we'll get an update from the center for constitutional rights. then to america severing opioid epidemic and how congress undermine efforts to restrict the flow of pain pills that led to tens of thousands of deaths. we will look at the secretive family making billions from the opioid crisis. that is the sackler family, owners of the comedy that invented oxycontin. we will speak with christopher glazek, the reporter who broke the story. then to guantanamo where detainees onunger strike have accused officials of a sudden change in practice that could result in them starving to death as doctors stop force-feeding them and are no longer monitoring their medical condition. we will go to london to speak with clive stafford smith of reprieve, , which represents eit guantanamo prisosoners. >> if someone is going to die from starvation, should you go against their will and force feed them or not? when the british did that to the ira, we let them die. amy: all that and more, coming up. wewelcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report.

it was rachel marron paul who sometimes are for the center for constitutional rights told mother jones back in two thousand and eleven when they were talking about it that basically the law is saying if you cause an animal enterprise to lose profits then you've committed a terrorist act the whole point of many protests is to cause a business to lose profits to convince the public that certain company doesn't deserve to be patronised here's the deal you're telling me the guy in vegas isn't a terrorist but these people trying to save to pay glitz are a good question terrible right now going to break card watchers don't forget to let us know what you think about topics with grover a very good twitter see our poll shows our two drug problem coming up sean stone sits down with former new york state assemblyman filmmaker nelson dennis to discuss the current state of puerto rico after all of the crazy donald trump and hurricane damage stay tuned for the. and it always gives yeah when you go into it as you go into. the show you also the you know mr walker there's coach. to go in another place

the release of government documents about their immigration detention practices the center for constitutional rights and detention and watch network filed a lawsuit that argued that the government must release the details of its contracts with private prison corporations the country's two largest private prison corporations geo group and corrections corporation of america recently were branded as a core civic eventually petition the supreme court for a full review of the case the supreme court's decision rejected the private prisons attempt to uphold government secrecy to discuss this further we are now joined by paul wright director of the human rights defense center and editor of prison legal news thank you so much for joining us paul now the attorney get a schwartz who followed the lawsuit said quote this outcome is a decisive victory for government transparency and a reminder that private companies do not have the right to try to overturn government decisions regarding the release of information to the public so how will this a ruling affect the power and influence of private prisons. well i thi

the constitution center or go online for the interactive constitution you'll see that the very first amendment to the constitution that was proposed but not adopted in what became the bill of rights said there should be one representative in congress for every 30,000 inhabitants. had that passed, there would be 4,000 congress people today. a couple of other really crucial changes. here it is, the appointment power. the framers finally decide to allow the president, the courts or department heads to directly appoint inferior officers as designated by congress without the senate's approval. that's the source of the president's power to appoint some people without congressional approval, without that nowadays would be very hard for any president of either party to get anyone appointed. one last detail. a call for unity. inspire ourselves with this great call. ben franklin on the last day of the convention encourages unanimous support of the consideration. he proposed the final text added included by unanimous consent of the states present, love the signers to say they were only witnessing what was done by the convention even if they had individual reserve aigings despite this. three

for women that were more on the foxy side, right? mark: yes. rick: or maybe they are too racy for the national constitution center crowd, or whatever this is. is this c-span or something that is filming us? mark: let me see here. butter was axle grease, soup was belly wash. eggs were berries. coffee with cream was a blond. ketchup was a bottle of red. [laughter] there's a nice one for jell-o. pudding.vous [laughter] rick: i like that. that is not really shorthand. that is more like longhand. mark: a lot of them are. longer than the original. it is about subcultures trying to create their own dialect. rick: i think it is great. mark: a cook was a greaser. were hebrew enemies. [laughter] down there was a cafeteria at second and market when i , first moved here. i think it is not stephen stars continental. does anybody remember the name of it? [indiscernible] rick: they would go in there and all the guys had a routine. they would say, try it. it was a jewish deli, a cafeteria, heavily jewish oriented. but the guys, they had a whole prattle, try our tongue. it is so good, it speaks for itself. it is so fresh. our porkchops are kosher hear. re.

for december 5th. >>> 4:09. major ceremony last night arizona senator john mccain receiving a a huge honor right here in philadelphia national constitution center awarded mccain the 29th annual liberty medal for his lifetime of sacrifice, service, and you can see former vice-president joe biden a friend of mccains presenting at ward. it honors men and women of courage who strived to secure blessing of liberty to people around the globe. >> i tried to deserve the privilege the best i can and i have been repaid a thousand times over, with adventures with good company, with the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself. >> in his speech, he also took a dig at what he called quote half baked nationalism in this country, those comments went viral. arizona republican has been critical of president trump, others who have received the liberty medal muhammad ali, hillary clinton and stephen speilberg. >>> nasty attack at a wawa. >> coming up here on good day philadelphia, customers seen throwing scolding hot cup of coffee right on to a employee but why is the question this morning. >>> and, me first? a burglar, drops into a local busi

for most of the seven day. >> senator john mccain is in philadelphia right now set to receive the prestigious liberty medal in just a few hours. you're looking live now at the national constitution centername's ceremony. 6abc is proud broadcast partner for this presentation which you can watch in its entirety sunday at 1 o'clock if you won't be there tonight. they're getting things ready with sound checks. the liberty medal ceremony will also stream live on our web site 6abc.com beginning at 7 o'clock tonight. >> a restaurant that has been serving south jersey for decades is now celebrating a milestone anniversary by giving away free food. "action news" anchor monica malpass live in the news room with the details on a deal no doubt none of us want to miss. >> absolutely, of course. thank you brian. that's right the owners are provide throwinging free meals. this promotion is happening at the adelphi restaurant in deptford. find out how you can get in on tonight's give away and what else the restaurant is doing to celebrate coming up during "action news" at 5:00. >>> one mother is doing what she can to fight teen suicide. her approach includes a new yoga program for young students in he

constitution center where tonight's ceremony will take place. senator mccain is being honored for his long service as well as his championing for veterans rights. esident joe biden will bestow the honor on senator mccain tonight here at the national constitution center. 6abc will stream it live at 7 o'clock on 6abc.com and a special rebroadcast of the ceremony will air at 1 o'clock this sunday afternoon on 6abc. >> we are still trying to learn the name of a motorcyclist killed in a crash along the schuylkill expressway overnight. it happened about midnight near the university city exit. pennsylvania state police say the motorcyclist collided with a car and that collision threw the rider from the bike. the driver of the car stopped at the scene. it's not clear yet if charges will be filed. >>> from our delaware news room, this is carolyn pemberton. she's now behind bars on $50,000 bail for allegedly stabbing a man early saturday morning. it happened in a home in the 800 block of dalham road in newark. officers responded to a 911 call to the home and found the 28-year-old victim with several stab wounds to the chest. they recovered a knife believe

for these battles, he goads centers and picks fights. but i'm not someone who says he should be tweeting. he has a constitutional rightto speak out on twitter, facebook, instagram or at a news conference like you did there in taking questions. however, i think the president has a point that i have never seen an entire, almost medium of that no matter what he does, it is long, it is crazy, it is uncivil. he is correct in saying that is magnified and exaggerated. and i would point out connecting it to the last story in russia and bob mother, whether these are indictments about real transactions or something. les reminds everyone mother the mother had not been any collusion and it certainly has not been any evidence that a single but was changed by the russians to impact the elections. despite the claims. >> the president does sometimes hit people hard on twitter. but they downplay his often punching back against people that attack him. >> and you have to understand the tcontext of the question in a press conference. i was there outside on the south lawn. it was about what he had been doing with the goldstar -- no one ma

for these battles, he goads centers and picks fights. but i'm not someone who says he should be tweeting. he has a constitutional rightk, instagram or at a news conference like you did there in taking questions. however, i think the president has a point that i have never seen an entire, almost medium of that no matter what he does, it is long, it is crazy, it is uncivil. he is correct in saying that is magnified and exaggerated. and i would point out connecting it to the last story in russia and bob mother, whether these are indictments about real transactions or something. les reminds everyone mother the mother had not been any collusion and it certainly has not been any evidence that a single but was changed by the russians to impact the elections. despite the claims. >> the president does sometimes hit people hard on twitter. but they downplay his often punching back against people that attack him. >> and you have to understand the tcontext of the question in a press conference. i was there outside on the south lawn. it was about what he had been doing with the goldstar -- no one made the president tweet at her. s

guarantee constitutional rights and ensure individuals are treated with dignity when they are arrested and put into police custo custody. >>> a ground break getting underway for a new community center in chinatown's section. we got a preview of what it will look like. that's 17,000 square foot community center on vine street. we'll have a state of the art basketball court along with commercial space and 150 housing units. >>> septa riders who buy quick trip tickets will be able to use them not just at the station where they bought the pass. they say it we means customers will have more flexibility to why two tickets at the same time, one for the start of their trip and the second for their return trip. >>> setting up to what is going to be a warm day. temperatures heading into the 80s. bill henley is here with the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. >> temperatures are climbing. no rain clouds today. just not as clear as yesterday. already up to 74 degrees in philadelphia. we passed the normal high of 70 degrees first thing this morning. a few clouds, up to 80 at 2:00. we'll stay in the low 80s through the 5:00 hour. lehigh valley got some clouds breaking for sunshine. su

rights of students and teachers. please welcome john tinker [ applause ] >> thank you, mike. thank you to the constitution center for bringing us altogether. it's a real honor to be together with these two wonderful women who are doing very important work and i really appreciate it. i'm happy to meet you both. i just wanted to start maybe and look at this wonderful audience. i really appreciate what you're interested, that all of you students are interested and the parents are interested in constitutional rights, and that's what we're here for. i wanted to give you a little background to where our case came from. i was born in 1950 and you just heard that those were tough times for black people. in atlantic, iowa, which was a small town where my father was a methodist minister, there was one black family. they were not allowed to swim in the public swimming pool. my father as the minister took this issue to the city council and said, this has to be corrected. instead, they said you're being divisive in the community to bring that up, so they asked him to leave. he lost his pulpit iowa, and we moved to des moines. my

aiming to guarantee constitutional rights and ensure individuals are treated with dignity when they are arrested and in police custody. >>> and groundbreaking today for a new community center in chinatown. we got a peek at what the eastern tower community center will look like. the 17,000 square-foot community center on vine street will have a state-of-the-art basketball court and multipurpose gym along with commercial space and 150 housing units. >>> and this morning, we'd like to congratulate our colleagues on the nbc10 digital team. their "generation addicted" series was recognized with an emmy last night. it focused on the growing epidemic of opioids in the philadelphia region and beyond. >> important work. >>> 6:15. let's get you to work. >> jessica boyington is looking at the boulevard. >> guys, we're starting to see a delay around 17th street. here is the southbound side. i just double checked. all of the cameras up and down the boulevard, there's nothing reported yet. no accident yet that i can at least tell. we are seeing a little delay. this is the traffic moving toward the schuylkill. and then we're just seeing a little bit of an early rush on the boulevard. for

understand the depths of what he's doing for america, the documents here at the constitution center, that stone declaration of independence, those rare copies of the bill of rights are lent by david, just as he's lent them to institutions around america from the library of congress to the smithsonian. but he is also a public educator who's really committed to the founders' vision of bringing together citizens of different perspectives so that they can educate themselves and other citizens about the constitution. he's bringing together members of congress. he interviews former presidents. you have seen his tv show where he's interviewed presidents bush and clinton. he is a convener -- bush and clinton. he is a convener and an educator and a philanthropist who's just committed to sustaining the founders' values and making them alive today. he is now going to tell us about the founding documents, which he has studied and collected and describe what we all should know about the constitutional convention and the founding documents, and then i'll ask him some questions and you can ask him questions as well. please join me in welcoming david rubenstein. [applause] davi

constitution center, yes, just a wonderful organization, all 600 people came out. >> i had, i had, soup and grilled cheese yesterday. >> delicious. >> yes. >> for the game. >> that righth. >> good news we're getting all this mess out of the way in time for it to be a nice halloween, so endure this now and be glad this isn't happening tomorrow for trick or treating. but it is a pretty messy morning, we have buddy, the rain, wind, inside out umbrella, temperatures in the 40's, windy, rainy, chilly, and storm system is still with us from yesterday, slowly getting out but we have heavy downpours moving through chester county in to delaware county and eventually toward philadelphia before it gets out of here. wind advisory until noon. we could see wind as high as 50 miles an hour or more, you can see rain falling here in olde city, looking at straight lights here, 48 degrees with 16 miles an hour winds and gusts that are higher. we have stay in the 50's all day and sunshine will return, wind will diminish and then get ready for that nice halloween forecast but in between now and then bob kelly , it is good idea to leave as early as you can. >> just leave that extra wiggle

right, brad. thanks a lot. >>> arizona senator john mccain in philadelphia tonight to receive the liberty medal. the national constitution center awarded mccain the medal for lifetime of sacrifice and service. former vice-president joe biden a friend of mccain's was able to present the medal at the 29t 29h annual ceremony. liberty medal honors men and women of courage who have strived to secure the blessings of liberty to people around the globe. >> i've tried to deserve the privilege as best i can and i've been repaid a thousand times over with adventures, with good company with the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself. of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america. and i am so grateful. >> in his speech, the senator also took a dig at what he called quote half baked spur yous nationalism in this count country. those comments already going viral tonight. the arizona republican has been critical of president trump. other who's have received the liberty medal muhammed ali, hillary clinton and steven spielberg. >>> right now enormous fires are still burning in northern california. but firefighters have two of the most, w

right there. why these two came together for a little dance. ♪ >> senator john mccain is in philadelphia today to receive the liberty medal. the national constitution centers honoring senator mccain for his lifetime sacrifice and service. hi friend and former vice-president joe biden will present mccain with the award in its 29th year. the liberty medal honors men and women of courage and conviction who strive to secure the blessings of liberty to people around the globe. >> good news for travelers. new restaurants are now open at philadelphia international airport. the airport is revamping the american airlines terminal with new restaurants an modern feel. the airport american airlines marketplace phl and otg management teamed up to invest& $30 million into the overhaul f your flight gets delayed by the way you can also pass the time on one of the 1,000i pads waiting for you in the lounges. >> although our 386 flights bring nearly 35,000 travelers to and through philadelphia each day, the time they spend on the ground is equally as important to the overall quality of their experience as the time they spend with us in the skies. >> the airport says this i

constitutional right to a safe and legal abortion. you know, it's really disturbing that funding for the children's health insurance program and community health centers has expired. but yet this majority is focusing on doubling down on their crusade against women's health care. let's talk about pain a little bit here. what is especially painful about this bill is that the exception r rape victims, that there's an exception in this bill for rape victims only when they report to law enforcement officials. thus resurrecting the debunk legitimate rape argument. many people can't report rape for a variety of reasons, probably also including the sank moanious social stigma that their congressman or congresswoman would place upon them. so this bill underhandedly revictimizes vulnerable rape survivors. madam speaker, i'm a survivor of rape. that is painful. this bill is a cruel and ruthless attempt to undermine women and attack our right to govern our bodies. and i urge all of my colleagues to vote against this unconstitutional bill. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. he gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentlel

constitutional right. every person enjoys it, including a school administrator. the southern poverty law center works closely with universities around the country to promote best practices. mightadministrator that be watching, i have questions for you. when ace weaker spreads messages should or intolerance the university exercise their free-speech right to provide context for students and clarify the university's values? dr. cohen: i think it is essential that happens. when someone like milo yan is invited to campus, students are like my heavens, what kind of school am i going to wear my colleagues are inviting this incendiary personality? it is important for university presidents to separate themselves from the messages of likediary racist speakers mr. spencer and say our college does not believe in that. our college is here to support you. dr. zimmer made the same point. critically important for colleges and universities to appropriately support students who have been traditionally marginalized, and they feel marginalized by the presence of racist speakers on campus. sen. murray: if they speakers coming to campus and the studentsation knows will exercise their right to this agreement, should the college respect the right of t

right fts em bodied in the constitution in article 5. go online, check out the interactive constitution. check out constitution center/treasures for the text of the five rarest drafts. most of all come to the national constitution center. it's such an inspiring beautiful place. a place for citizens of all perspectives to come and unite around this amazing document of human freedom. that unites us, the u.s. constitution, how exciting. what a privilege it is to share with you the five rarest drafts of the constitution. in one place. thanks to the historical society of pennsylvania. thanks to david rubenstein. and c-span friends, happy constitution day. >>> we're at the veredrye monument site over looking pierre, south dakota. the brothers were the first euro europeans to explore the area. visit us as we learn more. >> that's when the intriguing stories because it wasn't found until 1913 by a bunch of school which children. this plate. they thought this is led. we can make some money for this. they're heading off to the local print shop the newspaper shop to sell this led off. so it can be melted down for type. and they happen to run