That is the headline of a new article about escalating crashes clashes on syrian soil. We will speak with the author, New York Times Beirut Bureau chief and with canadian a canadian researcher. As the deadly flu sweeps across the United States, will go to austin, texas, to speak with austin city Councilmember Gregorio Casar where the council is set to vote on an historic ordinance for mandated paid sick leave. The infection rate has decreased by 6 or 7 . Getare twice as likely to everybody else sick. Workers fromnt having six sick leave. Amy can they overcome the opposition of a Koch Brothers based lobbying group . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump unveiled his 4. 4 trillion budget plan monday, proposing deep cuts to education, healthcare, and social safety net programs, while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Trumps plan would slash the department of educations budget by more th
It and what it means for eight million customers. Good morning. And in sport, a suprise win for the underdogs in americas super bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles beat the favourites, the new England Patriots, by a0 to 33. Its the first time theyve won the title. Let me hear you, minneapolis and Justin Timberlake wows the crowds at half time. Ending up dancing in the crowd. And its getting cold out there. Carol can tell us how cold. A few warnings. Good morning. A cold start to the day. The risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Wind from the east. Some of us will have snow from the west. I will have more in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. The eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, will visit downing street today for talks about a possible transitional period after britain leaves the european union. The government has indicated it remains determined to leave the European Customs Union after brexit. The move is seen as an attempt to defuse a growing row within the cons
A Burmese Military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. The two journalists to uncover the killings have been locked up in the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is emb
A Burmese Military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. The two journalists to uncover the killings have been locked up in the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is emb
In the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is embroiled in need of more controversy over rob porter after fbi director Christopher Wray testified to the senate th