It is not a secret an injustice has been done. Now, Governor Perdue has an opportunity to right the wrong. We cannot go back to 1980. This is 2012. The North Carolina governor is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white owned Grocery Store. The conviction was overturned in 1980, but the state has never pardon them. We will speak with one of the wilmington 10 who served eight years behind bars and it became head of the naacp. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house just three days before a year in deadline to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Some 600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases will take effect if no agreement is reached. Obama and the rest of republicans remain of the impasse over the republican refusal to allow ta
Domestic surveillance program. Then, will the government of nerve North Carolina pardon the wilmington 10 . It is not a secret an injustice has been done. Now, Governor Perdue has an opportunity to right the wrong. We cannot go back to 1980. This is 2012. The North Carolina governor is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white owned Grocery Store. The conviction was overturned in 1980, but the state has never pardon them. We will speak with one of the wilmington 10 who served eight years behind bars and it became head of the naacp. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house just three days before a year in deadline to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Some 600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases will take effect if no agreement
Of it. We have had the Supreme Court rulings, but the federal Election Commission has issued regulations that basically have narrowed disclosure to a level that is almost absurdly impossible to meet. People giving money specifically for an advertisement. I know that you see it as a vote best the federal Election Commission. Youre a very litigious guy. And repeated instances you have and judges have rebuffed those regulations. But in this particular case the District Court judges so and then the panel of the d. C. Circuit sent it back. Did you talk for just a couple of minutes about the destruction of the federal Election Commission and its role in the problems that we had but also the state of play in that particular and let me start with the latter. You are right best, we essentially won the case at the District Court level. On appeal the court actually found against us in part but then sent the case back to the federal District Court level to look at the other piece of the case. In f
Please. Did you hear me complain . I did not know you. I am sure you were screaming about it. I dont believe that. You you many members of Congress Read the law before they voted on it. David 2, one. 1 thank you, our big network wide special report on real estate all day tomorrow, right here on fbn, and 8 00 p. M. On cavuto. Real story about real estate real estate from people like don possible els, and Mort Zuckerman and joh jon huntsman. John School Spending it through the roof what is wrong. The blob. Like the reformers are up again jab at hut. The unions, and paper pushers. Lets destroy the system. Bridge on th bring it on, whd disagree. Shame on you. John teachers unions disagree, they are mad at me. City schools are terrible because of unions like yours. Our test scores are not what we choose to focus on. John how do you know if they are learning anything. I know they are learning whether i look in their eyes. John give me a break. They also oppose Charter Schools. Over my dead p
Local Public Schools closed. A group of activists a closing schools most of text poor and minority students. Most effects poor. We would like to hear from you. Here are the numbers to call you can also find us online. Send us a tweet. Wheat can share that on the air. You can join the conversation on facebook by looking for cspan. R email us in the headline in the Washington Post this morning what you thinks . Is closing Public Schools a civil rights issue . The Washington Post says other stories related to this, from the Huffington Post those phone numbers again we will start with an independent caller this morning. Lou in connecticut. Good morning. Caller good morning. I would like to see all Public Schools closed. Public schools are a government monopoly, and utter failure. It would be like having a government monopoly in the Automobile Industry and we would all be driving hugos. It is a ripoff. The American People should be booked to choose the school for their children and the cost