sterling's family fund is a central for jeffrey and holly sterling to really survive this transitiono prison. people can find a link to it at rootsaction.org. amy: norm solomon, thank you for being with us longtime activist, , executive director of the institute for public accuracy, co-founder of rootsaction.org, and coordinator of exposefacts.org. among his books "war made easy: , how presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death." that does it for our broadcast. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] (music playing) ♪ stuffed potatoes are something i discovered many years ago when i came to america as a young chef, and very quickly i saw how popular they were. so i started creating my own versions, and here are some of my favorites. it's also a fabulous item for brunches. i have some stuffed with some oysters and a little bit of scrambled eggs. i have some with truffl

sterling's family fund is a central for jeffrey and holly sterling to really survive this transitiono prison. people can find a link to it at rootsaction.org. amy: norm solomon, thank you for being with us longtime activist, , executive director of the institute for public accuracy, co-founder of rootsaction.org, and coordinator of exposefacts.org. among his books "war made easy: , how presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death." that does it for our broadcast. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: this is democracy now democracy now, the war and peace report, asking you to phone in right now to support link tv. link tv needs your support. we urge you to call in. 866-359-4334. if you appreciate each and every broadcast of "democracy now," we cannot do this without you. only wit [chirping] narrator: willem de kooning... his works are among those that defined abs

hours ago, government prosecutors sentenced ex-cia officer jeffrey sterling to 42 months in prison forng details about a covert effort to destroy iran's nuclear program. sterling's harsh sentence inevitably drew comparisons to ex-cia director general david petraeus, who two weeks ago received no jail time no jail time, for leaking classified information to his biographer and mistress paula broadwell. megan, do you think this is fair? >> yes, i hear the chuckle. >> petraeus did cut a deal but i think the appetite for sentencing a hero of various military operations to jail for getting too chatty with a woman he was sleeping with was not there. >> classified law, let's be clear. >> i think that as a nation you kind of want it to just go away right? meanwhile, a guy who gave stuff to a reporter prosecutors were looking for the hard punishment and they got it. >> if every government official who leaked classified information went to jail, there'd be more white people than black people in jail. >> that's probably true. >> so massively selective who you prosecute and why. the obama administr

jeffrey sterling faces 20 years in federal prison for violating the espionage act. a jury convicted of him revealing a secret mission involving iran's nuclear program. >>> worries of south korea over north korea's missiles test. kim jong-un said they now have the capabilities of wiping out forces from the waters. >> north korea wanted the world to see this lunch. state media called it the equivalent of having a time bomb strapped to the enemy's back. the ability to fire a ballistic missiles undetected from the seas in the peninsula. there is a flurry of meetings, and calling the development a very serious and concerning matter. >> we urge north korea to immediately stop developing this technology which hinders the is able to of this peninsula and northeast asia. >> in the past the fleet of small submarines has been used into south korean territory. killing 46 south korean sailors. the defense ministry here said that this test only seems to have lobbed the missiles a short distance above the surface of the water. still under development it surprises of a so-called ki

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jeffrey sterling will spend three and a half years in prison. he was convicted in january of telling a "new york times" journalist about the classified plan. prosecutors recommended a minimum 20 year sentence for violation of the espionage act. leon: did the usama bin laden raid really happen as the white house described it or was much of it fabricated to protect relation between u.s. and pakistan? a report by famed journalist tonight has the white house crying foul. senior political reporter scott thuman has the controversial back and forth from the capitol hill bureau. scott, tell us about this. scott: well, as you know, hirsch is well-known for his revealing reports of the decade from torture in iraq to a massacre in vietnam. his newest claim, he alleges it's absurd to think that the world's most wanted terrorist could be living unnoticeed just miles away from a military base in a populated town in pakistan. that is because he says he wasn't hiding at the time. >> that story is riddled with inaccuracies and outright falsehoods. scott: the whi

officer jeffrey sterling was sentenced today to three and a half years in federal prison in a high- profilecase. he'd been convicted of telling "new york times" journalist james risen about a plan to disrupt iran's nuclear program. >> woodruff: new york governor andrew cuomo called today for a task force to investigate nail salons, and for health regulations to safeguard workers. a "new york times" series last week found many manicurists are being forced to work long hours, amid toxic chemicals for little pay. >> ifill: general motors now confirms least 100 people have died in crashes caused by faulty ignition switches in its vehicles. the announcement today said their families will be offered at least at $1 million each in compensation. another 184 people who were injured in crashes are also eligible for payments. >> woodruff: and on wall street, stocks could not maintain friday's rally. the dow jones industrial average lost 86 points to close near 18,100. the nasdaq fell 10 points, and the s&p 500 dropped nearly 11. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour: opening up the arctic to offshor

jeffrey sterling. his attorney says he plans to appeal the conviction. prosecutors have been asking for severe sentence. arguing that he shut down one of the mechanisms to shut down a ron's nuclear -- the shutdown iran's nuclear program. "the new york times" notes that congress gave congressional approval to start drilling for oil off of the arctic coast. the interior department's decision angered environmentalists who four years demanded that the administration reject offshore drilling proposals. they fear a drilling accident could have far more devastating consequences than the deadly gulf of mexico spill in 2010. there will be news today as well and we will be carrying some of that on the c-span network. president obama is set to give a speech on overcoming poverty. happening at georgetown university. you can catch that on c-span three at 11:25 a.m.. you should note for programming purposes that tom wheeler will be before the senate appropriations subcommittee at 10:30 this morning. you can catch that on c-span. he will be testifying on the 2016 budge