and he is so unconcerned about the impact he has on some lives, whether there is any positive elementit that i don't even think he is fit for that, but i think he represents not just a danger to america, but because we're such an influence in the world, it is really a shocking threat to the world. so i am in a sick bed a lot, but he gets me up out of it. amy: wayne barrett, investigative reporter who worked at the village voice for 37 years and continues to report. one gonzalez and i spoke to him at his home or his largely been confined due to his battle with lung cancer. wayne barrett biography of trump was just republished as an e-book with the title of, "trump: the greatest show on earth: the deals, the downfall, the reinvention." visit our website at democracynow.org to see part one of our interview with wayne barrett from last week. inhave several job openings all full-time jobs based here in new york city. find out more at democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org o

but he was complpletely unconcerned about the workers who worked in the demolition of literally sleptre. there were all immigrant polish workers, hundreds of them, many of whom got very sick as result of working on that sitite. he is always try to put some distance between -- but h his office wasasight acrososs the street. his office was -- how he could claim he did not know what was going on in that site, which has been his claim and there is no question that these workers were abused to an enormous degree. amy: wayne barrett, we want to ask about donald trump's wives. ps mary three people. anda trump, marla maples, millennia trump. significantly in his campaign. ivana trump accused him of raping her. can you talk about the significance, especially as he moves into attacking bill clinton, not because of bill clinton's behavior with his wife per say, but with other women? that he a real irony has the balls to do this. on thesehe children shows and they are given remarkable deference by television journalist. they treat him as if they are heidi cruz's kids. appears to be a good father.

philadelphians were out in great numbers on this day after the nice massacre working, playing, seeming and unconcerned that big crowds of civilians are now clearly a favorite target for terrorists. >> does it peak you nervous to be in big crowds these days? no. doesn't make me nervous because i have god with me. >> that can happen any w you can't be concerned otherwise they win. >> reporter: they have used guns and bombs and truck bombs in the past. but the nice attack was a low tech assault. a simple truck aimed at unsuspecting revelers out for an evening of holiday firework. >> that old expression when you least expect it, expect it. here is a place an time people really hadn't thought of. >> reporter: penndot has banned large commercial vehicles from traveling i-95 near the wells fargo center during the democratic national convention. philadelphia police declined to talk security on camera opt old not to tempt fate but wherever crowds gather be it at the n d.c. or later this summer at the made in america concert on the parkway, expect concrete jersey barriers and large parked trucks to be used to b

currency, equity and bond markets are unconcerned. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has a convincingtory in the upper house elections. does this election win puts abe in a stronger position to move forward with the stimulus plan? >> it does put him in a stronger position. it looks like he is heading for a two thirds majority in the upper house. the question remains how will he use that majority? in the past three and half years we have definitely seen a lot of action since the first era of monetary policy. the bank of japan has been a lot of money, bought a lot of assets a government bonds to help stimulate the economy. we are also seeing fiscal spending. the government spent quite a lot. but then we come to that third aero -- arrow of economic reform. that is the question mark. you have to see if you will knuckle down to do more for economic reforms. >> there is a lot of calls for fiscal stimulus from abe, including a close advisor calling for a 20 trillion yen boost. that is what? 199 billion u.s. dollars. are we going to get it? >> we're certainly going to get more stimulus. we wi

currency, equity, and bond markets all unconcerned. >> thank you.'s get a check of first word headlines. japanese prime minister shinzo abi has won a convincing victory in the upper house election. party hadl democratic 53 of the 121 seats, but his coalition partner had 13. abe may be able to piece together a two thirds majority, but says the economy remains top priority. takata mayrbag maker be reaching out to 20 possible buyers. firms are set to have expressed interest along with a chinese company. they are working on restructuring as it faces billion dollars in cuts due to recalls. in the u.s., president obama warned americans protesting against police violence to remain respectful or risk undermining their message. said rallies held in many u.s. cities over the weekend were legitimate, but called any violence against officers a reprehensible crime. last week's police killings of two black men were followed by the murder of five dallas police by a 25 your old army veteran. hewlett packard enterprises considering a sale of some software assets as

is in his, he is quite unconcerned with interstate violence in most of the world. at that that's into -- it does not seem to trouble him. perhaps as an abstraction it does. the notion of humanitarian intervention to stop suffering would be generally abhorrent to him. -- to me it is easy to say that war is terrible. we all agree with that but what is hardest to decide what kind occurughter -- should when. if slaughter is going to occur, how can america or the world conspire to stop or minimize it. that was not the question that troubled him. [applause] >> that was always kissinger's defense. when people would did -- accuse him of being in laurel, he would sit -- of being immoral, he would say there is nothing more moral than trying to event nuclear war. it does not make it legitimate, but is perhaps something we could discuss further. this brings us to the final two speakers. the texas two-step that we will do. we will hear from william bowden at the university of texas in austin where he heads up the clemency for national security and teaches at the lbj school. he

current tea, equity, bond markets -- all unconcerned. >> swift and both economic measures after winningg victory in the upper house. does the election put abe in a position to move forward with the stimulus plans? >> it certainly puts him in a stronger position, heading for a two thirds majority in the upper house. the question remains, how will he use that majority? past 3.5 years, we have seen a lot of action in terms of the first era of abenomics. has put af japan lot of assets into stimulating the economy. the government spent quite a lot of. it comes to the third arrow of economic reform. we have to see if he will actually knuckled down and do more in terms of economic reforms. >> there are a lot of calls for fiscal stimulus from abe, including from one of his closest advisers for a ¥20 million boost, 199 billion u.s. dollars. will we get it? lot ofill get a stimulus. will we get ¥20 trillion, i'm not sure. another of the week's geopolitical shocks reverberating through global markets. an international tribunal ruled against china in the dispute with the philippines over control of

he said he was unconcerned about the floor today, calling it more of a media creation than anything else. he said he was looking forward to melania's speech tonight and his own speech tomorrow. >> you just saw the vp nominee, mike pence, chatting with bob dole, one of the imminence grises of the party. what was the shouting match on the floor all about? do you think this is something that will come back later in the week? >> i think that potential exists. we're here in ohio. as rudy guiliani brings the crowd to its feet, no republicans have won the white house without winning this state. its home state governor, john kasich, basically taking a series of insults from the campaign manager for donald trump and from donald trump himself, saying in effect, his campaign manager did, that it's an embarrassment what he's the past they were right there at the 50-yard line. this time around they've been exiled to left field. back to you. >> rudy guiliani, a guy who has not necessarily been on the same page with jump, seems to be firing up the crowd. let's see what he's saying. >> it's time to make

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but they have multiple minority reports presented, will be seen as an attempt to disrupt and unconcerned about it and i raise it because if it is not that, then it becomes a very inefficient way to begin our process and i think to have multiple really reports -- minority reports is not ourthing i feel will serve party well and serve us well at this convention of coming. thank you. >> others who wish to speak in support? the gentleman from colorado. >> thank you. order,sk the point of point of information on this amendment, part of this amendment is the hour requirement for the chair to stay in the room. if the full amendment were to fail, would it be in order to offer that amendment or would that be seen as it has already been offered? >> a piece of that would be in order. if the main motion fails, then you have taken off -- let me start that again. you need to do that before we vote on the main motion. you would have to offer an amendment before we vote on the main motion. >> i don't want to strike everything, i just want to make sure, if the whole thing goes down, that we can still vot

we have to take care of our planet are unconcerned about the epa been diminished and going away and about more. i don't want our planet polluted and to what hillary to take his us. czeslaw plans will be great to take of americans i supporter. thank you hillary for running. >> my name is zach walz, i pledged delegate from iowa city, iowa. i'm a delicate this time in 2016. i was a speaker in 2012 but i only got funding for the wanted to talk about my family growing up with two moms in the state of iowa and why same-sex marriage is important to me and my family. i'm happy to be back this time supporting hillary clinton and the democratic party to protect marriage equality, sounds like much all over the country. >> the issues most were to be is equal pay for equal work. i feel like secretary clinton is the best woman for the job. she has worked under the obama administration to make sure that every woman gets equal pay for equal work. >> my name is jessica and i represented the seattle area. , delicate for tranfive and appeared to represent the kansas delegates of the people who voted force.