democracy now! test 02/01/18 02/01/18 democracy now! test 02/01/18 02/01/18 democracy now! test 02/01/18 02/01/18 democracy now! test 02/01/18 02/01/18 democracy now! test 02/01/18 02/01/18 democracy now! test 02/01/18 02/01/18 democracy now! test 02/01/18 02/01/18 [captioning made possible amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> the department of justice and fbi feel this is an extraordinarily reckless step to take because the information has not been vetted. this is not about the facts. this is about an narrative that the chairman was to put out, misleading narrative, to undermine the fbi, undermine the department, and ultimately undermine bob mueller. amy: a showdown is brewing in washington as the white house prepares to release a controversial republican memo despite opposition from the fbi, the justice department, and democratic lawmakers. are trump and his republican allies trying to discredit special prosecutor robert mueller's investigation of president trump? we will get the latest. then to afghanistan. pres. trump: our warriors in afghanistan have new rules

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! iss verty and helplessness intolerable and our organization. [indiscernible] what is wrong? amy: oxfam is facing a growing crisis for covering up sex crimes by its aid workers in haiti i afr the devasastating 20 earthquauake. we will speak t to a reporter at "the times o of london" who exposed ththe scandadal plus the hehead of the coalition against trafficking in women and the haitian writer edwidge danticat in miami. then we look at the role of army junior reserve officer training corps program after nikolas cruz, a former jrotc cadet, carried out one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. cruz was on the school's jrotc team when it received a $10,000 grant from the nra. all of that a more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the syrian government is continuing its deadly barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire against the rebel-held enclave of eastern ghouta, outside the capital damascus, with aid workers r

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> if the president wants to come up to me and, to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i am going to happily ask him how much money he received from the national rifle association. amy: never again. students who survived the parkland, florida, school shooting muska on wednesday are now organizing a march for our lives in washington, d.c., to protest gun violence. we will hear a moving address from high school senior emma gonzalez who survived the shooting. then to puerto rico. >> we're facing privatization on the energy front. we're also facing privatization of the educational point. the local government of puerto rico has introduced the concept of charter schools and has said it is going to privatize schools . it almost seems like the perfect storm for disaster economics or the stafferll capitalism. amy: five months after hurricane maria battered puerto rico, a quarter of the is

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[captioning made possible by democracy now!] from pacifica this is democracy now! >> this has been a week off soaring bloodshed and casualties in syria. we have received reports that at 277 civilians were killed. 230 of these people were killed in airstrikes by the syrian government and their allies. in addition, 812 people were injured. amy: "it's hard to believe, but syria's war is getting even worse." that is the headline of a new article about escalating crashes -- clashes on syrian soil. we will speak with the author, new york times beirut bureau chief and with canadian -- a canadian researcher. as the deadly flu sweeps across the united states, will go to austin, texas, to speak with austin city councilmember gregorio casar where the council is set to vote on an historic ordinance for mandated paid sick leave. >> the infection rate has decreased by 6% or 7%. getare twice as likely to everybody else sick. workers fromnt having six -- sick leave. amy: can they overcome the opposition of a koch brothers based lobbying group? all that and more, coming up. welcome

we welcome you both to democracy now! geraldine thompson, let's begin with you. you are not far from where this high school shooting took place. right near fort lauderdale, whh,h, by thee way, experienced another shooting where five people were killed just a year ago at the fort lauderdale airport. but now at this school, the horror of 17 people being killed -- three outside the school, 12 inside the school, and then two who were injured who has since died. this must bring back horrific se inies for you from pul 2016, whereas man gunned down 49 people in the club andnd injured more than 50 others. yet what has been done? what the loss in florida yet the >> unfortunately, nothing has happened since the pulse nightclub shooting. i said at that time, and a want to repeat today, that we have got to tighten our laws with regard to gun ownership in this country. i see no reason why a private individual needs a military type weapon and a magazine of ammunition with enough rounds to kill hundreds of people. so we have got to tigh

stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the 2018 winter of the picks have opened with north and south korean athletes marching together at the opening ceremonies. the games are seen as a pivotal moment for relations between the beenountries who have officially at war since 1950. in an effort to deescalate tensions on the korean vessel, north korea has sent a 500-person delegation of people to the limits. north korean leader kim jong-un's influential sister attended this morning's opening ceremony, should cancel it south korean leader moon jae-in. the pair are scheduled have lunch together. it even as the peninsula tries to deescalate the threat of nuclear war, u.s. vice president mike pence warned the u.s. is slated to impose another jerk only in round of -- draconian round of sanctions against north korea. pence is set to lead the u.s. delegation during today's opening ceremony and will reportedly attend the games with the father of otto warmbier, an american coll

[captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! weaponstory of nuclear will have an ending, and it is up to us to decide what that ending will be. will it be the end of nuclear weapons or will it be the end of us? amy: "nuclear arms are back in a big way." that's according to a front-page article in "the new york times" today on the trump administration's newly-released nuclear policy plan, which critics say will spark a new nuclear arms race with russia. we'll go to geneva to speak with beatrice fihn, executive director of the nobel peace prize-winning organization, the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. speakers weekend, house paul ryan touted a story of a woman's paycheck to increased by $1.50 a week as a major benefit to workers. after ridicule and outrage, he was forced to delete his tweet. we will speak to economist richard wolff. and finally, the philadelphia eagles beat the new england patriots in a superbowl upset sunday night, capping a historic nfl season, filled with racial justice protests both on and o

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> the situation is now more obvious that wa lone and kyaw soe oo were arrested because of their report. this incident is an abuse of justice. this is evidence the med are being intimidatein burma. amy: reuters news agency has published an expose of report on a burmese military massacre of rohingya muslims. the two journalists to uncover the killings have been locked up in the burmese prison for the past two months. we will speak to the reuters bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. and budget should reflect our moral priorities. it is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. we need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. a budget that puts working families first. and that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. amy: we will speak with seattle congresswoman pramila jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagon's

stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!mocracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to look at the growing threat of war against iran. in recent weeks, senior members of the trump administration have repeatedly tried to drum up u.s. support for a war against iran, while president trump has reiterated his threats to pull the u.s. out of the landmark 2015 iran nuclear deal. last month, president trump issued a waiver to prevent the reimposition of u.s. sanctions against iran, but warned he would not do so again unless the nuclear deal is renegotiated. the waiver must be reissued every 120 days to avoid the sanctions from kicking back in. his warning came after u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley spoke at the anacostia-bolling military base in washington, d.c., in front of pieces of metal she claimed were parts of an iranian-made missile supplied to the houthis in yemen, which the houthis allegedly fired into saudi arabia. this is ambassador haley speaking on december 14. >> behind me is

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show here in new york. on tuesday, taxi drivers held a vigil to remember a livery car driver who had committed suicide outside the gates of city hall monday. douglas schifter is believed to be the third new york city driver to commit suicide in the past three months. in a message posted on facebook, schifter blamed city and state leaders and ride-sharing apps like uber for pushing him and other taxi drivers into financial despair. he wrote -- "i worked 100-120 consecutive hours almost every week for the past plus years. 14 when the industry started in 1981, i averaged 40-50 hours. i cannot survive any longer with working 120 hours! i am not a slave and i refuse to be one. bloomberg, the blasio, and andrew cuomo have each had their part in destroying a once thriving industry. there are over 100,000 of us suffering daily now. it is the new slavery." he went on to say -- "there seems to be a strong bias by the

[captioning made possible by democracy now!] ♪ >> from pacifica, this is democracy now!> click away under donald trump, if you will massively expanding number of people to portable and not going to avoid them due process that we have written into the law and have agreed to any international law, they will be real consequences. sexual assaults or kidnapping. >> my deportation is a death sentence, protecting dreamers, a stunning new article in the new yorker about how hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the u.s. may face violence and murder in their home countries. what happens when they are forced to return. we will speak to sarah stillman. then as dodge ram uses the words of martin luther king to sell trucks in a super bowl ad, we will look at the whitewashing of civil rights history. messageduce dr. king's to a ploy to sell trucks is appalling. dr. king's message in this day and age under the circumstances that exists, given the we are up against as a people and where we look like we may be headed as a nation, is despicable. >> we will speak to sociologist and civil

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> as you can see with the fbi indictments, the evidence is now incontrovertible. amy: will national secure divisor general h.r. mcmaster says there is incontrovertible evidence that russia meddled in the 2016 election, we will speak to the prize-winning russian-american journalist masha gessen about her new article "the fundamental uncertrtainty of muellerer's rua indictments." >> i think h.r. mcmaster is correct in saying there is incontrovertibible evidence of russian meddling, but to call it bold and sophisticated and to thahathat we now know index lee had an influence on the outcome ofof the election is absurd. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the head of the national rifle association, or nra, wayne lapierre has broken his silence after last week's florida school shooting that left 17 people dead and sparked a student-led national conversation on gun legislation. on thursday, lapierre attack

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> this exhaustive research that has been done around discriminatory lending practices, race-based lending practices. is intolerable. amy: redlining. the state of pennsylvania and city of philadelphia have launched probes into modern-day redlining after an investigation revealed african-american mortgage applicants in philly are almost three times as likely to be denied a conventional mortgage as white applicants. and the problem is occurring nationwide. we will speak with investigative journalist aaron glantz of reveal and pennsylvania state senator vincent hughes. then we look at a supreme court case that could deal a massive blow to public unions nationwide. >> facing a legal argument of front of the supreme court, they are making a political attack on all of you. that is what this is about. it is a political attack. the first care about amendment. -- thinkt care about about making more money at the expense of all of you. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!

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this is democracy now.ocracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. >> welcomeme to our listeners ad viewers around the country and around the world. on capitol hill, republican senator john mccain and democratic senator chris coons have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the united states as children. the future of the nearly 800,000 dreamers has been at the center of a major political battle in washington. but on monday, president trump took to twitter to criticize the bipartisan bill soon after it was introduced. trump wrote -- "any deal on daca that does not include strong border security and the desperately needed wall is a total waste of time. march 5 is rapidly approaching and the dems seem not to care about daca. make a deal!" this comes as immigrant rights activists are preparing to hold a protest in washington on wednesday to push for a clean dream act to be passed before thursday when the government faces another possible shut down. >> we

♪ [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now!s toxic,teachers literally harebrained, half cocked, creating more dangerous schools not less. amy: as president trump advocates for arming teachers, lawmakers returned to capitol hill under intense pressures to pass gun-control measures. even as the student movement rises, gun manufacturers are targeting young people. we'll speak with "the intercept's" investigative journalist lee fong. we will also talk about how the supreme court would deal with t courses -- key coursesnd to the kochrothers. >>e haveade more progress in the la five years than i had in the previous 50. amy: then it has been six months since hurricane harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the united states, home to the nation's largest refining and petrochemical complex. >> you talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. you talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the k

democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> what have we done? movement grow and blossom and explode. change in the streets. amy: a federal judge stays the deportation of immigrant rights leader ravi ragbir after ravi filed a free speech lawsuit charging the trump administration with targeting immigrant rights activists with surveillance and deportation. we will speak to ravi ragbir and look at how federal judges across the country are resisting the trump administration's deportation orders. then we remember asma jahangir, pakistan's leading human rights attorney. she died this weekend at the age of 66. youhere's something inside telling you to do it. and it comes because you have heart. up.the courage to stand amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. tensions across northern syria have escalated sharply, amid a series of clashes between external powers, including israel, iran, turkey, and the syrian

in 2015, democracy now! spoke with muhiyidin d'baha outside the emanuel ame church, amid the funerals of nine african-american worshipers who were gunned down by white supremacist dylann roof. i asked him about the campaign to dismantle confederate monuments and to bring down the confederate battle flag from the south carolina state capitol grounds. >> it is re-examining our history and the white supremacist structures in our history, and naming them and calllling them what they a are sosomeone we talk ababout the f, we don't get to agitation ababot rates, but states rights. this country is founded on economic capital developed from a free and cheap labor. now that that cheap labor is not used because of technological innovation, of the prison industrial complex and other ways to subsidize peoples living and housing. amy: muhiyidin d'baha was just 32 years old. his family has set up a gofundme page to raise money to bring his body home to charleston from n w orleanans. and those are some of the headlines. th

this is espinal, speaking on democracy now! back in 2013, when he was protesting against president juan manuel orlando's first election. >> this electoral process is very important to me and my -- the community organizer are being targeted by the military and police and the government just for organizing people in our communities, you know, to improve our communities and to educate people in our communities about the political situation in our country. amy: in iran, hundreds of thousands of people gathered sunday to mark the 39th anniversary of the 1979 islamic revolution. during the demonstrations, iranian president hassan rouhani reaffirmed iran's commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal and criticized the united states for threatening to undo the landmark accord. >> we witnessed the failure of america in the past year. the americans wanted to interfere in our state matters. but our people said no to them through their unity, through their togetherness, through their steadfastness. they nullify the americans plans and conspiracy.

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> indictment charges 13 russians nationals and three russian companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere in the united states political system, including the 2016 presidential election. amy: with 13 russians and data, national security adviser general h.r. mcmaster says evidence of russian meddling in the 20 16 election is in controversial -- 2017 election is incontrovertible. the president continues to attack robert mueller, the fbi, and others. where were the mueller robe go next? we will speak with independent journalist marcy wheeler and the two former labor secretary robert wright. robert reich. >> is there something that still unites us as a people? do have obligations to one another or are we just a bunch of self-seeking individuals that happen to be here in a place called the united states? amy: we will speak with robert reich about his new book "the common good." all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and

02/16/18 02/16/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> president trump, you say, what can you do? you can stop the guns that are getting into innocent children fans. amy: while parents in florida beg president trump to do something about the nation's gun crisis after 17 people are shot dead at a school in parkland, florida, the president finally addresses the nation, but he never mentions guns. pres. trump: we're committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools, and tackle the difffficult issue of mental health. amy: the florida shooting comes a year after president trump repealed an obama-era regulation , making it harder for people with severe mental disabilities to p purchase firearms. we will get response and also look at t the florida gunmanan's history of threatening women and possible extremist political beliefs. then to south africa. >> i do believe when one is elected in this type of position, he basically become a servant of the people of south africa. and

stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: on tuesday night, president trump became the third president in a room to attempt to put a p positive been on the war in afghanistan. the longest war in u.s. history. ins. trump: our warriors afghanistan have new rules of engagement. along with their heroic afghan partners, our military is no longer undermined by artificial timelines and we no longer tell our enemies ourur plansns. amy: five years earlier, president barack obama predicted in his 2013 state of the union that the war would soon be over. pres. obama: our forces will move into a support role while afghan security forces take the lead. tonight, i can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 american troops will come home from afghanistan. this drawdown will continue. and by the end of next year, our war in afghanistan will be over. 2005, president george w. bush used his state of the union, i t think it was 200, to praise afgha

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the supreme court ruled tuesday that federal authorities can continue to indefinitely detain some immigrants and asylum seekers without a bond hearing. the 5-3 ruling overturned the rulings of two lower courts that found immigrants facing prolonged detention must be given a custody hearing. but tuesday's supreme court decision does not end the battle over indefinite detention. the justices sent the case back to the federal appeals court to evaluate the constitutionality of the practice. writing in the majority opinion, justice samuel alito jr. said -- "detention during those proceedings gives immigration officials time to determine an alien's status without running the risk of the alien's either absconding or engaging in criminal activity." justice stephen breyer read his dissent from the bench. he said -- "i would find it alarming, to believe that congress wrote these statutory words in order to put thousands of individuals at risk of lengthy confinement all within the united states b

stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. to cover the fallout from last week's valentine's day massacre in florida. we turn now to a former intern for senator marco rubio of florida stop she is also a graduate from stoneman douglas high school. shana rosenthal just wrote a piece for "the new york times" headlined "i interned for senator rubio. now i'm begging him to act on guns." the 21 euro reveals she has already been near four mass shootings at florida state university and a ft. lauderdale airport, the massacres at the pulse nightclub in orlando, and stoneman douglas high school last week. she attended the cnn town hall meeting last night of 7000 people. shana rosenthal, welcome to democracy now! what was last night like? >> good morning, amy. last night was incredibly empowering to see my community come together and really speak directly to their elected officials. amy: so marco rubio did show up. the governor of florida, rick scott, did not come? president trum