Democracy Now!

Season 2013, Episode 207

Episode Title: Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Air Date: 2013-10-16

Overview:

2013/10/16 Headlines: House Fails to Produce Plan as Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms; Japan: Typhoon Wipha Kills At Least 17; Philippines: Death Toll from Earthquake Rises to 144; Iran Presents Plan to Curb Nuclear Program at Geneva Talks; Greenwald Leaves Guardian to Embrace "Dream Journalistic Opportunity"; Report: Fast Food Workers' Reliance on Aid Costs Taxpayers $7 Billion Annually; Nobel Economics Prize Winner Says Inequality Is Most Important Issue in U.S.; Report: Pundits Who Urged Strikes on Syria Failed to Disclose Ties to Military Industry; Guantánamo Prisoner Vows to Continue to Hunger Strike; Report: Half a Million Dead Due to Iraq War; Supreme Court Appears Poised to Uphold Affirmative Action Ban; Supreme Court to Consider EPA Rules on Greenhouse Gases; U.S. Trial Opens in Chevron's Lawsuit Against Ecuadorean Pollution Victims; Florida Man Remains Conscious Longer During Execution Using Untried Drug; Anonymous Joins Chorus of National Outrage over Rape Case in Maryville, Missouri; Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Pleads Guilty to Sexually Harassment; Avoids Prison; Son of Slain Sikh Temple President to Run Against Congressmember Paul Ryan; New Jersey Voters Head to Polls in Special Senate Election; Belafonte Sues Children of Dr. Martin Luther King over Documents