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The host unveils a sweeping management overhaul of her show after allegations of workplace misconduct. We hear from a former producer about what it was like to work there. Shell fix it. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. On this administration, authoritarianism has taken root in our country. The Democratic National Convention Kicks off virtually. Whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness, what we get instead is chaos. Gss in case of ng if the alarms emergency. There was glass all over the place by the end of this the president said the only way he can lose is if this election is rigged. The postmaster general to slow the mail . I have encouraged everybody, speed up the mail, not slow the mail. Covid19 has forced the university of North Carolina at chapel hill to convert to Remote Learning. After just one week i wish that when we went into lockdown we looked like italy. Prosecutors are calling fo
Responsibility and make more constructive official contribibo multilateral cooperation instead of adding negativity. Amy well have more on the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement after headlines. In news from washington, democrats have begun to release transcripts of testimonies from the closeddoor impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump withheld military aide from ukraine to pressure the ukrainian president to investigate trumps political rival, joe biden, and his son. One of the released transcripts shows the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch, said she felt threatened by the president s words after she read a transcript of the july 25 phone call between trump and ukrainian president zelensky. Another topic to secretary of state mike pompeo my michael mckinley, testified he told pompeo three times they should make a Public Statement in support of yovanovitch. Contradicting pompeos claims in an abc news interview last month that he had never he
Amy President Trump is moving ahead with his pledge to withdraw from the landmark paris climate agreement. We will speak to 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben. Then we willll go to yale to spk to a student who is fighting to stop the deportation of his hundred mother. She is receiving stage four Cancer Treatment and is being held in a private detention jail in georgia. Plus, it is election day and much of the United States. We will look at a new york city Ballot Initiative that could change the way voters selectt their candidatates in future elections. It lets you choose whethero vote for one candidate like you always have work to rank your favorite. If your first choice does not win, your boat automatically goes to your second choice. The first candidate to get a majority wins. Amy rankeked Choice Voting. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace e report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has formally notified the United Nation
Opposes sending 1000 Canyon Police to haiti as part of the u. N. Peacekeeping force. Then federal prosecutors in u. S. Court have rested their case against former honduran president juan Orlando Hernandez, who faces accusations of turning the country into a narcostate. We will get the latest. And well speak with the producer of the oscarnominated holocaust film zone of interest who spoke about the israeli siege of gaza in his bafta award speech last month. Those rules are not new, before, during, since the holocaust, and it seems stark right now that we should care about innocent people being killed in gaza or yemen in the same way we think about innocent people being killed in mariupol or israel. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Supreme Court Unanimously ruled states do not monday have the authority to remove donald trump from the ballot under the insurrection clause of the 14th amendmen