They are making more progress in eliminating syrias chemical weapons stockpile. They have sre visited 11 sites. Destroying. The legality of michigans game marriage ban could be decided in a trial next february. A federal judge in detroit put off an expected decision in the case ive lesbian couple who want to marry so they can a continue each others children, michigan bans adopts by unmarried couples. Those are the head lines, america tonight is up next on al jazerra america. And you can always check us out online at aljazerra. Com. This is the 900page document we call obamacare. It could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. My show sorts this all out. In fact, my staff has read the entire thing. Which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. Well separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. Hi im phil torres coming up this week on techknow its gonna get bumpy over here, it looks like. We dropped like a rock. And the
Campaigned with help from sarah palin and ted cruz, bringing the number of senators who caucused to 55. Talks with iran about its Nuclear Program have wrapped up in geneva representatives from the European Union and the u. N. Security council have asked iran to agree to international monitoring. The white house says iran proposals contain serious and substance not seen before. Further talk are scheduled for november. Those are the headlines at this hour. America tonight is up next on al jazerra america, i am john thinsiegenthaler, ill see you tomorrow night and you can always get the latest news other al jazerra. Com. On america tonight after 16 days ive government and nation closed, closed closed, by political bickering. Once this agreement arrives on my desk i will sign it immediately. Well begin reopening our government immediately. Also tonight, the senates newest member, just missed getting in to the fray. But cory booker faces other big challenges in his new job. So you think you
Herself from a group of people who attacked her on the streets of minneapolis. Her case helped turn a National Spotlight on the violence and discrimination faced by transgender women of color. She joins us in our studio today along with laverne cox, the transgender actress and activist who stars in the hit tv show, orange is the new black. Trans woman of color are not supposed to survive. So often people seem to prefer us to be dead. We have our transgender day of her membranes where it seems like one of the few times where people seem to speak the names of trans women are usually trans women and trans woman of color. Cece mcdonald survived. We will speak with Alisha Williams of the Sylvia Rivera law project edge fights discrimination against gender nonconforming people. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Clashes between police and antigovernment protesters are continuing in the ukrainian capital kiev in
Protest outside the fcc, calling for the commission to save the internet. We will host a debate. And fast food workers go on strike for higher wages. I feel now it is the time for not only me, but all workers across the nation is stand up and speak out and come out of the shadows and let the public be aware of how we live our daytoday lives, which is very poorly. As fast food ceos make 1200 times as much money as the average fast food worker, we will speak with one worker on strike in the fight for a livable wage. Then, to walmart. That is what walmart understands and walmart is pretty good at counting its pennies. Just days after president obama spoke at a walmart, over 18 1800 warehouse workers in california settle a major wage theft lawsuit against walmart and one of its largest contractors. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Nigeria has a currently ruled out talks of a prisoner swap with the boko hara
Protest continue across the globe for egypt to release the three al jazeera journalists sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison. We will speak with al jazeeras sue turton who was intense sentenced in absentia to 10 years imprisoned her in the same trial. And we will hear from Margaret Warner on how one of the jailed journalists saved her life. Mohamed fahmy held onto the back railing and said, drive, drive. He said, just drive through them. I will get you out of here. That is what happened. For the next five or six minutes, he directed me down the side street and the side street and the side street him and we finally managed to get to a safe place. He absolutely saved our lives. Then as the 45th anniversary of the stonewall uprising approaches, the state of new york is sued over its refusal to expand medicaid coverage for transgender people seeking hormone therapy and other forms of care. We are here to say that right now new york state as a regulation that should specificall