Been tapped. What might a new debate brewing on capitol hill over the National Defense authorization act mean forget about that later dish up a fan. Its wednesday november thirteen five pm in washington dc on sensex in your walk that are too. That are inherent with a nine percent Approval Rating. No thats not runners crack smoking there were upwards of cruel rating. Thats the United States congresss Approval Rating today according to a new gallup poll. At present is the lowest rating ever recorded envelops thirty nine year history of asking americans that they approve of the way congress is handling its job. Just two months ago in september. They look Like Congress is making a comeback. Its a priority was to ten points higher at nineteen percent. Still abysmal in low but its better than nine percent the Government Shutdown happen. Americans washes the congress specifically a rightwing political faction in congress who wait twenty four billion dollar hole in the economy a pageant in gdp growth by more than a half percent. That was the cost of the Government Shutdown the deal broker to end it virtually guaranteed that warp in this disaster day at the beginning of action. But this is the way things have been going all year. You may remember back in april when congresss Approval Rating was a slightly higher fifty per cent. They couldnt even pass gun Safety Measures that have the support of more than ninety percent of americans think that a bill that had the support of ninety percent of americans couldnt pass congress. Thanks to a filibuster in the senate the reasons why the gun bill failed was the lawmakers were free to agree to a National Gun Registry that the government would keep track of all gun owners. Then a few months later everyone found out that the government is sort of keeping track of all gun owners. Well all americans in general when edward soon begin releasing documents exposing this is global and domestic spying operations. Guess who was completely blindsided by the nsa activities. Congress an institution were told is providing the necessary oversight. To sum up how congress is handled these nsa revelations. There were two members of congress on one of the chief committees in charge of oversight the House Intelligence Committee arguing over when the committee knew what about this is program spying on World Leaders intersted to know the stream and annuity had to go down to the committee and then spend a couple of hours going through amounts of product that would allow a member to be as informed as a member wishes to be on sources and methods and all activities of the Intelligence Community under the National Intelligence frame i would just take them out. I say this we need to be careful about what i trying to buy but i really disingenuous to use the class of the donation and i think of being disingenuous was determined efficient and we have information that we dont have it its congresss job to keep the Intelligence Community in check all its felt utterly at that job thats not my opinion its coming straight from another member of congress itself alan grayson. Will we see from the congressional committees congressional oversight committees regarding her so called Intelligence Community. His love them theyre performing oversight brother overlooking and systematically doing so i think that they become apologists for the spying industrial complex. And and and i have literally never seen him do anything other than rationalize these in some cases gross abuses and constitutional violations that occurred with regard to domestic surveillance the confluence of surveillance revelations the refusal to do something about gun violence and dysfunction in the budgeting process have highlighted the inability of congress to do. Well really anything which is reflected in these historically low Approval Ratings. Americans struggling to stay in their homes or position of loans are for the job. I had to look elsewhere for help organizations like occupied dad are stepping up to address the needs of constituent america for now Congress Seems to be done legislating for their closing out one of the most unproductive years in the history of lawmakers. No Immigration Reform no budget deal. Nothing was worse theres still another year left in the under Thirteen Congress and if things continue this way especially with an election looming nine nine percent number today might look pretty good. Come next november. Those staying on capitol hill lawmakers in the house may have just killed the Trans Pacific partnership or to keep it perfect for a fresher near the cdp is a new trade deal in the works that would open up markets between nations along so that read like United States canada and japan. But their Major Concerns that the trade deal could hurt workers United States and infringe on Online Privacy and are free and open internet. This concerns only heightens by the high level of secrecy surrounding the ttp trade negotiations or even members of congress have complained their being shot out of the process by more powerful transnational corporations. Despite all that this trade deal was headed for fast track approval in Congress Media could be filibuster the senate and they could be amended. This is basically the way congress has passed every trivial over the last few decades but this time things may work differently one hundred seventy lawmakers in the house and sign onto a letter telling the Obama Administration that they will not grant Fast Track Authority on the ttp a move that effectively kill the treaty altogether. Not only that some of the inner workings of the ttp have now been dried out in the shadows and into the sunlight. This morning when you exclude the actual text of the intellectual property chapter of the trends of the partnership of ninety five page document revealing in great detail just where negotiations currently stand on a number of very important ip issues. The documents exposing United States has warned the primary drivers of a slew of new anti consumer laws that could take a fact all across the pacific restored earlier to discuss these new developments the ttp by peter neighbor director of access to medicine and citizen and james loved director of Knowledge Ecology International. I started out by asking james what do the doctors that were released today by wiki links show us. We have to depend on legally defined with the hells going on in the media cream is really about addison happier and sperm are away some tummy issues but craig mercies are not even with the big state to state secrets. Its a ballad its really a out this chap is truly been driven by the lobbying by the pharmaceutical companies in hollywood. And what you see here is the United States tabling a whole slew of proposals that would benefit pharmaceutical companies in hollywood and india in the paddock after an area thats her thing and then when you see the pushback from other countries and so you can. You can see in any particular issue. Ill be at the various members cannot australia malaysia for Different Countries can fall out on these dinners here earlier reports that a year ago theres still a lot of negotiating to download the report showed that on a lot of these provisions there is not agreement between United States and other nations. And thats to his people were singing star contains an Incredible Opportunity to win here monday i am in uni us that the talk alike are close to agreement on friday and hear this. This nine hundred brackets and attacks the minute you arrive with their next meeting next week oh i mean this is the most recent first of august. But theres no law changed since this was her solution was for the self. I think its out its hard to say what we dont know is it politically what it feels to be made i think they the us is going to trade. Topped Market Access to the United States which will cost some people their jobs in the United States in return for the eye views of the countrys interest in some measure of the anti consumer proficiency looking for prices higher. And will expand the eye of the rights of a book publishers. At the expense of consumers. Up here on this issue groups to ensure chriss cried a lot of people understand other girl where the paths that go into medicine and unpacking surgical methods. When these documents show about how you are certain medicines their korean your answers surgical methods that are created us up. Our executive and is available to other parts of the other world that need them. The strike was called a trade agreement but really this is a secretive rule making against health and would lead to preventable suffering and death in asia and latin america while finding us consumers to high drug prices that rules out here at home there a number of bad proposals that have been advanced by big pharma and as you mentioned includes high incredibly patterns on surgical methods on the methods that ed that the doctors are actually using on patients or their treatment practices anything thats not what the doctors bare hands. Potentially have and will monopolize this is the way before write them in surgical methods use to do something that people can just use the content that their only two countries in the world a better day to recognize that recognize these patents one is the United States the others australia which actually opposes the us proposal and attacks eighty countries have banned these procedures outright isnt that outrageous violation of the classics. This move in the house too spread a stand up against this fast track fast tracking of this trade deal is a really significant because when a little. If all these countries are coming together negotiate something and theyre afraid that whatever they come out whenever they come up with the us is going to get back to congress and congress is going or mended and mikel the changes to it. They just might walk away from the table these other countries soup co this month in the fast track to actually kill the treaty altogether you might think you have kept pressure on on both sides of its salaried a secretive. The process and this is going to significantly increase the pressure knowing the congressional move but the fact that for the first time countrys proposals are are exposed in the United States is visibly isolated by this clearly lost the debate on end is simply trying to bully and pressure countries it by hook or by crook i into lining up with pig farm in hollywood and where the nineties can get that agreement but its its really not looking very good for those performances here this enormous power to transnational corporations and it weakens the power and to some extent of sovereign governments fail to pass laws that affect their own citizens. This presented this whole dispute resolution process in the sky the courts that are created in this too can you explain more about others this process by which corporations can sue governments over laws that help consumers i think it gets the most important is to take place this agreement a week. Most trade agreements are most people think of trade agreements is agreements between countries how the world trade organization. We feel we have a spirit of a country sees another country that does happen it doesnt happen with due to our frequency partly because im countries are reluctant to continue that and maybe they have. If its been about doubt and electric rock the city has something in their own country that they are really you know what a fight over. But if you extend the rakyat to litigate the sinks to private company says the key the key to a sydney investor state provisions. Ive made me eat you eat dinner asking a really busy or pfizer or monsanto if they want to challenge the position of camp responded i have nothing to lose. Me well they will then push the awful though they really push these things to right now. Youve got it from a situation that ferraris tradition swear the kid may be tested her naked trying to care for it to test and of the tr now they can try to get the ato for those who work they can try again for governor races in the ppp this regional trade agreement with at the store thinking to spring into action themselves. If they cut into it. If a company wins against against a government you can have nasty finds that the country cast to pay the private investors. Just read or re stocking is designed to protect consumers. Theres this one chapter in the agreement there are twenty nine in their twenty eight chapters left shrouded in secrecy. If its just one chapter does so much when the other twenty chapters thats a pretty important this comes amid time work a portrait of un one world government since the fifth oldest trees. This seems like one world government of the strata were out of credit under five seconds before i had an issue it should not be secret the only reason i think it is secret is because her snow in the white house are still in the congress is willing to say addition the poet rather than the us before and i have drawn wide and has learned very little congressional support for this. Spirit made barnett director of access to medicine. Citizen and james loved director of Knowledge Ecology International festival. According to the latest numbers come in the philippines more than twenty three hundred people are dead after massive typhoon port to the nation last week that more than eighty thousand homes were stored in more than a half Million People are homeless assistance is starting to pour it in their concern please contribute more than one billion dollars to relief efforts which can be the third highest total contribute for such an overseas disaster ever. But is all that money really helping our cheese was wall to close a look. Five days after typhoon high and bring to the philippines survivors are struggling to pick up the piece as it considered one of the strongest typhoon dapper in recorded history thousands are dead hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed millions have been affected. This is what is left of top club on one of the hardest hit area has the entire communities have been wiped out and dead bodies remain worried. Under the debris. And theres dozens of other cities like bands that are still without heat in some places health is finally starting to ride the situation is dire. Yet i feel. I dont even have new cars. Like what you thought all around the world wanna help. Here are some ways to do it and some things to avoid. First stop. Cash is vast optimizing one help in any way they can which is great but its not always helpful disaster areas like eighty and the staff have seen boxes upon boxes of everything from teddy bears tissues. A really well most of the victims need is food clean water and medical care sending later reputable agencies that can get these likes of goods and services to convict them as is the best way to help. That brings us to the next step which is to support local efforts. When disaster strikes. Mine is on the since that time the philippines is around twenty five hundred many more are expected to die of starvation and dehydration and disease if they dont get the help they need. These people need help now to resources should be directed to organizations that are on the ground to get aid directly to the vick dogs organizations like the Philippine Red Cross community and Family Services international and say this is a Disaster Response center third we can learn from past disasters like eighty for example. Since the earthquake in two thousand ten over ten billion dollars in aid has been sent to the country. But years later the country has little to show for it hundreds of thousands of patients still live in tents and infrastructure is still in shambles but some organizations that serve as the middleman. Money can be traced to the lack of transparency and accountability. Similar problems plagued relief efforts in indonesia after the tsunami which resulted in delays and his organization and are being held to the victims. Hell see here and it sounds dont have time with the body of june the supplies. At this moment as an institution within ten days. Its like. Just moments ago. Not so much to its. So what. We also got us. Its the system. To units whe a donated to organizations that have a clear plan for helping people on the ground right away. Some tips parents make your giraffe or time the biggest and best possible impact here in washington the small artsy early on on the stage he doesnt want president george bush signed an executive order giving him the power to detain suspected terrorists and to try them in military commissions. This order pave the way from the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay to open nearly twelve years and despite present or promises high profile Hunger Strikes and growing discontent around the world. The prison is still open and there are doubts that there will ever close to summer sausage or delivers her final report whats really going on inside gitmo. When i was just too good not to speak for themselves. After the attacks of nine eleven a total of seven hundred and seventeen ninety he needs to be held at guantanamo today hundred and sixty four people remain over how that