amy: from new yorkrk, this is democracy now! >> i donon't think of my books s biographies. i'm not interested in writing stories of great men. i'm interested in examining local power through the large, great men, in particular, how political power shapes our lives and shapes to lives both of those who wield power, but also shapes the lives of thosese who are powerless.

amy: from new yorkrk, this is democracy now! >> i donon't think of my books s biographies. not interested in writing stories of great men. i'm interested in examining local power through the large, great men, in particular, how political power shapes our lives and shapes to lives both of those who wield power, but also shapes the

amy: f from new yorkrk, this iss democracy now! >> the decade of the e een new al, a flurry of the kicked off our social and ecological transformation to save the planetet. it was the kinind of swing f foe fence envision w we needed. fifinally, we wewere entertainin the skill of the crises we face without leading -- leaving anyone behehind. amy: a a messagegerom the future withle

amy: f from new yorkrk, this iss democracy now! >> the decade of the e een new al, a flurry of the kicked off our social and ecological transformation to save the planetet. it was the kinind of swi f for e fence envision w we needed. fifinally, we wewere entertainin the skill of the crises we face without leading -- leaving anyone behehind. amy: a a messagegerom the future with alexandriocasio-corz,z, the ne york congressmber collababorates with the intercet lookingy crabapple back at how the green new deal tranansform the nanation. we will bear the video and hear from naomi kleinin, molly crabapple, and avi lewis and the link between art and politics. then as attorney general william barr prepares to release the mueller report, we speak to world renowned linguist and political dissident noam chomsky. >> as far as trump collusion with the russians, that was never going to amount to anything other more than minor corruption. maybe building the trump hotel in red square for something like that, but nothing of any significance. the dem

amy: from new yorkrk, this is democracy now! >> i donon't think of my books s biographies. i'm not interested in writing stories of great men. i'm interested in examining local power through the large, great men, in particular, how political power shapes our lives and shapes to lives both of those who wield power, but also shapes the lives of thohose who are powerless. i'm interested in examining the lives of the powerless. amy: today we spend the hour with robert caro who has been described as the greatest political biographer of our time. hewon two pulitzer prizes, first for his groundbreaking book on robert moses called "the power broker" and then "the master of the senate" about an a b johnson. you still writing me fit. use out the new book titled " working." all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in san diego, california, funeral services are being held today for lori kaye, a 60-year-old jewish congregant who was shot dead saturday in the latest attack by a white supremacist on a house of