amy goodman: the u.n.etary-general ban ki-moon called the moroccan presence in western sahara an occupation. what was your response? hmad hammad: [translated] my answer is clear. we a are a peoplple. we have a homeland. we have a culture. we have all these things that constitute a country. we are very differentt from the moroccans. it's impossible fofor us to be moroccans. we have no common history. there is nothing that links us to them whatsoever. i say that our damnation comes from the natural resources we have here. if it wasn't for these natural resources, momorocco o would never have invaded western sahara, with the support of spain and france. amy goodman: western sahara a is a territory rich in natural resources, which h morocco has exploited since the 197575 invasion, despite international court rulings establishing that the kingngdom has no sovereignty over the territory. morocco controls the majority of the world's reserves of phphosphates, a mineneral used in fefertilizes thatat's criticall to

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration likely separated more children at u.s. mexico border that improves the reported. that is the conclusion of the inspector general of the department of health and human servicices, which h set in a ret ththursday that efforts s to trk those children have been so spotty, that the exact number of family separations is unknown. last summer, a federal judge ordered the trump administration to reunite families separated by trump's zero tolerance policy along the southern border, but the inspector general's report makes clear many migrant families were not identified or reunited as part of the judge's order. president trump canceled a military flight thursday that was set to deliver house speaker nancy pelosi and a congressional delegation to visit nato leaders in brussels and u.s. troops in afghanistan. in a letter to the speaker, trump wrote -- "in light of the 800,000 great american workers not receiving pay, i am sure you would agree that postponing this public re

i'm amy goodman. the partial government shutdown, now the longest in u u.s. histo, is in its 24th day with still no apparent end in sight. on sunday, republican south carolina senator and trump ally lindsey graham told fox news he thought trump should temporarily reopen the government while pursuing negotiations with democrats. >> before he pululls the plug on ththe legislative optionn - -- i think we a are almost there -- i would urge him to open up the government for a short period of time, like three weeks, before he pulls the plug and see we can get a deal. if we can't at the end of three weeks, all bets are off. see if he can do it by himself to the emergency powers. amy: the comments came just two days after senator graham tweeted -- "mr. president, declare a national emergency now. build a wall now." president trump has so far refused to consider any spending measures that do not include his $5.7 billion in border wall funding. despite trump's claims last week that republican senators were unif

i'm amy goodman. as the partial government shutdown enters its 33rd day, the senate is set to vote on two sepaparate bills thursday -- a democratic proposal that would reopen the government temporarily with no funding for a border wall, and a republican bill that includes president trump's demand for $5.7 billion to build his wall on the u.s.-mexico border. the aclu condemned senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's funding proposal tuesday, saying it is substantially worse than what the president described in his speech and contains provisions that would severely curtail the asylum system and put immigrant children at increased risk. democratic leaders in both the hohouse and senate have already rejected such a proposal. this is house speaker nancy pelosi. >> daca recipients had their protections, temporary protected status, has protections, has not took it away. now he is saying, well, i will give you this but temporarily if you give me a wall permanently. amy: as the political impasse drags on, aff

amy: untouchable.oday we look at a remarkable new documentary that takes on harvey weinstein's decades of sexual abuse and the system that allowed it to happen. we will speak to the film's director, ursula macfarlane, actress rosanna arquette who accused weinstein of sexual abuse and to lauren o'connor, a former employee at the weinstein company who wrote a damning internal memo in 2015 exposing weinstein's misconduct. today she speaks out in her first television interview. play sot (sot anchor) >> when i filed the memo i knew it was at great risk to my career and professional track. potentially at risk to myself as an individual. but i think on some level i really hoped that if something was in writing than when hr it they wouldn't be able to say -- they wouldn't be able to unhear it. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the united states has placed sweeping new sanctions on venezuela's state-owned oil company pdvsa i

i'm amy goodman. federal agents raided the home of president trtrump ia ally and former adviser roger stone here at prosecutors from special counsel robert mueller's team charged the one-time republican operative of obstruction, witness tampering, and lying to congress about his communications with wikileaks. an indictment reveals a scene trump campaign official was directed to contact stone ahead of the 2016 election to see what other leaks about hillary clinton and the democratic committee were coming from wikileaks prayer he was released on a $250,000 bond on friday and spoke to the press. a i believe this is politically motivated investigation. problem with the political motivationons of the prosecutors. amy: roger stone will be arraigned on tuesday. stone and donald trump were both heavily influenced by the infamous attorney roy cohn, who served as a chief counsel senator joseph mccarthy during the red scare in the 1950's and would later become a leading mob attorney. roy cohn represented donald

amy: fda. we alreadydy ever what happened around the holidays with the romaine lettuce recall, which has just beeanannounced d to be over.. what would happen if something like that happened right now at the fda? >> the things that are life-threatening, either with regard to food safety or other things, they say "we've got that covered." the problem m is, you don't know something is life-threatening until it emerges as an outbreak. then they will be finding a way to deal with it, and emergency recall like that. but they will not do therefore looking inspections that might have prevented it in the first place. at thect t same thing national highway traffic safety administration. routine recalls and inspections are e not going on. if there's somethining that is urgent and life-threatening, once they've discovered it to be so, they have the capacity to act. but we won't know about it until the bumbling problem becomes a crisis. something that would have been prevented if they were properly staffed.

i'm amy goodman. house speaker nancy pelosi called wednesday for president trump to cancel his state of the union address later this month, arguing the government shutdown has left the secret service and the department of homeland security starved for funds and unprepared to simultaneously protect all three branches of government. >> that we would have the president of the united states, the vice president of the united states, the entire congress of the united states -- house and senate -- the supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, the cabin of the united states -- did i say that? and the diplomatic corps all in the same room. this requires hundreds of people working on the logistics and the security of it. most of those people are either furloughed or victims of the shutdown. the president's shutdown. amy: speaker pelosi said trump should cancel the state of the union, move it to a later date or submit it in writing. republicans dismissed pelosi's warning as a political stunt. meanwhile, the long

i'm amy goodman. ththe governments ofof mexico ad our way are calling fofor an international meeting next week to discuss a peaceful solution to the crisis in venezuela. but in another setback to the government of nicolas maduro, the european parliament voted to recognize opposition leader juan president.he interim this comes as fears growing the u.s. could launch a military invasion to topple maduro's government and prop up guaido, who had so national assembly. u.s. lawmakers, including marco rubio, called on the venezuelan military to help overthrow maduro. "new york times" op-ed to list said he and guaido clandestine meetings with the military and security forces to gain support for overthrowing maduro, writing -- "we have offered amnesty to all those who are found not guilty of crimes against humanity. the military's withdrawal of support from mr. maduro is crucial to enabling a change in government." on wednesday, guaido said he spoke with trump on the phone, as well as regional leaders in latin

i'm amy goodman. in the worst the feet for a ruling government in british history, prime minister theresa may's brexit deal to withdraw britain from the european union was crushed tuesday by 230 boats. john barcow, the speaker of the u.k. house of commons, called the roll. >> the ayes 202. the nos, 432. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the house has spoken and the government will listen. it is clear the house does not support this deal but tonight's boat tells us nothing about what it does support. how -- nothing about how or even if it intends to honor the decision. parliament decided to hold. amy: britain is scheduled to leave the european union in 10 weeks, but the rejection of the deal leaves uncertainty about what will happen next. shortly after tuesday's vote, labour leader jeremy corbyn called for a vote of no confidence in may's government to be held within 24 hours. outside the parliament, supporters of a second referendum on brexit cheerered tuesday's outcome. this is anti-brexit acti

i'm amy goodman.he venezuelan government is ofusing united states 's aftera coup d'etat recognizing opposition leader juan guaido as interim president. >> i have decided to break it will medic relations with the imperialist government of the united states. out of venezuela viggo. enough enter -- in venezuela they go. amy: venezuelan president maduro has ordered u.s. diplomat of personnel to leave within 72 hours. the trump administration says it will not comply with the order. the european union and 11 latin american countries have joined the u.s. in recognizing opposition leader guaido as president. other nations are stressing support for maduro. president trump implied the u.s. is ready to use the terry force to oppose maduro -- use military force to oppose maduro. >> are you considering a military option for venezuela? pres. trump: we are not considering anything come but all options are on the table. all options always. all options are on the table. amy: venezuela is facing a staggering economic c

amy: u.s. officials said monday the military will have four months to withdraw troops from sysyria, rather thanan the 30 ds initially announced by trump. the withdrawal will be overseen by patrick shanahan, the former boeing executive, the weapons manufacturer. he became acting secretary of defense on new year's day after the former pentagon chief james mattis resigned in protest of trump's foreign policy. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also met with president bolsonaro in brazil. netanyahu said the newly inaugurated president told him brazil would move their embassy to jerusalem, following the u.s.'s move in may of last year. bolsonaro reportedly said -- "it's not a question of if, just a question of when." honduras is also reportedly considering moving t their embay to jerusalem. in gaza, mourners gathered at the funeral of 26 year-old karam fayyad saturday, a palestinian man who was killed friday by israeli forces during a protest at the separation barrier with israel. friday mark

i'm amy goodman. in los angeles public school , 32,000 teachers went on strike monday, many of them braving the pouring rain alongside their supporters as they marched through downtown los angeles. teachers are demanding smaller class sizes, higher pay, the regulation of charter schools, and more nurses, counselors, and librarians. the strike is the first such action in nearly 30 years. the strike is organized by united teachers los angeles, has effectively shut down the natition's s second l largest sl district. this is toby smith, , who teachs up to 200 students a day. >> we are pinned up against the wall. we have no other choice. they're going to cram the kids in like sardines. they're going to starve us out and then charter schools will be the only schools. it is do or die for us. amy: we'll have more on the los angeles teacher strikes after headlines with strike leader and teacher cecily myart-cruz and author and journalist eric blanc. senate confirmation hearings begin today for william barr, pr

i'm amy goodman. the partial government shutdown is now in its third week, as the impasse over president trump's demand for $5.7 billion in border wall funding showed no signs of abating over the weekend. trump threatened to call a national emergency if no agreement is made. pres. trump: we are looking at a national emergency. just read the papers. we have a crisis at the border of drugs, of human beings being trafficked all of the world. they are coming through. and we have an absolute crisis and criminals and gang members coming through. it is national security. it is a national emergency. -- rather,usalem democratic lawmakers swiftly condemned the idea, calling into question the legality of the move. chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff called the idea a nonstarter sunday, saying "if harry truman could not nationalize the steel industry during wartime, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion-dollar wall on the border." on sunday, tr

i'm amy goodman. democrats will take control over the house of representatives as new members are sworn in today. democrats picked up 40 seats in the november election while in the senate, republicans expanded their majority slightly to 53. over 100 women will serve in the house for the first time in u.s. history, including the first two native american women, the first two latina women from texas, and the first two muslim women. palestinian-american rashida tlaib of michigan will be sworn in on the koran that once belonged to thomas jefferson. she plans to wear a thobe -- a traditional palestinian gown -- to the ceremony. democratic socialist alexandria ocasio-cortez on new york is now the youngest woman ever to serve in congress. one congressional seat that will not filled today is north carolina's 9th district. republican mark harris was initially believed to be the winner of that race against democrat then mccready, but the results were not certified amid allegations of republican voter fraud. wit

i'm amy goodman. the senate on thursday rejected a pair of spending bills aimed at ending the longest partial government shutdown in u.s. history, now in its 35th day. six republicans crossed the aisle to vote in favor of aa democratic bill that would fund the government without meeting trump's demand of $5.7 billion in new funding for a wall on the u.s.-mexico border. the 52-44 vote was a blow to republican majority leader mitch mcconnell, but failed to garner the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. in an impassioned speech that lasted over 20 minutes, colorado democratic senator michael bennet b blasted senator ted crz and other republicans for supporting the shutdown, but laid blame for the crisis at the feet of president trump. >> this idea that he is going to build a medieval wall across the southern border of texas, take it from the farmers and ranchers , isn't true.re that is why we are here. because he is now sayining the taxpayers s have to pay fofor i. amy: a republican-crafted bill with

i'm amy goodman. as the shutdown enters its 18th day, president trump is planning to address the nation tuesday night, that is tonight, from the oval office. p is also set to visit the border thursday. trump requested the primetime broadcast slot of 9:00 p.m., which all major networks agreed to accommodate. networks are not required to satisfy such requests. in 2014, networks declined to air an obama address on immigration policy. shortly after trump's announcement, democratic congressional leaders released a statement demanding equal television time. the statement read -- "if his past statements are any indication, will be full of malice and misinformation." democratic lawmakers are planning to move ahead with a series of appropriations bills today that would reopen most government agencies come although trump and the republicans have not said they would sign on to the measures. this comes as the effects of the shutdown, now the second-longest shutdown in u.s. history, continued to be felt across the

i'm amy goodman. incoming members of the 116th congress made history thursday, as the most diverse group of lawmakers ever sworn in. over 100 women now serve in the house, along with the most lgbtbtq, black, and latino memes in history. meanwhile, democratic congressmember nancy pelosi of california was officially elected speaker of the house, regaining the gavel she lost after the 2010 midterm elections brought eight years of republican control to the house. >> our nation is at an historic moment. two momonths ago, the american people spoke and amended a new dawn. the called upon the beaututof our constitution, that our system of checks and balances that protects our democracy, remembering that the legislative , the firstrticlei branch of government, co-equal to the presidency and the judiciary. amy: 15 democrats, including some freshman lawmakers, defected against pelosi's speakership, either voting for an alternative candidate or simply voting "present." as a first order of business, pelosi and hou

amy: yeah.emonis: so, i never like the brand on the door to be the brand on the product inside that store. the idea of creating brands and doing what you do inside of anderson is great, but what i would prefer to see is anderson on the door, and then inside of the store, other brands that you may own in your back pocket. when the brand on the door and the name on the product is the same, the customer is gonna see that as almost a house brand, like generic cereal. and the high margins that you were actually going for, they may not come to fruition. what's it like working for these two guys? val: the way that they treat us, they're fair. they're nice. i will say that they are kind of spread thin. amy: usually, it's pretty stressful, and you know, john is going, "give me the new art, new customer, new business, sales." and he's just very pressured and wanting to make sure we're doing our jobs. sometimes i feel like they just need to focus on one thing. lemonis: are they late with their deadlines? a

i'm amy goodman. as the partial government enters its 32nd day, lawmakers prepare to vote on several bills this week, aimed at ending the impasse over president trump's demand for $5.7 billion in border wall funding. on saturday, trump proposed a new deal promising to shield deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca, protections for three years, as well as protections for those who have temporary protected status, or tps, in exchange for funding his border wall. democrats rejected the deal, which would not provide long-term protections or a path to citizenship for affected individuals. despite this, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said he will bring the proposal up for a vote this week. meanwhile, house democrats are moving forward with their own proposals aimed at ending the shutdown. 800,000 government workers now facece the prospect of missingng their second paycheck sincnce te the government shutdodown startd as they continue to either be furloughed or work without pay. onon frida

amy: the u.s. and its allies have refused to recocognize maduduro's presidency, calling last year's election illegitimate. other latin american leaders -- including evo morales of bolivia, daniel ortega of nicaragua, and miguel diaz canal of cuba -- welcomed maduro's reelection and joined thursday's inauguration in caracas. the trump administration has continued to ratchet up sanctions against venezuela, even as its economy faces hyperinflation with severe shortages of food and medicine. about venezuelans have left thee 3 million country in recentt years, with many settling in colombia and brazil. in brazil, newly inaugurated far-right president jair bolsonaro said wedednesday he'll pull out of a united nations agreement protecting the rights of migrants. brazil joins just a handful of countries, led by the united states, that refuseded to ratify the e global compact for safe, or delete, and regular migration -- o orderly and regulular migrn last month. more than 160 other nations have signed on. b

amy: we have to leave it there.ce her letter has gone so much attention, has nbc interviewed you? >> nbc has not interviewed me. i'm gratified to the responses i've gotten. north korea wants to keep working toward a

i amam amy goodman. today we spendnd the hourr with noam m chomsky, the worlrld renowned professor, linguist, and dissident. democracy now!'s nermeen shaikh anand i recently spoke to him from tucson, arizona, where he now teaches at the university of arizona. he is also institute professor emeritus at the massachusettsts institute of technology, wherere he has t taught for more than hahalf a century. i begigin by askingg professor chomskyy about president trump's national security adviser john bolton's recent praise of brazil's newly elected far-right president jair bolsonaro, a former army captain who has embraced brazil's former military dictatorship and has a history of making racist, misogynistic, and homophobic comments. noam: well, it is entirely natural for bolton to welcome bolsonaro. bolsonaro is definitely his kind of guy. he is vivicious, b brutal, a strong supporter, enthusiastic supporter of torture. he was a little bit critical of the military dictatorship because it did not kill enough peo

amy holmes is co-host of the p.b.s. show in principles you should. build for us progressive commentator and author host of the bill fresh show on the young turks network his latest book trump must go the top one hundred reasons to dumb truong and one to keep him high let's not amy speak of blow c.s. king trying to reschedule all submit in writing the state of the union what do you make of that. oh if he could schedule it our if he could put it in writing that would save us so much time. and state of the union speeches they're never good they're rarely memorable i think a lot of americans would appreciate that something that was really strange about the story that came out of politico was that apparently democrats had been planning for quote unquote months. to ask the president to postpone the state of the union so this idea that it's because of the government shutdown belies their own planning if it dates back months i think going to learn more about it and i don't anticipate that the president is going to pass up the opportunity to speak to the nati

from london we have dennis or grin a clinical senior lecturer at kings college in london in oxford amy orban psychological researcher at the university of oxford amy investigates the effects of social media and other technologies and in london as well stella brant and foster a student who's a former patient of dennis welcome to you all if i could start with dennis so this study talks about coalition but does that mean causality necessary in other words it was because of their exposure to social media that they developed signs of depression now it doesn't so one has to say that correlation association is very different from causality and causality is a difficult thing to establish and this kind of study of design does not lend itself to it having said this one has to say that there are elements of the study which are really important and quite novel. so one of them is that there is the so-called those response relationship which means that we can very clearly see that the greater the number of hours of social media use the greater the number of and severity of depressive symptoms so tha

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amy hollyfield just arrived there. amy, what are you seeing? >> reporter: here is a look at the accident. it's an overturned delivery truck. the chp officer doesn't know what the truck was hauling. the driver was killed in this accident. they don't know when they're going to be able to reopen the freeway. they just haven't gotten there yet as far as their estimates. right now, they have reopened one lane. but that is just to clear out the backlog. the people who were stuck on northbound highway 101. everyone else right now is being forced to exit at alum rock. i believe we have video that we shot just a few minutes ago to show you just how stressed out drivers were. they were stuck in this. we saw people doing u-turns in the middle of congested stopped traffic. then driving the wrong way on highway 101 just to get out of the stopped situation. going nowhere situation that they were in. that's how desperate people were getting. right now the chp officer tells me the traffic you see moving right now is just the people who were stuck on the freewa

i'm amy goodman.ne day after announcing sweeping new sanctions on venezuela's state-owned oil company pdvsa, the u.s. said tuesday it was giving opposition leader juan guaido control of venenezuela's assetsn the u.s. russia has condemned thehe u.s. action, calling the sanctions "illegal interference" in venezuela's economy. russian n foreign minister sergi lavrov accused the u.s. of a attempting to profifit froe crcrisis, as american compananin venezuelela are exempt from the sanctions. pdvsa subsidiary, citgo, also operated across the u.s. in venezuela, the supreme court barred opposition leader juan guaido from leaving the country tuesday and agreed to freeze his assets. prosecutors have launched an investigation into guaido, who last week declared himself venezuela's interim leader during a large opposition protest to president nicolas maduro's leadership. meanwhile, the u.n. is calling out the violent crackdown on protests, which they say has resulted in 40 people being killed. venezuelan ambassad

amy: right. you're going to -- [inaudible] -- mr. crow: i think one of the things they don't realize, this class is fundamentally different not just because of its size, but for who we are. we come from different backgrounds than you've seen in the past. we're not career politicians. we've built businesses, we've served in the c.i.a. the marine corps. community advocates. parents. we are transformative by our size, but also equaltatively who we are and what we have done in our background. our moral compass is guided by that background. and those life experiences. and when i think about the hard days ahead and none of us are naive in thinking this is going to be easy, right? we're mindful of the very real challenges that lie ahead. but we're here for different reasons, to achieve different things. and for me that's my moral compass. mr. golden: there were times in my primary where i was labeled the insider because i was in government. i don't think most people back home think about this strictly as insider or outsider, strictly in ter