Can ensure coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear Governor Cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. As new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress opened its 113th session thursday, swearing in a Record Number of women and people of color. New members include the only africanamerican now serving in the senate, tim scott of South Carolina, the first black republican senator in more than 30 years. Congress now has a Record Number of women in both chambers, 81 in the house and 20 in the senate. The house narrowly reelected john boehner as House Speaker despite criticism from Party Conservatives over his handling of the socalled fiscal cliff. The new Con
Jeremy mash is with us as well. Great group this morning. Well jump right into the news. Not a lot going on again. Trump Administration Officials continue to offer tangled explanations about the departure of a high level aide who is accused by two former exwives of Domestic Abuse. The Trump White House has veered from outright praise of former white house staff secretary rob porter to the chiefofstaff john kelly calling the allegations true to definitive to no definitive statement on who knew what and when. Heres a brief recap of just the past six days. Why would the president accept his resignation if the president thinks he did nothing wrong . That was a personal decision that rob made and one that he was not pressured to do but one that he made on his own. Would rob porter still be on the job today had he not decided to resign . He was terminated yesterday and his last day his last day was yesterday. Would he still be on the job . He offered his resignation and it was accepted. We w
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