Administration is doing to america. By pulitzernew book prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnson looking at President Trumps first year in office. As trumps own chief ofl john kes boss uninformed, we will look at how trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nations regulatory system, and closing the nations borders. And we will hear what President Trump has to say about our guest David Cay Johnston. Pres. Trump he is a weird dude. He has been following me for 25 years. Obviously, he has not done so well. Always a hit. I guess he hasnt done a very good job. Amy today, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congress is lurching toward a Government Shutdown as republicans failed to Reach Agreement on a bill that would keep federal agencies funded past friday. Much of the debate centered around the fate of the
Amy its even worse than you think what the Trump Administration is doing to america. By pulitzernew book prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnson looking at President Trumps first year in office. As trumps own chief of staffff, general john kelly, calls his boss uninformed, we will look at how trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nations regulatory system, and closing the nations borders. And we will hear what President Trump has to say about our g gut David Cay Johnston. Pres. Trump he is a weird dude. Hehe has been following me for 5 years. Obviously, he has not done so well. Always a h hit. I guess he hasnt done a very good job. Amy today, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congress is lurching toward a Government Shutdown as republicans failed to Reach Agreement on a bill that would keep federal
Pruitt and the environmental detection agency, betsy devos and the Education Department and Ben Carson Department of housing and urban development lets break this down craig stevens, former senior advisory to secretary of energy kicks off our political pulse. Is this a, you know, we talked about draining the swamp and you want to shake up washington, this is certainly way to do it i think the great that president elect trump is facts on folks that arent directly out of central casting people have new ideas and hopefully will bring some of these new initiatives and policy initiatives and policies to washington since you worked for the secretary of energy, rick perry what happened of course during that election, that he was couldnt remember the name of the department of energy, that was one of the departments he wanted to cut. When you see that happening, then, lets put him in charge of it, do you feel its going to be hard for people to respect him overall somebody in the cabinet . I thi
And ben carson may soon accept the position as h. U. D. Secretary. After serious discussions with the trump transition team, i feel that i can make a significant contribution particularly to making our inner cities great for everyone. This comes on the heels of nicky ha nikki haley tapped to serve as u. N. Ambassador. Katy tur is here with me in the studio. Betsy devos has been chosen as department of education secretary. What do we know about her . Reporter shes a Top Republican donor and advocates overhauling the School System. Shes an advocate of school choice. Shes an advocate of vouchers and wants to reform common core. These are all principles that are in line with what president elect has talked about on the campaign trail and underscores hes making a move to overhaul the School System. These are ideas of policies that have been promoted by republicans but typically havent gone very far. The question is will she be able to actually get that through . What is also interesting, sh
To get them out safely . And it could take months. We have a report from the scene. Our team is set up and ready to go. I want to start at the white house. The Administration Says were ontrack for the big monday announcement. Sarah sanders was asked that. Reporter youre hearing from Sarah Sanders that the criteria are going to be academic. And any notion that gender will play an influencing decision on champions final call wont have an effect, have a listen to what she said. The criteria is who i said yesterday. What we said several times before. He wants someone with tremendous intellect and somebody that will uphold the constitution. Reporter he had four interviews. The president is talking about having a couple more in the coming days. The question is talking about qualificati qualifications. Well see, in the next coming days, what sort of indication the president is giving. Its clear the president likes the drama here. He likes the buildup. I mean he wants to make this, and have a