The twenty six thousand u. S. President ial election was one of the most contentious in american history. Critics say donald trump and his supporters didnt play fair. Many say that trump overstepped the traditional rules of political contests often playing fast and loose with the truth. Trump was elected without a political majority and he was supported by a group who wanted to impose a reactionary world vision on america. This group quietly mapped trumps path to power influencing the race and ways of which many people are still not aware. How was this possible. How did a political outsider with extreme views and a tenuous relationship to the truth achieve this incredible victory. Was the American Public tricked into opening the doors of the white house to donald trump was the u. S. Election and unfair game. All the lies and fake news came from Donald Trumps campaign. To think if americans knew this was happening they would be outraged this is democracy takes who plays into office its
Mercerses of the controlled the white house. We will speak with Investigative Reporter jane mayer about her new piece in the new yorker and here are excerpts, when a Robert Mercers only public appearances. Im wondering, what am i going to say . I Left Research 20 years ago. I have not really paid any attention to the world of dms sinces or i then. I cannot talk really about what i do now. [laughter] amy we will also look at dark moneys role in the confirmation process as the Supreme Court am the neil gorsuch. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, a plan the Congressional Budget Office says would add 24 Million People to the ranks of the uninsured. President donald trump and Vice President mike pence spent wednesday on capitol hill in a final pitch to republicans wary of the legislation. N
When the white house. Some say he and his daughter rebekah outkoched the koch brothers. Mercerses of the controlled the white house. We will speak with Investigative Reporter jane mayer about her new piece in the new yorker anad herere are excerpts, when a robt mercers only public appearances. Im wondering, what am i going to say . I Left Research 20 years ago. I have not really paid any attention to the world of dms sinces or i then. I cannot talk really about what i do now. [laughter] amy we will also look at dark moneys role in the confirmation process as the Supreme Court am the neil gorsuch. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, a plan the Congressional Budget Office says would add 24 Million People to the ranks of the uninsured. President donald trump and Vice President mike pence s
When the white house. Some say he and his daughter rebekah outkoched the koch brothers. Mercerses of the controlled the white house. We will speak with Investigative Reporter jane mayer about her new piece in the new yorker anad herere are excerpts, when a robt mercers only public appearances. Im wondering, what am i going to say . I Left Research 20 years ago. I have not really paid any attention to the world of dms sinces or i then. I cannot talk really about what i do now. [laughter] amy we will also look at dark moneys role in the confirmation process as the Supreme Court am the neil gorsuch. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, a plan the Congressional Budget Office says would add 24 Million People to the ranks of the uninsured. President donald trump and Vice President mike pence s
European banks. This morning, things are shaking some of those concerns just a little bit. The dax is up. 75 . The cac in france up. 30 . The ftse is flat. Crude oil picked up. Pushed back above 40 yesterday towards the later half of the session and that did help stock prices. This morning, wti giving back about. 25. 40. 60 is like a c minus. Every time it fulls below 40 m people think ha is going on. We did get numbers on gasoline drawdowns. That helped some of the oil prices. Maybe the demand picture not as weak as people have been concerned. Well talk oil over the next three hours. Good morning, everybody. Also on your agenda today, bank of England Holding the policy meeting. Due out in about an hours time. The bank of england is expected to cut rates and could also launch a new round of quantitative easing so we could get some action around the boe coming up. In the meantime weekly jobless claims out. They are expected to hold right around 265,000. Then at 10 00 a. M. Eastern look