Truth may prevail. How the Kentucky Attorney general at the center of the controversy is responding. And defending their leader. We speak exclusively to former members of the alleged cult known as nexiom. Why they claim their leader was wrongfully convicted of sex trafficking despite overwhelming evidence at trial. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I am looking very forward to the debate. Thank you. Ahead of the first president ial debate in cleveland, the president already on defense. President trumps taxes are sure to be a really hot topic. This is a National Security question. Who does hee owe the money t . Tell us. Who do you owe the money to. When this story dropped, joe biden already had lapel buttons ready to go for his supporters out there. Warning. Fire evacuation. Wildfires forcing evacuations in californias wine country. Rapidly changing conditions. Please, gheed the Evacuation Orders. President trump announcing plans to distribute 150 million rap
Planeload every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years. This week, obama pledged 90 million to help clear laos of the unexploded u. S. Bombs. Well speak with an Investigative Reporting Team who say it is not enough. Then, the Obama Administration has launched a new push to approve the controversial Transpacific Partnership. Pres. Obama i believe it will be ratified because it is the right thing to do. I believe we will get it done. But it is always going to be hard. Nothing is easy in u. S. Congress right now. Amy this comes as 200 of the countrys lead us leaving economists and legal scholars have written a letter urging congress to reject the tpp, citing its controversial investor state dispute or settlement, socalled isds regime. Critics say the provision creates a parallel legal system granting multinational corporations undue power. Well get reaction from public citizens lori wallach. And the standoff at Standing Rock. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now ,
And the seafood industry and failed schools for minority students. This is about one hour and 40 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Im tom patterson, the interim director of the shorenstein center. This is the followup to last evenings Goldsmith Awards Program. Event this part of the where we have a finalist for the goldsmith investigative reporting award take us a little bit behind the story. How they came to it. Some of the difficulties they faced, and then we can all have a conversation about these stories and investigative reporting generally. I would like to thank the Greenfield Foundation which underwrites the goldsmith awards. They have supported it through its 24 years unveiling way unfailing. It would not be the type of program it is without that marvelous family. What i am going to do, i will introduce you to the panelist. I think i will do them one at a time when you are up, rather than going down the line. By the time they come up, you sometimes forget which one they were. So
Fragile planet. We begin this hour in arkansas where a National Debate over religion and samesex marriage has taken a remarkable twist. There are calls to hutchenson appears determined to avoid the controversy this week thats hounded a fellow republican governor in indiana. Heres more on that story. The governor has been under intense pressure to veto this legislation in the fallout of a similar bill in indiana that just turned into law this week. It sailed through the Arkansas Legislature but today the governor said he will not sign it into law. Instead, he told state law makers to change it and make it more like the federal legislation signed by president clinton in 1993. Supporters say it protects religious freedom by allowing businesses to turn people away not in line with the owners own beliefs. But the bill opponents say opens up the chance for discrimination. Walmart, the ceo, urging the governor not to sign it saying diversity benefits business. Now hutchenson is insisting arka
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