great pedigree but len goodman, big shoes to fill.that she had a really good screen test. they held auditions? that is what we heard. who was she up against? potentially brendan and anton du beke. and bruno tonioli? yes. so what do you think her style is going to be, len goodman was quite stage, the elder statesman looking on with the odd joke here and there. but slightly detached in a way that bruno was very involved in the whole thing. what you think her style is going to be? she seems to come across as quite funny, she laughs and smiles lot but the child she acted as guardian to, they've talked about her as a bit stern. she can be a bit unforgiving but also very loving and she has maintained really good relationships with them. do you think she will be able to maintain the viewerfigures? think she will be able to maintain the viewer figures? i think an injection of new blood could be really good for the series. sometimes somebody new can be a good move. and so much of the other elements have been the same for so many years that i t

goodman. do you think that mueller is going to be able to complete -- do a very comprehensive investigation or is that going to be compromised? >> i think mueller was probably the best choice that this current situation could have allowed for. i think the power of the press is important because rod risenstein, who allot of us had come to respect for his work in maryland, clearly bowed to pressure in write that ridiculous memo he wrote. he was stooge. the was part of the paper trail for a firing that never should have taken place. but my warning that these investigations. one, they take very long time, particularly counterintelligence investigations. two they don't always tell us everything that we need to know, and, three, i don't think they ever really get to the bottom of things. and now i'm not a conspiracy theorists but going week in kennedy assassination and the warren investigation, there's still a lot of loose ends. look the iran-contra investigation, which took six years, and i got int

i'm amy goodman. in france, former investment banker and political centrist emmanuel macron was elected president on sunday in a decisive victory against far-right candidate marine le pen. with the majority of votes counted, macron won about 65% to le pen's 35%. even though le pen lost, it was a record performance for her party, the national front, whose anti-immigrant policies once made it a pariah. le pen had campaigned on an openly xenophobic and racist platform, calling for france to crack down on immigration and leave the european union. on sunday night, macron addressed thousands of supporters in front of the louvre museum in paris. >> europe and the world expececs us to o defend t the spirit of on the threat in some many places. they expect us to defend freedom everywhere, to protect the oppressed. they expect us to bring some new hohope, i knew humanism, that oa safer world, protected freedoms, a world of growth with more .ustice, more ecology amy: macron ran on a pro-trade, pro-eu and pro-nat

goodman, explain to our listeners what the national debt is?'s the amount we have borrowed for many, many years and there's a debt ceiling which is currently about $20 trillion but has to be raids rayed by congress or we can't borrow hormoney to pay for the spending in the past basically. so back in 2015, there was a a deal between president obama and john boehner the head of the house, who said, we will raise $20 trillion, and put up with they have to raise it back in 2017 after the election we will deal with it then. then has arrived. so march 15, we really hit the national debt ceiling and we haven't raised since then. we have to raise it sometime or the government won't be able to pay its bills. the only way the government can pay its bills is by borrowing more money, because we have a deficit, we're spending more than we're taking in. >> armstrong: stephen, where are we borrowing that money? >> guest: from all around the world. russian banks, brazilian banks, all over the world. >> armstrong: at what cost to us? >> guest: well, it varies.

i'm amy goodman. in afghanistan, a massive bombing near the german embassy in the capital kabul killed more than 80 people and wounded over 350 during rush hour traffic wednesday morning. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. though, the taliban said they are not responsible. officials have described today's bombing as one of the biggest blasts ever in kabul. it shattered windows more than a mile away from explosion's center and blasted a crater more than 13 feet deep into the ground. among those who were killed was aziz navin, who worked for the afghan tv station tolo tv, and mohammed nazir, who has worked as a driver for the bbc afghan service for four years and was killed this morning as he was driving his coworkers to the office. nearby hospitals were inundated with wounded patients after the blast. this is ghulamam mohammad. >> i wasas at my desk when i hed a terrible sound and becamame unconscious. i did not know what happenened o me. a few minutes later when i open my eyes,

i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president trump has set off a political firestorm after firing fbi director james comey just weeks after comey confirmed the fbi was investigating whether trump's campaign collaborated with russia to sway the 2016 election. comey was four years into a 10-year term.

i'm amy goodman. hundreds of thousands, if not more than a million people poured into the streets around , the world on saturday for a global people's climate march, which coincided with president trump's 100th day in office. as temperatures topped more than degrees in washington, d.c., 95 tying the record for the hottest april 29 ever recorded in the capitol, more than 200,000 people filled 20 blocks of pennsylvania avenue, marching for climate, jobs and justice. the protesters decried president trump's steps to roll back environmental regulations, appoint climate change deniers as the heads of government agencies, and defined in a race climate change programs and research, including the move friday, only hours before the march, to scrub climate science pages from epa's website. sister marches were held hundreds of u.s. cities, from new york city to the downpour in chicago, to the snow in denver, to boston, los angeles, miami, to dutch harbor, alaska. demonstrations were also held worldwide, includin

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting today from tampa, florida, from tampa pbs. i'm amy goodman.close t today's show with a look at the battle between residents of eastern north carolina and one of the state's largest industries, hog farms. last week, the north carolina lawmakers passed house bill 467, which limits the damages that residents can collect against hog farms. the billion-dollar industry is primarily clustered in the eastern part of north carolina where hog farms collect billions , of gallons of untreated pig feces and urine in what are essentially cesspools, then dispose of the waste by spraying it into the air. in an investigation into the industry, filmmaker mark devries used drones to capture aerial footage of several massive facilities that supply pigs for smithfield foods. he spoke with steve wing, associate prprofessor of epididemiology at the univiversy of north carolina's giddings schoolol of public health whwho described what happens in the facilities. >> the waste passes through the floors w will stop get i is fled out into an open pit, like a cesspool. >>

. >> how can you bring john goodman back?our series about a blue-collar family was once number one in the ratings, and ran for nine seasons on abc. it ended in may of 1997, 20 years ago next week. and of course, "e.t." was there. >> that's what i wanted to do on television, and that's what i did. >> john goodman was killed off, but both he and her sister have said they want to come back. >> everybody is onboard and i think contracts have been hammered out and all that. we just have to sell it. >> she seemed to be playing coy because she recently tweeted, of course i want to do a reboot of "roseanne". >> i can't say anything. i'm holding out for nudity. >> the season finale of "ncis: l.a." is sunday. and ll cool j is out of his mind. >> we went behind the scenes. >> you don't want to be a part of this. i'm going to hurt people. >> i don't just, i didn't just like luck my way into the eighth season. i've been studying acting a long time. >> clearly, ll has been doing his homework, when he goes rogue to avenge the death of his w

let's bring back kevin and john goodman.our response to this vote. >> the prior bill at a 17 approval rating by u.s. citizens, i suspect this bill may beless popular. i think it's going to be a challenge for the parties if they move it to the senate and that probably will not be lost on the senate. there are means within the current legislation that particularly allows insurance company that are attracting sicker people to be kon pen sated for that. >> with all respect, the risk adjustment, the risk quarters that stuff is bankrupting the bill, bankrupting the budget, there is no end to it. that's part of the death spiral we've all been talking about, you can't do that. the congress cut that off, even obama gave up on that. you have to get more people into the system and the way you do that is by getting rid of the mandates and letting the cost of the premiums fall in a market and gendered approach. that's the way to do that. you -- with all due respect the -- meaning the company with higher risk were paying those are lower r

. >> how can you bring john goodman back?ber dan passed away in the last heart attack. >> he did? i don't remember this show. >> let us refresh your memory rose ann. >> your series about a blue-collar family was once number one in the ratings, and ran for nine seasons on abc. it ended in may of 1997, 20 years ago next week. and of course, "e.t." was there. >> that's what i wanted to do on television, and that's what i did. >> her tv husband >> john goodman was killed off, but both he and her sister have said they want to come back. >> everybody is onboard and i think contracts have been hammered out and all that. we just have to sell it. >> the comedian seemed to be playing coy because she recently tweeted, of secour i want to do a reboot of "roseanne". >> how excited are you to do this rose ann. >> >> i can't say anything. i'm holding out for nudity. >> the season finale of "ncis: l.a." is sunday. and ll cool j is out of his mind. >> by for good reason everyone. ll is out to kill and showing off his acting skill. see what i

i'm amy goodman. in sweden, prosecutor friday dropped the investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by wikileaks founder julian assange. assange has always denied the allegations, which he is called a pretext for his ultimate extradition to the u.s. to face prosecution under the espionage act. since 2012, assange has taken refuge in the ecuadorean embassy in london. it's not clear whether assange will emerge any time soon. wikileaks tweeted friday -- "u.k. refuses to confirm or deny whether it has already received a u.s. extradition warrant for julian assange. focus now moves to u.k." last month, u.s. attorney general jeff sessions confirmed that the u.s. has prepared a warrant for assange, calling his arrest a priority. and washington, d.c., president donald trump has -- assailed his critics thursday over a series of scandals that have rocked his administration, calling an investigation into alleged ties between russia and trump associates a witch hunt. speaking at a white house news confer

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from los angeles. the department of justice has tapped former fbi director robert mueller as special counsel in an investigation into russia's role in the 2016 u.s. election, including allegations russia colluded with donald trump's campaign to sway the presidential race. the move by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein came one day after reports emerged that president trump had personally asked former fbi director james comey to end the agency's investigation into trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, who was fired for lying both publicly and privately about his contacts with russian officials. mueller's appointment came as the "new york times" reports flynn told president trump's transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for turkey during the campaign. that is far earlier than the administration previously admitted. meanwhile, reuters is reporting flynn and other advisers to trump's campaign were

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from atlanta, georgia, as we traveled the country covering the movements changing america. the house of representatives on thursday voted narrowly to do away with the affordable care act, replacing it with a healthcare bill that would traumatically rolled back medicaid provide billions of , dollars' in tax cuts for the wealthy gut protections for , patients with pre-existing conditions, and add tens of millions of americans to the ranks of the uninsured. the legislation passed by a vote of 217-213, with 20 republicans and every democrat opposed. house speaker paul ryan rushed the vote at the request of president trump, before the congressional budget office had a chance to score the bill, meaning republicans voted in favor of legislation whose full impact remains unknown. speaker ryan hailed the vote as an historic achievement. cook's a lot of us have been waiting seven years to cast this vote. many of us are here because we pledged to cast this very vote. amy: pre

i'm amy goodman. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show looking at the philippines where filipino president rodrigo duterte has been overseeing a bloody war on drugs. since last morere than 7000 peoe june, have been extrajajudicialy killed by police or vigilantes. duterte has also suggested he might impose martial law across the country after first declaring it this week in his native island of mindanao. while human rights groups have condemned duterte, he has received backing from president trump who recently invited him to visit the white house. human rights watch slammed the invitation saying -- "by effectively endorsing duterte's murderous 'war on drugs,' trump has made himself morally complicit in future killings." well, earlier this week, a transcript of the call of trump inviting duterte to the white house was leaked and published by the intercept. according to the leaked transcript, trump said -- "i just wanted to c

i'm amy goodman. around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also known as international workers day. this year, in california, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the bay area, as immigrant workers refused to go to work and students walked out of class. in milwaukee, wisconsin, more than 30,000 people marched to demand the governor fire milwaukee county sheriff dave clarke, block anti-immigrant legislation, and return driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. at least 140 businesses were shut down across milwaukee. in texas, two dozen people were arrested, including austin city councilmember gregorio casar, after an eight hour sit-in at the office of texas governor greg abbott in protest of anti-immigrant bill sb4. this is julie ann nitsch. a six generation texan. my family has served this country for a very long time. we did not come to this country to live in a country where people are stopped, detain, and abused because of the color of their ski

i'm amy goodman. in a major setback to president trump, the u.s. 4th circuit court of appeals has refused to reinstate trump's ban on all refugees and citizens of six majority-muslim nations from entering the united states in the majority decision chief judge roger gregory wrote that trump's executive order uses "vague words of national security, but in con drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination." the justice department has vowed to challenge the appeals court ruling and take it to thee suprpre court. in montana, republican tech millionaire greg gianforte has won a special election for t the state's solele congressional set a day after he was charged with assaulting a reporter. gianforte won about 51% of the vote defeating democratic , challenger rob quist received 44%. on wednesday, gianforte body-slammed guardian reporter ben jacobs to the floor after jacobs tried to ask about the republican healthcare plan. gianforte addressed the incident during his victory speech last night.

i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives is poised to vote today on healthcare legislation that would repeal much of the affordable care act, replacing it with a plan that medical experts which will drive up the cost of medicine while leaving millions without health insurance. house majority leader kevin mccarthy said after an evening huddle with party leaders that republicans have enough votes to pass the bil the schedulevo came after repuican congressmemrs fred upton of michigan and billy long ofissouri erged fromalks at thehite house saying they had flipped from "no" to "yes" after winning an amendment that will provide $8 billion over five years to subsidize health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions. >> i talked to the president yesterday afternoon. i told him i could not support the bill as it was then moving through the rules committee without added protections for those with pre-existing illnesses. based on our discussions and t agreement on this amendment, can now be in a p

i'm amy goodman. in manchester, england, at least 22 people were killed in a bombing at a concert arena at the end of a performance by american pop star ariana grande. dozens more were wounded in the explosion, which appears to be a suicide attack. this is 19-year-old sebastian diaz, who survived the blast. >> we heard the explosion. we just looked behind us and there was chaos. in front of us, people were screaming. towere determining whether stay and seek shelter or on and try to get out. people were running and screaming around us and pushing down the stairs to go outside. people were falling down. girls were crying. we fill these women being treated by paramedics with wounds on the legs. no shoes. it was just chaos. amy: police say they are investigating the explosion as a terrorist incident, and that the alleged attacker died in the explosion. this morning on twitter, isis claimed responsibility for the attack. british prime minister theresa may says the police know the identity of the alleged at

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from san francisco. a global computer hack, using a cyberweapon developed by the national security agency, has disrupted hospitals, universities, government offices, gas stations, atm machines, and more than 200,000 computers worldwidide. it is expected to grow worse as people return to work this morning. on f friday, the cyberattatacks ben n to rple e thugh momo than 15050 countries, locking medical workers out of the computer systems at dozens of british and indonesian hospitals, disrupting train schedules in germany preventing , chinese students from accessing their final papers and , freezing government computers from russia's interior ministry to police stations in india. experts say it's the first time a cybeberweapon developed d by e nsnsa has been stolen and relead by hackers. the cyberweapon exploits weaknesses in microsoft software. it appears the u.s. government knew for years about this weakness in the software, but only told microsoft about the vulnera

i'm amy goodman. in britain, nearly 4000 soldiers have been deployed nationwide in the wake of a suicide bombing that killed 22 people and injured scores more at a concert monday night. the victims were mostly young girls and parents who had taken their daughters to the concert by american pop star ariana grande. authorities have identified the bombing suspect as salman abedi, a 22-year-old british man whose parents emigrated from libya. early this morning, police arrested three more people in manchester as part of the investigation. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. prime minister theresa may has announced thatat the threat levl in the u.k. will be raised from severe to critical, indicating another attack may be imminent. we'll go to london for more on the bombing with political commentator, historian, and activist tariq ali a after headlines. in the u united states, presidet donald trump has lawyered up, appointing attorney marc kasowitz to represent him in the ongoing investigation in

i'm amy goodman. more details are coming to light about president trump's firing of fbi director james comey. "the new york times" is reporting comey's dismissal came just days after he asked the justice department for more resources to expand the bureau's investigation into russia's meddling in the presidential election. comey made the appeal to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the same official who wrote the memo trump later used to justify comey's firing. meanwhile, the "washington post" reports rosenstein has threatened to resign after the white house cast him as the main instigator in the firing of comey. the white house has given conflicting explanations as to why comey was dismissed. privately, white house aides say trump was infuriated by comey's recent congressional testimony about the fbi probe into russia. but during a press briefing on wednesday, deputy white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders accused comey of committing atrocities wile -- while investigating former democr

i'm amy goodman. we're on the road in san diego, california. the white house was rocked by yet another major scandal tuesday after the "new york times" reported that president trump personally asked fbi director james comey to end the agency's investigation into trump's former national security advisor michael flynn. "the times" reports trump made the extraordinary request to comey during an oval office meeting february 14, one day after trump fired flynn for lying both publicly and privately about his contacts with russian officials. trump reportedly asked vice president mike pence and attorney general jeff sessions to leave the room before making the request to comey, saying -- "i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go." "the times" based its report on two sources who cited a memo written by then fbi director comey after the meeting. on tuesday night, jason chaffetz, the republican chair of the house oversight committee,

i'm amy goodman. president trump is visiting israel today as part of his first trip abroad as president. during the two-day trip, he and secretary of state rex tillerson will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other top israeli officials. it is tillerson's first trip ever to israel. in a controversial move trump is , also slated to become the first sitting u.s. to visit the wailing wall in jerusalem. trump's visit comes after widespread protests broke out frididay across the israeli occupied west bank after a jewish settler killed a young palestinian on thursday. more than protesters were 100 injured as israeli security forces shot live bullets and tear gas at the thousands of demonstrators. the protests were also in support of the ongoing hunger strikes by palestinians in israeli jails. this morning as donald trump arrived in israel, 200 more prisoners reportedly joined the strike. over the weekend, trump visited saudi arabia, where he signed a series of arms deals totaling a rec