Then to the political crisis in honduras. On monday night, National Police and the capital tegucigalpa, including elite u. S. Trained units, refused to impose a night time curfew ordered by the incumbent president after days of protests over allegations of fraud in the countrys disputed prpresident ial election. Endsr call is all of thisis because were not willing to come to the streets a and engage or repress the people. They make a we will go to honduras to get an update from journalists allan nairn and Sarah Kinosian and speak with Congressmember Jan Schakowsky. President trump announces what could be the largest rollback of federal Land Protections in the nations history. Sign to the i will president ial proclamations. They will modify the National Monuments designations of both bears ears and Grand Staircase escalante. Incoin plans to open them to mining, drilling, and other forms of extraction. With two guests. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracy
Johnson and jackson mayor Chokwe Lumumba. And in california, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes amidst the fifth worst fire fueled by climate change. The fatal blazes are now the fifth largest in california history. There was an awful lot of smoke that came along with the fires. At one point on my property, when the fires got to a very dry area, and sounded like water going over niagara falls. Int is the sound of the fire a particular area. Amy but many farms in the area have stayed open. We will go to california to talk about the fires and the farm workers, some of whom have been forced to continue working despite hazardous air quality. All that and more, coming up. In alabama, Democrat Doug Jones and republican roy moore are locked in a tight and increasingly controversial race to fill the Alabama Senate seat left vacant by attorney general jeff sessions. Polling shows the two candidates are neck in neck ahead of tuesdays special election, despite moore being
But the organization of american states is calling for a new election, and the Opposition Party is calling for nationwide protests today. Well go to tegucigalpa to speak withth the spokesperson of the alliance against thehe dictatorship. Then to President Trumps tax plan. Pres. Trump this is going to be one of the great gifts to ththe 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 republicancontrolle
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
We will get response from awardwinning investigative journalist allan nairn just back from honduras. His new story for the intercept is headlined u. S. Spent weeks pressuring honduras opposition to end protests against election fraud. Trump and republicans are tempting a rightist revolution with a massive transfer, locking in the structural advantages, attacking immigrants and the poor, and working people. They have made tremendous headway, but at the same time, people are fighting back. The outcome is completely up in the air. The november elections will go a long way toward determining whether the country makes a radical swing to the right now or whether this is stopped and whether weekend repair for a time where we start to get a more sensible amy we will speak with allan that about the stories shaped 2017 as well as what has happened in honduras. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump