amy: democracy now!nto a daily television show in 2001, the week of september 11, 2011 come in exact, but one of our first special tv broadcasts took place in august 2000 at the republican national convention in philadelphia. amy: from pacifica radio, this is democracy now! breaking with convention, power protest in the presidency. gorge bush accepts the republican nomination for president. we will get reaction. i look at the conduct of the philadelphia police this week and a tour to the independent media center. all of that in more, coming up on pacifica radio's democracy now! you are listening to pacifica radio's democracy now! broadcasting on can you dust community on community radio stations and video at democracynow.org. unprecedented community media colloration. i am amy goodman with juan gonzalez as we continued our reaction to the nomination speech of -- the acceptance speech of george w. bush, the nomination by the republican party as the presidential candidate. juan: as i said, an amazing speec

i'm amy goodman. u.s. air force fighter jets bombed buildings in eastern syria on thursday, with the pentagon claiming it successfully targeted iranian-backed militant groups. iranian media said the airstrikes killed 17 fighters. the pentagon called the assault a response to recent rocket attacks on u.s. forces in northern iraq. those attacks came more than a year after iq's parliament voted to expel u.s. troops, an order that's been ignored by both the trump and biden administrations. thursday's assault is the first of milary action ordered by president biden. california congressmember ro khanna condemned the attack, saying -- "there is absolutely no justification for a president to authorize a military strike that is not in self-defense against an imminent threat without congressional authorization. we need to extricate from the middle east, not escalate." president biden spoke with saudi arabia's king salman thursday as the u.s. prepares to release an intelligence report on the 2018 murder of "washingto

i'm amy goodman.ouse speaker nancy pelosi has authorized a 9/11-style commission to further investigate the january 6 insurrection, as well as the actions that led up to it. this comes as calls are growing for the criminal prosecution of former president donald trump as one of the last paths left to hold him accountable after saturday's vote in the senate fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to find him guilty. seven republicans voted with democrats to convict. among them, north carolina senator richard burr. on monday, north carolina's republican party formally censured burr over his vote, joining similar votes against senators bill cassidy of louisiana and pat toomey of pennsylvania. republican officials in maine and utah are also considering censure votes against susan collins and mitt romney over their votes to convict trump. after headlines, we'll have the latest on the fight to hold trump accountable for the insurrection and the fht withinhe republican party over trump's legacy. a massiv

i'm amy goodman. at least 23 people have been killed and millions remain without power as a major winter storm sweeps across large swaths of the cotry, briing cord-breing coldnd snow. overwheed and under-prared pow grid in texas unged miions into freezi cold andarkness hureds of thousandalso los wer across pts of aplachia as well as in oregon. this is a resident of denton, texas. >> we had a fireplace and i burned up all of the wood we had . this is sad. this is the sad state of affairs. i wish it were better. somebody has to do some planning after all of this is over and make sure there are alternative sources of energy. amy: texas republican governor greg abbott took to fox news tuesday to blame renewable energy foris state's blackos, saying the green new deal would be deadly for the u. his comments contradicted texas' own energy department, which saidhe outages were due to "frozen instruments at natural gas, coal and even nuclear facilities." new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted

i'm amy goodman. president joe biden pledged thursday to end u.s. support for the saudi-led war in yemen, describing it as a "humanitarian and strategic catastrophe." the war, which began six years ago and was supported by both president obama and trump, has devastated yemen, leaving at least 100,000 people dead. according to the united nations, 80% of yemen's 30 million people need some form of aid or protection. biden's pledge came during a major foreign policy speech thursday in which he vowed to get tough on adversaries like china and russia while declaring "america is back." we'll have more on biden's foreign policy plan and the war on yemen later in the broadcast. the united states reported more than 5000 coronavirus deaths thursday, a world record daily toll since the start of the pandemic. daily confirmed cases continue to fall but remain stubbornly high with nearly 130,000 new infections over the most recent 24 hour period. on thursday, johnson & johnson asked the food and drug administration

amy: dr.g spencer has called us to work on the pandemic. can you imagine a world where the united states pushes vaccine, both giving and selling vaccines around the world as hard as it pushes selling weapons of war? >> we certainly would be a lot safer if we got everyone vaccinated. here in the u.s., we have had 500,000 people die. at least 2.5 money people die from covid around the world. -- 2.5 million people die from covid around the world. look at the impact in the u.s. over $3 trillion spent, another 1.9 trillion coming. the impact has been greater than many wars. it is imperative we get covid controlled here in the u.s. but also impaired we get a controlled around the world and in addition, how we think about how we prepare and respond the next crisis. we can't build walls tall enough m oroats wide enough to keep out the next, whether it is a micro or virus. we need to be prepared because we will see this again. we have had multiple public health emergencies over the past six years. we w

amy: one more.t possible that still congress could vote to prevent donald trump from running for federal office? it was always that after the senate trial, if you were convicted but two thirds vote -- which he was not come he was short by 10 votes -- they were short by 10 votes come than of majority could vote to strip above the right to run. but is there still a chance i could invoke the 14th amendment and not do that? close your references section three of the 14th amendment. that clearly would be a bill of attainder. the precise issue you have described was raised right after the civil war. the cases were cover such a prevent anyone who had engaged in the confederate states against the union from practicing law. the supreme court said, are clearly trying to impose punishment. they can only be done with due process in a court of law. not by legislative decree. it would be prohibited from going on that path. amy: thank you for being with us, bruce fein, associate deputy attorney general and general

i'm amy goodman. house impeachment managers have concluded their case against former president donald trump, linking his campaign to undermine the election results with the statements of insurrectionists who attacked the u.s. capitol on january 6. in closing arguments, colorado congressmember joe neguse pleaded with senators to vote to convict trump. >> because if you don't, if we pretend it didn't happen -- or worse, if we let it go unanswered -- who is to say it won't happen again? amy: trump's legal team begins its defense today. lawyer david schoen predicted it would take just three to four hours to present trump's case, with the trial set to wrap up on saturday. on thursday evening, three republican senators -- ted cruz, lindsey graham, and mike lee -- met with trump's legal team in the capitol, raising fresh doubts over their ability to serve as impartial jurors. after headlines, we'll air extended excerpts from trump's second senate impeachment trial and get reaction from longtime consum advoca

i'm amy goodman. democratic house impeachment managers have released shocking video from inside the capitol during the january 6 insurrection showing violent from supporters were just yards away. democrats describe trumps the insigh -- incitor-in-chief. th is stacey plaskett at the virgin islands speaking at the senate trial. >> donald trump, over many months, called dutch cultivated violence. praised it, and then when he saw the violence his supporters were capable of, he channeled it to this big, wild, historic event. he organized january 6 with the same people that had just organize the rally resulting in substantial violence and made absolutely sure this time these violent rallygoers would not just remain in place. he made sure that violent people would literally march right her to our steps. amy: house impeachnt managers also revled that on january 6 trump sent out tweet aacking vice president pence just minutes after senator tommy tuberville of alabama talked to the president on the phone and to

i'm amy goman.emocrats are moving forward with legislation for president biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package after both the house and senate advanced a budget resolution friday allowing them to bypass republican approval. over 50 house democrats signed a letter friday urging biden to reject a push by conservative and centrist democrats to lower the income elibility from $75,000 to $50,000 -- or double those amounts for couples -- in order to receive a direct payment of $1,400. meanwhile, democrats are unveiling a bill to provide payments of $3,000 to $3,600 per child as part of the stimulus package. the amount of assistance would decrease for people with higher incomes. this comes as the white house says the pentagon will deploy over 1,000 active duty troops to assist in the vaccination rollout with the possibility of more troops eventually joining the effort. the biden administration is also invoking the defense production act to increase supplies of vaccines, tests, and protective equ

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amy: amy: dr. el-sadr, iq for joining us.will link to your piece in "the new york times" "the world is desperate for more covid vaccines." but when we come back, we will look at the crack down on uighur s in province. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "dark eyes" by lila downs, and to see her latest performance in our studio, go to [applause] democracynow.org. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. china is facing widespread condemnation following a bbc report about the mass rape and sexual torture of uighur women and other muslims detained in the province of xinjiang. several former prisoners spoke on camera to the bbc's matthew hill. a warning to our audience, these clips contain disturbing descriptions of sexual abuse. >> reliving the sry she can barely bring herself to tell. she was held at one of xinjiang 's so-called reeducation camps. these satellite images show the site where she says she was held sharing a cell with 13 other women with buct for a toilet. she is haunted by one image, masked men

juan: hi, amy.ome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: history is beg made today. the second impeachment trial of the u.s. president, a former president donald trump, begins today in the senate. since the founding of the united states, the senate has conducted just three other presidential beach meant trials -- andrew johnson in 1868, bill clinton in 1999, and donald trump in 2020. trump is the first president to face an impeachment trial after leaving office. the house impeached trump a week before his term ended for inciting the deadly insurrection on the u.s. capitol on january 6 which was aimed at stopping lawmakers from counting the -- certifying the electoral college votes. trump's defense team claims it is unconstitutional to try a former president but the argument has been rejected by many constitutional law experts including the prominent conservative lawyer charles cooper. in a piece in "the wall street journal," cooper wrote -- "it defies

amy: coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. confirmed covid-19 cases in the u.s. have topped 26 million and 440,000 deaths. hospitalizations fell below 100,000 this weekend for the first time in nearly two months. on friday, the centers for disease control ordered masks be worn on almost all forms of public transportation, including airplanes, ships, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and rideshares, starting from midnight today. this comes as experts warn new variants of coronavirus could soon outnumber the original in the u.s. the variant fist identified in south africa has now been reported in two states, maryland and south carolina. top epidemiologist michael osterholm warns a hurricane is coming, with major surges expected in the next six to 14 weeks, and urges rushing the first dose of the vaccine into as many arms as possible. the white hou chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci, said the variants should be a wake-up call and also pushed the goal of vaccinating as many people as quickly as possible. >> we need to as quickl

amy: the u.s. senate has voted to move forward with the impeachment trial of donald trump for inciting the deadly insurrection on the u.s. capitol. we will air highlights from the first day of the trial, including the dramatic video montage of what happened on january 6. pres. trump: we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you won't have a country anymore. amy: plus, we will speak to the scholars ibram x. kendi and keisha blaine about the impeachment trial, the racial disparities of the covid-19 pandemic, and their new book "four hundred souls: a community history of african america 1619-2019." >> knowledge commiee ongoing challenge of covid-19 specifically how it was and continues to state black and brown communities, and also the uprising over the spring and summer of last year. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the senate has voted 56 to 44 to proceed with the impeachment trial of donald trump for inc

i am amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin our show in texas, where millions were plunged millions into freezing cold and darkness as a major winter storm overwhelmed the state's under-prepared power grid. at least 38 people have died, hundreds of thousands remain without power as texas bases record-low temperatures. more than 12 million texans face water disruptions and have been ordered to boil tap water to ensure his safety, even though many like electricity to do so. some parts of the state have no running water at all. texas is also running out of food as the storms have disrupted key supply chains. this is a resident of denton, texas. >> we had a fireplace and i burned up all of the wood we had. this is sad. this is a sad state of affairs. somebody has got to do some planng afterll of this is over and make sure there is an alternative source of energy. amy: texas republican governor greg abbott took to fox news tuesday

i'm amy goodman. house democrats say former president trump was singularly responsible for the january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol in a legal brief filed tuesday ahead of next week's impeachment trial. the lawmakers write -- "trump summoned a mob to washington, exhorted them into a frenzy, and aimed them like a loaded cannon down pennsylvania avenue." they also argue trump's baseless claims of election fraud helped rile up his base. trump's lawyers wrote in their own brief that trump had a right to question election results, and that the trial is unconstitutional since he is no longer in office. meanwhile, president joe biden and first lady biden paid the respect to capitol police officer brian sicknick whose body lay in honor at the capitol rotunda on tuesday evening. five people lost their lives in that january 6 insurrection, two officers died by suicide following the attack. the u.s. will start shipping coronavirus vaccines to retail pharmacies next week, making the shot much more accessibl

juan: hi, amy.e to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show on capitohill. president biden's pick to head the interior department, new mexico congressmember deb haaland, is returning today for a second day of confirmation hearings before the senate committee on energy and natural resources. if confirmed, she would become the first native american to serve as the cabinet secretary in u.s. history. at tuesday's hearing, republican senators grilled her about past comments opposing fracking, the keystone xl oil pipeline, and other fossil fuel projects. but she did have some republican support. republican congressman don young of alaska introduced haaland before the committee and urged republican senators to back her confirmation. >> the oldest member of both bodies, served with 10 presidents and 15 secretaries of interior. there's not much i don't and have not seen. i have a theory because i am a mariner that the captain of the ship has a

amy, thank ou for managed to get to tokyo. amy, thank you forjoining — managed to get to tokyo.. amy, thank you forjoining us, and _ managed to get to tokyo. amy, thank you forjoining us, and best— managed to get to tokyo. amy, thank you forjoining us, and best of- managed to get to tokyo. amy, thank you forjoining us, and best of luck - you forjoining us, and best of luck with everything this year. today, as part of our continued coverage of lgbt+ history month, we hearfrom the england cricketer lauren winfield—hill. she says "happiness, authenticity and being genuine matters" as she shares a letter written to her younger self. if i could send a letter to little lauren, i'd tell myself to embrace being the only girl in a boy's world, to realise that being different and breaking the mould is something that takes strength, courage and individuality, and those are things that we should all be proud of. i would tell myself that everything you fear and assume people will think or perceive you as will always quietly surprise you, when the people who matter don't mind and the people w

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. recorded over 3200 deaths from covid-19 wednesday, even as new cases and hospitalizations remained on the decline. president biden and vice president kamala harris are taking part in a white house event today to mark the 50 millionth shot of a coronavirus vaccine under their administration -- the halfway point in biden's promise to deliver 100 million shots in his first 100 days. nearly 14% of the u.s. population has now received at least one dose. the food and drug administration took another step toward granting emergency use authorization to a third covid 19 vaccine wednesd, announcing a single dose of johnson & johnson's vaccine showed 86% efficacy against severe cases of disease in a u.s. trial. an advisory panel of vaccine experts meets friday to discuss the findings, with the fda set to authorize the vaccine as early as saturday. this is white house coronavirus response coordinator jeffrey zients. >> johnson & johnson has announced aims to deliver 20 lien doses by the end of ma

i'm amy goodman. the united states recorded nearly 2,000 deaths from covid-19 on monday, with 140,000 new infections reported. on monday, a massive winter storm dropped up to 30 inches of snow across parts of the northeast, delaying vaccinations for thousands of people. in new york, new jersey, massachusetts, 26 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, the covid-19 vaccine, less than 8% of the population. this comes as stat news reports top trump officials actively lobbied congress to deny state governments any extra funding for the covid-19 vaccine rollout last fall, despite frantic warnings from state officials who said they were woefully underprepared for mass vaccinations. in the southwestern u.s., the navajo nation has lifted a weekend curfew in order to speed covid-19 vaccinations. about 20 -- about 20% of people across the reservation have been vaccinated so far after the navajo suffered the country's highest per capita coronavirus infection rate through parts of 2020. pre

i'm amy goodman. president biden has signed a major disaster declaration for parts of texas after devastating winter storms last week cut power to millions, created water shortages, and left an estimated 70 people dead around the united states. in conroe, texas, cristian pavÓn pineda, an 11-year-old honduran boy, died in his family's mobile home after it lost heating, like many other homes in the houston area. his family has filed a long -- wrongful death lawsuit against texas's power companies which they say put profits over customers' lives. another young victim, an eight-year-old boy from honduras, drowned last week while attempting to cross the freezing rio grande from mexico with his family. his family was reportedly returned to mexico by u.s. border agents. meanwhile come outrage is mounting after texas residents were hit with skyrocketing energy bills during a massive price surge triggered by the winter weather. one man was hit with an electric bill for over $16,000. the white house said friday

amy: yeah.onis: 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? amy

i'm amy goodman. top u.s. capitol security officials blamed intelligence failures and each other for the deadly january 6 insurrection as they were questioned tuesday by lawmakers. this is former capitol police chief steven sund. >> no entity, including the fbi, provided intelligence regarding january 6. you should be noted the secretary of homeland security did not issue an elevated or eminent alert in reference to the events at the united states capitol on january 6. we properly planned from estimates ration with possible violence. what we got was a military style coordinated assault. amy: sund resigned after the january 6 attack, as did house sergeant-at-arms paul irving and senate sergeant-at-arms michael stenger, who all said tuesday they did not see a warning sent by the fbi on january 5 that violent extremists were calling for war against congress. the report quoted an online thread that read "be ready to fight." "congress needs to hear glass breaking, endorsement been kicked in, and blood from their bl

amy: thank you.sonally take comfort in that i share the concerns with the folks sitting in tonight for unit were just about out of time elisabeth so i'm just going to ask you one more question. this comes from michael. and he asks you and are so any questions. there's just not enough time to get to everyone. michael asked, would you have the most safe and. i'm assuming in terms of potential solutions to things like climate change. anna follow-up is are we doing enough in schools. elizabeth: those are both really good questions. but one idea that i want to put out there is this idea that another harvard person is put out there which is in wilson, has a book called half earth which advocates half of the land and half of the water of the world aside for other creatures. these places would not or they still would be on the climate change and portions it was set in motion. but they would allow as any to sort of possibly face to evolve and adapt. i think in terms of ideas for public it is any species as po

tip how about that, amy?e really poor. but what's good, you just have to live and learn, don't you think? it's like at first, it's like we'd be at the playground or something and he'd have like a meltdown and i just wish that ghost of christmas future mom me could tell ghost of christmas past me mom, "hey, you know how he's freaking out on the playground well, he's going to do this so often that you're going to become desensitized and not be able to feel it anymore and that's something you can look forward to." >> seth: before we go, amy, i do want to take a quick look at what we could expect from your super bowl hellmann's commercial this sunday. >> did you shoot a super bowl commercial >> seth: no. >> no, it was me oh, great. go ahead sorry about that [ laughter ] ♪ >> cleanup on aisle six. >> what are you having a potato salad party? [ laughter ] do you have a bag? >> seth: i mean, i could have done that. >> eat that, glenda jackson! >> seth: i could have done that. >> i don't know. >> seth: you couldn't h

amy poehler and tina fey will be returning as hosts from los angeles. television. >> welcome, you bunch of despicable spoiled minimally talented brats. >> reporter: even though tina fey and amy poehler have hosted the golden globes three times, they haven't hosted one like sunday's. >> even if it's remote, i get a chance to hang with my friend. >> this is like the world's most expensive zoom drink. >> reporter: because of the pandemic, tina fey will be hosting part of the show atop the rainbow room atop the rockefeller center and amy poehler will be hosting from the golden globe center. >> they're be tuning in like, what the heck is this going to be usually we're working the crowd, and the crowd are at home. >> reporter: some big names will be or know what's going to happen with the speeches the fact that all of the nominees are going to be received their awards from home is going to definitely change things. >> reporter: "menk" comes in as best running drama followed closely with five nods by "the trial of seven." emmy darling schitt's creek leads the

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in red wood city with the preparations under way. amy? >> reporter: well, kumasi, you can't help but wonder if businesses have been forever changed. look at this huge nice outdoor workout facility or area that the 24-hour fitness here in red wood city has created. you wonder if this is going to stay. california weather is pretty nice, but starting today, they now have a choice. they can now open their indoor gym, people can go inside and work out, to a limited capacity. they can only allow 10% of their capacity inside. but they can reopen. restaurants also can open their indoor dining rooms. they will still possibly need those outdoor dining areas, though, because they can only allow in 25% of their capacity. so for instance one restaurant we looked at, that means they can open up four more tables. but employees tell us they're very happy to be able to welcome more customers, places of worship can also welcome in 25% of their building's capacity. and some tel us t thinth is really what right now. >> it is a brotherhood, and they love that

hey, ginger. >>> hey, amy.rologist mike nicco. enjoy the sunshine and milder highs today. we have a series of storms starting tomorrow and lasting through at least monday and they're all a one on our storm impact scale. 56 at half moon bay. most of us in the low to mid-60s. tonight increasing clouds and fog, near 40 to near 50 degrees. my accuweather seven-day forecast, get ready for rain >>> i have been looking forward to this all morning long. six-time grammy winning singer/songwriter, overall warrior, amy grant, she spoke to us after undergoing open heart surgery last summer and is joining us this morning for her very first performance since her recovery. that's going to be coming up in just a little bit but i want to catch up, amy. it's wonderful to see you again. i can't believe it's been six months since we last spoke. >> i can't. >> it was right after your surgery so how are you feeling these days? >> i feel fantastic. i just have this feeling like this is going to be the best year yet. i love it. >> i k

[laughter] amy walter.era keith. ♪ judy: finally tonight, a new four-part series, the black church, this is our story, this is our song premiers on pbs tomorrow night. it's a sweeping history of religion, politics and culture. jeffrey brown has a preview for our arts and culture series "canvass." >> in the time of slavery, it was a source of strength and survival. in the 20th century which spear headed a drive toward political an economic equality. >> the church is the oldest, the most continuous and most important institution ever created by the african-american people. >> henry lewis gates jr., host of "finding your roots" has been telling the story. this may be the most important of all. >> it was a laboratory for the formation both of the identity of a new world african people after all there were 50 ethnic groups represented in the slave trade from africa to north america and they had to forge and form into one new people. the first truly pan-african people. and secondly, it was a laboratory for the cr