Killed in iraq in 2004. Khan spoke out at the Democratic National convention. Donald trump, youre asking americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution . Will i will gladly lend you my copy. Amy khizr khan is the author of an American Family a memoir of hope and sacrifice. Today he joins us to discuss his families struggle and sacrifice, their experience as muslim immigrants in the United States, and more. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In puerto rico, less than 10 of the islands Public Schools were able to resume classes on tuesday, now a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Of the schools that were able to reopen, most had no electricity internet access. More than 80 of the island is still without power. On tuesday, Congress Approved a 36. 5 billion emergency spending plan to fund the recovery from hurricanes harvey, irma, a
We spend the hour with one of the countrys best known gold star fathers whose son was killed in iraq in 2004. Khan spoke out at the Democratic National convention. Donald trump, youre asking americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution . Will i will gladly lend you my copy. Amy khizr khan is the author of an American Family a memoir of hope and sacrifice. Today he joins us to discuss his families struggle and sacrifice, their experience as muslim immigrants in the United States, and more. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In puerto rico, less than 10 of the islands Public Schools were able to resume classes on tuesday, now a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Of the schools that were able to reopen, most had no electricity or internet access. More than 80 of the island is still without power. On tuesday, Congress Approved a 3
Its going to feel cooler today, but this is where we should be. Looking ahead. Lots of cloud expected today and tomorrow. Especially tomorrow, were locked in pretty good from start to finish with an easterly breeze. A little bit light rain and drizzle possible overnight tonight. A big blast of cool air chilly stuff gets in here thursday and friday of the upcoming week. Ill have the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast in just a if minutes. A couple and two children safely escaped when their home caught fire in northeast philadelphia overnights. Sadly the family cat died in the blaze. The action cam was on the scene before 11 30 p. M. When firefighters arrived they found flames and smoke pouring from the back of the home. Theres no word on what sparked the fire. An apparent standoff outside an apartment complex in somers point, new jersey is continuing at this hour. The action cam was at the scene this is the somers Point Village apartments along the somers pointmays l
Slatington. 39 in new hole handle. In new holland. Cinnaminson, 44. Fortescue, 46. Dover, 49 and tuckahoe, 44 degrees. Satellite and radar because of an northerly breeze and all the clouds increasing from the southwest, the numbers will have a difficult time climbing for the first time. Were hanging out in the 50s, increasing clouds and Early Morning sun fading behind increasing cloud. Slightest breeze 5 to 15 miles per hour. That will be good enough to make the 59 feel like 55. Chilly to start the weekend. Looking ahead weekend clouds today and tomorrow. Mostly cloudy for the most part. Were tracking light rain overnight tonight and cool down by the end of next week him ill have the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast in justice a few minutes. Nydia . Two adults and two children escaped from a blaze in northeast philadelphia. Sadly the familys cat did not make it out alive. Firefighters responded to the scene along the 5800 block of ditman street 11 30 p. M. Last ni
Amongst the people that still work there, and the investigators . Well, i wouldnt say im the best person in the world. I think that there are probably a lot of good people because most of us dont take bribes, and most of us are really more interested in doing the right thing than we are in lining our pockets or having a lot of glory, but i think the way that you have to do this, of course, is to set a standard, and you need to make it very clear to all of your staff that there are no favors, that there are no gifts, that you will not tolerate anything of that sort. You got to do the kind of thing that liz holtzman did in brooklyn, which was if someone flashed a bag to get a free ride on public transit, they were fired. I mean, you got to be serious about that, but at a larger level, we have to look, also, at issues of, i would say, Institutional Corruption. There are far too many supervisors, and a lot of them were made that for reasons having nothing to do with running a good office.