On the couch of the tonight show, to his decades long commitment to the Civil Rights Movement. In 1960 three, he was jailed a d bebeaten by birminingham policer parading without a permit. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, i was frightened. They got i went anyway. At that time, i do not understand that fear and god do not occupy the same space. Nonfear that the the king and that Nonviolent Movement have, i was able to lose mine. Amy dick gregory also ran for president against richard nixon. He engaged in countless hunger strikes over the past five decades. Today, on democracy now , dick gregory over the decades in his own words. All that and more, coming up. Wewelcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Massive protests against White Supremacy spread across the United States over the weekend, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets from coast to coast to condemn violent White Nationalist groups and to call for the removal
Diplomatic efforts coming out. Now showing a negative vote then. The dow, s p and not fractionally lower this morning. We will talk about it. Plus m a on wall street. Bigger deals including energy sector. Details on the move to acquirer encore. As you can see, markets also opening under pressure. Part of that is the global tensions and central bank discussions. Taking a look at asia, mixed action there. As you can see the nikkei down by 4 . Hang seng in shanghai composite. Kospi down fractionally. Here at home, rethinking the war in afghanistan. President trump set to address the nation tonight on the future of our military presence in that country. Tune into fox business for special coverage of the speech 9 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight. Eclipse day is finally here. Millions across the u. S. A. To take in the event and its costing Corporate America big time. It has to cost its productivity. That is coming up. Big game for Little League. Other parts and cardinals had the featured the s
To the region but his defense secretary mattis has not committed them to the region yet without getting a sense of fuller policy on what were going to do there, even in the pacific, both which will be outlined by his commanderinchief tonight. Our coverage, 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. President s address 9 00 p. M. , reaction, markets and otherwise to all of that. Off just a couple of days and theyre putting me to work all day. That is okay. Im here for you, america. I did want to leave you with that image of Stuart Varney on clothingoptional beach. Because that is how i roll. Stuart is missing, is missing this big eclipse of the sun. He remembers the one in 1979. The last big one he covered was in 1898. That up with incorporate ad lot more people. We should say, people in the new york area will only get what they call a partial eclipse, but it is still significant, right . 3 4 of the sun will be blocked out that will be like dusk to a lot of people. Imagine if you had no idea this was hap
Parading without a permit. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, i was frightened. They got i went anyway. At that time, i do not understand that fear and god do not occupy the same space. Nonfear that the the king and that Nonviolent Movement have, i was able to lose mine. Amy dick gregory also ran for president against richard nixon. He engaged in countless hunger strikes over the past five decades. Today, on democracy now , dick gregory over the decades in his own words. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Massive protests against White Supremacy spread across the United States over the weekend, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets from coast to coast to condemn violent White Nationalist groups and to call for the removal of Confederate Monuments and other statues memorializing slavery and racism. In downtown boston, 40,000 people poured into the streets around the Boston Common to
He made us laugh, touched our hearts on stage and in movies and on charity telethons that raised billions of dollars. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The u. S. S. John s. Mccain collided with a merchant vessel. A search and rescue mission is under way for ten missing sailors. The disastrous collision happened in one of the worlds busiest ports. You see that giant gaping hole in its side, thats the point of impact. Its the second accident involving a ship from the navys 7th fleet in two months. President trump is poised to unveil a new strategy for afghanistan tonight. Do you agree that President Trump is mentally unstable . There are serious issues with our president that arent going to go away. Indeed, with the pressures of the job may very well get worse. Military drills under way between the u. S. And south korea. There is a red line. We are not going to sit back and have our people targeted by this rejoom. The wait for the Great Ame