God i was in the room when he came. The workers mother says her son had no history of violence. And nofly zone. Were at one of americas busiest airports where millions of travelers will soon find there are no plastic Water Bottles in stores and restaurants. Its tuesday, august 20th, 2019. Here is todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Jeffrey epstein signed a will two days before he apparently hanged himself. More fallout from epsteins death behind bars. Court papers say epsteins estate is worth half a billion dollars. There are no details on his beneficiaries. Today is a day of reckoning. A new York City Police officer has been fired for his role in the chokehold death of eric garner. You may have lost your job but i lost a son. Planned parenthood is rejecting federal funding rather than comply with a new rule that bans them from referring women to an abortion provider. Senator and president ial candidate Elizabeth Warren apologized again for making claims about her native ameri
cassidy hutchison was aide to chief of staff mark meadows. she says she was in the room when a number of conversations happened. she spoke to a special session of the january 6th committee this afternoon was w. eye-opening testimony. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is live on capitol hill with the latest. good evening, hash shah. good evening, bret. the former president has already responded almost immediately during that hearing calling this witness bad news. but, her testimony was dramatic and may have already caused serious damage. do you swear a last-minute hearing with a surprise star witness. cassidy hutchison, special assistant to former president trump in the chief of staff s office told the house committee during the riot she first felt scared when mark meadows predicted the day could go down hill. he said something to the effect of there s a lot going on cass, but, i don t know, things might get real, read bad. when january 6th came hutchison p
Water vapor than cold. You can get stronger storms. The atmosphere is about 4 12 than it was four years ago. That is an enormous change. It loads the dice for drought and they lose and downpour and flood. That is what were seeing all over the planet. We will go to haiti where Hurricane Sandy killed at least 50 people, devastating parts of the country still recovering from the 2010 earthquake. And we will look at the storms impact on the nuclear industry. At least 16 Nuclear Plants are in the path of this unprecedented storm. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from medford, oregon. Much of the east coast is shut down today as residents brace for Hurricane Sandy, a massive storm that could be the most powerful to hit the United States in decades. Hundreds of thousands of people have already been evacuated, millions could lose power over the next day. Meteorologists say it is rare hybrid
Looking ahead to the upcoming weekend. A brighter weekend at that. That is coming up in a few minutes. Alison thank you. Now to the news today. A lot going on at 4 00. The verdict sending shockwaves through baltimore. Today, the criminal Justice System failed. Alison the city reabilities after the officer who drove the van in which freddie gray died found not guilty on all counts. Jonathan the house sitin over gun control ends after 25 hours of occupying the house floor. We must never give up or give in. Jonathan so what is next now that its all over . All eyes turn to july 5, when the recess ends. Michelle the Supreme Court deals president obama a big blow over immigration. But upholds a controversial Lower Court Decision on affirmative action. Thank you for staying with us. The House Democrats si took over social media. Jonathan mostly because that really was the only way you could see what was happening because the cameras and the lights were turned off. Alison we have Team Coverage
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