goodman, a question. i know for over 20 years or more, scientists around the world and in this country specially have been working on an hiv vaccination. i'm wondering, if taken well over 20 years for that vaccine. what's making it possible to study this virus and come up with a vaccine now in such a short period of time vis-a-vis the hiv vaccine? question.t's a great , we have thet know --cine that has been work the jury still out on if we have a vaccine that is working and safe. it's very difficult to take care of because our immune system does not know how to handle hiv. if you get hiv your immune system, the t cells in your body do not get rid of it. there's a rare case here and a couple of people out of and a couple that do not get sick. that virus attacks the immune system itself. but many other vaccines that are have aful are able to body that does affect a good immune response. bill is joining us from syracuse, new york. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a couple of comments if i'm going

. >> minot police detective sergeant dave goodman. >> how many did you find? how many stab wounds? >> somewhere near 40. >> and there was the fiance. and you've got a crime that looks like a crime of passion. what story did he tell about coming home? >> he reported that he had been at work all night. when he arrived home and found the backdoor to the residence kicked open, said that he was obviously concerned about that. >> if that was me, i think i would have rushed in there to see what was going on with my family. >> and i say that, too. of course, until you experience that, yourself, i guess, none of us know how we would react. >> yeah. >> reporter: still, goodman's detective instinct kicked in. so what if a 911 dispatcher told him to wait? would an innocent, worried parent really do that? it was suspicious. why did angela's fiance, chris, stay outside? and had he really been at work all night, as he said he was? they took him downtown for the first of several interviews, where goodman and his partner, detective sergeant, sized him up. his name was chris jackson. >> how did he p

i am amy goodman. today in a a democracy now! special, we look at thee democraticic party's nomination of joe biden for president, and his historic pick of senator kamala harris as his vice-presidential running mate, making her the first woman of color to run on a major party ticket. just after thehe democratic nanational convevention wrapped, i spoke with dr. cornel west, professor of the practice of public philosophy at harvardrd universitity, auththor of numemerous books including "race matttters and "black prophetic fire." in 2017, cornel west was in charlottesville when neo-nazis stormed the campus. he and other clergy members were protected by anti-fascists frfrom the mobob of white supremacists. also with us in baltimore, maryland, was ben jealous, presesident of people fofor the american way, former president of the naacp. hehe ran for governor of mararyland in 2018. i began the conversation just after the democratic convention concluded by asking ben jealous what the convention represented. ben jealous: you know, look, i

i am amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. ononly come back, we go to milwaukee where the investigation of the shooting of jacob blake isis underway. we will spspeak to jacob blake . stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is dememocracy n now!, democracynow.org, the e quarante report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. as oututrage mounts over the grd jury ruling in the police killing of breonna taylor, we turn to wisconsin n where the investigation into the police shooting of jacob blake is in its final stages. jake blake's case became a flash point for national protest after the african-american father was shot in the back by kenosha police seven times in august, paralyzing him. wife police officer rusten at pointired the shots blank range into jacob blake's back as blake leaned into his car. inside the car were his three boys a age 3, 5, and eight. prosecutors in wisconsin have tapped former madison police chief noble wray to serve as an independent t voice during the final stages of the investigation into the shooting.

out in goodman's oy.ate playing a robert e.utside the county courthouse has sparked protests, and counter-protests. >> many community members and myself find it offensive. and weeel like we could, you know, come to some sort of a compromise by at least hg it removed from sucblic place. ♪ even my enemies the ones who have loved me ♪ >> brown: bringing out an album is, of course, diffimid the pandemic. a tour to promote it had to be canceled. still, it's given goodman another ason to appreciate her home. >> for once, i got it righ living in a small town with >> brown: we now hlot of people wanting to leave the cities to come to a place like where you are. >> absolutely. houses are cheap here. come on down. >> brown: and if not in person, then visit through song. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. ♪ it's a red bird morning in aberdeen ♪ >> woodruff: beautiful voice. and we go from finding common ground, to staking dividing nes. please join us next tuesday night for special live coverage of the first presidential debate betwe

here it is in all its glory. >> brown: the 31-year-old goodman now lives an hour east of her hometown murray, population 19,000. we got a virtual tour, including the local music-scene mecca. >> when i was a freshman in college, i'd made a c.d., and i dropped off my c.d. to the manager here, and i told him, just stick a c.d. in everybody's bag as they leave. >> brown: that was one way of getting yourself heard, i guess. >> i do have a lot of d.i.y. roots. so, that was my genius marketing plan at the time. >> brown: these days, she makes a living through music. an she made a decision to stay in western kentucky, even when it hasn't been easy. she's gay, and politically liberal, in a county that is overwhelmingly conservative. >> there's multiple reasons why it would benefit me to move to a more urban area, more progressive area. but i feel like thonly way for thsouth and rural areas to change and progress is for people to stay and live out those beliefs. >> brown: it's a sentiment heard in her album's title track, "old time feeling." ♪ oh, when i hear people saying how they want a chang

i'm amy goodman. president trump is headed to kenosha, wisconsin today about the objections of the governor, lieutenant governor, and kenosha mayor and as protests over police violence and white supremacy continue. trump has refused to condemn either the police shooting of jacob blake or the white 17-year-old militia member who last week killed two protesters. he instead defended the teen, kyle rittenhouse, who has been charged with first degree homicide. pres. trump: he was trying to get away from them, i guess. it looks like. and he fell. and then they very violently attacked him. and it was something that we are looking at right now and it is under investigation, but i guess he was in very big trouble. he probably would have been killed. amy: the video in fact appears to show a group attempting to disarm rittenhouse after he had already lethally shot the first protester. inin a fox news intervrview mon, trump again defended police officers who killed. pres. trump: they took. just like an aunt golf

here, you have benny goodman. almost a clarinettist. one of those big band jazz leaders. before world war ii. very popular then, but here he is in moscow. in red square. 1962. in red square. an american in red square. in 1962. just start setting off bells in your mind, an alarm, saying whoa, whoa, why is that happening? why in the world is an american in the heart of the soviet union at what's often perceived to be the peak of the tensions of the cold war? because what's going on on other side of 1962 in the cold war? >> cuban missile crisis. >> you bet. 1963. the cold war almost becomes hot. absolutely. one of those things. what else? go ahead, rob? >> a cultural war to try and overcome -- >> yes, this is happening because the soviets and the u.s. have kind of agreed to this cultural exchange so while goodman is in moscow, you've got sovietnys traveling in the united states to show us what each other was about, really. it's what that was intended to do. laura. >> you have more this idea of an arms race -- >> also a space race going on. it was 1957 that the soviets beat a

i'm m amy goodman. in c california, three firefighters are fighting for their lives aft a massisive fire overertook their station at the los padres national forest overnight. they were among 14 firefighters whwho deployed ememergencycy shs as flames ovovertook their position.. the massive fire is one of more than 85 raging across the west coast with red flag warnings from san diego to the canadian border in washington state. fires this year have burned more than 2 billion acres across california even before the start of september and october -- historically, calilifornia's wot nths for f fires. said hisnewsom tuesday statements to adapt to the realities of the climate crisis. >> but i quite literally have no patience for climate change deniers. it simply follows completely inconsistent that point of view with the reality on the ground, the facts as we are experiencing -- you may notot believe it intellectually, but your own eyes, your own experiences tell a didifferent story. amy: the confirmed u.s. dea

i'm amy y goodman. in louisville, kentucky, a grand jury has declined to charge any of the three white police offificers who killed breonnnna taylor with her death, more than six months after they shot the 26-year-old black emergency room technician in her own home. the grand jury's only indictments were three counts of wanton endangerment against former louisville police detective brett hankison for aootingng into the apartment of neighbor during the deadly no-knock raid that ended her life. news of the grand jury's single indictment sparked immediate outrage in louisville where protesters began flooding the streets moments after the news broke. >> the fact that black lives do not matter to our electcted officials under louisville, kentucky, anand apparentlyly ins countrtry. this has been an incredibly dramatic, difficult time for the community. amy: overnight, protesters took to the streets defying a 9:00 p.m. curfew. louisville's police chief said a suspect was in custody after two officers were shot

goodman, a question.w for over 20 years or more, scientists around the world and in this country specially have been working on an hiv vaccination. i'm wondering, if taken well over 20 years for that vaccine. what's making it possible to study this virus and come up with a vaccine now in such a short period of time vis-a-vis the hiv vaccine? question.t's a great , we have thet know --cine that has been work the jury still out on if we have a vaccine that is working and safe. it's very difficult to take care of because our immune system does not know how to handle hiv. if you get hiv your immune system, the t cells in your body do not get rid of it. there's a rare case here and a couple of people out of and a couple that do not get sick. that virus attacks the immune system itself. but many other vaccines that are have aful are able to body that does affect a good immune response. bill is joining us from syracuse, new york. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a couple of comments if i'm going to die

i'm amy goodman. as the u.s. dedeath toll from covid-19 nears 185,000, the trump adadministration is refusg to join more than 170 countries in a global effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine. the administration opposes the effort in part because of the involvement of the world health organization. public health officials warn the move could leave the united states without access to a vaccine if the global effort succeeds and u.s. efforts fail. kendall hoyt of dartmouth's school of medicine said -- "just from a simple risk-management perspective, this is s shortsighteded." in other public health news, a panel of experts at the national institutes of health said there is no evidence to show that convalescent plasma treatment works against the coronavirus. this directly contradicts the food and drug administration, which recently gave emergency use authorization for the treatment. trump triumphantly made the announcement on the eve of the republican national convention. the nih panel said -- "convalesce

i'm amy goodman. the global death toll from covid-19 has topped one million and ththe worlrld health organization says the actual death toll is likekely far high. in the united states, , more thn 205,000 peopople have dieded and over 7.1 million cases have been reported -- by far the highest figures in the wororld. more than half of all reported covid-19 deaths have occurred in just four countries -- the united states, brazil, india, and mexico. on monday, india became the second country to top 6 million cases. public health officials in the united states are expressing alarm as 21 states report t a rising number ofof new covid-19 cases. hospitalizations are surging in the midwest. in the dakotasas, more than 25%f all covid-19 tests are coming back positive, the highest rate in the country. meanwhile, "the new york times" is reporting top white house officials pressured the centers for disease control and prevention to downplay the risks of sending children back to the -- back to school. the pressure

i'm amy goodman. the death toll from unprecedented fires raging across california, oregon, and washington has risen to 35 as smoke from the record-shattering blazes brought some of the world's most polluted air to portland, los angeles, san francisco, seattle, and other cities. nearly 5 million acrcres have burned, with entntire towns consumed by flames. president trump is visiting california today but is refusing toto link the fifires to the c e crisis. california governor gavin newsom says there is nono question abat what is fueling the fifires. cook's california puts is america fast-forward. what we are experiencing right here is coming to communities all across the united states of america unless we get our act together on climate change and unless we disabuse ourselves of all of that b.s.@@ that is being spewed by very small group of people. amy: on friday, governor newsom signed a bill allowing former prisoner firefighters to have their records expunged, paving the way for them to get jobs as mu

i'm amy goodman. the head of the centers for disease controrol and prevention warned wednesday that u.s. residents should not expect to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus until at least mid-2021, contradicting presididt trump's claim that at least 100 millioion doses coulde distributed by the end of 2020. dr. robert redfield was speaking at a senate hearing on the federal government's response to the covid-19 pandemic. >> if you are asking me when it is genererally going to be avavailable to t the american pc so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regegular life, i think we'rere probablbly lookining ate second quarter, third quarter 2021. amy: president trump lashed out i dr. redfield, telling reporters in the white house press briefing room that the top u.s. public health official misspoke. pres. trump: i think he made a mistake when he said that. it is incorrect information. i called him and he did not tell me that and i think he got the message may be confused. amy: trum

i'm amy goodman. the official united states death toll from covid-19 has passed 200,000 -- by far the highest in the world as university of washington researchers warned the u.s. is on track to double that death toll by year's end. in the past 24 hours alone, the u.s. reported nearly 1000 new deaths and over 37,000 new cases -- with minnesota, montana, utah, wisconsin, and wyoming rereporting recocord levelels of infefections the past week. on tuesday, the covid-19 memorial project placed 20,000 flags across the national mall, each one symbolizing 10 u.s. residents who've died of the disease since the first recorded u.s. death in february. house speaker nancy pelosi spoke at a mememorial for the dead. >> this was preventable. not all of it, butut much of it. and what could be lost in the future is preventable, too, if we embrace science. science instead of politics. amy: "the new york times" reports the food and drug admiministration i is planningo issue stricter guidelines on any emergency use author

i'm amy goodman.uring last nights first presidential debate, fox moderator chris wallace asked both candidates by voters should trust them to deal with the race issues facing this country over the next four years. this is what they answer. mr. biden: the reason i got in the race is just close your eyes, remember what those people look like coming out caring torches. their veins bulging, spewing anti-semitic bile and accompanied by the ku klux klan. a young woman got killed and they asked the president what he thought. he said, "there were very fine people on both sides." no president has ever said anything like that. the second point i'd make to you, is that when floyd was mr. floyd was killed, there was a peaceful protest in front of the white house. what did he do? he came out of his bunker, had the military use tear gas on them so he could walk across to a church and hold up a bible. and then what happened after that? the bishop of that very church said that it was a disgrace. the general who was w

i'm amy goodman. the centers fofor disease coconl and prevention has directeted al 50 states s and fiveve large cis to make e preparations t to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine asas soon as late october. in a letter to the nation's governors, cdc director robert redfieldld urged s states to w e any requirements that would prevent vaccine distribution centers from becoming fully operational by november 1. that is two days for election day. the govevernment has hired t the private company y mckesson corporation to distribute a vaccine once it is approved. there is growing cononcern that the trump administration might give emergency approval to a vaccine before clinical tests are completed in an attempt to boost the president's reelection chances. public health officials have warned rushing an unproven vaccine could pose health dangers and inflame anti-vaccination sentiment. this all comes as the u.s. death toll from covid-19 approaches 186,000. meanwhile, covid-19 cases are surging in the midw

i'm amy goodman. nearly 90 wildfires continue to ravage the west coast, where over 5 million acrcres have alreadady beenen scorched. san francisco, seattle, and portland have the worst air quality of any major city in the world. hazy conditions from the fires have spread as far as new york and washington, d.c. president trump was in california monday where he was challenged by california's natural resources secretary wade crowfoot over hihis denial of climate change. >> if we ignore that science and think it is all about vegetation management, we're not going to succeed protecting california. pres. trump: it will start getting cooler. you just watch. >> i wished science agreed with you. pres. trump: i don't think science knows, actually. amy: "i don't think science knows," trump said. democratic presidential candidate joe biden slammed trump as a climate arsonist. pres. trump: if you give a client arsrsonist for more year, why would anyone be surprised if we have more america blaze. amy: and related n

i'm amy goodman.undreds of anti-racist protesters faced armed right-t-wing men brandishing log guns in louisville, kentucky as , saturday they gathered ahead of the kentucky derby to demand justice for breonna taylor, the 26-year-old black emergency room technician who was fatally shot by louisville police in her own home in march. protesters hoped to use the 146th kentucky derby -- already months delayed due to the pandemic -- draw attention to two breonna taylor's case. they said that police did little to intervene as a group of mainly white armed so-called counter-protesters carrying american flags chanted "usa" and "back the blue" and attempted to intimidate the demonstrators. on monday, the louisville mayor announced a new interim police chief, yvette gentry. she is the first black woman to fill the role. this comes as more than 1200 new photos of the crime scene at the louisville apartment where police shot and killed breonna taylor show a scene of chaos that unfolded on march 13 when plaincloth

i'm amy goodman. we spend the hour looking at the life and legacy of ruth bader ginsburg, as well as the futurue of the supupreme courtrt. ginsbuburg died onon friday at e age of 87 after serving 27 years as a supreme court justice, becoming the most prominent member of the court's liberal wing. ginsburg first gained fame in the 1970's when she co-founded the women's rights project at the american civil liberties union, where she argued six gender discrimination cases before the supreme court. winning five. e once fously qued the abolitiost sarahrimke dung onof her ol argumes. posion in 18 but rah grimke, not abolitiostnd advoce of pele right f men and wen. eaid, i ask no favor r my sex. all i ask of our brethren is that t they take their feet off our necks. amy: ruth bader ginsburg became a federal appellate judge in 1980 and then in 1993 was sworn in as just the second female supreme court justice. during her senate confirmation hearing, she openly dedefended a women's right to have an abortion. tot

i'm amy goodman. inin washington, d.c., the republblican race to replace t e late jusustice ruth badeder ging on t the supreme court is runnig full speed. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is charging ahead with plans to vote on president trump'p's nominee. >> the senate has more than sufficient time to process a nomination. istory and precedent make that perfectly clear. amy: trump said monday he would announce his nominee by week's end. mcconnell refused to hold confirmation hearings in 2016 for president obama'a's nonomin, nine months before the election. so far, only two republican senators -- lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine -- have said they do not support voting before the november election. democrats need four republicans to join them to block the nomination. but on monday, democrats were dealt a major setback when republican senators chuck gardner the colorado senate race and senator chuck presley of iowa said they both supported holding a vote on a nominee before the

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. death toll from covid19 by january 1.000 this according to a new projection f from the inflfluenl institute for health metrics and evaluation. that is more than double the current death toll which is approaoaching 187,000. ththe in situ projects the death toll could reach 3000 people a day by december. however, the institute is prprojecting 12020,000 lives c d be s sedf 95% of the country regularly wears face masks. this comes as president trump openly mocked joe biden for wearing a face mask. pres. trump: didid you ever seea man who likes a mask as much as him? and then he makes a speech. not always, butut a lot of times he has it hanging down because you know it? it gives him a feeling of security. if i were a psychiatrist, right? no, i would say, this guy has got some big issues. amy: president trump made the remark during a packed outdoor rally in pennsylvania, where few people wore masks or practiced social distancing. the state of pennsylvania has banned outdoor gatheri

i'm amy goodman.s the officiaial u.s. death tol from covovid-19 approaches 200,0 and d more than 6.6 mimillion cs being reported, "the washington post" reports the white house reportedly scuttled a plan to distribute 650 million cloth face masks to every residence in the united states during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. vice president pence and other officials rejected the proposal because "receiving masks might create concern or panic." a draft press release about the plan from the u.s. postal service reads -- "the first shipments are expected to reach u.s. households as early as april xx" with the date left incomplete. one study by the center for economic policy research found widespread mask use across the united states would have saved 40,000 lives in the months of april and may alone. this c comes as the head of the centers for disease control and prevenention warned d wednesdayt u.s. r residents shohould nonott toto receive a v vaccine for t e cororonavirus untitil at least mid-d

approval process for potential covid-19 vaccines with georgetown university medical center doctor jesse goodman former two scientist at the fda in the discussion of the international effort to develop a go for 19 vaccine with doctor william executive director of john hawkins bloomberg school of international vaccine center. watch c-span washington journal at seven eastern thursday morning and be sure to join the discussion with her phone calls, text messages and tweets. >> here's a look at the live coverage on thursday, house speaker nancy pelosi holter weekly news conference at 10:45 a.m. eastern, at noon the governors of new mexico, minnesota, kansas and guam testify before the house financial services committee about financial aid to states and u.s. territory during the coronavirus pandemic. and on cspan2 the senate is back to vote on whether to move forward with the scaled-down economic relief bill that republicans introduced in response to covid-19. >> you are watching cspan2 your unfiltered view of government, created by america's television company of the public service and brought to yo

i'm amy goodman. for the second day in a row, presidident trump refused to commit to accepting the results of novembeber's election if his rival joe biden wins. trumump was asked about the election as he left the whwhite house thursday to campaign in north carolina. pres. trump: we want to make sure the election is honest and i'm not sure that it can be. i don't know that it can be with this whole situation, unsolicited d ballots. millions send to. amy: president trump's threat to invalidate the will of the voters sparked widespread alarm among democrats and progressives and some republicans. on thursday, vermomont indepepet senator bernie s sanders delivid a major address saying the future o of american democracy s at stakeke. sen. sanders: we must ensure in this unprecedented momenent in american history that this is an election that is free and fair, an election in which voters are not intimidated, and knowing election -- an e election which all l votes are e counteanand tt it is an election which

i'm amy goodman. in oregon, a half million people -- or more than 1 out ofof 10 state residents -- have been forced to evacuate their homes as unprecedented wildfires fueleled by the e climate crisis continue to rage across the western united states. in california, the town of berry creek wawas completely consumeds a wall of fire swept through the community, killing 10 people and leaving another 16 missing. meanwhile, the august cocomplex fire has become the largest conflagration in california history at nearly 750 square miles. more than 3 llllion acreres have burned across california, shattering previous records even before the normal peak of the fire season. this comes as president trump last spoke publicly about the fires in august and has yet to offer any public statement of support for victims of the blazes. more details have e emerged over why y astrazeneca papaused itste three e covid-19 vaccine trial n britain. during a private call with investors, astrazeneca's ceo revealed a woman in the tr

we will bring you an interview with steve goodman who lost his daughter olivia that night.n he was on his way to the inquiry, he is there now, so listen out for steve goodman who talks very movingly about his 15—year—old granddaughter. we will play the interview in the next hour. west midlands police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a series of stabbings in birmingham city centre on sunday. our correspondent geeta pendse is at the scene of one of the stabbings. what can you tell us about this latest development? good morning. as we understand it, officers went to an address in the selly oak area of birmingham at 4am this morning, where they arrested a 27—year—old man. he is now in police custody and being questioned. as you said, he was arrested on suspicion of murder and on seven counts of attempted murder. west midlands police last night released cctv footage of a man who is suspected of carrying out the attacks and they said they had a really strong response from the public, who came forward with informatio

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jesse goodman. and a discussion of the international effort to develop dr.vid-19 vaccine with william moss, executive director of johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health international vaccine center. watch c-span's washington 7:00 easternat thursday morning. be sure to join the discussion with phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. this conference with federal law enforcement officials in chicago. attorney general william barr reporters operation legend was working in a city and that crime is down in chicago as a result. he talked with reporters for nearly an hour.

len goodman's even further, checking in from across the pond to give tyra his review of her debut. >> what? you're getting a 10. >> reporter: a 10 for tyra, but how about this season's star-studded cast? the sky's the limit for disney star sky jackson and alan, tangoing their way to the top spot. tied with "one day at a time" star justina machado and sasha. but it was this moment in nelly's dance that really has fans flipping out this morning. even still, the rapper wound up towards the bottom of the leaderboard with a score of 16. but it wasn't the lowest score of the season premiere. that spot was claimed by carole baskin, who trained ferociously. >> i've been using virtual reality to try and firm up everything. >> reporter: dancing to "eye of the tiger." ♪ back on my feet >> okay, cool cats and kittens. carole baskin scored a total score of 11. so we'll see if she can claw her way back to the top of the leaderboard when "dancing with the stars" is back next tuesday night on abc at 8/7 central. >> that nelly flip? i was shocked. >> who knew he could do that? >> maybe he flips all th