Mornings on 2, welcome to the 9 00 show. We have Le Bron James in town, thats a big story today. Also sal, you were just talking about the hiring process for the fort 49ers. The patriots offensive coach is out of the mix. Changing to politics, about the lawmakers not attending the inauguration, i asked people on twitter, nine said its okay, exactly nine said, no, its not. Is it the right thing to do . We will talk about that later on. We begin with events being held across the country today in honor of Martin Luther king junior. I have a dream. My four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. That was from the i have a dream speech. Five years after that speech, he was assassinated. Martin luther king day is a federal holiday and also a day of service. Thousands of people turned out in oakland for the 15th annual musical tribute honoring Martin Luther king. The event honored Martin Luth
This due to President Trumps economic agenda. Obamacare is moving fast. The tax reform plan coming in self wee. But the political firestorm continues to flare in washington, d. C. Michael flynn, the National Security advisor, democrats and republicans are pushing to find when exactly the president learned flynn discussed u. S. Sanctions with a russian diplomat. Those sanctions were impose by the Obama Administration. The president accepted Michael Flynns resignation last night. Many say flynn broke diplomatic protocol and potentially the law by discussing u. S. Sanctions with the Russian Ambassador before the president s inauguration. Michael flynn did apologize for misleading the president about the phone call. The fight against terror is at stake. Russia is the most powerful player in the middle east. It supports iran and syria. Blake, we are hearing bob corker on Foreign Relations and roy blunt, powerful consciousmen, they want an investigation. Thats part of where this story goes f
Democrats saying no new information was produced. We want to hear from you the effort and the report that came out, was it worth it . Heres how you can let us know your thoughts democrats 2027488,000. Republicans 2027488001. And indpends. 2027488002. If you want your thoughts know on if it was effort, do it on twitter and post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Go to the website for the house lect committee for benghazi. House. Gov it gives you some of the findings. Theres the findings. Heres some of the facts that came out from the report that was released. This saying the following facts were amongst the many revelations found in part three of the report as its known. During deliberations in the state department whether or how to intervene in libya in march, 2011, Jake Sullivan stated, avoiding a failed state, also found the administrations policy of no boots on the ground shaped the type of military assistance provided by the state Department Personnel in libya. Executive
Director brennan it is a hypothetical, the iranians have certainly bought to bear many capabilities. We are working closely with the militias there. We have been able to amass enough force to push back against isil insurgence. The Coalition Strikes have softened up a lot of the iso forces and have disrupted their majestic networks. There logistics networks. There has been tremendous effort made by the coalition in terms of rights. Charlie and in the iraqi army are they fighting any better . Director brennan i think they have been able to regroup. There are training elements going on right now. A number of iraqi forces have been able to augment the forces already there. The coalition is engaged in trying to strengthen those forces with the training and advice. These will take time. We expect things not to turn around immediately. This is going to be a long tough fight. We know isil has a lot of material. They also have shown they are willing to kill the cells in certain areas. This has
Omer. Then the secret book for labeling you a terrorist. Finally, how largescale surveillance is harming journalism, law, and american democracy. The American Government is collecting huge amount of information, emails, chat conversations, photographs. There ists are afraid a record of their communication and interaction, and that will feed into a leaked investigation. We will speak with alex sinha. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Israel has intensified its attack on the gaza strip, bombing more than 150 sites overnight including gazas only. Palestinian Health Officials say more than 110 people have died in 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian Death toll to more than 1,100. 53 Israeli Soldiers have been reported killed, including 10 on monday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a protracted campaign against hamas even as the United Nations has called for an immediate end to violenc