Democracy Now! - Season 2013 Episode 202 : Wednesday, October 09, 2013

2013/10/09 Headlines: Obama Rejects GOP "Extortion" on Shutdown, Debt Ceiling; Path to Short-Term Funding Deal Emerges; Dems Reject Supercommittee; Debt Default Could Stall Social Security Benefits; Obama Picks Yellen to Head Federal Reserve; Supreme Court Weighs Limits on Individual Campaign Donations; 8 Lawmakers Among 200 Arrested in Protest for Immigration Reform; Libya Demands U.S. Return of Captured al-Qaeda Suspect; Pentagon Appoints New Envoy for Guantanamo Closure; Egypt Sets Trial Date for Ousted President Morsi; Report: U.S. to Scale Back Egypt Military Aid; 10 Killed in Fire Bangladeshi at Garment Factory; 4 Dead in Crash of U.S. Drug Surveillance Plane in Colombia; North Carolina Police Admit Spying on "Moral Monday" Protesters; Demonstrators Mark Birthday of Cancer-Ridden Jailed Lawyer Lynne Stewart