Amy from new york, this is democracy now the biggest threat to the security of the United States is donald trump. The greatest threat we face is the fact we are at a greater risk of nuclear war. Our existential threat is Climate Change. Climate change. Climate change. And Climate Change. Amy in the first president ial debate of the 2020 election, 10 Democratic Candidates sparred over issues from immigration to health care to gun reform and the war in afghanistan. Another 10 Democratic Candidates will debate tonight post up the debates are being held in miami, less than an hour away from homes that florida, where more than 2000 unaccompanied migrant minors are incarcerated in a forprofit Detention Center run by caliburn. President trumps former chief of staff general john kelly sits on the board. We will air highlights from the debate and host a roundtable discussion. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. 10
Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings
Troops continue their offensive against the city currently held by prorussian separatists. Anger and frustration, desperation as well. We look the at plight of the Central African republic as Food Supplies become increasingly scarce. Lets begin in gaza where a temporary truce between hamas and israel came into effect just over six hours ago. The short humanitarian pause comes after 19 days of violence in which at least 900 palestinians have died. Now, this is currently the scene in the palestinian territory. There is, however, still some smoke rising above the rooftops, but people are walking out there in the open, and the streets are full of traffic now. That ceasefire is due to last until 8 00 p. M. Local time tonight giving people the chance to grab belongings from their homes or stock up on food and supplies. It does look like some semblance of normalcy has returned to gaza, but lets compare that now with what happened in the in the minutes leading up to the ceasefire. Now, there w
Good morning, coming to you from the coffee cafe in cleveland, ohio. Were a hop from the site of the big Republican National convention. Weve got two days to go. Of course, its going to be one of the biggest events in a matter of hours in the campaign. Back in new york donald trump will make it official to announce mike pence from his running mate. Youve heard from pence and hell try to explain ar some of the past differences hes had. Its crowded with security a reality check on the safety concerns obviously very real right now in cleveland. Also the antitrump movement that youve heard so much about, it has had its last stand. Were going to show you why one delegate calls what happened, quote, a crime, behind the scenes look at whats going down and into the convention. All that as we are here live from what is the Political Capital for the United States of america all the through next week. Cleveland, ohio. Were going to turn now to president ial politics right off the bat. New reactio
His term. He confirmed he is one of those men. Joining us from richmond, dan merica. He is setting a press conference today. What more do you know about that . Reporter we have not been told what time that press conference would be. The governor is holding on to his job tenuously at this point. He woke up this morning behind me at the Governors Mansion as a man without a party. He didnt have much support going into late last night but that really fell out from under him after statements from both sides of the Democratic Legislature in virginia and from his predecessor, Terry Mccauliffe who called on him to resign after speaking to him about the fallout. You can see theres a protest behind me going on outside the Governors Mansion, calling on him to resign and step down so the Lieutenant Governor, justin fairfax, can take over. So far thats not the word from the governors office. Yesterday, he released a video statement saying he was sorry but pledged to continue his term in office. Lis