test [captioning made possible amy goodman: from pacifica, this is "democracy now!" >> use your white voice.e. >>>> ththis is langston from m regal. >>>> as always, we will be gettg that out to you right away. amy y goodman: today, we s sped the day with boots riley, director o of "sorry to bother youou," a critique of capitalism seldom seen in a hollywood film. today, we talk with him about his film, activism, and more.. >> i believe progressives and radicals have turned more to spectacle and gone away from actually organizing at the actual point of contradiction in capitalism, which is the exploitation of labor, which is also where the working class has its power. amy gogoodman: today, boots s ry for the hour. all of that and more, coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i am amymy goodman. we spend the rest of the hour with boots riley, director of "sorry to bother you." boots is also a poet, screenwriter, and community activist. this is his first film, a dystopian social satire that follows one o oakland man's rise to ththe

i'm amy goodman. we're broadcasting from san francisco. heavy rains and 90-mile-per-hour carolinaslashing the coast as hurricane for its makes landfall as a category one storm. the storm surge has already reached 10 feet, sending chest-high water pouring into residents' homes, forcing first responders to make emergency rescues overnight. florence has already knocked out power for more than 400,000 people across north and south carolina. the storm is expected to linger over the region throughout the day today, unleashing up to 40 inches of rain on some coastal communities, threatening to cause deadly flash flooding, and toxic waste spills of coal ash and pig manure from the hog farms lining the carolinas coast. this is north carolina governor roy cooper. >> the worst of the storm is not yet here, that these are the early warnings of the days to come. surviving this storm will be a test of endurance, teamwork, common sense, and patience. amy: president trump has continued to generate widespread criticis

i'm amy goodman. president trump addressed the united nations general assembly tuesday, praising his administration's "america first" policies, assailing the international criminal court, and accusing nicolas maduro of corruption, and accusing iran of sowing "chaos, death, and destruction." many of the world leaders and dignitaries in the general assesembly erupted into laughter when trump boasted aboutut his accomplishments as u.s. presesident. pres. trump: in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america -- so true. [l[laughter] trump: didn't expect that reaction, but that's ok. [laughter] amy: trump's appearance came as his national security adviser issued another dire warning agagainst iran.

i'm amy goodman. the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee, dianne feinstein, is calling for the immediate postponement of the nomination proceedings of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh h after a second womon came forward alleging sexual misconduct by the judge. a former classmatete of kavanaugh's at yale university has accused him of exposing himsmself and thrusting his pens into her face during a college party in a dorm room. the woman, deborah ramirez, spoke on the record to "the new yorker magazine" and is now calling on the fbi to investigate her allegations. meanwhile, dr. christine blasey ford has agreed to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday about her allegations kavanaugh attempted to rape her when she was 15 years old. kavanaugh has denied both accusations. as part of his defense, kavanaugh has given the senate a copypy of his calendar from the summer of 1982, when he was in high school,l, which does not sw him attending any parties like the one described

i am amy goodman. we are broadcasting from san francisco, the site of the global climate action summit. in north carolina, south cacarolina, virginia, millions f residents are bracing for the arrival of hurricane florence, which meteorologists are warning andd unleash storm surge widespread flooding. this is north h carolina governr roy cooper. >> this monster of a storm is not one to ride out. whwhen you're looking at a storm surge of ts magnitude where the national weather service has said the damage is going to be unbelievable and that they cannot emphasize it enough, we know that is a message that we should listen to. amy: north carololina's prepepag fofor thehe climate-e-change-superchcharged storm siyeyears teter passing legislatation prohibitining stae and local agencies from making planning decisions based on the latest climate science about sealevel rise. now the state is facing the threat of a life-threatening storm surge, which could cause billions of dollars in damages. even if the storm we

i'm amy goodman. active is held hundreds of protest saturday in more than 90 countries as part of a worldwide day of action demanding urgent action to address climate change. in france, thousands of people joined climate marches across the country. the northern india from about 10,000 students and teachers tied red ribbons to trees in an action to end deforestation in the philippines, nearly 1000 peop marched in manila to prott the coury's liance on coal. in n york city,0 activists were arrested protesting in front of governor andrew cuomo's office to dend transitioto 100% renable energ in thailand's capital bangkok, about 200 people prested outsidthe u.n. rional hequarters inclung fishmen and lorers whose livelihoods are threatened by rising sea levels. in australia, demonstrators demanded a halt to plans for a $16 billion coal mine in queens land. and here in san francisco, up to 30,000 people marched through the streets to demand urgent climate action. after headlines, we will play voices from that

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. y: disiscussion ofur what has taken place now with judge kavanaugh, the news that broke this week of bill cosby. let's just talk about this week and what happened in a pennsylvania courtroom. this week in penennsylvania, bil cosby is behind bars after a pennsylvania judge sentenced him to t three to 10 years in priso. in april, he was found guilty of 3000 aggregated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand, the former director of operations for the women's basketball team at temple university. 2004,by''s home in constand is one of more than 60 women who have accused cosby of sexual assault dating back decades. cosby have an out on bail since his conviction last spring and on tuesday, the montgomery county judge stephen o'neill ordered him to be jailed medially. undergoll have to monthly counseling and register as a sex offender with police for the rest of his life. neighbors and schools will be notified of his address and crimes. so we're joined right now b

i'm amy goodman. the white house is scrambling to ferret out disloyal members of president trump's inner circle after "the new york times" published an anonymous op-ed piece on wednesday that says was written by a senior administration official claiming a quite resistance is underway seeking to constrain trump's worst impulses. in the extraordinary op-ed column, the unnamed official writes -- "many of the senior officials in his own a administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations." the unnamed author goes on to write -- " "ours is not the popular resistance of the left. we want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made america safer and more prosperous.' but we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic." the author calls trump impulsive, erratic, ill-informed, and reckless with half-baked ideas. the a

i'm amy goodman. "the storm of a lifetime." that's how one national weather service meteorologist is descriribing the massive categoy 4 hurricice florence currerently barreling toward the c coast of ththe carolinas, slalated to mae landfall on friday. the nationonal hurricane cenr rs warning of a life-ththreateningg storm surge, as well as massivie flooding and highly destructive winds. this is north carolina governor roy cooper. >> this storm is a monster. it is big and it is vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life-threatening, historic hurricane. that is why i am ordering a mandatory state evacuation for our barrier islands. and i am directing the people of north carolina to obey local evacuation orders that have already been issued and will be issued along our coast. amy: more than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate north carolina, south carolina, and virginia as hurricane florence approaches. yet prison officials say they will not evacuate nearly 1000 prisoners at the ridgeland c

i'm amy goodman. in a historic senate judiciary committee hearing, whose implications will determine the makeup of the supreme court for a generation to come, dr. christine blasey ford spoke publicly for the first time about her allegations that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980's when she was 15 years old. ford: brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard time because he and becausebriated i was wearing a one-piece bathing suit underneath my clothing. i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe. and i thought that brett was accidentalally going to kill me. amy: after her testimony, dr. blasey ford was questioned by democratic senators on the judiciary committee who held her testimony as courageous and heroic. this is illinois senator dick durbin

i'm amy goodman. president trump's national security adviser john bolton threatened sanctions against internationanal criminal c court judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> we will ban its judges and prosecutors from entering the united states. we will sanction their funds in the u.s. mental system, and we will prosecute them in the u.s. criminal system. we will do the same for any company or state that assist in icc investigation of americans. amy: that was national security adviser john bolton speaking during a speech to the federalist society in washington, d.c., monday. bolton also announced the trump adminiration is osing thth palestine liberation organization office in washington, d.c. the plo called the move a dangerous escalation, saying it shs -- "the u.s. is willing to disband the international system in order to protect israeli crimes and attacks against the land and people of palestine, as well as against peace and

i'm amy goodman. the leaders of north and south korea have wrapped up their third summit this year with a vow to denuclearize the korean peninsula. earlier today, south korean president moon jae-in and north korean leader kim jong-un held a joint news conference in pyongyang. kim vowed to move towards denuclearization if the united states takes steps of its own. >> we adopted a military pact to end a history of brutal and tragic confrontation and hostility, and agreed to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of peace without nuclear weapons and nuclear threats. amy: south korean president moon jae-in praised the north korean offer. he said, "the era of no war has started." >> south and north korea agreed on a denuclearization program for the first time. it is a very meaningful outcome. the north has decided to permanently abolish the test site and missile launchers with the attendance of experts from relevant countries. amy: the two leaders also agreed to pursue a bid to co-host the 20

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration has once again slashed the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the united states. on monday, secretary of state mike pompeo announced the new cap on refugees would be a historic low of just 30,000 next year, down from the current level 45,000. but the actual number of refugees allowed in the country is expected to be far lower. amnesty international decried the move as an "all-out attack against our country's ability to reresettle refugees s both now d in the future." under president obama, the refugee cap reached 110,000. senate judiciary committee chair chuck grassley has announced the committee will hold another a hearing on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh next monday following the accusatitions he attempted o rape a 15-year-old girl at a party while he was in high school. both kavanaugh and his accuser, professor christine blasey ford, will testify. ford told "the washington post" kavanaugh and his friend pushed her into a bedroom during a part

i'm amy goodman. at least 128 people were arrested on capitol hill monday protesting supreme court nomomie brett kavanaugh, who has been publicly accused of sexual assault by two women. bob bland, co-president of the women's march helped organized the mass civil disobedience. >> women from all over the country have come to washington to put their bodies on the line to say we will not go back, we sayeve survivors, and to look at all of the thousands of women and allies who are here today. women are to be believed, to be trusted, and we will always come out for each other because we have each other's back. amy: on monday night, brett kavanaugh and his wife sat down for an interview with fox news. it was his first public comment since dr. christine blasey ford accused the judge of attempting to rape her when she was 15 years old. he was kavanaugh denied the 17. allegation. >> now, i've never sexually assaulted anyone. .ot in high school, not ever i have always treated women with dignity and respect. amy:

i'm amy goodman. in an explosive interview with "the washington post," california professor dr. christine blasey ford has accused supreme court nonominee brett kavanaugh of attempted rape while the two were in high school. she told "the post" kavanaugh and his friend pushed her into a bedroom during a party, and that kavanaugh then forcibly pinned her down on a bed and tried to pull off her clothes. she says she tried to scream, but that kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth to silence her. she told "the washington post" -- "i thought he might inadvertently kill me." dr. christine ford is a professor at palo alto university in california. she teaches at stanford university. she began speaking anonymously about the alleged assault in july after kavanaugh was shortlisted to replace retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy. she contacted her congressmember and "the washington post" through a tip line. she took, and passed, a polygraph. after her story began to leak, she changed her mind and decided

test [captioning made possible amy goodman: from pacifica, this is "democracy now!" your white voice.e. >>>> ththis is langston from m regal. >>>> as always, we will be gettg that out to you right away. amy y goodman: today, we s sped the day with boots riley, director o of "sorry to bother youou,"

i'm amy goodman. last week think progress published report a senior fellow ian millhiser that was "brett kavanaugh said he would kill roe v. wade last week and all must know a noticed." the story was declared fake news by facebook fact checker with a conservative outlet the weekly standard, which attacked ian millhiseser in an editorial. no hazard wrote that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh may have committed a very serious crime, possibly even a sex crime or maybe he didn't. that editors at the weekly standard responded -- for more, we continue our conversation with ian millhiser, the senior fellow at the center for american progrgress action fundnd and the editor of thing progress justice, as well as dahlia lithwick from senior editor at slate.com. this is complicated, ian. can you please explain what happened? >> suffice it to say the weekly standard folks do not like me very much will stop i think their assertion that brett kavanaugh such a good man is not wearing well this week. but what hap

test [captioning made possible amy goodman: from pacifica, this is "democracy now!" > use your white voice.e. >>>> ththis is langston from m regal. >>>> as always, we will be gettg that out to you right away. amy y goodman: today, we s sped the day with boots riley, director o of "sorry to bother youou,"

i'm amy goodman. senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley has set a friday morning deadline of 10:00 a.m. eastern time for christine blasey ford to respond to his invitation to speak to the committee about her allegation that supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh attempted to rape her at a high school party when she was 15 years old. but dr. blasey ford's lawyers have said in fbi investigation into her crime should be conducted before the committee holds a hearing. on wednesday, president trump openly doubted dr. blasey ford's claim. pres. trump: look, if she shows showing,kes a credible that will be very interesting. we will have to make a decision. and i can only say this, he is such an outstanding man, very hard for me to imagine that anything happened. they make of this comes as "vanity fair" is reporting trump's own daughter ivanka has told her father to "cut bait" and drop kavanaugh over the attempted rape allegations. meanwhile of blasey ford's high , one school classmates revealed on f

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, highly chaotic confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh began tuesday, as protesters repeatedly interrupted the proceedings. >> this is a mockery an travesty of justice. this ia a travtyty of justice and we will not hold back. adjourn this hearing -- [indiscernible] amy: judge brett kavanaugh is president trump's pick to replace justice anthony kennedy. democratic senators on the[indi] committee also repeatedly interrupted senate judiciary committee chair charles grassley to demand he halt the hearings and allow time to pore over information contained in a ofute -- last-minute dump documents from kavanaugh's time 40,000 in the white house counsel's office. the trump administration is also withholding more than 100,000 pages of kavanaugh's records on the basis of presidential privilege. we'll have more on the first day of kavanaugh's confirmation hearings after headlines. the trump administration says it will end all u.s. funding for unrwa, the u

i'm amy goodman. supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh faces a final day of senate confirmation hearingsgs on capitol hill toda, one day after the proceedings took a dramatic turn when democratic senators began releasing confidential documents from kavanaugh's work at the george w. bush white house. the release was begun by new jersey senator cory booker, who said he was willing to risk his senate career by deliberately violating rules against releasing protected information. booker was responding to the trump administration's decision to withhold more than 100,000 pages of kavanaugh's records on the basis of presidential privilege.e. >> i come from a long line, as all of us do, understand what that, civil disobedience -- i derstand t the consequences. theheight now, before process is finished, i'm going to release the mail about racial profiling. i understand pitilessly comes with potential ousting from the desk penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. amy: the drama came as the

i'm amy goodman. confirmation hearings begin today for president trump's pick to fill justice anthony kennedy seat as the supreme court swing vote. if judge brett kavanaugh is confirmed, it would create a block of five justices that would likely make the supreme court the most conservative since the 1930's. itics warnrn his confirmation could d lead to age or rollbackf civil rights, environmental regulations, gun-control measurures, voting rigight and reproductive righthts, including possibly overturning roe v. wade. just hours before the hearings were set to begin, a lawyer for former president george w. bush released more than 40,000 pages of documents from his time in the white house counsel's office. to 2003. he was also staff secretary from 2003 to 2006. yet the trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 records kavanaugh's under the basasis of presesidenl privivilege.e. we will have more after the headlines.s. presesident trtrump has attacked attorney general jeff sessions again after

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.an: t this week m marks the seventh anniversary of the occupy wall street movement, and 10 years since the collapse of u.s. investment bank lehman brothers that triggered the onset of the global financial crisis. millions of people in the united states and around the world lost their jobs, homes, and life savings, even as the u.s. government bailed out some of wall street's biggest failing banks. over the weekend, activists in europe protested outside banks in france and germany to mark the 10th anniversary. amy: the financial crisis also sparked massive global anti-capitalist movements, including the occupy movement, the m-15 movement in spain, and the anti-austerity movements in greece. talk more about the impacts of two the crisis 10 years later, we're joined now by nathan schneider, whose new book outlines an alternative economic model based on cooperative ownership. he argues that the cooperative movement has witnessed a resurgence since the 2008 financial crisis. schneider's book

i'm amy goodman. dr. christine blasey ford has told the senate judiciary cocommittee she is now p preparo testify before the committee about her allegation that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh attempted to rape her at a high school party when she was 15 years old. in a letter to the committee, a lawyer for dr. blasey ruled out testifying on monday, but said she would speak soon if the senators offer "terms that are fair and which ensure her safety." in recent days, dr. blasey ford has received death threats and been forced to move her family out of their family home in palo alto. on thursday, about two dozen protesters were arrested on capitol hill after they occupied the offices of key republican senators. >>[chanting] we still believe anita hill! we still believe anita hill! amy: meanwhile, some republican lawmakers are openly mocking dr. christine blasey ford's allegation that kavanuagh attempted to rape her. this is republican congressmember ralph norman of south carolina speaking on thursday du

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