Amy in philadelphia, a black mother who was attacked with her family in october by a horde of Police Officers is speaking out about the harrowing experience. Rickia young was driving an suv with her twoyearold son and teenage nephew when officers descended on the vehicle, broke all its windows, assaulted and arrested young, pulled her 16yearold nephew frothe car, and grabbed her child. We will he rickia her own wordand speato her aorney. Then we look at how the ridehailing Companies Uber and lyft scored a major victory against Worker Rights with the passage of proposition 22 in california. Theyre now pushing similar measures in other states. With this passage, this will basicivers like me from protections afforded to most in the state. These companies are promising to roll out this model tionwide. It foretells a grim future for gig workers across the country. Amy we will look at other Ballot Initiatives around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democr
Leaving from washington, i am washington steel in for my friend jen psaki. Shes wrapping up a well deserved vacation and will be with you next week. We have a lot to cover tonight, so settle in. I do want to begin with a headline. Trump employs images of violence as political fuel for reelection fight. You might be thinking, yeah, i saw this over the weekend. After all, donald trump posted a video on his social media site depicting President Biden with his hands and feet tied up in the back of a pickup truck. At the same time on that same site, trump not only lashed out at the judge presiding over his new york criminal trial, but also at the judges daughter. So, yeah. I would say he is employing images of violence in his re election fight right now. Folks, that headline is not from over the weekend. Its from September Of 2020 almost four full years ago. And the fact that it very well could have been published today should serve as a stark reminder that donald trump has always been this
that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight the historic supreme court decision on donald trump s immunity claim. the high court raising the bar for prosecuting the former president. how it s going to impact of the federal election case. then, what s next after last week s debate. the biden campaign touting big fundraising numbers when they fend off calls for biden to drop out of the race as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle live from rockefeller center and we are now 127 days away from the election. today the supreme court gave donald trump more legal covering his election interference case and transformed the power of the united states presidency. in a 6-3 decision the justices ruled that trump does have immunity for some of his actions as president in that case. here is my colleague laura jarrett with the details. reporter: tonight a monumental win at the supreme c
Coates written to his teenage son. It is released after nine churchgoers are killed in South Carolina and the horrifying death of sandra bland, a 28yearold africanamerican woman in texas who was pulled over for not signaling a lane change. In video of her arrest and officer commands are to get out of her car or he would light her up. He welcomed the nations marking the First Anniversary of the Police Killings of eric garner in Michael Brown and Michael Brown. After baltimore erupted in protest over the death of freddie gray in police custody. Even for those of us who escaped those neighborhoods, even those who are able to live in better places, the threat never quite leaves us. Once we are no longer afraid of the neighborhood, it turns out we actually have to have some fear of the very people we pay taxes to to protect 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. At least 22 i
Bodies. How afraid we are for our children. How afraid we are for our loved ones on a daily basis. Amy between the world and me. Thats the title of the explosive new book i Tanehisi Coates written to his teenage son. It is released after nine churchgoers are killed in South Carolina and the horrifying death of sandra bland, a 28yearold africanamerican woman in texas who was pulled over for not signaling a lane change. In video of her arrest and officer commands are to get out of her car or he would light her up. He welcomed the nations marking the First Anniversary of the Police Killings of eric garner in Michael Brown and Michael Brown. After baltimore erupted in protest over the death of freddie gray in police custody. Even for those of us who escaped those neighborhoods, even those who are able to live in better places, the threat never quite leaves us. Once we are no longer afraid of the neighborhood, it turns out we actually have to have some fear of the very people we pay taxes t