Noam chomsky obamas war presidency, the climate crisis, the new Nuclear Arms Race, and the 2016 election. Bernie sanders is an extremely interesting phenomenon. Has mobilized a large number of young people. These and people are saying, look, were not going to consent anymore. If that turns into a continuing, organized, mobilized force, that could change the country. Maybe for not not for this election, but longer term. Amy today, professor noam chomsky live for the hour. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests against the oil, coal, and Gas Industries erupted across multiple continents over the weekend as part of the Global Campaign to break free from fossil fuels. In washington state, 52 people were arrested after blockading Railroad Tracks leading to two oil refineries. Protesters pitched their tents on the tracks and occupied the bnsf Railway Tracks from friday afternoon until police broke up th
February. Some good news, america, median Household Incomes rising for the first time in eight years. Now stand at 56,500 per home. Unfortunately, as melissa noted, median investments are likely down a bit today. Stocks are getting whacked as we head deeper into the trading day. The dow is down 1. 5 . That would be pretty big slide for the dow. And volatility has really ramped up in the last couple of days, your story, though, once again, maybe oil. Crude could be a cause. Crude oil is down nearly 3 . Lets get more now on this market. Bob pisani on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Starting to get a couple of calls from friends and family and random strangers. What is going on with the market. Is it oil . Is it trump . Is it the fed or, is it, d, all of the above . A little bit all of the above but largely on the fed and what the fed is going to do next week, even though the chance is 25 , thats what the market says, people down here dont believe that. Take a look at where we a
Steve this is the march we have become accustomed to in recent years. Nick gregory is here with the forecast. It is amazing how quickly we get used to the mild weather. Nick today is a step to where march should be. Today is the anniversary of the superstorm that came up the east coast. It was a more violent day. Steve i got caught in montreal my senior year in high school. You can imagine how that went. Nick that storm made headlines east. That. Definitely the chill has been in the air. While we started with readings around 50, it has dropped. We are down to 40. 43 bridgeport to the jersey shore. Low 40s to the hudson valley. The rain that is starting to back down a little bit, weve had clusters come through and you see west of us in new jersey into pennsylvania, theres not much there. There will be spotty light rain and drizzle through the rest of the other issue is the wind gusty out of the northeast at 10 to 20plus miles an hour. We have the northeast wind tonight. Coastal flood ad
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Lot of evidence there but some of the evidence really makes me uneasy. Rose we continue this evening with David Mccullough the writer and narrative historian, latest book called the Wright Brothers. We need lessons in appreciation. So many of these people that we hear about them in School History courses for about ten minutes and then we move on. Oh, the Wright Brothers, they were those clever bicycle mechanics and they invented the airplane. Thats hardly a fraction of the story. The idea they had tremendous interest in art architecture and photography. There was no they were fully alive intellectually, mentally but they also had this driving sense of purpose that i feel is essential to high achievement on that scale, on that level. Rose we conclude this evening with warren buffet, the 84yearold businessman celebrated the 50th 50th anniversary of Berkshire Hathaway in omaha this past weekend. One of the things was a spoof on a Floyd Mayweather fight that you will never see. Warren buff