some of the security have dogs. >> amy goodman -- look, it is all my sunglasses. in the face. then through dog on me. amy: let me see. >> going through the dog on me. >> over there, that dog. i was walking and they threw it at me. without any warning. look at this. look at this. amy: ma'am, your dog has been a protester. -- that a protester. are you telling the dogs to buy the protesters? the dog has blood in his nose and mouth. why are you letting her dog go after -- only a few hours before the attack, we sat down with standing rock sioux trouble the story and the donna brave bull. >> i don't understand why we are expendable in america. i keep telling people, we do our best comment we have always been here. this is our land. why should we fight to live on her own land? why should we have to do that over and over again? we have no choice. we have to stand. no matter what happens, we have to stand. amy: we posted the video of the dpl guard attack on the indigenous water protectors and over around 24 to 48 hours, 14 million views. north dakota issued an arrest warran

i'm amy goodman. the senate has voted 56 to 44 to proceed with the impeachment trial of donald trump for inciting the deadly insuection at the u.s. capitol on january 6. six republicans joined docrats rejecting arguments from trump's defense team that it is unconstitutional for a former president to face an impeachment trial. the democratic house impeachment managers opened the day with a dramatic 13-minute video montage from january 6 featuring trump's remarks and graphic scenes of rioters attacking police officers and breaking into the capitol where lawmakers were preparg to count electoral college votes. this is house impeachment manager jamie raskin. >> you ask what a high crime and misdemeanor is under our constitution, that is a high crime and misdemeanor. if that is not an impeachable offense, than there is no such thing. amy: we will have more on the impeachment trial, including what took place onhat day, after headlines. around o in every 10 u.s. residents has now gotten at least their first

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

i'm amy goodman in new york joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. uan. juan: hi, amy. welcome 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," coo

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. this 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 here to our steps. amy: house impeachnt managers also realed that on january 6 trump sent out aweet attking vice president pence just minutes after senator tommy tuberville of alabama talked to the president on the phone and

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. 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. 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

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. at least 23 people have been killed and millions remain without power as a major winter storm sweeps across large swaths of the country, briing cord-breing coldnd snow. overwheed and under-epared powerrid in texas unged miions into freezingold and rkness. 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 altnative sources energy. amy: tas republicagovernor gr abbott ok to fonews tuesday blame rewable ener for histate's blackout saying e green w dealould be adly forhe u.s. hicomments contricted texas' own energy department, which said the outages were due to "frozen instruments at natural gas, coal and even nuclear facilities." new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted -- "the infrastructure failu

i'm amy goodman. a congressional watchdog is blasting the former trump administration over its disastrous handing of the pandemic, with auditors saying they were look deeply troubled by their review of the federal government's failures. in a 346-page report, the general accounting office says 90% of its recommendations remained unimplemented just before trump left office. the report came as the u.s. death toll from covid-19 passed 450,000, with another 3912 deaths reported on wednesday alone. centers for disease control director dr. rochelle walensky warned people should get vaccinated as soon as possible to prevent new coronavirus variants from causing a fresh surge in cases. >> we have seen declines in cases and admissions and a recent slowing of deaths. cases remain extraordinarily high. twice as high as the peak number of cases before the summer. and that continue liberation of variants that spread more easily threatens to reverse these recent trends. amy: the cdc director also says the vaccinatio

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. 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. 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

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

i'm amy goodman. the united states recorded another 1400 deaths from covid-19 on monday, bringing the u.s. toll since the start of the pandemic to more than a half a million, by far the highest of any nation in the world. [bells toll] amy: the bells at the national cathedral in washington, d.c., tolled 500 times monday to commemorate the 500,000 who've died in just the last year. that's more people than the entire population of miami, florida. in a sunset ceremo at the ite house, preside biden, vice president kamala harris, and their spouses led the country in a moment of communal mourning. pres. biden: so today, i ask all americans to remember those we lost in those left behind. but as we all remember, i also k us to act, to remain vigilant, to stay socially distance, to mask up, get vaccinated when it is your turn. we must and the politics misinformation has divided families and communities in the country. it has cost many lives already. amy: president biden has ordered flags on federal property to

i'm amy goodman. the senate acquitted donald j. trump for inciting the deadly january 6 capital insurrection in his second pitchman trial. 50 senators fact convicting the former president of the vote fell short of the two thirds majority needed. it was the most bipartisan impeachment trial verdict ever was seven republicans voted with democrats to convict. chuck schumer blasted republicans for siding with a president who tried to overturn to an election and incited a mob to attack the capitol. >> this was about choosing country over donald trump and 43 republican members chose trump. they chose trump. amy: shortly after the bout, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, who voted to acquit trump, took to the floor to criticize the former president. >> there is no question, none come that president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. amy: but mcconnell went on to defend his vote to clear trump on constitutional grnds. >> but in this case, the question is m

i'm amy goodman. >> welcome to all of our listeners and viewers across the country and around the world. amy: i hope conditions are better in new jersey than they are in new york. weather conditions, i am talking about. air de blasio just declared a state of emergency for new york city due to what they expect to be near blizzard conditions. we will let people know through the day what is happening here. in washington, d.c., republicans are facing increasing pressure to strip newly elected georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from her new post on the education committee. green is a far-right conspiracy theorist who supported the execution of house speaker nancy pelosi and has claimed school shootings at sandy hook, connecticut, and parkland, florida were staged, as was the september 11 attack on the pentagon. she has a history of making racist, islamophobia, and anti-semitic comments. at least 50 house democrats ha backed a resolution to remove her from office. congress member greene was erected -- elected after president donald trump called her a republican star. greene confront

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.he international criminal court has ruled it has the authority to investigate alleged israeli war crimes in the palestinian territories. israel and the united states criticized the decision. israel is not a member of the icc, but the palestinians joined the court in 2015. israel has argued that the court has no jurisdiction over the occupied territories because palestine is not an independent state, but the icc judges have rejected that argument. the ruling comes two years after the icc's chief prosecutor found that "war crimes have been or are being committed in the west bank, including east jerusalem, and the gaza strip." on saturday, palestinian foreign minister riyad al-maliki welcomed the icc's decision. >> israel has always been treated above the law. there is no responsibility when it comes to israel. now, no one, including the u.s., can provide protection to israel. usually when we go to the security council, the united states of america is usually the one who shields israel an