gary u.s. bonds has been rockin' for more than 50 years. from his beginning days touring with sam cooke and bb king, to his close working relationship with bruce springsteen and the "e" street band, gary has entertained millions around the world with his music. now, with his autobiography, "by u.s. bonds," co-written with stephen cooper, we get an inside look at the music and the man. linda ellerbee: i'm a writer today because i was a reader when i was 11 years old, and it was... deepak chopra: you do not need to prove your state of happiness to anybody. warren christopher: most of these speeches were as much as a month in preparation. stephen j. cannell: the characters, the heroes of this book are seekers of truth in a story that involved a lot of corruption. man: i get a chance to really talk about what's real, and this is the purpose for me. barry: gary, what a pleasure to have you on the set here of "between the lines." thank you so much for joining us. gary u.s. bonds: it's my pleasure being here. it really is, barry. barry: oh, well,

in the u.s., gary's knee replacement would have cost more than $50,000. in costa rica it's half that. in the u.s. gary and joy would have each paid $3,000 out of pocket. in costa rica, nothing. get this, when the bandages come off, joy and gary will get a bonus check for at least $2,500 from their company. a percentage of the corporate savings in insurance costs. but medical experts who are tracking the increasing number of americans going abroad for medical care are concerned. >> what are the biggest risks and challenges with medical tourism? >> risk of infection while abroad. risk of a poorly performed procedure. >> reporter: at this private hospital there has been a very low rate of problems. for patients like joy, the opportunity outweighs the risk, the opportunity of a better, healthier life without breaking the bank. byron pitts, abc news, costa rica. >>> and we move on. tonight we are learning about an extraordinary decision in the american military. two marine generals were fired for negligence for failing to protect their troops and equipment at a

in the u.s., gary's knee replacement would have cost more than $50,000. osta rica, it's half that. back home, joy's surge is 30,000. here less than 18,000. in the u.s. they would have each paid $3,000 out of pocket. in costa rica, nothing. their employers say it just makes economic sense. they have sent close to 200 employees abroad for surgery. >> the fact that you have decided to give your employees an option a chance to go abroad for health care, what does that say about the american health care system? >> the american health care system is broken at the moment. >> how? >> the error rates are probably the high nest the world. the cost is also the highest in the world. >> what will obama care mean, do you think, for medical tourism? increase it? decrease it? >> i think it will increase because companies will be looking to reduce costs. >> so you expect this surgery will change your quality of life? >> certainly. without a doubt. >> joy and gary could back out at any time. but they are going through with it. >> what have your friends said about it? and th

. >> reporter: the taliban spokesperson said the attack was in response to drone trikes by the u.s. garyane explained why that is causing pakistani christians to be targeted. >> christians are seen aligned with the west. so they attack the christians because they know they will get attention if they do that. so that's why they target them. plus they're the weakest, the most vulnerable. and there are churches, like this all saints church, a very visible church, easy target. >> reporter: christians make up less than 3% of pakistani's population. roughly 96% are muslim. heather cells, cbn news. >> wendy: u.s. lawmakers are taking action that will helpers cuteed christians help. helperhelp persecuted christians. they created an envoy that would help develop policy options to ensure the protects of minority-safe communities, and serve between the u.s. and foreign governments. the measure still has to pass the senate. >> george: lena shay is direc director of the center and joins us from washington, d.c. in egypt, syria, and pakistan, and across the middle east and parts of asia. christians ar

in the u.s., gary and joy would have each paid $3,000 out of pocket. in costa rica, nothing. employee hsm says it all just makes economic sense. when the bandages come off, joy and gary will get a bonus check for $2500 from their company. a percentage of the corporate savings in insurance costs. medical, perts who are tracking the increased number of americans going abroad for health care are concerned. >> the biggest risks are an inability for medical malpractice if something goes wrong for patients like joy the opportunity of a better healthier life without breaking the bank outweighs the risk. . it has been a week since their surgeries so joy and gary are still in costa rica. they say so far they are doing well in their recovery. >> amazing story. did ooefter have hesitation to do this. >> neither had much hesitation. they had spoken to colleagues who had gone oemp and had successful surgeries and thought i will look in to this option. >> if you are a going to be a medical tourists what are the biggest precautionary steps to take? >> do your own investigating. look at the

u.s. team in close. >> gary, everything falls away to the back left corner on this screen, so i would think he would tend to pull this putt in that direction. >> i think you would be correct, mark. >> doesn't seem to miss too many, gary. i mean, when he's got going, they go in. woods will have a chance to cut into the lead. >> mark, i would think this is a pretty good position to be fighting from. shouldn't be much break, should there? >> no, this one is pretdty flat. kuchar came close to making it, but it was not an easy shot. johnny said he's brilliant around the green scrambling, but that was particularly difficult. >> first birdie of this session for the woods-kuchar duo. and cut the lead to 1. to the par 3 8th. >> little momentum here for the united states, gary, the last few moments. >> we have seen swings, haven't we? all this golf that we've been playing. all right. so at the par 5, 11th, the americans has been conceded. that must make this to have the hole. did he hit it? no, he did not. >> pretty predictable there. that's a slow putt. >> so their lead now just 1 up. back at 10. >>

u.s. team in close. >> gary, everything falls away to the back left corner on this screen, so i would think he would tend to pull this putt in that direction. >> i think you would be correct, mark. >> doesn't seem to miss too many, gary. i mean, when he's got going, they go in. woods will have a chance to cut into the lead. >> mark, i would think this is a pretty good position to be fighting from. shouldn't be much break, should there? >> no, this one is pretdty flat. kuchar came close to making it, but it was not an easy shot. johnny said he's brilliant around the green scrambling, but that was particularly difficult. >>

u.s. taxpayers $1.3 billion, and gary b., you say to you so. >> exactly, brenda. think anyone watching this uld be outraged. but not outraged at chrysler. look, chrysler did what any good corporate entity should do. they saw a sweetheart deal. they took it. they ranith it. they are gng to enhance their own and. the outrage should be directed at the government. once again, ce again, enda. weat here years ago and said that government should t bail out private companies. th shouldn't be giving to money to chrysler or any of these companies that theydid. they did it. they crowed about it. and now the chickens are coming home to roost. >> well, shouldn't chrysler be using the monethat it's extending to mexico, essentially, and paying us back? >> you know, when i first read this, i absolute agreed, brenda. and i still n't like it. the bailout is the worst thing that could happen, except all of the other ternatives, ght? but the reality is, chrysler llc has paid everything back. the $1.3 billion is about the old company that's left over after they declared bankruptcy. it

nsa whistleblower thomas drake thomas gary johnson, former congressman dennis kucinich and u.s. representativess were some of those who spoke at the rally. >> thousands of people gathered on the capitol lawn on saturday, demanding congress pass meaningful reforms to rein in the nsa and stop the mass surveillance. a petition was signed by more than 500,000 people demanding congress investigate the programs. the senate judiciary and intelligence program has planned hearings. the congress is divided among those who want drastic overhaul and those who suggest a bit more oversight. as certain members of congress believe, oversight can turn into overlooked. congressman alan grayson came out and said congressional oversight of the nsa is a joke. he said he has learned far more about it from the media than from official intelligence briefings. so have many other members of congress. >> unaccountable to anyone. >> one of the messages of the rally has been watch the watchers, but many wonder if it is even possible, realistically. any light that has been shed on the watchers so far western

u.s. universities, that was unveiled in sweden. >> 40 years ago, the city of gary, indiana went into an economic freefall after u.s. steel pulled out. the city now desperate for survival is offering to sell homes for less than the cavity of a fast food cheeseburger. >> it's an offer some would-be homeowners find hard to refers, a house for the price of a cup of coffee. >> when the dollar house program became available, that was a great opportunity. >> that's right, gary, indiana is offering a home for a dollar. to apply, you need an income of $35,000 a year, the money to fitch it up to local building standards within six months and the patience to live in it for five years. it's the latest effort to cope with an unwanted down they of abandoned homes. bankruptcy detroit is tearing them down, but that's expensive, about $10,000 each. gary doesn't have it. in gary, blight is everywhere, next to city hall and at the old post office, now an urban arbor. >> this church was built in 1925, abandoned 50 years later and since then, it's been allowed to fall apart. now the city can't even afford to tear it

surveillance and as a whistleblower thomas drake former presidential candidate gary johnson former congressman dennis kucinich and u.s. representative justin and mosh were some of the people who spoke at the rally. and was there and brings us some of the sights and sounds from the event. thousands of people gathered on capitol lawn on saturday demanding congress pass meaningful reforms to rein in the n.s.a. and stop this mass surveillance as it is. delivered a petition to congress signed by more than five hundred thousand people demanding congress investigate the n.s.a.'s mass spying programs the senate judiciary and intelligence committees hearings on those programs congress is divided into those who want to address the overhaul of the programs and those who suggest a bit more oversight but as certain members of congress believe oversight can very well turning to overlook those are congressman alan grayson's words he actually came out and said congressional oversight of the n.s.a. is a joke he's learned far more about government spying on citizens from the media he has from official intelligence briefings so have ma

u.s. steele pulled out of the city of gary indiana. since then they've been in an economic free fall and is desperate for revival. so desperate it is offering homes for sale costing less than a fast-food cheeseburger. >> it's an offer some would-be home owners find hard to refuse. a house for a cup of coffee. when $1 a house was available, it's a great opportunity. gary, indiana is offering a home for $1, you need to earn $35,000, money to fix it up, and the patients to live in it. it's an effort for a city to cope with unwanted homes. bankrupt detroit is tearing them down, about $10,000 each. gary doesn't have it. blight is everywhere. next to city hall and the post office. now an urban ash our. the church represents the heyday. it was built in 1925, abandoned 50 years later, and it's been allowed to fall apart. now the city can't afford to tear it down. inside nature is slowly reclaiming the graffiti splattered structure with vines and nesting burns. >> gary's fortunes sored and crashed with the industry that created it - steel. when

u.s. today. >> former congressman dennis kucinich and gary johnson at a washington rally yesterday calling for ently also from n.s.a. leaker edward snowden is that the u.s. government apparently monitored the phone calls of at least 30 world leaders, including most infamously, german chancellor angela merkel, who was holding up a new encrypted cell phone to say you can't touch me now. a little m.c. hammer there. brit, we've heard about mass data collection. but when you're talking about targeted, the phones of our allies, our friends, people that president obama sits in the oval office with and at summits with, is that over the line? >> do we know if the phones were being actually listened in on and calls recorded and the substance of the calls noted? or is this another case where we have her phone calls, we know whom she called and when and for how long they spoke? my own guess is that it is that which i'veñr just described. and moreover, this has been going on for a long time in one way or another. we spy on foreign leaders, theyñr spy on our leaders or try to. we're better at it perhaps than

u.s. and the world finally come to realize their scope i was joined earlier by former presidential candidate and the twenty ninth governor of new mexico gary johnson and i first asked him what he made of the administration's claims that they are just balancing privacy and security where's the balance when when you've got one hundred men we see today one hundred twenty five billion phone calls being monitored when a judge grants a surveillance to the already to n.s.a. to look at a one hundred thirteen million varieties and users and bottom line maybe we've awarded one act of terrorism and that's really questionable look we're throwing civil liberties out the window this is the basis for this country it is and it's important and it's being. it's horrible it has to stop and you have to wonder if it is actually counterproductive i think it was michael hayden erd keith alexander the current head of the n.s.a. when he's talking about these mass collection programs he says well you need the haystack to find the needle isn't the question is why you're throwing the needle in the haystack to begin with completely and when you when you have a revelat

u.s. debt deal. turning to corporate news, french gary firm danone has cut its sales and profit goals after an asiancall of infant formula had a worse than expected impact on its baby food division. china is an important market for danone. the company, however, has faced a variety of problems in china this year, including a price- fixing scandal and an infant formula recall. equity capital markets here in asia-pacific expecting a busy day uncertainty on thursday with three ipos worth about $1.7 billion, pricing in this -- in the philippines and malaysia. the largest of the deals will come from malaysia where umw oil and gas will go public. another $580 million deal in south korea. traveler international's ipo could fetch up to $430 million in the philippines. the ipos are all expected to price well at the top of their pricing range. investors here are waiting back into emerging markets shares. that is the latest from hong kong. back to you. >> thank you, tara. back to our top story. the senate has passed a last- minute bill that keeps the country from basically defaulting. the measure will reopen th

u.s. patriot act. kucinich,rom tennis gary johnson, and republican congressman just in the mosh of michigan. this is a little under two hours. -- dustin the mosh of michigan. this is a little under two hours. quick thumbs-up? before we go any further i need to tell you all what may be perceived as a joke. newlywed, young wife is cooking her first dinner for her husband and she's making hot roast. she cuts the tail end of the puck before she puts it in the oven. the husband asks why he -- why she does that read she says that is how it done. she said her mom told her to do that. she asked her mom and her mother said her mother told her that. and hers grandma grandma says it only fits in my pot that way. a lot of what people believe has been unexamined and unquestioned. the pot we have as much bigger. free your minds. this is a song i like. this is a song michael jackson -- it is a rockwell song. i ain't got no privacy. ♪ it feels like somebody is watching me. ♪ we got somebody come into the state. i want to acknowledge the youngest person i have met here today at this event. put your hands tog

gary's audio ? so lifs wh liz why don't you pick up. >> i vote for rehabilitation. >> thank you all for a really insightful discussion. >>> u.s. president barack obama orders a review of his country's spying program. ♪ ♪ >>> hello there, i am laura kyle, this is al jazerra live from doha. also ahead. troops in the philippines accused of shooting hostages. we get the army's response to the allegations. >>> al jazerra obtains the first u.n. report on the destruction of syria's chemical weapons. we'll tell you what's in it. >> reporter: and i'll be reporting on how swarms of locust have eaten

gary johnson discusses the latest revelations and more. speaking of secrets revealed, cia documents date back for years. the pakistani government has now endorsed u.s. drone strikes. so was the prime minister asking president obama to stop these attacks? october is rest cancer awareness month. but before you go out and buy those pink tronics to help you fight cancers, you won't want to miss -- think roddick'pink prods to help you fight cancer, you won't want to miss our report. the european union is holding a summit in brussels. on of the topics of discussion will be revelations yesterday that the nsa was listening in on german chancellor angela merkel cost private phone calls. -- and merkel'angela merkel's private phone calls. germany is just the latest ally of the united states found to be a target of the nsa surveillance. edward snowden's leaks show that more are targeted. they acquire the phone numbers of 35 world leaders and monitor their phone conversations as well. germany's foreign minister summoned the u.s. ambassador this afternoon to rain the nsa's activities and also jay carney today tried to dismiss further criticism against the admini

gary johnson discusses the latest revelations and more. then speaking of secrets revealed cia documents indicate that for years the pakistani government has known and endorsed u.s. drone strikes so why is pakistan's prime minister jean president obama at the white house this week to stop these attacks. and it's october that means breast cancer awareness month is in full swing before you go out by those pink products to help fight cancer and you'll want to miss our report.

mexico governor gary johnson discusses the latest revelations and more and speaking of secrets revealed cia documents indicate that for years the pakistani government has known and endorsed u.s. drone strikes so why is pakistan's prime minister jean president obama at the white house this week to stop these attacks. and it's october and that means that breast cancer awareness month is in full swing before but before you go out and buy those pink products to help you buy tenser you won't want to miss our report. it's thursday october twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin with another diplomatic fire started by the national security agency today the european union is holding a summit in brussels and one of the topics of discussion will be revelations yesterday that the n.s.a. was listening in on german chancellor angela merkel's private phone calls yesterday merkel placed a phone call to president obama saying that if these latest spying allegations are true then it is quote completely unacceptable and a serious breach of trust in germany which is the latest ally of the united states found to be a target of the n.s.a. surv

governor gary johnson joins me in studio to discuss these latest revelations and speaking of secrets revealed the cia documents indicate that for years the pakistani government has known and endorsed u.s. drone shrugs so why is pakistan's prime minister urging president obama at the white house this week to stop these attacks. and you can forget the in from his pepper spray incident on the campus of u.c. davis well that caught behind the.

gary johnson. good afternoon, sir. >> martin, great to be with you. >> thank you for joining us. let's start with the report that the u.sgerman chancellor angela merkel said yesterday, we need to have trust in our allies and partners and this must now be established once again. i have to ask you, though, did anyone ever believe that international partner did not spy and listen to each other? >> you know, i think what's shocking is just the scope of the spying. 125 billion phone calls a month? i saw where france alone, 70 million phone calls were -- cell phone conversations were monitored by nsa in a month? i just think that it's the scope that's so overwhelming. and tell us something you don't know. you know, here's my cell phone. it's turned off. but as a result of edward snowden's disclosures, it can be used as an open microphone, even if turned off, and a -- and gps can be used as a location finding. even though it's turned off. >> yeah. absolutely. now, the eu is sending a delegation to the u.s. on monday to discuss these allegations, as well as the possibility that the u.s. spied on foreign citizens. but here in th

gary thomas, president of the senate association of realtors before that same banking committee said an increase in u.s. treasury rates would result in higher mortgage rates. in the event of a default treasury prices would move. historically an increase in mortgage rates of one percentage point reduces home sales by 350 50,000 units and 900,000 jobs. this is a job killing strategy. default on our national debt is a job dilg. kenneth benson from the national markets association, same hearings, said it's important to note treasury securities are a key factor in market operations within the u.s. treasury market totaling between $1.2 trillion and $1.9 trillion undermining that market would have a deleterious effect on every market participant. as if that weren't bad enough i've received some emails from some friends and the one that sticks in other in my mind was from a friend who doesn't live in my state. he's a man i've come to know, i'm not going to use his name on the floor, i didn't ask his permission to but i can certainly tell his story. he sent his son off to war in iraq. he and his wife took care

gary is up next to let us know if all the rain is behind us. we'll be right back. be right ba >> how about this one, tonight, members of the u.s.ilitary are getting ready for some football. why is that a big deal, you ask? well, the armed forces network is forced to stop airing football games because the crew to run the network werefer furlough furloughed -- were furloughed. chuck hagel said they were ordered back dod. ♪ >> well, the redskins should be relaxed and ready to go. they had 5 days off during this last bye week. the skins were back at practice today. "fox 5" sports director scott smith is here with the latest, scott, they left with a high note in oakland but that was over a week ago. >> you're exactly right. that's the big issue they want to carry some of that momentum from that raiders win that happened eight days ago. now, if last year is any gauge for what a bye week doing, the bye week is a good thing. they won 7 straight last year after the bye week. the bye week came a bit early, week 5 but it comes as a couple guys offered a bit healthy. morris suffered some bruised ribs but practiced fully inside the redskins

adam: awe tau governor gary herbert is taking the government shutdown in his own hands. the republican governor struck a deal with the u.sor department to open utah national parks for $166,000 a day. governor herbert joins from us salt lake city. we're glad you're here. other governors are looking to this. this is important to utah's economy. $1.6 million that utah taxpayers will put out to keep several parks open for 10 days? >> 10 days. it is all about economic development of. in the rural parts of utah in our southern locations where our five national parks are located we have a lot of people that rely on our tourism and travel that are generated out of these parks for their livelihood. this shut down put a crimp in their economic opportunity. so we acted. we, met with the secretary of interior and said look, let's find a way to do this. we have, took us three days, 24 hours, to put together the contract. we're open today for business people are coming. ashley: we're showing parks that are open, zion, capital reef, arches, capitol reef, bryce, great basin. $50,000 a day to operate the park. it costs at least the cost

u.s. policymakers respond to what is happening in aging populations around the world. >> thank you, michael. gary, we have been talking today, a lot of folks have been talking about retirement savings and social security and some of it at a personal or corporate level. what should be due at a policy level? what reflections you have on what you have heard and what we should be doing? >> is fun to touch on what michael said. we're talking about longevity, but part of the aging society has to do with this drop in fertility. i heard this solution earlier today and that was baby factories. but we heardo it, earlier in the panel before us in terms of -- we know that people need to save more. whatever the scenario ends up being, we know that people are going to save more. longer working lives is going to have to be part of the solution. in terms of savings, we think somethings are working. for example, one thing is automating the system. instead of having people electing to have a 401(k) is to have them automatically enroll. we don't see the marked out for much. there are ways to perfect that because ri

gary johnson also addressed the crowd. >> the government has granted itself power that it does not have. [applause] we have to stand against this. forla merkel, thank you bringing attention to the world that the u.s. is monitoring the .ell phones of 35 world leaders thank you for allowing us to recognize that 70 million cell phone conversations in france every month are being monitored. edward snowden, thank you -- [applause] thank you for bringing to the attention of the world the fact the u.s. government, the nsa is engaged in massive information gathering. 125 billion cell phone conversations a month. judge's granting legal authority 113the nsa to monitor million verizon users. this is not due process. >> former republican governor of new mexico gary johnson at the stop watching us rally on saturday. when we come back, journalist glenn greenwald, who originally reported the leaks of edward snowden. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] written and sung by lou reed, he died sunday the age of 71. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. talk more about the latest national security agency revelations we are joined by glenn greenwald, the journali