I tried to imagine myself in a house that was burning and i was not going to carry on business as usual. I thought the only thing i can do is put my whole body on the line, have regular actions, and include the historically noble thing called civil disobedience. Amy then becoming a dangerous woman, embracing risk to change the world. That is a new book by media legend pat mitchell who was arrested alongside jane fonda and 140 others friday. Mitchell was the first woman president of pbs, cnn productions, and of the paley cent f for mia. What do i mea by dangerous . Dodont mean being fear o or feararfu but i io mean ing more fearless. I i dontt mean abusgower, but i mean using it, sharing it tompower others. D speaki up and showing up for those without voice or representation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A house judiciary commitittee lawyer has raised the possibility of additional articles of im
More states and businesses demanding people wear masks. If we can get people to wear a mask over the six to eight wee weeks many still refusing. This doesnt make sense why are we Wearing Masks to be outside . The amount of people who dont think they need to do something is enormous. President trump continuing to deny the reality on the ground as states like georgia set new case records. Georgias been a great example of a state thats done it all right demanding schools reopen in person despite the risk. We have to open the schools he means open and full. The science should not stand in the way of this. Why does the u. S. Trail the industrialized world in controlling the virus . And are things about to get worse and what can we do now to emerge from this crisis plus, the passing of an american hero. If you see something that is not right, fair, unjust. Youve got do something. Remembering john lewis, civil rights leader and the conscience of a nation. Welcome to sunday and a special editi
Materials they need to break it florida, texas, a couple of other places. Up. Rioters set fire to a police union building, the fed using i think what we are going to do tear gas to disperse them. Is ill get involved in will the president today, again taking aim at portland and other start doing it. Its a great way to get information out to the public as to where we are with the big cities run by democrats. Vaccines, with the therapeuticge we are sending law enforcement. Portland was totally out of control. Are. They were ripping down, 51 days, harris hears with the president told Chris Wallace about coronavirus on ripping down that city. Fox news sunday. Destroying the city, losing it. I said, its going to they really have done a disappear. Ill say it again, its going to fantastic job in a very short disappear. And ill be right. Period of time. No problem. I dont think so. These are anarchists, these are you know why . Because i have been right probably more than anybody else. Not prot
His dissenting opinion, said it was not the courts place to override determinations by Public Health officials concerning what is necessary for public safety. Julie is this the beginning of the new era of the court with Justice Barrett now at the bench . Good morning. It really could become a julie. Happy thanksgiving to you, and lee lynn, happy thanksgiving to you. Justice Amy Coney Barrett could be sitting on the high court for another 40 plus years, and those first few decisions people look at, especially this issue of religious freedom. He mentioned a 54 ruling. Justice barrett siding with the conservatives on this matter. Wild chief Justice John Roberts is a devout catholic, he sided with the liberal wing on this decision to allow these gatherings to go forward. The ruling came down just before midnight. The decision is in favor of those who want to exercise religious freedom by gathering together during the middle of the deadly pandemic. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced v
The average daily death toll in the u. S. Is now 2, 2k204. Dr. Slaoui told me yesterday he expects a vaccine to be approved for americans this week, but he also warned that scientists are six to eight weeks behind schedule on getting 100 million doses ready because of some manufacturing issues. Either way, Health Officials are warning that the upcoming holidays will make this devastating pandemic even worse. As cnns Lucy Cavanaugh reports for us now, the winter of 2020 could be the darkest in the United States. Reporter across america the coronavirus is spreading faster than ever. A whopping 1 million new cases of covid19 reported in just the first five days of december. This is a fouralarm fire. We cant pretend its not blazing because its been blazing for the last eight months. Reporter capping the most deadly since april, with more than 3100 new deaths reported. Many hospitals stretched to capacity, yesterday hitting another record high. This surge is different than earlier surges be