We will go to Rio De Janeiro to speak k with pululitzer prize winning journalist glenn greeeenwald. Peoplple have s started to realize that although this impeachment process hahas been sold, pipitched as a way of punishing corruption, it is a empoweringond Goldman Sachs and foreign hehede funds, the real goal is to protect corruption. Amy we will also speak to Glenn Greenwald about the president ial race here in the United States. Very easy to talk about close toump being dictators or being dangerous, but there has been a huge amount of Hillary Clintons record that is on immense amounts of violence in the world the democrats and progressives are steadfastly ignoring. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In yemen, a suicide car bomb explosion killed at least 50 members of a progovernment militia earlier today. A witness said the attacker drove his vehicle into a crowd of new recruits in the port city of ade
But turkey says s its also concerned abouout syrian kurdidh militias at the e border. These mililitias are backed by e United States. Wewell look at the conflict wih professor and columnist Vijay Prashad, author of the new book, the death of the nation and the future of the arab revolution. We will also speak with him about the u. S. President ial election. Understand both trump and clinton are going to be very, very harmful for the rest of the planet. I mean, if this is supposed to be the superpower that governs and manages the world, and of the leader of the superpower is going to be as crazy as trump or with someone is dangerous on record a as Hillary Clinton, i m afraid people in the rest of the planet have very little to look forward to. Amy and celebrated british actress, thompson has just returned from a trip to the arctic aboard the greenpeace ship the arctic sunrise. I suppopose the inuit here ae the front line, but actually, we are here to defend thehem and ourselves. Because
Gm, get this, has joined the that canuild the cars drive themselves. Driverless cars. Within two years, gm will offer a handsfree driving system on their cadillac designed to help them avoid crashes. People get into crashes and not the cars themselves. Are watchingry we closely as alibaba. Kicking off its roadshow today here in new york. Joined. , we are you are not too long ago in hong kong. What do we find out in this . Thank you. Good morning to you. If you take a look on friday, we saw four key pieces of information. This will be a record breaking deal in the United States. Priced at 66 billion dollars there it this will be the third most valuable company in the United States for an in dash for Internet Company trades here. Three is existing investors. Ot everyone will be selling the executive vice chairman will be selling. Yahoo has a 23 stake and will dilute themselves. Not is their largest investor, 34 . We actually got a fourpage letter written by the founder where he talks abo
Tom keene did not give you a gift . Lets get to some news. Are the top Global Stores making business around the world. Another sign the labor market is getting stronger. Your americans filed for jobless benefits than at any time in the past 14 years. A worldwide airbag recall is getting bigger. Nissan is the latest manufacturer to join in. They are recalling a quarter million airbags linked to deaths. Seven point 8 million vehicles have been recalled in the u. S. For faulty airbags in the last two years. The airbags were made by a japanese manufacturer and earlier, gm said that it had put its issues behind it. The issue being faced by the industry is something that we addressed earlier this year when we first encountered the issue, and then looked across all of our products. While it is more widespread in the industry, we believe we have the issue fundamentally under control based on the actions we took this year. Gm has recalled 30 million vehicles this year he cause of a variety of r
Here tonight. Also tonight, tell ben dazzling terrorists stormed the u. S. Consulate in afghanistan setting out to car bombs and triggering a tense gun battle with u. S. And Afghani Security forces. Officials on the ground confirmed that at least two security guards were killed along with at least seven terrorists while confirming that all u. S. Troops word safe as American Forces moved into the area to secure the site. Back home, widespread flooding in the state of colorado is already planning three lives. Now it is forcing new rounds of evacuations. A Colorado National guard evacuate the entire town of lyons, a community of some 2,000 located just north of boulder as well as the Eldorado Springs to the south. Residents there are without power tonight or Running Water and trapped by flooded out roads and almost every direction. Additional rainfall is also threatening more flooding along the 150mile stretch of the states front range. And more than 400 Fire Fighters working around the c