Time for many. But tonight, we turn the page. In his state of the Union Address, president obama declares the shadow of crisis has passed while calling on republican lawmakers to raise taxes on the rich while helping to boost middleclass americans. Loopholes lead to inequality by allowing the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money doubt more families pay for childcare and send her kids to college. Joining us to discuss the speech, congressman Keith Ellison of the house progressive caucus, longtime consumer advocate and former president ial candidate ralph nader, phylllis bennis of the institute for policy studies, Pulitzer Prize winnng tax analyst David Cay Johnston, and lisa graves of the center for media democracy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has delivered his sixth state of the Union Address, outlining his domestic and Foreign Policy agend
Time for many. But tonight, we turn the page. In his state of the Union Address, president obama declares the shadow of crisis has passed while calling on republican lawmakers to raise taxes on the rich while helping to boost middleclass americans. Loopholes lead to inequality by allowing the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money doubt more families pay for childcare and send her kids to college. Joining us to discuss the speech, congressman Keith Ellison of the house progressive caucus, longtime consumer advocate and former president ial candidate ralph nader, phylllis bennis of the institute for policy studies, Pulitzer Prize winnng tax analyst David Cay Johnston, and lisa graves of the center for media democracy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has delivered his sixth state of the Union Address, outlining his domestic and Foreign Policy agend
In business, Stephen Carroll will have an update from. Us as we wait to hear from french president Francois Hollande as he addresses the World Economic forum. Saudi Arabias King Abdullah has died. The 90yearold monarch had been admitted to hospital with pneumonia at the end of december. One of the most powerful and richest men in the world, King Abdullah was considered a moderate reformer and in a highly conservative country. President barack obama called him a steadfast ally while the israeli president has praised his grounded, considered, and responsible leadership. However, Amnesty International says the human rights conditions under King Abdullah were far from commendable. The Saudi Arabian regime seems insensitive to human rights and dignity. Unfortunately, they are also protected by many western countries because they have oil and are seen as allies in the fight against terrorism. In fact, when you violate human rights at the level saudi arabia does, you are breeding terrorism. Y
Peninsula. A coup attempt while king of dollar of saudi arabia dies at the age of 90. He will get the latest. Then to ferguson as the Justice Department is reportedly set to clear officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. And a major decision, the Supreme Court sides with whistleblowers in the case of a federal air marshal who exposed a plan to cut back on security on international flights. And we will hear why jill journalist Barrett Brown has been sentenced to five years in prison related to the hacking of the private Intelligence Firm stratfor im a witch exposed how the firm spied on activists on behalf of corporations. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Yemen is facing political collapse following the mass resignations of president Abdu Rabbu Mansour hadi, his Prime Minister and entire cabinet. Thursdays exodus came just hours after shia Houthi Rebels stormed the president ial compo
, rekindling debate over whether parents should be forced to vaccinate their children. Today we will spend the hour looking at this polarizing issue. If we havent studied the relationship between chronic illness and vaccines, if we have not compared health outcomes, we cant assess that risk benefit analysis. We know that some people have a genetic predisposition that they will be injured or will die from vaccines. That is not a decision and ethical government can make. Vaccines traditionally have been a scapegoat for a variety of illnesses, for which we dont have a clear cause or clear treatment, and autism certainly falls in that category. One mississippi affirms every public and private School Student sb vaccinated, vaccinations have become an issue in the president ial campaign. Two possible republican candidates, Chris Christie and rand paul have raised questions about mandating vaccines. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace r