john sifton will be speaking out against the tpp.hank you very much to peter maybarduk, director of outlook citizens global access to medicines program. when we come back, has isis front al qaeda -- trumped? we go to london to talk with a journalist from the guardian. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "tpp = corporate power tool of the 1%," a remix of the classic "abc" by the jackson five, produced by public citizen. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: a year ago this month fighters from the islamic state declared they had established a caliphate in the territories it controlled in iraq and syria. since then, the islamic state has continued to grow, building affiliates from afghanistan to west africa, while recruiting new members from across the globe. in response, president obama has sent thousands of u.s. troops back to iraq. the deployment of another 450 troops was announced on wednesday. meanwhile, the rise of the islamic state has reshaped the jihadist

john sifton, if you could respond to that, using the negotiations to change these countries, but alsohan the two of you disagree over what should be done with tvp. john, you're with the reform tpp crowd. peter, you're with the stop it and if. i would like to hear your views on this. john? >> first off, the problem with the idea of compelling the government of malaysia and vietnam to improve through the negotiation process is that has already been going on for four or five years, and they have been pushing these reform agendas in these countries have not shown any willingness to make meaningful steps. the real question for the administration, how is having fast-track authority going to make it any better? at the end of the day, it is our position that if the administration is compelled to reach certain benchmarks on human rights, not just labor rights, but human rights political prisoners in vietnam lgbt issues in malaysia, that their compelled by law to meet those benchmarks as part of the agreement to allow fast-track authority or allow the government to present the tpp back once it