amy fisher yoursel? she's got an ex-husband, a few kids and a tragic past behind her. >> there she is. >> she is choosing to be a webcam girl. >> she goes online and guys pay herman her money or girls, and she has sex with herself. >> reporter: the current chapter of the buttafuoco family story finally seems headed in a positive direction. >> i wouldn't be here or be able to speak to you without having my coach, robert, help me through all of my issues. it was like 60 years of issues. >> i committed to listen to him as someone who was going to be a safe space for him to reveal whatever there was to reveal. >> reporter: for jessie, moving on means moving in with her mother. >> about a year ago my mom got diagnosed with some pretty scary health news, so it's more peace of mind for me to be able to live with her. >> my jessie. that little angel, she has suffered a lot. watching this, this debacle that has gone on between her mother and her father all these years. and i think she's paid a high price for it,

who is amy fisher? >> amy fisher, the villain. ♪ dun dun dun well, i guess there's a few villains in this story. >> joey buttafuoco. >> joey knew of my intentions towards his wife. >> this phenomenon starts to happy. happen. it's not about me anymore. it's not about the person who got shot and assassinated in front of her own home. it becomes about joey and amy. >> lights, camera, action. joey loves that. >> tell us your side, joey. right? >> this story has never gone away. it's been told a million times. >> i got shot in the head, she did it, and he had something to do with it, too. >> now is the time to talk about it and not drown myself in booze and drugs. i kind of made it my mission -- i'm going to make this name something again. because it turned to [ bleep ] if one man can change the meaning of a name, one woman can change it back. and i'm that woman. ♪ why did love put a gun in my hand ♪ >> let's start at the very beginning. this is buttafuoco 101. here are the players. we have my dad, joey butt

i'm amy goododman. president trump annonounced saturday the nominatation of federal appeals judge amy coney barrett t to fill ruth bader ginsburg's seat on the supreme court. the 48-year-old barrett is a devout catholic who has taken conservative stances on abortion, gun rights, immigration, and lgbtq rights. a former notre dame law professor, she clerked for the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. the republican-controlled senate could confirm amy coney barrett just days before election day, as hearings are set to begin on october 12. over the weekend, demonstrations were held across the country calling on democratic lawmakers to do everything in their power to delay proceedings until after the results of the election are known. meanwhile, house democrats will introduce a bill setting an tuesday 18-year term limit for supreme court justices. we'll have more on judge barrett and the supreme court later in the broadcast. "the new york times" published an explosive report diving into over two decad

i'm amy goodman. the official united states death toll from covid-19 has passed 200,000 -- by far the highest in the world as university of washington researchers warned the u.s. is on track to double that death toll by year's end. in the past 24 hours alone, the u.s. reported nearly 1000 new deaths and over 37,000 new cases -- with minnesota, montana, utah, wisconsin, and wyoming rereporting recocord levelels of infefections the past week. on tuesday, the covid-19 memorial project placed 20,000 flags across the national mall, each one symbolizing 10 u.s. residents who've died of the disease since the first recorded u.s. death in february. house speaker nancy pelosi spoke at a mememorial for the dead. >> this was preventable. not all of it, butut much of it. and what could be lost in the future is preventable, too, if we embrace science. science instead of politics. amy: "the new york times" reports the food and drug admiministration i is planningo issue stricter guidelines on any emergency use author

congratulations, amy.on, potentially a hugely significant moment in the united states, at the decision by president donald trump that could shape the supreme court and therefore the lives of americans for a generation to come. his choice, amy coney barrett, as we heard from her, she signed off by saying, i love the united states constitution, and promised to uphold that, and she said she was mindful of who came before me, a great american life, paying tribute to ruth bader ginsburg. right, we will now cross live to our north american editor john sobel who is at the white house. so, hugely significant moment, john? yes, it is, and donald trump is now pointing his third supreme courtjustice trump is now pointing his third supreme court justice in trump is now pointing his third supreme courtjustice in his first term, and if you want to find back in history where a first—time president has appointed three supreme courtjustices, president has appointed three supreme court justices, you president has appointed

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i'm amy goodman. the u.s. death toll from covid19 by january 1.000 this according to a new projection f from the inflfluenl institute for health metrics and evaluation. that is more than double the current death toll which is approaoaching 187,000. ththe in situ projects the death toll could reach 3000 people a day by december. however, the institute is prprojecting 12020,000 lives c d be s sedf 95% of the country regularly wears face masks. this comes as president trump openly mocked joe biden for wearing a face mask. pres. trump: didid you ever seea man who likes a mask as much as him? and then he makes a speech. not always, butut a lot of times he has it hanging down because you know it? it gives him a feeling of security. if i were a psychiatrist, right? no, i would say, this guy has got some big issues. amy: president trump made the remark during a packed outdoor rally in pennsylvania, where few people wore masks or practiced social distancing. the state of pennsylvania has banned outdoor gatheri

judge amy coney barrett.ause] we are also joined by amy's husband, jesse -- thank you very much -- and their seven beautiful children. congratulations to you all. very special day. with us as well are the first lady, thank you, first lady. [applause] along with vice president mike pence and his amazing wife , karen, thank you very much. [applause] judge barrett is a graduate of rhodes college and the university of notre dame law school. at notre dame, she earned a full academic scholarship, served as the executive editor of the law review, graduated first in her the lawd received school's award for the best record of scholarship and achievement. upon graduating, she became a clerk for judge silverman for the district of columbia. amy then received one of the highest honors the young lawyer could have, serving as a clerk on the supreme court for justice antonin scalia. [applause] a very highly respected law professor at notre dame wrote to justice scalia with a one sentence recommendation. "amy coney is the be

i'm amy goodman. as the u.s. dedeath toll from covid-19 nears 185,000, the trump adadministration is refusg to join more than 170 countries in a global effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine. the administration opposes the effort in part because of the involvement of the world health organization. public health officials warn the move could leave the united states without access to a vaccine if the global effort succeeds and u.s. efforts fail. kendall hoyt of dartmouth's school of medicine said -- "just from a simple risk-management perspective, this is shshortsighted."." in other public health news, a panel of experts at the national institutes of health said there is no evidence to show that convalescent plasma treatment works against the coronavirus. this directly contradicts the food and drug administration, which recently gave emergency use authorization for the treatment. trump triumphantly made the announcement on the eve of the republican national convention. the nih panel said -- "convalesce

i'm amy goodman. the death toll from unprecedented fires raging across california, oregon, and washington has risen to 35 as smoke from the record-shattering blazes brought some of the world's most polluted air to portland, los angeles, san francisco, seattle, and other cities. nearly 5 million acrcres have burned, with entntire towns consumed by flames. president trump is visiting california today but is refusing toto link the fifires to the c e crisis. california governor gavin newsom says there is nono question abat what is fueling the fifires. cook's california puts is america fast-forward. what we are experiencing right here is coming to communities all across the united states of america unless we get our act together on climate change and unless we disabuse ourselves of all of that b.s.@@ that is being spewed by very small group of people. amy: on friday, governor newsom signed a bill allowing former prisoner firefighters to have their records expunged, paving the way for them to get jobs as mu

as amy has said, being a judge takes courage.ou are not there to decide cases as you may prefer, you are there to do your duty and to follow the law wherever it practice take you. that is exactly what judge barrett will do on the u.s. supreme court. i want to thank the members of the senate, we have so many of them here today, thank you very much. i see you in the audience and you are so proud. i want to thank you for your commitment and to providing a fair and timely hearing. i know that it will be there. judge barrett was confirmed to the circuit court three years ago by a bipartisan vote. her qualifications are unsurpassed, unsurpassed. and her record is beyond reproach. this should be a straight 230rd and prompt confirmation, should be very easy. good luck. it will be very quick. i'm sure it will be extremely noncontroversial. we said that the last time, didn't we. well, thank you all vich avery much and thank you for being here. i further urge all members to provide her a dignified hearing that she deserves and frankly that

amy: as the u.s. death toll from covid-19 nears 200,000, presesident trump p spars with e head of the centers for disease control over the importance of wearing masks to stop the spread of the virus. we will speaeak to dr. mononica gandhi. a professor at the university of california san francisco. then to david goodrich, a former climate scientist with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. his new book, "a voyage across an ancient ocean: a bicycle journey through the northern dominion of oil." then president trump calls for teaching."tic pres. trump: our children are constructed from propaganda tracks like those of howard zinn that try t to make students ashamed of their own history. amy: we will hear the late howard zinn in his own words. kids that columbus, whom lehman told was a great hero, that columbus mutilated indians and kidnapped them and killed them in pursuit of gold. should we tell people that did a roosevelt, who is held up as one of our great presidents, was really a warmo

amy: dr.auci, the infectiousus diseasase spepecialist,t, says f you look at the trials thahat ae taking place in the ununited states today, moderna has 60% latinx participaonon -- 60% latinx participation, pfizer has 11%. our dharna has only 10% black partrticipation and pfizer only 8%. algae recommends 37% latinx participation and 27% blalack participation. when we come back, we're going to go global with you, harriet washington. harriet washington is a medical ethicist and author of "medical apartheid: the dark history of medical experimentation on black americans from colonial times to the present." she mentioned a pfizer test in nigeria and d we will l talk abt that, look at south afafca, india, and beyond. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report.. i'm amy goodman. at medical to look it's fermenentation a and how covid-19 vaccine trials are unfolding internationally. on wednesday, india reporteted nearly 9 96,000 new coronavirus ca

congratulations, amy.ause] ♪ ♪ >> three years ago, the senate confirmed amy coney barrett to a federal appeals courts. here is some of her coir

congratulations, amy.ause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [indiscernible conversations] >> three years ago, the senate confirmed amy coney barrett to a federal appeals court. here is some of her confirmation hearing before the senate judiciary committee. ♪ >> professor barrett, i will start with you. you have been outspoken about your role and your catholic faith and what that place in your life, and you thought had written about the role your faith should play in your profession. i would like to diss -- specifically discuss a law review entitled catholic judges in capital cases. in this article, you seem to suggest catholic judges are morally precluded from enforcing the death penalty. cannot andote judges should not try to align our legal system with the church's moral teachings whenever the two diverge. the first question, you had a couple of decades of experience since you wrote this to consider this issue further. will you elaborate on this and discuss how you view your issue of faith versus fulfilling the responsibility as

amy: dr. fauci warned many patients who appeared to have recovered from covid-19 were found to have inflammation off the heart. >> these are the kinds of things that tell us we must be humble and that we do not completetely understand the nature of this illness. amy: missouri republican governor mike parson a and hisis wife said wednesday they've tested positive for coronavirus. throughout the pandemic, governor parson has opposed mask mandates and has frequently appeared at publicic gatherings without a mask -- most recently as last weekend. in july, parson dismissed concerns that reopening missouri schools would lead to a surge of covid-19 among students, their family members, and school employees. >> got to get back to school. the lowest risk possible. and if they do get covid-19 -- they will and they will when they go to school, they're not going to the hospitals. they're not going to have to sit in doctors offices. they'rere goingng to go home ant over it. amy: the global death toll from

i'm amy goodman. we spend the hour looking at the life and legacy of ruth bader ginsburg, as well as the futurue of the supupreme courtrt. ginsbuburg died onon friday at e age of 87 after serving 27 years as a supreme court justice, becoming the most prominent member of the court's liberal wing. ginsburg first gained fame in the 1970's when she co-founded the women's rights project at the american civil liberties union, where she argued six gender discrimination cases before the supreme court. winning five. she ce famouy quotedhe abitionistarah grie during one ofer oral guments. position 1837 but sara gmke, noted abitionist anddvocate peopleights for mennd women she sai i ask no favor r my sex. all i ask of our brethren is that t they take their feet off our necks. amy: ruth bader ginsburg became a federal appellate judge in 1980 and then in 1993 was sworn in as just the second female supreme court justice. during her senate confirmation hearing, she openly dedefended a women's right to have an aborti

congratulations, amy.plause] ♪ ♪ >> in 2017, a confirmation hearing was held to appoint amy coney barrett to the seventh circuit court of appeals. here is a portion of that hearing where amy coney barrett spoke about abortion with senator dianne feinstein. you are controversial. let's start with that. you are controversial because many of us that have lived our lives as women really recognize being ablef finally

i'm amy goodman. for the second day in a row, presidident trump refused to commit to accepting the results of novembeber's election if his rival joe biden wins. trumump was asked about the election as he left the whwhite house thursday to campaign in north carolina. pres. trump: we want to make sure the election is honest and i'm not sure that it can be. i don't know that it can be with this whole situation, unsolicited d ballots. millions send to. amy: president trump's threat to invalidate the will of the voters sparked widespread alarm among democrats and progressives and some republicans. on thursday, vermomont indepepet senator bernie s sanders delivid a major address saying the future o of american democracy s at stakeke. sen. sanders: we must ensure in this unprecedented momenent in american history that this is an election that is free and fair, an election in which voters are not intimidated, and knowing election -- an e election which all l votes are e counteanand tt it is an election which

the race is on to transform circuit court judge amy coney barrett to supreme court justice amy coneyarrett. one week from monday is the start of the fall term, for the supreme court. they will meet the teleconference because of covid-19. we also know week after the election, the affordable care act will be discussed and there's no indication amy coney barrett may not be on the according to mitch mcconnell and president trump, they hope she is installed as the ninth justice on the supreme court at that time. barry is what's known as a text to us, someone who interprets the words of the constitution literally. she's a proud catholic, pro-li pro-life, a win for conservatives during her september 2017 confirmation hearing for the seventh circuit court of appeals in chicago. she fended off how her face would play into landmark cases. listen. >> the dogma lives loudly within you. that's of concern. >> if you're asking what i take my faith seriously and a faithful catholic, i am. although, i would stress my personal church affiliation or my religious belief would not bear on the discharge o

i'm amy goodman. president trump is headed to kenosha, wisconsin today about the objections of the governor, lieutenant governor, and kenosha mayor and as protests over police violence and white supremacy continue. trump has refused to condemn either the police shooting of jacob blake or the white 17-year-old militia member who last week killed two protesters. he instead defended the teen, kyle rittenhouse, who has been charged with first degree homicide. pres. trump: he was trying to get away from them, i guess. it looks like. and he fell. and then they very violently attacked him. and it was something that we are looking at right now and it is under investigation, but i guess he was in very big trouble. he probably would have been killed. amy: the video in fact appears to show a group attempting to disarm rittenhouse after he had already lethally shot the first protester. inin a fox news intervrview mon, trump again defended police officers who killed. pres. trump: they took. just like an aunt golf

that is not amy coney barrett's style. attackinghi her as a mother plays badly in the selection particularly with kamala harris as a member of the judiciary. judge jeanine: allll right, very quickly, in terms of sensor kamala harris, how do you think she will handle her? >> i think, she's going to take the lead in opposing amy coney barrett. my personal take is, if she leans in too hard, you heard ticket. joe biden is advertising himself as being decency and empathy back to washington. amy coney barrett is the epitome of the end if we see kamala harris about a suburban working mother, under minds with very little argument they have for office at this time. we will see what happens. judge jeanine: royal -- thanks show much for being here tonight. all right. three days until what could be the most watched debate in history. more on the attacks against amy coney barrett. ♪ historics in this nomination, final weeks of the most critical campaign in our lifetime in the first presidential debates between child and biden tuesday.

judge amy coney barrett.s back fox news senior analyst on fox nation. constitutional accountability president. former assistant u.s. attorney. welcome back, guys. >> understanding were hogan's have the votes it seems now, how far do you think democrats will go to block this? is not much that can be done, i guess they can throw some wrenches in the cogs and so it up a bit. >> i don't really think there's anything they can do. i can't imagine senator kamala harris being as undignified and pugnacious now that she's the vice presidential nominee toward judge barrett as she was toward then judge kavanaugh. as a theory the democrats are going to roll over and let this pass rather than waste their energy in this effort and deal with it after january because in their view, joe biden will be in the white house and majority in the senate. perhaps jurisdictional drawl from the supreme court which is another crazy and inflammatory issue but there's very little they can do, in my view, and the judiciary committee meetings

i'm amy goodman. the city o of louisville, kentucky, announced d tuesday it will pay the family y of breonoa taylor $12 millionndnd institute a slew of reforms to the police department responsible for her death, this more than six months after police shot and killed the 26-year-old black emergency room technician in her own apartment. louisville mayor greg fischer announced the historic settlement at a news conference with breonna taylor's family. attorney benjamin crump p welcod the agreement but demanded the criminal prosecution of the officers who entered taylor's apartment with a no-knock warrant and killed her on march 13. >> we still are dememanding that kentucky attorney general daniel camemeron bring charges immediately against the police officers that murdered breonna taylor. immediately. this week. justice delayed is justicece denied. amy: as part of the settlement, louisville named a dozen changes to how its police departmentnt will operate, including more oversight from top commanders and

i'm amy goodman.undreds of anti-racist protesters faced armed right-t-wing men brandishing log guns in louisville, kentucky as , saturday they gathered ahead of the kentucky derby to demand justice for breonna taylor, the 26-year-old black emergency room technician who was fatally shot by louisville police in her own home in march. protesters hoped to use the 146th kentucky derby -- already months delayed due to the pandemic -- draw attention to two breonna taylor's case. they said that police did little to intervene as a group of mainly white armed so-called counter-protesters carrying american flags chanted "usa" and "back the blue" and attempted to intimidate the demonstrators. on monday, the louisville mayor announced a new interim police chief, yvette gentry. she is the first black woman to fill the role. this comes as more than 1200 new photos of the crime scene at the louisville apartment where police shot and killed breonna taylor show a scene of chaos that unfolded on march 13 when plaincloth

i'm m amy goodman. in c california, three firefighters are fighting for their lives aft a massisive fire overertook their station at the los padres national forest overnight. they were among 14 firefighters whwho deployed ememergencycy shs as flames ovovertook their position.. the massive fire is one of more than 85 raging across the west coast with red flag warnings from san diego to the canadian border in washington state. fires this year have burned more than 2 billion acres across california even before the start of september and october -- historically, calilifornia's wot nths for f fires. said hisnewsom tuesday statements to adapt to the realities of the climate crisis. >> but i quite literally have no patience for climate change deniers. it simply follows completely inconsistent that point of view with the reality on the ground, the facts as we are experiencing -- you may notot believe it intellectually, but your own eyes, your own experiences tell a didifferent story. amy: the confirmed u.s. dea

i'm amy goodman. in oregon, a half million people -- or more than 1 out ofof 10 state residents -- have been forced to evacuate their homes as unprecedented wildfires fueleled by the e climate crisis continue to rage across the western united states. in california, the town of berry creek wawas completely consumeds a wall of fire swept through the community, killing 10 people and leaving another 16 missing. meanwhile, the august cocomplex fire has become the largest conflagration in california history at nearly 750 square miles. more than 3 llllion acreres have burned across california, shattering previous records even before the normal peak of the fire season. this comes as president trump last spoke publicly about the fires in august and has yet to offer any public statement of support for victims of the blazes. more details have e emerged over why y astrazeneca papaused itste three e covid-19 vaccine trial n britain. during a private call with investors, astrazeneca's ceo revealed a woman in the tr

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 never discussed that with amy.s is something that because it wouldn't be appropriate to discuss, they have to make a decision and that's going to be for the judges to say. [ inaudible question ] >> looks like they'll be putting that out shortly. lindsey graham will be putting that out shortly. but it's going to go fast. we're looking to do it before the election. so it's going to go very fast. thank you all. see you in harrisburg. thank you. >> he's heading to pennsylvania. actually going to be in middletown, pennsylvania, that's where the political campaign rally is set to take place later tonight. jeremy diamond, we heard the president say i want to see a peaceful transition, then he said it's got to be x, y and z. he is obviously very, very concerned he says about the ballots. >> yeah. and i heard similar comments from the president last night at his rally in newport news, virginia. the president there kind of walking back comments from earlier in the week where he refused to say he would support a peaceful tran

judge: you also found the information about amy coney barrett and her being in a play?ell us about that. >> she was in a play with my brother in high school but her friends told me how innovative she was the vice president of the dominican body that they said make sure everybody is included she didn't like clicks i've seen people who teach with her at notre dame the same thing very inclusive she spends time cultivating relationships and makes it very difficult as this moves forward to attack her a mother of seven she adopted two haitian children and one is a special needs child out of he saw them leaving the house today getting seven people to dress correctly and have everything in place. [laughter] and for this moment to do that and she was in total control and drove the car to the airport herself. so much that she is subjugated to her husband this will not work with her. judge: you covered washington 25 years how bad will this battle be? because you heard from senator tell us it will be brutal. i think she is the perfect person to withstand it. she has grace, she's gr

out-love amy, and that is what she does with her family.early in the morning to get her work done so that she can bake a cake for her children 'us birthday, and i'm a talk about any little cake, i mean her kids have requested -- >> martha: your making of her feel really -- >> yes. hours scouring. >> martha: across america are like oh, my gosh, good for her. what can you tell us about those two children, your niece and nephew? and what -- what -- watt brought amy and her husband to adopt those beautiful children? >> i honestly have to say that to know her family is to just love everyone. i think there's nothing about any of -- except in their own personalities and they each have their own special place in the family. as for her reasons for adopting, i think that's up to her. family is a family no matter who's in it and who makes it up and she needs to be the one to explain what she feels is important in her family. what i can say is that all of my nieces and nephews, not only amy's but all of the others also are all part of our family and ou

♪ >> in 2017, a confirmation hearing was held to appoint amy coney barrett to the seventh circuit courtf appeals. here is a portion of that hearing where amy coney barrett spoke about abortion with senator dianne feinstein. you are controversial. let's start with that. you are controversial because many of us that have lived our lives as women really recognize being ablef finally to control our reproductive entered intooe that, obviously. i listened to your answers to senator grassley's question and it leaves me puzzled because you have a long history of believing beliefsr religious should prevail. let me ask a question. argued13 article, you that the supreme court precedent does not derive from any decision by the courts, but rather because litigants don't challenge the decisions. you listed supreme court super presidents but you left out roe v. wade, you suggested that roe is not a super president because litigants continue to challenge it. however, as a textbook co-authored by neil gorsuch, roe is super president because it has survived more than three dozen attempts to overturn it.

. ♪ i have just come from the rose garden at the white house way just nominated judge amy coney barrettor the united states supreme court. judge: a victory lap after nominating a third person to the highest court in the land. hello and welcome to justice i am judge jeanine pirro thank you for being with us. the fight ahead will be ugly but today ceremony in the rose garden was historic as president trump officially nominated amy coney barrett to the supreme court. >> if we understand this is a momentous decision for president. and if the senate does me the honor to confirm me i pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. i love the united states and i love the united states constitution. judge: we will talk about it but first my open. we are in the fight of our lives. it is a fight between good and evil, truth and lies, freedom and anarchy, law and order in the future of the greatest experiment in democracy, the united states. president trump's nomination today of amy coney barrett a brilliant scholar, jurist in context list and mother of seven w

i'm amy goodman. inin washington, d.c., the republblican race to replace t e late jusustice ruth badeder ging on t the supreme court is runnig full speed. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is charging ahead with plans to vote on president trump'p's nominee. >> the senate has more than sufficient time to process a nomination. istory and precedent make that perfectly clear. amy: trump said monday he would announce his nominee by week's end. mcconnell refused to hold confirmation hearings in 2016 for president obama'a's nonomin, nine months before the election. so far, only two republican senators -- lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine -- have said they do not support voting before the november election. democrats need four republicans to join them to block the nomination. but on monday, democrats were dealt a major setback when republican senators chuck gardner the colorado senate race and senator chuck presley of iowa said they both supported holding a vote on a nominee before the

i'm amy goodman. nearly 90 wildfires continue to ravage the west coast, where over 5 million acrcres have alreadady beenen scorched. san francisco, seattle, and portland have the worst air quality of any major city in the world. hazy conditions from the fires have spread as far as new york and washington, d.c. president trump was in california monday where he was challenged by california's natural resources secretary wade crowfoot over hihis denial of climate change. >> if we ignore that science and think it is all about vegetation management, we're not going to succeed protecting california. pres. trump: it will start getting cooler. you just watch. >> i wished science agreed with you. pres. trump: i don't think science knows, actually. amy: "i don't think science knows," trump said. democratic presidential candidate joe biden slammed trump as a climate arsonist. pres. trump: if you give a client arsrsonist for more year, why would anyone be surprised if we have more america blaze. amy: and related n

i am amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. ononly come back, we go to milwaukee where the investigation of the shooting of jacob blake isis underway. we will spspeak to jacob blake . stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is dememocracy n now!, democracynow.org, the e quarante report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. as oututrage mounts over the grd jury ruling in the police killing of breonna taylor, we turn to wisconsin n where the investigation into the police shooting of jacob blake is in its final stages. jake blake's case became a flash point for national protest after the african-american father was shot in the back by kenosha police seven times in august, paralyzing him. wife police officer rusten at pointired the shots blank range into jacob blake's back as blake leaned into his car. inside the car were his three boys a age 3, 5, and eight. prosecutors in wisconsin have tapped former madison police chief noble wray to serve as an independent t voice during the final stages of the investigation into the shooting.