Public health challenge. Well hear simple ways to get a good nights sleep that will make us smarter, healthier and more productive. And a special honor on capitol hill for military dogs who save lives in war zones. But we begin with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Really devastation as far as the eye can see. Not a single home left standing. Massive wildfires devastate california. You can see the awesome size of the fire. There are still hot spots here. This is nowhere near over. It is still very dangerous. The growing number of women claim they were sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein. The accusations now include rape. The president challenging his secretary of state to take an iq test to compare numbers. He made a joke, nothing more than that. According to this source, the president was not joking. They knew he was pissed. People found out tillerson called him a moron. Did you undercut the secretary of state with the iq comment . No. I dont believe in undercutting peop
Most of the islands 3. 5 million residents still lack electricity. Food and water remain in short supply. Well get an update from independent journalist Rosa Clemente, just back from the island last night. And as puerto rico faces an estimated 95 million in cleanup costs, well look at a major new investigation into exactly who owns its 74 million debt. Then in california, as wildfires scorch more than 200,000 acres, roughly the size of new york city, more than 11,000 firefighters are rattling the blaze a number of them are prisoners. A the only way you would tell was a prisoner firefighter is if i told you. On the line, you would not know at all. Amy the incarcerated women who fight california wildfires. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal judge in hawaii blocked most of President Trumps latest version of a travel ban tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect. U. S. District judge der
Talks on his monthly indepth program to talk about as many books and take your questions. That they look at some of the events book tv will be covering this week. Many of these events are open to the public. Look for them to air in the near future on book tv on cspan two. Were joined by author and professor Michael Eric Dyson, his most recent book is called tears we cannot stop. Doctorwhy did you make this. I left a crazy i just wanted to say that. I wanted to write this book because i think its time for some honest discourse inwhite conversation. I dont represent all the black and White America i understand. E what im trying to savor my heart to the heart of White America. I wanted to about issues of police brutality, of racial discourse, i wanted to be honest about the fact that we feel that we have been deeply entrenched in the culture of privilege on the other side, White Privilege, white vulnerability in the find ways to talk about it honestly and openly. Here we are in the age of
The bay area. His plan, to kill the doctors who he says didnt cure him of cancer. Nbc no. Ian cull joins us from the Santa Clara County jail where that gentleman is this evening. What a bizarre story. Reporter indeed. Police reports show the man claims he was treated like a lab animal and allegedly drove nearly 200 miles here to the bay area to kill his doctors. Tonight police say quick detective work across the state may have prevented a murder, police say it started with a frantic phone call are the family. 58yearold yu chen missing from his visalia home, along with two guns. Chen is battling stage four cancer and police say he blaems his doctors for not getting better. Police say his family found notes at his home telling his family he planned to kill his buy area doctor. I she was saying he was not doing well at all. He was not feeling well. Going downhill. Reporter Visalia Police connected investigators in palo alto, where one or more of the doctors lived or worked. They coordinat
Holiday time, 2017 off to a rough start here for marin county computers, theyre going to be dealing with rain and one less lane. Reporting live from the golden gate bridge, amy holly field. Thank you. For the rest of us not driving on the golden gate bridge, the first commute of the year is just plain old wet. Thats true. Jessica castro in fremont for us in morning. Hows it looking . Reporter good morning, guys, little jealous of your nice dry studio this morning. In fremont, the rain is pretty light right now. Im going to have any photographer ian show you around a little bit right here. Very light rain but it was a really wet drive all the way from San Francisco as i came down here in morning on 880 to 680. It was raining the whole way. Its also definitely cold out here. Youll want to use your heater this morning. The good news is i left so early, not too many cars. A lot of people still in holiday mode. There is snow on mt. Hamilton in santa clara county. It can make the drive out t