amy: that is jamaal bowman, addressing supporters on election night. ny have compared bowman's apparent victory to alexandria ocasio-cortez's stunning defeat of democrat joe crowley two years ago. progressive political strategist karthik ganapathy said -- "a middle school principal with no prior political experience defeating a 20-year incumbent -- that is an aoc-level upset." jamaal bowman joins us now from his home in the yonkers. welcome back to democracy now! thank you so much for being with us. to respondd continue as you did on prprimary night, this, well, the final results are not in but it looks like you have such a major lead right now. what do you think it it? >> we connnnted with the peoplee vevery early on in this campaig. all people, , not just a small segment of t the district. we went to o co-op city, we went to gun help p projects. we cononnected with those who hd and mostly disenfranchisised ignored by cumbersome e and p pe in our pololical system for decades. we wanted to connect with them first. we did not just target them who consist

jamaal bowman. making time tonight. >> thank you for having me, chris. >>> final thought before we go tonight. as a parent i feel like almost every conversation i have these days is about schools, because we're in the midst of a pandemic that is very much not under control, the conversation has been about how to open up our schools so kids and teachers can be as safe as possible. but it strikes me that that is a different goal than absolutely maximizing community safety. i mean given the competing imperatives, getting kids back in school for socialization, services and education on the one hand and minimizing viral transmission on the other, lots of places have proposed a kind of half a loaf, hybrid model, small classes in schools a few days a week and remote learning the rest of the time. if we do that, which is what new york city is planning, what the chicago public schools among others, what they proposed today, then figuring out child care is going to be a major, major issue. working parents are

but first, we go to jamaal bowman, the former middle school principal who will be heading to congress if his commanding lead remains over 16-term congressman eliot engel. >> eliot engel, and i will say his name once, used to say he was the thorn in the side of donald trump. but you know what donald trump is more afraid of than anything else? a blacack man with power. amy: all that and more, coming up.. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.o, ththe quaranante report. i'm amy goodman.n. the e united states is experiencing thehe world's worst outbreakak of covid19, which uld soonon spiral out control and less urgent steps are taken to isolate e confmed cases and conduct contact tracing. that was the stark warngng of top u.s. iecectioudiseseas expe dr. antnyny fau in testimony to a senate committeee tuesday. >> when you have an outbreak in

jamaal bowman joins me now.ngratulations, quite an achievement but the timing of this, it took nearly a month to declare you the winner here. so what concerns does that raise for you in terms of the coming november election, how long it will take to figure out maybe who wins the presidential race? >> correct. you know, not just for me but for the entire country. you know, even on election night we had people waiting in two and three-hour lines just to vote so we need massive investments in our board of elections to prepare for the mail-in ballots that are going to be happening during the november elections. it's a logistical nightmare at the moment, so we need people power and money as well to make sure we're able to count those votes much more efficiently. >> and it's maybe not just a matter of efficiency either. it's a matter of the president drawing unfounded questions as to the entire legitimacy of it. listen to an interview he did over the weekend with chris wallace. >> are you a good loser? >> i'm not a go

jamaal bowman was a middle school principal until about six months ago.ow the democratic nominee for that house seat after defeating a powerful 16-term incumbent in the primary and ending congressman eliot engel's 30-year career in congress. as for the general election in november, bowman is the favorite to win. he has no republican party challenger. and his district leans heavily democratic. jamaal bowman joins me now, for new york's 60th congressional district. i appreciate your time this morning. let's talk a little bit about the importance of your win. what does your win tell us and how will you differ from your incumbent that you are just replacing outgoing congressman eliot engel? >> well, first, thank you so much for having me. i mean, we were able to triple voter turnout across the district, we were able to triple voter turnout among people of color and among young people. people are really excited about our platform, a platform pushing for medicare for all, a green new deal, getting big money out of politics, fully investing in our public schools

to see our interviews with jamaal bowman, go to democracynow.org. the son of a federal judge in new jersey has died after a gunman opened fire on their home in north brunswick sunday. judge esther salas was unharmed in the shooting that killed her 20 year son daniel and critically injured her husband. the gunman was reportedly wearing a fedex uniform when he approached judge salas'shome. last week, salas was assigned to a lawsuit brought by deutsche bank investors who accuse the bank of making false statements about its anti-money laundererig policies and failing to monitor high-risk customers, including convicted sexual predator jeffrey epstein who died last year. became the first latina on the district court of new jersey. supreme court justice e ruth bar announced friday she is undergoing chemotherapyy treatments for a recurrence of her cancer. the cancer is in her liver. ginsburg previously survived pancreatic, colon, and lung cancer. ginsburg was hospitalized last week for chills and a fever but says it was unrelated to the cancer. in a stateme

i want to give props to justice democrats, to working families party, both of which endorsed jamaal bowmani also want to give props to the people like kayla reed and jessica byrd coming out of the movement for black lives who have done so much of voter education and really pushed a lot of us on the left to take the electoral w work were seriously, to be ambitious for certain kinds of wins. while the democratic party is still wedded to corporate interests, there is a left flank and the democratic party. we will see how that plays out over time. people are pushing for victories small and large, and i think bowmanmovement -- jamaal a prosperous movement is a big one. amy: barbara ransby, historian, author and activist advisor to the movement for black lives. thank you so much for joining us. whwhen we come back, l look at e disappearance unlikely murder of vanessa guillen, 20-year-old soldier in fort h hood lasting n april. there have been arrests. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "there's s nothing left for me" by selena quintanilla. this is s democracacy now!, democracynynow.org, the quar

eliot engel, lost his primary to a progressive challenger today the associated press declared jamaal bowman the winner. he campaigned for racial justice and argued engel had lost touch with voters after 16 terms. the primary was june 24. it took this long to determine the winner from absentee ballots. nations across south asia are now porting mo than 220 de in monsoon flooding. nearly four million people acrossangladesh, bhutan, india, myanmar and nepal have been cut off or forced to flee in recent weeks. the devastation has submged homes and roadways across the region, leaving people like these in bangladesh increasingly desperate. >> ( translated ): we've taken shelter beside a road, and we're out of work. our children are with us, and we can't get a square meal. we don't have anything good to eat. you cannot imagine how we e geing through this. >> nawaz: forecasters in baladesh say the flooding could get worse next week as two major rivers overflow.ld 100-yearan in britain was knighted today for raising more than $40 million in pandemic relief. tom moore sought donations last spring, usi

the democratic winner in new york 16 congressional district primary, jamaal bowman is a middle school principal from yonkers. there is no republican candidate in that district. mr. bowman will be challenged by the conservative party candidate. next week, the house and senate returned to legislate a business before the august recess. on monday and tuesday house takes up the fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization act. the bill establishes policies for defense department programs, votes are expected early on monday. wednesday the house will consider a bill to remove the bust of chief justice roger b toting the author of the 1857 dred scott ruling from the old supreme court chamber and to address the issue of confederate statues on display in the u.s. capital. the senate also convenes on monday to resume debate on the nomination of russell bogue to be the officer of management and budget paid for their manner of the week the senate continues work on the annual $740.52021 billion defense authorization act. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, live coverage of the senate on

aoc backed first time candidate jamaal bowman defeated democrat representative eliot engel.illary clinton opponent endorsed by aoc, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. what does this tell us about the future of the party that this new first-time candidate backed by the hart left wing of that party was able to defeat a very well established long-time democratic candidate backed more establishment democrats? this is what have you seen with the democratic party ilhan omar rashida tlaib the new face of the democratic party. do you know who is joining them? joe biden. have you seen unity manifesto with bernie sanders calling for an end to cash bail and end to deportations. i mean, some really extreme things that are in there. joe biden did call for defunding the police when he said in an interview he wants to see their funds redirected. guess what? that means defunding. he has called the police the millimeter. i mean, he has embraced this left, left wing of the democrat party, which is frightening. he just put together a tax plan that would tax 82% of american households. so, aoc i

let's bring in the president of the national educational association and jamaal bowman a candidate for congressman from new york. he actually won his seat in new york and will be headed to congress this week and he's a principal of a middle school. thank you both for being here. i want to start with you. in europe they have gotten a handle on covid-19. they have done what they've needed to do in places like italy, even in england where they had some struggles. these countries can reopen the schools because they have done step one which is control the virus. new york has done a really good job of getting it under control. you saw the leadership by the new york governor but i think of a state like florida and think of liberty city, predominantly black and brown communities, where they don't even have enough books and resources and computers for kids. how on earth will schools like that be able to retrofit appropriately? if my team can put up the picture of the school classroom. kids are on top of each other. how do you get a third grader to socially distance from their friends on the bla

jelani, first, we have a new slate of progressive candidates who have won their primarie primaries, jamaal bowmang in with this more progressive outlook on the economy, you know, joining folks like the squad in congress, do you think our legislative landscape will start to look different and speak to more grassroots people, authentically so? not a tag line in a campaign stump speech, but an authentic effort to re-imagine america and put people who are living below the poverty line on more equal footing? >> yes. and i say that guidedly -- guardedly, because i think that there are other things that are at play as well, which is, you know, still lots of moderates. the democratic party is still dominated by its moderate wing. and you know, progressives are going to need the seniority and the connections to actually maneuver to make things happen. you know, one of the things i think is the best example of this, connecting it to the fourth of july, is the freedom of information act, which is a very important piece of legislation that requires the government to tell you what you're doing. journalists us

jamaal bowman was also trailed by eliot engel, and bowman declared victory.lso out of colorado, we know who will take on senator cory gardner and the colorado senate race this fall. one of the closely watched races and race that the democrats are targeting. governorr colorado easily dispatching a challenge the left and the left and willn cory gardner. taken looper leading -- hickenl ooper is leading and the race was called last night and he into the senate race after unsuccessfully running for president. he was endorsed by the democratic senatorial campaign committee. and into the senate was declared the victor. other stories you bill tuesday, abandoning the state flag and stripping the bill tuesday, abandoning the state flag and stripping the confederate battle flag symbol from it, capping a remarkable turnaround on a banner that flew over the state for more than a century. with the move, mississippi will take down one of the most prominent confederate tributes, which is the flight that only bears the emblem, and lawmakers have barred it from including the m