Ava duvernay, the director of the acclaimed new film selma. It tells the story of dr. Martin luther king juniors campaign to draw the nations attention to the struggle for equal Voting Rights by marching from selma to Montgomery Alabama in 1965, 50 years ago. While the film has been nominated for an oscar, to the shock of many, ava duvernay was not. She wouldve made history as the first africanamerican woman nominated for best director. We have to work without permission, especially women in this industry. Who are we asking for permission to do what we want to do . That should be eradicated. You need to set a path and start walking. Ava duvernay for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Alexis tsipras, the head of the leftist, antiausterity syriza party, has been sworn in as greeces new Prime Minister. Syriza won a decisive victory in sundays election becoming the first antiausterity party to lead o
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Major League Baseball did not even make it a week before they had to cancel a game because of a krocoronavirus outbreak in th midst. The story of what happened is the story of americas utter failure to deal with this p pandemic that has killed nearly 150,000 of our fellow americans. You might remember back on march 11th, right, we had not quite shut down states yet, lots of schools were still open. There was supposed to be a regular season basketball game. Fans were in the stands. The game was about to start. And right before the tipoff, one of the jazz players tested positive and the game was canceled. Later that night, the season was postponed indefinitely. And then tom hanks announced he had the virus and then the nation basically shut down and then the before times were over. Four months later, we have not had sports for an obvious reason. You cannot safely crowd thousands of people, not to mention the competing athletes together and watc
Middle of a pandemic. But all these other sports leagues have a lot of money on the line. I mean, they have every single financial incentive to figure out a way to play and broadcast what their play is and to play safely. For months these sports teams have tried to figure out a way to make it work. The nba announced a plan to resume their season in an isolated zone in orlando called the bubble. The National Hockey league announced a similar plan. Major League Baseball worked on a similar plan of their own. Rob manfred telling the new york times, we cannot be the one sport that doesnt figure out how to play. The league created all sorts of protocols to make it work. They tried to cut down on travel, so there is a reduced travel schedule. There are, of course, no fans in the stands. Its bizarre to watch a game under those conditions. In fact, theyre piping in crowd noise to sort of give you the sense there are people cheering. Here is the Pittsburgh Pirates manager arguing with the umpir
Years ago. Getting your fast food fix may take time, workers wage against their employers. President obama speaks out on syria. The president said there needs to be International Consequences for the alleged use of chemical weapons it in an attack that killed hundreds of people. He dismissed a syrian request to extend chemical weapons exception as a delaying tactic. He has prepared to attack with u. S. Warships in position. Now the world waits for more from the u. N. Reporter on thursday the Obama Administration is expected to give a classified briefing to members of congress detailing what they call evidence and proof that the assad regime used chemical weapons on their own people. Now a declassified version is expected to be released soon after. The administration is trying to turn around Public Opinion. The majority of americans say they do not want to interconvenient with syria, even if chemical weapons were used. Obama if in fact, we can take limited, tailored approaches, not gett
Five states, earning millions. Tonight, how he rigged the numbers. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with the clock ticking down on the eve of this historic cosmic event. The moon completely blocking the sun, turning day to night. A sight no one has seen in america in nearly 40 years. Anticipation growing as millions get ready. What you need to know to stay safe. The path cutting across america from the northwest to the southeast. Abc news correspondents are standing by along the way, including matt gutman, starting us off tonight in oregon. Reporter tonight, spectators from around the globe scrambling to witness history. Small towns with big views like prineville, oregon. This is all heading into prineville. Reporter teeming with crowds vying for a clear shot of the Great American eclipse. The 70milewide shadow cast by the moon will speed across a ribbon of the country stretching from oregon to South Carolina, plunging parts of 14