let's hear from amy goodman.aarp project. i know it involves manipulation of weather, and you're -- this is something i'll look into. >> host: but ron pinchback? >> guest: he was the former manager of wpfw. democracy now was on the station before ron was general manager, but i haven't spoken to him recently. but if he's watching, hi, ron. [laughter] >> host: jeff is in long beach, california. jeff, please go ahead. >> caller: hi, amy. >> guest: hi. >> caller: hi. i've listened to democracy now for several years now, i'm a big admirerrer of your work. i just have three questions for you. first, you know, i often tell by friends and coworkers about democracy now, and i've repeatedly gotten or heard the same thing from people who consider themselves to be progressive and that is they're concerned democracy now is leftist and has an agenda, and i assume you've encountered this as well, and i wonder how you responded to it and how i could do the same. second, i'm wondering why you haven't interviewed bob aadvantage ya

i'm amy goodman.the obama administration has formally acknowledged u.s. drone strikes killed four americans in yemen and pakistan. in a letter to congress, attorney general eric holder confirm the u.s. deliberately killed a militant cleric anwar al awlaki in yemen in 2011. he also acknowledged the deaths of his 16-year-old son, abdulrahman, and his elder aid samir khan in yemen as well as the death of jude kenan mohammed in pakistan. upholder suggested those strikes or accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. mohammed's killing had previously been unknown and of wednesday he was still on the fbi's most wanted list. holders letter was revealed on the eve of today's major counterterrorism address from president obama. the president is expected to announce a policy limiting targeted killing outside of four sons in places such as pakistan, yemen, and somalia and also expected to endorse using the same standards for attacking foreign suspects now used for targeting american citizens. th

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i'm amy goodman. the hunger strike by prisoners at guantanamo bay has entered its 100th day. the u.s. military now says 102 out of the 66 -- 166 prisoners are on strike, while lawyers for the prisoners maintain the number is higher. 30 are being force fed through nasal tubes pushed into their stomachs. three have been hospitalized. the prisoners launched their protest against indefinite detention in early february. most have been held for more than a decade without charge or trial. the u.n. refugee agency says the number of people fleeing the conflict in syria has topped 1.5 million, an increase of half a million in the past 10 weeks alone. turkey and jordan have born the brunt of the refugee flow, roughly 10% of jordan's population is now syrian refugees and one refugee camp has become the country's fifth largest city. president obama addressed the crisis in syria thursday after many with turkey's prime minister in washington. he said the u.s. would not take uniroyal action to address claims the gove

i'm amy goodman. of sectarian violence in iraq is continuing with at least 33 people killed on thursday. according to the united nations, more than 500 people were killed in iraq this month while more than 700 died may april, marking the bloodiest month there in nearly five years. starting today, a ban on cars bearing certain types of license plates is in effect in the capital baghdad as authorities attempt to stop a rash of fatal car bombings. several u.s. news outlets are boycotting an offer by attorney general eric holder to meet for closed-door talks about the obama administration's policies for secretly spying on journalists. the meetings follow revelations the justice department seized phone records linked to roughly 100 associated press journalists as well as the private emails of a fox news reporter. the new york times reports holder has begun internal deliberations about tightening the rules for seizing such records. he invited the washington bureau heads of major news outlets to meet this we

i'm amy goodman. diplomats have ended an arms embargo on syria, raising the possibility some european countries could begin selling weapons to rebels fighting president bashar al-assad. european union renewed economic sanctions against syria but failed to reach a consensus on extending the same arms ban after britain and france sought to ease it. british foreign secretary william hague hailed the move. >> the european union has agreed to bring to an end the arms embargo on the syrian opposition, and to maintain other sanctions on syria and the other existing sanctions on the syrian regime. this is the outcome the united kingdom wanted. it has been difficult for many nations and that is why we have had this long discussion today. all over the last 12 or 13 hours or so. but i think it is the right decision. >> following the decision, russia now says it will move ahead with deliveries of anti- aircraft missiles to syria. the al-assad regime received another boost saturday when the head of the lebanese mi

i'm amy goodman. a u.s. drone strike in pakistan has killed at least four people and injured four others. pakistani officials say the strike killed the pakistan's second in command of taliban, although it has not been verified. it was the first the drone strike inside pakistan since the country's elections earlier this month, also the first since president obama's major counterterrorism speech last week bowling for new guidelines. the attack also comes as the pentagon has confirmed a u.s. drone crashed off the coast of somalia on monday. the un's top human rights official, navi pillay, called the use of drone profoundly disturbing. to belso continue profoundly disturbed at the human rights implications of the use of armed drones in the context of counterterrorism and military operations, with an increasing number of states seeking to acquire such weapons. i urge all states to be completely transparent regarding criteria for deploying drone strikes and to ensure their use complies fully with relevant i

i'm amy goodman. the estimated death toll from monday's massive tornado in oklahoma stands at over 91, including 20 children. over 200 people were also wounded. the storm tore through the oklahoma city suburb of moore, level and two elementary schools, hospitals, and scores of homes. rescue crews continued to dig through the rubble in a bid to find survivors. one witness said the tornado was so powerful, it tore open a cellar door. >> we thought we had died. we were inside and locked the cellar door when we saw it coming. it got louder. the next thing we know, you see the last coming undone and we could not reach for it. it ripped open the door and glass and debris started slamming on us. we thought we were dead, to be honest. >> monday's storm mark the deadliest tornado to hit the u.s. since 161 people were killed in joplin, missouri two years ago. president obama has declared a major disaster area in know, a -- in oklahoma. more on the tornado after headlines. guatemala's top court has overturned th

i'm amy goodman. authorities in morell, have lowered their estimate of the death toll from monday's devastating tornado. the total dead now stands at 24, down from their original number of 91. at least nine children have been killed. emergency workers say they've pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of collapsed homes, buildings, and schools. >> we had to be careful as we stood on debris that we were not standing on people buried underneath. as you can imagine, gut- wrenching time to deal with the families and communicate with them and tell them, we moved them to a location and tried to feed them information as we were getting at in. unfortunately, there were people who lost their lives, little children lost their lives. >> the national weather service has confirmed the 2 mile wide credit hit the category ef5, the highest possible. in a white house address, president obama vowed federal aid for oklahoma's recovery. >> for all of those who have been affected, we recognize the face a long road

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. soldier accused of massacring 16 afghan civilians has reached a plea deal to avoid execution. staff sergeant robert bales will plead guilty to killing nine children and seven adults during a nighttime attack on two kandahar province of villages in march 2012. a sentencing hearing is set for september. he was drinking contraband on all in starting prescription medication at the time of the attack. his attorney say he may have suffered a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder from four tours in iraq and afghanistan. the massacre sparked national average in afghanistan and news of the plea deal could reignite protests. the british government has admitted to holding up to 85 people without charge in afghanistan. the prisoners have been gel that camp bastion for as long as 14 months, with no charges or indication of a pending trial fell shiner of britain's public interest lawyers denounced their imprisonment. >> people are being detained indefinitely. no one knows where

i'm amy goodman. in a major policy address on thursday, president obama defended the secret overseas drone war but said the u.s. cannot continue waging what he described as a boundless global war on terror. obama's comments came one day after attorney general eric holder confirmed u.s. drone strikes had killed four u.s. citizens in yemen and pakistan. >> simply put, the strikes have saved lives. moreover, america's actions are illegal. we were attacked on 9/11. within a week, congress ovwhelmingly authorized the use of force. under domestic law and international law, the united states is at war with al qaeda. the taliban, and their associated forces. >> according to a gun to newspapers, and the speech appeared to expand those who could be targeted in drone strikes and other undisclosed legal -- legal actions. up until thursday, obama and his top aides have said drone strikes are restricted to killing confirmed "senior operational leaders of al qaeda and associated forces close >> plotting imminent vio

i'm amy goodman. president obama has about a renewed push to shut down the military prison at guantanamo or than four years after first pledging its closure. speaking at a white house news conference, obama called the indefinite imprisonment of over 100 people unsustainable, but defended the ongoing force feeding of those on a hunger strike to win their freedom. >> the idea we would still a group ofrever individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are, contrary to our interests and it needs to stop. i am going to go back at it because i think it is important. >> are you going to continue force feeding these individuals? >> i do not want them to die. the pentagon is trying to manage the situation as best they can, but i think all of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this? why are we doing this? >> in a statement, a group representing guantanamo bay prisoners welcome to obama's closure pledged but urged him to take immediate action the center for constitutional rights sai

i'm amy goodman.e return to our special with canadian physician and best- selling author gabor mate. "scattered," ude and "hold on to your kids." affectout how the drugs the development of the brain. , there is a necessary brain chemical necessary for motivation that seemed to be lacking, dopamine. that is simply an essential live chemical. mice in the laboratory have no dopamine because they have no incentive to eat even though they are hungry and their life is in danger, they will not eat. there is no motivation or incentives. add is a lack of motivation. stimulants elevate dopamine levels and now these kids are more motivated and can pay attention. however, the assumption underneath giving these kids medications, we are dealing with a genetic disorder and the only way to do with it is pharmacologically. look at infant monkeys and you develop -- look at their opening levels when their with their mothers, dopamine levels go down within a few days. we are correcting a massive social problem that has t

amy goodman. [applause] >> thank you, jeff. it is an honor to be here with all of my colleagues and to peter at the national conference on media reform is critical right now. especially on this weekend, 45 years ago, april 4, 19 68, dr. martin luther king was gunned down in memphis, tennessee. he had gone there to organize with sanitation workers. for that crime, he had lost his life. a year to the day before he was killed, april 4, 1967, dr. king spoke at riverside church in new york city. he uttered those words about the united he loved, about states, that it is the the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today. was speaking out against the vietnam war, something even his closest inner circle warned him against. he said you are the most powerful person on earth, you got the civil rights act, you got him to agree with you, why would you alienate him now? dr. king said, this was all a seamless web, this concern about human rights at home and abroad. for the next year, he was increasingly outspoken about war. , fromsponse

goodman is a member of the national academy of sciences and vocal critic of the national park service and pored through documents using the freedom of information act and looked into findings of the marine mammal expert. stewart concluded oyster boats were not disturbing sales but the park service and usgs changed findings to the opposite listing him as an author he wasn't. goodman wants the newly appt pointed secretary of the interior to investigate. >> to look and report back in a transparent way to the public was the secretary duped? did scientists commit misconduct? >> the inspector general said thr exaggerating claims. national academy of sciences said she misrep tented available informationer another investigator found park employees mishandled research. >> now, park service never responded and usgs says it won't comment. the citieser company will be in court tomorrow trying to reverse the decision to close down the farm. >> tonight the president vowed to get to the bottom of a controversy that the irs was unfairly targeting groups. this week a report will be released claiming a

when i visited new york, she was nice enough to call me when i worked at bergdorf goodman.: i am wearing a gorgeous bracelet right here that matches my dress or you have a number of bags here. tell me a little bit about them. >> all of thh bags have stones and sapphires. >> this now. is the demand high? >> it is more and more important for people to have statement piec in conversation. >> i just had on a bracelet that oprah wore once. >> tell me about the materials. >> bobo was wearing this on the cover of her magazine. >> i think this is cool. >> that is enamel. gerri: wt are your inspirations here? so your family collectarts a antiques. in what looks like a variety of influences here. can you tell me about that? >> a draw my inspiration from my everyday life when i walk around cities. antiques, picture frames, i like to try to match the various time. and become a little bit more modern. >> you don't sound like somebody who is an isn't international jewelry designer, but you are. what have youlearned about the industry and about demand in the rketplace? we are talking abou

and was struggling with life in general. >> but in prison goodman rediscovered his passion. >> a friendu're in prison, why don't you create work that's pertaining to your life? i was kind of like just fighting it. i'm in prison. why do i want to do anything about that? i'm like, man, it's bad enough that i'm here. i don't like being here. so -- he said see what comes out of it. this is a scene in san quentin prison that is really the main access to the upper yard, which is going up to north block. and you're coming down the steps. you know, you get this feeling like you're walking into time going up and down these steps. i just capture a lot of the character of san quentin. some people might look at this as being very ugly. it's like looking at somebody and saying, this ain't the most beautiful person, but this person got character. and to me, if you got character, that creates a beauty in its own. i'm painting what i see, what i go through, where i pass. there's beauty in things that you might not really see. whatever makes you feel better, you have to know how to use that as a tool. w

goodman is a member of the national academy of sciences and vocal critic of the national park servicend pored through documents using the freedom of information act and looked into findings of the marine mammal expert. stewart concluded oyster boats were not disturbing sales but the park service and usgs changed findings to the opposite listing him as an author he wasn't. goodman wants the newly appt pointed secretary of the interior to investigate. >> to look and report back in a transparent way to the public was the secretary duped? did scientists commit misconduct? >> the inspector general said thr exaggerating claims. national academy of sciences said she misrep tented available informationer another investigator found park employees mishandled research. >> now, park service never responded and usgs says it won't comment. the citieser company will be in court tomorrow trying to reverse the decision to close down the farm. >> tonight the president vowed to get to the bottom of a controversy that the irs was unfairly targeting groups. this week a report will be released claiming age

. >> up next, andy goodman. the host of international radio program "democracy now!".new york times" best-selling author has written or cowritten five books. including "the exception to the rulers", "standing up to the madness", and "the silenced majority" are you. >> host: amy goodman, in your first book, "the exception to the rulers", you write and i'm quoting "the washington post" here, that amy goodman is an uninvited guest as a journalist why do you write that? >> well, we are not supposed to be part of any party. there's a reason why our profession is the only one that we have explicit liebert rejected by the u.s. >> constitution. we are swiss have the checks and balances on power.owr >> host: war and peace, life an: death, that is the role of theac media in a democratic society, to provide a forum for this discourse. to do anything less is a disservice to the servicemen and service women of this country.ed >> guest: that is right.in ..port, many people hold up signs when you come out. as we were walking, there were

i represent the historic goodman believe. our building is a wood-frame building and it's the only one that's standing from a big fire. we're a historic city landmark. i submitted letters and we actually just want one word to be challenged in the wool proposed agreement and this is in exhibit k page 5 number 9. it's with the transportation project. ours is an old victorian that doesn't have parking. we have unions and churches who have relied for the last 50 years to be able to park at the cathedral hotel. it's important because to park in the street it's dangerous. and it doesn't make sense that after 7:00 p.m. that mabdz neighborhood who relied on parking should be deprived of that. i urge you to go to paragraph 9 it will only be open to staff and employees. i ask you add the word neighbors it would be fair for the neighborhood. a great tourist attachment people have to park to the clubs to the untelethon church and to k n r tv. in addition there's a lot of less parking on the street. so i ask if you you couldn't, just convi

i'm amy goodman, your host of democracy now!nternational investigative news hour bringing you this remarkable dvd set. it only played that once and then over the decades, maybe a much shortened version played. finally in conjunction with the library of congress and the museum of modern art modern art, this film was remastered, 35mm archival dvd settion, now 2- available for you for $150. we urge you to go to the phone and let us know you are there. please call in right now, let us know that democracy now! matters to you. 866-359-4334. this is a monumental documentary that follows dr. king from 1955 until 1968 him in his rise and from regional activist to world renowned leader of the civil rights movement. rare footage of his speeches, protests, arrest, interspersed with scenes of other high- profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some in hollywood who were deeply aligned with the cause of dr. king. you will see throughout this -- these were guest appearances filmed by sidney lumet

it's a cast television network executives would dream about, john goodman, mark convict swail oes, "alphaouse" is not on next thursday's nights's must-see tv. it's one of 14 online pilots produced by amazon studios. yes, the same amazon where you bought that last-minute mother's day gift. >> they were trying to put together a slate of pilots quickly. they wanted to get going. and this was rtd to go. >> the show's creator is a familiar name, too, garry trudeau, better known as the creator of doonesbury. it's how to bring his washington asatire to the small screen on the fast track. >> the amazon studio was so new, so few executives available, that we basically were given a lot of support and not that much guidance. >> the funding came from amazon? >> the funding came from amazon. they wanted to get in the content business. amazon's idea was that, if we can create high-end television comparable to good cable series, that we can compete in that space. >> it's basically what hbo had to convince people of 20 years ago. hbo then. netflix now. the online movie service recently launched the origi

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i'm amy goodman. the obama administration has confirmed the u.s. illegally -- al-a man in yemen yemen.in they also confirmed the death of son. -- his but the administration said those strikes were accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. today, we are going to look at the new book "dirty wars" written by jeremy scahill, former democracy now producer and now writes with the correspondence as well. and italled "dirty wars" is based on u.s. operations in somalia, yemen, and afghanistan. the majors -- the major focus is the u.s. assassination of these two who were killed in a u.s. aug strike -- drone strike week apart. i had the opportunity to interview jeremy scahill about his book when we were here in new york. i asked him to start with who i anwar al-awlaki is. the hijackers had attended services at a mosque and a third one had attended services at a mosque in virginia. ,e was already on their radar but most of the guys said that they did not really know the guy. some believe he was

and that happened at the goodman theatre. i said, ok. how creative,lf, just how creative can i really be? and what does that mean? that is a big question. i said to you when you came on the set that i am anxious to get back to new york. i have been everywhere but new york the last few weeks. i keep reading and am anxious to get back to see your baby. she is 88 years old doing multiple shows per week. she is killing me with this. doing at and she is least five shows every week. everything i read about her, your daughter's name is a nickname. this is the proverbial question. you must you proud of your daughter. >> i am. i really am. i am really proud of her work ethic. tavis: i wonder where she got that? >> maybe from my mother. tavis: maybe she got it from her mother. am happiesthat i about. she understands that it is really about the work. she understands the value of work. and she loves it. tavis: what is amazing about this to me, it is a beautiful thing. it is not often or not always that the child of a star, and iconic star in her cas

x amy goodman was part of a panel on the media's coverage of war at the free press conference on media reform. this is about 90 minutes. >> i want to welcome you all to the session on independent journalism on war conflict and human rights. i will introduce our extraordinary panel shortly. i am just common, the founder of andmedia watch group fair the center of the park group for independent media at ithaca college. each string at ithaca we give out an annual award for outstanding achievement. , the after izzy stone izzy award. in 12 days we will do so the izzy award on the fifth annual winner, the nonprofit news outlet mother jones. it rogues story after story last year, including the now , 47% of mitt romney american voters are moochers undercover video. [applause] some of you know, i spent years as a political pundit on mainstream television, cnn, fox, e. i was outnumbered, out shouted

. >> goodman: they needed an office that would produce the intelligence that the cia wouldn't produce. rumsfeld said, "i can solve your problem," and they created the office of special plans. >> benjamin: so they're going to do their own analysis. they're going to show what the cia's been missing all along about the true relationship between saddam and al qaeda. >> narrator: they worked in a vault deep inside the pentagon. they had what is known as "all source clearances"-- total access to intelligence information. >> maloof: i went into the system, our classified system, to see what did we know about terrorist groups and their relationships, as well as their connection, associations with not only al qaeda but also with state sponsors. >> narrator: the information was rarely vetted. instead, it moved up the chain of command to the office of the vice president. >> goodman: and this became material that was then used, sort of in white paper-like fashion, to be leaked to journalists or to create links between saddam hussein and al qaeda. >> narrator: it was delivered to the american publ