Drugs, the death toll in west africa nears 1500. We spend the hour with partisan Health Cofounder dr. Paul farmer on what can be done to stop the epidemic and what it means for Public Health system in africa. , which isla outbreak the largest so far in the history that we know about, is merely reflection of the Public Health crisis in africa. It is about the lack of staff, stuff, and systems that could protect populations, particularly those living in poverty, from outbreaks like this or other outbreaks. Senegal has just shut down its border with ginny. South africa has been on citizens traveling from guinea. Iberia and sierra leone. Library police opened fire on protesters in monrovia after they quarantined residents in an effort to keep the spread of ebola. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Governor jay nixon has ordered the National Guard to leave ferguson missouri as peaceful protests continue over the Police Killing of unarmed black teenager michael brown. Browns funeral is scheduled for monday morning and expected to draw a huge crowd. On thursday, Missouri State senator Jamilah Nasheed was threatened with arrest as she sought to deliver a 70,000 signatures petition to prosecutor bob mcculloch, be replaced. O mcculloch has extensive family ties to Law Enforcement. His father was a Police Officer killed by an africanamerican. On thursday, attorney general eric holder assured residents the federal probe of the shooting will be independent. The National Outcry we have seen speaks to a sense of mistrust and mutual suspicion that can take hold in the relationship between Law Enforcement and certain communities. I wanted the people of ferguson to know i personally understood that mistrust and one of them to know while so much else may be uncertain, this attorney general and this department of justice stands with the people of ferguson. Michael browns parents said they plan to march this weekend in new york city to demand justice for eric garner. Garner died last month after police in Staten Island placed him in a banned chokehold, then 1010 to the sidewalk while he repeatedly said he could not breathe. He was accused of selling loose cigarettes. Thousands are expected to attend saturdays protest led by reverend al sharpton. Garners death is one of several that have brought Police Tactics to the forefront in cities across the country. In los angeles, residents have mobilized around the case of say abrego, who witnesses he was beaten by police for 10 minutes before he died. Ford, whosezell family says he was unarmed and lying on the ground when he was shot dead. Thursday is part of a national day of rage against police brutality. Officers killing people that have no guns and are illegal to do, they should go to jail just like everybody else should go to jail. Its not fair for them to not be in jail while were out here protesting. In ohio, one of two Police Officers involved in the Fatal Shooting of a young black man inside a walmart in beaver creek is back on the job. When the officers confronted john crawford, he was reportedly holding a bb gun, which was for sale at the store. The mother of crawfords two infant children told the local paper she was on the phone with crawford and heard him say its not real before police opened fire. A special grand jury will convene in the case next month. Israel is continuing its military assault on the gaza strip. The Palestinian News Agency reports five people have an killed today and at least 38 on thursday, including three senior hamas military commanders. Since the offensive began six weeks ago, at least 2087 palestinians have died, the majority civilians, while 67 people have died on the israeli side all but three of them soldiers. The renewed strikes have sent residents of gaza fleeing to u. N. Charter said again after some had returned to shattered neighborhoods. Works every day there are people men, women, elderly and children, getting killed. Everybody. They mock us by giving us a bit of food to distract us. They are killing us and bearing us at the same time. Their reports hamas militants have executed 18 palestinians accused of being collaborators with israel, including seven reportedly killed in a public square. The Obama Administration is continuing to ramp up its rhetoric against the Islamic State on the groups release of a video showing the beheading of journalist james foley. On thursday, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, martins mc, hinted at possible intervention in syria. This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days Strategic Vision which will eventually have to be defeated. Jerk question, can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in syria . The answer is no. That will have to be answered on both sides. And that will come and we have a coalition in the region that takes on the task of defeating isis over time. General dempsey was also asked directly whether the campaign against the Islamic State, also known as isis, would require airstrikes. It requires a righty of instruments, only one small part is airstrikes. I am not predicting those will occur in syria. It requires the application of all of the tools of National Diplomatic information, military. Talks the United States has launched at least 90 airstrikes against Islamic State militants in iraq since the bombardment began two weeks ago. On thursday, globalpost released the full text of the last email james foleys family received from the isis militants, which calls foleys execution a direct result of your transgressions towards us. You and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings, they wrote. The United Nations says the death toll from the threeyear civil war in syria has topped 191,000. That is an increase of more than 90,000 since last july. In her final speech before the un security council, outgoing u. N. High commissioner for human rights navi pillay criticized the councils response to syria and other conflicts. Shortterm to Political Considerations and National Interests nearly defined have repeatedly taken precedence over intolerable human suffering and great breaches and longterm threats to International Peace and security. I firmly believe that greater responses by this council would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Two american missionaries sickened with ebola while in liberia have recovered from the virus and are being discharged from hospital in georgia. Was released on tuesday, dr. Kenneth brantly spoke before he left on thursday. Above all, im forever thankful to god for sparing my life and im glad for any attention my sickness has attracted to the plight of west africa in the midst of this epidemic. Please, continue to pray for liberia and the people of west africa and encourage those in positions of leadership and influence to do Everything Possible to bring this Ebola Outbreak to an end. Thank you. Both the american missionaries received an external drug called zmapp, which has also been given to three liberian doctors and a spanish priest who died. The drug maker says supplies are now exhausted. At least 1350 people have died in the worst ebola epidemic in history. We will have more with dr. Paul farmer after the headlines. The World Health Organization says at least 70 people have died in the Northern Democratic republic of congo from an outbreak of an ebolalike illness. While the symptoms of the two illnesses are similar, experts say the death rate for the other illness is far lower than that of ebola. A russian aid convoy has begun crossing into Eastern Ukraine and heading toward the besieged city of luhansk. While at least one part of the convoy had cleared customs, the trucks appear ejected part of without authorization from ukraine. The convoy has been held up at the border for more than a week undergoing inspections. Ukraine has accused russia of using it as cover to mount a military incursion, while russia carryhe trucks humanitarian aid for residents in dire need. In yemen, supporters of the shiite Houthi Rebels have begun massing and the capital as talks continue between the government and the rebels leader in the north. Today marks the deadline issued by the houthis for yemen to roll prices and in fuel to dissolve the government, which they say is corrupt. Tens of thousands of students marched in the chilean capital santiago thursday to demand free education. Police fired tear gas and Water Cannons as a small number of protesters threw rocks and sticks. Student protests erupted in chile in 2011 over demands for free and quality education for all. President michele that shall it has vowed to reform the system, but students are demeaning a greater voice in the process. A congressional watchdog says the Prisoner Exchange that freed Army Sergeant bowe book all from the taliban was illegal. The government accountable the office says the Obama Administration failed to give congress enough notice before transferring five guantanamo prisoners in the swap. Bergdahl has returned to active duty with a desk job at a base in texas amidst a probe into his capture. His Attorney Says he wants to attend college and reenter civilian life. The Justice Department has unveiled a more than 16. 6 billion settlement with bank of america over its sale of toxic Residential Mortgage backed securities, or rmbs. Attorney general eric holder said the deal is the largest civil settlement with a single entity in history. Thehe support of settlement, bank of america has acknowledged in years leading up to the financial crisis that demonstrated our economy into the devastated our economy, it, merrill lynch, and countrywide sold millions of dollars whose quality and levels at risk they knowingly misrepresented to investors and to the United States government. The settlement includes 7 billion in relief measures for homeowners, meaning the banks actual burden is likely far less than the record total announced. Critics say very few homeowners will actually benefit compared to the millions who lost their homes to foreclosure during the financial crisis. Hasamana brooklyn, new york a what hundred 25,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit over his right to Document Police activity. According to the new york daily news, date george used his cellphone camera to document a police stop and frisk in 2012. After he advised the young people who had been frisked to get the officers numbers next time, george said he was pulled by police from his car and said now were going to give you what you deserve for meddling in our business. Following last months fatal arrest of eric garner, which was caught on cellphone video, the nypd sent a memo reminding officers the public has a right to Record Police actions. , who shot thea video of garners arrest o andrtas wife, have both reported being harassed by police and arrested on unrelated charges since the video was released. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. We turn now to the Ebola Outbreak in west africa that has killed nearly 1400 people across liberia, sierra leone, guinea, and the jury a jury. Widely lead toh organ ithe tals be higher. The who has warned countries hit by the outbreak are starting to suffer shortages of fuel, food, and basic supplies after airlines and shipping companies suspended services to the region. Senegal has just shut its border with guinea. South africa has and noncitizens traveling from guinea, liberia, and sarah lyons. The hardest hit has been liberia where at least 576 people have died. On wednesday, police opened fire on protesters in the west point neighborhood of liberias capital city monrovia after they quarantined residents without any notice in an effort to stop the spread of ebola. A 15yearold boy was shot in the lead. Residence at the protest was sparked by the polices heavyhanded presence in the quarantine area. This is a local resident. [indiscernible] it is bad. It is very, very bad. The Ebola Outbreak has also generated an International Debate over the use of experimental drugs to treat the disease. Three weeks ago, the first two doses of an experimental serum known as zmapp went to two american missionaries, dr. Kent brantly and Nancy Writebol who had contracted the disease in liberia and returned to the United States for treatment. Both were released from the Emory University hospital this week. Doctor confirmed they no longer pose a health risk to the public. I am pleased to announce that dr. Brantly is being discharged from the hospital after a rigorous course of treatment and thorough testing. We have determined in conjunction with the centers for Disease Control and state Health Departments that dr. Brantly has recovered from the ebola virus infection and that he can return to his family, to his community, and to his life without Public Health concerns. Today we spend the hour with a doctor who has devoted his life to improving the health of the worlds poorest and most vulnerable people. Yes travel the world that only treating impoverished patients, but also challenging entire Health Care Systems. His name is dr. Paul farmer. Hes an Infectious Disease dr. As well as a medical anthropologist. Ago, he helped found the Charity Partners in health, an International Nonprofit organization that provides direct Health Care Services to those who are sick and living in poverty. In 1987nded the group to deliver health care to people in haiti. He now works across the world mexico asrwanda, and well as siberia. Dr. Paul farmer is a professor at Harvard Medical School and chief of the division of Global Health equity at brigham and Womens Hospital in boston. To 2012, dr. Farmer served as the uaw special envoy for haiti working under former president bill clinton. He currently serves as the special advisor to the United Nations on Community Based medicine and is also on the board of the Clinton HealthAccess Initiative. Dr. Paul farmer is author of a number of books including, infections and inequalities the modern plaques. And most recently, in the company of the poor conversations with dr. Paul farmer and fr. Gustavo gutierrez. Paul farmer recently returned from rwanda and sierra leone. We welcome you back to democracy now talk about what we should understand about this outbreak of ebola. I think the most important thing to understand is that this is a reflection of longstanding and growing inequalities of access to basic systems of health care delivery, including the staff, the stuff, and the systems. That is what that is how we link Public Health and clinical medicine, is to understand that were delivering care in the context of protecting the health of the population. If you go down to each of these epidemics and you ask the question, do they have the staff, stuff, and systems they need to respond, the answer is, no. Ist will stop the epidemic an emergency type response, but then again, how are we Building Local capacity to do that so these epidemics dont spread . As they would never spread in the United States. And the us down in fertility rates we keep hearing about, is that more, and your view, a result of the disease itself or the weaknesses of the Health Care Systems . I think the more important hypothesis is that it is the latter. It would be great to talk to our colleagues at emory, the Infectious Disease colleagues who treated patients. It is not that they had an external medication, it is that they had Supportive Care. Supportive care medical terms doesnt mean having someone hold your hand, it means if you are bleeding, you get blood products. R Blood Pressure<