amy: we will speak with michigan commerce woman brenda lawrence. then to oklahoma. >> through several phone calls and conversations with the attorney general's office and the governor's office, we have asked for the governor to grant a stay of execution for richard euge glossip until next month. amy: death row prisoner richard glossip is given 37 more days to ve. we wilspeak with leadg anti-death penalty activist sister prejean on her fight to save his life. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. 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 backi

. >> but congresswoman brenda lawrence is vocal of her concerns about terrorism and the threat to u.s. security. >> nest why i continuously say we need a plan to vet that and we need to be sensitive to that. right now it's not we're choosing, it's a crisis and we're just getting a mass of people who want to come to the united states. >>reporter: the government says it can take up to two years to review the backgrounds of refugees. >> we will have a future here but our childrens future is for more important than ours. >>reporter: it's unclear at this point how many syrians will resettle in michigan but he feels fortunate that he and his family are here and able to rebuild a life torn apart by war. >>> the world famous street artist banksy is helping refugees with his work. he has had materials from the installation cut up and brought to a refugee camp in northern france. for example, wood is being refused to construct shelters. they're puzzled by the material but grateful >>> on this weeks episode of third rail, josh rushing sits down with nail ferguson to discuss foreign policy in the

congresswoman brenda lawrence toured the michigan sugar company's sugar beet factory in bay city with congressman mike bishop. and congressman john fleming met with the louisiana bankers association. members will be back on capitol hill next tuesday. >> the heritage foundation takes a look at the life and career of former british prime minister margaret thatcher with a panel of authors, historians and former aides. you'll be able to see that live starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and tonight on "american history tv" in prime time civil war historians on andersonville. recently visited the ft. sumter military division where over 400,000 prisoners had been imprisoned. also coming up tonight at 9:30 eastern on c-span, georgetown professor laura donahue on privacy laws and modern surveillance programs. she talks about nsa efforts to collect online pictures and video and other materials from people not accused of committing any wrongdoing. here's a portion of what you'll see tonight. >> webcam images and chat sessions also appear to be collected under executive order 12333. gchq is