That is the headline of a new article about escalating crashes clashes on syrian soil. We will speak with the author, New York Times Beirut Bureau chief and with canadian a canadian researcher. As the deadly flu sweeps across the United States, will go to austin, texas, to speak with austin city Councilmember Gregorio Casar where the council is set to vote on an historic ordinance for mandated paid sick leave. The infection rate has decreased by 6 or 7 . Getare twice as likely to everybody else sick. Workers fromnt having six sick leave. Amy can they overcome the opposition of a Koch Brothers based lobbying group . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump unveiled his 4. 4 trillion budget plan monday, proposing deep cuts to education, healthcare, and social safety net programs, while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Trumps plan would slash the department of educations budget by more th
Anne barnard from the ny times. Qatar is always punting above its weight in the region in a way that really wrangled with saudi arabia which thinks of itself as the leader and doesnt want to have rivals for regional influence. Qatar is always trying to play all sides of every issue. Thats one of the ways that it sort of increased its infliens and survival skills as a small country. Rose also this evening a conversation with Patrick Collison, the c. E. O. And cofounder of stripe. We wanted you to be able to come to a website, enter basic details like you would in signing up for any other service and start charging customers from all around the world some revenue and money and go get paid. That process at that time took weeks in some cases, even months and was very restrictive in terms of the kind of Business Models you could implement. And we con crude with gerard araud, the former french ambassador to the United States. In a sense the message of Emmanuel Macron is to say i am really pr
Anne barnard from the ny times. Qatar is always punting above its weight in the region in a way that really wrangled with saudi arabia which thinks of itself as the leader and doesnt want to have rivals for regional influence. Qatar is always trying to play all sides of every issue. Thats one of the ways that it sort of increased its infliens and survival skills as a small country. Rose also this evening a conversation with Patrick Collison, the c. E. O. And cofounder of stripe. We wanted you to be able to come to a website, enter basic details like you would in signing up for any other service and start charging customers from all around the world some revenue and money and go get paid. That process at that time took weeks in some cases, even months and was very restrictive in terms of the kind of Business Models you could implement. And we con crude with gerard araud, the former french ambassador to the United States. In a sense the message of Emmanuel Macron is to say i am really pr
Qatar and other arab states with anne barnard from the ny times. Qatar is always punting above its weight in the region in a way that really wrangled with saudi arabia which thinks of itself as the leader and doesnt want to have rivals for regional influence. Qatar is always trying to play all sides of every issue. Thats one of the ways that it sort of increased its infliens and survival skills as a small country. Rose also this evening a conversation with Patrick Collison, the c. E. O. And cofounder of stripe. We wanted you to be able to come to a website, enter basic details like you would in signing up for any other service and start charging customers from all around the world some revenue and money and go get paid. That process at that time took weeks in some cases, even months and was very restrictive in terms of the kind of Business Models you could implement. And we con crude with gerard araud, the former french ambassador to the United States. In a sense the message of Emmanue
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff another big seat is filled in the trump cabinetto be, and it sets up a potential confirmation fight. The president elects Transition Team confirmed this morning that a top Oil Executive is the choice for secretary of state. After days of speculation, official word of the Rex Tillerson pick came before sunrise, followed by praise from the Vice President elect we just could not be more grateful that someone of Rex Tillersons proven leadership and accomplishments is willing to step forward to serve our nation as next secretary of state. Woodruff tillerson, a native texan, is currently c. E. O. Of Oil Giant Exxon mobil, a