The center had censored its own writers on the topic of israel. And as republican president ial candidates come out against raising the minimum wage we , speak to nobel Winning Economist joe stiglitz about rewriting the rules of the American Economy an agenda for growth and shared prosperity. Is as low as 45 years ago, halfcentury ago, says something. In economy that does weve had technological change, globalization, all of these things which are supposed to make our economy better and stronger and yet at the bottom, they havent had a pay raise in a halfcentury. It is not a living wage. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 7500 Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by. U. Sled usled warplanes have launched an offensive against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in northern iraq. The offensive seeks to retake mount sinjar and surrounding areas from isil. Last year, isil trapped tens of thousands of yazidi
Everyone knows that Carbon Dioxide is a far greater threat than suicide bombers in shopping malls across america. All right, charlie from new york. A few more headlines. The New York Times as more details of the american who was killed in the attack in mali. Theu. S. Victim worked in health. Datar. American known to have died in the attack according to the United Nations officials. The family put up the statements, we are devastated is gone. A unbelievable to us that she has been killed in this senseless act of violence and terrorism. The palladiumor group come on International Development Consulting Firm in washington, and had spent the report in cnn says that dozens are being monitored for fear of a copycat attack here in the u. S. The story says that the fbi is closely monitoring the people they think pose the highest threat to carry out an attack in the u. S. That is according to the fbi director and attorney general loretta lynch. Over 100 joint Terrorism Task force investigations
Here is how to take part in the conversation. Call the following number on our screen looking forward to your comments coming in already or you can leave us an email. Good morning. Good monday morning to you. Time magazine, when writing about Angela Merkel, the german chancellor, they say she brandished a different set of values. Host well, donald trump as number three says wait a minute. Heres the headline on Business Insider about donald trump on times person of the year in picking Angela Merkel, they absolutely picked the wrong person, says donald trump. Theres the headline. Mr. Trump has been making the rounds and making his point in recent days and heres what he had to say recently in grand rapids, michigan, on a rally on this topic. So who is number one . Trump drudged 46 . Time magazine, they didnt give me man of the year or the person of the year. They should have. Thats why its heading down the dukes, folks. They gave it to a woman whos not done the right thing in germany and
Executive editor of defense one. Good morning. We wake up to this headline in usa today about ramadi and isis, iraqi forces claiming a victory, the Islamic State losing ground in syria. Its the third major defeat. What is ahead . On the ground, the next two raqqa, the mosul and headquarters of isis. Interesting. We had a couple lowerlevel city wassaying the liberated, and in the same breath, they said, we havent gone in yet. Fromight, we have heard the spokesman for u. S. Forces in iraq saying, using language little bit more measured like, we congratulate the iraqis on their progress in the city. There are parts of the city that are still not liberated. This is not a total victory. In your what to watch in 2016 piece in defense one, you talk about the antiisis campaign. Talk more broadly. This isnt just iraq and the u. S. How do you expect the campaign to play itself out . Who else might be involved who is not involved now . Its more of the same. The president has said more frequently
Of your viewers. Thank you very much. Lets talk about the data breach and the dustup between you and the Democratic Party. You fired one staffer, suspended two others. Has any other action been taken . Any update now on this dispute . Well, were trying to work with the dnc to put this whole thing behind us. There were two breaches. We screwed up on one and the other one we did the right thing. Right now were in negotiations with the dnc. Frankly, andrea, i think for the American People there are far more important issues having to do with the disappearance of the american middleclass and huge income and wealth inequality and Climate Change and the corrupt Campaign Finance system so i think on both sides wed like to focus on the real issues. While youre trying to, as you point out, focus on the real issues, there have been charges of sexism back and forth between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. He used a vulgar term against her and then said it wasnt really that vulgarment then she sa