Declaration of independence. Frenzied reaction to prince harry and Meghan Markles plans to separate themselves from royal duties and spend their time in north america. Its thursday, january 9th, 2020. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned. The president threatens new sanctions against iran. Lawmakers were briefed on the strike that killed irans general. There was not evidence presented of imminent attack. Disaster for the administrations position. Democrats fall right in line. They are in love with terrorists. Investigation continues into the cause of a plane crash in iran. Iranian officials are refusing to share the flight recorder with investigators. This is a heartbreaking tragedy. Puerto rico is still recovering after a powerful earthquake. Magnitude 6. 4 quake knocked out the islands biggest power plant. Deadly wildfires continue to rage in australia. The death toll f
We will speak to ravi ragbir and look at how federal judges across the country are resisting the Trump Administrations deportation orders. Then we remember asma jahangir, pakistans leading human rights attorney. She died this weekend at the age of 66. Youheres something inside telling you to do it. And it comes because you have heart. Up. The courage to stand amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tensions across Northern Syria have escalated sharply, amid a series of clashes between external powers, including israel, iran, turkey, and the Syrian Government. On saturday, israel shot down what it claims was an iranian drone that had entered israels airspace after being launched in syria. Israel mounted an attack on iranian command center in syria from where the drone was launched. One of the israeli f16 military jets was then downed by a Syrian Government antiaircraft missile. Israel then carried out a se
Welcome back, kate. I yes, looking outside, so you nailed it, reign go away. We have some flooding on mlk drive. Actually has has the road complete immediately closed down. That will will affect us in the 5 00 hour. Plus some accident out there. I always call mlk drive the secret spot. For whatever reason it is right next to the schuylkill and people dont use it that much. But if it is your goto, youll be in trouble. Thats tough, yes. The but the rain making its exit. Basically done in the city. Do still have rain out there across the southern counties. So cape may, cumberland, atlantic getting hit right now , then kent and sussex, seeing rounds every rain rolling through in the last few hour loop on this radar. Actually also a little band of snow showers off to the west. It is off the map here to the west. Making it eastern approach. So there is a possibility that maybe berks, lancaster counties see few flakes of snow before said and done. But not huge concern. But when you look at th
Stocks. The nikkei down half a percent. Lauren higher avocado prices clock is thinking about 10 . Fbn am starts right now. 5 01 a. M. In new york. Wednesday october 21st. Good morning. Lauren and lauren simonetti. Thank you for joining us. Higher avocado prices. Three bucks a pop or i go. The clinton president ial campaign as well as the Democratic National Committee Help fund a research firm. That produces a dossier of allegations about President Trump and his ties to russia. The firm, fusion gps. Then hired to write the dossier. Devin nunes on special report last night saying he is now seeking the baking records of the research firm. We believe we are going to have this matter fixed within the next week or so and we believe we will receive the financial records of fusion gps ps chairman of the committee, it is my job to enforce subpoenas. Lauren fusion gps says the subpoena has no legitimate purposes. Cheryl thats a big story overnight. Also, the white house saying Arizona Republican
Governor says he is canceling the controversial 300 million whitefishith wha energy. Democracy now got reaction from the head of the puerto rico Electrical Workers Union Angel Figueroa jaramillo. I believe this is the time to make sure these context of. Appen again amy then, tensions continue to mount between the United States and north korea. No mistake, any attack on the United States or our allies will be defeated. Any use of Nuclear Weapons by the north will be met with a massive military response effective and overwhelming. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trumps former Campaign Chair Paul Manafort and his former business associate rick gates were told to surrender to authorities monday after a federal grand jury in washington, d. C. , handed down the first indictments in special counsel Robert Muellers investigation to russias alleged interference and the 2016 president ial election