The pentagon said the guantanamo prisoners committed suicide, but were the prisoners actually tortured to death at a secret cia black site . Today in a broadcast exclusive we will speak with Joseph Hickman, who served as a Staff Sergeant at gitmo. He has just published a book titled, murder at camp delta. Then, women on waves. We can legally help women seek abortion. Were here in solidarity with women who have been denied their human rights. The new film vessel looks at how a dutch doctor managed to open access to safe abortion in countries were the procedure is illegal. We will speak to dr. Rebecca gomperts of women on waves and filmmaker Diana Whitten. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. New satellite images and witness accounts have emerged of what Amnesty International calls the catastrophic destruction from a massacre in northern nigeria. Hundreds are feared dead after boko haram militants attacked bag
Continues a controversial practice. Raising questions whether the president s un rat lal rewriila of the law are legal. Weve never seen a president who takes the view if you disagree with a federal law he can ignore it or just change it. Can president obama change obamacare without going back to congress . Well ask republican mike lee of the Senate Judiciary committee. And congressman javier basara, chairman of the House Democratic caucus. And our power player of the week, medalist girard senahi is live in studio and promises to astound our panelists. Well see. All right now. On fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. When new jerseys Chris Christie spoke in chicago this week, a former governor was sent to act as a truth squad. And when papers from one of Hillary Clintons closest friends were discovered, we decided it is not too soon to talk about the 2016 president ial election. Joining us from ohio, that former governor democrat ted strikland and from texas, for
Obama administrations decision to finally release the secret memo outlining when the u. S. Can assassinate a u. S. Citizen. Then as the tea party suffers setbacks and midterms, we will take a look at the most influential republican political operatives, the Koch Brothers. Their the poster boys for the top 1 . Their money and power fuels the inequality in america. The name koch has become a four letter word. Day in and day out, their purchasing politicians and policy. It is taking a terrible toll on democracy. We will speak to the films director Robert Greenwald will stop republicans tried to block a capitol hill screening of the documentary this week. Then Daniel Schulman, author of the new book, sons of wichita how the Koch Brothers became americas most powerful and private dynasty. All of that and more coming up. Ill stop this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least 118 people have been killed and 45 wounded in a twin bombing in the ni
The fight over entitlements and three years since the devastating quake in haiti. A critique of the best of intentions, but first, is the only way to save the constitution to violate the constitution . Good morning, im melissa harrisperry. Im going to take you back, way back, 1861, during the height of the civil war. President Abraham Lincoln made an unprecedented move which many even then considered it an overreach of executive authority, and the that year, lincoln declared martial law and issued the writs of habeas corpus and insisting that he needed to suspend the right to due process in order to put down the rebellion in the south. At the time, lincoln defended his constitutionally questionable action in a july 4th speech saying this, are all of the laws but one to go unexecuted and the government, itself, go the pieces lest that one be violated . Lincolns claim was that the rebellion caused a concern for Public Safety that required the suspension, and furthermore, he claimed that
Democratic caucusgoers. Those who count. And then sanders there at 42 . A margin of error, we should tell you, of four points. What does that mean . Well, its anybodys game, which is white the candidates have been campaigning so hard in iowa all this weekend, making their final pitches to both the decided and undecided iowans alike. For those of you who are still thinking and weighing your options, i hope to be able to persuade you to come out and also caucus for me, because the stakes in this election are so high. Iowa is prepared to say that it is just too late for establishment politics, and establishment economics. That in fact we need a political revolution. Youre going to love me as president , and i love you anyway. So get out. Get out and vote. Get out and caucus. I know that you have a lot of choices, right . One out of seven republicans are running for president this year. But im asking you to caucus for me. And lets get right to it. Im going to turn things over to Melissa Ha