Well talk about the u. S. And swedish legal cases against him and discuss how wikileaks has continued to publish leaked documents from secret drafts of the Transpacific Partnership to europes secret plans to use military force in libya to prevent migrants from leaving the country. It calls for military intervention in libya. To destroy the refugee boats before they leave port from libya coming to europe and also for other attacks on the people who provide the services of the boats. Amy and Julian Assange will respond to the congressional debate over n. S. A. Spying and the patriot act, sparked by the disclosures of Edward Snowden. Julian how can you debate them . Theyre secret. Similarly, what are the actual actions that are occurring not just in policy but what is actually happening. What are they actually doing . If you dont know, how can you possibly have a debate . Amy today wikileaks founder Julian Assange for the hour, all that and more coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now , d
[sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] slobin technology has become quite decisive for world musicmaking since the advent of the Industrial Age in a few key ways. One is the creation of new instrument types that simply couldnt be built before. The modern piano depends on high steel techniques that just simply werent available until a certain point in the 19th century. Instruments like the modern saxophone, the modern flute these are all hightech in a 19th century way. [screeching, reverberating cymbal crash] another way in which technology has become decisive is in the invention of sound reproduction. It simply was the case that before about 1890, music vanished into the air. You had to remember the way somebody played something that you heard once in your life because you would never hear that again. Once you could reproduce that sound, you could stockpile it because of the technology of reproduction. This is a profound and deepranging change that happened to music after a million
slobin technology has become quite decisive for world musicmaking since the advent of the Industrial Age in a few key ways. One is the creation of new instrument types that simply couldnt be built before. The modern piano depends on high steel techniques that just simply werent available until a certain point in the 19th century. Instruments like the modern saxophone, the modern flute these are all hightech in a 19th century way. [screeching, reverberating cymbal crash] another way in which technology has become decisive is in the invention of sound reproduction. It simply was the case that before about 1890, music vanished into the air. You had to remember the way somebody played something that you heard once in your life because you would never hear that again. Once you could reproduce that sound, you could stockpile it because of the technology of reproduction. This is a profound and deepranging change that happened to music after a million years of human existence. [static] [muffle
Of them just off the golf course. Many of them had a wineglass in hand. Some of them brought their kids. Many were not wearing masks. The president was played into the room to a recording of hail to the chief. Again, it was less a News Conference than it was a list of grievances, a dizzying slew of demonstrably false claims, including his latest version of how well he says the nation is doing while in the grip of a pandemic. Its going to disappear. In the United States, more than 80 of jurisdictions report declining cases. Were doing very well. You dont hear that too often from the media, but were doing very well. The reality is we are very close to 5 million coronavirus cases. Thats about the populations of the cities of houston and chicago combined. Over 161,000 people have died as of this friday night. Trump then rather stunningly said this about Health Insurance and preexisting conditions, already part of obamacare, which of course the president s trying to end. Over the next two w
The va facilities being used for nonveteran patients, thats supposed to be the emergency brake in terms of American Health care, and they have had to pull that. And tras fehr the patients. It is remarkable. Rachel, thank you. Have a great weekend. Well see you monday. Russia is doing it again. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it best with donald trump all roads lead to putin. It is the one consistent thread of the donald trump candidacy and presidency. At no point is he able to stand up to putin. Robert muellers report found that russia attacked the 2016 election in order to help donald trump win the presidency and that the Trump Campaign welcomed that help. Today the office of the director of National Intelligence, the odni, confirmed that russia is once again interfering in our election to help donald trump win in 2020. Quote, we assess that russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President biden, prorussia ukraine ran parliamentary is spreading claims a