Story, those of you who have not been here before its where the 20s in the 60s and 70s were the ukrainian socialist club. The owner actually dennis, in fact he was a defender and is now surrounded in a transition apparently. So were going to introduce someone who does not need an introduction but it fits. We have something really extravaganza, we have opera, discussions, bellydancing, down the bank if you notice a lady with a typewriter, you can go up and say anything and shall write one for you. Lets stop with the conversations and please welcome paul theroux as we celebrate his 51st book apparently,. There are 31 novels, 19 troubled books and one criticism. The wall street journal actually says 56. But anyway he just celebrated his new book on the plain of snakes. And in any case [inaudible] can you hear me. Can you hear me, did you hear the joke. [laughter] thank you very much for being here. I have never been here before to this particular place, it is delightful. I know tony so th
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
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
Its all ri its all right. Hold on, hes all right. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey hey, hey, hey this video of a man being tasered multiple times has sparked outrage. A witness recorded the confrontation inside u street metro station over the weekend. The man tasered was coming to the defense of two teen boys. Transit police say they were responding to a report of kids with sticks threatening metro riders. The boys told news4 they did nothing wng and were eventually released with no charges. Their mothers sa theyre outraged. You can see how it feels. And its not my tears just for these boys. Its my tears for all the youth that i know that are encountering this. As for the officers actions, they say the man who was tasered ignored warnings to move back. They released a statement saying, adult male patron allegedly began interfering with the police investigation, and according to an officers port, exhibited behavior consistent with preparing to officer. Transit police are now reviewing the incide
Or crumbling. Live got new information from the city licenses and Inspections Office. They tell me it appears 239 chestnut, the Main Building for this fire, is a total loss and they are declaring it imminently dangerous. I can tell you which building that is, it is the one with red on bottom. You can see the 239 on the door. You can see the fire escape, lni tells me they are ordering the owner to take down the fire escape hoping thathaf the build. This was an intense fire that had fire crews fighting hot spots for hours. Juerthat fire started but also the ones next door. Now dozens of people were evacuated from their homes and from a nearby hotel. Today that Fire Fighting may be over but crews old city is drawing people here to take a look. One man used to work in the area and called the site here mind boggling. Im surprised the building really is standing seeing the amount of fire that was in the building yesterday and the amount of water poured on the building that the structure is S