Newscast - Wednesday, December 10, 2008

• House Moves on Auto Industry Bailout
• Some Lawmakers Outraged Over Misuse of Financial Bailout
• Congress to Take Up EFCA Early Next Year
• Hearing May be Troy Davis's Last Chance
• Human Rights Week Series: Canada's Security Certificates
• Another Ecuadorian Violently Murdered in New York

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on an auto industry bailout package. The Big three automakers originally asked for $34 billion to help them weather the financial crisis, but just two of those, Chrysler and GM, will get about half that amount. Ford says it can do without direct assistance for the time being. The legislation forces restructuring on the companies and authorizes President Bush to nominate a "car czar" to oversee the bailout. The Senate was to vote on the plan first, but Senate Republicans have held up the vote.

Some Lawmakers Outraged Over Misuse of Financial Bailout

As the auto bailout moves forward, Congress is turning its attention back to the other bailout – the $700 billion it provided to stabilize the financial sector. Two oversight panels have recently criticized the implementation and management of the program. As Tanya Snyder reports, some lawmakers are outraged that the bailout money isn't getting to the people who need it.

Congress to Take Up EFCA Early Next Year

A piece of legislation pending in the House would make changes to National Labor Relations Act to make it easier for unions to organize workers. The Employee Free Choice Act was originally co-sponsored by then-Senator Barack Obama, but fared a tough time on Capitol Hill. The Act is expected to be revisited by lawmakers when they return to Washington next year. We hear from President of SEIU Security Officers United in Los Angeles

Hearing May be Troy Davis's Last Chance

This week marks a pivotal moment for death row inmate Troy Davis, who sits on death row for the 1989 killing of Savannah Police Officer Mark MacPhail. Davis has endured three last-minute stays of execution since July 2007, after his lawyers and activists campaigned for a retrial to present evidence of his innocence. FSRN's Sacajawea Hall was at the Georgia Court yesterday which held a hearing that many think is his last chance.

Human Rights Week Series: Canada's Security Certificates

We continue our week-long series today marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by traveling to Montreal, Canada. Court proceedings got underway again on Tuesday for Adil Charkaoui, who is the target of Canada's controversial Security Certificates, a measure which allows the government to indefinitely detain non-citizens without charge, due process, or the right to see the evidence against them. The possible outcome of this month's hearings is that Charkaoui could be deported to his native Morocco. FSRN's Aaron Lakoff has more from Montreal.

Another Ecuadorian Violently Murdered in New York

Two violent attacks of Ecuadorian men in New York is sending shock waves through immigrant communities. Tuesday night, Jose Sucuzhanay was pronounced brain-dead after he and his brother were brutally attacked by four men as they shouted anti-immigrant and anti-gay slurs. This come one month after the murder of Marcelo Lucero, a 37-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant who was stabbed to death by A gang of teenagers at a train station in Patchogue, Long Island. Lucero's and Sucuzhanay's murder have reignited the debate around violence against immigrant workers from Latin America. FSRN's Kristofer Ríos reports from New York.