Take to stop the growing violence . We will spend the hour with the acclaimed author Tanehisi Coates in his first major interview since the night duration of inauguration of President Trump. One of the problems around runsm that ive try to had the country, is the notion that the somehow only endangers black people. I muted tell you it endangers all of us. Amy Tanehisi Coates for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Massive protests against White Supremacists and the Trump Administration continued nationwide on monday from the streets of North Carolina, where a crowd of activists toppled a confederate statue in durham, to the halls of washington, where three separate corporate ceos resign from president Trumps American Manufacturing Council over trumps failure to quickly condemn the deadly white supremacist violence in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. In durham, the crowd of activists
Ceos of the banking industry. The secretary of treasury was kind enough to hold a briefing in march that was an eyeopener for the ceos in terms of the risks. Table the roundtable exposed the ceos in september. We are making a lot of progress in terms of pulling the industry together and making everyone aware and investing a lot of money on behalf of the industry to develop capabilities. Help fromsk for some the council, we need to continue as the risks are becoming more substantial everyday. We need help in terms of ensuring the private sector and key Government Agencies are really cooperating. We need to have more coordinated information coming from the intelligent intelligence toncies through treasury the industries to be able to effectively use and medicaid mitigate these efforts. When you help in declassifying information so that the information can be gotten to the banks. Points a very important that one when carried out will reduce that risk. We need support from the telecommunic
They admire most, and Nelson Mandela will likely as not be the answer. Other world figures are usually famous within their own professional disciplines, sections of society, Interest Groups or age groups. Many attract cynicism or play at indifference. Nelson mandelas achievement was to combine fame, affection and admiration from virtually anyone anywhere in the world. So if, i believe, he is more iconic than anybody else, then why . His life story of sacrifice, courage, endowns and suffering in the great and noble cause of democracy, liberty and justice, places him alongside a very select few; suffragists, gandhi himself, anticolonial african leader, che get around rah, often sang suu kyi to name just some. But mandela towers above all of them in popular imagination. Perhaps in part because he was the first such figure to be projected to the worlds peoples through the powerful media of the modern Global Television and the internet. He was quite simply far better known than any comparab
Heavy equipment to begin tearing down the walls one by one. No one escaped from that cabin, after the fire began. And again, Christopher Dorner was believed to be, what is believed Christopher Dorners body, pretty sure, was found inside. The final hours of this nearly weeklong saga began this afternoon when two San Bernardino county sheriffs deputies tracked dorner to the cabin. In a shootout they fired 500 round of ammunition. And the two deputies were hit, one of them was killed. A reporter arrived on the scene as the gunfire was unleashed you. Can hear it during this live report that he was making on the air, as he got trapped in the midst of it all. Dorner is suspected of killing four people since sunday. After releasing a manifesto that threat tuned wage war on the lapd. He claims he was unfired unfairly in 2008. Back to you. Thank you, wendy. Another perspective into the california standoff. From a former swat team officer from our area. He describes the tense moments and what it
Its everywhere. Everything you touch, everything you breathe. Coronavirus infections appear to be levelling out. Is there light at the end of the tunnel . We will probably, hopefully, never see anything like this again in our entire careers. Its fine. 0k. This is dr tom billyard, an intensive care consultant. 0h, isee. Hes agreed to wear a body mounted camera during one of his shifts. Ok, lets go. I see you got your gopro on. Oh, yes. The intensive care unit usually has around 30 beds. Because of coronavirus there are now almost 70. Because covid 19 is a new disease, its a steep learning curve for those on the front line trying to treat it. Right, we are going to prone this chap. The team are here, so are you ready ish . Proning involves turning patients onto their fronts. It helps them breathe when the infection is deep in their lungs. Ready, steady, go. Were suddenly seeing more and more patients that are benefiting from that. Ready, steady, turn. Turning patients prone face down is