and here in new york, puerto rican anthropologist yarimar bonilla who teaches that rutgers university. she is founder of the puerto rico syllabus. we welcome you both to democracy now! let's begin with naomi. you have just written this epic piece. explain what you found and what mean by your title "the battle for paradise, puerto ricans and ultrarich 'puertopians' are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island." >> good morning, amy and juan and yarimar. what i'm referring to is that in this moment when so much attention is focused on the failures of fema, the failures of the entire relief and reconstruction project -- as it rightly should be because this is an ongoing humanitarian emergency, we are seeing the strategy that we have seen in many other disaster zones that we have spoken about many times, which is exploiting that shock and distraction an emergency to push through a radical, corporate agenda. your for earlier to the plans to privatize prepa going to open up puerto rico's school system to charter schools and vouchers at the same time as radically downsizing

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is a sociology professor at rutgers university. her forthcoming book is titled "women and gender in iraq: between nation-building and fragmentation." she grew up in france. matt howard is co-director of "about face: veterans against the war," the organization formerly known as "iraq veterans against the war." he served in iraq once in 2004 and then again in 2005. we welcome you both to democracy now! professor, let's begin with you. 15 years ago today the u.s. invaded iraq. talk about what happened then and the repercussions. >> first of all, i would like to say as a daughter of an iraqi political exiled family, i was 16 years old at the time of the war, and i refused this. linda -- either you oppose the regime or either you oppose the war. i post the regime and we had to flee iraq because of it and i also got involved in the antiwar move in france. we also have to name the war. we have to name it as a criminal war. we have to to find it as -- define it as an operation of the destruction of iraq as a functioning state in society. t

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and also michael merrill, a professor at rutgers university. merrill is a labor historian and an expert on public and private sector unions. thanks to you both for being here. both: thanks for having us. erin: appreciate you. okay, so bob, let's start with you. we just heard some words from the governor, some strong words about this case. so, how do you respond? bob dick: this case is about whether or not a public worker should be forced to pay a fee to a union just to keep their job. and this really is what it's going to come down to when we're talking about the janus v. afscme case with the supreme court. and they're going to have to decide whether government unions should continue to be in the position to tell public workers across the country, "hey, you either have to pay union dues to our organization, or there's a possibility that we're going to get you fired." erin: do you feel like this really is a backdoor way to hurt unions? bob: this is about really protecting workers. and this is a fundamental--an issue of fundamental rights. so, th

a new arm cast on stage at rutgers university after breaking her wrist in india. >> the election was of angst - did you see how shrill she was? in the heat of battle and political back and forth i have said things i would like to take back. took a lot of long walks in the woods, drank pressure chardonnay. >> reporter: clinton received $25,000 for that speech, 7000 less than the same university paid snow key, study hard, party harder. four years ago the minimum speaking fee was $200,000. democrats urging hillary clinton to get back to what they think she knows best, the american people, democratic national committee chairman dana brazil saying she wants to see clinton help during the midterms. >> i hope she stays on the battlefield, she has experience when we should be doing in the 21st century. >> reporter: the failed presidential candidate is inspiring women to run for office because they want to be part of the resistance. a convicted felon going back to prison for illegally voting. crystal mason has been sentenced to five years after voting in the 2016 election unsupervised relief

giving a speech at rutgers university, she griped about getting trounced by trump. >> the election wastty traumatic. >> [laughing]. >> because of what had been expected to happen in the election which obviously did not. then a lot of angst and second guessing and finger pointing. >> clinton hit back at critics who told her to shut up by crying sexism. >> i was really struck how people said that to me. mostly people in the press. for whatever reason. go away. they never said that to any man who was not elected. al gore didn't stop talking about climate change and mitt romney is running for the senate. i am really committed to speaking out and doing what i can to have a voice in the debate about where our country is going. >> kimberly, you are sighing over there. >> i was trying to do meditation. inhale and exhale. it didn't work. i don't know what it is. i just find her very aggravating. nobody likes a sore loser. man or woman, it doesn't matter. a candidate. you ran, you did what you thought was your best. you came up short. nevertheless, now she is pushing back against her own party w

is a sociology professor at rutgers university. her forthcoming book i is titled fragmentation." matt howard is co-director of about face: veterans against the war, the organization formerly known as iraraq veterans against the war. and then again in n 2005.in 2004 i would like to begin withmatt. talk about your first employment, your sense at the time of what the iraq war was aboututututututututututututututn rms yr understanding of the war. was -- first off, i watched the invasion from okinawa, japan, when i was stationed there and had a sense of dread that we were making a decision we could never step back from. a year later, i was stationed in iraq outside fallujah in support of helicopters evacuation. experience crystallized forexpee where i really went t t t t t te were guarding iraqi men who were laborers coming onto our base who basically spelled out everything zahra said that the quality of life had taken a dramatic hit and that everything we were bebeing told in terms of our hearts and minds and how we were going to make this place better is far from the truth that possi

is a sociology professor at rutgers university.er forthcoming book is titled "women and gender in iraq: between nation-building and fragmentation." matt h h h h h h h h h h h h h h about face: veterans against the war, the organization formerly known as iraraq veterans against the war. he served in iraq once in 2004 and then again in n 2005. i would like to begin withmatt. talk about your first employment, your sense at the time of what the iraq war was about and your own evolution in terms of your understanding of the war. >> when i - - - - - - - - - - -i tched the invasion from okinawa, japan, when i was stationed there and had a real sense of dread that we were making a decision we could never step bacack from. a year later, i was stationed in iraq outside fallujah in support of helicopters casualty evacuation. experience crystallized forexpee where i really went down a path of challenging everything that i have been told to me was when we were guarding iraqi men who were laborers coming onto our base who basically spelled out e

during a paid speech at rutgers university, clinton complained that the recent criticism launched againstbecause she is a woman take a look. >> people saying get off the public stage and shut up, which is something we are hearing all the time. >> yeah. how do you -- >> well, you know, that began to happen after the election. the election was pretty traumatic. [laughter] i was really struck by how people said that to me. mostly people in the press for whatever reason like oh, you know go away, go away. and i had one of the young people who works for me go back and do a bit of research. they never said that to any man who was not elected. but i do worry that what's happened to the republican party is that it's being held captive by a very small group of powerful forces. we have seen the power of the nra, for example. >> judge: while hillary clinton continues to bash republicans and play the gender card, her speaking fees are taking a hit. according to reports, the $25,000 hillary clinton received for the speech you just saw was actually $7,000 less than rutgers paid jersey shore reality tv

>> secretary clinton will be speaking later today at rutgers university, a school that i had an opportunity to visit a few years ago. i think she has every opportunity to speak. she has every opportunity to tell her story. also to help the country. she has invaluable experience about what we should be doing in the 21st century. i'm not one of those individuals that believes hillary clinton should go home and bake cookie. i hope she stays on the battlefield. i hope every american who hopes we can do better in the future will get out there and do as much as pos pbl. >> dana: yesterday i had a chance to talk to jennifer palmieri. i asked her about the record number of women running for office this year. i asked her what she thought that was about. take a listen. >> do you think more women are running in response to hillary clinton's candidacy or in response to president trump? >> my impression is it's in response to president trump. and i think that it was, you know, a lot of women voted for president trump. i get that. i think that for women who didn't, it was surprising and it was unnerving

. >> after the suicide of a harassed rutgers university student, monica decided to use her story as at cyber-bullying. >> now, i admit i made mistakes, but the attention and judgment that i received, not the story, but that i personally received, was unprecedented. i was branded as a tramp, tart, slut, whore, bimbo, and, of course, "that woman." >> lewinsky has always maintained that her relationship with president clinton was one between two consenting adults. she says it was the public shaming in the wake of the events that changed her life. >> i was seen by many but actually known by few, and i get it. it was easy to forget that "that woman" was dimensional, had a soul, and was once unbroken. >> what surprised me about monica is how well she's done after kind of being under all this pressure, how she has reinvented herself and made herself a success. >> ironically, monica's former co-worker linda tripp had found herself in a very similar situation after the scandal broke. ostracized, alone, and tormented by the caricature that she was portrayed as in the media day after day. >> i l

. >> let me get your take of former presidential candidate hillary clinton speaking at rutgers universityblaming sexism of all things for critics telling her to go away. listen to this. >> i was really struck how people said that to me, mostly people in the press, for whatever reason, like, oh, you no, go away, go away. and i had one of the young people who works for me go back and do a bit research. they never said that to any man that was not elected. [applause] melissa: and they all cheer. i mean, mostly depressing. that is depressed. her own party. the media loves it. the only people who don't like it are people in her party. >> including many reporters and journalists, right? it's true. so look, it is not accurate to say that men are not told to shut up and be quiet and step aside look at any tweet president trump tweets out. there are tons of people telling him to be quiet, kindly. mitt romney went through all of this. this tends to happen to men and women who are in the political sphere but to your point, melissa, the people who are most vociferously begging hillary clinton to stop

more than 500 according to rutgers university. jennifer palmieri was a top adviser to hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. she has advice for women who want to run. she also served as communications director for president obama. her book "dear madam president" is out this week. i'm glad you could be here today. the book is quite special. it's a small slim volume. >> slim, yeah. >> dana: i like the rose gold as well. >> yeah. they did a nice job with the design. >> dana: do you think if hillary clinton would have won you would have written a book as well? >> no. >> dana: no? >> i see -- i think i had two experiences. one we share, which is being, i watched what happens with the women candidate at that level, presidential campaign. and then the other is being a woman who worked in politics, as you and i did. pretty high levels in the white house. and i had a lot of great mentors, men and women both. but it's a high pressure situation for women. i felt like i got lessons from both experiences. i think if she had won, i might bear some of

and holds the executive director's certification from rutgers' university center. ms. landers is a member of the winter haven membership class of 1935 and serves as a public relations representative forever the florida association of housing and redevelopment officials and south regional council. and is currently a member of the polk leadership class 2011. lisa landers, we honor you. in honor of women's history month, i would like to honor tuwana dube any. she is a propertyor of a salon and has operated it for 13 years and considers it a vital resource to the community. as a community activist. e advocates for hiv-aids prevention. her salon is a testing site. she serves as a location for voter outreach, registration and school supply drives. children within the neighborhood utilize her as a place of refuge and prides herself as a mentor to young women. her ministry extends beyond her local community and has toilet try drives. much. an park been items are then donated to the mission of winter haven and uses her salon to promote other entrepreneurs. in 2010, she received

miss smith holds bachelor and master's degrees in economics from rutgers university, and is also a graduate of the customs leadership institute and the federal executive institute. next to speak will be mr. jim jaholski, director for the office of import surveillance at the u.s. consumer product safety commission. he started his career at cpsc in july 2000 with the agency's office of compliance and field operations. at that time, he focused primarily on enforcement of regulations regarding fireworks and cigarette lighters. jim later joined import surveillance in 2008 and served as deputy director prior to assuming the role of director in march 2017. finally, mr. terrence r. brady, the president of underwriters laboratories, inc., will testify. mr. brady was appointed to his new position just last week but was just recently serving ul as the vice president and chief commercial and legal officer. prior to joining ul, mr. brady was an associate and partner for 27 years in the chicago office of winston and strong, llp. mr. brady graduated from dartmouth college with his undergraduate degree, th

bachelors ands a masters degree from rutgers university, and is also a graduate of the customs leadership institute, and the federal executive institute. jxt to speak will be mr. jim the officerector of of import at the u.s. consumer product safety commission. e started his career with the agencies office of compliance and field operations. he focusede, primarily on enforcement of regulations regarding fireworks and cigarette lighters. jim later joined import 12 2000 -- 2008. mr. terrence brady, the president of underwater -- underwriters laboratories in. c. he was appointed to his position last week. he was serving as the chief commercial officer. prior to joining ul he was an associate at the chicago office. graduated from dartmouth college with his undergraduate degree, and received his law degree from notre dame law school. thank you all for coming and being with us today. gianopoulos: chairman hatch, ranking member widen, and members of the committee, thank you the opportunity to be here today to discuss our work on intellectual property rights. united states is a global leader in th

she holds a bachelors and masters degree in economics rutgers university, and is a graduate of the customs leadership institute and the federal executive institute. next to speak will be jim the jiholski cap the u.s. consumer product safety commission commission. career at cpsc. primarilyme, he focus on regulations involving fireworks and cigarette lighters. jim later joined import surveillance in 2008, and served as deputy director prior to assuming the role of director in march of 2017. finally, mr. terrence brady, the president of underwriters laboratory will testify. finally, mr. terrence bradyhe ww position just last week, but was as vice searching ul president and chief commercial and legal officer. , he was anining ul associate partner for 27 years in the office of winston and straw llp. he graduated from dartmouth college with his undergraduate and received his law graduate from notre dame law school. i want to thank you all for coming and for being today and for testify. >> thank you mr. chairman. chairman hatch, ranking member wyden.-- ranking member the united states is a global

interviewed in rutger rutgers university, she raised three issues.ecause she was running against really, really big money, her supporters were turned away because the voting rights act had been gutted and number three the odds arts stacked against women. hillary spent far more than trumpet if she had a money problem it was the clinton foundation. it wasn't the lack of money, it was the $2 million/fund by any other name. how about voter suppression said countryside people were turned away from polling stations because they didn't have one precise document. that would be a government id. the one you need to get on a plane to check into a hotel or get into this building. hardly voter suppression. how many people were actually turned away? then she was asked about those who wanted her to leave the public stage and shut up as the question put it. she was struck by the fact that they never said that to any man. i'm not sure that's accurate, but then again i can't remember a previous losing candidate whining on for so long. it is a year end a half since don

a master's degree in public policy from rutgers university and bachelor of economic from wake forest. ben. ben: i get to stay out a whole lot. first off, thank you very much for having me. i just wanted to say publicly thank you for all your help as we have been dealing with this issue for probably more than a year. thank you very much. if there is one thing can i leave you with today, it is that if you ever have a question or you're trying to figure out what other states, how other states have looked at this issue, if you google ncslab the top result will be our public database with legislation that deals with both autonomous vehicles and connected vehicle information. if you go to that page you'll won't change, er especially if states are in session now. but we're about 20-plus states. i want to point out that some of that number includes some states that have won't change, especially if states are in session now. ut we're appropriated funding for connected vehicle technology. it's not necessarily we have 20 states that have different testing rules. before i get into my comments, i

has a master's degree in public policy from rutgers university and a bachelor of economics from wake forest university. ben? >> so as an acc grad, i get to stay out of the whole s.e.c. conversation. first off, thank you very much for having me. i just wanted to say publicly, thank you for all of your help as we have been dealing with this issue for now probably more than a year. so thank you very much. if there is one thing i can leave you with today, it is that if you ever have a question or you're, you know, trying to figure out what other states, how other states have looked at this issue, if you google ncslab. the top result will be our public database that deals with both autonomous vehicles and connected vehicle legislation. if you go to that page, you'll see the number obviously will change, especially as states are in session now, but we're about 20-plus states, but i want to point out that some of that number includes some states that have appropriated funding for connected vehicle technology. so it's not necessarily that we have 20 states that have different, you know, i won

clinton campaign used on media, she lost and she's still talking about i she was talking at rutgers universityted that being a woman cost her the white house. at the same time, she did express some regrets. i just want to listen to this. >> the election was pretty traumatic. a lot of angst and second-guessing and finger pointing. oh, my god, did you she how shrill she was. in the heat of battle and political back and forth i've said things that i would like to take back. >> dagen: just a final word on that. she's still saying things that are horribly regrettable but go ahead, final word. >> you said it. i mean, i think in the same speech where she says she said things she regrets, she probably said more things she should regret. i think our prayer for hillary should be that she gets some peace and go home and relax and quit giving speeches. but she's still out there and she's still talking. >> dagen: thank you so much. good to see you. as my mama would say, she needs to go talk to somebody. thank you, bud. coming up. >> good to talk to you all. >> dagen: a health care bomb bombshell, l walmart

speaking at rutgers university thursday, she once again explained what happened, at least according toere with his reaction chairman of the harris poll and author of macrosquared. good morning to you. >> good morning. abby: we are still talking about what happened in that election. is it a woman problem? >> no. i think america always wants candidates to be gracious. i think you saw al gore after an incredibly difficult race be gracious afterwards. look, i think there is a wonderful place for hillary to talk about the issues of the country think going back over and retreading the election is a losing topic for her and she cared about healthcare, which is the number one issue in the country. i would love to see her get back to an issue like that. abby: do you think democrats looking to the future, trying to win more elections because the mid terms coming up. they are going to want to win the presidency in two years. are they wanting her out there talking about the issues? >> well, look, i think we don't know who is going to emerge among the democratic field. it's going to be a wild race.

rutger is the washington bureau chief for "the washington post." matt welcwelch, editor at large reason. and phillip block, princeton university. i know the president really enjoyed that listening tour. sounds like he's only listening to the nra. >> yes, i think that's right, stef. remember in that february 28th meeting he had with lawmakers, he sort of chastised senate republican senators around the table, saying he would have the courage to stand up to the nra, but it seems he too is beholden to the nra because there's nothing in this plan the nra would not improve. there's nothing in this plan that does anything substantial to the nation's gun laws. he's basically punting those decisions. a lot of gun control advocates feel he's shirking leadership here at the national level. >> the president is sticking to his -- remember, he has said over and over what great guys are in the nra. well, he's showing it with his position here. matt, savannah guthrie earlier today pressed betsy devos, trying to get an answer, how come the age limit 'is not part of this plan, and here's what she said. >> the commission being formed, along with

rutger, white house bureau chief for "the washington post." ned price, who also served as special assistant to president obama. eddie gloud, princeton university professor, and rick tyler, republican strategist. you first, phil, look back at the president this weekend where do you think his head's at? >> well, he's clearly trying to test the limits of what he can say with regard to mueller and see how the congressional leadership will react, and so far there's been mostly silence from the republican leaders in the capitol behind me. but the other thing going on here, the president keeps saying again and again no collusion, no collusion. but he's ignoring the fact that mueller's looking at other issues as well. >> money laundering. >> well, and obstruction of justice by the president. increasingly the interviews that he's had have focused on periods during the transition period and the presidency. the firing of james comey for example. those are issues of keen interest to the special counsel. just because he hasn't found evidence of collusion, that does not mean that he's done with all his investigative work. >> obstruction of justice is a good