Happen. Were not going to forget about the agreement for the sake of an election, are we . Amy indigenous, racial justice, and climate activists staged an biden beon dubbed brave outside the headquarters and adc thursday, calling on the president elect to take immediate Climate Action and to approve the Green New Deal. We will hear from congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez and congresswomanelect cori bush. Then, ereeing told den wonbe ablto achie much. We must ject tt idea. That is e headli of new pie by autr d organir astra taylor of the debt colltive. As we looforward to a new demoatic administration, we need to bclear ofhat power you will have. It is within hisower to erase. Ll fedel student debt egypt where the head of the leading egyptian Human Rights Group has been arrested in an unprecedented crackdown. We will speak with sharif abdel kouddous. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States co
Your family. You can start calling in now. One statistic on how americans are spending this holiday, one major survey found only 20 27 of americans plan to have the traditional thanksgiving meal people outside their household. The New York Times trying to break down that our data. That map shows the share of people eating thanksgiving dinner with people outside their homes. The darker the caller shading on the map, the larger the expected share according to that survey. As the map illustrates and according to the New York Times, there is a regional variation in thanksgiving plans, with people in some parts of the country more likely to gather with others. In vermont, only about 14 of households will be celebrating with people outside their household. In parts of missouri, more than half of the residents plan to. You can find that map at the New York Times. We ask you this morning about thanksgiving 2020. What are you celebrating, what are you thankful for, some responses already. This
Coming up in one hour, pittsburgh postgazette julian rao on pennsylvania as a battleground state. More on pennsylvania with susquehanna universitys Nicholas Clark. Host good morning. Well begin this morning with testimony on capitol hill yesterday we from yesterday from the ceos of google, facebook, and twitter. They were asked to talk about their social media influence. We want to know from you this morning, do you think these companies have too much power . Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can also text us with your first name, city and state, at 202 7488003, or post your ,omments on twitter, cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. This headline about yesterdays ted cruz slams twitter political restrictions. Google, facebook, also face liability. Heres what the senator all what the senator had to say yesterday, questioning jack dorsey, alleging that twitter is biased against conservatives. [video clip] ondid twitter block stories copies of the pr
Good morning, everyone. We spoke last, the president continues to improve. As with any illness, there are frequent ups and downs over the course for tickly when a basement is being closely watched 24 hours a day. We debate every finding and compare it to existing science, weighing the risks and benefits of every intervention as well as any potential impacts a delay may have. Over the course of his illness the president has experience two episodes of drops in his oxygen saturation. We debated the reasons for this. The determination of the team was that we initiate dexamethasone. I would like to take this opportunity to update you on the course of his own illness. Thursday night into friday morning the president was doing well only mild symptoms and his oxygen was in the high 90s. Late friday morning when i returned to the bedside, the president had a high fever and his oxygen saturation was dipping below 94 . Given these developments i was concerned for progression of the on this. Illne
For joining me today. My wife chris, my son patrick on the far left, my daughter brigett and our son duncan. My family and i have reached a decision and i wanted to share that with the people of pennsylvania. And that is that i will not be running for reelection in 2022, and i will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term for a little over two years that are left of the current term and after that, my plan is to go back to the private sector. I want to say very clearly that representing the people of pennsylvania, this big, beautiful, con my indicated, diverse state, has been an extraordinary, amazing honor. It still is, and its been by far the highlight of my professional life. The reasons that ive reached this decision are not political. Theyre personal. The decision is consistent with a longheld view ive had in support of term limits. I committed myself to limiting my terms in the house. I didnt do that in the senate but id always thought that id probab