this week on q&a, jonathan goodman levitt discusses "follow the leader." >> jonathan goodman levitt, documentarian. did you know when you went to stanford and studied psychology and got a masters in social psychology that you wanted to go into this kind of work. >> i didn't initially. i feel the time in stanford i wouldn't want to be in the lab for the rest of my life so i decided to apply for a full scholarship i was lucky enough

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show with news in the case democracy now! has been following closely. herman wallace, a member of the so-called angola 3, has been released from prison after being held for nearly 42 years in solitary confinement. he was taken directly to the hospital where he now lays dying of advanced stage liver cancer. wallace and two others were in prison for armed robbery, then accused in 1972 of murdering a prison guard at the louisiana state penitentiary, known as angola. the men say they were framed because of their political activism as members of one of the first prison chapters of the black panther party. the dramatic series of events on tuesday began one federal judge brian a jackson of the middle district court of louisiana ordered wallace's release and overturn his conviction. jacksonrder, judge called on the state to "immediately release mr. wallace

i'm amy goodman. the 2013 nobel peace prize has been awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, i hate how when -- ha based group tasked with enforcing the chemical weapons convention. the group recently sent inspectors to dismantle syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. the nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the canadian short story writer alice munro s written 14 story collections. she is the first canadian woman, and the 13th woman from any country to win the literature prize. human rights watch is accusing rebels in syria of killing at least 190 civilians during a coordinated attack in a rural area this summer. in a report, the group says the abuses by antigovernment forces likely amount to war crimes. researcher unveiled the findings. >> in our latest report, you can still see their blood. human rights watch has an opposition offense of that began august 4 in the countryside that armed opposition groups entered into a series of villages. in the course of one d

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. you have a piece today about the largest corruption case in city history, that you actually exposed, going to trial this week. scandal, three people start trial in u.s. district court in manhattan this week. they are the last of 11 people that were indicted by federal prosecutors in 2010 and 2011 over this massive information technology contract, a payroll system the new york city government and bloomberg administration was instituting. the amazing thing is, of the 11 people originally charged, one died, two fled to india with millions of dollars they stole from new york city taxpayers, and the rest have already pled guilty. there are only three leing the masterminds of the plot. the most fascinating thing in the first days of testimony is that a key city official who is never been indicted, the former head of mayor bloomberg's payroll agency, was repeatedly raised in testimony as the person who

i'm amy goodman. have a link to one article at democracynow.org. when we come back, we will be joined by max blumenthal who is written new book called, "goliath." ♪ [music break] >> perform tuesday on the national mall as part of the rally called "the national day for dignity and respect." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we end today show with israel. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu is continuing a public campaign to cast doubt on diplomatic engagement with iran. speaking before the when general simply, netanyahu accused the new iranian prime minister hassan rouhani of deceiving the world about iran's tiger program. was a wolf in wolf's clothing. rouhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing. a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community. >> for more we're joined by analyst max blumenthal, best- selling author of, "republican gomorrah: inside the movement that shattered the party." his new book is, "goliath: life and loathing in greater

i'm amy goodman. congress approved an 11th hour deal late last night to end the 16 day partial government shutdown and pull the nation back from the brink of an default. the spending measure passed the senate and house of representatives after republicans dropped efforts to use the legislation to force changes in the affordable care act. obama signed the spending bill last night. >> once again i want to thank the leadership for coming together and getting this done. hopefully next time it won't be in the 11th hour. one of the things i said throughout this process is, we have got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. >> the spending bill offers only a temporary fix. it funds the government until january 15 and raises the debt ceiling until february 7. we go to washington dc where we're joined by longtime democratic congressmember john conyers of michigan, ranking member of the house judiciary committee. he has served more than 48 years in congress, longest ever by any african american. welcom

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the obama administration drone and targeted killing policy will come underscore need today at the united nations. the u.n. special repertory human rights and counterterrorism is scheduled to present a report that concludes at least 400 pakistani civilians have been killed by u.s. drone strikes over the past decade. victims have been deemed probable noncombatants. the report also looks at u.s. drone attacks in afghanistan, iraq, libya, yemen, and somalia as well as israel's use of drones in gaza. the u.n. report comes at a time when u.s. drone policy is facing unprecedented public criticism. earlier this week, amnesty international said some drone killings in pakistan may amount to war crimes. human rights watch criticized u.s. drone strikes in yemen. on wednesday, and pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif urged u.s. president barack obama to end drone strikes in pakistan. >> pakistan and the unit

i'm amy goodman. when we come back, we're going right to the capital where the government is shut down, at least partially. we will speak with the cochair of the congressional progressive caucus, raul grijalva. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. 10 days into the government shutdown, lawmakers are under increasing pressure to come to resolution. house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor met for the first time in days on wednesday with house minority leader nancy pelosi. but no deal has been reached. reuters is reporting jobless claims rose by 66,000 in the latest week. the highest since march. >> we're joined by a lawmaker who is called the shutdown a charade. once a halt to oil and gas exploration on federal land until the public can also enter, and he's also found time to push for the passage of immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. as thousands gathered on the na

i had never met john goodman. and his character is on and all kinds of -- tavis: he plays characters very well. gracias that this -- >> yes, but this is more on. i wanted to talk to him and he was -- so i found something to say to him and he responded. he was sweet. he was polite. and he went right back to where he was in character. -- i think everybody thought it was unusual to see so many characters be quite different to the way they are perceived normally. tavis: was there a particular turn on her challenge to you during a. piece -- a period piece? >> no. you can express yourself with limits. i love that which. the thing i had to get right was the voice. there are a million accents in england. voice is not a terrible one. where people can't understand you. [laughter] but just to get her voice and i did get her voice right. and then there's that class thing, getting her voice right which thrilled me. feel -- it is a pasting and also that thing of being used to people listening to her. her being the boss of a thi

i'm amy goodman. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been awarded the-based in -- the organization was established to enforce the 19 97 chemical weapons convention. it recently sent inspectors to carry out the dismantling of syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. this the region about committee chairman praised the opcw. >> in world war i, chemical weapons were used to considerable degree. the geneva convention of 1925 prohibited the use, but not the production or storage of chemical weapons. during world war ii, chemical weapons were employed in hitler's mass exterminations. to michael weapons have subsequently been put to use -- chemical weapons have subsequently been put to use by both states and terrorist. 1993, prohibiting the production and storage of such weapons. 1997.e in force in has sought thew implementation of the convention. to talk more about the nobel peace prize in the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, we're joined by two guests. us fromker

levitt discusses his latest documentary film titled "follow the leader." >> jonathan goodman levitt, documentarian -- did you know when you studied psychology and got a masters in social psychology, that you wanted to go into this kind of work? >> i did not know initially, but i knew at the end of my time at stanford that i did not want to be in a lab, and i was able to apply for and albright scholarship. >> why did you originally study psychology? >> i think a lot of us want to understand how we tick ourselves. that was the initial motivation. i had an interesting upbringing. my parents went

i'm amy goodman. as we turn now to a democracy now exclusive. >> excuse me, sir. do you know who the cuban five are? >> didn't they play the u.s. in the pan-american games in the basketball tournament? >> do you know who the cuban five are? there are five men defending their country against terrorism. >> americans? >> no, cubans. >> why haven't i heard about them? >> are they a rock band? >> do you know who the cuban five are? do you want to find out? picture of me. >> they infiltrated terrorist exile who are planning attacks inside cuba. the cuban five have a right to defend the cuban revolution. >> that was danny glover in a clip from the documentary, "will the real terrorist please stand up." danny glover was asking people in california about the cuban 5 -- the subject of our show today. 15 years ago the cuban five intelligence agents were arrested in the united states. four remain locked up, the fifth onl join us today from hathey g the united states, but trying to monitor violent right-wing cuban

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. today we're joined by man described as one of the world's greatest living political filmmakers, costa-gavras. born in greece eight years ago in 1933, costa-gavras has won two academy awards for his films z and missing. his other films include state of siege, amen, music box, the confession, and the trade. for nearly five decades, he has tackled some of the key political issues of the day. z was a drama loosely based on the 1963 assassination of a greek left-wing activist. the opening credits of the film read -- "any resemblance of real events, to persons living or dead, is not accidental. it is to liberate." , told the story of american journalist charles horman. >> costa-gavras look at the usaid, theal role of united states agency for international development, and latin america, based on the kidnapping and murder of the dan.official named the film was too controversial for washington. a screeni

i'm amy goodman. as the october 22 coalition to stop police brutality, repression, and the criminalization of a generalization, holds protests in cities today. we bring a shocking story about two euros he similar police killings in new york region. in both cases, the family member called 911 seeking help dealing with a distressed levels and. of cases into with the police killing the man they were called on to help. mohamed bah was shot dead by new york city police officers on september 25, 2012. he was a 28-year-old college student in the african nation. samuel cruz was shot dead by police in your shop, new york on may 20 6, 2013. he was 48 years old. he was an artist from puerto rico. in both cases, police say the men were shot after they longed that officers with a knife. the many questions remain unanswered. police arrived at mohamed bah's , called 911 because sheer, hawa thought he was depressed. she wanted and emile is to take into the hospital. in the case of samuel cruz, his called 911ruz becau

i'm amy goodman. a democracy now! special, we spend the hour with four former government officials, all whistleblowers themselves, who have just returned from visiting national security agency whistleblower edward snowden in russia. they are former cia analyst ray mcgovern, former fbi agent coleen rowley, former national security agency senior executive thomas drake, and his lawyer, former u.s. justice department ethics advisor jesselyn radack. last week, the group became the first americans known to meet with former nsa contractor snowden in russia since he was temporary silent -- asylum there in august. on wednesday, the group presented edward snowden with an award from the sam adams associates for integrity in intelligence. after the award ceremony, snowden spoke about the perils of the mass surveillance state. >> these programs don't make us more safe. they hurt our economy. they hurt our country. they limit our ability to speak and think and live and be creative and have relationships, to associa

i'm amy goodman. on the road in louisiana, broadcasting from new orleans public television wlae. has become arnment partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years after congress failed to break apart and unlike break aght deadline -- partisan deadlock by midnight deadline. the office of management and budget issued orders shortly before the midnight deadline saying that -- some 800,000 federal workers are to be furloughed and more than one million others will be asked to work without pay. the shutdown was spearheaded by tea party conservatives who backed a house bill tying continued government funding to a one-year delay of the affordable care act and the repeal of a tax to pay for it. the democratic controlled senate insisted on funding the government through november 15 without special conditions. senate majority o leader harry reid spoke just after midnight. the tea representing party, the anarchists of the country. the majority of the republicans in the house are following every step of the way.

i'm amy goodman. legaln to texas where a battle is being waged over the future of abortion access. on tuesday, texas attorney general greg abbott asked a federal appeals court judge to immediately reinstate a key part of the states new anti-choice law a day after it was ruled unconstitutional by lower court judge. on monday, district judge lee yeakel struck down a provision requiring onerous hospital admitting privileges for abortion doctors. the judge ruled the admitting privileges requirement -- texas governor rick perry has vowed to appeal the decision. monday's ruling came in response to a legal challenge for groups including the aclu and planned parenthood of greater texas. there look -- lawsuit did not challenge other controversial provisions of the law, a ban on abortion at 20 weeks was fertilization, which went into effect tuesday, and requirement that all abortion clinics be costly, hospital-style building standards by september 2014. the initial bill inspired a people's filibuster and a mara

jonathan goodman levitt. thank you again for joining us. again, the documentary we are talking about is "follow the leader." thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] tofor free transcripts, or give us your comments, visit us .org and free transcript are available at c-span podcast. >> tonight on c-span, british prime minister david cameron during question time in the house of commons, followed by our american profiles interview senator joerginia manchin. rodgers,hy mcmorris the house chair. on the next "washington journal," a look at the upcoming week on capitol hill including the budget conferees meeting, the farm bill, and test the money from hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. followed by a discussion on the fix thent efforts to health care website. then, the earned income tax credit, how it works, and who is eligible for refunds. the guest is the tax foundation chief economist will mcbride. "washington j

i'm amy goodman. we continue our special on u.s. and drone strikes and return to the killing of a pakistani grandmother last year. in a moment, we will be joined by her son and two grandchildren, nine-year-old nabila and 13-year-old zubair. first, another clip from "unmanned: america's drone wars ." >> the attack was october 24, i came from islamabad and came to interview the family. had hade was the family a traumatic experience, were very upset. >> his mother had been killed in the attack. they were angry and very upset. >> you have people living in constant fear they are not safe in their homes or on the streets or in their locality. ful that they could be attacked, that there land could be seriously affected. >> an excerpt from robert greenwald's film "unmanned: america's drone wars." we are joined by the rehman family who have traveled from pakistan. they have come to address members of capitol hill. we are now joined by rafiq ur rehman and his 13-year-old son zubair and nine-year-old daughter nabila. for our tv viewers, we are

this week on q&a, jonathan goodman levitt discusses "follow the leader." >> jonathan goodman levitt, documentarian. did you know when you went to stanford and studied psychology and got a masters in social psychology that you wanted to go into this kind of work. >> i didn't initially. i feel the time in stanford i wouldn't want to be in the lab for the rest of my life so i decided to apply for a full scholarship i was lucky enough to get. that helped me to shift over fulltime in film making. >> why did you originally study psychology. >> i think a lot of us want to understand how we tick ourselves and that was our initial motivation. i think i had an interesting upbringing where i didn't really understand what was happening in my family life. my parents have been through a divorce. and the i really think through that i wanted to understand how we all think. >> where did you grow up? >> grew up in new jersey, in essex county half hour west in north caldwell. >> your family, what's the status today of your parents? what do they do? >> my mother is a grammar school librarian and my fath

span, q&a withc- jonathan goodman levitt. on his latest documentary, follow the leader. cameron takingid questions from members of the house of commons. then another chance to see our interviews with senator joe manchin in west virginia and washington congresswoman, mcmorris rodgers. ♪ ," filmmaker on "q&a jonathan goodman levitt discusses his latest documentary film titled "follow the leader." >> jonathan goodman levitt, documentarian -- did you know when you studied psychology and got a masters in social psychology, that you wanted to go into this kind of work? >> i did not know initially, but i knew at the end of my time at stanford that i did not want to be in a lab, and i was able to apply for and albright scholarship.

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president obama is scheduled to meet with his pakistani counterpart later today amidst rising tension around the restaurant strikes in pakistan. the meeting between obama and pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif comes as amnesty international has released a major new report on how u.s. drone strikes kill civilians in pakistan am aware it says some drone killings may amount to war crimes. the group reviewed 45 drone strikes that occurred in north waziristan since january 20 12. it found at least 19 civilians were killed in just two of those strikes, despite claims by the obama administration it is accurately targeting militants. report, human rights watch criticized u.s. john strikes in yemen that killed civilians. on tuesday, white house spokesperson jay carney defended the legality of the u.s. drone program. >> to the extent these reports claim u.s. has acted contrary to international law, we w

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> we return now to our in-depth look at this democracy now! exclusive at the strange case of frederick bourke who blew the whistle on a foreign bribery scam in the former republic of azerbaijan that robbed many investors in the u.s. and abroad of hundreds of millions of dollars, but he ended up being the only one going to prison in the united states. we recently sat down with two of the most knowledgeable people on the case, journalist scott armstrong and former washington -- an attorney michael tigar who is representing ric bourke. i asked scott armstrong to talk about the geopolitical importance of azerbaijan to the united states. >> bourke the problem that faced as a whistleblower is it was blown the whistle against someone beyond -- essentially enjoyed impunity, that is to say he was blowing the whistle about the government of, about the , whodent and his son ilham was running the state oil company at the time. was absolutely critical to u.s. interest. first of all, it was the source of enormous oil riches in the caspian sea. secondly, the

i'm amy goodman. today marks the first anniversary of superstorm sandy ,itting the ne east coast becoming one of the most a struct of storms in the nation history. after first pummeling cuba, jamaica, and the dominican republic, sandy made its way up the east coast. the storm ultimately killed 150 nine people, damaged more than 650,000 homes. thousands of people remain displaced. as the new york region marks the first anniversary of the hurricane, hurricane strength winds are battling northern europe today. at least a dozen people have been killed across britain, germany, the netherlands, denmark, and france. later in the show we will look at the superstorm sandy recovery effort and speak to a woman who is still displaced from her home. we begin today's show with former irish president mary robinson. she served as president of ireland from 1990 to 1997 and you and high commissioner for human rights from 1997 to 2002. she now heads the mary robinson justice.n climate i recently sat down with her in new

jonathan goodman levitt. thank you again for joining us. again, the documentary we are talking about is "follow the leader." thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. ♪ >> for free transcripts, or to give us your comments, visit us at q&a.org and free transcript are available at c-span podcasts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today on c-span "washington journal." legislative business scheduled or 2 p.m. >> what the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? that is the question for middle and high school students in c- span's video documentary competition. win the grand prize of $5,000. januarymust be in by 20th, 20. need more information? go to student cam.org. headlines, followed by the week ahead in congress, the budget and the farm bill kneels less calls new ski and jennifer bender he. later, a discussion about the earned income tax credit, heart and who is eligible for a refund. our guest is tax foundation chief econom

i'm amy goodman. the latestecome country to be the target of widespread u.s. surveillance. according to an article published today in a spanish newspaper, the nsa agency recently tracked over 60 million calls in spain and the space of a month. the disclosure comes as the delegation of german and french lawmakers were in washington today to press senior u.s. intelligenced officials for answers on allegations of widespread spying by the united states and the home countries. the german newspaper der spiegel has revealed the nsa was using the u.s. embassy in berlin to spy on germans including chancellor angela merkel. according to the magazine, merkel's mobile number had been lifted by -- listed by the nsa special collection services 2002. all of these reports have been based on leaks by edward snowden. in a moment we will be joined by journalist glenn greenwald who first broke the snowden story. first, we turn to saturday's protest in washington. it was organized by the stop watching us coalition. jessel

i'm amy goodman. the partial shutdown of the federal government has entered its third day. federaln 800,000 workers are furloughed and numerous governmental programs have been forced to stop running. on wednesday, president obama met with republican and democratic leaders in congress to try to end the deadlock, but there was no breakthrough. republicans have tried to tie continued government funding to measures that would undercut the affordable care act. senate democratic leader harry reid accused republicans of trying to hold the president hostage over obamacare. >> the president of the united states was very missouri strong, strong, strong. this has never happened before. they can make all the historical analysis that they want. it is never happened before were a political party would be willing to take the country to the brink of financial disaster and say, we are not going to allow us to pay our bills. the president said he will not stand for that. i said i would be happy to work with you on a wa

i'm amy goodman. the partial shutdown of the federal government has entered its 16th day and the nation is now on the brink of a default. on tuesday fitch ratings warned it could cut the the u.s. government's triple a debt rating if a deal to raise the debt limit is t reached. in a statement fitch said quote "the prolonged negotiations over raising the debt ceiling ... risks undermining confidence in the role of the u.s. dollar as the preeminent global reserve currency, by casting doubt over the full faith and credit of he u.s." the senate appears closer to a deal o move closer to a to reopen the government and raise the debt limit, but the republican-controlled house of representatives failed twice to produce its own plan. boehner has refused to allow to the house to vote on the senate plan. this is house speaker john boehner speaking tuesday. >> do you think congress will go fast deadline? >> i have made clear for mthat default is wrong and we shouldn't get anywhere close to it. >> will there be a v

i'm amy goodman. we apologize for the inconvenience. the marketplace is currently undergoing regularly scheduled maintenance and will be back up monday, 10/seven/3013. seven, 30ht, october 13. that is what many faced when they attempted to log onto the marketplace. the new york sun has taken down the notice, but widespread computer problems have plagued problems across the nation since the state and federal marketplaces launch last tuesday. receivedhcare.gov also a warning site saying -- it is unclear how many people have actually been able to sign up so far anywhere in the country. administration has not released any figures. according to forbes, the number of people may be in the single digits when they looked, for example, california. on tuesday, president obama promised quick fixes to the problems. >> we found out there had been times where the site has been running more slowly than it probably will. more than is because one million people visited healthcare.gov before 7:00 in the morning. to put

i'm amy goodman. our guests are timothy mitchell of columbia university, author of the book "carbon democracy: political power in the age of oil." james marriott is with us. he cowrote the book "the oil road: journeys from the caspian sea to the city of london." anna galkina is also with us, with the group, as is james, platform, based in london. bp plays a huge role, operates this pipeline. tell me about their history in azerbaijan? bp first broke into azerbaijan after the soviet union daughter falling apart in some of the first contracts signed in 1992. you will find, bp was actually there before they establish their own relationships with azerbaijan, before the western governments did. bp already had and office in the capital of azerbaijan before any of the western governments had embassies. they invited the british diplomats to share an office with them. thethen, bp recruited british state to work on their behalf to help them break into this new territory and sign contracts. the president of azerb

he didn't know goodman. andrew came the day before that he lost his life to mississippi, and charles never had the opportunity to meet him, but his witness was so very articulate in the face of hate, on the opposite side of him sat 18 defense, 18 defendants with a team of lawyers that counted 12 and the defense team. they ran the gamet of the neighboring county, and the imperial wizard of the kkk, the white nights of the ku klux klan, a preacher, they ran the gamet of regular people in the town, and it was just such an incredible experience for him to be there and have to face this. i asked the question, and this is how we start the book is i pose the question to him, what was it like? dr. charles was one of two african-american witnesses in the trial. charles was from meridian, where many of the defendants were from. neither charles or earnest were in the courtroom at the same time. they kept them privately guarded rooms apart from one another other than the stand, and i'm asking charles what was it like to

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dollar still enjoys enormous city manld bu demand be goodman believe it's days are numbered. the china that's have 10 and a half million u.s. dollars. and they are spending it as quick as they can. it won't be long until we think otherwise. >> there are others that insist that the 100-dollar bill is as good if not better than gold. >>> still ahead another day and another nobel prize. the winner of the prize in physics. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko >> welcome back to al. >>> raal jazeeraamerica presideo speak in a few minutes on the on going debt crisis. a team is heading to syria. the inspectors have started destroying chemical weapons in that country. >>> and north korea has put it's troops on stand by. they are reacting to the u.s. bringing a carrier to south corekorea. >>> the winners of the nobel peace prize. has been announced. the academy giving credit to higgs and englert for subatomic particles. four others who worked on the project weren't given the award. >> in the beginning there was a big bang where all scientists believe it started. first a

the judge may have been a goodman, greg muses, he might have been a good husband, father, great friend to many people, but people maybe saying the same thing about me. cue, the dog. lifts his head to look around as if considering the matter then he lowers his head to rest his muzzle on greg's shoe. but because i'm a little guy, you step on my head and crush me. i don't even have god on my side. the old boys network that got him a lawyer but when friendly with a judge didn't even work of a sweat when it came to his case. it was a double murder trial that didn't last a couple hours. a flawed defense system rendered that almost meaningless. why? he says, you know why? sometimes i think about it. he wonders what the solutions are to the criminal justice system here. to the black community, he talks on and on, indignant but right. mostly he wonders how change happens. sometimes i think about what is it, this mahatma gandhi thing. he cracks your head and you say thank you. he cracks your head again. you have to be animal when you do that. it's an outrage. he pauses and collects himself. i'm

by the nsa in one month. >> i'm al goodman in madrid. publicly, madrid doesn't have the proof u.s. espionage targeted spain but out of concern, it called in the u.s. ambassador to spain to explain what was going on. and spain's foreign minister warned if the spying is confirmed, it would rupture the climate of confidence between madrid and washington. spanish prosecutors announced they are opening a preliminary investigation into the spying allegations. >> well, as you know, the u.s. spying allegations stemmed from leaks made by former nsa contractor edward snowden. he describes himself as a whistleblower, but others say he's a traitor. >> christiane amanpour has spoken with the journalist who worked closely with edward snowden to expose these secrets and joins you now from london. you had that interview with glenn greenwald. what struck you most about him, he is one determined man on a bit of a mission really. >> he continues to insist that despite the vociferous criticism that officials have leveled at the snowden leaks and at him and

abc7 news reporter matt goodman has the story. >> the sheriff's message was clear, words can kill. >> there were statements such as you should drink bleach and die. nobody likes you. >> the polk county sheriff's office is charges a 14-year-old and in an unprecedented move 12-year-old for aggravated felony stalking. charged as juveniles they terrorized rebecca sedgwick who committed suicide last month. >> was this a contributing factor of her jumping off the cement towers that day? we believe it did. >> naming the minors and brandishing their pictures, the tipping point for the arrest were these comments one of the suspects posted on saturday. >> yes, i bullied rebecca. she killed herself, but i don't give a -- and you can add the last word yourself. >> sedgwick's family says at first the abuse was physical and started here at this school. when sedgwick's mother pulled her from the school the abuse came on-line. up to 15 girls ganging up on rebecca. >> she should be here. she should be here to see justice getting served. >> the sheriff is sending a message to would be bully yes, sirs a

abc7 news reporter matt goodman has the story. >> the sheriff's message was clear, words can kill. >> there were statements such as you should drink bleach and die. nobody likes you. >> the polk county sheriff's office is charges a 14-year-old and in an unprecedented move 12-year-old for aggravated felony stalking. charged as juveniles they terrorized rebecca sedgwick who committed suicide last month. >> was this a contributing factor of her jumping off the cement towers that day? we believe it did. >> naming the minors and brandishing their pictures, the tipping point for the arrest were these comments one of the suspects posted on saturday. >> yes, i bullied rebecca. she killed herself, but i don't give a -- and you can add the last word yourself. >> sedgwick's family says at first the abuse was physical and started here at this school. when sedgwick's mother pulled her from the school the abuse came on-line. up to 15 girls ganging up on rebecca. >> she should be here. she should be here to see justice getting served. >> the sheriff is sending a message to would be bully yes, sirs a

and they said len goodman may be on his way out. i've been telling you this all along, producers do need to shake up the judges table one judge at a time until they're all gone and we have all new ones in there. producers are reportedly looking to replace len who is 69 with somebody younger and hipper. there's nothing wrong with len, if you've noticed "dancing with the stars" was on two nights a week now it's one because the ratings could not support and justify them two nights a week. second of all, they do -- okay. the show was based ina$iÑ ballr but nobody really ballrooms anymore. snooki was doing the jitterbug last week and cheering, you know. people don't -- bill nye the science guy was doing the robot. that wasn't jitterbugging. i was doing the two left-footstep. really, we don't need like a corpse sitting there judging today's "dancing with the stars." oh, please, we're all older. i'm saying they are looking to freshen things up with somebody younger and reportedly that's why we saw julianne hough the other week. len was pr

>> no, we did so in syria and brought robert goodman back. in cuba 1984 we did so, we did so in iraq, yugoslavia, syria, he did so six or seven times. it is about timing. we know how to do this, we want to do it. release of hostages is always a key to a peaceful conflict resolution. >> finally, do you think the red cross is prepared to arrange this and do it successfully? >> the red cross is prepared to do logistics without being a negotiator. that is the role they should play. they want a person that they can trust for the government, which is fair, they both agree on a person and the red cross, if there is a peace zone they see the signal on the helicopter for the red cross on that helicopter and it is a good site and i contend that they can have a cease-fire for one day and then they can have one for two days, three days, let's stop -- stop the war. it is the effort to stop the flow of drugs in that country in the region and the world. >> reverend jesse jackson, good luck on your efforts. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very

abc7 news reporter matt goodman has the story. >> the sheriff's message was clear, words can kill. >> there were statements such as you should drink bleach and die. nobody likes you. >> the polk county sheriff's office is charges a 14-year-old and in an unprecedented move 12-year-old for aggravated felony stalking. charged as juveniles they terrorized rebecca sedgwick who committed suicide last month. >> was this a contributing factor of her jumping off the cement towers that day? we believe it did. >> naming the minors and brandishing their pictures, the tipping point for the arrest were these comments one of the saturdayosted on saturday. >> yes, i bullied rebecca. she killed herself, but i don't give a -- and you can add the last word yourself. >> sedgwick's family says at first the abuse was physical thistarte school. when sedgwick's mother pulled her from the school the abuse came on-line. up to 15 girls ganging up on rebecca. >> she should be here. she should be here to see justice getting served. >> the sheriff is sending a message to would be bully yes, sirs and their parents.

. >> director jonathan goodman levitt leads a political come in the edge -- political coming-of- age story on "follow the leader. " >> both weekly addresses focus on issues surrounding the healthcare.gov website. >> hi, everybody. a few weeks ago, we launched an important new part of the affordable care act. it is called the marketplace. and for americans without health insurance, and americans who buy insurance on their own because they can't get it at work, it is a very ". if you are one of those people, the affordable care act makes you part of a big group land for the first time. the marketplace -- group p lan for the first time. the market waste puts -- the marketplace puts insurers in one place to compete for your business. ultimately, the easiest way to buy insurance in this marketplace will be a new website, healthcare.gov. but as you may have heard, the site isn't working the way it is supposed to yet. it is frustrating for all of us who have worked so hard to make sure that everyone who needs it gets health care. frustratingpecially for the americans who have been trying to

the special judge is julianne hough filling in for len goodman. she's going to have to judge her brother derrick. the big twist, amber riley was injured. her knee got hurt. she couldn't start dancing until friday. it will be interesting to see how she does tonight. valerie harper also dancing with a bum knee. i thoi you know dancing with the stars takes a lot of effort. this has become a real balancing act. christine is busy with kmisments but still has dut eyes a full time mom. >> i looked and was like this gave me new energy. so i had fun on top of what boy have had if i didn't put that little girl on my mind. >> those without families in los angeles you may feel home sick at times its hard to travel back and fworj this show. and everything else, i'm fine with. >> many have other work commitment autos we'll are heard tomorrow, then friday, saturday, sunday on the road again we're going to atlantic city, newark, new jersey and maryland. >> it's just early mornings of radio tours then hour days. >> at night my brain is like mush.ymÑ >> their bodi

derrick's sister, julie anne fills in for goodman at the judge's table. they didn't let lynne go. he was over in australia doing "dancing with the stars." he's the host or something like that. he'll be back. julie anne was there. i didn't find it a problem she judged her brother. sometimes siblings can be harder on each other than strangers. that's a good looking family, right? any way, she judged accordingly. she was looking for a flaw and couldn't find one. and a really good night last night. she channelled cheer leading roots. i don't know what kind of ballroom dancing this is. it's good to see snooky dancing around. look at her go. she says it's difficult for her on "dancing with the stars" because she's back and forth to jersey. i never used this an excuse. i went about it. she flies out to la sunday nights and returns after tuesday night elimination. today is wednesday -- monday night elimination. i was doing the the same thing. what she's saying is that she's coming back and forth. i was coming barack and forth doing the the talk

. >> i think it was ron goodman. >> no more scrooge mcduck. >> the talking ducks are not a big deal anymore. >> george jetson's boy, his son? >> elroy. >> nice, nice. >> a new study from baylor you have the, go peanut allergies, claims the growing use of the internet to self-diagnose illnesses has brought on a new brand of hypochondria called cyber con dree yaw. worrywarts that run their symptoms through a search engine create a stress while delaying proper care. if i am somebody who has uncertainty i search more and go to the doctor more frequently and the more you search the more you consider the possibilities. wow that was interesting. amy, are things like web md a bad idea? >> i think they should be completely banned. i completely misunderstood this story. i thought it was people who use the computer think they are being made sick by the computer. >> really? >> i didn't understand that. >> we have stellar crowd tonight. >> this is like "meet the press" with head injuries. somebody laughed. people worry too much and they go to the doctor. maybe this is better because they do a google sea

bernard goodman. he used to be one of our regulars here, but we haven't seen him in quite some time. i hope he's okay. we believe he pushed a 15-year-old girl to her death on the subway tracks last night. oh, no. that's not possible. bernard would never do anything like that. are you aware that people in the neighborhood refer to him as hulk? unfortunately some people who don't understand the mentally ill resort to vicious name-calling. okay, well, apparently they call him that because when he loses his temper, he turns into a whole new person. detective, i think most people turn into another person when they get angry. most people don't push 15 year olds into f trains. bernard would never do that. i have a video that says otherwise. would you like to take a look at it? no, i don't believe i would. now, if you'll excuse me. nothing? no, nothing but limo liberalism run amuck. how about you? the blonde over there in the corner? she was clocking your convo pretty hard. danny: you mean the one that's sudd