her doctor wrote in july 2012 about a year ago -- jill shellow, you are lynne stewart's attorney. was denied compassionate release. is this your last chance today with judge koeltl, the original touch her case? >> i hope not. i think it will be part of a process. lynne -- as a letter you started kinney, ifm kathy your circumstances change he may seek consideration. e has sought consideration. i believe judge koeltl will hear us today we had while he could rule today, i believe that we can also appear before him again at least once before this matter is resolved. >> i also want to get response mccarthy, former federal prosecutor who was lynne stewart's adversary during the 1995 trial of mr. omar abdel rahman. he said he had no problem with the idea that prisoners like mr. omar abdel rahman who are serving life sentences for heinous offenses should have to die in prison. but regarding lynne stewart's case he said -- to lynne turn stewart's daughter, dr. zenobia brown. how will your mother be cared for if released? >> she will probably continue with the same treatment she's been gett

robert boyle, an attorney with lynne stewart's defense team, says he expects a decision as early as nexteek. , even from thet time she was arrested, even the government has never said she was a threat to anyone's safety breed and so what really basis can they have in her condition to keep her incarcerated? it is inhumane, it is cold, it is all of that. i could go on and on. in i think the judge today giving a next but i did scheduling is treating it seriously at a very minimum and hopefully, will do the right thing next week for you >> according to doctors, lynne stewart may have less than a year to live for it you can go to democracynow.org for our previous coverage of her case. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. and vice obama president joe biden met with a group of tall -- top lawmakers thursday to discuss growing concerns about the nsa's broad surveillance programs. the meeting occurred just hours after russia granted nsa whistleblower edward snowden tipperary asylum for a year. snowden was the source

and that is a very difficult pill to swallow. >> you can go to democracynow.org to read lynne stewart's handwritten plea to the judge and see our interview with her attorney, her husband, and her daughter, who happens to be a hospice and palliative care physician. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. this week marks the one-year anniversary of the attack on a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin the of six people dead and five when did. people of all faiths join the community for vigils to remember those who died on august 5, 2012 when a neo-nazi gunman wade michael page opened fire on worshipers in the temple. the oak creek tragedy brought national attention to the threat of hate and discrimination that has become routine for millions , muslim, hindu, and arab-americans in the last decade. according to reports, hate crimes against these communities are now at their highest since 2001, and a number of hate groups has more than doubled since 2000. last friday, ahead of the anniversary, attorney general eric h

living apart is a sure sign of marital woes then everything you know is wrong joining me now is lynne stewart paramour's senior editor at alter net lynn welcome. good to be here great to have you with us so there are married couples who want to live apart it seems totally counterintuitive yes i was really surprised to read this research but the number of married couples living apart for reasons other than legal separation has actually doubled since the nineteenth since one nine hundred ninety so there's something going on here and i'm sort of seeing three factors at work they are finance the film and technology driving this trend so the finance part seems even more counterintuitive because keeping two households is about twice the cost of keeping one house as you would think so and we might have associated couples living apart with royal family type stuff he's off at balmoral and she keeps the place to kensington palace but things have really changed here in the us particularly since the great recession and people have to take a job wherever they can get it in some cases just to give you an e

federal judge has denied a request for compassionate release four jailed civil rights attorney lynne stewart, who is dying from fourth stage breast cancer. she has served four years of a 10-year prison sentence for distributing press releases on behalf of her trial -- her client. her releaseested by loved ones. he has said that she was not sick enough. since then, her doctors have said that she has 18 months to live. and judge koeltl said he would give consideration if the bureau report -- approved a request. where democracy now! has been broadcast, has laid off two thirds of its staff, including the entire news department following a series of crippling financial problems. include 19 of 29 employees. walllost its studios on street during superstorm sandy and have traveled to pay rent for its transmitter. they announced the layoffs in an address following talks on friday. heart inwith a heavy great difficulty that we will be laying off virtually everyone whose voice you recognize on the air who is a paid programmer. this includes the vast majority of paid programming in the daytime. it will

. >> terror lawyer lynn stewart will stay behind bars for now. the government telling the federal judge he does not have the authority to release stewart from prison. the 7 # 3-year-old asked for early release because she had cancer. she let her client convicted terrorist communicate with her followers. he is serve ago life sentence for plotting to blow up land marks. >>> a massive fire raging in kenyan's main airport. the airport has been closed so emergency teams can battle the blaze. witnesses report seeing smoke from miles away. reporters at the scene, they say that the fire destroyed the arrivaled area. >> the time now is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up next for you on the rundown usher's son almost drowns in a pool accident. >> my nephew was in the pool and he went. i couldn't get him. >> this could happen to any child. the danger at the bottom of every pool. >> the store pulling the t-shirts off the shelves because it sinends the wrong message to women. what do you think? e-mail or tweet us your response. >> the son of ushe

>>clayton: convicted terror lawyer lynn stewart will remain behind bars. said no. she is serving a ten year sentence for allowing a convicted terrorist to communicate with his followers. >>> a lake in washington, experts say this is a paku, a cousin of the piranha. the catch is so rare, being kept alive in a tank until wildlife officials figure out what to do with it. look at those massive teeth. must floss, steve. >>steve: carefully. it took about a year but yesterday u.s. officials filed the first criminal charges against suspected terrorists of last year's attack in libya. why did it at that so long to make a move and why are there still no arrests? k.c. mcfarland is a former pentagon official and worked in the white house for president reagan. she joins us live. yesterday it was announced -- actually it was leaked. a sealed indictment leaked by this administration. before they grab the guy. we've got a suspect. i have a friend in washington who e-mailed me. clearly this is a placebo indictment to make it look like they're doing something on benghazi. y