Im in london with the global view. In a few days President Trump will unveil his new National Security strategy. And who better to speak about that than Madeline Albright. Americas former u. N. Ambassador and first female secretary of state. There is a special relationship between america and brit fiain. America is missing from the Climate Change summit. 50 World Leaders there, President Trump is not. How does that impact American Leadership. Albright says this question gets more pressing with each passing day and she joins me from washington to talk about it. Secretary albright welcome to the program. Good to be with you. Can i ask you what you make of u. S. Leadership today . I am asking because right now in paris, president macron seems to be relishing taking the lead. He has a Climate Summit going on the only country not there is the United States. All the other World Leaders are there. I believe we need to be in the lead. So for President Trump to have been really pulled, that he
Well go to tegucigalpa to speak with the spokesperson of the alliance against the dictatorship. Then to President Trumps tax plan. Pres. Trump this is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of this country that theyve ever gotten for christmas. Amy a Christmas Gift for the middle class or for President Trumps family and the lawmakers whose votes he was courting . Well look at how tennessee senator bob corkers abruptly changed his mind and announced his support for trumps tax plan after the addition of a lastminute provision that would personally enrich him. Then after the fcc votes to repeal the landmark Net Neutrality rules, what is next in the fight for a free and open internet . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Republicancontrolled Congress is poised to pass a massive rewrite of the u. S. Tax code after Tennessee Republican senator bob corker abruptly reversed his positio
Chelsea manning and edward acts. N, courageous they fulfilled the responsibility of someone who takes citizenship seriously. That is who believes the people of the country ought to know something about what their government is up to. Amy noam chomsky for the hour in a public conversation i had with him in cambridge, massachusetts. All of that and more, coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In this democracy now special, we spend the hour with the worldrenowned linguist and political dissident noam chomsky. In a public conversation we had in april, we talked about climate change, Nuclear Weapons, north korea, iran, the war in syria, and the Trump Administrations threat to prosecute wikileaks founder Julian Assange. We also talked about Noam Chomskys new book, requiem for the American Dream the 10 principles of concentration of wealth power. Hundreds of people packed into the First Parish Church in cambridge, massachusetts, for ou
And we will speak to samantha holvey, a former miss usa contestant when trump owned the pageant. Then, the movement to impeach. I think people are ready to stand up, and they need to, because this is an urgent matter. This is not something again that we can wait on or something we look at in 2019 or 2020. We need to lay the groundwork now for the call for impeachment proceedings against this president. Amy well speak with constitutional attorney john boniface. And, we continue our interview with dr. Bandy lee, the yale psychiatrist who edited the book the dangerous case of donald trump 27 psychiatrists and Mental Health experts assess a president. We are pushing for in a valuation. We are warning about dangers. We are trying our best to educate the public so that people will be aware, they will be affirmed in what they are seeing, they will be educated on the depths of what they are seeing, and also that there is a way of dealing with the situation. Amy we look at the duty to warn move
Wearing black and calling for gender and Racial Justice in the post Harvey Weinstein era. Harvey weinstein isnt here tonight because, well, i have heard rumors that he is crazy and difficult to work with. The dont worry, he will be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the in memoriam. In a actresses brought social justice activist within this year. We will speak with two of them, puerto rican activist reported by the president ial candidate Rosa Clemente, who joined susan ,arandon, and Saru Jayaraman president and cofounder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers united who walked the red carpet with amy poehler. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump is demanding a slew of antiimmigrant measures, including 18 billion for his border wall in exchange for Legal Protections for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. In total, trump is demanding 33 bill