he thinks the house is too big, and undemocratic. >> there are only going to be 600 in the future. so a membership of the house of lords of 800 plus does seem ridiculous. it does mean that there's little space in the chamber for us to sit and a shortage of offices. >> most of the lords receive no salary. they do receive an allowance of up to 300 pounds a day when the house is in session. more than half the members are over 70. and there are occasional incidents of questionable behavior by individual lords. this summer, a video surfaced that showed lord sewell consorting with prostitutes, and allegedly snorting cocaine. he later resigned from the lords, amid renewed calls for reform. >> it's completely out of control and we've just unearthed new figures, showing the enormous and spiraling cost of the house of lords. at the same time, we've also exposed some really worrying evidence that many, many peers are claiming expenses and allowances, even though they're not playing a full part in the legislative life of the chamber. >> the house of lords is the second largest parliamentary ch

it is a very undemocratic way to run the democratic party.amy: five all caps off tonight for the first of six debates, half of the republicans schedule. we will speak with bill curry

it's unconstitutional, it's unamerican, it's undemocratic and it has to be stopped. >> we do know that of the numerous u.s. based charities on the list 80% of them are muslim. >> rose khan is with the charity, how ofac's list is assembled and enforced. >> we know it serves as a distinct purpose. but the way it is getting implemented sorely undermines our civil liberties. everything happens behind closed doors. we need to determine what places someone or some organization on the list, we need to create a challenge for someone's placement on the list and this whole thing needs to be significantly more transparent. >> we reached out to the department of treasury and it sent us the following statement. every destination i designation is satisfied by necessary criteria and this evidence is applied at mum layers in the u.s. government. >> formed in january 2nd, 22nd, four months after 9/11. >> you knew they would be scrutinizing your organization. >> we knew there were constitutional protections, i was an attorney and we were there every step of the way. >> they were trying to find a way to

president, it's clear that burma faces substantial challenges, from the undemocratic elements in burma's constitution to the disenfranchisement of the rohinga to troubling incidents regarding the curtail of citizens' basic rights. these challenges are significant. they need to be addressed. at the same time, we should not allow these things to completely overshadow what burma has accomplished. it's actually come a long way in recent years. there are many positive things to build upon as well. in short, there's still hope for burma's upcoming election. the government has an opportunity to make these last few weeks of campaigning as free and as fair as possible. the burmese government can still hold an election that despite the troubling things i mentioned can still be embraced by burmese citizens and the international community alike. but that will mean ensuring these final weeks of campaigning are as free and as fair as possible. that will mean ensuring freedom of expression is protected. these are the kinds of minimum goals that burmese officials must strive for in the final weeks of th

this is no way they could imagine a single individual could have this much power unelected, undemocratic power in a democracy. here is one of my favorites. i have many of these great cartoons, this is called the bosses of the senate. let's take a moment to think how fortunate we are to live in a society when big business is not any sway at all in congress. [laughter] way back in the battle days, you can see the trusts depicted as money banks. they are coming in through the entrance for monopolists. if you look at the far end, you can see the people's entry is nailed shut. who has access? the corporations. who has no access? us. the people. the size differential is important. to show the leaders of the republic, the senators are little kids cowering in front of the power and menace of these great corporations. this is not the knights of labor monthly, this is the mainstream of class publication that is expressed that it is landing on the doorsteps of middle-class and upper-class americans. it is a wide-ranging anxiety about the nature of the problem in the gilded age. here's another one s

i recall, he talks about warfare anng one of the options of undemocratic government, what governments do to avoid doing with social problems, declare war. he talks about warfare, but i anticipated that. book79, when he writes his progress and poverty, the american military is tiny, and the only place it is big is in the west completing the suppression of native americans, and even then not many people relatively speaking. start to loom large around the 1880's, when we expand our navy and start to build up our maturity -- military in that regard, emerging as a global power. thatld say george argued the real sources of power that we have to be worried about are these large business tycoons, corporations, because this is not just power, it is unelected, untouchable our, unless we do something in the name of the common good and the name of democracy that we need to rein the power in, not eliminated, nazis control, but set up boundaries and parameters for the behavior. it, not seizete control, but set up boundaries of parameters for the behavior. thank you. [applause] >> i think everything

undemocratic system that prow -- you can have republic. some point if you state up state to go along with it, there might be a change. for whatever reason it hasn't gone to -- a lot of people like the system the way it is. it's working for them. >> left side here. >> yes. is it okay to make some comments? >> no, we only have a very short amount of time. >> all right. how much work do you plan to do, we know both parties are struggling, democratics, you know, corporate contributions and public image, what are you going to do to reach -- i know we have to expand more outreach with lbgt group, what are your plans for next year 2016? >> i think there are a bunch of questions -- i don't have a game plan, i'm not running. but i think there are a bunch of questions in there about sort, one about money and politics which i'll answer you briefly to let you know where they stand on that. bernie sanders and hillary clinton have all come out in public financing system. hillary clinton initially did not. there's a really interesting dynamic that's happ

i do not see anything undemocratic in this legal act. i only proceed from the fact that we should leave children in peace, give them a chance to grow and to decide for themselves, who is this person? what does he consider himself to be, a man or woman? do they want to live in a normal, natural marriage or a nontraditional one? that is all. i simply don't observe here in the rightsement on of people of nontraditional sexual orientation. i believe this has been a deliberate exaggeration with the purpose of making the group of people from russia for the purpose of making an enemy of russia for political consideration. i believe this is one of the lines of attack against russia. charlie: from where? pres. putin: from the side of those who do that. look and see who does this. charlie: as far as you are concerned, there is as much of a recognition of gay rights and gay marriage as there is in the united states? that is your position. pres. putin: we do not only recognize, but we ensure their rights. in russia equal rights are , guaranteed for

bogeyman constantly to say that government can never solve problems and that socialism is evil and undemocratic. has really demonstrated that that is not the case, and no longer can they attacked even obama -- who is clearly not a socialist -- when they took -- when he tries to do anything to rein in corporate power they call him a socialist. bernie is really taking back that label and it makes him dangerous to the right wing. it also makes them dangerous to the mainstream leaders of the democratic party and the way insiders who are perfectly happy with the way things are now. he is really sparking -- striking a chord with the american people. host: and inside "the washington is a sanderst -- redefining what it means to be a democratic socialist? our road to the white house interview with bernie sanders also discussing this very issue, you can check it out online anytime. let's go to richard, joining us from missouri. good morning. caller: good morning. i guess i am turning into a socialist. i am 78 years old. i bought a book here in a flea market, it was 100 years old and it described the soci

if we look at this going forward, i think it's important to recognize how this policy is really undemocratic i had a chance to spend some time here in hawaii at the punch bowl national memorial cemetery of the pacific. as i looked out on the thousands of sons and daughters of our nation, who sacrificed their lives for our democracy, i reflected about what is so important here? what is really at stake here. we're talking about who will lead our country. who will lead our nation as commander in chief. and the importance of our democracy and engaging the american people as much as possible in this process so they can make the best decision on who will take us down that path. >> there are poom who speck lated the debate schedule was set up to benefit the front-runner, hillary clinton. i suppose my question to you is, why aren't you ready yet to endorse hillary clinton? >> you're talking about me? >> yes. >> as officers of the dnc, i remain neutral with all presidential candidates and not take any position with any of them. i think my job and my responsibility is to represent the views of the ame

in 1971, among the reasons that he leaves his because he feels it is an undemocratic union. this is going to be a problem that plagues the ufw internally for at least a decade after he leaves. as i have been trying to understand what happened to filipinos come it is also about what happened to the ufw as well. that is the story in there also. the scholarship that has been coming out in the last few years has helped us tremendously to understand what happened and what we need to do better in the future. particularly for filipinos, we gathered a few weeks ago where we had several labor organizers who are trying to get the filipinos in the field -- filipinos are having major challenges organizing across the globe because we are become -- we have become the home care and domestic workers of the world. had we look at these filipino that is also what i'm trying to do. pete the last go -- velasco. mr. sifuentes: are we still doing this work? someone was asking me. there are a lot of us who are digging into the ufw archives right now. my graduate student could not be -- she is worki

it is a very undemocratic way to run the democratic party. amy: five all caps off tonight for the first of six debates, half of the republicans schedule. we will speak with bill curry about who determines the rules for democratic debates and why. then, the refugees at our door. we are paying mexico to keep people from reaching our border, people who are fleeing central american violence. that is the headline of a startling new investigation published by "the new york times." we will speak with the author, sonia nazario. and it is been over 50 years since allen dulles resigned as director of the cia, but his legacy lives on. >> and no time is the cia engaged in any political activity or any intelligence activity that was not approved at the highest level. amy: author david talbot on his new book, "the devil's chessboard: allen dulles, the cia, and the rise of america's secret government." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. five democratic presidential candidates

undemocratic takes the lead in presidential poll while another decides to drop out the latest on the campaign trail last >> pam: major shift american cancer society guidelines when how often women should be free from breast cancer not a. iris should wait to get annual mammograms until they're 45 and set a 40 they also suggest women skipped routine press charges by doctors altogether during kali talk to one young breast cancer survivor about this new advisory. >> reporter: agnes of breast cancer at 32 the family history under what a year-and-a-half of treatment including the single mastectomy and chemotherapy she continued to be on hormone therapy and will be 10 to 15 years for now other tests come back clean for the bay area young survivors a group of women diagnosed with breast cancer under age of 45 spite what maddens been through she doesn't think she would of benefited from an early mammogram agrees with american cancer society guidelines in terms of the mammogram's themselves because their relatively high rate of false positives other breast cancer advocacy groups say that can l

he leaves in 1971 and among the reasons that he leaves is because he feels it is an undemocratic union. and this is going to be a problem that plagues the you fw internally -- the ufw internally for at least a decade after he leaves. as i have been trying to understand what happened to filipinos is also about what happens to the ufw as well. that is the story in my also. scholarship has been coming out the last few andrs and has to mount -- has helped tremendously. for filipinos, we got it a few weeks ago and we had several labor organizers -- e-mail -- filipinos are no longer in the fields in the numbers that we were. but filipinos are having major challenges organizing across the globe because we have become the home care and domestic workers of the world. so how do we look at the lessons of these filipino labor organizers to try to understand what we need to do for the future? that is something i am also trying to do as i uncover the very past -- uncover the buried past. mr. want to add -- sifuentez: i want to add to that. there is a lot of us who are digging into the ufw archives r

the bill is the product of an unfair, dysfunctional and fundamentally undemocratic process, a process that is virtually indistinguishable from what we promised the american people, a g.o.p.-controlled congress would bring to an end. we made that promise precisely because negotiating legislation behind closed doors without input from the majority of members and then rushing it through to final passage without debate or opportunity for amendments violates our party's core principles. it also inevitably leads to bad policy. the bipartisan budget act of 2015 is a case in point. this bill would suspend the debt limit for 17 months and increase government spending beyond its already unsustainable levels, and it would do so while failing to make reforms that would put us on a path toward fiscal sustainability. now, many proponents of this budget deal challenge this claim. they say, well, the bill isn't perfect. but while it isn't perfect, it does include some meaningful entitlements reforms. the sales pitch we hear most often alleges that this budget deal will save the social security disabi

it's an undemocratic move for the democratic party. >> it does cut down on freedom of speech?i don't think the democratic party should be in the position of punishing its young leaders because they happen to have a disagreement on some procedural point. >> let's talk about what bernie sanders calls his secret weapon, his wife, jane. what do we need to know about her? >> jane has been active in the prep. she's a senior adviser to the senator. and you know, she's a very good at offering advice both on substance and in terms of style. she's played an important role. she'll be front and center. >> is it true he can't handle her in the debate, it's shaken his confidence? >> it is. >> you've been with the senator for a long time. >> off and on for 30 years. >> you've known him for 30 but you've been on that staff and at the top for at least 20, right? >> yes, yes. >> did you ever think you'd have a day like today, like tonight where people not only know who the senator is but they know him by one name? >> let me tell you, i started working with bernie in 1986. a young man, a little