Lines stretching for miles are seen across the country. We will speak to raj patel, author stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the worlds food system. Then a betting pool . That is what managers at a tyson pork slaughterhouse set up a to bet on how many workers would get covid. Six workers died at the iowa plant. More than 1000 were infected. Finally, 2020 has become the deadliest year on record for transgender and gender nonconforming people. We will speak to tori cooper of human Rights Campaign. Vionce iibly toxic and all of these Different Things that make trans lives being devalued. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has cleared the way for president elect joe bidens transition after 16 days of delay that threatened to derail the incoming administrations preparations for reviving the economy and battling the coronavirus pandemic. Emily murphy, the trumpappointed head o
What i do when it comes to covid19 reductions, to this story why in the world is seattle cutting nearly 20 from its Police Department budget while Violent Crimes there keep growing out of control . We debate that. Also tonight house are palin control of the Senate Republican control of the senate is in the hands of georgia voters and how fed up californians are making substantial changes in their Political Landscape. Could the land of raw began be shifting reagan be shifting to the right . And weve got a capitol hill showdown. Senator ted cruz and congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez playing the blame game over failing to deliver more covid financial relief. To the border and the arrest of a suspected Mexican Drug Cartel boss charged in connection with the mass consider of the foreman family from america. Im david asman in for elizabeth macdonald, the evening you would admit starts right now. The evening edit starts right now. David and joining me now is House Oversight and reform Ran
Cspan2. Cspan2. Hi, everybody, im david, welcome to the National Book festival in the difficult time of the pandemic. One single they think we can do and i know youre loving it as i am, is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer, the paladin, about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our times, which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. First, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at the Washington Post who wrote an extraordinary memoirs and his dealings with Edward Snowden and the technology and surveillance and the title of the book says, the american surveillance state. And another outstanding office, thomas rid who teaches at Johns Hopkins and his accurate measure of history what weve come to call disinformation, the w
Sends police teams to senegal to tackle criminal gangs behind an upsurge in illegal migration prodemocracy activists. Joshua wang could be facing more jail time after plea pleading guilty at a trial in hong kong. Hes accused along with fellow activists, activists, child, ivan lamb, of his involvement in a protest there Police Headquarters last year. It was part of demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill. Im a prayer for the fin chance of walking free this case would troll the world attention to the arbitrary power of the criminal justice system. Impartially is the man to play by paging crackdown and justice to make the filings in pray that the, you know, this is to be upon this following of and some to cause in hong kong. At the moment the prosecutor is laying out the evidence against joshua long and the other 2. Theyre playing footage of that night on june 21st of the protesters around the Police Headquarters blockading those building. They say joshua war and the other
Being forced from their homes as serious head back to rebuild their lives, to revive a culture. So hong kong prodemocracy activists, joshua wall has pleaded guilty to Unlawful Assembly during last years mass protests. He was joined in court by 2 other activists, agnes chow, and ivan lam. The 3 will be held in custody until sentencing nest next week. Im sorry and could face 5 years in jail. Last years protests outside of hong kongs Police Headquarters were triggered of course, by the introduction of the controversial extradition bill. Well ahead of his appearance in court one promised to continue his fight for freedom. Perhaps apologies. Wish me to stay in prison, but im persuaded that neither person balls the election bias nor any other arbitrary power will stop us from activism. What we are doing now is to explain the well of freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love. So much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of the court now in hong kong. So he says, de