Shooting of knife wielding drunk man NOT police brutality

Shooting of knife wielding drunk man NOT police brutality



Los Angeles Police Department leadership has promised to investigate the fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant day laborer. Meanwhile protesters have egged the police station and staged numerous protests. The bicycle officer shot the drunk individual when he wielded a knife. George Hemminger of Survive and Thrive TV says he was not shocked to hear about the incident because area police have become increasingly aggressive. He explained that it is easily visible; officers have begun to exert more control over the people by writing an increased number of tickets in order to make up for local budget downfalls. However, shooting a drunk man holding a knife in public is not brutality; "if you're drunk and you're brandishing a knife in public, you're gonna be shot by the police."

Clinton spewing rhetoric, arrogance and hypocrisy

Clinton spewing rhetoric, arrogance and hypocrisy



US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke today on the Obama administration's vision of American global leadership in the 21st century. She said that the US has the reach, resources and resolve to mobilize in order to solve global problems and that the world counts on the US to do so. Citing international sanctions on Iran and the US's reset with Russia she argues that the US model of global leadership is producing results. But is it also producing a renewal of American exceptionalism? RT contributor Webster Tarpley says the speech is a systematic attempt to deny reality, arguing that the US model has not been successful. He said the speech was unilateralism in disguise. "It's a rhetoric that obviously grates very much because of the arrogance, the complacency, the hypocrisy, the double standard," adds Tarpley.

The 3 Minute Download: Jeffrey M. Smith, Thom Hartmann and Nomi Prins

The 3 Minute Download: Jeffrey M. Smith, Thom Hartmann and Nomi Prins


Tonight on The 3 Minute Download, today is the anniversary of the government bailout of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the US government has invested trillions of dollars into the companies to keep them afloat. Plus, recent poll shows a significant decline in illegal immigration to the US. According to it the number of illegal immigrants crossing into the US fell by nearly 65 percent in recent years. And, genetically engineered seeds are not breaking news; however a biotech company called AquaBounty has been working on genetically engineered salmon.

The Resident: Fannie and Freddie bailout

The Resident: Fannie and Freddie bailout


Today The Resident asks what do you think about the government bailout of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac almost 2 years after the government decided to offer them aid?

Frankenfish: Genetically engineered salmon

Frankenfish: Genetically engineered salmon



Genetically engineered seeds are not breaking news; however a biotech company called AquaBounty has been working on genetically engineered salmon. The fish will be a combination of Atlantic salmon and part Ocean Pout. Jeffrey M. Smith says that it is ridiculous to evaluate the safety of this food with no long term feeding studies six and refuses to consume this genetically engineered salmon, if approved.

Anniversary: Fannie and Freddie bailed out by taxpayers

Anniversary: Fannie and Freddie bailed out by taxpayers


On September 7, 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were about to collapse. The federal government steeped in and made Fannie and Freddie Government Sponsored Enterprises, to be run by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Two years later, tens of thousands of people are still unable to get the help they need to restructure mortgages to make it so they can pay them, including a DC cab driver who's American dream has turned into a nightmare.

Immigration on decline, hysteria on the rise

Immigration on decline, hysteria on the rise


Recent poll shows a significant decline in illegal immigration to the US. According to it the number of illegal immigrants crossing into the US fell by nearly 65 percent in recent years. However, the US conservative right has been using the illegal immigration issue as a political tool to scare voters.

Freddie & Fannie bailed out

Freddie & Fannie bailed out


Today is the anniversary of the government bailout of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the US government has invested trillions of dollars into the companies to keep them afloat. Critics say that the problem isn't that the two companies were given the money but that there has been no restructuring. Nomi Prins says that what should have been done is restructure the company so that individuals could be helped and keep their house.