this the region about committee chairman praised the opcw. >> in world war i, chemical weapons were used to considerable degree. the geneva convention of 1925 prohibited the use, but not the production or storage of chemical weapons. during world war ii, chemical weapons were employed in hitler's mass exterminations. to michael weapons have subsequently been put to use -- chemical weapons have subsequently been put to use by both states and terrorist. 1993, prohibiting the production and storage of such weapons. 1997.e in force in has sought thew implementation of the convention. to talk more about the nobel peace prize in the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, we're joined by two guests. us fromker

i'm amy goodman.n we come back, we're going right to the capital where the government is shut down, at least partially. we will speak with the cochair of the congressional progressive caucus, raul grijalva. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. 10 days into the government shutdown, lawmakers are under increasing pressure to come to resolution. house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor met for the first time in days on wednesday with house minority leader nancy pelosi. but no deal has been reached. reuters is reporting jobless claims rose by 66,000 in the latest week. the highest since march. >> we're joined by a lawmaker who is called the shutdown a charade. once a halt to oil and gas exploration on federal land until the public can also enter, and he's also found time to push for the passage of immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. as thousands gathered on the national

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. you have a piece today about the largest corruption case in city history, that you actually exposed, going to trial this week. scandal, three people start trial in u.s. district court in manhattan this week. they are the last of 11 people that were indicted by federal prosecutors in 2010 and 2011 over this massive information technology contract, a payroll system the new york city government and bloomberg administration was instituting. the amazing thing is, of the 11 people originally charged, one died, two fled to india with millions of dollars they stole from new york city taxpayers, and the rest have already pled guilty. there are only three leing the masterminds of the plot. the most fascinating thing in the first days of testimony is that a key city official who is never been indicted, the former head of mayor bloomberg's payroll agency, was repeatedly raised in testimony as the person who

i'm amy goodman.as we turn now to a democracy now exclusive. >> excuse me, sir. do you know who the cuban five are? >> didn't they play the u.s. in the pan-american games in the basketball tournament? >> do you know who the cuban five are? there are five men defending their country against terrorism. >> americans? >> no, cubans. >> why haven't i heard about them? >> are they a rock band? >> do you know who the cuban five are? do you want to find out? picture of me. >> they infiltrated terrorist exile who are planning attacks inside cuba. the cuban five have a right to defend the cuban revolution. >> that was danny glover in a clip from the documentary, "will the real terrorist please stand up." danny glover was asking people in california about the cuban 5 -- the subject of our show today. 15 years ago the cuban five intelligence agents were arrested in the united states. four remain locked up, the fifth onl join us today from hathey g the united states, but trying to monitor violent right-wing cuban

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh.>> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. today we're joined by man described as one of the world's greatest living political filmmakers, costa-gavras. born in greece eight years ago in 1933, costa-gavras has won two academy awards for his films z and missing. his other films include state of siege, amen, music box, the confession, and the trade. for nearly five decades, he has tackled some of the key political issues of the day. z was a drama loosely based on the 1963 assassination of a greek left-wing activist. the opening credits of the film read -- "any resemblance of real events, to persons living or dead, is not accidental. it is to liberate." , told the story of american journalist charles horman. >> costa-gavras look at the usaid, theal role of united states agency for international development, and latin america, based on the kidnapping and murder of the dan.official named the film was too controversial for washington. a screenin

i'm amy goodman. democracy now! special, we spend the hour with four former government officials, all whistleblowers themselves, who have just returned from visiting national security agency whistleblower edward snowden in russia. they are former cia analyst ray mcgovern, former fbi agent coleen rowley, former national security agency senior executive thomas drake, and his lawyer, former u.s. justice department ethics advisor jesselyn radack. last week, the group became the first americans known to meet with former nsa contractor snowden in russia since he was temporary silent -- asylum there in august. on wednesday, the group presented edward snowden with an award from the sam adams associates for integrity in intelligence. after the award ceremony, snowden spoke about the perils of the mass surveillance state. >> these programs don't make us more safe. they hurt our economy. they hurt our country. they limit our ability to speak and think and live and be creative and have relationships, to associate

i'm amy goodman. as the october 22 coalition to stop police brutality, repression, and the criminalization of a generalization, holds protests in cities today. we bring a shocking story about two euros he similar police killings in new york region. in both cases, the family member called 911 seeking help dealing with a distressed levels and. of cases into with the police killing the man they were called on to help. mohamed bah was shot dead by new york city police officers on september 25, 2012. he was a 28-year-old college student in the african nation. samuel cruz was shot dead by police in your shop, new york on may 20 6, 2013. he was 48 years old. he was an artist from puerto rico. in both cases, police say the men were shot after they longed that officers with a knife. the many questions remain unanswered. police arrived at mohamed bah's , called 911 because sheer, hawa thought he was depressed. she wanted and emile is to take into the hospital. in the case of samuel cruz, his called 911ruz becau

i'm amy goodman. legaln to texas where a battle is being waged over the future of abortion access. on tuesday, texas attorney general greg abbott asked a federal appeals court judge to immediately reinstate a key part of the states new anti-choice law a day after it was ruled unconstitutional by lower court judge. on monday, district judge lee yeakel struck down a provision requiring onerous hospital admitting privileges for abortion doctors. the judge ruled the admitting privileges requirement -- texas governor rick perry has vowed to appeal the decision. monday's ruling came in response to a legal challenge for groups including the aclu and planned parenthood of greater texas. there look -- lawsuit did not challenge other controversial provisions of the law, a ban on abortion at 20 weeks was fertilization, which went into effect tuesday, and requirement that all abortion clinics be costly, hospital-style building standards by september 2014. the initial bill inspired a people's filibuster and a mara

i'm amy goodman. on the road in louisiana, broadcasting from new orleans public television wlae. has become arnment partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years after congress failed to break apart and unlike break aght deadline -- partisan deadlock by midnight deadline. the office of management and budget issued orders shortly before the midnight deadline saying that -- some 800,000 federal workers are to be furloughed and more than one million others will be asked to work without pay. the shutdown was spearheaded by tea party conservatives who backed a house bill tying continued government funding to a one-year delay of the affordable care act and the repeal of a tax to pay for it. the democratic controlled senate insisted on funding the government through november 15 without special conditions. senate majority o leader harry reid spoke just after midnight. the tea representing party, the anarchists of the country. the majority of the republicans in the house are following every step of the way.

i'm amy goodman. we continue our special on u.s.nd drone strikes and return to the killing of a pakistani grandmother last year. in a moment, we will be joined by her son and two grandchildren, nine-year-old nabila and 13-year-old zubair. first, another clip from "unmanned: america's drone wars ." >> the attack was october 24, i came from islamabad and came to interview the family. had hade was the family a traumatic experience, were very upset. >> his mother had been killed in the attack. they were angry and very upset. >> you have people living in constant fear they are not safe in their homes or on the streets or in their locality. ful that they could be attacked, that there land could be seriously affected. >> an excerpt from robert greenwald's film "unmanned: america's drone wars." we are joined by the rehman family who have traveled from pakistan. they have come to address members of capitol hill. we are now joined by rafiq ur rehman and his 13-year-old son zubair and nine-year-old daughter nabila. for our tv viewers, we are s

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> we return now to our in-depth look at this democracy now!clusive at the strange case of frederick bourke who blew the whistle on a foreign bribery scam in the former republic of azerbaijan that robbed many investors in the u.s. and abroad of hundreds of millions of dollars, but he ended up being the only one going to prison in the united states. we recently sat down with two of the most knowledgeable people on the case, journalist scott armstrong and former washington -- an attorney michael tigar who is representing ric bourke. i asked scott armstrong to talk about the geopolitical importance of azerbaijan to the united states. >> bourke the problem that faced as a whistleblower is it was blown the whistle against someone beyond -- essentially enjoyed impunity, that is to say he was blowing the whistle about the government of, about the , whodent and his son ilham was running the state oil company at the time. was absolutely critical to u.s. interest. first of all, it was the source of enormous oil riches in the caspian sea. secondly, the on

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president obama is scheduled to meet with his pakistani counterpart later today amidst rising tension around the restaurant strikes in pakistan. the meeting between obama and pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif comes as amnesty international has released a major new report on how u.s. drone strikes kill civilians in pakistan am aware it says some drone killings may amount to war crimes. the group reviewed 45 drone strikes that occurred in north waziristan since january 20 12. it found at least 19 civilians were killed in just two of those strikes, despite claims by the obama administration it is accurately targeting militants. report, human rights watch criticized u.s. john strikes in yemen that killed civilians. on tuesday, white house spokesperson jay carney defended the legality of the u.s. drone program. >> to the extent these reports claim u.s. has acted contrary to international law, we woul

i'm amy goodman. the partial shutdown of the federal government has entered its third day. federaln 800,000 workers are furloughed and numerous governmental programs have been forced to stop running. on wednesday, president obama met with republican and democratic leaders in congress to try to end the deadlock, but there was no breakthrough. republicans have tried to tie continued government funding to measures that would undercut the affordable care act. senate democratic leader harry reid accused republicans of trying to hold the president hostage over obamacare. >> the president of the united states was very missouri strong, strong, strong. this has never happened before. they can make all the historical analysis that they want. it is never happened before were a political party would be willing to take the country to the brink of financial disaster and say, we are not going to allow us to pay our bills. the president said he will not stand for that. i said i would be happy to work with you on a wa

i'm amy goodman. the latestecome country to be the target of widespread u.s. surveillance. according to an article published today in a spanish newspaper, the nsa agency recently tracked over 60 million calls in spain and the space of a month. the disclosure comes as the delegation of german and french lawmakers were in washington today to press senior u.s. intelligenced officials for answers on allegations of widespread spying by the united states and the home countries. the german newspaper der spiegel has revealed the nsa was using the u.s. embassy in berlin to spy on germans including chancellor angela merkel. according to the magazine, merkel's mobile number had been lifted by -- listed by the nsa special collection services 2002. all of these reports have been based on leaks by edward snowden. in a moment we will be joined by journalist glenn greenwald who first broke the snowden story. first, we turn to saturday's protest in washington. it was organized by the stop watching us coalition. jessel

i'm amy goodman. the partial shutdown of the federal government has entered its 16th day and the nation is now on the brink of a default. on tuesday fitch ratings warned it could cut the the u.s. government's triple a debt rating if a deal to raise the debt limit is t reached. in a statement fitch said quote "the prolonged negotiations over raising the debt ceiling ... risks undermining confidence in the role of the u.s. dollar as the preeminent global reserve currency, by casting doubt over the full faith and credit of he u.s." the senate appears closer to a deal o move closer to a to reopen the government and raise the debt limit, but the republican-controlled house of representatives failed twice to produce its own plan. boehner has refused to allow to the house to vote on the senate plan. this is house speaker john boehner speaking tuesday. >> do you think congress will go fast deadline? >> i have made clear for mthat default is wrong and we shouldn't get anywhere close to it. >> will there be a v

i'm amy goodman. today marks the first anniversary of superstorm sandy ,itting the ne east coast becoming one of the most a struct of storms in the nation history. after first pummeling cuba, jamaica, and the dominican republic, sandy made its way up the east coast. the storm ultimately killed 150 nine people, damaged more than 650,000 homes. thousands of people remain displaced. as the new york region marks the first anniversary of the hurricane, hurricane strength winds are battling northern europe today. at least a dozen people have been killed across britain, germany, the netherlands, denmark, and france. later in the show we will look at the superstorm sandy recovery effort and speak to a woman who is still displaced from her home. we begin today's show with former irish president mary robinson. she served as president of ireland from 1990 to 1997 and you and high commissioner for human rights from 1997 to 2002. she now heads the mary robinson justice.n climate i recently sat down with her in new

i'm amy goodman. we apologize for the inconvenience. the marketplace is currently undergoing regularly scheduled maintenance and will be back up monday, 10/seven/3013. seven, 30ht, october 13. that is what many faced when they attempted to log onto the marketplace. the new york sun has taken down the notice, but widespread computer problems have plagued problems across the nation since the state and federal marketplaces launch last tuesday. receivedhcare.gov also a warning site saying -- it is unclear how many people have actually been able to sign up so far anywhere in the country. administration has not released any figures. according to forbes, the number of people may be in the single digits when they looked, for example, california. on tuesday, president obama promised quick fixes to the problems. >> we found out there had been times where the site has been running more slowly than it probably will. more than is because one million people visited healthcare.gov before 7:00 in the morning. to put

i'm amy goodman.ur guests are timothy mitchell of columbia university, author of the book "carbon democracy: political power in the age of oil." james marriott is with us. he cowrote the book "the oil road: journeys from the caspian sea to the city of london." anna galkina is also with us, with the group, as is james, platform, based in london. bp plays a huge role, operates this pipeline. tell me about their history in azerbaijan? bp first broke into azerbaijan after the soviet union daughter falling apart in some of the first contracts signed in 1992. you will find, bp was actually there before they establish their own relationships with azerbaijan, before the western governments did. bp already had and office in the capital of azerbaijan before any of the western governments had embassies. they invited the british diplomats to share an office with them. thethen, bp recruited british state to work on their behalf to help them break into this new territory and sign contracts. the president of azerbai

i am amy goodman with juan gonzalez. . >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the countryand around the world. congressre grows for to pass conference of immigration reform now that the government shutdown is over, we spend the hour with one of the leading dutch people leading a fight, democratic representative luis gutierrez of illinois. he has been working to improve immigration policy since he won his congressional seat in the early 1990s. most recently he helped author a bipartisan proposal for reform in the house. the number of undocumented immigrants deported since president obama took office is set to hit 2 million -- more than under any other president. in the time since the senate pass immigration reform bill in july, the department of homeland security has deported 100,000 people. during his weekly address, obama called on the house to follow the senate sleep. the job ofd finish fixing our broken immigration system. there is a broad coalition across america behind this effort from business leaders to faith leaders to law enforcement. it would grow our economy. it

militarization of police forces in america joining me now for more on that from our new york studios is amy goodman just a gated journalist syndicated columnist and host of democracy now and joining me here in the studio is matthew feeney associate editor system editor with reason dot com and reason twenty four seven and thank you both for joining me it's. great to have you matthew great to see you i mean it's going to be really a time. first i'm curious for both of you your response amy your thoughts on what happened i understand this woman was shot so so aggressively that they were not able to identify her because not enough of her face was left in the it was unarmed i mean this is the point an outside her car i mean the idea that violence is now the first resort is very frightening and we see it both in foreign policy and we see it and policing at home it all has to be changed let's remember that police officers are actually peace officers and they're supposed to be keeping the peace and it is extremely difficult to wage peace as opposed to waging war to keep the peace at home and that's somethi

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