adam goodman a republican party strategist in doha clyde wilcox professor a government at georgetown university and also in washington simon rosenberg president of the new democrats network think tank a welcome to you all let's begin in washington d.c. with adam goodman let's make absolutely clear that the president can actually delay this election unilaterally he doesn't need congress he's unlikely to get congress because it's controlled by the democrats however it does beg the question what is the president's strategy why does he keep bringing up this idea that he might not leave office if the result doesn't go his way human thinking about delays what is the strategy here all seems very confusing well it starts with the idea that upwards of 4 out of 10 americans already distrust the final election result in any election is accurate. but the president i think is not using the right word he keep focusing on the word fraud which is i think a tough thing to prove with mail in ballot which is going to be at record absolutely record levels. this time it's really the word incompetence for

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photographer jabulani dollar meenie is documenting the pandemic and with the help of the renowned goodman gallery they're auctioning off the resulting photos online the money made will help feed people who have lost their jobs or are unable to do them one can turn anybody. yohannes bergen in june of 2020 with his camera photographer jabulani de la mina captures what coleridge 19 is meant for the people in his township so in march the south african government reacted to the looming stand i think with a strange and lockdown that had dramatic consequences for much of the population. hardly anyone here in so wait till has a steady job on a regular income. took a thief this time you know what to freeze that experience i want people to undo even been years later it's a good to feel you move the people who few do and so we had to do with living their experiences during college meant. when he began his project didn't have a work permit. what he could do was drive his mother to work he shot his photos through the car window so the soldiers on patrol couldn't see him. there were also as it wouldn't

i'm amy goodman. protests are conontinuing in kenosha, wisconsinin, when we gt to the p police shooting of jacb blake and days after a white 17 euros militia member killed two black lives matter protesters. at least 1000 national guard troops were on the ground in kenosha during we rallies. reports have emerged of what are believed to be unidentified federal agents abducting protesters before detaining them without charges. when asked by a reporter in new hampshire, president trump addressed the shooting of jacob blake friday, defending the police officer who shot him. trump said "people can make a mistake that doesn't make them bad, they choked. trump is set to visit kenosha even after the governor pleaded with him sunday to reconsider. evers wrote "i'm concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. i am concerned your presence will only delay our work to governordivision," the said. in portland, oregon, one person was shot dead at a pro-trump caravan rally. the man who was killed was wearing

i'm amy goodman. former vice president joe biden and senator kamamala harris appeared together for the first wednesday time as running mates on a historic democratic party ticket wednesday afternoon. the pair spoke from local high school gym in wilmington, delaware, to a small group of socially-distanced reporters as the rest of the country watched remotely. harris is first woman of color to be nominated for national office by a major political party. in her speech, she blasted president trump's handling of the economy, hunger, homelessness, immigration, racial justice, and the coronavirus pandemic. >> it is because of trump's failure to take it seriously refusal toart, his get testing up and running, his flip-flopping on social distancing and wearing masks, his delusional belief that he knows better than the experts -- all of that is reason and the reason that an american dies of covid-19 every 80 seconds. amy: on wednesday, kamala harris named her new chief of staff -- haitian-american lesbian comme

ronnie goodman died yesterday. the cause of death was not provided and the san francisco medical examiner did not immediately return calls for comment. goodman was 63-year-old and spent years doing drugs and artwork. some of his pieces are set to be featured at an exhibit for the museum of modern art at a later date. a memorial service for goodman will be held next week at noon. >>> state officials say they have fixed a technical glitch in the coronavirus data and processed a back log of almost 300,000 covid tests over the weekend. the state's top health officer has stepped down and has now been replaced. critical to tracking and combating covid- 19. that after a glitch was reported steat wide. and the state has made up that deficit. >> i talked to you about 250 to 300,000 back log cases and we were ready to process all of these cases over the weekend. as well as to do the normal weekend work to insure that we end the weekend with very few records in our cal ready system. >> reporter: the top state official resigne

i'm amy goodman. the republican nationanal convention opened in charlotte, north carolilina, with dire wawarnings from presesident trup and his babackers that a joe b n presidency couldld destroy the countrtry. trump began the e convention claiming w without any evidence democrats were trying to steal the election. pres. trump: the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election. we're going to win this election. amy: little attention was paid on the opening day of the republican national convention to the over 177,000 americans who have died during the covid-19 pandemic or the tens of millions of workers who have lost their jobs. while trump was repeatedly praised by the speakers during the convention, dissent is growing within the republican party. on monday, former senator jeff flake joined with over two dozen other former republican members of congress to launch a new group -- republicans for biden. we'll have more on the rnc after heheadlines. a warning to our v

i'm amy goodman. a warning to our audience, the following stories contain graphic foototage of v violence. in kenosha, wisconsin, a a white gunman opened d fire on n a crof black lives mamatter protesters latete tuesday, killing two peoe and injuri a a thi. cook's oh, my gh.h. amy: video filmed a a bysnderer shows yoyoung n wiwithn assault flfle beg fofolled byy a crowd p proteers.s. he fls to thgrgroundeforore shooting intththe crd as protestersttttempto didisa him. kenosha poli s said rlyy wednesdayorning armed vigilant -- theyalled and mititias -haveve bn in t t streets and they were lolooking for a man with a long gun. that is a white man with a long gun. no arrests have been made yet and thosose killed have not been identifified. the violence came on the thihird night of unrnrest in k kenosha following the police shooting on sunday of jacob blake, an unarmed 29-year-old black man. an officer shot blake seven times in the back as he was getting into his car. his three young children witnessed the

goodman. you know, look.ne to hi chances in the november election. i'll read the tweet. he said i look forward to having a big and very important second win together. this one should be a lot easier. vaccines and therapeutics will soon be on the way dr. goodman, do you have any concern that the president is pushing too much for a vaccine too early because he wants it before election day? >> well, i think it is great that we all are working hard to have vaccines and therapeutics but we can't cut corners and my biggest concern is that there is a public sense that fda is under any pressure and its independence is not respected that the public won't trust the vaccine. we need a vaccine. it is the only alternative to ending this outbreak aside from the infection burning through our whole population. i am very concerned about any pressure on fda. >> they've already, they call it operation warp speed for a reason. the speed with which this vaccine research and trials is being done is unprecedented around the world a

i'm amy goodman. former first lady michchelle oba and d former presidential candidate senator bernie sanders headlined the opening night of a virtual democratic national convention on monday. throughout the evening, president trump was denounced by both democrats and some former republican officials, including former ohio governor john kasich. michelle obama urged the nation to vote for joe biden. >> so if you take one thing from my words tonight, it is this -- if you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will if we don't make a change in this election. if we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depend on it. amy: s sator berninie sanders, o ran against biden in the primaries, warned that trurump s leleading the nation towardd authoritarianism. >> we are facing the worst public health crisis in 100 years and the worst economic collapse sincece the grereat depression. we are confronting systemic racism and the enormous threat

i'm amy goodman. the democratic party has formalally selecteted joe bidens its 2020 presidential nominee to challenge prpresident trump in november a after an ununpreceded virtuaual roll-call vote. tuesday evening's keynote address was given by 17 so-called rising stars in the democratic party including voting rights activist stacey abrams, who ran for governor in georgia in 2018. former presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter also spoke tuesday, as did failed 2004 democratic presidential candidate john kerry. for a second night in a row, the democratic national convention prominently featured the voices of republicans and former reblicans king thease for biden, including john mccain's ndow c cy mccn, former defenssecretarand repuican nator chk hagel,nd georg w. bh's secretary of state colin powell -- who infamously helped make the case for invading iraq by lying to thee united nations about iraq's non-existent weapons of mass destruction. during a primetime address, powell praised biden and his late

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump formally accecepted the republican n pa's nomination thursrsday night befe a crowd of about 1500 on the south lawn of the white house. in defiance of sociaial distancg rules, attendees sat shoulder-to-shoulder with few people wearing masks. trump spoke as the u.s. death toll from the coronavirus neared 180,000, by far the highest total in the world. during his speech, trump repeatedly defended his administration's handling of the pandemic. pres. trump: we're delivering life-saving therapies and we will produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or maybe even sooner. [applause] pres. trump: we will defeat the strongerand emerged than ever before. amy: during his acceptance speech, trump repeatededly attackeded his rival joe biden, claiming he was a threat to the american dream. cnn reported trump's speech included at least 20 lies and misleading statements. we wilill have more on tmpmp's speechch later in the program. the united states reported more than 1100

goodman has shown his art, year. and his work, even hanging in mayor london breed's office. >> a san francisco company is trying to celebrate a milestone as its future remains uncertain. the golden gate factory in chinatown celebrating its 58th anniversary. and enjoyed some of the handmade cookies, of course. but it's not all fun, as you can imagine, this time of year. the owner of the store says he is struggling to keep his business afloat amid the pandemic and increased xenophobia. >> our community dying and we need help. >> the owner added he usually doesn't celebrate the store's anniversary. but this time around, he wanted to bring joy to his workers during these difficult times. >> a casino is moving their operations outdoors. stars casinri card room employees back to work with this move. card tables set up on the patio, as you can see right there. social distancing is in effect. the setup includes those tents for shade but allows for a lot of airflow. staff and guests are excited about the return to gaming. mos

i'm amy goodman. we are breaking with convention. joe biden accepted the democratic presidential nomination on thursday night. speaking in his home state of delaware, the former vicice president urged the country to "overcome this season n of darkness" as the country f faces four simultaneous crises, the covid pandemic, the worst economic crisis since the depression, climate change and systemic racism. each issue was addressed earlier in the evening during the final night of the virtual democratic national convention. california governor gavin newsom spoke about the deadly wildfires ravaging his state. or so away from 370 wildfires we are battling in california. we are coming off of a record heatwave that led to 130 degree temperatures, the highest temperature ever recorded in california. the hots are getting hotter. climate change is real. ifif you are in denial about climate change,e, come to california. amy: representative deb haaland of new mexico became the first naive american congresswoman to address a political convention. >>

i'm amy goodman.hite house chchief of staff mak meadows said sunday the november presidentialal election will proceed asas scheduled, after president trump faceced bipartin outrage last weeeek for susuggeg delaying the electction. republican majority leaderer mih mcconnell, senator l lindsay graham and even n steven calabri of the arch-consnservative federalilist society spoke outut against the president after trump tweeted thursday quote with universal mail-in voting not absentee voting, which is good, 2020 will be the most inaccurate & fraudulent election in history. it will be a great embarrassment to the usa. delay the election until people can properly, securely and safely vote??? president trump has not taken back those comments. they came as nearly all polls project trump will lose against joe biden in november. mark meadows backed off trump's claim on cbs's face of the nation sunday, saying quote we're going to hold an election on november 3, and the president is going to win. it's not the fir

as legal scholar ryan goodman and former mueller prosecutor and fbi official, andrew weismann outlinedtoday' "new york times." they write this, one of nothose guidelines is a written policy that no action be influenced in any way by politics. another unwritten norm urges officials to defer publicly charging or taking any other overt investigative steps or disclosures that could affect a coming election. attorney general william barr, they write, appears poised to trample both. weismann and goodman explain that at least two open investigations could be fodder for preelection political mat machinations by trump and barr. one, the increasing the origins of the russia probe, led by john durham, a u.s. attorney out of connecticut. the other on the so-called unmasking of trump associates by obama administration officials. both personally unleashed by ag bill barr. and as today's "new york times" piece explains, that puts the integrity of the next election at risk. quote, it is not mere conjecture that barr could weaponize these investigations for political purposes. in both cases, he has alr

i'm amy goodman. breaking with convention.s the republican national convention kicked off monday, the republican party announced it would not adopt a new platform and instead pledged it support to president donald trump. at the same time, a group of veteran republican operatives who want to defeat trump launched a $4 million advertising blitz this week that targets voters in swing states. than 175,000 americans have died from the deadly virus tunnel trump ignored. praising china's response instead o of heedingg the warni. and blaming them to cover his own faiailures. with the economy inn shahambles, more than n 30 million americans are out of work. ththe worst economy in decadede. this afternoon, millions of americans will apppply for unemploymement. and withth their savingsgs run , many are g giving up hope. millions worry that a loved one will not s survive covovid-19. in americica.ing undeder thehe leadership of dond trump, our country is weaker and sicker and poorer. and now americans are asking come if we have ananother f

i'm amy goodman.iden has selected kamala harris of california to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman inin the first indian-american o be on a major party presidential ticket. harris, the daughghter of immigrants. her father from jamaica, her mother from india. we're speaking with aimee allison, president of she the people. formerahna joy gray, national preress secreretary for bernie sanders 2 2020 campaign d contributing etor r tourrerent affairs. i would ask is the announcement came down, tweeted -- aimee allisoson, your response? >> i have so much respect for the analysis and the acknowledgment of the importance of the call for racial justitic. there is noo doubt that racial justice, and i issue deaealing h america's racism come is going to unify multiracial coalition as we go into the polls. but herere's what we undederstad about the e base.. women ofof cololor, black, lati, asian america, indigenous, form 25% ofof the voting basase and a seseveral ofof them must

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.turn now w to california whee the statate's san quentin prisin faces the country's s largest coronavirus outbreak. at least 2200 prisoners there have been infected with the virus and 25 have died. more than 260 staff at san quentin have also been infected and prison guard gilbert polanco is now the first to die, after he reportedly worked extra shifts when dozens of his fellow guards fell ill with the virus. executions have been on hold in california since last year, but the latest prisoner to die on sunday was pedro arias, who had been on san quentin's death row since 1990. democracy now! spoke by phone with incarcerated journalist juan haines, who is among the thousands at s san quentin who'e been infected with covid-19 ababout why the prisonon, whichs buililt in the 185850's, is s fg anan coronavavirus outbreak. >> the architectural design of fitfornia prisons are not for human occupations. it is just not. but we are a resilient species and we adapt to whatever the physical environm

i'm amamy goodman. all week this week we are breaking with convention as we cover the democratic national convention, but we begin with the post office. house speaker nancy pelosi has called lawmakers back from summer recess for an urgent vote this week to stop changes at the u.s. postal service that could interfere with the upcoming election. president trump has admitted to working t to undermrmine the postal service in order to make it harder to vote by mail in november, telling fox news republicans rejected a new thursday coronavirus stimulus bill over democrats' demands for funding to bolster election security and $25 billion to support the postal service. pres. trump: they did that money in order to have that post office work so we could take all of these millions and millions of ballots. in the meantime, they are not getting there -- by the way, those are just two items. and if they don't get those two items, that means you can't have universal mail-in voting. amy: democrats are demanding postmast

i'm amy goodman. the united statetes recordrded nearly 1200 covid-19 deaths on thursday, as the n number of confirmed coronavirus cases passed the 5.25 million mark, the highest in the world by far. u.s. nursing homes reported another surge in infections that threatens the lives of the country's most vulnerable population. in los angeles, school bus drivers led a noisy protest caravan thursday, circling city hall to demand more funding for coronavirus safety measures before schools reopen. this is john lewis, who's driven a school bus in l.a. for three decades. >> i miss work. i love my job. i love the students and the people i work with, but i understand what we cannot be at work right now because it is just not say. amy: across five states, more than 2000 students, teachers, and school employees have been quarantined after hundreds tested positive for the coronavirus at the start of the school year, including nearly 1200 people quarantined in the cherokee county school district outside atlanta, geor

i'm amy goodman. in lebanon, protests raged over the weekend following the catastrophic explosion last week at the port of beirut, which killed at least 200 people and injured thousands more and leveled neighborhoods. the explosion was triggered by 2700 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate left unattended in a warehouse for six years. protesters stormed three ministries as security forces unleashed tear gas and rubber bullets on demonstrators. this is a protester speaking saturday. hooked i am endangering myself, just like others, because we have reached our limit. enough corruption. exploded.stances on top of this, there are still people at the port who are being shot with pellets and rubber bullets. they are slaughtering people. amy: a number of politicians have resigned amid the growing unrest and accusations of corruption and negligence. the media is reporting prime ministerer hassan diab wilill sn submit his resigignation. we'll h have more from lelebanon laterr in the broadcast. president t

i'm amamy goodman.s the republican national convenention begins this week, a sixth close associate of president trump now fafaces criminal charges by the department of juststice. trtrump's former campaign managr and chief strategist steve bannon is accused of defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall along the mexican border. he was arrested thursday by u.s. postal police aboard a chinese billionaire's $28-million yacht off the coast of connecticut. an indictment by the southerern district of new york alleges bannon and three others at the nonprofit "we build the wall" sisiphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars of donations into their own pockets to support their lavish lifestyles. bannon had promoted the group as a volunteer organization. one of the biggest donors to the project was a seven-year-old boy who set up a hot chocolate stand and raised as much as $20,000 was the bannon pleaded not guilty thursday and was released after posting $5 million bond. at the white house, reporters asked

goodman and weissman say, quote, what can be done if mr. barr seeks to take actions in service of the president's political ambitions? justice department employees meeting their ethical obligations should be well advised not to participate in any such effort. quote, there are a variety of ways for justice department employees in the trump era to deal with improper requests. employees who witness or are asked to participate in such political actions who all swore an oath to the constitution and must obey department policies, they can refuse. they can report and, if necessary, they can resign. other models include speaking with congress under subpoena or resigning and then communicating directly to the public. reputable organizations are at the ready to advise whistle-blowers about the risks and benefits of pursuing these paths. i read that today and sort of engrossed in the specific warning they're giving about what barr seems to be lining up to do and the way that he's changed these policies and centralized authority under himself, what he'

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.nd the today's show in arizona, where officicers raide a camp of a humanititarian deat no more deaths friday and detained 3 30 migrant and there whereabouts are unknown and two days on the camp that provides food andnd medicine for those immigrants crossing the united states and the raids carried out by the bortac teams, the same militarized operation units recently deployed to protesters in oregon and came after no more deaths documents showing the pro trump and anti-extremist group instigated a 2017 raid of the same camp. for more we e go to tucson and joined by montana tems, onene o the humanitarian aid workers with n no more deaths. what happened last friday? [no audio ♪ my: we don't hear you, montano. c.j.: thank k you for havaving . likeou said, it w was a military style raid that happenened on friday. 24/77 been surveilling surveillance sincece thursday morning g in the c camp. they had 24 border patrol agent trucks come. there was a helicopter 200 feet above the camp. theyey ha

i'm amy goodman. in louisiana, , hurricanane laua roared a ashore early this morng as an extremely y dangerous category 4 storm, bringing storm surges up to 20 feet and sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. it is the strongest storm to hit louisiana in over an century. the stormamade lanall l soutof ththe city of lake charles, whatr high tidede, brininng meteorologists called an unrvivivableall ofof wer as high a as two-storory building. hundreds of thousands evacuated ahead of the storm, but emergency workers say 150 residents of cameron parish refused to leaeave their homes. ththeir fate remains unknown. as the storm bore down on the gulf, the oil and gas industry scrambled to secure refineries and shut about 300 offshore drilling platforms, taking a million-and-a-half barrels of oil per day off the market and raising fears over new oil spspills. the storm arrived almost exactly 15 years after hurricane katrina struck southeastern louisiana, leaving 80% of new orleans under water. it's the seventh

jesse goodman, a professor at georgetown university medical center. thank you for being here.is so concerning, doctor? >> well, i think a vaccine is very different than a treatment. a vaccine is given to a healthy individual and so before we use a vaccine we need extremely strong evidence that it's safe and effective. >> dr. fauci says his concern is not only that if you jump the gun, if you will, it not only hurts this vaccine with this virus but also then hur vaccine efforts and enrollments in trials in the future. it almost makes it not difficult but almost impossible in the future. do you agree with that? >> well, i think what he's talking about is if vaccines are out there prematurely before the trials are completed it could affect our ability to ever learn fully how well vaccines work considering we have multiple vaccines being looked at and some may be better than other populations. it's important these studies get completed. >> this brings into the spotlight again a fear and concern that the fda is being influenced by political pressure from the president and the white

. >>> al goodman is tracking all of this troubling data from a coastal city in northwest spain. al, talk to us, first, about the situation there specifically in spain. why we're seeing these new outbreaks. what's driving this? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. six weeks after lifting a nation wide lockdown that had slowed down the coronavirus last spring, spain, as you say, has the highest number of cases in western europe. 329,000 cases higher than brittain although brittain has many more deaths than spain. there are 600 outbreaks all across spain. a top health government official says it's too early to talk about a second wave. 1500 cases per day is way up from when the nationwide lockdown was lifted back in june. it was 200 cases per day. as we're seeing officials and doctors are seeing a new influx of patients and new influx of patients from the icus from the beginning of this month. what's driving these outbreaks. officials say three main categories. drinking parties, nightclubs, outdoors. some are being told to shut down or reduce the hours. large family events like weddings. peo

i'm amy goodman.enator kamala harris has accepted the democratic vice-presidential nomination, becoming the first womanan of color to run on a a major party presidentitial ticket. harrisis is the daughter o of immigrants, , an indian mother d a jamaican father. she accepted the nomination on the third day of the virtual democratic national convention, on a evening filled with the voices of women speaking about gun violence, immigration, climate change, domestic violence and more. former president barack obama spoke just before harris accepted the nomination, warning president trump poses a grave threat to american democracy. president obama: this administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that is what it takes for them to win. amy: later in the broaoadcast we''ll p play extended excxcerpf kamala harriris's acceptanance speech and other voices from the dnc. in c california, hundrdreds of wildfires triggered by lightning strikes have exploded in size, fanned by gusty winds and record-hi