i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. an: we turn now to trump's pick for treasury secretary, steven m mnuchin, who faces scrutiny for his role at onewest, a bank which has been called a a foreclosure machine that profited from the collapse of the housing market. on tuesday, the intercept reported on a newly obtained memo that reveals mnuchin may have engaged in widespread misconduct while foreclosing on homeowners. the memo argued onewest was guilty of a host of infractions, including backdating mortgage documents to speed up foreclosures and manipulating the results of home auctions, and it urged top california's attorney general to sue. amy: mnuchin's hedge fund bought out the failing california bank indymac in 2008, renaming it onewest. under his ownership, it foforeclosed on 36,0,000 famili, particularly eldererly residents trapped in reverse mortgages. for more we go to los angeles to speak to reporter david dayen,n, who broke this story for the intercept. he's also the author of the book, "chain of title: how three

we will talk with his brother and juan gonzalez. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on tuesday, president obama also commuted the sentence of longtime puerto rican independence activist oscar lopez rivera, who has been imprisoned for 35 years, much of the time in solitary confinement. in 1981, lopez rivera was convicted on federal charges, including seditious conspiracy -- conspiring to oppose u.s. authority over puerto rico by force. in 1999, president bill clinton commuted the sentences of 16 members of the faln, but lopez rivera refused to accept the deal because it did not include two fellow activists, who have since been released. under president obama's commendation order lopez rivera , will be released on may 17. joining us now is oscar's brother jose lopez rivera in chicago asell as democracy , now! co-host juan gonzalez who joins us from new brunswick. jose, how are you feeling today? when did you get the news? >> we got the news around 2:0

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. on tuesday, president-elect donald trump's nominee for u.s. attorney general, republican senator jeff sessions of alabama faced more than nine hours of , testimony before the senate judiciary committee, during which he denied being a racist and tried to distance e himself from trump's most extreme promises. the hearing was repeatedly disrupted by protesters who chanted "no trump, no kkk, no fascist usa." this is republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina questioning sessions. you as a try to label racist or a biggest or whatever you want to say, how does that make you feel? and this is your chance to say something to those people. good.l, it does not feel >> [indiscernible] cox no trump, no kkk, no fascist usa. no trump, no kkk, no fascist usa. juan: during his two decades on capitol hill, senator sessions has opposed legislation that provides a path to citizenship for immigrants, q

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. are hosting a roundtable discussion, looking at president-elect trump's pick for defense secretary, r retired general james mad dog mattis. mattis testified before the senate this week during his confirmation hearing on thursday. our guest are aaron glantz, senior reporter for the center for investigative reporting. his latest investigation is headlined "did defense secretary nominee james mattis commit war crimes in iraq?" also with us in d.c. is trita parsi, founder and president of the national iranian american council. he's the author of "a single roll of the dice: obama's diplomacy with iran." his forthcoming book "losing an , enemy: obama, iran, and the legacy of diplomacy." and in boston where we will start, professor andrew w bacevh retired colonel and vietnam war , veteran. his latest book "america's war , for the greater middle east: a military history." professor, start off by talking about what you learned from the hearings and your thoughts on general mattis to be the nex

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. : as we continue our coverage of donald trump's executive order, we're joined by nisrin el amin, a ph.d. student in anthropology at stanford university and a sudanese citizen. amy: she was detained at jfk airport on friday evening shortly after donald trump's executive order banning visitors from seven countries, including sudan, went into effect. welcome to democracy now! i'm very sorry for what you went through. can you describe what happened to you at the airport? >> sure. i boarded a plane incident shortly after finding out about the executive order. i was trying to get back before he came into effect, but i missed the connecting flight. when i got in, i was asked -- escorted into a separate holding area. , ins question extensively part, among other things, about my views about the political situation of sudan, about whether or not i knew of radical groups in sudan, whether i knew people who had radical views. i was asked to share my social media handles -- not my passwords, but my

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. an: president donald trump fired acting attorney general sally h on monday night just hours after she announced the justice department would not defend trump's executive order banning temporarily all refugees as well as all citizens from the seven muslim majority nations -- iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. amy: to talk more about the news, we're joined by two guests, elizabeth holtzman, former u.s. congresswoman from new york. she was the youngest member serving on the house judiciary committee that voted to impeach richard nixon. is with us from arizona assistant watergate , special prosecutor and the first woman to serve as u.s. army general counsel. why don't we start off with jill wine-banks. your response to president trump's firing sally yates, the acting attorney general for refusing to enforce the refugee and muslim ban. >> i would say he was a big mistake. that if sally have been the attorney general for richard nixon or the white house counsel, there would

juan carlos gonzÁlez tiene mÁs de esta noticia. de los estados unidos y de california contra enemigos extranjeros y domÉsticos y se convirtiÓ en el procurador general del estado. >>luchar para todos porque el que quiere construir y levantar california,ttiene un lugar aquÍ. -tiene juan carlos: despuÉs de pasar mÁs de dos dÉcadas en el congreso de los estados unidos becerra recibiÓ el ofrecimiento de convertirse en procurador estatal con la misiÓn de defender al estado de cualquier intento de la administraciÓn trump te cambiÓ las prÁcticas o leyes estatales en diversas materias como inmigraciÓn. >>siempre necesitamos arenque nos defienda, siempre necesitamos un supermanque es ficticio, pero que nos representa y nos ayude. juan carlos: a decir de muchos, becerra ha defendido durante aÑos a la comunidad hispana y dijo que lo seguirÁ siendo. >>esas personas que estÁn trabajando no estÁn ahÍla daniela ninguna persona, no solamente estÁn para levantar el paÍs sino al estado de california. >> tener ahÍ a javier becerra nos ayuda a proteger

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. an: as a new study finds the world's eight richest men control as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity -- and six of the eight billionaires are americans, including michael bloomberg, bill gates, warren buffett, and jeff b's those. oxfam said it is concerned wealth inequality will continue to grow following the election of donald trump's cabinet members of a combined wealth of nearly $11 billion. amy: for more we're joined by ward winning rolling stone journalist matt taibbi, who has been chronicling the rise of donald trump during the 2016 election campaign. in his new book just out today, he writes -- "it's an alice in wonderland story, in which a billionaire hedonist jumps down the rabbit hole of american politics and discovers a surreal world where each successive barrier to power collapses before him like magic." matt taibbi's book is titled "insane clown president: dispatches from the 2016 circus." friday, the inauguration of the 45th president, donald trump, is set. your

s juan gonzalez and i interviewed them together.n: well, i'd like to ask both of you there's been a lot of , discussion in recent weeks of -- of thef workers working class in this election, of trump's supposedppeal to white workers. harry you know the civil rights , movement as it was growing and developing, needed and was fueled as well by progressive unions like 1199 that the auto workers and others that gave it strength and organization and resources. i'm wondering how you are looking at this issue. known, as you mentioned, all of the young people. the problem is, the young people, the so-called creative classes are increasingly .oncentrating in the big cities there in seattle, chicago, new york, and then the issue is, what happens in the rest of the country? back in the 1960's and 1970's, we still say you have to go back out and organize, organize in the communities in which you came from. how to see the whole analysis of the "loss of the working class" the progressive politics that we're hearing the commercial and corporate pre

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. >>> y ayer se llevÓ a cabo la conferencia de prensa donde juan osorio presento el elenco de aventurera que cuenta con susan gonzÁlezter fuerte pero escucho leÓn que dijo juan osorio sobre maribel guardia yo creo que hasta se le fue miren a la yugular. >>> a tuve un mal con maribel pero no me contestÓ el telÉfono no sÉ que va a pasar. >>> ella no sÉ si fue pretexto lo que dijo que iba a tener una cirugÍa que por eso no iba a poder participar pero me cambia la versiÓn. >>> no creo, no puedo asegurar nada sino hablÉ con ella si me hubiera dicho algo, pero no, no me contÓ el telÉfono, realmente tambiÉn hay que ver que niveles de productor nosotros estos momentos asomar bell una persona como su servidor no, no le importÓ mucho. >>> cÓmo si sigue siendo un seÑor productor de los mÁs importantes de mÉxico, y que ademÁs sigue dando trabajo para todos. >>> pero le tirÓ duro y suena asÍ como dolido, con dolor. >>> cuando hablen por telÉfono cuando se vean personalmente seguramente todo eso subsanarÁ y quizÁs repondran los malos entendidos. >>> o mano ideal un texto o un whatsapp? >>> algo, una seÑal de humo maribel no se pue

juan osorio la pone de patita. >>> son 5 aventuras, 5 etapas diferentes >>> lo que yo anunciÓ la producciÓn, ayer susana gonzÁleza. sentirse al 100% significa sentirse lo suficientemente valiente para... ...asistir a un mago... ...o bailar. listerine®. demuestra de qué estás hecho™ ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >>> estamos de regreso en "un nuevo dÍa" seguimos con nuestro entrenador francisco que me dicen como lo ven estÁ activo desde temprano y nos tienen los ejercicios que podemos hacer miren con toda la familia, aquÍ estÁn los chiquititos, los grandes y todo >>> esto es excusa erica, comenzamos aÑo nuevo y queremos el nuevo cuerpo o recuperar el de diciembre y mantenerse >>> cuÁles son los ejercicio fran >>> siempre me gusta que la gente tenga uniÓn y trabajamos con los niÑos, los niÑos no se han ido la escuela y serÁn los mejores compaÑeros en el ejercicio >>> excelente >>> primer ejercicio, primer ejercicio siempre vamos acentuar la parte cardiovascular comenzamos con la piernaes primero nuestras manos van a ir a nuestro gluteos y luego el ejercicio es tocar con nuestro talÓn las palmas de las manos, coordinamos como si est

gonzÁlez. ¿pero ustedes se imaginan a thalÍa haciendo de "aventurera"? parece que hay un proyecto televisivo, y se lo propusieron. reportera: thalÍa serÁ "aventurera". el productor juanlinazo"? carmen salinas: ¿tÚ quiÉn eres, y de dÓnde eres? estÉ o no de acuerdo, son leyes que tiene que imponer el gobierno. [risas] orlando: carmelita cambia de opiniÓn todos los dÍas. gracias por existir, carmelita! esta noticia es seria. y es que el lunes se presentÓ una menor de edad en tijuana a demandar a roberto tapia. aquÍ tenemos las fotografÍas con las cuales se quiere demostrar que tuvo una relaciÓn sexual, siendo una menor de edad. dice que estuvo con Él desde los 14 aÑos hasta ahora, que tiene 16. se dio cuenta que tiene otra relaciÓn, y decidió denunciarlo. estuvimos a las afueras de la casa de roberto tapia. estÁn todos los medios de comunicaciÓn esperando que salga el artista a dar algÚn tipo de declaraciÓn. esto es noticia, todo los medios de comunicaciÓn apostados allÍ, a las afueras de la casa de roberto tapia. vamos a ver quÉ suceder. es que es tan delicado lo que sucediÓ... vamos con mÁs de "despierta amÉrica", con ana patricia y nuestro querido johnny. ana patrici