amy: was it a jury trial? dave: yes. amy: you alone?ave: no, there was another, councilman dana yellow fat, that was in the court case with me. and then there was another lady, alayna eagle shield, who was also going to court with us. and it was interesting. so, when we were arrested, the bond was set at $250. and i know nick -- amy: $250. dave: yes. i know when nick was arrested, that had -- it started going up, the cost. just the bond was starting to increase. and the charges started to change. and the language, all the propaganda began, with the state and the state outlets, news outlets started saying that "these are terrorist acts. they're inciting riots." and so, for my charge, it was disorderly conduct. i was probably the second day of the entire camp, is when i got arrested. so, there was maybe 12 people at that time, total, that got arrested. and the reason i got arrested was because i was trying to protect another lady, who was standing in the path of vehicles exiting. and i was met by a wall of law enforcement, and i tried to

i'm amy goodman. in an historic defeat for president trump and the republican party, the senate voted 49 to 51 early this morning on a bill that would have repealed key parts of the affordable care act. three republicans broke ranks to join democrats and independents opposing the legislation -- lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine, and john mccain of arizona. this is senate majority leader mitch mcccconnell conceding deft about 2:00 a.m. eastern time. >> i also want to think the president and vice president who couldn't have been more involved and more helpful. so, yes, this is a disappointment. a disappointment, indeed. our friends over in the house, we thank them as well. i regret our efforts were simimy not enough. amy: the so-called skinny repeal of obamacare would have eliminated the individual and the employoyer mandate thatt requires certain businesses to provide health insurance to employees. the congressional budget office said the legislation would add another 16 million people t

i'm amy goodman. senate republicans n narrowly pushed through a procedural vote to open debate on plans to repeal and maybe replace the affordable care act tuesday, but then suffered a defeat only hours later when republicans failed to muster enough votes to pass their replacement bill. first on tuesday, the senate voted 50 to 50 to open the debate, with vice president mike pence breaking the tie. two republican senators, susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska, joined democrats in voting against the motion to proceed. arizona senator john mccain dramatically returned to capitol hill to cast a decisive vote to open debate, only a week after being diagnosed with brain cancer. but once the debate began, divisions within the republican party over a replacement bill doomed their efforts to push through any legislation. nine republicans joined democrats in rejecting the first healthcare proposal, which would cause more than 20 million people to lose their health insurance in the next 10 years.

amy poehler!> jimmy: welcome back to the show. thank you so much for being -- >> thank you. thank you thank you. >> jimmy: oh come on. they love you. we love you. [ cheers and applause ] i want to talk about the movie -- >> okay. >> jimmy: "the house" with will ferrell and i want to talk to you, of course, more about an award you won. the glamour -- >> thank you jimmy. yes. >> jimmy: the inspiration of the year. >> amy: yes. it was an award that i was happy to win, and didn't know it was for inspiration until about ten minutes before my speech so i had to make my speech more inspiring really quick. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i loved your speech. in your speech, you quoted your good friend, the dalai lama. do you remember that? >> amy: that's right. yeah, i like to put the words, good friend in front of people when i quote them even if i've never met them. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: so dalai lama was one of your good friends. >> yes, and then my good friend, kendrick lamar. >> jimmy: that's cor

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration on wednesday threatened military action against north korea over its nuclear weapons program, saying the u.s. was prepared to defend itself and its allies. the threat came a day after north korea successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile which the u.s. says is capable of reaching alaska. this is u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, speaking at an emergency meeting of the security council. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. one of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. we will use them if we must. but we prefer not to have to go in that direction. amy: haley said the u.s. would soon propose new sanctions against north korea, adding the u.s. was prepared to "go our own path" if u.n. members didn't agree to its terms. meanwhile, russia and china urged restra

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said tuesday he plans to let obamacare fail after senate republican leaders failed in a bid to repeal parts of the affordable care act without a replacement in place. the move was opposed by four republicans, including three women -- senators susan collins, shelley moore capito, and lisa murkowski -- who, along with rob portman, said the effort would deprive millions of americans of health insurance. all three republican women were left out of a senate working group comprised of 13 white men that drafted the initial healthcare bill. on tuesday, president trump suggested he might let insurance markets created under obamacare go under and then try to work with democrats on a rescue. pres. trump: i think we are probably in that position where we will just let obamacare fail. we're not going to own it. i'm not going to own it. the republicans are not going to own it. we will let obamacare fail and then the democrats will come to us and say, how do we fix it? or, how

i'm amy goodman. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell unveiled a revised plan thursday to repeal and replace the affordable care act, and is once again facing opposition from within his own party. on thursday, senators susan collins of main and rand paul of kentucky said they would oppose even putting the new bill to a vote. the measure would gut medicaid by over $700 billion through 2026, while providing massive tax cuts to the wealthiest americans. republicans are facing sustained grassroots resistance to their plans. on thursday, 11 interfaith leaders, including north carolina naacp president reverend william barber, were arrested outside senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's office protesting the latest version of the republican healthcare plan. this is traci blackmon, executive minister of justice and witness ministries for the united church of christ. >> i happen to know that the people of kentucky will suffer if this health care bill passes. you may be ok, your friends may be ok, but the p

amy: u.s. lawmakers are seeking to criminally outlaw support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign against israel. if a proposed partisan law is passed, backers of bds could face up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. we will speak to rabbi joseph berman of jewish voice for peace. expandingmueller is his probe to look at president trump business activities as well as those of his associates including his son-in-law jared kushner. we will look at how kushner tried and failed to get a $500 million bailout from q qatar. did d that influence how trump s been handlining the gugulf diplomatic crisis? we will speak with ryan grim of the intercept. then to "made in america w week" pres. trump: we want to build, grow products using american goods to american labor, and american grit. amy: w while presidentnt t tru's touts american made products, we will look inside clothingg factory in indonesia where ivanka trump brand clothing is made. all that and more, coming up. welcome to de

i'm amy goodman. republican majority leader mitch mcconnell said wednesday the is senate will vote next week on whether to repeal the affordable care act without a replacement, even though the bill currently lacks enough republican support to pass. mcconnell's announcement came after president trump invited all 52 republican senators to the white house for lunchtime talks aimed at reviving stalled efforts on healthcare. >> there is large majority in our conference that want to demonstrate to the american people that they intend to keep the commitment they made an four straight elections to repeal obamacare. i think we all agree it is better to both repeal and replace, but we could have a vote on either. amy: mcconnell's announcement came as the congressional budget office warned 32 million americans would become uninsured over the next decade if obamacare is repealed without an alternative in place. 17 million people would become uninsured next year alone. the analysis also found the cost of a medical

i'm amy goodman. in a surprise announcement, president trump tweeted wednesday he will than transgender people from serving in the u.s. military. trump made the declaration on twitter -- "after consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. thank you." trump's decision came despite his pledge at the republican national convention last year, that he would "do everything in power to protect our lgbtq citizens." the move set off protests outside the white house and at the military recruitment centers around the country. well, it seems what the president is saying is that he is going to fire 15,000 highly trained, motivated troops. it is a catastrophe for military readiness

amy: the vote in the congress -- amy: 98-2. speak with limits because, listen, i think cold wars are bad for the left or bad for progressives will stop they empower the military-industrial complex. they empower the worst forces on both sides. i am for dissent in both countries. you had a video of the arrest prior to this. i worked for the independent leading newspaper in moscow, which is under serious threat were journalists are killed. journalists, independent citizens, those full also for his srecko horvat was talking about, suffer. we need to find a way to move beyond the forces on russia's borders, the possibility of military conflict in syria. we need to take nuclear weapons off of here trigger alert. we need to build down our nuclear weapons. we would have a very different agenda. and citizens around the world should weigh in heavy part of that and not just tillerson, trump, lavrov, and putin in that tiny circle. we are not there because the escalation -- if i might, a lament -- the democratic party. they should be workin

i'm amy goodman. the white house is in crisis mode following revelations that donald trump's own son openly embraced an effort by the russian government to peddle information incriminating hillary clinton in an attempt to help trump win the election. on tuesday, donald trump jr. personally released a series of emails dealing with a meeting he had in june 2016 at trump tower with chaired kushner and paul manafort and a person described to trump jr. as a "russian government attorney." the meeting has been the focus of a series of articles in recent days by the "new york times." trump jr. released the emails shortly after the times told him they were about to publish the content of the emails. the explosive emails begin with a message from music publicist rob goldstone about how the crown prosecutor of russia had offered to provide the trump campaign with "some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary." goldstone went on to say -- "this is obviously very high level and sensitive

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. led war against isis is reportedly killing at least a dozen science every single day as president trump took office six months ago. that is according to a new investigation by the journalistic monitoring group airwars, which has since president trump took office, coalition officer -- operations have reportedly killed more than 2200 civilians, a far higher rate of reported civilian the obama than under administration. the investigation comes as the u.s. led coalition continues to launch dozens of airstrikes a day against the syrian city of raqqa, worth tens of thousands of residents are trapped without access to water or electricity. over the weekend, the latest round of u.n.-backed peace talks about the syrian war ended in geneva without any plans to resolve the ongoing conflict. in saudi arabia 14 men accused of taking part in protests are reportedly facing imminent execution. the group includes munir al-adam, who is half-deaf and partially blind, and mujtaba'a al-sweikat, who was on

i'm amy goodman. at the united nations headquarters in new york, 122 countries have approved a global treaty to ban the use of nuclear weapons. the historic vote on friday came after months of talks in which the united nations led the in the end, all countries with nuclear arms ended up boycotting the negotiations. the historic vote now means within two years, there could be the ratification necessary to enter the treaty into international law. the president of the u.n. conference said -- on sunday, iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi travel to mosul to declare u.s.-backed iraqi troops had seized control of all of mosul from isis. according to the journalistic monitoring group air wars, u.s.-by coalition forces fired 29,000 munitions into the city during the nine-month assault. air wars is estimating between 900 and 1200 civilians were likely killed by coalition air and artillery strikes during the assault on mosul, but the overall death toll is significantly higher. the international red cross repor

i'm amy goodman.[561]lede - -- i am amy goodman.he united states and south korea have carried out a joint ballistic nestled rail and the sea of japan after north korea tested a missile that experts believe would be capable of reaching alaska. north korea's leader said the missile was a fourth of july gift to president trump. video as anleased apparent warning to north korea. tensions have been rising in the recent months between the u.s. and north korea. the united states has carried drills ine missile south korea. the a south korean president is also opposed to ththe missile system a and lasast month ordern investigation after learning that for more e missile laununcs had been b brought into south korea. afafter the north korea mimissie launch north korea tweeted " perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all." we are joined by founder and coordinator of women across dnc, a global movement of women moving for peace in korea. thank you so much for joining us. can you talk about this lates

amy: what are your plans? that to the world. there's people who are too nice and they creep me out and there are people who to mean and they creep me out so i like to keep my plans private. >> charles: my granddaughter is 4, learning how to swim. my wife is teaching her. i will probably chill with a book and watch her teach her to swim. >> amy: very warm tomorrow. >> charles: you've got to check out the cufflinks. these are your day before july 4 cufflinks. >> kat: i made sure to wear blue. i wore teal on memorial day and everyone had a problem with it. not going to make the same mistake twice. >> mercedes: working tomorrow. >> charles: i will do some research but i'm not going to work, work. we have some economic data out today that was phenomenal. so excited because we get the job summary friday. i'm going to celebrate being an american tomorrow and being in this great economy and we are all going to be happy. >> mercedes: thank you to our fox news specialists today, amy holmes and jesse weber. charles and i

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> what we're seeing is a transformation of the internet where 1% get the fast lanes and a 99% get the slow lanes. that is not what the potential and the promise of the internet was. this was to be our town square of democracy. amy: the fight for the future of the internet. it heats of again as over 70,000 websites, including goooogle and facebook, prepare for a day of action to save net neutrality. we will speak with the formerr fcc commissioner michael copps. then we look at the crisis in venezuela as pope francis calls for dialogue between the maduro government and opposition leaders. >> i would like to assure this nation they are in my prayers and express my closeness to the families who have lost their children. i appeal for an end to the violence and a peaceful and democratic solution to the crisis. amy: we will host a debate on the crisis in venezuela. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. scientist

>> amy: my sherlock holmes, i do have that last name. the news about chuck schumer was extraordinary. finally coming to terms with the results of the november 2016 presidential election. congress and your party, you should be getting nervous because democrats are getting a clue. they might get a message. >> jason: i'm not too worried about it. if republicans put up a victory, some sort of victory on the board, then i think all will be fine because it's a more conservative country and i do think there's a reason why donald trump won and he's demonstrating that right now. >> eboni: to take that sports analogy further, it looks like a low-scoring game across the board. the sad thing is i think the american people deserve more in terms of health care, economic message, tax reform that many people are waiting on. i agree. i think it's the g.o.p., i don't know how much they're going to get done with health care but maybe tax reform or infrastructure or something to give people relief. that would be great. as for the democrats, little bit late

i'm amy goodman. in brazil, former president luiz inacio lula a da silva was convicted on corruption charges wednesday and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. he will remain free on appeal. lula was the frontrunner in the 2018 presidential elections and is widely considered one of brazil's most popular political figures. the sentencing of lula comes a year after his successor president dilma rousseff, also , of the workers party, was impeached by the brazilian senate in a move many have denounced as a coup. lula has been accused of a masterminding a corruption scheme at the state-run oil company petrobras. prosecutors allege latin america's biggest construction firm spent about refurbishing a $1.1 billion beachside apartment for lula and his wife in exchange for public contracts. $1.1 million. a top ally of lula, paulo okamotto, on wednesday denounced the charges. >> lula is innocent. he is not the owner of that residence. he never asked for that residence. you never lived in that residence.

i'm amy goodman. in the west bank and jerusalem, seven people -- four palestinians andnd three israels -- have been killed amid a wave of violence and protests over israel's refusal to remove metal detectors from the holy al-aqsa mosque. on friday, 18-year-old muhammad sharaf was killed by an israeli settler, while 17-year-old muhammad khalaf and 20-year-old muhammad ghanam were killed by israeli soldiers. on saturday, 21-year-old yousef abbas kashour was killed by an israeli soldier. about 400 more palestinians were wounded as israeli troops opened fire against protesters with live bullets and tear gas. meanwhile, on friday night, a palestinian teenager killed a man and his two adult children in their home in an israeli-only settlement in the west bank. the three victims, whose names have not been released, were sitting down to shabat dinner when they were stabbed to death. this is abed al-jaleel alabed, the father of the palestinian teenager who killed the 3-d israelis. >> i have no idea what happen