then mother jones has done an in-depth investigation into the f.b.i. use of fifteen thousand informants to spy on americans and set up sting operations but are they foiled linked terrorist plots or they just creating more of that and a number of activists have been arrested in washington d.c. this week for protesting against the keystone pipeline calling it's game over for the planet if ghana those tar sands are exploited but is there any way to actually stop this deal from going through we're going to speak to jane hamsher and we're going to have all of that for you tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so hurricane irene is about to unleash on the east coast in a few days and everybody is preparing for the harsh weather there are areas where tourists and residents are being told to evacuate their safety precautions to be taken there are the weather reporters doing live shots in the caribbean right now where the weather is getting pretty gnarly and then there are

come close to admitting that they do this to mother jones joins me to discuss this is nick bowman news out of their former nick thanks so much for joining us tonight thanks for having me now like i said some of the stories have already been out there they've been reported on the media when it comes to go at muhammad for example but you managed to do a really good job of compiling that right to show that this is a trend here do you have any idea of course some of the statements are we have no idea how many people might be out there but how many people so far at least as there are documented proof of who claim it has happened that will of people who claim this is hop into them i found a. source but there are a lot of reasons why you wouldn't. go public with something like that. i personally know some people who privately claim that this is happened to them but he's gone public for fear of prosecution or for or for fear that you know they might look like not so because they might go public with a story that they were detained and interrogated the broad and that the f.b.i. had something to

i see mother jones. checks one is here orders get more field jackson from our company. it's amazing got six balls go in the hall of fame last three years you got this great fear that forty six supporters this whole organization this whole foundation for the nation is hall of fame here it's also. and finally this is to. receive the hero's welcome on home soil the first australian to win cycling's most prestigious event touching down at melbourne airport thursday the thirty four year old claiming the two is yellow jersey after a hectic twenty two days last month the locals will now get to watch events as mustering up close when he cycles a stretch of a melbourne road today the u.c.i. pro team rider will then address the crowd in the central city. when you arrive the tour de france you pretty concentrated on each day you need to write and so on so you don't sometimes you forget there's twenty million people cheering you on and so on and so much going on in the moment but yeah having people so many people calling me. and sending me messages and then when the newspapers star

joining us now is david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and an msnbc political analyst good to see you. thank you for being here. >> good to be with you, rachel. and happy birthday, mr. president. >> happy birthday, mr. president. rush limbaugh is still a birther? isn't birtherism over now? >> well, you know, you do think that birtherism is over. i think you put it well a few moments ago when you said it was really relegated to this realm of dead enders and people who just are, you know, one step away from area 54 roswell conspiracy theoryism. but while birthism is dead, otherism isn't dead. and you see in the republican presidential field, you see the conservatives, they are still out there trying to promote the notion that obama is really not quite american. which is a more subtle version of birtherism. and i think in some ways more insidious. and if you want examples, i can give you some. >> tell me some examples, otherism, go. >> mitt romney when he was talking about health care a couple of months ago, actually after the long form birth certificate came out and he s

if you look at mother jones they were all lamenting that this is maybe a rejection of the american people of the government. but politically i think he did win because he gets the issue off the burner before january. people will have forgotten about this by march. the deficit commission, by the way, to answer your question from earlier with gloria, this will be the 19th in 30 years. the first one was when it was $1 trillion. now we're at 14. he'll get all this off the back burner by march and people will have forgotten about this. this election is going to be about jobs. not the debt ceiling or diplomatic relations with foreign countries it will be about jobs. if the unemployment rate goes down he'll probably get elected but if it goes up, maybe not. >> do you think this was a win for president obama? >> no, no i don't. i think having worked in the white house my heart goes out to him. he was working with folks who he believed would harm the economy to assume their political agendas. but this is the problem. the commerce department, president obama's own commerce department says in the la

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if you look at mother jones they were all lamenting that this is maybe a rejection of the american people of the government. but politically i think he did win because he gets the issue off the burner before january. people will have forgotten about this by march. the deficit commission, by the way, to answer your question from earlier with gloria, this will be the 19th in 30 years. the first one was when it was $1 trillion. now we're at 14. he'll get all this off the back burner by march and people will have forgotten about this. this election is going to be about jobs. not the debt ceiling or diplomatic relations with foreign countries it will be about jobs. if the unemployment rate goes down he'll probably get elected but if it goes up, maybe not. >> do you think this was a win for president obama? >> no, no i don't. i think having worked in the white house my heart goes out to him. he was working with folks who he believed would harm the economy to assume their political agendas. but this is the problem. the commerce department, president obama's own commerce department says in the la

my name is souci, reporter for the mother jones magazine in d.c..re has been a discussion about how booktv kaput six of funding the media and i want to turn the politics to the focus of the media. one of the most interesting developments here in terms of washington and political journalism is the fact there has been a big rise in coming you know, organizations, media outlets that leaned left or right and they aren't just producing commentary and what's traditionally considered blogging but the original reporting. a lot of what even folks at "the new york times" and the post in that falling the need of these you have the daily kallur, the huffingtonpost.com and all these producing original reporting online. but at the same time i think along with this development of the utilization of the media is one, you have a lot of increasing public distrust in the media in terms of the left and the right on where the news is coming from and even if it is based on the solid reporting they recognize the come from the outlets with a particular bias and sensational

i'm susie kim, a reporter from mother jones here in washington, d.c..e's a lot of discussion of funding the politics in the media. i want to turn to the politics of the media. one of the interesting developments here is the fact that, you know, there's been a big rise in, you know, organizations, need ya outlets that lean left or right, and they are not just producing commentary in what is traditionally considered blogging, but origin reporting, and even folks like the "new york times" and the post follow the lead of these organizations, you have the huffington post, folks producing original reporting online, but at the same time, you know, i think along with this development of the localization of the media is one, you have a lot of increasing public distrust in media in terms of left and right on where this news is coming from, and even if it's based on original solid reporting, i mean, you know, they recognize it comes from outlets with a particular bias, and sensationalism. it overlaps the fact that politics are involved and the stakes are political

globe, the struggle continues, and so on this day in this place, we need to remember the words of mother jones who told us to pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. that's what we're going to do. thank you, and now i'd like to turn things back over to richard, and you'll hear from some of our terrific leaders. [applause] >> thank you, madam secretary, and thank you for joining us. the secretary is now going on an event to promote healthy child care for children. she's fighting on every level. we appreciate her taking time. let me welcome you again to the great hall. we call this the great hall, but until today, i never thought of it as great. i wish we could keep the quilt panels forever because this is life. this is what this is all about, and so take a moment when you can to just look at the quilt panels and remember these people and all the people that were close to you. an author and survivor taught us whoever survives the test, whatever it may be, must tell the story, and that's in part why we are here today. when hiv started in 1981, i was 23 years old. i was in my first j

i'm susie kim, a reporter from mother jones here in washington, d.c..e's a lot of discussion of funding the politics in the media. i want to turn to the politics of the media. one of the interesting developments here is the fact that, you know, there's been a big rise in, you know, organizations, need ya outlets that lean left or right, and they are not just producing commentary in what is traditionally considered blogging, but origin reporting, and even folks like the "new york times" and the post follow the lead of these organizations, you have the huffington post, folks producing original reporting online, but at the same time, you know, i think along with this development of the localization of the media is one, you have a lot of increasing public distrust in media in terms of left and right on where this news is coming from, and even if it's based on original solid reporting, i mean, you know, they recognize it comes from outlets with a particular bias, and sensationalism. it overlaps the fact that politics are involved and the stakes are political

you can't assume because you teach chad jones that his mother is mrs. jones. she may be mrs. smith.ot like mr. jones anymore. respect the parents and know their names. it works both ways. parents respect the teachers. one of my pet peeves is when i take a kid to a parent and i say, he did this and this. and the mom will look at the kid and say, is that true? i just told you it's true. trust the teacher. support the teacher. then we'll have a successful relationship. >> ron, thank you so much. the name of the book, "the end of molasses classes". >> the proceeds go to support our academy, ron clark academy, we invite anyone to come visit and see how we're teaching kids to be successful. >>> childhood obesity is the number one health concern for children in this country. nearly a third are overweight or obese. a school in illinois making a name for themselveses by take being the fight against fat further than just cafetericafet. >> reporter: drew, if you can get to age 50 they say without any risk factors for heart disease, you have virtually zero chance of ever having a heart attack.

atlanta police say crittenton shot 22-year-old jillian jones, a mother of four, as she walked with two august 19th, down the street. they say one of men was the intended victim. crittenton, who was robbed back in april, wanted apparently -- wanted to seek retaliation, but killed yoens by mistake. >>> a hearing for the suspect in the aruba mystery will take place today or tomorrow. some observe oars say giordano may go free. despite an extensive search on the island, the woman has yet to be found. she was vacationing with giordano. he was arrested amid the doubt of his account of her disappearance. >>> playing the lottery may run counter to some church teachings, but a congregation in columbus, georgia isn't complaining much. someone, we don't know who, left a winning $80,000 lotto ticket in the offering plaet at the cathedral of prayer church. anyone know where that is? the financial officer says the church is thrilled and will use the money to fix the air conditioning system. it has been hot in georgia. it broke down three weeks ago after someone stripped the unit of its copper wiring

it was in guyana where jones made international headlines forcing the suicide of more than 900 church members including himself. >>> casey anthony, the florida mother who made national headlines when she was acquitted of murdering her daughter, has been ordered to come out of hiding. a judge ordered anthony to return to florida to report to the department of corrections by august 26 to serve a year of supervised probation. the probation stems from a check fraud conviction last year before the murder trial. anthony's attorneys have fought against her return to florida because of the death threats she's facing, but the judge says he'll allow her whereabouts to remain secret. >>> topping our "health watch," women with a history of depression may have an increased risk for stroke. the new study out of brigham and women's hospital looked at 80,000 older women who were followed for six years. they found women who were depressed or had experienced depression in the past were 30% more likely to have a stroke even after researchers accounted for other factors like their blood pressure and cholesterol. women taking anti-depressants had a 40% increased risk f

and i was there with his mother, and we both started laughing at the same time. my grandma jonese i knew mom was serious. and she really was desperate. i said, mom, you don't tell god he's got a drug problem. >> remember, we are still in a state of siege. >> he had the old megaphone type speaker system throughout jonestown just about. and as he spoke, you could hear him. >> we are under the onslaught of a direct move of a mercenary fascist effort of the united states of america. i love you very much -- >> from 6:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night, we heard him. >> i'm trying on every level to protect this community. >> it was very disturbing. it was very disturbing. the constant sound of his voice. horrible. >> it certainly contributed to the feeling of oppression. that's how i took it. it's like shut up, dude. >> i want you to not at all times try to go out into the unknown areas now. >> and it was always america is going to fall. the armageddon is coming. >> i didn't come for the beauty. i came to save you from jails, torture. a nuclear war which your skin will roll off you

mother of four. the f.b.i. busted him at the john wayne airport in los angeles. authorities say he intended to shoot one else. he missed hitting julian joneson a teammate. >> alisyn: warren jeffs, the convicted child rapist and polygamist sect leader is in a coma. he may not survive reportedly. jeffs was refusing to eat, becoming so weak, the prison doctors put him in a medically induced coma. he's reportedly in critical condition. he's serving a life sentence for raping two girls, 12 and 15. he is scheduled for a second trial on bigamy charges. >> steve: a bus driver from cleveland says her brush with actor matthew fox was like this scene from "lost". >> steve: heather borman says she got into a real life fast fight with him. she says the actor was drunk, tried to get on board her party bus. when she told him to get off because he wasn't invited, she says he lost it. >> started whaling on me. so i started swinging back. >> did you hit him? >> i did. i hit him in the mouth with my hand. >> steve: mr. fox was questioned by the cops and later released. but the bus driver is threatening to press charges. stay tuned for news. >> brian: the wai