To the Global Economy . The same financial portunits. Introducing libra, a new global currency. Amy in a move that could reshape the worlds financial system, facebook has unveiled plans to launch a new Global Digital currency called libra. But regulators and lawmakers are already pushing back. Are we seeing a corporate effort to wrest Monetary Policy away from individual nations and their Central Banks . Then we go to phoenix, where police held an africanamerican family at gunpoint because their fouryearold daughter had allegedly taken a doll from a Family Dollar store. I was very much in fear for my families life in my life. I thought we were all going to be executed. It is very sad it suld not ppen ovea do. Amy we ll be ined by e family andheir sposperso th we lookt a high ntestedistrictttorneys wherequeensnew york one of the candidates is making headlines by bowing to radically shape theriminal stice system. Im a gridatina fr a rkingcls family we a with thsystem itrying toeep down.
To the Global Economy . The same financial portunits. Introducing libra, a new global currency. Amy in a move that could reshape the worlds financial system, facebook has unveiled plans to launch a new Global Digital currency called libra. But regulators and lawmakers are already pushing back. Are we seeing a corporate effort to wrest Monetary Policy away from individual nations and their Central Banks . Then we go to phoenix, where police held an africanamerican family at gunpoint because their fouryearold daughter had allegedly taken a doll from a Family Dollar store. I was very much in fear for my families life in my life. I thought we were all going to be executed. It is very sad it suld not ppen ovea do. Amy we ll be ined by e family andheir sposperso th we lookt a high ntestedistrictttorneys wherequeensnew york one of the candidates is making headlines by bowing to radically shape theriminal stice system. Im a gridatina fr a rkingcls family we a with thsystem itrying toeep down.
in a chokehold for several minutes on a new york subway on may 1st now stands accused of second-degree manslaughter for recklessly causing his death. the manhattan district attorney s office bringing the charge after numerous witness interviews, a review of photo and video footage and discussions with the medical examiner. the prosecutor telling the court witnesses observed neely making threats and scaring passengers, adding penny approached neely from behind and placed him in the chokehold, taking him down to the ground. when the train arrived at the next stop, penny continued to hold neely in the chokehold for several minutes. two other men helping to restrain his arms. at some point mr. neely stopped moving. the defendant continued to hold mr. neely for a period and then released him. penny s lawyers argue he risked his own life and safety to protect himself and fellow new yorkers, resulting in the unintended and unforeseen death of mr. neely. adding they are confident pen
Other president. And the people he appointed are very conservative. And it will change the courts for decades to come, longer than we will remember him as president. Amy we will speak with retired judge Shira Scheindlin about how trumps new team of judges will radically change american society. Then we look at what some have called one of the most Progressive City Council in new york citys history and the woman who helped lead the agenda, speaker Melissa Markviverito. She holds the secondmost powerful post in new york city. 12 years ago when i was first sworn in as the first latina to represent my district of east harlem and the bronx, i try to process what that all men. I was a labor organizer, community activist. Not a politician. Amy her term winds down at the end of this year due to term limits. We will look at how under Melissa Markviveritos sickrship, expanded paid leave, and municipal identification card for undocumented immigrants, and got mayor bill de blasio to agree to close
Chomsky and Harry Belafonte, two longtime champions of social justice. They appeared on stage together in conversation for the First Time Ever on monday at democracy now s 20th anniversary celebration. The ku klux klan for some of us is a constant has a constant existence. It touches certain aspects of White America that all of the sudden White America wakes up to the fact theres something called the klan. Carson, whok at ben donald trump has picked to head the department of housing and urban Development Even though he has no experience in housing or urban policy. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi described carson as a disturbingly unqualified choice. We will speak with new York City Councilmember Jumaane Williams all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, Government Forces have seized as much as 75 of eastern aleppo. On tuesday, antigovernment rebels withdrew from aleppos old city, and the Aleppo Lea