Most expensive president ial campaign in political history, harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig considers joining the race with a single goal removing money from politics. He will join us from boston. Then to sarah shourd, the american hiker jailed in iran for 14 months on the Iran Nuclear Deal and her new play about solitary confinement, opening the box. Did we go to Guatemala City where president otto perez is rejecting growing calls to resign. Collects i declare categorically i reject any link to the scandal are receiving money from that defrauding operations. My conscience in that sense is at peace. I reaffirm i will not resign and will fully submit myself to the legal process. Good night and may god bless you. Amy we will speak to investigative journalist allan nairn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. China is calling it black monday. Global stocks are falling as chinas market saw its sharpest da
Most expensive president ial campaign in political history, harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig considers joining the race with a single goal removing money from politics. He will join us from boston. Then to sarah shourd, the american hiker jailed in iran for 14 months on the Iran Nuclear Deal and her new play about solitary confinement, opening the box. Did we go to Guatemala City where president otto perez is rejecting growing calls to resign. Collects i declare categorically i reject any link to the scandal are receiving money from that defrauding operations. My conscience in that sense is at peace. I reaffirm i will not resign and will fully submit myself to the legal process. Good night and may god bless you. Amy we will speak to investigative journalist allan nairn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. China is calling it black monday. Global stocks are falling as chinas market saw its sharpest da
Cspan. Org and listen ton the free cspan radio app. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. Cspan was created for americas Television Companies brought to you by our cable and satellite providers. Ashington journal. Our national right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and start by reminding our viewers what right to work laws and what the foundation does. Guest our right to work law protects every workers right to join the union but would not contemplate workers being fired from their jobs for dues or fees to a organization, the labor union. 28 states have right to work laws on the books. One, missouri is being contested at this point and probably will wind up on the ballot in 2018. Over the past five years, six new states passed right to work laws and again, its very simple and protects a workers right to join or not join a labor union as a condition of employment. Host you mentioned right to work laws state a map on your website showing those states with right to work laws on the books. W
Next a look at President Trumps priorities for congress with White House Legislative Affairs director marc short. He talked reported at the Christian Science monitor breakfast. He says tax reform and a legislative fix for the daca program or deferred action for child arrivals, are high on the list. My friend, good morning. Im dave cook from the Christian Science monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest today is marc short. Assistant to the president and director of the office of legislative affairs. This is his first visit with our low cal Breakfast Club come home to what steve bannon called the pearl clutching mainstream media. Thanks for making time for us in your busy schedule. Marc short, a virginia native graduated from washington and lee university. He got his start in politics serving as finance director for Oliver North Senate campaign picky when on to become executive director of the Young Americas Foundation where his role included stewardship of Ronald Reagans ranch. After runn
He went on to become the executive director of Young America foundation, including stewardship of Ronald Reagans ranch. We are on the record. Please note tweeting and filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway to give us time to listen to what our guest says. It will end promptly at 9 00. Curb the selfie urge we will you not several pictures to all of the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. If you like to ask a question please do the traditional thing and send me eight nonthreatening signal. Please try to confine yourself to one question until others have had a chance. We start off by offering the guest to make opening comments. For doing this. The floor is yours. I will be brief because im anxious to get to your questions. Thank you for hosting. I know that Christian Science monitor has been a leader in helping to not just cover the news but drive the news and we appreciate it. I am honored that you included me. The Trump Administration has been remained focused on t