Happen. Were not going to forget about the agreement for the sake of an election, are we . Amy indigenous, racial justice, and climate activists staged an biden beon dubbed brave outside the headquarters and adc thursday, calling on the president elect to take immediate Climate Action and to approve the Green New Deal. We will hear from congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez and congresswomanelect cori bush. Then, ereeing told den wonbe ablto achie much. We must ject tt idea. That is e headli of new pie by autr d organir astra taylor of the debt colltive. As we looforward to a new demoatic administration, we need to bclear ofhat power you will have. It is within hisower to erase. Ll fedel student debt egypt where the head of the leading egyptian Human Rights Group has been arrested in an unprecedented crackdown. We will speak with sharif abdel kouddous. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States co
A Firm Conviction that the world has room for us all as long as. Relations between countries and peoples are governed by the bendin ment of conflict peace making and building and International Cooperation in order to achieve development. Security and prosperity for both current and future generations so i thank you mr president. I have been listening to egyptian president a bill for a c. C. Speaking there addressing United Nations General Assembly spoke about libya in a return to the political process in that country of course egypt has been playing a role in libya the conflict there is really morphed into a proxy war that is drawn in regional Powers International powers as well spoke about the nile dam disputes of course that is a key issue in the region right now that is causing a great deal of tension and and then also he spoke about multilateralism and stability of the International System steven slush and to is a fellow at the Century Foundation joins us via skype from new york so
A virus. This is the u. S. Death toll from covert 19 surpasses 200000 in washington flags mark the lives lost. Meanwhile the infection rate continues to climb in the u. K. Tougher restrictions are rolled out the Prime Minister warns that normal is still months away. And future service in doha with all the sports market jordan goes into the world of motor sport the basketball legend. That is partnering with the sports only black driver bubble wallace. The 1st time in history leaders from around the world a meeting virtually for the annual u. N. General Assembly Lots of course because of the coronavirus and on choose day the fight against cover 19 dominated speeches from Global Leaders most of them called for a united fight and for the United Nations to repurpose itself in response to world pokemon and be changed by the pandemic but it also exposed rising tensions between washington and beijing on the same day the u. S. Death toll from the virus passed 200000 donald trump once again poin
Points the s p which is then up five out of the last six weeks and up the last six sessions in a row is up by 5. 5 this morning and then the nasdaq which has been this incredible out performer for months on end is the other performer this morning its down by 13 points but remember nasdaq was only down friday after being up for several sessions in a row. Setting a new high every one of the closes. The s p is less than 1 from its all time high. Its up back in february the treasury markets youll see right now. The treasury yields are where they have been the ten year is at 0. 556 . Melissa. We have an update on the pandemic the United States surpassed covid cases. It took just six weeks for u. S. Covid cases to double. The growth appears to have leveled off at an average of 54,000 per day over the last week in College Sports news over the weekend the mid american conference scrapped its all football season delaying all fall sports until the spring of 2021 the logistics were too complicate
600 200 for the public and plan includes Business Owners tax credits and Liability Protections for, 19 issues. While we wait for issues to return to the floor a look at jobless benefits. Director of economic policies for the bipartisan Policies Center here to talk about an appointment in the coronavirus pandemic. Republicans yesterday evening unveiling a one chilean dollar Coronavirus Relief package and at the heart of the debate has been these enhanced federal autumn plummet benefits where Congress Passed back in march with extra 600 a week for republicans are now saying they need to reduce debt to around 200 a week. Explain whoo was getting this enhanced federal benefits to begin with . Sure, on appointment insurance was a program that is around any economic circumstances in the United States but in the current pandemic, Congress Expanded the program significantly when the past the cares act this spring. Cures act had about over 2 trillion in federal spending, a lot went to enhancing