. >> eliot engel, and i will say his name once, used to say he was the thorn in the side of donald trump. but you know what donald trump is more afraid of than anything else? a blacack man with power. amy: all that and more, coming up.. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.o, ththe quaranante report. i'm amy goodman.n. the e united states is experiencing thehe world's worst outbreakak of covid19, which uld soonon spiral out control and less urgent steps are taken to isolate e confmed cases and conduct contact tracing. that was the stark warngng of top u.s. iecectioudiseseas expe dr. antnyny fau in testimony to a senate committeee tuesday. >> when you have an outbreak in

eliot engel was the house of the house affairs committee.amaal bowman has been endorsed by senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, , representative alexandria ocasio-cortez, and "the new york times." former b bronx middle schohool principal.l. when we come back, the man who prededicted the panandemic two s ago, ed yong. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this s is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i i am amy goodman with juan gonzalez. the united states's expense in the world's worst outbreak of covivid-19. tuesdaday marked the highest reported in the cocountry in a single day since the pandemic began with 47,000 new cases reported. eight states -- california, reporteddexas, also record daiaily higighs as the vs sprereads rapidly across the soh and wewest. the number of u.s. cases have reportedly risen by y 80% in the papast two weeks. on tuesday, dr. anthony fauci, warned the u.s. could spiral out of control and less urgent steps are taken. >> when you have any outbreak in one part of the country, even though in

the incumbent, the guy he was running against was eliot engel, a 16-term incumbent in congress sincese leadership, chair of the foreign relations committee. jamaal bowman did not have any money. he did not have any institutional backing. he was an educator, a middle school principal. congressman engel was endorsed by mcand speaker of the house nancy pelosi. then in the middle of the campaign there was a pandemic where nobody could really campaign. then jamaal bowman began to catch fire through grassroots fundraising and eliot engel making missteps like caught on a hot mike responding, if i didn't have a primary i wouldn't care." in the end jamaal bowman did not just eke out a victory. today "the associated press" declared it for him by a double digit margin. full disclosure. we have not covered this race at all while he was happening, not once, because i have a clear conflict which is that my brother managed jamaal bowman's campaign. now the race is over, it is my pleasure to welcome jamaal bowman, democratic nominee for new york's 16th congressional district. congratulations, mr. bo

congressman, eliot engel, has lost his reelection bid. democrats the second to lose this year's primary. he was defeated in the 16th congressional district contest by a middle school principal from yonder's. he will face the conservative party candidate in november. next week, the house and senate returned to legislative business before the august recess. on monday and tuesday, the house takes up the fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization act. the bill establishes policies for defense department programs. are expected early on monday. wednesday, the house considers a to address the issue of confederate statues on display in the u.s. capitol. the senate also convenes on monday to resume debate on the nomination of russell vought. for the remainder of the week, the senate continues work on the annual 740.5 alien dollar 2029 -- billion-dollar 2021 national defense authorization act. watch anytime on c-span.org or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. dr. anthony fauci spoke about the ongoing pandemic. he was asked about t

us and how will you differ from your incumbent that you are just replacing outgoing congressman eliot engelll, first, thank you so much for having me. i mean, we were able to triple voter turnout across the district, we were able to triple voter turnout among people of color and among young people. people are really excited about our platform, a platform pushing for medicare for all, a green new deal, getting big money out of politics, fully investing in our public schools, and centering racial and economic justice. we don't take any corporate pac money because we are completely responsible and accountable to the people of this district. and we focus on the foreign policy that centers peace, uplifting labor, and dealing with global climate catastrophe that we're living through right now. those are a few differences and that's why people are so excited about our campaign throughout. let me get your thought on something that engel said this week. he warned fellow democrats like yourself against challenging sitting lawmakers from the same party, saying i think it is a very dangerous thing for

saying oh you're giving in a putin iloveyou take 9000 troops out of germany you have congressman eliot engel a leading democrat out of new york he is trying to pass legislation to prevent trump from taking the troops out of germany so it's quite interesting another great example was of course trump's overtures to north korea to make a peace plan again he was highly criticized for that he was portrayed as some side type of a do for kim jong un and of course that peace process has has eviscerated he recently said we need to end air and less wars. that's something that a lot of people could get behind in the media seems very yesterday about that notion and then conversely they called trump presidential another wonder for accolades when he started bombing syria i want to stay on that topic here for a minute john bolton's book you know his new book has been leaked out and he in it i've read the 1st few chapters it's tough to read such tripe but i'm doing the best i can but a couple of hours and it's fascinating bungs talking about syria and about how they had used chemical weapons and the u.s. ne

eliot engel for having this hearing today. it is with great sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. the u.s. congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one voice in defense of those who are oppressed by beijing and in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of hong kong. thank you and mr. mcc. eliot engel for having this hearing today. it is with great sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. the u.s. congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one voice in defense of those who are oppressed by beijing and in support of freedom, justice and real aut we continue to urge president trump to hold chinese officials accountable for abuses, including taking steps under the e hong kong human rights and democracy act. we must consider all tools available including visa limitations and economic penalties. but here today, i'm very honored to join cheuk yan lee, ge

scored an upset over eliot engel, a show of strength by prescription -- progressives.4-year-old was declared the winner of the contest, all but assuring an election in november from the solidly democratic district he represents. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you, mark. coming up, we will talk with reggie shock, the head of the rockefeller foundation, on their dramatic plan to expand coronavirus testing around the country. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. in the last 24 hours, there have been more than 75,000 new cases of coronavirus in the country, indicating we are far from the end of the disease. the rockefeller foundation has a proposal on how we can do systematic testing throughout the country and they are announcing a second phase with new technology. shah, the dr. rajiv head of the rockef

lou: radical left-wing democrat jamal brown has defeated 16-term democrat eliot engel in new york's democratic primary. brown was backed by the likes of bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, alexandria ocasio-cortez. many votes cast by mail in the race. they are yet to be counted, but a winner declared. the ark -- ap press analysis of absentee ballots returned a lead so large for engel, just far too large for engel to overcome. senator ron johnson wants to subpoena advisers to joe biden involving his son hunter's ties to burisma. johnson wants to focus on a 2014 agreement between burisma and the u.s. agency for international development uncovered by john solomon from "just the news." among those that johnson wants to testify, former deputy secretary of state antony blinkenen who is also a senior foreign policy officer on the biden campaign, former senior state department official victoria newland. that's her name. well, joining us now is david bossie, president of citizens united, former 2016 trump deputy campaign manager, surrogate for the 2020 trump campaign. good to see you. did i mention -- >>

the former middle school principal has toppled 16 term incumbent democrat eliot engel in the congressional primary. correspondent welland bitterroo is showing as. pulled off this upset. >> shannon, president trump as taking notice, he and republicans are continuing to pound away at joe biden as too liberal, as out of touch with the center of america as being pulled left by the most radical in his party. tonight there is new evidence b the tally in the race you just talked about, of just how far left the democratic party is moving. >> in ordinary times, he wouldn't even have a primary challenger in his heavily blue district. he's been in congress 30 to years, but these aren't ordinar times. middle school principal jamaal brown just beat him in the democratic primary by double-digit spirit i'm a black man who was raised by a single mother in a housing project he tweeted. that story doesn't usually end in congress. today that 11 -year-old boy who was beaten by police is about t be your next representative. pretty cool he tweeted about a teacher with him along with members of the squad the for

eliot engel for having this hearing today. it is with great sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. the u.s. congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one voice in defense of those who are oppressed by beijing in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of hong kong. we continue to urge president trump to hold chinese officials accountable for abuses including taking steps under the hong kong human rights and democracy act we must consider all tools available including visa limitations and economic penalties. but here today i'm very honored to join cheuk yan lee, confederation of trade unions, carroll peter sen, professor of law university of hawaii, brian leung, ph.d. university candidate university of washington and virtually electronically nathan law, legislative council, former member council of hong kong and former chairman. again, for years, the world has watched in horror as beijing has accelerated its campaign to dismant

eliot engel at the end, a who's who of the democratic establishment jumped in and tried to support him including hillary clinton and some other prominent new yorkers. it was not enough. i think the headline out of new york is not that upset. it's that it is three weeks plus, and we are still counting votes. that scarce es me when i think about november. >> yes, exactly. we might be in for a long wait before we find out results. that is if it's not a landslide one way or another. let's go to another democratic primary, senator ed markey of massachusetts is being challenged by congressman joe kennedy iii, grandson of bobby kennedy and grand nephew of jfk. senator ed markey, democrat from massachusetts, his opponent joins us now. senator, always good to see you. so your opponent here is making this a generational case. he's saying that the senate needs new leadership, new blood. you've been around since the '70s. when somebody comes to you and says i like that argument, i like the idea of having somebody new in office, what do you say to them? >> well, i say that i am the leader on the cl

first go to jamaal bowman, the former middle school principal who defeated new york congressmember eliot engelthe 16-term foreign affairs committee chair, in an upset victory in last week's primary. bowman ran on a green new deal, medicare for all platform and recently joined protests demanding an end to racism and police brutality. yesterday, he spoke about his win n and campaign tactics on democracy now! >> we connecected with thosese o have -- had bebeen mostly disenfranchised and igignored by congngress been engel in our popolitical system for decades. we wanted to connect with themm fifirst. we did not just t targetet thoso consistentntly vote in n i marr. we tarargeted everyone. those who are regisisteredd democrats s but have become disengaged from the system. we wanted to let them know that their vovoices matattered, thaty were important, and we needed their brililliance and expxperie to help us craft a policy that we are going to be fighting for in washington. amy: so you have the apparent victory of bowman in new york, but in kentucky, former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath has been

a stunning political upset a 16-term incumbent and chair of the house foreign affairs committee eliot engel primary race here in new york by former educator jamaal bowman. jamaal bowman joins me now. first off, congratulations, quite an achievement but the timing of this, it took nearly a month to declare you the winner here. so what concerns does that raise for you in terms of the coming november election, how long it will take to figure out maybe who wins the presidential race? >> correct. you know, not just for me but for the entire country. you know, even on election night we had people waiting in two and three-hour lines just to vote so we need massive investments in our board of elections to prepare for the mail-in ballots that are going to be happening during the november elections. it's a logistical nightmare at the moment, so we need people power and money as well to make sure we're able to count those votes much more efficiently. >> and it's maybe not just a matter of efficiency either. it's a matter of the president drawing unfounded questions as to the entire legitimacy of it. l

aoc backed first time candidate jamaal bowman defeated democrat representative eliot engel.illary clinton opponent endorsed by aoc, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. what does this tell us about the future of the party that this new first-time candidate backed by the hart left wing of that party was able to defeat a very well established long-time democratic candidate backed more establishment democrats? this is what have you seen with the democratic party ilhan omar rashida tlaib the new face of the democratic party. do you know who is joining them? joe biden. have you seen unity manifesto with bernie sanders calling for an end to cash bail and end to deportations. i mean, some really extreme things that are in there. joe biden did call for defunding the police when he said in an interview he wants to see their funds redirected. guess what? that means defunding. he has called the police the millimeter. i mean, he has embraced this left, left wing of the democrat party, which is frightening. he just put together a tax plan that would tax 82% of american households. so, aoc i

ethe democratic chair of house foreign affairs committee, eliot engel, lost his primary to a progressive challenger today the associated press declared jamaal bowman the winner. he campaigned for racial justice and argued engel had lost touch with voters after 16 terms. the primary was june 24. it took this long to determine the winner from absentee ballots. nations across south asia are now porting mo than 220 de in monsoon flooding. nearly four million people acrossangladesh, bhutan, india, myanmar and nepal have been cut off or forced to flee in recent weeks. the devastation has submged homes and roadways across the region, leaving people like these in bangladesh increasingly desperate. >> ( translated ): we've taken shelter beside a road, and we're out of work. our children are with us, and we can't get a square meal. we don't have anything good to eat. you cannot imagine how we e geing through this. >> nawaz: forecasters in baladesh say the flooding could get worse next week as two major rivers overflow.ld 100-yearan in britain was knighted today for raising more than $40 million in

representative eliot engel has lost his re- election bid. the 73 -year-old congressman chairs the house foreign affairs committee and becomes the fifth house incumbent, second democrat, to lose their seat to this year's primary. the democratic winner in new york 16 congressional district primary, jamaal bowman is a middle school principal from yonkers. there is no republican candidate in that district. mr. bowman will be challenged by the conservative party candidate. next week, the house and senate returned to legislate a business before the august recess. on monday and tuesday house takes up the fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization act. the bill establishes policies for defense department programs, votes are expected early on monday. wednesday the house will consider a bill to remove the bust of chief justice roger b toting the author of the 1857 dred scott ruling from the old supreme court chamber and to address the issue of confederate statues on display in the u.s. capital. the senate also convenes on monday to resume debate

speaker, it is my honor on behalf of the new congressional delegation, as the co-dean, along with eliot engel, to welcome jacobs.st member, chris or perhaps, i should say, back.e him since mr. jacobs began his career just out of college york congressman jack kemp. after returning home to western york, he has pursued various rofessional paths, including public service. he began an education charity, his own small business, avalon development. served as erie county clerk, and most recently, was a state of the new york senate since 2017. congratulate congressman jacobs and look forward to orking with him at this critical time to deliver for our home state of new york in the months. i also welcome his family here wife, including his martina, and beautiful young daughter, anna. madam speaker, at this time, i am pleased to yield to the new york, my friend and colleague, king.ssman peter the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. king: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, congresswoman lowey. it's really a privilege to be to welcome chris jacobs to the house of representativ

. >> 16 term us representative eliot engel has lost his reelection bid. the 73-year-old congressman chairs the house foreign affairs committee becomes the fifth house and come in, second democrat to lose their seats in this year's primary area of the democratic winner in new york's 16th congressional district primary mold bowman is the middle school principal from yonkers. there is no republican candidate in that district. mister bowman will be challenged by the conservative party candidate . >> tonight a special edition of the book tv airing weeknights this week. starting at 8 pm, dennis desousa examines what he calls the new face of socialism and pulitzer prize winning washington post reporter mary jordan discusses the life and influence of first lady melanie a trump. later, robin hood ceo westmore spoke about the 2015 baltimore uprising following the death of freddie gray from the perspective of residents who witnessed the unrest.

jamaal bowman was also trailed by eliot engel, and bowman declared victory.lso out of colorado, we know who will take on senator cory gardner and the colorado senate race this fall. one of the closely watched races and race that the democrats are targeting. governorr colorado easily dispatching a challenge the left and the left and willn cory gardner. taken looper leading -- hickenl ooper is leading and the race was called last night and he into the senate race after unsuccessfully running for president. he was endorsed by the democratic senatorial campaign committee. and into the senate was declared the victor. other stories you bill tuesday, abandoning the state flag and stripping the bill tuesday, abandoning the state flag and stripping the confederate battle flag symbol from it, capping a remarkable turnaround on a banner that flew over the state for more than a century. with the move, mississippi will take down one of the most prominent confederate tributes, which is the flight that only bears the emblem, and lawmakers have barred it from including the m

eliot engel, the senate, marco rubio, mr. cardin -- over there, democrats and republicans have put the bright spotlight on what is happening. of chinaessional chair chaired by mr. mccubbin and cochaired by mr. smith. cochair chris smith has worked. hard with hearings to have this committee call attention to all of this. the commission on human rights, a former chair on this committee, in a bipartisan way has called attention to all of in terms ofe years, hong kong, more specifically, leading up to 1987 and including that. and what is so sad about it is regime thinksse they can act with impunity in repressing the spirit of democracy. outllion people turned against the extradition law. 2 million people. that is a big crowd in the united states. but when you understand it was 25% of the population of hong kong, almost anybody who could go out showed up against what the chinese regime was going to do. they want the most horrible form .f horror i keep saying the same word. fighting for someone who was imprisoned, for the regime to