A number of people have brought this to my attention. How the nra is going to respond coming up. Get this. Alert the pc police, its official. One country that just overhauled the National Anthem making it more inclusive. Hope its not us. Mornings are better with friends. He, everybody, welcome back to the studio. I forgot what you look like. Its good to see you guys in person. Ive been watching you on television for a long time. You covered the shootings in orlando monday and tuesday and were in d. C. Yesterday. Right. A lot of the action is in d. C. With the gun control debate. Everyone is talking about what is happening with the president ial candidates and a lot of people think this problem lies with the fbi who are understaffed and underfinanced. Perhaps senator Lindsey Graham has an announcement on the show about that. That will be great as we talk to him. The lead story today is disney. Thats right. A fox news alert, the happiest place on earth under fire after that 2yearold boy
We will hear excerpts of their acceptance speeches in houston, texas, as well as Julian Assange, who addressed the Green Party Convention via video stream from the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. He spoke about donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Most unpopular president ial candidates in u. S. History. Going into the presidency, they are going to continue to oversight and resistance, which will not only garye a fertile field for johnson and jill stein to prove their support, but it will create a very fertile field to holding the government to account. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. We breaking with convention. Im amy goodman. In chicago, hundreds of protesters marched through the streets and blocked traffic in a series of demonstrations following the release of video showing the Fatal Police Shooting of an unarmed African American teenager. The newly released video from Police Body Cameras shows the moments before
Us this morning is jon fortt and good morning to both of you. Regulators are ordering apple to pay back taxes to ireland. Lets get to Julia Charter will i in brussels with the latest. Julia . Thanks, kate. As you quite rightly said, apple has been ordered to pay over 14. 5 billion, the irony is ireland doesnt want the money as the irish finance minister, they say they believe apple owes nothing and they want to protect the relationship they have with Companies Like apple and other u. S. Firms apple has hate back, saying they ultimately believe this ruling will be overruled, but i think the statement cuts to a bigger issue, which is what does this mean for other companies trying to invest in europe . Their statement says it will have a profound and harmful effect on sleismt and job creation in europe and apple follows the law and pays all the of the taxes we owe wherever we operate. This is a point i think the competition commissioner made to me, that this is not really about the tax ra
Is chiefrowski executive officer of the president ial library. Visited residential library and museum in the noted states. She writes a regular column for the foundations magazine. She is the founder and executive foundation the 13 50 and activecitizens citizenship. Shes the editor of gettysburg replies the world responds to Abraham Lincolns gettysburg address. Ladies and gentlemen, carla khorowski. [applause] good evening. It is an honor and privilege to be here with you tonight as part of the bernard and irene series. Ished speaker i would like to thank the bryant park reading room, the new york public library, the New York Historical society, and all of you for inviting me to speak with you this evening. Although she passed away a few thankago, i would like to Irene Schwartz and her husband for underwriting this series. We wouldhis support not be able to be here with you this evening. Im here to speak about gettysburg replies, one of more than 18,000 books that have been written abo
When we mounted the great exhibition, lincoln and the jews. She is chief executive officer of the Abraham Lincoln President Foundation which serves the Abraham Lincoln present shall library and museum, the most visited present thel library and museum in United States. Shes also the founder and executive director of the 1350 foundation, dedicated to honoring the american fly and engaging citizens in purposeful and active citizenship. She is editor and publisher of gettysburg replies. [applause] evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is an honor and privilege to be with you for tonight as part of the distinguished speaker series. I would like to thank luis, paul romero, the bryant park reading room, the new york public library, then youre just oracle the New York Historical society, and all of you. Although she passed away a few years ago, i would like to thank Irene Schwartz and her husband, bernard for generously underwriting this series. As you know, im here to speak about gettysburg reply