03/15/19 03/15/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! it is clearn say is this is one of new zealand's darkest days. clearly, what has happened here is an e extraordinary a and ununprecedented act of violence. amy: 49 people have died in new zealand so far after a white right-wing extremist from australia attacked two mosques

in the city of christchurch during friday muslim prayers. it was the deadliest shooting in new zealand's history. in a manifesto, the gunman praised donald trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose." we will get the latest. then we look at the fallout from the college admissions cheating scandal. >> this college scandal is an amazing moment because it gives us a glimpse into how rich and powerful people no longer satisfied with all of the rigging they generally enjoy, now want special, private bottle service rigging overdub of the generalized rigging that all rich people enjoy. it is giving us a glimpse at how many of these people, while spouting about free markets compactly don't believe in them at all. amy: we will speak with the author of "winners take all: the elite charade of changing the world." then we look at a nationwide campaign to find a blood stem cell donor for a 29-year-old journalist who was recently

diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in new zealand, at least 49 people have died and dozens have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a gunman attacked two mosques in the city of christchurch during friday prayers. it was the deadliest shooting in new zealand's history. police have arrested and charged a 28-year-old australian man named brenton tarrant who has been described by authorities as a right-wing extremist. tarrant livestreamed the attack on facebook and published a manifesto in which he praised president donald trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose." three other people -- two men and one woman -- were detained nearby, but at least one of them has already been released. new zealand's prime minister

jacinda ardern called it one of her countries darkest days. >> many of those who will have been directly affected by this shooting may be migrants to new zealand. they may even be refugees here. they have chosen to make new zealand their home, and it is their home. they are us. the person who is perpetuated this violence against us is not. they h have no placece in new zealand. amy: the entire city of christchurch was placed on lockdown with residents told to shelter in place. authorities have not ruled out the possibility of other suspects and asked people not to attend mosques across new zealand today out of fear of another attack. we'll have much more on the unfolding tragedy in new zealand after headlines. president trump appeared to

threaten his political opponents with violence in an interview published thursday by the far right website breitbart. trump accused his opponents on the left of playing tough, saying -- "i have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the bikers for trump -- i have the tough people, but they don't play it tough -- until they go to a certain point and then it would be very bad, very bad." connecticut's supreme court has reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against gun maker remington arms, brought by family members and a survivor of the 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting. the massacre saw 20-year-old adam lanza use a remington-manufactured ar-15 bushmaster semiautomatic rifle to kill 26 people, including 20 first graders, in less than five minutes. thursday's ruling in connecticut opens the door for families to subpoena internal documents from

gun makers, which could reveal how corporate executives sought to appeal to young people in marketing campaigns and ads. one such advertisement featured an image of an ar-15 with the caption, "consider your man card reissued." meanwhile, hundreds of students left classrooms in the washington, d.c., area and marched on the capitol to demand new gun control laws. similar protests played out around the country, marking the first anniversary of the march for our lives rally against gun violence organized by survivors of the marjory stoneman douglas high school massacre in parkland, florida. in a stunning rebuke to the white house, the senate thursday voted 59-to-41 on a resolution reversing president trump's declaration of a national the u.s.-mexico border. trump declared an emergency february 15 in order to rate federal funds to pay for a

border wall after congress refused his request for nearly $6 billion. a dozen republicans crossed the aisle to vote in favor of the measure, which had already been approved by house lawmakers on tuesday. ahead of the vote, trump tweeted -- "a vote for today's resolution by republican senators is a vote for nancy pelosi, crime, and the open border democrats!" this is republican susan collins of maine. the solemn occasion involving whether or not this for itsl stand up institutional prerogative and will support the separation of in ourenshrined constitution. amy: after the senate voted to nullify his national emergency, trump tweeted a one-word response, "veto!" congress does not appear to have the two-thirds majority neededed

to override a presidential veto, at least at this point, meaning the issue is likely to be decided by federal courts. he is holding a veto ceremony today at the white house. meanwhile, the house of representatives voted 420-to-0 on a resolution calling for special counsel robert mueller's final report on the russia investigation to be made public once it's complete. republican leaders are resisting efforts by minority democrats to introduce a companion bill in the senate. thousands of schoolchildren are leaving classrooms in over countries around the world today 100 in a school strike for climate, demanding immediate, urgent action to curb global warming. in the u.s., students organized some 400 protests in all 50 states. this is 13-year-old activist alexandria villaseñor who helped organize today's walkouts in new york city.

>> c civil disobedience is calld for r because there has not been enough action and the climate conversation. worlrld leaders arare not enactg the right policies and laws that need to happen to keep us below 1.5 degrees. amy: today's mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg, who has skipped school every friday to sit outside the swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate. this week, three norwegian lawmakers nominated thunberg for the nobel peace prize. new york city will invest a half-billion dollars to protect manhattan from sea level rise due to climate change. mayor bill de blasio announced the plan thursday, which would allocate funds to four projects aimed at protecting manhattan's southern tip, home to wall street and the city's financial district. ththe fundining is a s small frn of the $10 billion mayor de blasio says is needed to keep

flooding from storm surges and rising seas at bay in the coming years. the trump administration is preparing to open vast areas of the atlantic ocean to oil and gas development and a top interior department official is praising president trump's ability to distract the media for allowing the project to proceed. records obtained by the guardian show joe balsh, the assistant secretary for land and minerals management, told a meeting of the international association of geophysical contractors -- "one of the things that i have found absolutely thrilling in working for this administration is the president has a knack for keeping the attention of the media and the public focused somewhere else while we do all the work that needs to be done on behalf of the american people." the trump administration's atlantic ocean drilling plan would reportedly be a five-year program allowing oil and gas leases in federarally controlled coastal waters up to 200 nautical miles from the shore. irish prime minister leo varadkar met with president trump and vice president pence in washington, thursday, as part

of an annual trip ahead d of st. patrick's day. varadkar, who is gay, brought his papartner matthew barrett to his meeteting with mike pence, before calling out the vice president over his long history of opposing lgbtq rights. >> i stand here, the leader of my country, flaws and human, but judged b by my politicalctions and not by my sexual orientation , my skin tone, gender, or religious beliefs. and i don't believe that my country is the only one in the world where this store is possible. amy: president trump said thursday he plans to visit the republic of ireland at some point this year. israraeli warplanes dropped boms across the gaza strip overnight, hours after palestinians fired rockets toward tel aviv for the first time since 2014. no one was injured by the palestinian rocket fire, while news agencies in gaza said the israeli strikes injured four palestinians, including a woman who had her hand amputated. israel's military said it had

targeted 100 hamas military targets, though hamas and two other palestinian groups -- islamic jihad and the popular resistance committees -- all denied responsibility. israel's military now says it believes hamas members fired two missssiles by mistake as they performed maintenance on the rockets. in southeastern africa, a tropical cyclone made landfall late thursday in mozambique, bringing h high wis s and floodg to a rioion already y inundatedy storms. over the past week, heavy rains in mozambique and malawi have kikilled at least 115 people and left thousands of homes destroyed. in the united kingdom, lawmakers have asked the e european union for more time to craft a brexit plan after they failed to reach agreement on how to exit the eu ahead of a march 29 deadline. under the plan, britain would see a short delay to brexit if lawmakers agree to a plan by next or a longer delay if wednesday they're unable to craft a plan immediately. the plan for a so-called

"brextension" still has to be approved by eu leaders in brussels. on thursday, lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected a measure to allow a second people's referendum on brexit. and in brazil, thousands of people gathered for vigils in cities across brazil thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the assassination of marielle franco. franco was a m member of rio d e janeiro's city council, and a human rights activist who challenged police brutality in one of the world's most notorious police forces. this week, police arrested two former police officers and charged them with murdering franco and her driver. this is david mirianda, a federal congressperson from rio de janeiro, long-time friend of marielle franco, and husband of pulitzer prize-winning journalist glenn greenwald. legacy is her struggle, which she did which was alive and now also that she is dead. her voice, calling out the

genocide of young people in the favelas, the genocide of women, which we are seeing on a daily basis. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in new zealand, where 49 people have died after a gunman attacked two mosques in the city of christchurch during friday prayers. officials said 48 others were being treaeated with gunshot wounds. it was the deadliest shooting in new zealand's history. police have arrested and charged a 28-year-old australian man named brenton tarrant who has been described by authorities as a right-wing extremist. tarrant livestreamed the attack and published a manifesto in which he praised president donald trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose." tarrant also praised anders breivik, the norwegian white supremacist who murdered 77 people in norway in 2011. the manifesto was also rife with

references to racist online means him and three other people -- two men and one woman -- were detained nearby, but at least one of them has already been released. new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern described today as one of new zealand's darkest days. >> it is clear this can only be described as a terrorist attack. from what we know, it does appear to have been well planned . two explosive devices attached to suspects vehicles have now been found and they have been disarmed. there are currently four individuals who have been apprehended, but three are connected to this attack who are currently in custody. one of which has publicly stated that they were australian-born. these are people who i would describe as having extremist views, that have absolutely no

place in new zealand. in fact, have no place in the world. we have undoubtedly experienced an attack today that is unprecedented, unlike anything we have experienced before. but as i say, new zealand has been chosen because we are not a place where violent extremism exist. we reject those notions and we must continue to reject them. this is not an enclave for that kind of behavior, for that kind of ideology. we will and must reject it. this is a place where people should feel secure and will feel secure. i'm not going to let thihis chae new zealand's profile. none of us should. amy: that was new zealand's prime minister. we australian prime minister condemned the attack and described the shooter as a "extremist white right-wing violent terrorist." meanwhile, an australian lawmaker is facing criticism for blaming it on immigration. the queensland senator said --

not "the real cause of bloodshed mistress today's immigration program, which allowed muslim fanatics to migrate to new zealand in the first place." we're joined now by two guests. farid hafez is a senior lecturer d researcher at e e universityty of salzburg in the department of political science. hafez is the editor of the islamophobia studies yearbook, and co-editor of the annual european islamophobia report. joining us from vienna come austria. in washington, d.c. qasim , rashid, human rights activist, lawyer and author of multiple books including "the wrong kind of muslim and extremist: a response to geert wilders & terrorists everywhere." welcome to democracy now! farid hafez, can you respond to this horror that has taken place them at this terrorist attack in new zealaland on two majoror mos in christchuhuh?

>> let me begin like this. a bitit of a crazy y story. yeststerday evening when i first got this news, i w was just plplanning to share to faceboook and twtwitter. i i did not really give it m muh more attenention u until i reald today the whohole mededia was fl of i it, whichch is absolutely right. but i r realized the reason whyi did not pay more a attention tot was because it didid not really surprised me. i think we shohould not at all look at this incident as an isolated new zealand incident because we know that today in our western democracies, islamophobia has become the mainstream form of racism that is shared by a large part of our society.y. leaders, not only on the fringe far right, but the center of power, the leftist

nominally, christian democratic normally, or whatever, many of them share a dehumanized discourse on islamic muslimsms ththat can b be to these kindsdf terrorist attacks. the dehumaninization that we hae been witnessing the last 15 to 20 years at least t in the lilitical discourse and m most f the western countries, can lead to these kinds of terrorist attacks. so it is just one step away. if you continually dehumanize people, treat them in a different way, implement legislation that discriminates against them, what do you think will happen? some of them will say, islam hates us, like river president of the strongest country in the world at this time that would argue a religion, a whole ofigion hates us, the rest the people, white people.

possible in a democracy, then much more is possible than this i would guess. have, what, the 86 page manifesto, if you can call it that, of the gunman, who continually cited people like dylan roof, who engaged in the .assacre of nine parishioners he cited president trump, again, calling him a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose. meanwhile, of coursese, before this attack, an interview was published d yesterday that presidenent trump had with breitbart where he talked about having the backing of the military a and the police. can you talk about this? >> i mean,n, look, look at this manifeststo of the grereat replacement, as he called itit, which is actually -- which iss within the new right.

the great replacement, the idea that jewish and muslim conspiracies are trying toi islamze western countries, to replace white populations. this is the core idea behind the slogan. the manifesto, as l larges barrick, to a extent andrew massively on the writings of the far right ideologues, but t that is s onle partrt of the story. the other part o of the ststorys it a also draws a lot own mainstream journalists. i think that is what we have to have the discussion about because if we start now, like we did with andersreivik, a lone wolf, white supremacist, terrororist attack, that is part of the story. absolutely. this is a problem. and terrorism committed by white supremacists is a problem. bubut we have to raise the

question, what is the larger context in which all of this is happening? again, all of these manifestoes speak to the reality of the large discourse that is shared, anti-muslim and a racist discourse that we have in so many westetern countries. amy: the mayor of london was named in the shooterer'ss manifesto. he is london's first muslim mayor. n respondingrha to the attacks. houlder toners stand shoulder with the e ople of christchurchch. we stand in n solidarityty to sy ththose who seek to divide us, o brbreak our commmmunities, and destroy ouour way ofifife will nevever succeed. when the flalames of hatrered ae nneded what peopople dememonize, when people's affairs are played theer than addressed, consequences are deadly, as we are so sadly today. amy: the mayor of london will

stop again, one of a number of people named in the shooter's he wanted tot kill. he also talked about angela merkel. he talked about erdogan of turkey. let's bring in qasim rashid, human rights activist, lawyer and author. thisf force test of -- catastrophe that has taken place by this allegedly us trillion shooter? >> i echo a lot of what my colleagues said. this is not new. i would be lying if i said i was shocked. this became prominent when the president referred to refugees as serpents. when you hear people refer to iraqis as semi literate monkeys. wewe have onongoing dehumanizat, entire religion hates as or an entire people must be banned

because of theirir faith, yoyoul see atattacks like this. whatat happenened in quebec at e inque two yeaears ago, minnesota we had multiplee attends by w white supremamaciso bomb us. in new york, a predominately muslim community has repeatedly been targegeted by white supremacists and extremists. the same thing in kansas and illinois. across europe, united states, anti-islam hate crimes are happening at record highs. the fbi documents the risise of white supremacy extremism online is even fasaster than isis extremism. my message to thosose who are watching this is that this is actually a time to come together. this is a time where we need to recognize extremism and terrorism has no religion and black, white, brown, we need to stand united. in p particular, to white alall, i ask you to recognize there is a need to root out white

supremacy extremism. it is not enough to simply not be racist. you have to be anti-racist. you have to work actively with communities of color to push back against this misinformation, to spend time trying to better understand the various committees of color. our job is not to sit in mosques and be shot, our job is to be valuable contributors to society. we can only do that when there is collaboration. what we saw today is an ongoing result -- result of rising islamophobia. we can only combat that if we work together. i believe if we work together, we truly can overcome this. it is to come from the people because the politicians, unfortunately, are not giving us the messaging we need to create these conditions of peace that i know we all desire. discussion will take place of what has happened. 49 dead so far, but there are 48 others in the hospital who had been shot. farid hafez, what do you think

is the language that should be used? you will hear in the corporate media their reference to psychopath -- but what about the push back against that, that that negates responsibility both at an individual level, w what s taken place, and what society must do? >> i think in terms of political leaders, mediaia, etc., i think this is a time where we have to deeply reflect upopon our deeds, upon our words, , about how we ve been didiscussing and creating so-called muslim problem within the last 20 to 30 years. i think this is the time where we have to reflect whether this is all -- where does this all end, where does this all go to? at the end of the day, does society that we create -- this

is not only about the dehumanization of muslim people who have been praying during the friday prayer, this is also a dehumanizing of all of our thoughts, people who have been , a does videos something with our hearts, with our minds. it normalizes a certain way of killing peoplple. right? it changes o our society. --we agree that the way this the discourse has been made the last 10, 20, 30 years, and we see that we are all papart of this, then this might be the begiginning point to really maka change. i mean, you have given at the beginning of this interview, you have given the example of this wholawmaker in new zealand

was speaking about the horrible attacks on one side, but at the same time, arguingng that muslim .mmigration is a cause of this so that is the wrong way how to discuss this issue. i really do fear, yes, many political leaders all around the world have been saying, well, this was a cruel terrorist attackck. but i raise the question, what will happen tomorrow? what will happenen after tomorr? will all o of these popolitical leadaders really take e concrete steps, first by changing the way they are talking him a second by reviewewing the legislation -- antiti-terrorismsm legislalatio, countering violent extreremism legislation, and third of all, they want to take concrete steps to fight racism, structural racicism and to change the way they havave been dealingith alll ofof these issues throroughout e last decades..

i ththink that is really the ququestion that is at stake at e moment. if people really take it as a chance to make a change or if everything will just go on the way it has been for the last three decades also amy: by just given -- i just given details on what took place. this is from the new zealand news website stuff, a gunman walked into a mosque on dean's avenue in christchurch, caring as semi on the medic weapon, opened fire, live streaming the attack along the way. outside,pparently when reloaded and shot people on the ground who were already shot but were still alive. driving, noton shooting, to a second mosque in lynnwood. again, at least 49 people were

dead as of 9:00 p.m., 41 at the central mosque, seven at t the lynnwood mosque, one at christchurch hospital who died of their injuries. 40 people with gunshot wounds, including young children. other medical centers. a 28-year-old man charged with the murder is due to appear in a court wednesday m morning. the shooter identified himsesel. he was australian-born brenton tarrant. none of the suspects were on any police or terrorist watch lists. toediately, the prime and is called it a terror attack, said everyone should shelter in place , that muslims should not go to prayers. , youondering, qasim rashid tweeted out something slightly different today when it came to

muslims praying on this holy day. what was your message? while ourage is that muslim sisters and brothers in new zealand can't pray due to this horrific attack, i consider it an obligation and a privilege and my right here in the unitedd states to go to o my mosque to pray, to not count down to terrorist's, to seek mercy upon those who are attacked, and pray for justice. one thing i think people need understand is the same forces that attacked this mosque are the forces that attackcked the pittsburgh synagogue last year. this is the same scourge of extremism. i think it is very accountable and this terrorist is -- very telling this terrorist was not on a watchlist. the thought that you can profile and create national security, that is where a lot of the demonization is about. my hope is that people use this as an opportunity to reach out

to the muslim neighbors, to attend the local mosques in their area. you can visibly call them and say, i would like to come and offer my respects. this is not opportunity, as terrific as it is, that we can come together stronger -- i say this, whenever there is an attack by muslim, i point out this i is an opportunity for uso come together. i say the s same message now. this is an attack on muslims. statistitically speaking, , yo'e much more likely to be attacked because you are muslim than by a muslim. than let this opportunity go to raised, come to a mosque. let's have a conversation and understand who each other are. let's push back against this extremist rhetoric. until and unless we do, these kinds of attacks are going to continue to happen. they're going to continue to try to divide us and create some sort of faux race war. i believe we have the power to

overcome that as long as we stand uniteded across racial lines, across religious lines, and across national lines. amy: i want to end with christchurch resident responding to the attack. fertility's, friends and families we have no for 19 years, dead. you don't think something like this could happen in new zealand. in christchurch of all places. we're such a small community. we're so kind and loving. i just don't understand why someone would hurt is like this in such a way. like an animal. why would you treat us like that cap koch we have done nothing wrong to you. what is terrifying is that are people out there enjoying this are ok with this and they support this. it pushes their cause even more. future. i am t terrified. i don't know if i'm going to fifield safe walking by myself. i've never felt that way before. amy: a muslim woman in

christstchurch, nenew zeaealandt up a new zealand resident. 49 people so far have died in a terror attack on to mosques in christchurch. i want to thank qasim rashid, human rights activist, lawyer, author, a multiple books including "the wrong kind of muslim and extremist: a response to geert wilders & terrorists everywhere." and d i want to t thank farid h, seninior lecturer and reresearcr at the university ofalalzburg in the departrtment o of polititicl science and sociology. senior research fellow at the bridge initiative at georgetown university. he is an washington, d.c., now. hafez is the editor of the islamophobia studies yearbook, and since co-editor of the 2015, annual european islamophobia report. i want to point out also the alleged gunman, terrance, live streamed the attack. we have shown none of that

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amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the fallout continues over the elite college admissions scheme, known as "operation varsity blues," three days after charges were announced against 50 people, including hollywood -- including 13 college coaches and powerful ceo's for taking part in a scheme where wealthy parents paid exorbitant bribes to secure spots for their unqualified children in schools including yale, stanford, georgetown, ucla, usc, and wake forest. parents reportedly paid up to $6.5 million to gain access to the schools. this is u.s. attorney andrew lelling announcing the charges tuesday. >> this case is about the

wiwidening corruption of the ele college admissions through the steady application of wealth combined with fraud. there can be no separate college admissions system for the wealthy and i will add there will not be a separate criminal justice system, either. amy: at the center of the story is newport beach, california, man rick singer, who promised parents he could get their children into the schools in exchange for a hefty fee. as part of the scheme, he bribed school coaches to give his clients admissions slots reserved for student athletes, in some cases either staging or doctoring photos to make the teenagers seem like accomplished athletes. earlier this week, singer pleaded guilty to charges including racketeering, money laundering, and obstruction of justice. singer's clients included hollywood stars felicity huffman and lori loughlin and bill mcglashan, founder of tpg capital, one of the largest equity investment firms in the world, all of whom were charged on tuesday. wewell, our next guest has been studying how the so-called elite class of america have worked the

system to maintain and consolidate power and wealth, even while doing so under the pretext of helping people and "changing the world." on wednesday, he tweeted -- "the college bribery scam is not a college bribery scam. it is a master class in how america -- governed by a cheater, ruled by rule breakers, managed by a class that confuses its privilege for merit -- functions." anand giridharadas is editor-at-large at "time" magazine and a former correspondent and columnist at "the new york times." his new book is called "winners take all: the elite charade of changing the world." welcome to democracy now! talk about what you feel is most important to understand about this scandal. >> i think when a scandal like this breaks, it is really important for us to understand we have gone from seeing 0% of the system to 0.000 3% of a system. there's so much more here. this is a little biopsy of a world we happen to get.

what we have learned is as you cover on this show, america is, in many ways, rigged for the wealthy and powerful. we have a tax code rigged for the wealthy of power, antitrust enforcement rigged for the wealthy and powerful, we fund public education according to property taxes. america is already rigged for rich people. for some rich people come all of that rigging i just described is shared equally among rich people. yet the same first-class seat on the commercial jet that all of the other rich people have. what we found in this case is some rich people are not satisfied with the generalized rigging they have to share with everybody else. they want special, private, but spoke, bottle service rigging over and above the standard rigging that rich people receive. i read the indictment. the singer guy really understood the psychology of these rich people.

people like him in that role a service providers often too. he said the people i work for, they don't want to do a $1 million check and hope their kids get a second look. the people i work for, they want a guarantee. they want this thing done, he said. i think this is a phenomenal glimpse because, as some one who's been writing about this plutocracy for a few years, what these folks say when they hear critics like me is, don't be negative. don't be zero sum. we can empower the least among us. we can fight for the poor and get rich. it is not zero-sum. you know what is? when there is one college seat and a hard-working kid from a poor neighborhood whose family has never sent anybody to college for now they have a shot at that seat, that worked hard, their parents took many buses to many jobs, they might be eligible for that seat and they don't get the seat because someone like bill mcglashan,

private equity baron, who had a $2 billion impact fun with bono, has locked up that seat for his son. amy: what do you mean? >> as you know and i've covered on this show, there's been a rising chorus of criticism of capitalism. that is come from elizabeth warren and bernie sanders in the political sphere. it has also come from the occupy movement and various other forms of outside pressure. within the citadels of capitalism, the banks, the business rules, the big corporations, they're a been a couple of responses. some are like, you know, buzz off. there have been a kind of woke capitalism movement within these citadels saying, you know what? you critics have something of a point. and what we are one to do is we are going to respond to evolving a kind of new capitalism within. we're going to do social enterprise.

impact investing. double bottom line. impact investing basically says instead of investing noise to destroy community's, we're going to invest in ways that make us money but also benefit communities. this is a widespread movement will stop there's a lot of capital moving in this impact way but it is generally fringing things. bill mcglashan was the leader perhaps the biggest impact investing fund in the world. $2 billion fund. real money. if you want to legitimize this kind of two good income you have to get bono involved. together,o signed on this fun. to to amy: you are talking about the u2 singer. >> and that makes this story so much more powerful because you have a guy who had a $2 billion fund that was about empowering people around the world from appellation to africa.

what we now know is this guy was working to break the system when we were not looking to make sure those people he was supposedly empowering with his fund would never actually be able to competee with his son. amy: what is astounding is singer had this "nonprofit" and so the parents who are paying, what, up to 6.5 billion-dollar to get their kids fraudulently put into a school, gave their money to him and it is a tax-deductible contribution and they said it was to elevate poor students. >> there are two things you need to understand. this is why this matters to all of us. first of all, at a more general level, this case is not a one-off in t t fact that the mechanism by which rich people were exerting wealth, influence, and rigging things was charity. if you look at the koch brothers. many others.

the mechanism by which much of the system and the conquest of powers is through charity and philanthropy. it is notable, but also very telling rather than exceptional that the mechanism here was charity. reduction point, which is so important, there are several levers -- layers. they donated to this fake charity. to feeeed the bride. that is tax reduction number one. now you can -- let's say you donated $1 million. you could take $1 million off save $400,000, $500,000. who do you think pays for that? everybody watching this. you paid higher taxes last year to make up for the shortfall of giving that rich person half $1 million in tax reduction's. great. ,he charity received that money

because it is a nonprofit, it does not pay taxes the way others would. again, you are paying money because the system requires a certain amount of money and if they are not paying it, you are paying it. in some of those donations went to the stanford boating association. other nonprofit, incncluding nonprofit universities, right? that,y don't pay taxes on either. again, you are paying taxes for that money a third time passed on. thesese universities, many case, are sending 50% of the congrats -- graduates to silicon valley. it raises the question to why you need to subsidize them with your hard earned tax money for them to not pay taxes? amy: just to be clear of people were not following this, you had, for example, the actress lori loughlin, her husband has not talked about as much but he was indicted, too. he is a fashion designer.

getting their two daughters into usc, paid half $1 million, working -- they made them look like crew athletes. they had an indoor machine brought in to take photographs of them, but they did not row crew. >> right. what is so amazing -- filling amy: in different cases, they photoshop the faces of their children on athletes dissent into a university and singer facilitated this and it worked with coaches who have now been indicted? >> imagine the little faith you have in your children if you think white privilege, millions of dollars in wealth, and thehe variouss other tailwinds that al of those kids enjoyed are not enough. the stunning lack of confidence in one's children -- basic conclusion your children like really have no chance in the world that it takes to say

over and above the advantages of these kids already have, i need to get these kids a guarantee. i will tell you, amy, as s some one who is reported in this world, merritt is the byword of these people. the way they pushed back against me is, why don't you believe in free-market? these companies are big because that a better product will stop i am rich because i'm smarter and worked hard. you know what has been revealed? they do not believe in merritt at all. if they did, they would have sent in an application like everyone else watching this show does. to they actually wanted guarantee because they were so confident in what they did not deserve. amy: we're going to do part two of this discussion and post it online and play it on the show. the book is "winners take all: the elite charade of changing the world." anand giridharadas, is editor-at-large at "time" magazine and a former correspondent and columnist at "the new york times." stay tuned for part two. this is democracy now!

when we come back, how will helping a young 29-year-old south asian american journalist help milillions of people in ths country and around the world -- or at least thousands? stay with us. ♪ [music break]

amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the world peace report, i'm amy goodman. a nationwide campaign has been launched to find a blood stem

cell donor for a 29-year-old journalist who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. liyna anwar is a producer who used to work at storycorps. she desperately needs a stem cell transplant but she does not match any of her family members or any of the 19 million people in a national registry. a campaign urging people of south asian descent was launched to donate stem cells and to register in liyna's name. the campaign, which was promoted online by celebrities like mindy kaling and hasan minhaj, is called #swabforliyna. >> beloved stocrycorps producer liyna anwar, who recorded the story you're about to see, was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia and is a blood stem cell transplant. she is not matched with her family or any of the 20 million donors in the registry. this is where you come in. she needs to donors and is most like me to match someone from her own ethnic act ground.

we are especially looking for donors of south asian descent. only 1.3% of people in the registry are south asian. sign up to see if you could be her match and share join.bethematch.org/swabforliyna or text liyna to 61474. amy: on thursday, i spoke with her brother and asked him to explain more about her condition and what treatment could help her. has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia known as acute myeloid a kenya -- leukemia. she was diagnosed in december. it requires some pretty aggressive chemotherapy. she is been undergoing that the last two months. but ultimately, her best chance of cure is going to be, like you said, a blood stem cell

transplantnt. that is what we are trying to work out right now while she is still battling the cancer. we arere trying to find her that perfect match. amy: and what does that t mean? how do youou find this match? folks so they look at very specific markers on the stem cells. i think there are ababout 10 markers they look at. so farar, no one in the familyld no one in e registry has been a complete perfect match. just gettiting morore and more pepeople on the registry and , is aically south asians higher chance of getting a match with them.m. amamy: how the systetem work? >> the process of joining the registry is relatively easy. online andr register that takes about two or three minutes. they send you a swap kit. it is basically a cheek swab

that you swap your cheek and you put it back in the pre-marked envelope and you send it back in. within a few weeks, you are on the registry. then you can potentially save liyna's life for anyone five who needs this type of transplant. amy: what about your family? is anyone a match or a partial match? and what does that even mean? >> no one is a perfect match. meaning no one has matched all 10 of those little surface markers that they look for on those stem cells. the closest match. i matched about half. while that is not perfect, if it comes to it and we can't find a match on the registry and through all of the efforts that have been done, then i am kind of like a second option. i could be used if needed if they don't find anyone better than me. amy: tells a little bit about who liyna is. you are her brother, after all. >> liyna is a very charismatic,

outgoing girl. has loved journalism. she loves to tell other people's story and get out there and hear what people have to say and their opinions on different topics. this kind of has been a shock for all of us. liyna has really taken it in stride. it is a little on for her to be on the other end of the shenalistic spectrum, but is getting more open to it now and realizing this is important to help save her life. amy: physically, how is she doing right now? is doing remarkably well. initially, some of the chemotherapy was very aggressive and she had a tough time within the first couple of weeks. but over the time, she has kind of recovered. she is getting some other chemotherapy that is not as aggressive, but still has some

side effects. but through it all, she has maintained her positivity. that is very nice to watch. amy: that was dr. abbas anwar, brother of liyna anwar. well, for more, on l liyna's ca, we're joined by two to guests. dave isay is the founder of storycorps and author of the book "callings: the purpose and passion of work." dr. azra raza is professor of medicine and director of the myelodisplastic syndromes, or mds, center at columbia university. she is an expert on aml, or acute myelogenous leukemia. thank you both for being with us. dr. raza, explain this database, what people can do and why so many few south asians, people of south asian descent and african-americans know about this database. topic.s a very important opportrtunities are there now to raise awareness about where we are missing the boat.

one of the things that keeps me up late at night since the last three decades is why we have not improved treatments for this disease. in 1977, amy, when i came to this country, we were treating acute myeloid leukemia with two drugs. drug, threef one days of another. today, 2019, we are still doing the same. and the only cure we can offerer our patientsts is really with transplant. amy: explain why it is so important for people to contribute. not financially, but to do these swabs and what that entails. >> it is very simple. the only potential cure for her will come from a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. for that, we have to find a match donor. as you heard from her brother, the siblings are not a match. so now we have to look outside

for a perfect match.h. and to look outside from 1986 onward, the bone marrow donor registry was created. upple are encouraged to sign for it, but the education has not been there at the community-wide -- amy: what is race and ethnicity so important? >> because the number of individuals who have chosen to give their cells to random strangers are generally caucasian because the patients have been caucasians mainly. and since the minorities like south asians or african-americans or hispanics, they are a minority, so the patients are in a minority, therefore, their potential donors are in a minority. so today if you are a caucasian and look for a matatch in the unrelated dinner registry, there's a 70% to 80% chance you will find a perfect match. forever can americans, it drops

to 20% to 30% at best. amy: dave isay, talk about this campaign and talk about liyna. she works with stocrycorps, the organization you sounded. >> for years. is an incredibly tells a producer who is devoted her life to telling the stories of us come of everyday people. we are hoping -- this campaign is led by her family -- to now have everyday people step up and help her continue to tell stories for long, long time to come. we're asking people to do this very simple swab. i knew nothing about this until liyna was diagnosed. you swap your cheek. in liyna's case and the vast majority of cases, a stem cell transplant is nothing more than an extended blblood draw. -- but that is not what >> there's a one in 10 chance you are a match. if you save a life.

so far i think about 5000 people , it is an of them are people of color, who have donated in liyna 's name. none of them are a match for liyna yet, but five lives have in save -- amy: for other people. >> we want to do five lives saved in liyna's in and we want to get to one billion people of color in the database and do this. amy: w where do people call? >> there's an organization called be the match. you can go to be the match. free to sign up. they send you a swap. you send it back. it is simple. if you're a match, they tell you and you have the choice to donate. bethematch.org/swabforliyna or text liyna to 61474. amy: liyna. to thank you both for

illuminating the situation. .ave isay and dr. azra raza i will be speaking in denver, colorado, tonight. [captioning made possible by

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