Im excited about this book. The book that we have bee to. And booktvs live coverage of the tucson festival of books continues here on the university of arizona. We hone youre enjoying the festival and we definitely it invite you to become a friends of the festival today by texting, friend to 520214 book as shown on the sign right over here in the front of the room or visit the friend of the festival booth on the mall your guess makes difference in keeping festival programming tree of chrnlg and supporting critical literacy programs in the community. Out of respect for it the authors and fellow audience members please turn off your cell phone at this moment and now im o going to introduce our authors here with us today so joe, joe is a veteran political journalist hes a founder tore in chief of the memo and editor of large fund of the nation sthiewt. His article have prepared anywhere you host probably ever read them. And hes notably covered every american president ial election since 1
He flexes its military muscle on the world stage. One american today oversaw a military exercise, one that includes test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Just 24 hours ago there were headlines about stepping back from the abyss after Vladimir Putin said that Russian Troops have withdrawn from this countrys border with ukraine. There was, of course, no evidence of that. And the u. S. Military informed the world that they had seen nothing to support the russian president statement. They define him, saying that he decided to go ahead with the referendum and the russian leader had no comment. The white house so far is silent on his latest aggressions of the United States does have a presence in the black sea. Earlier today, an american warship arrived in a georgian port to send a message of support and strength to our nato allies. Seven russian ships through the English Channel in one into the black sea. Turning to capitol hill, celebrating with celebrities and raising a lo
Back in the United States. It has been almost a year since his first revelations on the National Security agency. He is out the new book, no place to hide Edward Snowden, the nsa and the u. S. Surveillance state. The latest disclosures may surprise you. Did you know the National Security agency is not only intercepting emails and phone calls, but the regular mail, too . Cisco ships it to that person. The nsa physically intercepts the package, takes it from fedex or the u. S. Mail service, brings it back to nsa headquarters, opens up the package, and plans a backdoor device on one of these devices, resealed it with factory seal and since it to the unwitting user who then provides Internet Service to large numbers of people, all of which is instantly redirected to the depositories at the nsa. Today, Glenn Greenwald for the hour. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Has begun flying piloted Surveilla
And the coronavirus keeps surging confirm cases topping four and a half million. More than 150,000 americans died. We have fox team coverage. Alicia acuna in denver but first Mark Meredith live at the white house. Mark. Good evening molly for some nearly 30 million americans debate over next economic stimulus package hits close to home because up until now they were getting additional 6 harks week on top of state jobless benefits. That is no longer the case. Democrats are trying to do all they can to extend the enhance Unemployment Insurance program the program that just wrapped up. White house they are open to extension but not clear for how long. Top democrats say they are making progress but remain far from a final deal. Were not close yet. But it was a productive discussion now each side knows where theyre at. And qoar going work hard to come to an agreement. White house and some republicans have long argued, though, that extending that program could encourage people not to go back
Benefits expire last night. And the coronavirus keeps surging confirm cases topping four and a half million. More than 150,000 americans died. We have fox team coverage. Alicia acuna in denver but first Mark Meredith live at the white house. Mark. Good evening molly for some nearly 30 million americans debate over next economic stimulus package hits close to home because up until now they were getting additional 6 harks week on top of state jobless benefits. That is no longer the case. Democrats are trying to do all they can to extend the enhance Unemployment Insurance program the program that just wrapped up. White house they are open to extension but not clear for how long. Top democrats say they are making progress but remain far from a final deal. Were not close yet. But it was a productive discussion now each side knows where theyre at. And qoar going work hard to come to an agreement. White house and some republicans have long argued, though, that extending that program could enc