Power from the states incoming. Overnor, democrat roy cooper this week, republicans introduced dozens of new bills to rewrite the states balance of power. We will speak to the reverend william barber, president of repairs of the breach and head of the North Carolina naacp. Then to donald trump and his generals. Mr. Trump i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Amy on the campaign trail, donald trump lambasted the performance of u. S. Military generals. Now he is surrounding himself with generals in many top post. We will speak with Andrew Bacevich to talk about the generals and trumps overall foreign policy. Aboutknows as as much National Security as i know about running a business. And what im about running a business is next to nothing. Amy then to pirates of the caribbean. We will look at how the revolving door with puerto ricos republican make is a fiscal catastrophe for the erto rican people. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow
Of systems. Today you can do it. But we have to have a border. We have to have a wall. We cannot let what is happening to this country happen. Amy into the case of imprisoned puerto rican independence activist Oscar Lopez Rivera. I think the fact i was charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government of United States for itself, but the charge in reference to puerto rico amy more than 100,000 people have addition president obama to pardon Oscar Lopez Rivera who has been held for 35 years. We will speak to oscars brother and the speaker of the new York City Council. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President elect donald trump raised the prospect of a new global arms race on thursday, after he suggested on twitter he would increase the size of the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. Trumps tweet read the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until such time as the world comes to i
Former advisor to the palestinian president abbas. Into ava duvernay plus dr. Henry nermeen. There are exceptions including criminal. Quick the loophole was immediately exploited. What you got after that was a rapid transition to a mythology of black criminality. Amy we will speak with ava duvernay. She became the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for best picture for selma. 13th is on the oscar shortlist for best documentary. Is the jumping off point for conversation of a wideranging conversation that gives you a tour through the history of racism, oppression, and subjugation in this country as it relates to the criminal Justice System. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President barack obama on thursday ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian Diplomats whom he accused them of spying. He slapped new sanctions on russian agencies he accused of meddling in novem
Who are running these agencies, even though they were highlevel bush officials, in the middle of important controversial war on terror policies. They have a long history, not just of agencies, but they themselves approving legally dubious, if not right not outright illegal, lying and deceiving the public. Amy Donald Trumps military government. ,e will talk to gordon adams coeditor of the book Mission Creep the militarization of u. S. Foreignpolicy. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. House Speaker Paul Ryan said thursday republicans are preparing to strip federal funding for planned parenthood as part their effort to repeal the Affordable Care act. The move would end about 400 million in annual medicaid reimbursements to planned parenthood. Republicans framed the move as an effort to halt abortions, though federal law already bars federal funds from paying for abortions except to save the life of the wo
Reliable source tells us there was a computer outage. Its not clear how long this will last. A lot of trouble there. Also a lot of trouble out there on our roads. This storm bringing in heavy rain and plenty of problems out there. Lets take a look at our traffic camera. This is in richmond. If you look at the streets there, ponding on the sides and making for dangerous conditions. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Lets begin with carry hall. We are still seeing the lightning and thunder across the state, but not a lot of that lightning here. A lot of the rain has shifted over towards the central valley. Light rain moving into marin county, as well as San Francisco and approaching the coast as well. But were catching a break in parts of the south bay and east bay, as well. So this is kind of what we are expecting. More waves of rain moving in. Some breaks in between. We only get a little bit of time before we see the next round of rain moving in. And even as we go through the tri v