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what's trending hermella? >> surgeon general's report on smoking shows we've come a long way since 1964. i'li've got the comments cominge up. he's been vice president for almost a year and belongs to one >> an ohio execution has raised new questions on whether untried drug cocktails used in lethal injections are causing unacceptable suffering. chemical compounds that have been used for lethal injections have become scarce in many states since european companies stopped selling them for that purpose. a pregnant 22-year-old woman named joyce stewart. state executives used a drif tifs that had never been used before. ohio prison supervisor gary johnson said he didn't believe, described the scene. >> he gasped deeply kind of a rattling guttural sound there was a snorting through his nose. couple times he definitely appeared to be choking. i'd never seen anything that lasted so long and the shuddering gasping was so pronounced. >> for more i'm joined from cleveland by john paul ryan, the mcguire family attorney, an

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. >> hermella aregawi is checking social media. what's trending hermella. >> unfair advantage? i'll tell you more coming up. join the conversation@age "consideconversation, at atage r @ajconsiderthis. >> new revelations today that the national security agency collects almost 200 million text messages every day from around the globe, using them, for gathering people's credit card information and contacts. this comes from edward snowden, as president obama is recommending guarding the nsa. james great to have you back. first i want to ask you a question about timing. president obama i to announce these recommendations on how to curb the nsa tomorrow, already critics are saying that he's not going to go far enough. is there a connection between the timing of this new information and that? >> well, these stories are complicated, they take a lot of reporting. we worked with other u.k. media on this and we probably stores when they're long enough with nsa, but this story in particular serves as a good reminder firstly of the nsa's approach to a lot of their collection, holding and st

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plus our associate producer hermella aregawi is tracking the networks. what's trending hermella? >> i'll explain coming up. what do you think, join the conversation @ajconsiderthis. >> after the 2012 defeat of mitt romney which many party strategies thought was a winnable election, the republican party vowed to learn lessons. spoke at the annual gop meeting on friday about keeping that promise and staying on message. >> i said many times before that the apologize and principles of this party are sound -- that the policies and principles of this party are sound. however, as we look to grow the ranks of this party, we must be conscious of tone and choice of words when we communicate those policies effectively. >> but those choices have been possibly undermined by a presidential candidate on thursday. molly, does the republican party have to change. she joins us from her washington, d.c. newsroom. molly, great to have you with us. you start your piece with mike huckabee's comments at the republican national committee last wednesday and here is what they said. >> the democrats want t

hermella argauay is tracking the top stories on the web. >> we have an update about the arch diocese of chicago. documents detailing sexual abuse cover-up to victims' attorneys and now they have been released to the public. details coming up. what do you think? join the conversation throughout the show by tweeting to us at ajconsiderthis or post on our facebook and google+ pages. own /*win the bottom 99 percent aw their income call your this lots of big. your a lot is more political than economic. is it has to do with sacred cows that neither party wants to slay. >> you talked about the people at the bottom end and that we neat opportunities for them. but one of the big discussions now is whether there should be an increase in the minimum wage. the president has called for an increase on 7.25 to $9 an hour and tying it to inflations. i with a senator tom harkin has put forward a bill that would raise it to $10 and $0.10 an hour. harkin said, and i quote, "it's the smart, substantive position, the smart humanitarian position and the smart political position. i don't think there is muc

let's check back in with hermella. >> millions of americans turn to antidepressant drugs to battle af issues. what happens when the drugs that is meant to help you over come a hurdle becomes a hurdle? long-term use of antidepressants has become increasingly common in the u.s. about 60 million americans have been using antidepressants for at least two years 70% are women. when long-term users tried to come off of the drugs, they have fiercely negative physical and psychological retions to the decrease of the drugs in their system. those reactions include anxiety, headaches, dizziness, shock like sensations and suicidal thoughts. many of you wrote to us about your personal experience. elizabeth says i have problems getting off of oppose oloft. i had months with vertigo when i stopped taking it. al pittman said i was on them for two years without them i had to rely on friends and family to get through it. you can read more at the website, america.aaj.com. experts say part of the problem is these medications are being over prescribed to women at the primary care level. it may have nothin

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