i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzalez in new brunswick. hi, juan.juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is entering its eighth day. chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder, as well as manslaughter for killing george floyd last may. over the past three days, numerous members of the minneapolis police department accused chauvin of violating department policy by kneeling on floyd's neck for 9.5 minutes while ignoring pleas from floyd that he could not breathe. minneapolis police chief arradondo testified against his officer in a rare move. here he is being questioned by prosecutor steve schleicher. >> when do you believe or do you have a belief as to when this restraint, restraint on the ground, should have stopped? >> once mr. floyd -- and this is based on my viewing of the videos. once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stop

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. juan. juan: hi, amy. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: a jury in minneapolis has convicted former police officer derek chauvin on three counts for murdering george floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds lastde may. chauvin is the first white police officer in minnesota to ever be convicted of killing a black person. the jury reached its decision after 10 hours of deliberation. just after 5:00 p.m. eastern time, judge peter cahill read the jury's decision. >> we the jury as to count one, unintentional second be murder while committing a felony, find the defendant l2. we the jury as to count two, third degree murder perpetrating dangerous act, find the defendant guilty. we the jury as to count three, second-degree manslaughter, creating an reasonable risk of a find the defendant guilty. amy: moments later, derek chauvin was handcuffed and taken into custody. he will be sentenced in two months. he f

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. i, juan. juan: hi, amy. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show with a warning. a warning to our audience, this segment contains graphic footage and accounts of police violence. protests are continuing in the minneapolis area after a white police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old black man, daunte wright, during a traffic stop sunday afternoon in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center. the deadly shooting took place about 10 miles from where former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is on trial for killing george floyd. on monday, police fired tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and stun grenades as protesters defied a curfew and took to the streets brooklyn center for a second straight night. police said 40 people were arrested. more than a dozen were arrested during protests in minneapolis. just before he was killed, daunte wright called his mother to say he was being pulled over -- allegedly

i'm amy goodman in new york joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: more than a year into the pandemic and the economic crisis it generated, many workers continue to be excluded from receiving any government relief. these excluded workers include undocumented people -- many of them in essential services -- and people recently released from prison. well, on monday in new york, hundreds of excluded workers from across the state marched through the capitol of albany in a final push to demand lawmakere support a $3.5 billion fund that would be the first of its kind in the united states to provide financial relief and healthcare to those shut out of the current system. embattled governor andrew cuomo is now in final negotiations with legislators on a budget bill that was due last month. new york assemblymember marcela mitaynes has joined excluded workers in a weeks long hunger strike urging support for the fund. she addressed monday's rally.

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.watch, listen, and read transcripts using our ios and android apps. download them for free from the apple app store or google play store today. and you can get our daily news digest, just text democracynow to 66866. we're continuing our discussion with jeremy scahill, who has just launched a massive new online investigati project titledempire politician: a half-century of joe bin's stances on war, milirism, and the cia." i want to go to the 1980's and also talk about how that links to joe biden today. in his address tonight and his first address to the joint session of congress, it is expected he will be mainly focusing on domestic policy. congress member alexandria ocasio-cortez says president biden is more progressive than many progressives expected. we are talking about his foreign-policy. today in the headlines we talked about a trial going on in el salvador on the 1981 massacre, the horrifying massacre around 1000 salvadoreans killed by the battalion that was a u.s. trained salvad

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. , juan. hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of elizabeth city, north carolina, for a fifth day to protest last week's police killing of andrew brown, a 42-year-old black father. on monday, authorities allowed brown's family and attorneys to watch a 20-second video clip of the shooting. the family says it shows andrew brown was shot in the back of the head while his hands were on the steering wheel of his car. his son khalil ferebee described the shooting as an execution. >> it is like we are against all odds in this world. my dad got executed just by trying to save his own life. he was not -- the officers was not in no harm of him at all. it is messed up how this happened. for real. for real. he got executed. it ain't right at all. amy: chantel cherry-lassister, an attorney for andrew brown's family, described what she saw in the 20 second video. >> andrew brown was in his d

i'm amy goodman juan gonzalez.he capitol police watchdog reveals officials new congress was the target at the deadly january 6 insurrection yet officers were instructed to refrain from the nomar aggressive response that could have helped "pushback the rioters." capitol police inspector general, michael bolton, found the agency failed to properly prepare for and respond to the pro-trump mob despite warnings . the report cites a capitol police intelligence assessment issued several days before the attack that warned -- "stop the steal's propensity to attract white supremacists, militia members, and others who actively promote violence may lead to a significantly dangerous situation for law enforcement and the general public alike." the assessment also warned congress itself is the target on the sixth. bolton is set to testify thursday before the house administration committee. meanwhile, "the washington post" reports domestic terrorism incidents surged to a record high in 2020 fueled by white-supremacist, anti-muslim

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. an. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. jury deliberations have begun in the trial of derek chauvin, the former white minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes last may. floyd's death sparked international protests calling for racial justice. authorities in minnesota are now bracing for a verdict in one of the most closely watched criminal trials in years. during closing arguments, state prosecutor steve schleicher repeatedly reminded jurors this case was solely about chauvin's actions, not about policing as a whole. >>'s use of force was unreasonable. it was excessive. it was grossly disproportionate. it is not an excuse the shocking abuse you saw with your own eyes. and you can believe your own eyes. this case is exactly what you thought when you saw it first, when you saw that video. it is exactly that. you can believe your

and was interviewed by juan gonzalez about president obama's drone war program. had just finished defending the hancock 38 -- a group of peace activists arrested at a u.s. drone base your syracuse, new york. >> the day after i testified, "the new york times" had an article, a man had met with the family a day before and -- not the day before -- he left to go back to frontier territories. 11-year-old boy was killed in the crossfire. 20 plus troops, soldiers, pakistan killed by drones. incredible. the assassination and muer weaps, they create more fear and anger. you don't feel safe any place. you are notafe any place. they will chase you down anyplace. it is a weapon that ought to be prohibited. it is a criminal -- juan: president obama said yesterday he will not apologize for the attk. the issue of these drones and what is happening around the rest of the world as they see the willingness of the united states to basically go to any country they feel necessary to do so with these drone attacks? >> totally disregard the sovereign territory. big country. pakistan. a

juan carlos gonzÁlez nos trae la historia. entro en su cuerpo, debido a que su hermano mayor dio positivo al covid 19, al resto de la familia se hizo la prueba y la dijeron que solamente han red estaba infectado, el 3 de enero comenzaron los sÍntomas. >> andrÉs estaba sangrando un poco de su nariz y tenÍa calentura. juan: pero no tenÍan todos, luego comenzaron a verlo muy mal, por lo que lo llevaron al hospital, a quien este hospital fue donde andrÉs fue atendido previamente, sin embargo debido a que tu situaciÓn no mejoraba, tuvo que ser llevado a otro centro mÉdico. >> tu cuerpo se confundiÓ, y en vez de que las defensas pelearan contra el covid 19, comenzaron a pelearjunto al covid 19. >> todos estos quÍmicos son muy fuertes. juan: en el caso de andrÉs, tus pulmones comenzaron a fallar, y por Último hubo un contrato mÚltiple en su cerebro, luego quedÓ inconsciente y dÍas despuÉs falleciÓ. >> a nuestra familia nos tocÓ ver dos partes el covid 19, uno es regular y el otro muy malo. presentador: que se han convertido en el cen

juan: en los Ángeles, juan carlos gonzÁlez, univisiÓn. mÁs populares. se espera que millones de personas viajen en aviÓn. un importante estudio establece que los aviones no son sitios tan propicios para el contagio como se creÍa hace un aÑo. la principal razÓn es porque el aire fluya. el aire del aviÓn se mueve constantemente, se respira una mezcla de aire fresco y tambiÉn de aire reciclado. la mitad del aire que se aspira sale del propio aviÓn y la otra mitad se filtra y vuelve a la cabina. el aire se renueva aproximadamente cada dos a tres minutos. esto no significa que los vuelos sean completamente seguros. mire lo que ocurre cuando alguien estornuda, cuando alguien contagiado estornuda aÚn con una mascarilla. cuando el estornudo sale por los lados del tapaboca, la partÍcula se desplaza hacia el pasillo. si los pasajeros cercanos no llevan mascarillas, aumenta las posibilidades de inhalar el virus . para evitar que estas partÍculas del virus circulen por toda la cabina del aviÓn, el sistema de ventilaciÓn lo tienen en pocas filas. la v

cohost juan gonzalez.o, we are joined by mateo zapata, an independent journalist, photographer, and community organizer. he recently wrote an op-ed for “the chicago tribune” titled "we are adam: for many youth across chicago's south and west sides, adam toledo's life trajectory is too familiar.” we welcome you both to democracy now! mateo, talk about the issues being raised and the original circumstances of this 10-year-old white adam toledo's death. >> good morning. the original circumstances around the fact that chicago police department actively tried to cover up everything about this case. and copa to delayed the rease of the footage. that is the police accountability entity in chico. they are responsible for handling all of th evidence and processing everything around people that are murdered by police. amy: so the murder happened at the end of march, but it took a few weeks for this video to be released. so the police and the city-shaped the narrative at the beginning. >> yeah, no. e pro-police narra

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