Scarcity. Then after 400 days in prison, egypt releases al jazeera reporter peter greste. I cant you how relieved we are that peter has left egypt and is on his way to be reunited with his family. It is a day of mixed emotions. We have to focus on the fact that Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy are still behind bars, 400 days after being taken into detention. And that injustice needs to come to an end. There guilty of nothing, apart from great journalism. In the middle of the biggest Football Game and the Biggest Television Event of the year the nfl teams up with the no more campaign to run an antiDomestic Violence psa. Is everything ok . Given emergency are not . Yes. And youre unable to talk . Right. Is someone in the room with you . Just say yes or no. Yes. Ok, it looks like of an officer about one mile from your location. More than half of the nfl players who have been accused of Domestic Violence during Roger Goodells tenure as nfl commissioner have gone without punishment from the league. He will stick with sports journalist dave zirin. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Is reportedly considering arming ukraines military amidst renewed fighting with russian backed separatists. According to the New York Times cap Administration Officials are leaning towards sending defensive weapons to help kiev fight a new rebel offensive that shattered a fivemonth truce. The white house has held off in favor of economic sanctions against rebels chief backer, russia. Violence has spiked in recent days with heavy attacks across all parts of the eastern ukrainian front. At least 13 government soldiers and as many civilians were killed in 124 hour period over the weekend as talks over a new truce broke down. Mediators say the rebels have refused to discuss implementing a ceasefire and instead want to revise the terms of the september truce to reflect their territorial gains. The militant group isis has released a video showing the beheading of japanese journalist kenji goto. Goto is the second japanese hostage to killed by isis in a week, following the expiration of the 72 hour ultimatum. Isis had demanded a ransom of 200 million the same amount japan recently pledged in nonmilitary aid to the antiisis coalition. A freelance journalist, goto has been held since his kidnapping in syria last year. On sunday, his mother remembered him as someone who sought a World Without war. I cannot find the words in the face of such a heartbreaking death. I can only express his grief with tears. I wish to continue to believe in kenji goto is World Without war and to save the children from poverty and war. Jordan, meanwhile, says its making every effort to obtain the release of a Fighter Pilot also in isis captivity. Isis wants to swap the pilot for a prisoner accused of involvement in a 2005 Hotel Bombing that killed 60 people. Jordan has signaled it would consider the exchange if its given proof the pilot is still alive. The United Nations has at least 1003 under the 75 people were killed in iraq last month making it one of the countrys deadliest in years. The january toll follows more than 12,000 deaths in 2014. Iraqs most deadly year since 2008. The militant Group Boko Haram has launched a major new attack in northern nigeria. Fighters hit the city of maiduguri from four different fronts after earlier offensives last week. The Nigerian Government says its repelled the assault and inflicted massive casualties on the boko haram. This comes as African Leaders have approved a new force of at least 7,500 troops to confront boko harams rise. The groups recent attacks include the reported massacre of hundreds of people in the northern town of baga last month. Nigeria is due to hold National Elections in two weeks. Al jazeera journalist peter greste has been released from an egyptian prison after 400 days behind bars. Greste and two of his al jazeera colleagues, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, were convicted on terrorism charges widely denounced as a sham. They were arrested as part of a crackdown on al jazeera while covering the aftermath of the coup that overthrew president Mohammed Morsi in 2013. Greste flew to cyprus on sunday following his release, but fahmy and mohamed remain behind bars. Al jazeera english managing director al anstey said the Network Continues to seek the remaining pairs freedom. We spoke to peter earlier on this afternoon, just after he was released from detention. I cant tell you how relieved we are that peter has left egypt and is on his way to be reunited with his family. It is a day a very mixed emotions. We have to focus on the fact that baher and mohamed are still behind bars, 400 days after being taken into detention. And that injustice needs to come to an end. There guilty of nothing, apart from great journalism. Well have more on peter grestes release and the continued imprisoned of Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed later in the broadcast. In other news from egypt, an Egyptian Court has confirmed the mass death sentences of nearly 200 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants were convicted in december of involvement in the 2013 killings of Police Officers. Defense attorneys say the accused were excluded from the courtroom and that no effort was made to prove anyones individual guilt. It was the third such mass sentencing of alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters last year, as part of a crackdown on the group by egypts military regime. Former intelligence officials have confirmed the cia and its israeli counterpart, the mossad, assassinated a senior hezbollah leader seven years ago this month. Imad mughniyah was killed in a 2008 car bombing in the syrian capital of damascus. According to the washington post, cia and mossad operatives worked closely together to carry out the attack. The bomb was built and tested in the United States. Israeli agents in tel aviv then triggered it while coordinating with cia colleagues on the ground in damascus. As the head of hezbollahs International Operations mughniyah was accused of involvement in attacks on u. S. And israeli targets in lebanon and around the world as part of the groups effort to end the twodecade Israeli Occupation of southern lebanon. U. S. Officials also accused him of involvement in the 1983 bombing of the u. S. Embassy in beirut and of arming shiite fighters targeting the u. S. Occupation in iraq. The killing raises a number of legal and political issues. Its approval required a president ial finding by president george w. Bush and the endorsement of several top cabinet officials, including the attorney general. Of the use of a car bomb to kill a target, mary ellen oconnell, a professor of International Law at the university of notre dame, said it is a killing method used by terrorists and gangsters. It violates one of the oldest battlefield rules. With cia involvement confirmed the disclosure could also set off retaliatory strikes by hezbollah against u. S. Targets around the world. It comes just days after hezbollah and israel exchanged fire in one of their most violent clashes since the 2006 war. The Israeli Government has announced a new round of settlement construction in the occupied west bank, approving 450 homes in several palestinian areas. On friday, white house spokesperson josh earnest criticized the move. Our position is we believe settlements are illegitimate and counter productive to achieving a two state outcome. We have deep concerns about these highly contentious settlement construction announcements, that they will have detrimental impact on the ground, inflame already heightened tensions with the palestinians, and further isolate the israelis internationally. The new settlement building comes amid reports that ties between israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and president obama are at their lowest point. White house officials have criticized netanyahu for a planned trip to the u. S. Next month to address a joint session of congress on iran. Netanyahu has backed new sanctions on iran, despite obamas vow to veto them as he pursues a nuclear deal with tehran. An Unnamed Administration official told the israeli newspaper haaretz there are things you simply dont do. [netanyahu] spat in our face publicly and thats no way to behave. Netanyahu ought to remember that president obama has a year and a half left to his presidency, and that there will be a price. According to the New York Times, a Senior Administration said the israeli ambassador to the u. S. Had repeatedly placed netanyahus political fortunes above the relationship between israel and the United States. Thousands of prodemocracy protesters have returned to the streets of hong kong to protest chinas rejection of a free vote. Sundays action was the first since a prodemocracy encampment was dismantled late last year. The protests erupted in september after the Chinese Government said it would only allow beijingapproved candidates to run for hong kongs next chief executive. Rally organizer daisy chan said protesters are prepared the to resume the civil disobedience that shut down key roads for over two months. We tried to use peaceful methods to given opportunity give them an opportunity to respond to our ideas. If the government rejects our sincere opportunity, then the Government Faces more pressure from more and more civil disobedience actions. In yemen, Houthi Rebels have set a threeday deadline. The announcement came as talks continue on the resignation of president hadi. Guatemala has marked the 35th anniversary of the Spanish Embassy massacre just weeks after a historic verdict in the case. Thirtyseven peasant activists and student organizers burnt to death in 1980 after the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City was set on fire. The activists had been occupying the embassy to protest guatemalan government repression. Last month, former police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo was found guilty of ordering the attack and sentenced to 90 years in prison. A memorial was held to mark the 35th anniversary on saturday. Rigoberta menchu, whose father indigenous peasant leader don vicente menchu, died in the massacre, said a copy of arredondos guilty sentence will be stored at the memorial. Well, first of all, it was the truth. I think we have been drawn out from the dark, from the abandonment of the truth of the massacre at the Spanish Embassy. The sentence is huge. To read it completely takes six hours. We will place it in a box yet the foundation and you can go by in a little while to see where it will always be those who want to ask questions about the sentence. Nobel peace prize winner roberto menchu. Dozens of people have rallied outside the white house to oppose president obamas plans to upgrade the Nations Nuclear weaponry. Obama has called for a nukefree world, but has reportedly put the u. S. On pace to spend as much as 1 trillion over the next three decades to rebuild its Nuclear Arsenal and facilities. On sunday, activists held up a fullsize inflatable missile while calling for the verified elimination of all Nuclear Stock piles by the year 2030. And the family of slain new york city teenager Ramarley Graham will receive 3. 9 million to settle a lawsuit over his Fatal Shooting two years ago today. Three years ago today. Graham, 18 years old, was unarmed when a Police Officer shot him dead inside his own home. The officer, richard haste, was initially charged with manslaughter, but a judge later threw out the indictment on procedural grounds. A second grand jury elected not to indict. Grahams killing sparked a series of protests in the bronx and across new york city led by his family. The settlements come as federal prosecutors continue a probe of possible civil Rights Violations in the case. And those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. After an historic victory in greece one week ago, the leftist party has begun a tour of Europe Division and to austerity message. The former economist, Yanis Varoufakis, has promised radical change as his government seeks to renegotiate greeces huge debt obligations and to roll back key parts of its international bailout. After talks in france this weekend, he is set to meet with his counterparts in london today and in rome later this week. On saturday, varoufakis said he wanted to wean his country off of loans. Do i believe [indiscernible] no. It is not that we dont need the money, we are desperate because of certain commitments and liabilities we have. In my message to our European Partners is, for the last five years, has been living for the next loan. As i said earlier, we have resembled drug addicts craving the next dose. What this government is all about is ending their diction. Varoufakis said greece was desperate for money. But he insisted it would not seek a 7 billion euro installment on its 240 billion euro bailout package because that would require the country to adhere to austerity measures. This comes as the new greek Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras said he was confident that greece could reach a deal with creditors. Meanwhile, on sunday, president obama made his first comments on greeces election outcome during an interview on cnn. You cannot keep on squeezing countries that are in the midst of depression. At some point, there has to be a Growth Strategy in order for them to pay off their debts, to eliminate some of their deficits. Well for more, we are joined by Costas Panayotakis, associate professor of sociology at the new York City College of technology at cuny. He returned to greece last week to vote in the election. He is the author of, remaking scarcity from capitalist inefficiency to economic democracy. Welcome back to democracy now can you talk about this election . U. N. Back to greece to vote . Yes, i was there for the winter before the election date had been set and i extended my stay because it was a historic moment in greece, party of the left in greece, this is a big deal because after world war ii, the fact many mainstream people who traditionally have nothing to do with the left actually voted for the first time for the left shows how dire the situation has become and how desperate the people have become or change. You think it is a clearcut vote against austerity . Yeah, i think so. I think these people have had enough. People said enough is enough. The policies that have been followed made very conservative party and the socialist party lose the people in the middle class, which has been decimated by these policies. So they lost much of their base. Can you explain what the syriza party is, what that word means . Syriza is a neck him which in greek means coalition of the radical left. As a coalition that grew out of the antiglobalization movement in the late 1990s. The most important component of the party goes back to the euro communist movement of the 1970s. Over the time, it has become the voice against austerity in greece. In a matter of just three years it rose from a small party that barely made it into parliament to getting 36 of the vote in the recent election. Is this their first victory . The european elections last may, but this is the first parliamentary victory in parliamentary elections, the first time explain what they have promised to do. What they want to do is basically stop the Austerity Program that was imposed on greece in 2010, and to roll back many of the structural changes that came with that. Because this program is not just about budget cuts and eliminating the budget deficit it is also about restructuring Greek Society in Greek Economy. Free market, near a liberal model that basically has led to the crashes of 2008 around the world, and that has led to increasing inequality around the world and in greece. Greases to finance minister Alexis Tsipras has promised once described the euimposed austerity measures as fiscal waterboarding. During a recent interview on channel 4 in britain, he vowed to destroy the greek oligarchy. Jeopardized by this unholy alliance between bankrupt bankers, d