i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. outrage is growing in the detroit area over the killing of her nation mcbride, a 19-year- old african-american woman. in the early hours of november second, mcbride was shot dead on the front porch of a man's home or she had reportedly gone to seek help after a car crash. on tuesday, local media aired audio of a dearborn heights police dispatcher who simply stood best to get the shooting after the homeowner called 911 to say he had shot an african- american woman he did no one is porch. >> units responding. we have the male on the line, saying he doesn't know this person. trying to get further. quick somebody down on the porch. it appears to be a black female. >> copy. like female. >> the homeowner told police he believed renisha mcbride was trying to break into his home, but he claimed his gun accidentally fired at her. the homeowner, who is white, has not been arrested. and not tops revealed mc

i'm amy goodman. listeners around the world. in one of tuesday's closely watched races, terry mcauliffe has been elected governor of virginia. republicannew jersey governor, chris christie, easily won reelection, paving the way for a possible presidential run in 2016. new jersey voters also approved a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage to $8.25 per hour and add cost-of-living increases each year. chris christie had previously vetoed a similar bill. public advocate, bill de blasio, crushed the republican in the mayoral race to replace michael bloomberg. he is set to become the first democrat to beat new york in two decades. he had his victory party in brooklyn, last night. >> i have spoken throughout this campaign about a tale of two cities. that inequality, that feeling of a few doing very well while so many fall further behind? that is the defining challenge of our times. york is notn new something that only threatens those who are struggling. the stakes are so high for every new york

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. a sweeping set of changes to the new york city police department's controversial stop and frisk program has been put on hold. in august, u.s. district judge found theindlin program unconstitutional, saying police had relied on a "policy of indirect racial profiling" that led officers to routinely stop "blacks and hispanics who would not have been stopped if they were white." while she did not halt the use of stop and frisk, judge a federal appointed court monitor to oversee a series of reforms, including a pilot program that would require officers to wear cameras on their bodies to record their interactions with the public. she ordered a joint remedial process to solicit public comments on how to reform the department's tactics as well. the city appealed the judge's ruling saying it made officers passive and scared to frisk suspects and on thursday he got what was hoping for, and much more. a sec

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. wikileaks is back in the news after a published wednesday part of the secret text of a massive new trade called the transpacific partnership, or tpp. for the past several years, the u.s. and 12 pacific rim nations have been negotiating behind closed doors on the sweeping agreement. on wednesday, wikileaks leaked -- released a 95-page draft of the tpp chapter focusing on intellectual property rights. wikileaks editor in chief julian assange appeared in a youtube video tuesday talking about the leak. >> we released today of the secret international -- the secret intellectual property that is actually all about how to extend monopoly rights of companies like monsanto, extending the ability of disney to criminally prosecute people fordownloading films internet service providers, and introducing something they call a patent prosecution highway. we released all of their secret thoseating's for all coun

i'm amy goodman. the obama administration is rejecting calls to grant clemency to nsa leaker edward snowden just days after snowden asked for international help to lobby the united states to drop the charges against him. in a letter given to a german lawmaker last week, snowden wrote -- on sunday, white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer appeared on abc "this week" and was by george stephanopoulos about snowden's appeal. >> are there any conditions under which president obama would consider clemency? >> none that have been discussed. >> it is not on the table? >> mr. snowden violated u.s. law and arab league has been that he should return to the u.s. and face justice. but that was white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer speaking on sunday. "the new york times" published an explosive piece on sunday titled, "no morsel too minuscule for all-consuming nsa." new details about secret nsa programs and the agencies overseas surveillance based on documents leaked by snowden. "new york times" journalist scott s

i'm amy goodman. united nations launch an appeal for $300 million to help the people of philippines following typhoon haiyan, one of the strongest recorded in history. officials fear more than 10,000 people may have died in the city of tacloban alone. the city was devastated when the sea level rose 13 feet. survivors describe seeing a synonymy-like wall of seawater. local residents say they have lost everything. >> everything is gone. there is nothing to eat. nothing to drink. there is nothing here. we need to go somewhere where we can eat, stay, have some shelter. >> rotting bodies now lay uncollected on the roads in tacloban. alfred romualdez is the city mayor. we are having trouble with some of the corpses. many of them are under the debris. the smell is the only way that we can find them. change conference began yesterday in warsaw. for the second time, the conference coincided with a massive typhoon hitting the philippines. last time, yeb sano, from the philippines, made a plea after typhoon boph

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today with a look at how tuesday's election signaled a seachange in new york city as voters chose a candidate who repeatedly emphasized papers -- his progressive vision. the city's public advocate, bill de blasio, crushed republican joe lhota and the remainder world race to replace billionaire mayor mike bloomberg. de blasio is set to become the first democrat to lead new york city in two decades. in his campaign, his signature message focused on what he called a talent is cities. last year, the poorest 20% of new york households earned about 9000 dollars, and the richest 5% earned an average of nearly 400 $37,000. -- 430 $7,000. during his victory speech in brooklyn, de blasio bow to tax the rich and service of universal prekindergarten. >> the best and brightest are born in every neighborhood. we all have a shared responsibility and a shared state and making sure their destiny is defin

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. a year ago yesterday, on november 6, 2012, tens of millions of americans went to the polls to reelect president obama. on that same day -- thousands of miles away -- a 39-year-old afghan farmer named mohammed qasim disappeared after being arrested by u.s. special forces. he was never heard from again. months later and afghan shepherd saw feral dog digging a human remains now believed to be the farmer's. his decaying body was found just outside a base used by a team of u.s. special forces known as the a-team. the body was found just weeks after u.s. special forces were compelled by the afghan government to leave the base and it will occasions of torture and murder. more and more bodies were soon found just outside the base located in wardak province. in total, afghan officials say they have uncovered the bodies of 10 afghan man, all of whom disappeared after being arrested by u.s. special forces.

i'm amy goodman. this month marks the 50th anniversary of an assassination that continues to haunt the nation. on november 22, 1963, president john f. kennedy was hardly passed his first 1000 days in office when he was fatally shot as his motorcade passed through dallas, texas. his death is marked by still unanswered questions. we'll look back at kennedy's life and legacy with our next guest -- acclaimed film director oliver stone. his 1991 political thriller eventsxamined the leading to kennedy's assassination and the alleged subsequent cover-up through the eyes of former new orleans district attorney jim garrison played by kevin costner. this is the film's trailer. >> shocking assassination of a president. >> john f. kennedy's murder was probably one of the most terrible moments in history of our country. >> the outrageous murder of a suspect. >> oswald has been shot. quick succession of the district attorney. the president. >> do i have to spell it out for you? >> who will risk everything. but i th