What putin actually said was that trump was colorful. The word colorful. In russian can also be transcribed in and bush as bright. In english as bright. Amy we also talk about her new book, which has just been shortlisted for the National Book award. The President Trump said tuesday his administration would help puerto rico wipe out its 73 billion debt to help it recover from the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Maria. Then walkedirector back those comments. You will get response from Puerto Rican Born new york congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, who would to puerto rico with andrew cuomo two days after the storm hit. We need to make puerto rico whole again. Are 3. 5 million citizens. These are american citizens. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In puerto rico, more than 90 of the island still does not have electricity from the power grid and half of the island does not have clean drinking water.
News. Huge rallies are taking place gcioss news. Huge rallies are taking place across spain as tensions continue over catalonias demand for independence. In madrid, tens of thousands of people are showing their support for spanish unity. Across the country campaigners calling for dialogue between madrid and barcelona have gathered outside town halls, as gavin lee reports. Madrid, this morning. Tens of thousands of people, responding to the Spanish Governments call to take to the streets and show support to try to keep their country together. Three days from an expected announcement by the Catalan Government to separate the region. This is barcelona, protests of a different kind. Dressed in white, thousands who call themselves the silent majority, feeling caught in the middle and scared of what comes next. The movement was born by social media, under the hashtag, less talk. Iam here, personally, as i feel we need a dialogue. Politicians have not been doing theirjob really well. Our sole
To do it without gareth biro. And the weatherforecast . Gareth bale. This is what we have had this is what we would like, are we going to get . Later, a face you would insta ntly to get . Later, a face you would instantly recognise, but is day bright forecast for the artist behind it . Is there a bright forecast. He will be here to talk about it later. Good afternoon, this is afternoon live. Theresa may is to tell mps it is time for the European Union to show flexibility when she gives parliament an update on the brexit negotiations this afternoon. The Prime Minister will say the ball is in the court of the eu, although a spokesman for the European Commission said the ball is entirely in the uks court. We could have got oui in the uks court. We could have got our tennis correspondent to report on this staying put and ploughing on theresa may arrived back in number ten this morning after a difficult few days, but ahead of her statement in commons on brexit later, cabinet ministers have
He sat maralago, his resort in palm beach, florida. Youre looking at a live shot where he is expected to make some remarks about the economy, an announcement that could benefit the american worker. We will bring them to you as soon as we get them. We start twauf markets in an unfamiliar color, red. There was a lot of it today. The dow falling tripledigits for only the second time since the election. Both the s p and nasdaq also lower. The dow and s p closing on the dedelows. And call it a wall of worry in todays markets. Retail stocks falling today, despite our strong holiday season. The transports taking a hit, continuing a downward trend since hitting new highs just this month. And the auto stocks lower as well. Are we finally seeing some tracks in the trump trade, or is this an opportunity to buy the dip . Tim, what do you say . As always, depends on what sectors were talk about. You talked about the market hasnt had these, its been october 11th was the last real down day we had. Wh
Also this morning Northern Irelands Power Sharing Government is expected to collapse today triggering a Snap Election to the stormont assembly. The inquests will open today into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed in a Terror Attack on a Tunisian Beach A year and half ago. The pound falls to a 31 year low, after reports suggest the Prime Minister will push for a hard brexit. Ill look at what it means for us and our money. In sport, Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are out of the premier League Title Race after their defeat to everton. While Manchester United Rescue A Point against liverpool, thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The draw moves liverpool up to third place. And carol has the weather. Good morning. The weather this week is quiet and benign compared to last week s top today cloudy with patchy rain and a drizzle but some of us will see sunshine. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump has promised a trade deal between britain and the United States will be a pri