Then to cowspiracy. A vegan diet produces half as much co2 1 11 the amount of fossil fuels 1 13 of water. I realized i had the choice every single day to save over 1100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 square feet of force did land, the equivalent of 20 pounds of co2, and one animals life. Amy as california experiences a massive drought, we will speak to two documentary filmmakers about the link between Climate Change and Meat Consumption. Then we look at how the tsas Behavior Detection Program is being used to target undocumented immigrants, not terrorists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has demanded access to a Palestinian Refugee camp in syria invaded by the selfproclaimed islamic state, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. About 18,000 people have been trapped in yarmouk, just a few miles from outside the capital damascus the stronghold of syrian president bashar alas
Drone strike but at the cia, and here on the hill will now come a fresh look at the use of drones. Im Steve Handelsman nbc news capitol hill. Thank you steve. Our coverage of todays top story continues at 4 30 with a closer look at american hostage who lost his life. Nbc 10s tim furlong will join us live from Montgomery County maryland, where family members have been playing for weinsteins safe return. In the meantime we have breaking news now about comcasts effort to merge with time warner. Lets get right to nbc 10s keith jones whos tracking developments. Keith . According to bloomberg reports, comcast is walking away away at least planning to walk away from its proposed takeover of time warner and a reporter at cnbc just reported it could happen as soon as tomorrow. It comes during the same week that seven u. S. Senators urged the federal Communications Commission and the u. S. Department of justice to block the merger saying it would lead to higher prices for some cable and internet
American public somehow thinks that you can simply get rid of isil by bombs or dropping drones and could you just explain the difficulty of their asimulation, lets say, into population, and so forth, the terrain. One of the benefit ss is the recognition that dash is in fact not the disease its a symptom of Something Big erger. It includes the base societal factors that have given rise to the attractiveness of an organization like this and there are societal issues, political issues inclusiveness participation. Social issues, associated with Economic Opportunity. The ability ultimately to have the opportunity to put food on the table for families, and often the result of the absence of all of those or some of those in these countries and among these populations, have created the conditions of despair and desperation which has made those populations susceptible to radicalization and then recruitment. Excuse me, general. I assume there are efforts being done to try to respond to both cond
Been to arms control expert william hartung, how the Obama Administration has approved more arms sales than any u. S. Administration since world war ii more than half the sales have been to the middle east and persian gulf, with saudi arabia topping the list at 46 billion. Then to cowspiracy. A vegan diet produces half as much co2 1 11 the amount of fossil fuels 1 13 of water. I realized i had the choice every single day to save over 1100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 square feet of force did land, the equivalent of 20 pounds of co2, and one animals life. Amy as california experiences a massive drought, we will speak to two documentary filmmakers about the link between Climate Change and Meat Consumption. Then we look at how the tsas Behavior Detection Program is being used to target undocumented immigrants, not terrorists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has demanded acc
Shut it down. Reporter as the religious holidays of passover and easter begin, along with spring break, about 500 people who work for prospect aviation and prime Flight Airline companies are striking. Theyre walking the picket lines, they say, for better wages. Health care and paid sick leave. And most tell usy;wx they make between 5 and 7. 25 per hour. I receive tips. As you all know tips are not always guaranteed. Sgt2in days i go home with nothing. Im a mother and im a grandmother. I work hard i pay taxes. And i and my coworkers deserve a decent wage. Who can feed four kids off of 7. 25 . I have mortgage car insurance, like everybody else in here and, like, my coworker said we are here for respect and more money and we aint going nowhere until we get our money. They also want to sign up with the union. So coming up at 11 30, well tell you how they have support from the local union, the faithbased communities, and members of city council. Back in about 25 minutes. Live now from outsi