my journalistic heroes that's why today is very special earlier i had the chance to speak with chris hedges for the prize winning journalist and author of many excellent books including the latest entitled days of destruction days of revolt i first asked chris about the cross-section of activism and journalism to concepts that i've been braised and practiced every day on this show here's what he had to say. you know being an activist and you know. necessarily impeach the possibility of being an effective journalists. as long as one always tells the truth it's journalists who serve a particular ideology or belief system. and m s n b c would be a perfect example of that m.s.m. d.c. is largely a propaganda arm of the democratic party. that's a problem for me it's been independent of power being in perpetual alienation with power which i think is really what real activists are. does stills with with what a great journalist should be it's journalists who identify with it in a logical systems or systems of power and become compromised and i speak as someone who worked for fifteen years at the new

exciting we've got award winning journalist paul to prize winning journalist best selling author chris hedges on the show to talk about everything from john brennan's appointment to drone wars to sacrifice i mean he just goes all out in a really explosive interview to talk about the second amendment kind of the call for gun control who's really lobbying behind it what does it all mean we're also going to talk to the partnership for civil justice fund about the occupied surveillance that just came out what the f.b.i. what it's all about how it's just the tip of the iceberg says the director who filed the foyer because we're going to that we're going to have a good things good things that are happening around the world germany sweden they're actually utilizing all of their trash to fuel their country with electricity and heat wow so yeah we're going to have it all and more like that break in the fed in a half hour looking forward to it thanks for that is going to do it for the news from our the stories we covered.

among those who has sued is chris hedges and noam chomsky.the 2013 version effectively blocks the obama administration from closing guantanamo bay by barring use of funds for construction on facilities that could be used for prisoner transfers. there are currently 166 prisoners held at guantanamo, 86 of them have been cleared for release. president obama signed the renewal despite his objections to the guantanamo provision following promises to close the detention center. in a statement he said -- following a torrent of criticism from in his own party, u.s. house speaker john boehner has set a timeline for voting on $60 billion in relief for superstorm sandy. boehner has pledged to bring $9 billion in aid to the floor on friday followed by a $51 billion package on jerry 15. he canceled an expected vote this week on sandy relief, prompting outrage from republicans in northeastern states pounded by the storm. in particular, new jersey governor chris christie hammered boehner, he called the house speaker four times tuesday night after being info

i know that later in the afternoon, another former foreign correspondent, chris hedges, well be talking, and he has written a book. >> a genius. >> yeah. >> mr. tapper, i was hoping you could talk about the fact that we do have this volunteer armed forces, if that makes it more difficult to relate as a reporter their stories to the american people? >> do you want to start? >> i think that -- it's something like .5% of this country has served since 9/11. and as we know, many military communities are basically self-contained. so very few people feel part of these wars that we have been raging since 2001. in afghanistan and iraq, say nothing more of the larger global war on terror or whatever name it's going by today. that disconnect serves no one. it doesn't serve our policymakers, doesn't serve the troops or their families. i'm not saying that there should be construction or a war tax or anything, but it's not sustainable the way it is right now. one general in the book, who preferred to go on background, didn't use his name, said he hoped that my book would at least help some people und

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improve to 25-15 the maloof brothers are saying bye bye to their beloved kings.selling them to hedge fund manager chrisr a reported $525 million the kings will relocate to seattle in time for next year - and a new arena in seattle is already in the works the kings have a strong fan base in sacramento, selling out 19 of the 27 seasons since moving out west in 1995 joe russell was the coach bill -- russell was the coach. they have been there all this time goodnight.

career trying to explain the federal reserve to us and correct the federal reserve and he and chris hedgesepth both have said if somehow the federal reserve, a private banking consortium isn't reined in or nationalized, and corporate autocracy in america is not reined in there will be massive civil disobedience. >> host: we got your point. thank you. mr. barlett, response for that color. >> guest: there is a lot there. you could do a whole book on the federal reserve. build rider a few years ago did a fairly decent job on the federal reserve. one thing i have learned over the years is don't talk about something you haven't spent any time studying. i just don't know. is that a fruitful area to look at? absolutely. especially when you look now. is being driven home to me that you can't have massive desk without high interest rates which is something i didn't think would ever occur. if you went to the greenspan era, the interest rate, the government was paying 16% or 17% and you keep looking at the size of this growth and say it is the only 3%. and i don't know how that is explained. >> host:

career trying to explain the federal reserve to us and correct the federal reserve, and he and chris hedges who was on "in depth" both have said if somehow the federal reserve, a private banking consortium, isn't reined in or nationalized and corporate america isn't somehow reined in, there will be massive civil disobedience in this country. >> host: all right, john, we got your point. thank you. mr. barlett, response for that caller. >> guest: well, there's a lot there. and you could, you could do a whole book on the federal reserve. actually, bill greider a few years ago did a really fairly decent job on the federal reserve. one thing that i've learned over the years is don't talk about something you haven't spent any time studying. and so i just don't know. is that a fruitful area to look at? absolutely. and especially when you look now, because now it's being driven home to me that you can have massive debt without high interest rates, which is something i didn't think would ever occur. i'm talking about the federal government. because if you went back, you know, back into the greenspan

finally, chris hedges was awarded a 2002 pule itser prize as part of a "new york times" team of reporters who covered global terrorism. he spent almost two decades as a foreign correspondent first in latin america and later as "the new york times" bureau chief in the middle east. he's the author of many books including "days of destruction," "days of revolt," and the best selling "american fascists." he is currently a columnist for truth dig and a senior fellow at the nation institute. so, welcome all of our panelists and let's start with deborah. >> thank you. thanks to boston review for organizing this event. and i'm happy to be here. so i'm going to talk a little bit about the occupy movement, the role of the research that the stanford faculty engaged in. i'll talk a little bit about that. connected to occupy. then i'll talk about what i think occupy accomplished and the future. >> i think as a guiding question we can ask, what were the roots of the occupy movement and how far did it go and is it continuing to go and righting the injustices that gave rise to it? sorry. you were saying.

finally chris hedges with awarded in 2002 a pulitzer prize as part of a "new york times" team of reporter who covered global terrorism. he spent almost two decades as a foreign correspondent first in latin america and later at "the new york times" bureau chief in the middle east. he's the author of many books includes "days of destruction," war is a force that gives us meaning and the best selling american fashion. she's current lay columnist for truth dig and a senior fellow at the nation institute. welcome our panel lists and let's start with debra. >> okay. thanks to "boston review" for organizing this event, and i'm happy to be here. i'm going to talk about the "occupy movement" the the role of research that the stanford faculty engages in. i'll talk about that. connected to occupy and i'll talk about what i think occupy accomplished and the future. -- can i bankrupt a second. i think as a guiding question, we can ask what were the root of the "occupy movement"? and how far did it go and is it continuing to go in providing the injustices that gave rise to it? sorry. >> yes. you were .

to announce they completed terms to sell controlling interest to a seattle group led by hedge fund manager chrisson and microsoft ceo steve ballmer. the franchise valued at $525 million. the new owners are expected to move the team as we say to seattle and then rename them the supersonics. that's what the seattle team was previously called. any deal would have to be approved by nba owners and league officials. >> if you want to watch the inauguration but you don't have time to sit in front of the tv and rather keep moving around, good news. there's an app for that. a mobile inauguration app letting you watch the ceremony on the go. you can stream the event live from your phone or anywhere you want. just get updates. also sent to you via text message. download this official app at action 2013 pic.org. people who are planning to go to the inauguration can also use that app to navigate all around the capital. it will be packed. don't forget we here at nbc bay area will be streaming the ceremony live on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> the return of the hockey season brought big hopes for the nhl's